Good morning, good money, good morning. You're welcome, Welcome, welcome.
It is time now for our community connection right here on K one,
the one you trust, no stranger. Here we have Sharon Reeth and she
is with the Veterans Connection organization right here in Barblesville. You've been at this
for like three or four years now, haven't you. Yes, yeah,
ever since twenty nineteen and we're still going strong. So God's been real good
to us. Well, your organization's been real good. We are doing God's
will and it shows and we're doing something kind of cool. When I first
heard about this shortly before Christmas, I said, well, there you go.
This is spot on the money. We have veterans that sometimes fall through
the cracks. Yes, and this is what your organization is famous for,
is making sure that nobody does yes and well, when the holidays are over,
sometimes the food runs out. You're right, we're trying to put a
stop to that. You're right about this. Yeah, Well, what we've
done is Hilton approaches about being a partner with them and collaborating to ensure that
veteran eat after the holidays. So it was something that they came up with
and we was surely about being a part of it. So we started the
food drive. It kicked off December the twelfth at Hilton. It's going to
run for about twenty seven to twenty eight days until January of the ninth,
and then we'll be giving away food to the veterans on the tenth at ten
o'clock in the morning. So please, if you have any food, to
drop it off at Hilton. It was a necessity for us to ensure that
veterans ate after the holidays, because what happens is they'll get a meal,
yes, and after the leftovers gone, it's still plenty cold. There's a
whole lot of winter left. You're sure right, You're sure right. And
that was the thing that was on our hearts to do here in Bortlesville was
to ensure that they at least have a bag of two of groceries don perishables
to take home with them. And we're excited about it. We're excited.
We got a couple of people that's partnering with us. Homeland is donating one
hundred sacks. Wow. And we have the boxes that you could drop off
all around Bortlesville or vest in the Employment conference room, which you can't get
to that. But Region Bank Gateway also have a box for us. We
have one at the City of Dewey and City Dewey PD, we have one
at Jane Phillip's Hospital, and then we have a box over in no lot
of one of our board memberies over there. So we're just pretty excited.
The Sheriff's office too, The Sheriff's office of course. Yes, my goodness
sake, I got to tell you this is good when a plan comes together,
isn't it. It really is, so please you could always just even
call me at four zero five three two three six three nine and I'll come
pick them up. Yes you will. I'll come pick them up if that's
if that's what you need, because we want to ensure that we give out
the food into it's gone. Now. Your former military, but there's really
no such thing as former military because May Susie is former military and there's nothing
formal about that. Yeah. I have a twenty year military veteran and also
a disabled veteran a Navy of course. But I love all my military brothers
and sisters. It don't matter what warrior was in or you're in, we're
still military brothers and sisters. Yes, yeah, indeed. And one of
the things that a lot of people have really been thankful for is that it's
hard sometimes for veterans to say I need help. Yeah, those three words
are the most difficult to get out of their mouths. And this year,
as we end American legs, one word for the year was reached one more.
So we're just here to help and assist. As a no finger pointing.
At some point in time, everyone needs some help and we're here to
help. And you do that, you do that, some people get kind
of frustrated because well, you know, government ain't government unless there's red tape.
And you do a wonderful job at your office kind of cutting through the
morass and just getting right to where the veterans need to go. Oh,
thank you so much. With the team that we have is so many on
my team, I just want to give a shout out to each of my
board members. You guys know who you guys are. I'm not going to
name all of you guys, but we appreciate my board members and also my
staring committee. With that you guys, VCO will not be doing what we're
doing in our community. So thank you guys for all the help and thank
everyone who's going to go get some can goods and some nonperishable box goods too,
and making that donation too, because we really want this to last.
We really want this to make a good impression and save a few lives.
Yes, we do. Now. When you and I first started talking together
on the radio, we were talking about something pretty dark, but it happens,
depression. Yes, and you really you put together a lot of good
teams and you've come up with a wayer hooks might not be feeling so good
at the moment to stick around another day. That's right, that's right.
