WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.119 --> 00:00:14.240 Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome 2 00:00:14.279 --> 00:00:17.640 in this time now for our community connection right here on Kay one, the 3 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:21.760 one you trust, and we have Luke and Tania swaying in here with us 4 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:24.719 today from the Salvation Army here in Bartos. Will how you doing can? 5 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:29.839 Of course you're doing great, doing God's work. You'd better be doing great. 6 00:00:30.120 --> 00:00:33.359 Yeah, I understand we've been having a good time with the with the 7 00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:35.920 angel tree. First of all, tell us how we come along with that? 8 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:39.119 Good? We have all the trees up, oh yeah, in the 9 00:00:39.159 --> 00:00:44.200 town and there are how many locations about six or seven? Yeah? Yeah, 10 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:47.719 and so yeah, we got the final ones up. Well, we 11 00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:50.520 have a little stack of them left, but all the trees are up and 12 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:54.039 there they have all angels on them, so they're ready for adoptions. All 13 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:57.240 right, let's go out and adopt some little angels. And to make this 14 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:00.960 very happy, churslales, should we tell them all the locations now? Probably 15 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:07.480 help? Right? Yeah? Yeah, there's a RSU downtown. There's State 16 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:11.079 Farm Yep, it's not one at State Farm one? Why did I think 17 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:15.319 that? And then there's then of course at Walmart. Yeah, there's two 18 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:19.719 at Walmart and Jane Phillips and Jane Phillips I remember that, Yes, yes, 19 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:23.920 St. John. I'm a part time resident down there, so yeah. 20 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:26.760 And we have one also at the Walmart distribution center, oh, going 21 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:30.719 out of town. So if there's anyone that you know works there, there's 22 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:34.159 that one as well. Yes, go and adoptioning, And we still have 23 00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:38.760 some there at the that we haven't put up on trees. So you know, 24 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:41.760 if they have a small business that would like to adopt a group or 25 00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:44.400 a family and you know five or ten, then we still have some of 26 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:47.920 those available as well. You know, I understand that's been going well business 27 00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:51.200 and contacting you just for that firm. That's super helpful. Yeah, for 28 00:01:51.239 --> 00:01:56.319 sure. Now we've got we've got the big one coming up here on Wednesday. 29 00:01:56.319 --> 00:01:59.640 Tell us a little bit about Thanksgiving dinner. It's a big deal here. 30 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:02.040 Yeah, we have the community meal coming up with a lot of partner 31 00:02:02.159 --> 00:02:07.240 organizations that come and help prepare for that and help serve and the community comes 32 00:02:07.240 --> 00:02:10.800 together and we serve a Thanksgiving meal be Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, 33 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:16.919 and we're expecting somewhere around four hundred so yeah, yeah, four hundred. 34 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:20.759 Yeah, we did we did a little little less than that last year. 35 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:23.199 But but I think we're gonna probably you know, come and these things that 36 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:28.599 are build building back that we're gonna ye see that that number and we're excited. 37 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:30.759 We are a lot of people are excited about it. Yeah. We 38 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:35.039 have a great staff that's that's helped put it together. They've done an amazing 39 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:38.719 job and and helping where to do all the details. Yeah, you've got 40 00:02:38.719 --> 00:02:42.520 a lot of helping hands. Huh we do. Oh wow, this is 41 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:46.360 great. Now, what time is the serving going to start? Starts eleven 42 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:53.039 eleven from eleven until two or the food running that's happened before. Yeah, 43 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:57.199 yeah, boy, I tell you this is great. This is a wonderful 44 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:00.360 time of the year. And Salvation Army was there to make sure that everyone 45 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:07.919 is included in our celebrations of thanks and our celebrations of love. And the 46 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:10.639 Salvation Army has done wonderful things and not only in our community, but in 47 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:15.159 communities worldwide where the Salvation Army is allowed to serve. And then I know 48 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:20.479 that there are some places we can't mention on the map where the Salvation Army 49 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:24.599 is, but they're there. It's for their own safety. Yeah, you 50 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:28.319 guys are the hands of Peter of God, and you guys do a great 51 00:03:28.439 --> 00:03:31.719 job. Now. Also coming up, I understand you got you got it 52 00:03:31.759 --> 00:03:35.759 started a little bit. You had a soft opening for the red Kettle. 