WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:04.080 Katie r h. Garden Line does not necessarily endorse any of the products or 2 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:10.400 services advertised on this program. Welcome to Katie r H. Garden Line with 3 00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:35.039 Skip Rictor It's crazy. Just watch him as so many things gotzy gas comes 4 00:00:35.119 --> 00:00:42.240 back again. They're not a sid Well Good Sunday morning. We are glad 5 00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:45.640 you're listening to Garden Line. And right now, for this next hour, 6 00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:50.560 we have a special guest, Scott Author from Star of Hope Mission is here 7 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:54.600 and we are going to talk about a lot of things that I'm sure you 8 00:00:54.719 --> 00:00:58.159 may not have known about Star of Hope here in the Greater Houston area. 9 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:02.320 Star Hope's been around a long time and they have been serving our area a 10 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:07.239 long time, not only helping individuals, but it makes a difference in our 11 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:11.319 whole community when that kind of work gets done, when people's lives get put 12 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:15.280 back on track, when hope comes back again into somebody's life. And you 13 00:01:15.319 --> 00:01:19.280 know, we see the face of homelessness maybe on the road sides, but 14 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:23.920 we don't always see the whole face of homelessness. And I'm going to let 15 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:26.200 Scott talk to us a little bit about some of that as well as some 16 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:30.079 of the ways that out of our compassion, we can make a difference in 17 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:34.519 people's lives, a difference, a difference that not only changes their life now, 18 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:37.640 but the life of their children as well. Scott, welcome so much. 19 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:41.480 We're just so glad to have you back here again. Well, good 20 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:44.560 morning, and thank you for the invite. And actually you just said everything 21 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:48.439 I had to say, so oh really, so we're done now, that's 22 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:51.040 good. I only have one request out of you, and that is good. 23 00:01:51.079 --> 00:01:55.439 We trade voices because I love your voice, So thank you boy. 24 00:01:55.560 --> 00:02:00.560 I can understand why you had some time in radio. Yeah two years. 25 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:05.079 We'll leave it at that. But you've been doing a great job, by 26 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:07.560 the way, you really have. I appreciate you know. I listen up 27 00:02:07.640 --> 00:02:12.759 and obviously the fans and the listeners like what you do, and so do 28 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:15.199 I, which is why I'm here. Well, thank you. I appreciate 29 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:16.759 that very much. I would like you to just kind of tell us a 30 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:22.759 little bit, give us a big kind of a thirty thousand foot overview of 31 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:25.240 Starve Hope. You know it's here. People are thinking, well, is 32 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:29.520 that a building somewhere over there or is that the ones that you know they 33 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:32.919 bring people in and feed them or over give us a kind of big picture 34 00:02:34.039 --> 00:02:37.360 view. JUSTO sure, I'll be happy to Yeah. Well, Star of 35 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:44.319 Hope is one of the oldest and largest homeless providers in America and they've been 36 00:02:44.360 --> 00:02:47.639 around for one hundred and sixteen years. We started back in nineteen o seven 37 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:53.560 and down around Market Street, Franklin Street around there used to be back in 38 00:02:53.599 --> 00:03:00.479 the early nineteen hundreds, that was basically a waterfront. You know, those 39 00:03:00.479 --> 00:03:02.639 little tiny bayous that you see now used to be big bayous and they had 40 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:08.919 big tall ships coming in and there was lots and lots of they sold wine, 41 00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:14.520 they sold beer, things like that, and all sorts of freight and 42 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:17.960 it was basically a waterfront. But then in between two World Wars around nineteen 43 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:22.520 oh seven or so, there was a lot of jobs that suddenly went away, 44 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:28.000 and well, a lot of people were let's say, they started to 45 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:34.479 drink. They started to just lose faith, lose faith, and there was 46 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:39.599 a lot of people sleeping in doorways, on park benches and things like that. 47 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:47.560 And what happened was that Reverend Piveto had a message from God who basically 48 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:51.080 said, you go to Houston and you help these people, and you call 49 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:54.039 it Star of Hope pretty specific, and that's what we did. So we 50 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:59.680 had our first shelter back in nineteen oh seven, probably held maybe twenty twenty 51 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:03.759 five guys and mostly with alcohol problems, and it was faith based. We 52 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:09.000 are a christ centered community, so that's very important. And with that foundation, 53 00:04:09.080 --> 00:04:12.759 we reached out to help these guys and we did that for years and 54 00:04:12.840 --> 00:04:16.920 years and years over the years to the point now we have a men's center 55 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:21.399 which is about two blocks north of Minute Maine Park, and the latest one 56 00:04:21.399 --> 00:04:27.800 that they built was back in two thousand and it holds I believe it has 57 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:30.639 about three hundred and twenty four beds, and I'll tell you a little bit 58 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:36.160 more about that later. But we've come a long way. That is amazing. 59 00:04:36.199 --> 00:04:40.680 I did not know that full history. That's oh yeah, well to 60 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:44.480 know. I've said this on the ear before. But years ago my wife 61 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:46.639 and I volunteered with Star Hope and we were in a church up north of 62 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:50.959 town that came down and did some of that. And recently, I don't 63 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:54.519 know how many months ago has it been since I've been out to Star Hope. 64 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:58.439 It's been a long time, it has, but I could not believe 65 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:03.920 the change growth, the development of programs and benefits that help people. You 66 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:10.040 know, you describe that spiral of going through going from what we would call 67 00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:15.639 a normal life whatever that is, to spiraling down into a place where not 68 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:21.560 only are you helpless, but it's like there's no hope, right, And 69 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:26.040 that's a tough thing. And I've never been through that, you know. 70 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:28.959 I think I've had hard times, but no, I haven't had hard times, 71 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:30.240 not like that. That's true. A lot of people can hear about 72 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:32.920 this, but they really can't feel it. They can't relate it, right, 73 00:05:33.160 --> 00:05:36.279 And that's what you and I try and do actually in the next hour, 74 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:39.639 you know, and tell you a little bit about the face of homelessness. 