We have together with veterans and then we have a veter Connection organization and we
promote suicide awareness in our community. We've partnered with Veterans Administration to give out
phone numbers. Nine eight eight is so available, not only for the veterans,
but for anyone that needs any kind of help. And if they can't
help you, they would tell you where to go. So nine eight eight
is so easy to doubt if it's necessary, nine eight eight, there you
go. And I want you to write that down. I want you to
share that on your social media too, because you know a lot of people
kind of hide their feelings. And if someone's in a in one of those
places at the wrong time, you know, just maybe seeing that on their
feet on their phone definitely will change their minds definitely. And Bordersville has such
an outlet here. You know, our police department is doing a wonderful job.
By Sheriff's department. There's so many outlets, so just gonna knock on
the door. I believe Bordersville is one of the most given communities there ill,
so there is help here in Bordeosville, even if it don't come directly
from Veteran Connection organization. Please use your outlets. Now, where are you
located? Last I checked, you're out there at Track County Tech. I'm
still out there at the Strategy Center. I'm still at the Strategy Center.
Yeah, the east Side Police Department has moved into the building, so I'm
your company. Feel of grand safe. I love it. So we're there
doing what's necessary for our community. So now I can see all veterans because
I used to kind of pick and choose because I didn't know if I was
safe enough because of the temperament that we have sometime. So now that I'm
there and the police officers there. I am just excited about it. Yeah.
So we're still in the same place, Strategy Center. That's good.
That is really good. Now we have a BA that showed up here.
Yes, yes, have you been working with them VA? Due to us
having a VA initiative with our suicide awareness they are one of our outlets when
it comes to teaching suicide awareness in our area. They have to piggyback with
us because it's a VA grant that we have. So yes, I do
know the suicide Awareness Coordinator of the Mental Health Team because they're one of our
outlets. When we go and speak around town and promote suicide awareness, they
actually come and do the speaking for us. We just set up the meetings.
They're on their way to put Huska to do a SAVE training and then
they'll be going to Jane Phillips Hospital to do a SAVE training and they just
did one with the sheriff Department. My goodness sakes, you're busy. It's
my team. It's my team. Do you ever stay home? I mean,
it's my team. We have Ryan Bvar he is my TWV ambassador.
So Ryan and Jean Sanders and Jason Elmore with me. It's so many that
just do their part. So with a good team, you know, you
could build a small world. So that's what we're trying to do. We're
trying to build a world that is successful and resourceful for veterans. Now we're
raging food for veterans with can goods and non perishables. You're gonna see them
all over town. Yes, and if you have a question, just asked
we we'll tell you. And also on the tenth we'll be handing out the
food. Where are the veterans you need to go for this? They need
to go downtown to Hilton. The Hilton has that circular drive, so you're
going to come in one end and then go out the other end. We'll
meet you right at the fourier there and under the little petition there and we'll
put the foods right in your vehicle. Got to get out and that is
stored at ten o'clock and then that evening at six o'clock, we have a
charity bingo at Coppers and Meals, so please stop buy. They have brewed
up a beer for us and that special occasion, so please come by and
support that that evening. It is a charity bingo. And remember it's not
army versus navy, okay, And it's open to the public. It's just
anyone could come, So please come and have some fun with us at Coppers
and Mills and just show them how much we appreciate them. Also portning with
together with Veteran and VCL, that is great. Hey. It is open
to everyone, and indeed we want everyone to have a good time, and
we also want you to remember where the proceeds are going to. Yes,
together with Veterans and Veteran Connection Organization. Oh man, I tell you,
Sharon, it's always great having you in you we're gonna do something about warming
it up. I don't know, I don't know who to call for the
weather, but we're gonna be We're gonna be fine. We're gonna I'm just
old, I'm just grumpy. But anyway, this is gonna be great.
And again, if you want to set up an appointment, you can do
that and give you guys a call down at the Strategy Center at the Tray
County Tech. Yes, we'll put all that information in the little news story
that we're gonna let out here over here in a little bit and now you
can find that at Bartlesville Radio dot com and you can also watch the video
again if you just a caughta and just a few minutes into it. You
can watch the whole thing on Facebook Live. I want to thank you for
coming in. Can you Can you come back soon? Sure? I sure
will, and God bless him having holidays to everyone, all right, thank
you, miss Shaer. We