Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome locome. Welcome,
Speaker 1: and it's time now for our community connection right here
Speaker 1: on CA one, the one you Trust, brought to you
Speaker 1: by arm Boy Knee Camp Funeral Home. Hi. I'm Tom
Speaker 1: Davis and we have Salvation Army in the house. How
Speaker 1: are we doing, Lieutenant Tiny Swaying. Of course you are.
Speaker 1: You got a busy fault coming up here, and Veronica
Speaker 1: Ramire is great to have you back. It's like like
Speaker 1: the third time, third time, something like that. A couple
Speaker 1: of times, maybe a few times, but it's alway's great
Speaker 1: to have you around on our program. First of all,
Speaker 1: the first September leaf fell from a tree, and that
Speaker 1: means everybody's getting right for Christmas.
Speaker 2: Absolutely.
Speaker 1: So we've got the Angel Tree coming up. Tell us
Speaker 1: a little bit about it.
Speaker 2: Oh well, we uh the Angel Tree. We have the application.
Speaker 3: We have online applications this year and we opened it
Speaker 3: up September ninth.
Speaker 2: Had some advertisement letting.
Speaker 3: People you know, get ready for that and uh September
Speaker 3: ninth at four pm. We opened it up September tenth,
Speaker 3: that evening.
Speaker 2: It was capped. Well that is how quick it went.
Speaker 2: But you know, people in need a lot of people, and.
Speaker 3: Uh, we're still like going through there's still like a
Speaker 3: filtering process that we do after that, so in that
Speaker 3: we'll filter through it and then there's.
Speaker 2: Gonna be possible, you know, more openings.
Speaker 3: So with that, you know, we just want the community
Speaker 3: to be looking at our Facebook page because I'm going
Speaker 3: to be announcing when that's going to happen.
Speaker 2: So if they, you know, if.
Speaker 3: They weren't able to sign up this first time, be
Speaker 3: looking for that next opening date, and you know, we
Speaker 3: want them to be able to jump on there as
Speaker 3: quick as they can.
Speaker 1: Because it goes quick. And tell us a little bit
Speaker 1: about the Angel try. I know that it started a
Speaker 1: few back in the seventies.
Speaker 2: Right, Uh, I don't. Yeah, I'm not for sure exactly
Speaker 2: when it started.
Speaker 1: But it's something that it would be recent time, because
Speaker 1: that doesn't seem like a long time. Agod. I mean
Speaker 1: that again, I'm older and dirt. But it's one of
Speaker 1: those things where community gets together, businesses get together, and
Speaker 1: people make it happen.
Speaker 2: They do.
Speaker 4: We kind of facilitate it and the community supports it
Speaker 4: and makes it all come together.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, And we usually have trees that at Walmart
Speaker 1: and other places.
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a few other places in town, and you know,
Speaker 3: we've already gotten calls.
Speaker 2: From people saying they.
Speaker 3: Want angels and you know, they want a tree, and
Speaker 3: so we're really thankful because it's.
Speaker 2: All the community, the volunteers, they all.
Speaker 3: If we did not have them, it would not happen.
Speaker 1: Now when we have the angel tree up and going,
Speaker 1: We're going to get into more detail on that a
Speaker 1: little bit later on, but w everybody to know that
Speaker 1: we're in the preparation phase. Then we'll explain it all,
Speaker 1: maybe a little bit late next time you came in
Speaker 1: because it's kind of involved. But the holidays schedule is here,
Speaker 1: tell us about what's going on with the community meals.
Speaker 4: Community meal is going to be Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving.
Speaker 4: We're going to serve a meal to anybody in need
Speaker 4: in the community or just want to come by and
Speaker 4: check in with us. There's always people in the community
Speaker 4: that want to stop in get a fully cooked meal.
Speaker 4: Dinks has been so gracious and smokes our turkey, so
Speaker 4: can you imagine, Yes, yes, they're amazing. And then everything
Speaker 4: else is cooked in house, mashed potatoes, gravy, stepping everything,
Speaker 4: and the desserts. Oh yes, homemade desserts from our Women's Auxiliary.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of pride that goes into those. I've
Speaker 1: seen those. I haven't been able to taste any better
Speaker 1: I've seen them.