75 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:42.959 Yeah, and what it really is about that is true, you know. 76 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:46.040 I think I guess it was you that it kind of painted me a 77 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:49.399 picture one time in my head of a mom living in a car with kids 78 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:55.480 and good mom. There are a lot of reasons she could be there, 79 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:58.759 and many may be no fault of her own. But either way, I 80 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:01.000 mean, we all make our mistakes that sometimes I have consequences that are tough. 81 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:04.399 And here are these kids living in a car, and how does that 82 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:09.759 lady suddenly have a place to live, a job, a way to get 83 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:14.199 to the job, food to put on the table in the meantime. And 84 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:17.639 when you think about that, you kind of feel that grip of fear home, 85 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:24.040 helpless, where's the hope, where's the future, What's going to happen 86 00:06:24.120 --> 00:06:27.720 to me? What's going to happen to my children? And suddenly that becomes 87 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:30.680 a face. It's not just you're one of those people, right. These 88 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:35.639 people are still homeless, but they're not hopeless. Yeah, and well, 89 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:39.120 let me take you back to nineteen oh seven again and let me show you 90 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:42.920 the evolution. Okay, So in nineteen oh seven, we had this small 91 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:46.759 men's shelter and it kind of grew and grew and grew, and back in 92 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:54.319 the i'd say late eighties, the whole world was changing, especially America. 93 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:57.920 There was a lot of domestic violence, a lot of things like that. 94 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:01.120 And I will tell you in just a miny exactly how that evolved into what 95 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:05.360 it is today. Well, you know that that is good. We I 96 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:09.920 want to I'd like to hear more about that, and then I'd like you 97 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:15.439 to give us some pictures that we can see and understand when we think about 98 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:19.560 the people that Star of Hope reaches out to and so that that is really 99 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:26.040 important. You know, there are so many, so many good causes out 100 00:07:26.040 --> 00:07:29.399 there that we can help people with, but they're they're, in my opinion 101 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:33.079 here locally, you're just not going to do better than a Star of Hope. 102 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:35.920 We're going to take a little break here in just a moment. When 103 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:40.639 we come back, we're gonna let's go continue with what he was talking about. 104 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:44.000 But then I want to get into some of the specific gifts that we 105 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:46.600 can give to people through Star of Hope. And you guys, you guys 106 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:50.439 have a real nice little collection of those really appropriate during the holidays, but 107 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:55.279 appropriate any time of year. And whether it's you know, you're listening to 108 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:59.879 a show on New Year's Day or whatever it's it's hope for the New Year, 109 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:05.399 those same kinds of packages of giving can still make the differences that we're 110 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:07.199 gonna be talking about. So there's a teaser for it. We'll be right 111 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:11.279 back the phone number if you'd like to call to talk about Star of Hope. 112 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:15.000 We're limiting calls to that for this hour seven one, three, two 113 00:08:15.040 --> 00:08:20.240 and two fifty eight seventy four. Well, welcome back to garden Line. 114 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:26.120 We are here to normally answer gardening questions. For this hour, we're talking 115 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:30.360 with Scott, author of Star Hope Mission, and we're talking about things that 116 00:08:30.480 --> 00:08:33.279 you, I'm sure didn't know about a lot of things that I didn't know 117 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:39.639 about when I first started reinvolving myself after coming back into the Houston area with 118 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:43.639 Star of Hope. I'm going to turn it back over to Scott. We 119 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:48.840 were we were talking about I think some examples, some stories, and I 120 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:52.799 kind of cut you off when you were giving us the we used to be 121 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:56.120 this and now we're this. Oh that's okay, and you know appropriate for 122 00:08:56.159 --> 00:09:00.960 garden line. I'm here to plant some seeds and grow hope. How's that? 123 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:07.759 So we had the Men's Center and the nineteen eighties, maybe the late 124 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:11.039 eighties or so, we had so many women knocking on the doors of the 125 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:15.480 Men's Center saying that you know, there was domestic violence, they needed a 126 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:18.759 place to go, they had children. So we created a women and Family 127 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:26.200 Emergency shelter and that was open for a lot of years and the last I'd 128 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:31.279 say six or eight years, we were over capacity every single night. And 129 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:33.960 that had I think about two hundred and fifty bids and when I say over 130 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:39.120 capacity, I mean we had another one hundred on the floor every night, 131 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:43.840 and that includes babies, moms, dads. It was amazing. And then 132 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:46.639 we had what we called our transitional Living Center. A lot of people don't 133 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:50.559 realize that, yeah, we're here for the short run if somebody needs help 134 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:54.720 for a week or so, but we would rather have you for a year 135 00:09:54.440 --> 00:10:05.120 with structured recovery programs, helping you with education and employment and of course learning 136 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:07.720 more about your faith that's important to us. Helping you get that job, 137 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:13.080 helping you get life skills, helping you with recovery from substance abuse. It's 138 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:16.360 so much that people don't really associate with starf Hope. Yeah, and it's 139 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:22.960 also part of the disconnect and understanding where people are and what that means. 140 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:26.240 Like, you know, for example, I could go, well, why 141 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:28.480 don't you just go get a job, you know, quit panhanda go get 142 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:33.879 a job or something, and and like I was saying, the lady in 143 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:39.879 the car while ago, but there are situations where that's not an option. 