MACAYO’S DONATES FAMILY NIGHT 2006 PROCEEDS

TO VALLEY CHARITY, NOT MY KID, INC.

PHOENIX -- (October 26, 2006) – Macayo’s Mexican Kitchen presented Not My Kid, Inc., a national non-profit organization, with a donation of $3,250 to benefit the organization on October 11 at the Macayo’s restaurant located in Scottsdale.

Not My Kid and Macayo’s teamed up to host Family Night 2006, a fundraiser and event aimed at getting families to dine together to increase awareness.  Macayo’s hosted the event at all Valley Macayo’s locations on September 25, 2006 and 60 cents from every entrée purchased that night was donated to the charity’s general fund.

Reed Johnson, area director of Macayo’s Mexican Kitchen, presented the donation amount to Pamala Plummer-Wright, national executive director of Not My Kid, Inc. amid a large crowd of long-time Macayo’s employees, Not My Kid board members and volunteers. Macayo’s family members and staff were on-hand to show their support and recognize the outstanding contributions Not My Kid makes to children’s lives and the surrounding communities.

“Macayo’s believes the behavioral health of our youth is the responsibility of the entire community,” said Johnson. “Not My Kid has, and continues to play a key role in helping Arizona families raise responsible children and we are proud to support such an amazing organization.”

This is not the first time Macayo’s has partnered with the Valley charity. In 2005, the restaurant donated more than $20,000 from its Annual Enchilada Festival to Not My Kid.

Not My Kid, Inc. is dedicated to facilitating an improved understanding about youth behavioral health issues including suicide, drug abuse, eating disorders and depression. The organization provides resources and programs to help teens and their parents prevent, recognize and overcome such issues. To learn more about Not My Kid, Inc. please visit www.notmykid.org.

For more information, or to locate your neighborhood Macayo’s, please visit www.macayo.com.

About Macayo’s Mexican Kitchen

In 1946, when Woody and Victoria Johnson opened their first Mexican food café in Phoenix, there were only six tables and a counter in the restaurant. Each week they served about one hundred meals, most of them the $1 combination plate.  Today the family has 17 restaurants, including four in Las Vegas. Still family owned and operated, the company is now run by the Johnson’s’ two sons, Gary and Stephen, and daughter, Sharisse. In 2006, the Macayo’s family celebrates its historic 60^th anniversary year.

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