Speaker 4: So we are looking forward to that event. The community
Speaker 4: again comes out to support, helps us cook, serve, clean up,
Speaker 4: and then just sometimes to have a seat and converse
Speaker 4: and minister to somebody in need. It's amazing.
Speaker 1: This is right there at the Citadel, right.
Speaker 4: Yes, we're going to do that at the Citadel again
Speaker 4: from eleven am to two pm. And it's the day
Speaker 4: before Thanksgiving, which is November twenty seventh.
Speaker 1: Wow. You know every year and even when COVID when
Speaker 1: you had to do the drive through thing with the
Speaker 1: clam boxes and everything else like that, this is this
Speaker 1: has always been very well received in our community. And
Speaker 1: like you said, there's a lot of folks who are
Speaker 1: having a rough time and this might be the only
Speaker 1: meal to get that week that's home cooked and prepared
Speaker 1: like that. But it's always a good time, like you say,
Speaker 1: for other folks to come in and let folks know
Speaker 1: there's a little hope.
Speaker 4: Absolutely, yeah, we want we want to give them, right, Oh, Golley.
Speaker 3: Have conversations with them, you know, tables, place to gather
Speaker 3: and talk.
Speaker 1: Indeed, you might not be blood relatives, but we're all
Speaker 1: family at the Salvation Army. Yes, now we've got a
Speaker 1: ca food drive coming up. These are fun. Yes, you
Speaker 1: got a lot of cans. How does this work?
Speaker 4: So basically almost a whole month of October, the elementary
Speaker 4: schools compete to see who can bring in the most cans.
Speaker 1: Huh.
Speaker 4: And you know Wayside has.
Speaker 1: Been They've been kind of bringing it home, haven't they have.
Speaker 4: For the past few years. So you know, we're trying
Speaker 4: to get out there and motivate the other schools. Ranch
Speaker 4: Heights coming in pretty close, so you know, I'm pulling
Speaker 4: for Ranch Heights, that's my And then once that concludes
Speaker 4: that we pick up the cans and we go into
Speaker 4: a can sort and that just requires as many volunteers
Speaker 4: as we can possibly. Uh, I don't know, collect, I'm
Speaker 4: not sure the word. But what we do is we
Speaker 4: bring like what sixteen thousand cans into the building and
Speaker 4: we go through them, sort them, make almost like a
Speaker 4: faux store, and then get these boxes packed. And that's
Speaker 4: what goes out with the Christmas Tree Gifts, Angel Tree gifts,
Speaker 4: it's the food boxes.
Speaker 1: It's a friend. Wow. So I see how it all
Speaker 1: comes together now.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yes, we have like this thing, you know, the
Speaker 3: days of carrying that you're not a way we have it.
Speaker 3: It starts in August and so we have all these
Speaker 3: people from the community.
Speaker 2: A lot of businesses will call and are not called.
Speaker 2: They'll sign up for these days of carrying the game,
Speaker 2: food drive, introduce storting.
Speaker 3: Are all on that list, and then they contact us
Speaker 3: and we you know, schedule them for the days are
Speaker 3: coming in. So it's all again volunteer like driven and
Speaker 3: it's wonderful and they love it. Like when they come
Speaker 3: they're smiling and they have joy when they do it,
Speaker 3: and so it's well.
Speaker 2: It's encouraging.
Speaker 1: They got a great task to do. Make sure that
Speaker 1: people get fed. That's that's really warm art.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's just really interesting to see how it
Speaker 3: all works, you know. Oh yeah, you come in and
Speaker 3: you see how it all in foe. It's very I
Speaker 3: don't know, it's just very eye opening and it's nice.
Speaker 1: Well, you know, the Salvation Army is there for more
Speaker 1: than just an emergency. You're there every day for people
Speaker 1: because there are emergencies varying, you know, severity. What might
Speaker 1: not be anything to you, it might be a big
Speaker 1: thing for someone. Every day there are people whose life
Speaker 1: circumstances change and many times not even their fall absolutely
Speaker 1: and when you fall through the cracks, it's hard, and
Speaker 1: it's really great to know that we've got a great
Speaker 1: net there to keep folks from hitting rock bottom. At
Speaker 1: the Salvation Army. You know, everybody thinks, oh, yeah, well
Speaker 1: there's been a big flood, Well there's been a tornado
Speaker 1: or something like that. Salvation Armies. There's been a fire,
Speaker 1: Salvation Armies there you there, twenty four seven, three sixty five. Yeah,
Speaker 1: people got to know that you're there for a reason.
