WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:02.279 Good morning, good morning, morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome in. 2 00:00:02.279 --> 00:00:05.320 It's time now for our community connection right here on Kay one, the 3 00:00:05.679 --> 00:00:09.320 one you trust. You know that sounds kind of bright. It kind of 4 00:00:09.359 --> 00:00:13.880 reminds me of one of my favorite nonprofits, Ray of Hope. How are 5 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:19.679 we doing there, Gentlemen's wonderful. We're doing great. We have Ben Ames, 6 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:24.199 he's the director of outreach for Ray of Hope, and also Michael Kohlaw 7 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:28.839 Ray of Hope board member and Hops for Hope committee member. Guys, it 8 00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:31.640 just seems like we did this a couple of weeks ago and here it is 9 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:36.159 full circle. We're ready to do this again. Yeah. So Michael tells 10 00:00:36.200 --> 00:00:40.560 us a little bit about the big event. So Hops for Hope is coming 11 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:46.000 up this Saturday, November fourth. This is year fourteen. It's the key 12 00:00:46.039 --> 00:00:51.039 fundraiser for Ray of Hope and it's a homebrew competition with homebrewers from around the 13 00:00:51.119 --> 00:00:54.640 area. We have them from Oklahoma City, we have them from up in 14 00:00:54.679 --> 00:00:59.320 the Kansas City area coming. We've got twelve homebrewers this year, twenty eight 15 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:04.040 beers that they will have combined brood and so the eight hundred and fifty patrons 16 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:07.239 there will get to taste all those beers and then vote on their favorite. 17 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:11.239 I don't know what you and Ben did, but you got this workout so 18 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:15.400 that this starts right after Bedlam. I mean, it's exactly right, No 19 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:19.280 excuses. Now that game's over at six o'clock at the latest. Hops for 20 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:23.200 Hope six point thirty to get your tickets. Are there any left because they 21 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:27.760 usually go pretty fast. Yeah, we are just under about one hundred and 22 00:01:27.760 --> 00:01:32.480 twenty left and we'll be gone tomorrow. Yeah. I think a lot of 23 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:34.159 folks were waiting to see what time the Bedlam game was going to be for 24 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:40.920 Saturday and kind of waiting on that. So we fully expect a full rush 25 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:42.599 in the next couple of days. Ben tell us a little bit about Ray 26 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:47.319 of Hope because a lot of people are familiar with the name. Most people 27 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:51.319 are familiar with what you do, but some. In fact, we have 28 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:53.560 new people moving into town every day, as you know, so let's kind 29 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:57.439 of bring people up to speed. Sure, So, Ray of Hope is 30 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:00.879 a nonprofit here in Bartlesville. We are a child advocacy and a domestic violence 31 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:07.080 resource center. We're able to provide a sense of hope to child and adult 32 00:02:07.080 --> 00:02:12.479 survivors of child abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, teen dating violence, 33 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:19.560 strangulation, and yeah, there's there's a lot of a lot of things that 34 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:23.000 that bad things that happen to good people, and we we want to be 35 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:28.360 able to kind of help folks work through those things. And you do. 36 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:32.159 You have so many resources, but it takes a fundraiser like this in order 37 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:37.560 to keep the doors open and the services flowing. Absolutely these so we the 38 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:43.599 funds that we raise goes directly back into our services helping helping our survivors. 39 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:50.680 It may be relocation assistance, helping them with housing, or just getting by, 40 00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:53.840 just getting by because that that that in and of itself is a big 41 00:02:53.879 --> 00:02:58.400 task when you're based with those kind of odds. Yeah, yeah, it's 42 00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:01.759 it's a it's a tough deal now, Michael. It's got to be an 43 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:07.360 easy ask when you ask people to participate and you tell them the story of 44 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:09.599 Ray A Hope, Let's say they just say, well, how much do 45 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:14.199 you want? You know? Sure, yeah, No, Ray of Hope 46 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:20.199 is an easy ask. It's an organization I'm very passionate about and honored to 47 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:23.080 be on the board and on the committee for hops. So fifty dollars for 48 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:28.439 a great evening with eight hundred and fifty of your closest friends, a lot 49 00:03:28.439 --> 00:03:32.439 of great beer to taste, silent auction that is magnificent. Tell us a 50 00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:36.840 little bit about this now. You know you're gonna get the pocketbooks loosened up 51 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:39.479 here. Yeah, yeah, but it's all going to be great because with 52 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:44.800 the silent auction. I understand you got some dandies. Oh man, I 53 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:50.360 really do think that we have more items this year than any year ever for 54 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:54.680 Hops for Hope. Some of our favorite items that are you know, doctor 55 00:03:54.719 --> 00:03:59.639 John lin Bloom always paints a wonderful painting for us. And you can go 56 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:04.000 to the Ray of Hope Facebook page and look at several of the items that 57 00:04:04.039 --> 00:04:09.159 have been donated already, and uh, what did John do? He did 58 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:14.719 