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of our favorite interviewees, we Charlie. We see you not nearly enough,
but how you doing, miss dew Tom And you're a big brother, big
sister, and you brought in a big sister. I did part of a
big couple. Really, Yes, Joanne Robinson is a big sister, part
of a big couple. As you say, We have a few of those,
and we want to talk a little bit more about that today, about
the big couple opportunity. Wow, I'll join us. Also on our local
resource sports. Oh great, So you're keeping busy, aren't you. You
have no idea? Yeah, I've hung around. I even have some more
dogs for it. But she says she's kind of tied up. Well I
understand that. But we got some big events coming up here too, don't
we. We do, and we have lots of things that are really popping,
just kind of if we look in the Rivier Mayor, we had our
picnic and we Truity came out and grilled burgers and hot dogs for us.
It was so it was it was it was very very much of a treat,
better than those sandwiches we usually get. And the Oklahoma Wesleyan University golf
team came because we also played miniature golf and Center Junior and we have our
Big for a Day has started up for the fall. The Oklahoma Wesleyan University
School of Business Doctor Weavers class students from there have signed up to be Bigs
for a Day for our waiting littles. So in September was the picnic and
now this in October, they played board games on campus. We don't know
what we're doing for November yet. Well, but you've got a good group
out there at Wesley. They'll figure out something. They are really it's just
amazing to see how those students connect with the waiting littles, and it is
you know, the best way we can serve a waiting child is to find
them a one to one mentor. But in the meantime, it does give
them an opportunity to come to an activity cool. And two of our matches,
two of our big brothers and little brother Matches had the experience of a
lifetime. Kevin Lynch with Remax Bartlesville donated club level court side seats to the
Thunder game, and two of our bigs were able to take their littles to
That just truly an experience of a lifetime, and so that's something the littles
won't forget, you know that that was amazing. And so those are things
that are just really just exciting because so many ways the community is stepping out.
And I don't have all the details because I've been out of town for
a week, but November two is the place to be is Cooper and Mill
and Matt Eperson's group is hosting an OSU rally before the Bedlam game and the
Orange Seltzer. Proceeds of the Orange Seltzer will go to Big Brothers Sister,
and I think they have a bunch of other things planned as well. So
Cooper and Mill November two, and we will get more details out as soon
as I have them. Yeah, we got another big event coming up with
VSR. It's sponsibly yes, old for kid's sake. It's the time we
were just talking about that. We're just saying, you know, we go
from big event to big bowlly real quick around here. Well, both for
kid's sake is gearing up and our dates are March the seventh and eighth in
twenty twenty four. Sounds like a long time but away, but it will
be here before we know it. And DSR is the presenting sponsor again this
year and we're very happy to have their support. Well, that is great.
It's nice when our community comes together like this. It seems like we
all just kind of intermesh and we all kind of work for a very good
outcome, for a common good. It is. It's really exciting. You
know. We're going to talk a little bit more about volunteer recruitment and we're
also going to talk to Joanne about being a big and how that's working out,
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connection right here in k one, the one you trust. We're talking with
our friends from Big Brothers, Big Sisters. Charlene Doo and you brought a
friend at joe Anne Robinson and Joanne. You and I were talking in the
green room and folks, we really don't have one of those, but we
pretend we're TV. Yeah it's not green. No, it's not at all
very colorful as a matter of fact. But we were talking about being a
part of a big couple. How did you and your husband first get involved
with that? So I've been involved with Big Brothers, Big Sisters for I
don't know how many years. I've done time here in Ville and also in
Houston and back and forth a few times. But when I was here,
I would I would get involved, and I Charlie asked me to be a
part of the local resource board and I joined the resource board and that's when
I heard about more information about the specifics on the littles that were waiting,
and they highlighted a particular kid and he had been waiting over two years.