144 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:46.679 Not an option they read someone who plugs in and walks alongside them rather than 145 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:48.559 just well here's some bucks. To pay your rent. Well, you're good 146 00:10:48.559 --> 00:10:56.360 at this because it's really been eye opening for me to kind of think through 147 00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:58.639 these sort of things, you know, and that's what we ask people to 148 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:01.200 do, is think through. That's that's very well put. So you know, 149 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:03.399 you drive by and you see this bumb on the street and you say, 150 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:05.679 hey, got a job, you bum that type of thing. There 151 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:11.919 is so much more to that on every single person homeless. And believe me, 152 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:16.919 most people just see the top of the iceberg. They don't really understand 153 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:20.559 about the mom who has two or three kids and she's living downtown in her 154 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:24.240 car in fear that the police are going to see her and she's going to 155 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:30.919 lose her kids. Or you know, maybe a gentleman who he used to 156 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:33.159 be a vice president of a company but he did too many drugs or something 157 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:37.519 like that and he lost everything, his family, his job, and now 158 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:41.960 he's just on drugs and he's downtown living in a haze, and you know 159 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:45.600 that's his life. I mean, there's so many stories there are, and 160 00:11:45.639 --> 00:11:48.919 we could spend three weekends just you telling stories of the difference that have been 161 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:54.440 made. As you've heard people give a testimony of their life change what's happened 162 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:58.840 where they were and what was meaningful and why it worked. Let me give 163 00:11:58.840 --> 00:12:03.679 you an idea of this. We had a group called the Trees of Hope, 164 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:05.279 which helps out the Star of Hope all the time, and they had 165 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:09.159 a big yellow on Friday and I was able to help them with a testimony. 166 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:15.159 Reached out to some of our people who have graduated from our programs and 167 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:18.879 are now into independent living. And she tells a story about how she was 168 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:24.440 from New York and went down to Florida, got married and things just didn't 169 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:30.159 work out. It was a toxic situation for her. So she decided to 170 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:33.919 take her youngest child and something told her to go to Texas. I didn't 171 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:37.879 know anybody in Texas, but it did and she ended up in Houston, 172 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:43.360 and she reached out to Star of Hope and we helped her. She had 173 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:46.240 a little eight year old girl, so so cute. So we helped this 174 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:50.799 woman get her faith back, We helped her get her her hope. We 175 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:56.879 helped her with education, recovery from substance abuse, life skills, and we're 176 00:12:56.879 --> 00:13:00.600 feeding her, We're putting a roof over her head, we're giving her clothes, 177 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:03.240 and we're giving her hope as well. So after about a year with 178 00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:09.039 us, she is now in a new setting and she has changed her life. 179 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:13.080 But she said when she first went in there, she was just so 180 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:18.000 upset. She had lost everything. She had come to Houston, gotten a 181 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:20.799 job with the City of Houston, but because of all the toxic relationships and 182 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:24.759 everything like that, after about a year, she just had a breakdown. 183 00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:28.679 And because she had a breakdown, it got to the point where she was, 184 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:35.000 you know, not really good at her job anymore. So what happened 185 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:37.639 was that the City of Houston said, you know, we love you, 186 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:39.519 but we have to change, you know, we have to move on. 187 00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:43.720 So now she has got a house payment she can't make. She got a 188 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:50.200 little eight year old kid going to school, and she and she's having trouble. 189 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:52.480 She had a mental breakdown, so she had treatment, but she was 190 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:58.000 also getting notices saying that they're about to be evicted. And after a couple 191 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:03.039 of months they were and they ended up at Starfope. She had her year 192 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:07.519 with Starfope and now she has a new life, a new hope. Wow. 193 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:09.759 And that's how it goes. And we have hundreds and hundreds of those 194 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:13.159 stories. YEA you know, there's we have time for one quick more, 195 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:16.759 sure, go for it. This is my favorite story. Okay. This 196 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:24.440 is a gentleman who was almost appropriate to veteran's day. He was in Germany 197 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:30.279 with the Air Force and he was a sergeant and he was very, very 198 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:31.960 very good at what he did, so much so that he was a decorated 199 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:39.879 sergeant. Wow. And he was selected as a decorated sergeant to go to 200 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:46.759 England and be celebrated with a number of other members of the military. And 201 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:52.399 what that decorated, what that celebration was is he got to have tea with 202 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:56.639 the Queen. Now, when I was helping him with his testimony, I 203 00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:58.559 was saying, hey, listen, you can use this four kre this for 204 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:01.039 we were having lunch. I was kidding, and he said, yeah, 205 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:03.000 I know. I had to take the course. I said, of course. 206 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:07.320 He said, yeah, it's a courtesy course. Why because we were 207 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:09.840 having tea with the queen, I mean, like your majesty the Queen. 208 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:16.600 He said yeah, And you didn't mention that before. So this guy actually 209 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:22.279 had tea with the Queen, went back in became a great sergeant. He 210 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:26.279 got an honorable discharge. But he had also there was some sort of an 211 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:31.240 accident or something and he got paid some money for it, and he took 212 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:35.080 all that money when he got discharged and came back to Houston and just blew 213 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:39.919 it, I mean thousands and thousands of dollars and just became an alcoholic drug 214 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:45.799 addict and just lost his life. And he literally was living in a cardboard 215 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:50.840 box next to the Greyhound bus station downtown for about a year. That's a 216 00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:54.919 change. But then he ended up at Starfope. We have outreached people who 217 00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:56.559 go out and just talk to these folks and say are you ready to come 218 00:15:56.600 --> 00:16:00.159 in? Here's what we can