53 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:39.120 We did. Yeah, yeah, last Saturday we started ringing a few locations 54 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:44.159 and we've continued that throughout the week and uh, it's it's going well. 55 00:03:44.199 --> 00:03:46.599 We Uh it's a great opportunity for us to be present in the community and 56 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:52.080 uh huh and uh and then this Saturday, will we'll start ringing all locations. 57 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:54.879 And so thankful to the businesses that allow us to be present in front 58 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:59.520 of our doors. And and yeah, just to Maanke that appeal. So 59 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:02.879 thankful the businesses. We have counter kettles going up in several businesses as well. 60 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:06.000 Yeah, the opportunity this year, there's gonna be a QR code that 61 00:04:06.039 --> 00:04:10.879 you can scan and your money will stay right here in Bartlesville. So that's 62 00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:14.039 an amazing opportunity as well. But it's so thankful to everyone who's helping to 63 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:17.560 help allow us to do that with their businesses. Now, Tanya, I 64 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:21.199 understand that this QR code, that's that funny little thing looks like a puzzle. 65 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:25.519 You just stick your telephone on there and you just let you let it 66 00:04:25.839 --> 00:04:29.240 take the little picture and it takes you to a website. But this one 67 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:31.639 will tell you you're going to Bartlesville. You're not going to Jersey, You're 68 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:34.399 not going to Florida, You're not going to Montana. You're going to Bartleswell, 69 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:38.519 yeah, it's gonna stay here in Bartlesville. What you know, there's 70 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:42.199 a lot of folks that I guess would would say, well, I don't 71 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:45.600 mind giving to the Salvation Army, but you feel a little bit better when 72 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:48.560 it's gonna maybe help you neighbor. Yeah, yeah, you do. Oh 73 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:51.160 my goodness. So you guys have been in town for how long? About 74 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:55.399 six months? A year? We got here in June. Oh, whoa, 75 00:04:56.160 --> 00:05:00.360 not that much? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, I came here in 76 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:03.519 the busy season. Huh we did? You got a little baptism by fires, 77 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:06.319 that's right. Yeah. Yeah. There's a lot going on for sure. 78 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:10.839 Yeah. How do you like the community so far? I love it. 79 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:15.079 Yeah, I love it getting engaged with a lot of the different day 80 00:05:15.079 --> 00:05:17.639 interworkings from town and the different clubs. Yeah. Yeah, I have. 81 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:23.639 I've you know, I've I've ventured out and get involved a little bit. 82 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:28.759 I do. Uh, the club, the Women's Club, the Bottlesville Yeah, 83 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:32.560 the Bottlesville Ladies Connection. I've went to a couple of those events, 84 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:41.800 and it's a wonderful, wonderful group of ladies. Oh yeah, Kawanas yep, 85 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:45.959 I joined. I've been going there doing some things with them. I 86 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:47.759 went to my first Roadary meeting a few weeks ago. Oh yeah, you're 87 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:51.720 a rotary now, yeah, kind of looking that way. Yeah. And 88 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:57.120 there's just so many people are so involved in this community. Yeah, that's 89 00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:02.199 one thing we've really noticed is how community driven everybody is and how interconnected and 90 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:06.199 intertwined everybody. Everybody seems to be to really, you know, do the 91 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:11.040 most good. Well that's what Salvation Army is all about, doing the most 92 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:14.079 good. That's your that's your motto. Do you guys live in it every 93 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:16.600 day? Yeah? That This is an amazing thing that's going on here. 94 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:20.040 And first and again, welcome to the community. I hope you guys get 95 00:06:20.079 --> 00:06:24.800 to stay here a good long time and really get to enjoy it. Yeah, 96 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:29.519 we hope so. Well. Yeah, Now, this is a fun 97 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:30.839 time of the year, but it's also a challenging time of the year. 98 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:35.240 Now, there are folks who often stand in line and just wait for the 99 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:40.360 volunteer sheet to go out and ring the kettles. You got that going on. 100 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:43.120 But you can do that online now you don't have to go in someplace 101 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:46.199 and sign up, right. Yeah, it's really simple. Yeah, registered 102 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:47.800 or ring. You can just type it in or you can you can go 103 00:06:47.839 --> 00:06:51.160 to registered ring dot com. But either way it'll be the first thing to 104 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:55.560 pop up. But you just put in your zip code for bartsvill zip code 105 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:59.439 whatever that might be, or area. Yeah, and it'll populate the places 106 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:02.120 that are availed in our most popular spots and the times that are available. 