That's a long time in a child's like two weeks is a long time in
a child, right, And and as they described him, you know,
they that he's he's on the autism spectrum, which my husband's daughter is on
the autism spectrum. And he likes video games and my husband likes video games,
and uh, and he's kind of a computer geek and my husband's a
computer geek. And I was like, okay to you know, you get
put two and two together. So I I you know, I asked my
husband. I'm like, hey, do you want to do this. We
can do it together. And he was like sure. So we've been matched
up now for a couple of months, and you know, it's it's it's
going great. It's it's sad that we didn't get him before he was already
sixteen, but you know, we're our main goal is to make sure that
he gets his driver's license. That'll be a big skill, a life skill
that that he that he needs and will definitely definitely use. So how did
you first get interested in kind of hanging around and helping out with big brothers,
big sisters. What we kind of generated that little spark. So it
started with Bowl for Kid's Sake. So at the time, a lot of
people say that, Yeah, at the time, I worked for Phillip sixty
six and that organization is pretty heavily involved with that particular fundraiser, and you
know, I got a team together, and you know, next year,
I got a team together. Next year, I got a team together.
At one point, I was the coordinator for Phillip sixty six for all of
the teams. Did that off and on for a while. So it was
just kind of, you know, one foot in front of the other,
one step at a time, and it eventually grew into me being on the
board. Okay, so you're with the Resource Board, and that means you've
got to do a lot of connecting, right, Yeah. You know,
part of the responsibility of board members is to talk to prospective bigs and try
and encourage them to give back and to pour into a young person's life,
to be a good mentor positive mentor to help that little reach their full potential.
So that's one of the things that you know, you try and do
as a board member, you know, and also planning the various fundraising events
and those kinds of things. Very good, Charlene. I take five minutes
with you, you get somebody converted pretty quickly. I mean that's just me
talking, okay, But you know, this is not just something that you
sign up and you go into. We take our time. We're very select
and very careful. Well, I believe everybody wants to help. It's a
matter of finding out they what they want to do. Say so, they
may not want to do what you just ask them to do, but if
you talk with them and listen to them, you'll find out what piece of
the of the mission they want to pick up. And then then they'll be
picking up things they never knew they wanted to pick up. And then you
know, once we kind of get this thing kind of going, there's a
little bit of a process that we go through, but that's outlined on your
website, and we just want to make sure everything's good. Now, we
ask volunteers to do an online application. They come in for an interview.
We do background checks, driving record checks, and purpose of the interview is
for us to get to know you, to understand what you're bringing to the
table, your personality interests, what your strengths are, so that we can
match you with the child, because matches are made on the basis of personality,
common interests, what the child's needs are, and what the volunteer strengths
are. So, if you think about it, that's how you have friends.
So you get along, you have something in common, and one of
you is not too needy for the other, so well that's how it will.
Yes, and we do have a bit of a list. We have
twenty two kids on the waiting list. Now it's a different twenty two than
it was a year ago, but nonetheless we had at one point. We
still have about thirty kids on the inquiry coming in the door. So we
need additional volunteers we need. Our target is primarily men or couples, because
our highest need is for mentors for boys. But right now, out of
the twenty two, I think maybe ten or girls and the the rest of
boys, well, I want to go back to boweling for kid's sake,
because I know that's coming up here in a couple of months. But you
had a lot of fun with this, didn't yet it is. It is
a lot of fun. So tell people who never participated, what can they
expect besides just a lot of fun. The one thing I always tell people
is it's not about the bowling, because the first thing people say is,
oh, I don't bowl. It's not about the bowling. It's it's about
connecting with others in communities, connecting with the people in your circle, raising
funds for this magnificent organization to help fund you know, mentorships and you know
and those relationships. It's it's about getting together with a group of people and
having a night of fun at you know, the Red Apple Bowling Alley.
Pretty sure, the scores really don't matter. You're having so much fun.
No, Yeah, And there's door prizes and music playing, and it's it's
just a fun night. It's a fun night. Charlene, You've done this
over and over again for many years and with a great rate of success.
This is a lot of fun. Oh yes, and we're coming back a
couple of years ago. We've added and we're really promoting not only the bowling
team, but if you're like a, I'm done with the bowling, but
I want to support the cause, then you can be a virtual fundraiser and
just reach out to your network to help raise raise funds, no bowling party
involved. Our goal this year is one hundred and fifty five to five thousand.
