HOUSTON – American actor Matthew McConaughey stopped by the Houston Police Department and the Houston Fire Department to bring lunch for First Responders Day on Sunday.
McConaughey teamed up with Wild Turkey to serve officers turkeys and bourbon and thanked them for their services during Hurricane Harvey.
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"It's our pleasure and honor to be here today, which happens to be National First Responders Day," McConaughey said. "Thank ya'll, specifically for the first responding work you did with Harvey last August."
Matthew McConaughey visiting Station 26 as part of the Wild Turkey Gives Back Event! #WildTurkeyGivesBack pic.twitter.com/GXOxvetp3G
— Houston Fire Dept (@HoustonFire) October 28, 2018
Mayor Sylvester Turner attended the event and tweeted a video of McConaughey thanking officers while serving the food and bourbon.
Giving back to Houston’s Heroes with.@McConaughey and @WildTurkey #WildTurkeyGivesBack https://t.co/2BDCLA5Mt5
— Sylvester Turner (@SylvesterTurner) October 28, 2018
"Honored to welcome him to our city and thank him for spending time and recognize our Houston police, Houston firefighters and 911 dispatchers for their service," Turner said.
The Police Department also thanked McConaughey and Wild Turkey for bringing them turkey for lunch.
Thank you #WildTurkeyGivesBack and @McConaughey for bringing a turkey lunch to our officers for #FirstRespondersDay #relationalpolicing pic.twitter.com/Hzphoga4D5
— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) October 28, 2018
McConaughey also tweeted a video of him casting his vote in Texas during early voting.
Get Out There #ivoted pic.twitter.com/FlF19WKDI5
— Matthew McConaughey (@McConaughey) October 26, 2018