107 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:06.120 They're in two hour windows, so you can you can sign up and it's 108 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:10.000 from eleven to seven, but it's divided up into two hour windows. You 109 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:12.959 can sign up as a group, you can sign up as an individual. 110 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:16.720 You can request community hours, community service hours, and so yeah, it's 111 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:20.240 all it's all pretty simple on that website. It's it's pretty uh, it's 112 00:07:20.480 --> 00:07:25.319 it's very intuitive, pretty simple to you. So and if you have any 113 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:28.560 questions you can always call us. The number for the Salvation Army down there 114 00:07:28.959 --> 00:07:31.160 is nine one eight three three, six, six four five four and you 115 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:34.680 can ask for uh, Tanya or myself. You can ask for Luke and 116 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:39.560 we can walk you through that process. And yeah, Tony, the clubs 117 00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:42.800 have a ball when they do this because they kind of share it. You 118 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:45.920 know, it can take turn and drinking the bell, but they just have 119 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:48.439 a good time. It just seems like it's a good thing for the club 120 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:51.800 spirit. Oh yeah, yeah, we do have several different clubs that are 121 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:57.720 involved, yeah for sure. Yeah. Yeah, and you know sometimes even 122 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:01.319 the high schools and the other churches get their youth involved to Yeah. Yeah, 123 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:05.399 we have we have different definitely have some different groups that have signed up, 124 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:07.279 even some that have surprised me. I would have never known it. 125 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:11.399 Yeah yeah, different different organizations that have signed up as groups. But yeah, 126 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:16.399 it's it's amazing how much support we've had and uh and how much support 127 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:18.959 we need. There's still a lot of available spots. Uh yeah, we 128 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:22.800 would definitely love this all the sport we can get. Yeah, yeah, 129 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:26.759 for sure. There's also an opportunity for kettle sponsorship. Some businesses, we 130 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:31.360 can do a daily sponsorship where you can match a kettle up to a certain 131 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:35.039 amount. Even our best locations generally, you know, you can match up 132 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:37.879 to like five hundred a day. And and then we also have kettle sponsorships 133 00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:41.000 where we do different levels. Uh. And you could call down and speak 134 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:43.600 to us, Like I said once again, you can call us down there 135 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:48.240 to Salvation Army and we can talk you through that process. But super helpful. 136 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:52.840 Uh. You know, one one hour of bell ringing will feed about 137 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:58.159 thirteen families, you know, generally, and one hour of volunteer bell ringing 138 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:01.600 will generally feed about thirteen family And I hadn't known that. Yeah, it'll 139 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:07.320 do about thirteen food boxes. We and then you know, like a sponsorship. 140 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:11.039 It's amazing what something like that can do. A thousand dollars sponsorship or 141 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:13.720 anything above that. I mean, the work that we can do with that 142 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:18.759 amount of money is absolutely amazing. Wow, that is really incredible. Who 143 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:24.200 knew that just ringing a bell could do so much good for so many people? 144 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:28.440 Yeah, yeah, that is just incredible. Yeah. Now, you 145 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:35.279 know, I've heard this in other towns. Every now and then somebody just 146 00:09:35.320 --> 00:09:37.679 decides I'm just going to stick a gold coin in here. Yeah, that 147 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:41.519 has happened. Yeah, I've heard that. I've heard that as well. 148 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:46.039 We've actually seen it in other locations. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you 149 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:48.440 never know who this is now, and they'll never tell you now, and 150 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:52.240 it's gonna go down as one of the great mysteries of the United States. 151 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:58.360 Yeah, but somebody only drops a gold coin in there, just smiles all 152 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:03.679 the way walking by. Yeah. Yeah, that that's a that's kind of 153 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:05.519 a neat thing and it's also a nice surprise because it doesn't happen in every 154 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:09.480 community, but it happens in an interview. Yeah. Yeah, oh my 155 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:13.879 goodness. So we can we can do this by going to the website. 