We're coming back from COVID. COVID was not friendly for were in person
bowling, but we've each year the last two years has been better and so
this year I hope that we'll be back to our pre COVID levels. Our
goal is eighty four teams. I believe, well, let's make this a
big old party, Let's have a lot of fun, Let's raise some much
needed funds for big brothers and big sisters. So I wanted to make sure
that everybody kind of put that little seed right there where it needs to be
so conngerminate. So when we start really getting folks to sign up, they're
going, oh yeah, they're ready to go. So the early bird,
the website will be open and the early bird will be announced probably in a
week or two. Oh, so it's time to start thinking. There are
prizes for getting your team registered. Get that done before Christmas, and then
you can enjoy the holidays and be ready to hit the ground running as soon
as January. Now, I've seen these old for kids takes before Another Citys
and what have you, and the amount of fun that the folks have is
just well, they keep wanting to do it again, so they keep signing
up again. So we're kind of hoping that this is going to be it
too now that we kind of have that reset after COVID come back. It's
it's good, it's fun and kind of revisit your friends and is at the
event. And if you're new to the community and you haven't done it here
yet at the Red Apple Lanes with the Big Brothers Big Sisters right here in
Barnesville, cordially invite you to get a hold of Charlene and by golly,
we'll get a team together. Yes, it's it's a lot of fun and
it does support our mentors for vulnerable children in our community, so very important.
That is very very important. What's the website so folks can find out
more information at the leisure The main website is Big Oklahoma dot org. Both
for kid's Sake is BFKS Bartlesville dot org. The Make That Easy A guy
like me. Can you figure that out? That's pretty darn good. So
go to the website, folks, when you get a little bit of a
break in your workday today, or maybe when you get home and start calling
your friends and say, hey, let's go bowling, and let's say and
if you got somebody you think would be a really good mentor, hey let's
go menoring. The Big Big Oklahoma dot org is is where you can go
to find out more about the organization, more about being a mentor. There's
a short video there, and of course you can always call our office.
My number is nine one eight two one three four five two four And Charlie
always gets back to you. Damn good about that. Some folks I just
kind of called the black hole or what you know. But Charlie, you
will always get avoided some way and in a very timely manner. I appreciate
you stopping buy Is there anything else that I might have? Miss Yees?
Yeah, so I think I'd like to stress for somebody who is questioning whether
or not they have what it takes to be a mentor that it doesn't you
have what it takes, you know? Do you are you able to have
a cup of coffee with somebody. Are you able to eat a meal with
somebody? Are you able to go watch a movie with somebody? Are you
able to take them grocery shopping, show them that basic life skill. Are
you able to you know, do errands and have them come with you.
It doesn't have to be okay, we were doing some big expensive thing or
outing. In fact, you know, that's that's really we don't want to
do that because that's you know, we want to teach them life skills.
So we want to build that relationship and we want to teach them life skills.
So keep it kind of close to home and keep it fairly very practical.
If you have if you have a heart for kids and you're active and
you want to involve a child and things you're already doing, and so the
activities are going to be as varied as the people. There will be the
people who I have a big brother one time said, well, I'm kind
of a computer nerd, and his idea of fun was going down and watching
the barges come in. And I can be fun, I guess. And
I matched them with a little brother. They were matched for years and they
had a great, great time. So all you need, as Johann said,
is a heart for kids and a willingness to involve them in the things
that you're already doing and helping them to experience another way of life, learn
some life skills, and just enjoy spending time together. There you go,
big brilliants, big sisters. Thank you very much, Charlie, and thank
you very much jo Anne for coming in here and sharing your story in your
experience. And this is great. So let's make sure that you're thinking about
it being a mentor. Go to the website, make a call. And
if you're thinking about putting that bowling team together, go to the website,
make several calls. Folks, you've been listening to our community connection on K
one, the one you trust. There's a great song called Jesus Loves Me.