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today we have the Salvation Army. In with this, we have Tanya and
Monica. And how are we doing, ladies? Well, doing great?
That is I'm standing up right. It's hot, It's very hot. It
is hot. My goodness, Monica, I don't know you very well.
We just met a little bit ago. Tell me a little bit about yourself.
Well, I'm the regional resource development director for this area. That's just
a fancy way of saying I'm I'm the fundraiser for Bartlesville. The Salvation Army
has me all over the countryside meeting with the nicest people in the world,
and those are the people who help support the work that they do with the
Salvation Army. Well, you're not going to find too many nicer than Tany
and Luke. That's right, that's right. I know. Yeah, we're
very very happy to have Lieutenant Luke and Lieutenant Tanya here in Bartlesville. They
do great work. As a matter of fact, she's going to talk to
us this morning about the work they did in responding to the disasters recently.
Oh, we've had plenty of them. Yeah, yeah, tell us about
it. We had the well May sixth, that's the one the pit Barnstall
and everything. Right, So that week, you know, that next day
actually we were out here in Bartlesville on the community and we were able to
for that for that week, we were able to serve what was it,
twenty six hundred meals wow. Yeah. And the really great part too about
that was we were able to over two hundred and forty people. We were
able to just give some emotional and spiritual care and actually talk to them and
pray with them, and so that was really that was really great. Well,
you know, at a time like this, this is when Salvation Army
really rises to the challenge and responds to the need of the human condition.
Yeah, compassion, feeling, feeling them with food, and also trying to
fill them a little bit with the spirit too. Yeah, And so we
try to do, you know, just try to love on them and smile
and just you know, whatever help you can give them whatever. Yeah,
and sometimes sometimes they just want to just talk and just to tell what they're
feeling, you know. And and we definitely can see that that week of
just just the look on their faces was they just needed to talk and it
was it was nice to be able to be there for them to do that
and to pray and that sometimes that's all you can do when your home has
just been leveled. It's not only the officers that show up. One of
the things that we're grateful for are the number of volunteers that show up.
People who have been volunteering with the Salvation Army for years and years. They
just show up. They do you know, you have to call them.
They just seem to know what's going on. They just show up and they
and they call you or you know, and they're very They're just very good
about coming out and saying, hey, what can we do, do you
need anything? Or blessed with the volunteers and just the people in the community.
This is a rather unique community. There are some similar to Martinsville,
but I've lived in a lot of places in my life and time, but
this one, the hands are there and also the wallets are there too to
help. Definitely, definitely they are. Yeah, everybody rolls up their sleeves
and says, what do you need? Yeah, here you go. I
love that. Yeah. And of course we have not only the individuals but
the companies here in Bartlesville that we are just ready to support when necessary.
So we were pleased with the kind of reaction that community that support. Wonderful.
We've got a special thing coming up, don't we we do we do.
It is the Bartlesville Ladies Connection, Girls Not Out and it's going to
be July eleventh at Pater Rosa. Yes. Yeah, this is the one
where all the ladies. It's the community connection where the ladies bring things that
the Salvation Army needs. And so we're really thankful for that. Last year
I was able to go and they just brought all kinds of food, canned
foods and all kinds of stuff of the food pantry. And this year we
are asking actually for items for the Red Shield Club, the kids, you
know, because we're wanting to increase our number in the kids. And we've
done really good so far of getting that number up a little more this summer
with our day camp and we've been having a blast with them and uh so
you know, more kids. The more, the more supplies you're gonna need.
And we do lots of crafts and games and and trips and uh we
we like to give them little treats, you know, popcorn, snow cones
and and you know all the things that go with that. Well would be
really helpful. There's always something happened at the citadel, right right, Yes,
that's right. I think this year what they need, they've put out
kind of a list of things that they need and we might just run over
that. If if there's something on this list that you've got, drop it
by the core over on Boosy. Oh yes, okay, just bring it
by all right, And what are some of the things they need, Well,
we're needing snow cone cups. As I said, we'd like to give
them snow cones throughout the day. Sometimes we were needing the popcorn. You
know, if if anyone knows of a good place to find a popcorn machine.
I was just told that ours is dying own. It's not good corn
machine. So and then we have just different craft items baby wipes, glue,
big gallons of glue, you know, and borax, baking soda.
