Haley Bridges knew her friend and fellow Chick-fil-A employee, Hokule’a Taniguchi, was commuting to work in the Wisconsin winter by bicycle. So when she won a car at a company Christmas party raffle, she knew exactly who she wanted to gift it to.

She said that her co-workers help one another, even with matters not related to the job. She and Taniguchi, who is from the Kalihi neighborhood of Honolulu, became fast friends in September and hang out outside of work all the time.

"What we do most of the time is chill at whoever's house we choose," said Bridges. "We are very spontaneous, as well as our little close friend group we have."

But it was at the Chick-fil-A Christmas party when their friendship went to the next level. Bridges said the raffle is the main event of their annual Christmas party, and that there was a rumor that there would be a car as the grand prize.

"Everyone would get raffle tickets, and how many hours you work determines how many you get. I received 5 tickets."

Bridges said her close friend group has always been willing to help Taniguchi, who they call Hoku, and decided that if any of them won, they would give her the car.

"The car was the only raffle where we couldn’t pool our tickets, one ticket per person," Bridges explained.

"Our friend group and some other friends decided to all put one in for her," said Bridges. "We were all very nervous that someone else would get chosen, but we kept our hopes up."

When Bridges heard her name called as the winner of the car, she said the moment was surreal.

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