Jimmy Hendrick's painting, which is pretty fantastic. So I would go check that 59 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:19.079 out and get there and bit early and bid off and on all. We're 60 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:24.800 gonna go from Purple Hasty, Purple Rays for this. I mean, we've 61 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:29.040 got we've got a slew of artists. We've got Jimmy, We've got Bob 62 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:31.959 Dylan coming from Lady Finch Art. He's making a trip all the way from 63 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:38.199 California to US, and uh, yeah, we've got we've got an insane 64 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:43.120 amount of art, but also some really cool and unique items. We were 65 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:46.319 fortunate enough this year to receive a Hasty Bake, a brand new Hasty Bake 66 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:53.680 grill, and then I believe, an electric leather recliner. So we've got 67 00:04:53.720 --> 00:05:00.839 some items that we've never had before and just time for Thanksgiving reclining. Absolutely, 68 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:03.680 cook your turkey on the new charcoal grill and go hang out in your 69 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:10.120 new easy chair. Yeah, life's good and we're thinking on this one, 70 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:14.160 that's for sure. So you know, with the silent auction, bids open 71 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:17.319 as soon as you walk in, right, absolutely. We usually have the 72 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:24.199 bidding close in two sections, So I think event starts at six thirty, 73 00:05:24.199 --> 00:05:28.879 the first silent auction closes at seven forty five, and then the second round 74 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:32.759 eight fifteen, I believe, And then yeah, we and then we have 75 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:39.279 a raffle, So two raffle items this year. So usually we've done in 76 00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:41.920 the past where we're raffling a bunch of items, we're just doing two. 77 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:47.800 This year. We had someone generously donate thirty bottles of wine, and so 78 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:55.560 it's a wine starter kit for your homey or for Thanksgiving or for whomever you 79 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:58.279 know, whatever you want to do it for. And then we've got a 80 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:01.399 mini fridge that will be full of craft beer. And so you can buy 81 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:05.319 a raffle ticket for either of those items and then go home with your own 82 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:10.120 craft beer fridge and plenty of brew as well as wine if you'd like. 83 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:15.399 So it's fantastic. Yeah, okay, you may have sold a ticket. 84 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:19.639 So this sounds great, And this is for Ray of Hope. Now we're 85 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:24.680 doing this at an airplane hangar out at the airport, right, Yeah, 86 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:30.279 it's in Hangar one at the Bartlesfield Unicipal Airport. Like Michael said, it's 87 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:34.279 this Saturday at six point thirty. We're super excited about it. We still 88 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:38.160 have a few to have some tickets left, and they can go to our 89 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:43.600 website Ray of Hope ac dot org and click on events, hit the Hops 90 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:46.480 for Hope button and it'll take you directly to our ticket site. Now some 91 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:48.399 of you may have gone, oh gosh, it's cold, it's going to 92 00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:53.680 be cold forever. It's not because we just took a look at the forecast 93 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:57.480 here and if it holds true and I'm pretty sure it will. Saturday, 94 00:06:57.560 --> 00:07:00.759 you're going to be in the seventies and the evening temperatures are going to slowly 95 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:04.480 go down to fifty one. It won't be like fifty one till like four 96 00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:09.759 in the morning when I get up and get moving around. So we also 97 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:13.680 have the wind from the south, so that's not going to affect the open 98 00:07:13.720 --> 00:07:16.240 area of the hangar. So you know, what are you waiting for? 99 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:19.399 Buy a ticket? There's only one hundred, probably only one hundred left now 100 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:25.120 since we started. Yeah, so anyway, they're all gonna we're not gonna 101 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:28.639 jack up the price just because we have one hundred tickets. They're all gonna 102 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:30.120 be the same. You know, when bedlam is, you know what the 103 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:34.839 weather is, you have no excuse. I'll stand for no excuse exactly where 104 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:40.759 you go. So raise raisin Ale and let's raise some funds and also bring 105 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:45.319 a little extra here for the silent auction for the raffle tickets because those all 106 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:48.040 go into help as well, a ray of hope where you located. So 107 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:53.759 we're at seven o six East Third here in downtown Bartlesville. Folks can get 108 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:57.319 a hold of us if they're just needing just some regular just some support. 