do for you. Jesus loves you, we 219 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:03.200 see you. This is great And after about a year he turned his life 220 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:08.399 around. He is now a preacher in the Houston area. He has a 221 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:12.960 wife and a couple of kids, and he just couldn't be happier. Wow, 222 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:17.440 so many life changes, and every one of you people who donate, 223 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:19.879 whether it be a dollar, a thousand dollars or anything in between, you 224 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:25.879 help change those lives. It's not just putting some money in an envelope or 225 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:32.240 calling somebody. So definitely continue to help us. That is great. Stories, 226 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:34.600 great pictures. You know, about one hundred more of those stories, 227 00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:41.200 and I think we would begin to see a more and more complete picture of 228 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:45.480 it. It doesn't all fit in one box when it comes to why people 229 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:48.600 are where they are. The situations are in the things they struggle with, 230 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:53.600 and I just think of it. For me, it's just the overall everything 231 00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:59.679 from the actual circumstances I lost my job, to the practical I don't have 232 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:03.159 any more I need to go buy food, to all the things that that 233 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:08.839 does to you mentally, to your hope, to just your perspective and just 234 00:17:08.880 --> 00:17:15.160 the hope that you have and bringing people in and walking alongside of them that 235 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:21.960 is so important. Just you know, it's my wife actually worked in counseling, 236 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:25.839 and you know, to walk by somebody and give them a quip that 237 00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:30.640 belongs on a refrigerator and hope that changes their life. Versus coming alongside somebody 238 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:36.680 and actually engaging in their life where they are, with them without a judgment, 239 00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:38.759 to bring them to where they need to be. That is huge. 240 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:42.599 That is just huge, And that's what you guys do. There are some 241 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:47.480 ways that people can give. I mean, of course you can give in 242 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:49.839 a lot of ways, but I like the way you put together. It's 243 00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:53.759 during the holiday season, but this is good all year. The little gift 244 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:56.680 guide and for example, you can give the gift of a good meal and 245 00:17:57.119 --> 00:18:03.000 tell us a little bit about you can feed twenty people for fifty six bucks 246 00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:07.319 right there. So what is involved in that. Star Hoar produces a lot 247 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:11.720 of meals? Oh? Absolutely, we serve around six thousand meals a week. 248 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:15.880 Did you hear that at Star Vote six thousand meals a week? Wow? 249 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:21.920 That is a lot of feeding people. And again it's not like they 250 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:26.680 come eat and they're gone. This is part of getting back on your feet. 251 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:30.119 Absolutely, we serve three meals a day, three sixty five and two 252 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:33.680 separate facilities. And they have that many people to feed. And you have 253 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:37.440 a ton of beds for people to have a place to come in even with 254 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:41.839 their kids, and to have a place to live that's safe. You take 255 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:47.079 moms that are they're afraid of being found by somebody. It's a bad situation 256 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:49.880 and this is a safe place for them, big time, and we all 257 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:53.240 make sure that that's one of the things that we provide is safety and security. 258 00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:56.880 We have a brand new well it's not brand new now we opened up 259 00:18:56.880 --> 00:19:02.559 two days before Harvey. And there's nothing like what I'm about to describe to 260 00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:04.640 you in America. You folks out there should be very proud of this. 261 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:10.400 Okay. It is called Cornerstone Community. We have a women in family development 262 00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:15.640 center where we have taken the quick emergency shelter, put it together with the 263 00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:22.079 long term so now we have an amazing facility that hosts one hundred and eighty 264 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:26.880 single women and one hundred and thirty families all on one campus. And you're 265 00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:30.440 not talking about an overnight stay. No, we're talking about you're plugged in 266 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:33.920 with us. We're committed to do all the things you need to get you 267 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:37.559 where you need to be. Absolutely, if we have intake and we decide, 268 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:40.400 you know, if this is somebody who really is serious about this, 269 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:42.440 you know, and we've got all the id and everything we need, you 270 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:45.680 go and you get a place to stay, and you are welcome to stay 271 00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:48.480 up to a year if you have to, and we help get you a 272 00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:52.839 job, we help you prepare for that job, and then we help you 273 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:57.640 get housing, you know, And that's a those of us who are not 274 00:19:57.720 --> 00:20:02.480 in that situation at this time time, it's kind of hard to think about 275 00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:07.359 the fact that just being taught how to go in and do an interview for 276 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:14.480 a job. For some folks, that's starting from scratch. And just simple 277 00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:18.000 things like that that you guys provide, and the education in certain fields are 278 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:23.200 certain directions toward getting a job is important, absolutely, and not just that, 279 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:26.880 but going back to the fact that a lot of this is generational. 280 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:30.799 So we have to teach things like how to make a nutritious breakfast, how 281 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:33.960 to write a check, how to balance a check book, et cetera, 282 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:37.200 et cetera. Yeah, all those things that people just don't think of when 283 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:40.880 they go by or they think about homeless. But it is so deep, 284 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:44.039 it's like peeling an onion. Well, I tell you, I actually get 285 00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:51.519 emotional about this because the thought of taking someone and really connecting and making a 286 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:55.440 difference, that just excites me. You know, you can get your conscience 287 00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:59.599 appeace by giving away a few bucks, but thinking about a life being changed, 288 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:03.640 Oh my gosh. And I know people listening to this, you know, 289 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:06.519 it's not like they have money just laying around everywhere, and so to 290 00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:11.240 do something compassionate requires a commitment from them to do it. And yet when 291 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:17.079 you do this knowing what's going to happen from it is just it's just exciting 292 00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:18.880 to get to be part of it's money well spent. Yeah, thank you 293 00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:22.480 Scott. Well, we're going to take a break. If you'd like to 294 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:26.039 call and talk. We are going to We're talking with Scott, author of 295 00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:29.359 Starve Hope Mission, and our phone number is seven one three two one two 296 00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:33.079 fifty eight seventy four. Well, fim back to garden Line. I'm your 297 00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:37.400 host, Skip Richter, and we are able to take your phone calls. 