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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome, welcome, welcome. It's

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<v Speaker 1>time now for our community connection right here on K one,

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<v Speaker 1>the one you tried and Ian studio. Today we have

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<v Speaker 1>Charlene do with big brothers, big sisters, and you brought

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<v Speaker 1>friends I did. Who'd you bring along this time? I

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<v Speaker 1>think he looks familiar.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Ted Todd Edwards, our new area director for

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<v Speaker 2>Bartlesville and.

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<v Speaker 3>One of the listeners to get to know him a bit,

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<v Speaker 3>and and here his plans for the for the future.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, So we're going to get to that here

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<v Speaker 1>in just a little bit. Charlene, I understand that we

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<v Speaker 1>got a little thing coming up for you on Friday.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I am retiring after thirty five years, thirty five

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<v Speaker 2>years here in Bartlesville as the area director, forty two

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<v Speaker 2>years total. It's two years in Norman and five years

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<v Speaker 2>in Manitoba, Canada.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's a little.

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<v Speaker 3>Cold up there, doesn't you know? It does?

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<v Speaker 1>Des Moines Ia was as far north as I was

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<v Speaker 1>ever going to go, and I was I can't imagine that.

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<v Speaker 1>But we're blessed to have you here in our community.

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<v Speaker 1>You're not going to go anywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going anywhere. Good, So I will take some

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<v Speaker 2>time to just reset and figure out what the next

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<v Speaker 2>section of my life looks like.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll take your time on that, please, because everyone I've

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<v Speaker 1>talked to who has gone through this, it says take

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<v Speaker 1>at least six months to a year. Don't rush.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, that's is the wisdom from everything you read and

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<v Speaker 2>anyone that has been retired there just they like, just

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<v Speaker 2>unplugged and reset and figure out who you want to

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<v Speaker 2>be in the next era of your life. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>what I intend to do. So making no commitments until

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<v Speaker 2>next fall. Good and so don't ask me, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the same timing as everything. Yeah, yeah, call me in September.

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<v Speaker 1>Call you in September. All right, Todd, let's get to

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<v Speaker 1>know you a little bit better. Todd. You used to

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<v Speaker 1>hang around here a little bit. I did.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, wife and I are family's been here for about

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<v Speaker 4>fourteen years. So we're fully integrated. We're vartions. We love

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<v Speaker 4>the community. That's kind of I was looking for a

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<v Speaker 4>job really to kind.

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<v Speaker 3>Of connect with the community.

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<v Speaker 4>I've worked with kids in the past, so I saw

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<v Speaker 4>this opportunity pop up and thought, man, this is this

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<v Speaker 4>is going to be great.

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<v Speaker 1>So here I am.

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<v Speaker 4>I've been in the role now about three weeks. Charlene

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<v Speaker 4>has done a fantastic job of giving me the ins

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<v Speaker 4>and outs. They are definitely big shoes to fill, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>excited about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait a wait a minute, those are tiny, little that's true.

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<v Speaker 1>That's true, that's true. But I know what you're talking about.

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<v Speaker 4>How about this standing on the shoulders of a giant?

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<v Speaker 4>But I don't know if that works either.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>We can try metaphor galory here, you know, there you

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<v Speaker 1>go and cliche of the day. But the thing is,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to have a big event coming up, Charlene,

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<v Speaker 1>And now I don't know, Todd, you're ready to fill

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<v Speaker 1>those bowling shoes.

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<v Speaker 4>We have been working on the ball really hard a lot.

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<v Speaker 4>I am really excited about that. We've got some new

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<v Speaker 4>changes coming up to it. I've been thinking about some

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<v Speaker 4>new awards, So we've got some exciting, brand new awards.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think we've ever done here in Martinsville. So

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<v Speaker 4>we've got some a party, a launch party coming up

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<v Speaker 4>very soon. So those will be coming out next week.

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<v Speaker 1>So, Charlene, you've been showing him around, showing him all

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<v Speaker 1>the folks that you've been doing business with, and all

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<v Speaker 1>the partners for Bowl.