156 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:16.879 So if you want to put it on your debit card or your credit card, 157 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:20.679 you can do that, right, So if you go with the QR 158 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:22.480 code, the QR code, you sure can. Yep. There's there's multiple 159 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:26.559 ways to pay. But yeah, it'll give you some options there PayPal and 160 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:31.080 uh wait you do it. You're getting high tech here PayPal. Yeah, 161 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:35.200 that's something the kids do. Yeah, there's a few few different choices. 162 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:37.200 Yeah, and you just scan the QR code and it'll go right there. 163 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:41.320 It has a few choices to choose from giving amounts and then there's another box 164 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:45.639 you can check there and you can put any amount and uh, you know, 165 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:48.159 anywhere from a dollar on up. So, yeah, even that one 166 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:52.120 dollar is going to help because every little bit, every little bit, Yeah 167 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:54.279 for sure, you know that that's a can or two of vegetable it is, 168 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:58.120 and it's a box or two of macaroni and cheese. Yeah. And 169 00:10:58.480 --> 00:11:01.679 you know, you you might not think that, you know that your little 170 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:05.559 dollar right is going to go to work, but it will go to work 171 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:11.039 wisely. And of course when we do business with the Salvation Army, you 172 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:15.879 can bet that bottom dollar that over ninety percent of it is going toward the 173 00:11:15.879 --> 00:11:20.440 intended use, which is the people they need. Yeah, there's it is 174 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:26.159 amazing how well the money is managed and the programs that it goes to support 175 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:28.639 right here in Bartowsville. You know, we have the kids club down there 176 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:31.679 right now, oh yeah, care yeah, and we have we have our 177 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:37.360 seniors programs, and we have some great things going on with the homelessness prevention, 178 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:39.679 bill pay and rental assistance. We even do gas vouchers for people who 179 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:43.799 can't make it to work one week, oh yeah, and just various other 180 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:48.759 things. We partner with other organizations in the community in different outreach and yeah, 181 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:54.639 and all that's made possible by the community. So and you know that 182 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:56.240 kind of comes and goes, you know, with the gas thing, because 183 00:11:56.879 --> 00:12:03.600 when the economy is sort of good, it's something that it kind of hit 184 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:05.000 or miss, for sure. But when the economy is kind of like where 185 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:09.440 it is right now, it's a necessary thing. Yeah, and by golly, 186 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:13.200 you know, sometimes that last dollar has got to go to feed a 187 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:16.120 baby, and they're gonna go to your guest. Thank Yeah. We've got 188 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:18.879 to make choices that are tough like that, yeah, for sure. And 189 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:22.519 this is why the Salvation Army is here has kind of less of that choice 190 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:26.639 making. That's our hope. Yeah, yeah, my goodness, just tell 191 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:30.399 everybody what we can find you. Where you can find us. One on 192 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:33.840 one north uc there you go. They know their home address. They've been 193 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:37.320 in town for five mons. Yea on one north right there. Yeah, 194 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:41.879 and there's flags flying and yeah, we've got yeah, we've we've got we've 195 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:46.240 got people there from generally Monday through Friday, from nine to five. So 196 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:52.000 yeah, just come by and there's many opportunities. Miss tiny. How early 197 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:54.320 are they going to start cracking in the kitchen on Wednesday? I'matually gonna start 198 00:12:54.320 --> 00:13:01.639 Tuesday night. We're gonna start Monday, Yeah, we're gonna start sun Prep 199 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:07.399 on Monday, but yeah, we'll be there yeah yeah, okay, so 200 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:11.039 eleven o'clock and serving time and we hope to see you there if you're in 201 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:13.679 need of a meal and they need a fellowship too, yeah fellowship, yeah, 202 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:18.480 need of prayer. I mean, we're going to have some people that 203 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:22.200 are going to be there for them. That's what it's all about. And 204 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:26.279 thank you very much, Luke Tanya has swayed with the Salvation Army of Bartiloe.