298 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:41.119 Did you know that our phone number seven one three two one two fifty eight 299 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:45.759 seventy four. I want to You've heard me talk about the Bee Supply before, 300 00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:48.160 but if you are interested in being a beekeeper, or if you are 301 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:52.119 a bee keeper, you need to call these folks. They are number one. 302 00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:56.039 They're still taking orders for bees that will be coming in next spring, 303 00:21:56.119 --> 00:22:00.119 so you can get going. But they do the training of you to help 304 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:04.720 you have success. Their website is Thebeesupply dot com. They're out in Dayton. 305 00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:08.119 If you'd like to just give them a call nine three six seven seven 306 00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:11.440 six o seven three nine. If you got kiddos, you got to go 307 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:17.839 out there. They have an observation hive that is unbelievable. It's like seven 308 00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:19.759 feet high or something, and it's got all these bees working in it. 309 00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:23.559 You can watch them coming in out of the tubes. The wonders of bees. 310 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:27.880 The more you learn about the world that bees live in, it just 311 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:33.079 blows your mind. It is so cool and be supply. It's free. 312 00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:34.920 You can go out there. You can do a honeytour out there too. 313 00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:37.720 By the way, the honey tours are free. You get to sample different 314 00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:42.359 kinds of honey and whatnot. If you're injured into birds. While Birds Unlimited 315 00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:47.680 is your place. A lot of people care about having backyard birds. They 316 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:51.119 love to feed birds watch birds. You know, in the garden we've got 317 00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:56.359 the visual appeals of flowers and beauty and whatnot. We also have things like 318 00:22:56.799 --> 00:23:00.680 birds flying through adding their antics to the scene. And it's so easy to 319 00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:04.359 bring them in when you go to Wildbirds Unlimited and let them get you set 320 00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:11.799 up Their feed first of all, is totally bird consumable contents. And here's 321 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:14.400 what I mean. Some of the cheap bird feeds you see out there with 322 00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:17.759 all those little red bebies, birds kick those out. They don't want to 323 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:21.960 eat them unless they're just starving to death, and so you end up maybe 324 00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:25.440 you paid less for that feed, but you really paid more for the feed 325 00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:29.759 that actually went to feed the birds when you buy Wibirds Unlimited blends like their 326 00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:32.839 Unlimited Super Blend, which is what we should be feeding now because there's a 327 00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:37.880 lot of fat and protein to get through this winter. It is just all 328 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:41.839 the difference in the world in terms of quality feed and seeing the difference that 329 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:45.519 it makes in terms of bringing birds to your place. Just go to a 330 00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:51.079 Walldbirds by the way, that's a great Christmas gift shop too. The Wildbirds 331 00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:55.839 Unlimited has so many things that even a non gardener would love to have, 332 00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:59.720 and when you go in there, you won't have any trouble finding what you're 333 00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:03.880 looking looking for. Today we're normally call in about gardening, but today we're 334 00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:07.400 calling about Star Hope Mission. If you'd like seven one three, two one 335 00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:11.960 two fifty eight seventy four for the next thirty minutes, we'll be talking continuing 336 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:15.839 to talk with Scott Arthur from Star of Hope Mission. And I don't know 337 00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:18.519 where we left off, Scott. I think I was talking about some of 338 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:22.160 the gifts that can be given the things that make it easy, like a 339 00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:26.039 package gift, for example, a gift of a fresh clothing to start a 340 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:29.839 new life. You know, twenty five bucks shoes and socks for a child, 341 00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:33.240 thirty bucks shoes and our shirts and pants for a child, and then 342 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:36.839 professional shoes for an adult. Again, we're going out to get an interview. 343 00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:40.640 We can't look like we just came off the street, and you guys 344 00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:42.680 provide that. When I was there, I was impressed by your shop. 345 00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:47.240 It was like I walked into a nice clothing store and you know, not 346 00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:51.920 Gucci stuff, but it wasn't just like some hand me down shop. This 347 00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:57.079 was stuff that really helps someone present themselves well, and you make it available 348 00:24:57.119 --> 00:25:00.400 to them as part of this whole life change package that you are. That's 349 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:06.079 right, And in the old days it was basically a whole bunch of donated 350 00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:10.279 clothes on a rack and people go by and just go through the rack. 351 00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:14.160 But that had a sort of a charity feel to it, and we wanted 352 00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:18.319 to add some dignity. So literally, when we have this brand new facility 353 00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:22.119 I was talking about, we created a boutique which put the dignity into it. 354 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:25.799 So now they walk into that thing, and you know, they get 355 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:30.759 to take a couple of you know, maybe addresses and some shoes and things 356 00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:33.960 like that once every couple of months. If it's special occasion like a job 357 00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:37.319 interview or something like that, or their graduation, we make sure that they 358 00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:41.359 get something super special to make them feel good as well. And it's it's 359 00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:47.119 a beautiful boutique, it really is. Well. Giving people dignity is such 360 00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:51.559 a huge, huge thing, and it I think about the guy that went 361 00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:55.279 from dinner tea with the Queen to a box outside living in a box outside 362 00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:59.640 this bus station. There's not a lot of dignity there. There's probably a 363 00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:03.200 lot of self condemnation. Is what have I let happen here? You are 364 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:07.319 correct? But what we deal with that as well? Walking in with well 365 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:11.720 tell us a little bit about that, because walking into that life and turning 366 00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:15.400 that around and letting them see the real value they have and have hope instilled 367 00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:21.240 again, that's it. And we have classes exactly for that, Biblical classes. 