109 00:07:58.079 --> 00:08:01.040 Our office number is nine eight three three seven six one seven seven. And 110 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:05.079 if they need after hour support, we do have a twenty four hour crisis 111 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:09.000 line and that number is nine one eight two one four eight eight eight six. 112 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:13.959 And you know, although folks might not come right out and say it, 113 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:20.279 you're actually saving lives absolutely for sure. Yeah, because if you weren't 114 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:24.480 around, right, yeah, folks wouldn't know, they wouldn't have a place 115 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:28.399 to go for resources, to find help, to find help in a manner 116 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:33.519 that's safe and you know, keeps everybody in a good way, and that 117 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:37.679 you're doing God's work on that you really are. And there are so many 118 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:41.200 people who are so appreciative of Ray of Hope, and of course you're One 119 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:46.399 of of the ways that you can help out is to participate in Hops for 120 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:50.799 Hope which is coming up to Saturday at the airport and have yourself a little 121 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:52.759 bit of fun. Now, if you can't make it, you got to 122 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:56.240 be out of town. You got one thousand dollars just kind of laying around 123 00:08:56.279 --> 00:09:00.279 and going, gee, you know, let see something worthier? Do I 124 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:05.840 want to pay tax? I'm not saying that the government's a black hole where 125 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:11.480 your money goes down. But I mean you could probably spend it more locally 126 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:15.799 here and help out Ray of Hope and make sure these resources I Hope and 127 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:22.279 haven't disenfranchised anybody. That's part of the reason we do some of these things 128 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:28.480 to fall because sometimes you're looking for a way to help someone before the end 129 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:33.600 of the year, and you know, this is just as worthy as anything 130 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:35.879 I can think of. So please put that on your list if you're looking 131 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:41.440 to make a charitable donation this time of year. It really works. Now 132 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:45.519 you're telling me what twenty eight to thirty different kinds of beer you can take? 133 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:48.919 How big are the cups? So they're just tasters. I think they're 134 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:52.679 six ounce so's it's a six ounce taster and they don't fill it to the 135 00:09:52.679 --> 00:10:00.279 top. So between that and with Cooper and Mill and Scissor Tel Lot of 136 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:05.159 Dewey, they will both be there as craft brewers who actually started at Hops 137 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:09.240 for Hope Homebrewing that's rights and years ago. Yeah, and now they have 138 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:13.759 their own craft breweries, so they'll be there giving out samples as well. 139 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:18.279 So you know you can taste between thirty and thirty five beers on Saturday and 140 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:26.919 again home brew is a little bit more robust. Robust sure has a little 141 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:28.840 bit more kick than a lot of other beers, and it has a whole 142 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:35.279 lot more flavored than some of that water down business you never mind they call 143 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:41.000 beer. You can't tell that. I'm I'm from a corn and wheat country 144 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:45.559 canyon. A little bit of barley, a little bit of barley. But 145 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:48.279 now, this is really going to be a good time. And it's like 146 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:50.039 I said, it's money well spent. You're going to have a fun time. 147 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:54.639 And you might even walk home, oh door, drive home or uber 148 00:10:54.679 --> 00:11:01.159 home with a great piece of art, a wonderful auction item. And even 149 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:07.519 that mini fridge or the electric recliner. Yeah, do they have a little 150 00:11:07.559 --> 00:11:11.200 warming thing in it too. We don't know, not for sure, but 151 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:16.759 I'm sure it's Uh. I just asked it for a friend. Asking a 152 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:20.320 friend might be cold right now. Well, gentlemen, I want to thank 153 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:22.639 you. Oh yeah, tickets, Where can we get them? That'd be 154 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:26.120 nice, since we've talked about the whole thing. Where can we get tickets? 155 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:28.799 So they can go to our website Ray of Hope ac dot org, 156 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:35.120 navigate over to the events tab and click on hops for Hope. It'll direct 157 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:37.799 you where to go to get the tickets. They can also check out our 158 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:41.559 Facebook page and the events page. It's we've got them plastered all over the 159 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:46.000 place. Yeah, they do, they do, and get them a while 160 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:48.919 there. They're still available because now that you've got the weather, you've got 161 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:54.360 the bedroom time, you know how you can arrange your weekend. And if 162 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:56.919 you've been waiting on those two things, we've got them situated here so you're 163 00:11:56.960 --> 00:12:01.879 a got your goat green light. Go all right, Thank you guys, 164 00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:05.320 appreciate you being here with us today. And also Ray of Hope once again 165 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:09.360 that website, so if folks really want to get some more information on how 166 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:13.960 they can get help or maybe share that with some folks who might need help, 167 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:18.240 go ahead and give us a Ray of Hope ac AC dot org dot 168 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:22.039 org. All right, that is yet, and of course check out their 169 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:24.360 Facebook page as well. Gentlemen, it has been a pleasure. 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