Those are for like different you know, experiment stuff. We're doing pull noodles,
balloons, sugar, sailine solution, butcher paper, butcher paper large those
are nice, yeah, and so yeah, and then everything else you could
think of that, you know, sidewalk tracks like that, Yeah, things
that goes. Yeah, I can't tell you how many times I never really
saw the sidewalk in the sum Yeah, pretty nice. How many kids do
we have in the program this year? Well, we had originally we had
like forty, around forty registered, but I think the number has a little
bit as some of them have, you know, for whatever reason, you
know, summer happens, you know, and not all the kids end up
coming. But then we've had summer school too. But those those kids are
like half you know, half half there and half there, and and so
I think it's probably around we're we're estimating probably around thirty to thirty three somewhere
there. But that's still a good number. And they're there all day yeah,
and they're they're all day four oh gosh. So yeah, that's a
lot. It's it's fun. And we're going to be having a VBS for
our kids there too at the end of July. So we're gearing up for
that and yeah, and so we uh, this is really cool. They
recently had a tour here. Yes, yes, yeah, that was.
That was like one of my favorite tour groups here. I mean they were
they were just locked in. They're like, wow, what is all this
stuff? They all winking and Lincoln and all these things, and then people
are talking Wow. You know you can just see the awe in their eye.
It was pretty Oh yeah, I mean I never I would have I'd
never experienced like something as a kid, and I thought it would be you
know, that would be great. And so when we were given that opportunity,
I thought, yes, they will love this so and they did.
They loved hearing their voice. Our buddy, mister Joe, he did it
so wonderful. He lets them hear their voices on the rail on the radio.
They recording in a very fast on like chipmunks, and then they all
he also slowed it down so they heard a really voice and so they thought
that was just great. Well, you know, I Joe and I ken
an awful lot. He and I are the same age, but he just
acts a heck of a lot younger than I ever will. And because he
never really lost that that child spirit you know, and I envy him for
that. But the way he worked with the kids, I said, they're
good on you. Yeah, he did really well. We're really appraid those
kids were so well behaved. And I got to tell you they they really
were here like they've been someplace that really that really made us feel pretty good.
Yeah. Yeah, it was a big deal to the kids. Yeah,
that's great and it's absolutely super What else we got cooking? And I
shouldn't be saying that in this heat? No, No, although it feels
like it when it does feel like you're cooking. Yeah, I've said when
you open the door, it feels like you're checking on something in the oven.
That's exactly, thats exactly. Yeah, it's good. Yeah. Anything
else happening that we need to prize everybody about, well, I think you
know, every day at the Salvation Army something's happening. And it's not only
with the kids, but it's with social services. We help people in Bartlesville
with you know, covering their utility bills and taking care of the food pantry,
and every day pretty hard. Every day, you know, we reach
out and help our neighbors and friends, and you know, it's kind of
like the homelessness prevention that we are focused in on. I think July is
our utility month, where you know, we encourage people to put that little
extra on their utility bill to help with the amount that comes to social services
to help with utilities. And all year long, that's kind of what we
do. What was it last year, seven and twenty seven people in Bartlesville
were helped by the Salvation Army. That's a lot of people. That is
a lot of people of our Yeah. Wow. So four thousand and two
meals were served to the hungry, one thousand and three food boxes were provided,
three hundred and thirty five people were helped in financial assistance. So every
day we're you know, there helping people get through the hardest day of their
life. One thing I have to say about the Salvation Army, no matter
where I've been, your folks are about the humblest You don't go out there
beating your chest and hey, look at us. We just just go about
our business and we help folks, and everybody just kind of keeps it on
the down low and and the world goes on, and you know, and
I think if more and more of us adopted that philosophy, instead of doing
it for the glory and the high light and the headline, we'd an'll probably
be living a better life. Yeah, so you guys kind of teach without
using words some days. Thank you. That's so nice. Thank you.
Well, that's that's just an observation from an old man. Well, well,
you know, I think and I think everybody knows us by the kettle,
you know. Yeah, yeah, but we'll we'll probably be back on
and talk about, you know, our upcoming plans for the Red Kettle kickoff.
We're going to try to bring back the Red Kettle dinner this year.
Nice and so I'm excited for that. We are very excited for fun.
Yeah, we're anticipating having fun with that, right. Yeah. And of
course, if anybody wants to help you out right now, you know,
while we're thinking about it, it's pressure in mind. Can we just go
to the website or can we just drop by a check and say, if
somebody's got ten thousand dollars in the pocket, just burn a hole in it.
I mean that would be great, absolutely, that would be pet.
Your address there one on one North Avenue, so easy to find. Drop
it in the mail, drop it by the office, Come by and see
us. Yeah, you would love to to see us. Yeah, I'd
love to chat chat. Yeah. Well, ladies, it's been wonderful having
you both on here. Thank you for having us alrighty, thank you,
and you have been watching and listening to us on Community Connection