368 00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:25.039 We have classes about individual life skills, et cetera, et cetera. 369 00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:29.279 So we pretty much strip everything away and start again. You know, my 370 00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:33.480 favorite is a woman came in once and she said, I am so embarrassed. 371 00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:40.359 I am so full of of just just shame. Yeah, and she 372 00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:42.880 said, I am at rock bottom. You know what their answer was, 373 00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:47.519 It's okay, Jesus is the rock. There you go, and we take 374 00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:51.039 it from there and hope and seeing it in their eyes and faces. And 375 00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:56.000 when you see these testimonies, you just see a living, vibrant person inside 376 00:26:56.039 --> 00:27:00.799 who has knows where they came from and knows where they're going. And I 377 00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:03.960 love it. And you mentioned this when you came and toured and you said, 378 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:07.799 everybody that is here looks like they want to be here. It's not 379 00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:11.680 like they're you know, three hots and a cop. There's people who literally 380 00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:15.039 want to change their lives. Well it's because of what they've experienced. Yeah, 381 00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:17.640 very much. So it's the hope, you know. Talking about the 382 00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:22.680 gifts, the gift of education, sixty bucks provides all the educational supplies for 383 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:26.359 a person, eighty dollars for tutoring for that person. And there's a lot 384 00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:30.839 of folks that need a ged because again we say that this is a generational 385 00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:34.400 problem and they will come in and they will say, look, I never 386 00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:38.599 even graduated high school and they have kids. So we make sure that they 387 00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:41.640 have a ged program, they're good at it, they graduate from it, 388 00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:45.359 and most importantly, that's a good example to the kids. So we tell 389 00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:48.519 the kids, you know, it's not if you go to college, just 390 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:51.759 when you go to college. Well yeah, and for those of you listening, 391 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:55.119 here's another picture into the world that you know, our eyes just haven't 392 00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:59.759 looked into before. But another gift is time, attention and love. Sponsoring 393 00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:03.519 a how today fifty nine dollars a day, and what this provides. There's 394 00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:07.759 chalker, there's the daycare there, but there's other things, like there's medical 395 00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:11.720 needs that you there's other And if you're a mom and you really love your 396 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:15.119 kids and you're trying to get your life in order, but what are you 397 00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:18.480 going to do with them? Knowing that they're in a place where they're growing 398 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:21.160 too, and you see the hope on their faces and you see the care 399 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:25.920 they're being given, it's just it makes the package so much more hopeful and 400 00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:30.599 better. And we have downtown our Men's Facility, and we have hundreds and 401 00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:33.960 hundreds of men in there as we speak, and they go through the same 402 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:36.559 thing. You know, we help them with biblical counseling. We help them 403 00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:40.839 with recovery from substance abuse, getting a job, getting that ged, feeling 404 00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:45.079 good about themselves and changing their lives. Yeah, that's true. I keep 405 00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:48.200 talking about moms, but it's not just moms, and no, it isn't 406 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:52.039 just so many, so many ways and so many kinds of help that you 407 00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:56.200 guys provide. Hey, I want to step in here real quick and simply 408 00:28:56.240 --> 00:29:00.480 say, folks, this is not a segment that Star of Hope is paid 409 00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:03.319 for. No, this is something where Stip called up. I asked you 410 00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:07.440 to come in. Skip called up and he said, I am passionate about 411 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:11.920 Star of Hope I'd like to take time out in my program and talk about 412 00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.920 them. So thank you so much. Well that is right. Well that's 413 00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:15.720 a little thing I can do, you know, to I can give you 414 00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:21.759 a platform here to tell the story that I completely believe in and am sold 415 00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:23.400 on. And again, I know a lot of folks. You know when 416 00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:26.880 it comes to money, you know what's going to happen here. Am I 417 00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:30.759 just supporting a drug habit or whatever? Knowing that you can put a dollar 418 00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:36.640 into something that has it makes a difference in a human being for decades and 419 00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:38.799 decades to come, and then their children for even longer than that. And 420 00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:42.960 in our community too, when you look at the big picture, it's helping 421 00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:47.640 the Houston community in general. That's right, That is true. All right, 422 00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:49.119 folks. Well, we're going to take another little break here. You're 423 00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:53.839 listening to Guardline and I'm visiting with Scott Arthur from Scar Hope Mission. We'll 424 00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:57.799 be back for another fifteen minutes here right after the break, and here we 425 00:29:57.839 --> 00:30:00.640 go. We're going to get a little but a news and other information. 