Speaker 1: Everybody's having a personal emergency.
Speaker 2: I mean they can even come there. I mean if
Speaker 2: they just need someone to talk to and pray with.
Speaker 1: After all, you are a church, we're there.
Speaker 3: You know, you just ask for one of us, you know,
Speaker 3: would be glad to go and it helps someone and talk.
Speaker 2: Sometimes it just you know, sometimes people just want someone to.
Speaker 1: Listen and so and when people do fall in tough circumstances,
Speaker 1: if you don't have the resources on board, you've got
Speaker 1: a great rollodex. You know, we're not put people in
Speaker 1: touch with other people. Isn't that right? She's over there,
Speaker 1: miss social services. Imagine that rolodex about takes up the
Speaker 1: whole desk.
Speaker 4: It is substantial. I think in Barnesville we do have
Speaker 4: a lot of community resources and good connections within those
Speaker 4: resources between all of the agencies. Seems to make that
Speaker 4: happen and see what we can do for those in need.
Speaker 1: One thing about Bartlesville is we overperform, and that's a
Speaker 1: good thing when it comes to our nonprofit health agencies. Now,
Speaker 1: this is a good science town, but it's not so
Speaker 1: big that nobody knows anybody. A lot of people know
Speaker 1: a lot of everybody's and that's where this community alliance
Speaker 1: really comes into play. Have you ever seen anything like
Speaker 1: this in your travels.
Speaker 2: I'm truly amazed.
Speaker 3: I tell people a lot like I have never seen
Speaker 3: community come together like this place does. And all the nonprofits,
Speaker 3: there's so many available, and their the hearts behind it
Speaker 3: are so just so encouraging and so amazing just to
Speaker 3: see because they're all just working together. And if we can't,
Speaker 3: if we don't have the resource, you know, go somewhere.
Speaker 2: This place will help you.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 2: It's just it's just I just think it's super encouraging
Speaker 2: to see everyone work together to help others.
Speaker 1: That is great Salvation, aren't you guys wear the shield proudly.
Speaker 1: We've got red kettle coming up to we do and well,
Speaker 1: I guess well that'll be part of the Yeah.
Speaker 2: I let my husband say. He's a little more.
Speaker 1: He's kettle driven. He's the kettle guy.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we all, we both work all of it together.
Speaker 3: But he does more of the kettle and I'll handle
Speaker 3: more of anguish.
Speaker 1: I see how this works. Teamwork.
Speaker 2: It's all teamwork.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 4: And I do the community meal and the can sorting
Speaker 4: and the can drive and so any volunteers.
Speaker 1: Wow, this is going to be a happening little place
Speaker 1: down there on Bucy, isn't it.
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 1: Tell everybody where the where the where the.
Speaker 4: The citadel is located at one o one North Bucy Avenue.
Speaker 4: We're right at Hensley and Bucy.
Speaker 1: Easy to find the big Salvation Army Shield, right and
Speaker 1: you can call and of course you got the website. Now,
Speaker 1: your Facebook is really active. I mean I'm not a
Speaker 1: person that goes on Facebook a whole lot. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: because you know, I get confused on social media.
Speaker 3: But.
Speaker 1: You're there, you're active in your eyes posting positive things.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm trying to I'm trying to make it more active, you.
Speaker 3: Know, so the community can see you know that we
Speaker 3: are doing things and we're.
Speaker 1: Here and yeah, that's super. Now, where can folks get
Speaker 1: a hold of you to volunteer for the community meal
Speaker 1: to help out?
Speaker 4: They can call us nine point eight three three six
Speaker 4: six four five four and ask for Veronica.
Speaker 1: All right, we can do that. We can put that
Speaker 1: out right now. I want to thank you ladies for
Speaker 1: coming in today and sharing that. You know, anytime yours
Speaker 1: open for salvation, aren't we? You know that? All right?
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