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And good the Thursday morning. It
is time for our community connection right here

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on K one AM fourteen hundred FM
ninety three point three and ninety five point

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one. I'm Nathan Thompson in for
Tom Davis. He's out of state today

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doing what he does. We love
Tom and we miss him here this morning.

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Well we did miss though, is
our great conversations that we have with

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our friends at elder Care. We
have Angie Thompson, the development director and

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Claire Rapp, the brand new I
Understand Community outreach coordinator. Ladies, Good

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morning and welcome to the program.
Hey, Nathan's good to see you in

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for Tom Davis. Absolutely, huh. Yeah. He had another engagement in

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one of his former stations today,
so unfortunately it's not a good it's a

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funeral, but you know, we'll
let him off every once in a while.

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Well, it's good to see you, to see you here, Yeah,

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I'm telling you this has been a
great transition for me working here for

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the Potters and talking to a lot
of folks. It's always a pleasure.

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Of course. You know, I'm
a bundles of native of This is my

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hometown. I love it here and
one of the things I love about buttles

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of are all the great services that
elder Care that you guys offer for our

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community as well. And you know
we were talking before went on era a

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bit about some of the things that
Eldercare does in the community. So just

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a real quick introduction for those of
our listeners who wouldn't even may not know.

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I don't know how they couldn't what
elder Care is and what you did.

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Give us a brief introduction, Angie. Well, we are a one

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stop shop. We hope to be
a one stop shop and a resource for

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aging in place. And you know
it's not just for the elderly at elder

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Care. Our programs will also appeal
to adults of all ages, Like I

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was saying in physical therapy, you
know, I treat adults of all ages.

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And that was my official introduction me
too. I'm in a native of

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Bartlesville that I lived here all my
life, grew up right down the street

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from Eldercare, but never really knew
what services and programs they provided until four

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years ago when my neurologist in Tulsa
said, you know, I think you

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could benefit from some physical therapy on
your neck. And he said, he

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said, don't let the name scare
you, but Eldercare is the best.

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And of course I knew Josh and
his family. Josh Lynn Bloom is the

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director of therapy and had worked with
Kelsey Cleaver physical therapist, So that was

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my official introduction to Eldercare. And
boy was I amazed and thrilled with the

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services that I received from physical therapy. Right. Absolutely, And you know

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some of those things we were again
talking before air that Eldercare is kind of

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looking at your overall programs and what
it is that you offer to the community

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and for adults and elders as well, so kind of always looking for discussion

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the community about what services the community
desires. Is that right? Yeah,

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you know, we want to be
proactive in a way by getting feedback from

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the community to find out what services
and programs are needed. You know,

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every year, we want to look
at programs and evaluate what's needed. And

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I think COVID kind of forced everyone
into that boat, you know what I

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mean. You know, things changed
everywhere and it gave us a good opportunity

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to evaluate what we were doing.
Maybe we could enhance or expand, and

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so that's what we're looking at.
Yeah, absolutely, Well, and a

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lot of people who may not even
be familiar with Eldercare. Again, you

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know, some events that are coming
up here as well, where you can

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the community can learn about Eldercare,
the services you offer, and those great

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facilities that you have over there on
Swan Drive. So you know, Claire,

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are pleasure to meet you. By
the way, again, clear Wrapp

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is a fairly new to the elder
care community here. So that's some events

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that are coming up as well.
Correct, Yes, we do for our

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community specifically. We actually are hosting
to open houses again this summer. We

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had one last month and we have
another one coming up July and in August.

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They're going to be the first Monday
of each month at ten am,

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and we just welcome the community to
come in, come learn about the history

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of elder care, what we offer, as well as offer kind of a

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tour of our facility which is very
special. Yes it is. It is

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an incredible facility with lots of programs
that I had no idea existed until I

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began two months ago. It is
a beautiful, beautiful facility. And you

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know, again that open house you
were saying it's going to be a July

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first, I believe, correct,
at ten o'clock in the morning. Yes,

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okay, so the community can come
in and really learn and see what

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elder Care is all about. And
you know, there's only so much you

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can put on your website right about
what it is that Elder Care does in

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the community. A lot that comes
through word of mouth as well as Andie

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was talking, I mean physical therapy. I mean, there's so many services

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that are offered. The daybreak program
just absolutely incredible as well for seniors who

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need something to do during the day, right and maybe even family members are

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caregivers who need a little bit of
a break, that's correct. Yes,

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we definitely want to offer that.
Make sure people are aware of the services

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that we have. Yeah. Absolutely. Well, you're also again a nonprofit

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organization as well, so getting the
donations in and dealing with that whole financial

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side of things as well. There
are some fundraising opportunities for you. We

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just had the big, the Bad, the barbecue that was just what two

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weeks ago to a free experist.
Yeah, it was a great success.

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We had about six hundred and fifty
people and it was at the Hughes Ranch

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and you know, just to give
everybody a heads up, We'll be back

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again next year at the Hughes Ranch
on May eleventh, and it's always a

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great event. This year was our
twenty sixth anniversary event, so it's been

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a great opportunity for us to make
what I like to say, make the

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hug a little bit bigger, you
know, and introduce elder care to some

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new folks. But fundraising is a
big part of what we do with our

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community outreach. And thanks to KWN
for posting a story about our need and

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we were issued a challenge grant from
the Carl c Anderson Foundation, a twenty

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five thousand dollars grant opportunity was a
challenge grant, and I sent the story

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to Tom and said, Tom,
do you think you could possibly put this

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somewhere on your side or mention it
And within just a few days we had

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the twenty five thousand raised. So
yeah, and so that goes into the

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programs that need a little extra financial
support, and Daybreak is one of those.

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We have food costs to cover,
we serve three meals a day there,

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we have transportation costs and that's a
full day's worth of activities from seven

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thirty to five thirty Monday through Friday, which you said, you know,

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can benefit caregivers as well as those
who need a little extra something to do

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during the day. Socialization. We
have programs, structured programs, don't they

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Clay, Absolutely do. They're playing
bingo when I stopped by yesterday. Oh

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it was a blast all those activities. Yeah, you know, it's important

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to keep ourselves busy. I'm not
only for our elders in our community,

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but for anybody, you know,
just getting out there and being able to

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socialize with folks. And again we
were talking about the big, the Bad,

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the barbecue. I had tickets to
that, but unfortunately for me anyway,

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I had to cover to graduation that
night, so I gave my tickets

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to Tom and his wife. There
is a wife, Tom, Sorry you're

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listening well, but anyway, just
just a great thing about Eldercare. So

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again, just to review Eldercare,
give us your location how folks can get

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in contact with you. Sure,
we are located at twelve twenty three Swan

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Drive and you can get in contact
with us by calling us at nine one

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eight tag Team nine one eight three
three six eight five zero zero, or

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they can find more about us on
our website about Eldercare dot org. And

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I always say, you know,
it's all one word about eldercare dot org.

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What what again? A great organization
and we here at K one we

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are honored to always have you in
studio and talk to you about your needs

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or the needs of the community.
We are we are very very happy to

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be a partner. Thank you you
guys as uch what a what a super

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organization Eldercare here in Balsville. Come
by and see your visit a website at

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about eldercare dot org to figure out
all the wonderful services that are available right

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here in Barlolsville. Angie Thompson,
Development Director and Claire Wrap community outreach Coordinator,

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thank you so much for joining us
today on Community Connection. You're very

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