426 00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:06.960 If you welcome back to garden Line. We are glad you're listening this morning, 427 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:10.039 and we're going to do our little final segment here with Scott Arthur from 428 00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:14.640 Star of Hope Mission. Scott, we were talking about different gifts and different 429 00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:18.880 ways to help people. Are there some other things that you would like people 430 00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:21.640 to be aware of? Again, you're giving us a peak behind the curtain 431 00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:26.799 here, indeed, and this is a peak that a lot of people do 432 00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:30.759 need to be aware of. And one of the gifts that you're helping me 433 00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:34.480 give is just that awareness, you know, letting people know that that guy 434 00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:40.720 on the street, that family that you might see. There are so many 435 00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:44.400 individual stories and so many ways that Star of Hope can help them out. 436 00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:48.599 And we do change lives. And that's not just something you say over and 437 00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:52.920 over again. It's not an advertising point or anything. We change lives and 438 00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:57.799 every single dollar, every single penny, helps us do that. And there 439 00:30:57.839 --> 00:31:03.759 are so many situations of need out there, right, I mean literally, 440 00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:07.920 we are at capacity all the time. Right, It's a very fluid population. 441 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:11.359 But we you know, we are reaching out to help everybody twenty four 442 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:14.559 to seven. Well, the need is always going to be immense, especially 443 00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:18.519 in a city region the size of the Houston area. Yeah, well yeah 444 00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:22.319 you do. And and again, folks, this is a this is an 445 00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:29.160 opportunity to put your compassion into action. We're all grateful for where we are, 446 00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:33.680 you know, for the blessings that we've enjoyed in our lives, and 447 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:37.119 and uh, when it comes to helping somebody else, I just I know 448 00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:41.279 I'm a broken record, but I can't I can't say it enough that this 449 00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:47.440 is a difference. Your dollar makes a difference that changes people and and it 450 00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:52.039 and it brings hope, and it just all the ramifications of the loss of 451 00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:56.359 a job, ending up on the street whatever wherever someone is, all the 452 00:31:56.440 --> 00:32:01.039 ramifications of that star of hope has baked in to their helping that kind of 453 00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:05.000 thing like the education we're talking about, like caring for the kids, like 454 00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:07.079 providing clothes so you can go get a job, like providing training so you 455 00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:10.880 can go get a job, like providing meals so at the meantime you're not 456 00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:15.440 starving to wonder where the next meal is coming from. And I just think 457 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:20.559 that's really really critical and I so appreciate what you and all the folks at 458 00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:24.359 starfuck Boy. You've got a huge team over there are doing. Thank you, 459 00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:29.480 so very welcome. And the endgame is getting people into housing and we 460 00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:30.920 help with that as well. Oh really yeah, So that you know, 461 00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:36.920 after all of this training, they are ready, they've graduated, they have 462 00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:39.920 a better outlook on life, they have hope, and they take all of 463 00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:45.279 that, pack their bags and move on and start their life again. So 464 00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:47.039 that you know, and again, you know, people say, you know, 465 00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:50.079 well, you know, I stop at an intersection, I give a 466 00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:52.759 guy five dollars, and I feel good about it for the rest of the 467 00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:54.880 day. Well, if we just freeze that frame and back up a little 468 00:32:54.920 --> 00:33:00.319 bit, for five dollars, you have probably helped him buy his alcohol for 469 00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:05.000 the day. And that meets he'll be on the street a little bit shorter 470 00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:07.319 time, right, so he can go to where he is by his alcohol 471 00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:10.039 and he'll be there again tomorrow. So you might as well say, hey, 472 00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:13.079 listen, I know you have an addiction. Yeah, let me give 473 00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:15.319 you five bucks to help you out and i'll see tomorrow. That's a good 474 00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:20.119 point because think about this, folks, that when you hand a dollar to 475 00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:22.680 somebody, you don't know where it's going to go. Maybe it goes to 476 00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:25.759 good maybe they really are hungry. There is that possibility, and you wonder. 477 00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:30.240 But when you go to Starve Hope with that dollar, they vet people 478 00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:34.079 and they have rules there. I mean you people can't just come and do 479 00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:37.960 whatever they want to do. They have to provide or abide by reasonable things 480 00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:42.279 that we would all expect to be part of being taken care of in a 481 00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:46.200 place, obeying the rules and taking care of the things that you're being provided. 482 00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:51.079 And so if you've ever kind of wondered, I wonder where this handout 483 00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:52.519 is going to go, well hand it to star of Hope and then you 484 00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:55.599 know where it can go. That's kind of that's kind of thing that's very 485 00:33:55.640 --> 00:34:00.079 wellful. You guys, do that really good job of that. And I 486 00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:04.160 want to say, we have a website which is just amazing. It's s 487 00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:07.800 O H Mission dot o RG And if you go there, they have some 488 00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:14.400 videos and I'd like you to watch this one and it's called in their Shoes, 489 00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:17.239 In their Shoes, In their Shoes. Go look it up and it'll 490 00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:21.239 take you on a couple of days of some people who actually just went on 491 00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:25.239 the streets and we followed them with cameras and they are experiencing sort of sort 492 00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:30.960 of like someone like you who really had no real idea and they live that 493 00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:35.320 life. And they came back saying, we will never look at someone homeless 494 00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:37.880 again the same way. Yeah, that's true. Wow, that is such. 495 00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:43.039 That is such good stuff. You know, we're encouraged. I'm encouraging 496 00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:46.559 you to consider giving uh you know, it's the end of the year. 497 00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:51.960 How about this a new year for a new life. The money you put 498 00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:58.000 in providing the opportunity for someone to be able to turn things around, and 499 00:34:58.639 --> 00:35:01.760 also consider giving a mostly basis, I think that's important and you can sign 500 00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:05.360 up to do that. They have all kinds of packages. By the way, 501 00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:07.519 they we haven't had time to get into this today. But if people 502 00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:12.800 want to volunteer, there's a lot of practical ways to volunteer, from you 503 00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:15.639 know, very involved in reaching out to the streets, to just simply coming 504 00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:21.159 in and doing simple tasks around to help Star of Hope do what it does 505 00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:25.719 because you guys focus on certainly not wasting a penny, but putting everything you 506 00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:29.880 can into the people you're trying to help. So when people come in and 507 00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:32.480 volunteer, they're helping you do that. Absolutely. You say that, so, 508 00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:37.360 well, really I think we should switch places. No, maybe for 509 00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:44.159 the voice quality, that would be a good We really really appreciate your passion 510 00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:50.199 for this things s s o Hmission dot org. S o Hmission dot org. 511 00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:54.119 Write that down and and just just consider this. This is gosh, 512 00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:57.800 it's such a wonderful opportunity because you know, all my life, I've wanted 513 00:35:57.840 --> 00:36:00.079 to be able to help people, but then there's all the the package of 514 00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:04.400 I don't know, you just don't get around to it, and I find 515 00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:08.639 that when you just go in, We've I've been trying to convince you of 516 00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:15.480 the validity and the fact that this is a straight up organization doing unbelievable work. 517 00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:19.880 If you will go in and look at those videos on sohmission dot org, 518 00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:22.280 learn more about it, and then make that commitment. Just sign up. 519 00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:25.800 And it's just as simple as that. And I'm telling you, for 520 00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:30.639 the price of what people spend on coffee in a week, you can change 521 00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:36.559 a life and just simple things. You never know that that even hardly went 522 00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:39.000 out because it doesn't take a lot, but it does take a lot of 523 00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:44.480 people. And Star Hope isn't supported by one or two people. There are 524 00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:50.320 people all over this region that are making them possible and making that kind of 525 00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:52.760 difference that you can make. Scott, thank you so much for coming on 526 00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:57.280 today. I'm going to wind it up here, but I could go another 527 00:36:57.320 --> 00:37:00.360 three days here. I'm enjoying this well and I want to personally think not 528 00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:05.199 only KTRH, but also the folks listening who donate to Star of Hope. 529 00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:10.320 It is nothing we take lightly. Every dollar helps and literally it changes a 530 00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:14.039 life. So thank you so much. Well, that's good. We're about 531 00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:16.639 to wrap up another hour here and I just want to thank you for listening. 532 00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:21.760 We'll be back next hour to talk all kinds of things gardening seven one 533 00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:24.679 three, two, one two fifty eight seventy four. Just a couple of 534 00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:29.800 reminders though, if you you know we talked about fertilizing your lawn for fall. 535 00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:32.559 If you have not put azmite on this year, that is a good 536 00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:37.639 supply of all those trace elements that are essential for plant growth but only needed 537 00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:43.079 in small amounts. That's why a forty four pound bag covers six thousand to 538 00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:45.639 ten thousand square feet of lawn. It doesn't take a lot, but it 539 00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:51.199 is an important thing because those nutrients are important, and azamite can do that 540 00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:53.679 for your lawn. It's azamite Texas dot com if you want to learn more 541 00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:59.239 information, and you can find azamite all all over the place. I've been 542 00:37:59.280 --> 00:38:02.800 talking all more warning about the importance of getting your trees planted. Now get 543 00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:07.800 them done now. This is the best season of the year to plant a 544 00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:10.760 tree. You put the tree on the ground, let's say today. That 545 00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:15.599 tree next summer, when the heat comes and the drought, has more of 546 00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:19.599 a root system, which makes it more resistant, resilient, excuse me. 547 00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:22.880 And it also makes it just thrive better. You know, when you plant 548 00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:25.519 a tree, your first question is when can I hang a hammock? Well, 549 00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:29.320 how do we get them from here to a hammock as quick as possible. 550 00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:32.960 First step plan in the fall. Verdant Tree Farm. They're loaded up 551 00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:37.239 with trees. They have trees and large shrubs and everything else you could possibly 552 00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:42.239 imagine they can take care of you. Just go to Verdant Treefarm dot com. 553 00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:45.960 They're in West Houston on Barker Cyprus and Perilin on Broadway and up in 554 00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:51.719 the Heights area where ye else comes into Interstate ten. Simple as that. 555 00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:55.519 Verden Tree Well, we're here, goes the break. I just want to 556 00:38:55.559 --> 00:39:00.159 remind you that next Saturday I'm going to be out at rc W Nurseries and 557 00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:06.039 making appearance out there at eleven thirty all the way to one thirty two hours 558 00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:09.880 out at RCW for their their Fall Fling. I almost said spring Fling. 559 00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:15.360 Man, I'm losing track of time. Fall Fling. They're gonna have barbecue 560 00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:17.840 sandwich lunch. They're gonna give away lace bark elms, live oaks and Mexican 561 00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:22.400 white oaks seedlings. They're gonna have fifteen percent off every shrub and a lot 562 00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:27.360 of the trees as well. And they've got the sand Filippe red maple that 563 00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:31.199 normally one point fifty is one hundred bucks. The live oaks normally one hundred 564 00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:35.880 and fifty one hundred bucks. That'd be. That is a huge deal, 565 00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:38.400 So don't miss out on that. We're gonna be giving away different kinds of 566 00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:44.280 fertilizers out there. They're gonna give away some flowers and some frostcloth. Just 567 00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:46.760 come out, bring me your samples, bring me your photos. Let's help 568 00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:49.760 make your lawn and garden more beautiful.