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<v Speaker 2>And we've been doing stewardship visits with all of our sponsors. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and committing the twenty twenty five sponsorships for both both.

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<v Speaker 3>For Kidsick and big events.

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<v Speaker 2>And I wanted our sponsors in particular to meet Todd

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<v Speaker 2>and shouldn't make that connection. Todd's bringing some new energy,

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<v Speaker 2>fresh ideas, and I'm quite confident that he and the

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<v Speaker 2>board will take this program to the next level. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know, from where I sit, that's the best you could.

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<v Speaker 3>Hope for us. Both for kid's ake is coming. We

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<v Speaker 3>have it every year. The bull dates.

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<v Speaker 2>Are the end of February February twenty eighth, March sixth

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<v Speaker 2>and seventh, and that information will start going out this week.

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<v Speaker 2>And the website is up so anybody it doesn't have

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<v Speaker 2>all the information on it or the sponsor logos because

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<v Speaker 2>it's brand new, but if but it is BFKS Bartlesville

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<v Speaker 2>dot org. And so start getting your teams together. We

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<v Speaker 2>had eighty four teams last year. We're looking for ninety

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<v Speaker 2>six this year. Same goal one hundred and fifty five thousand.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's it's going to be fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you know, it is going to be a blast

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<v Speaker 1>on tod. I hope you really paid attention here in class,

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<v Speaker 1>because she's been doing this a couple of years now,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, it's got a good formula going here.

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<v Speaker 1>She does keep it on the rail sid yep. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm kid kidding you. I'm kidding. I know you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to do great, but this is this is great. And

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<v Speaker 1>the reason we get this out so early is that

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<v Speaker 1>so folks can well maybe talk to some people during

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<v Speaker 1>the holidays and say, hey, well we're kind of festive,

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<v Speaker 1>how do you feel about bowling, and you know, get

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<v Speaker 1>your teams together and get your get your sponsors lined

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<v Speaker 1>up as well too, and then that way we can

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<v Speaker 1>break a few records.

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<v Speaker 3>That would be wonderful what it would be.

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<v Speaker 2>We this last year in twenty twenty four, we recovered

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<v Speaker 2>from the pandemic. Sure we got back to twenty twenty levels,

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<v Speaker 2>and so now it's just looking at going going forward.

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<v Speaker 2>Bartlesfield's Bowl for Kid's Sake has always raised more per

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<v Speaker 2>capita than anybody in the state and probably more than

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of balls in the country. Good and so

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<v Speaker 2>it's a mature fundraiser, so we've got we've got room

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<v Speaker 2>for growth, but we're you know it's we're not going

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<v Speaker 2>to add one hundred teams.

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<v Speaker 1>ID So DoD you said you got some new awards.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you tell it? Can you give us a little

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<v Speaker 1>peak behind the curtains, give you we're doing to kind

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<v Speaker 1>of get people stoked a little bit.

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<v Speaker 4>One of them is Best Dressed Award. So we're gonna

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<v Speaker 4>of course some yeah, some funds. We're gonna add a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of excitement to this bowl.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's something you can look Ford. Yeah, that's all

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<v Speaker 1>I can see is and do a little bowl and

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<v Speaker 1>having some fun. There you go, this is gonna be great.

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<v Speaker 1>And you got another way there real quick.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, the most creative fundraiser. So it's yeah, I'm looking

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<v Speaker 4>for some ideas. We're gonna get some excitement going. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>I want people to think outside the box. What can

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<v Speaker 4>we do that's just really exciting, right, and add some fun.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not about the bowling, it's about raising the money

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<v Speaker 2>that supports one to un mentoring and having some fun

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<v Speaker 2>while you're doing it.

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<v Speaker 1>You've had some long term teams with a bowler partisis.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, we've had teams that have been bowling as

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<v Speaker 2>long as I've been here.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh wow, And they still do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they're they're the faithful.

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<v Speaker 3>And for some where bowling we also have.

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<v Speaker 2>We've been really trying to promote the last couple of

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<v Speaker 2>years the virtual fundraisers. Yeah, that are you know individuals

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<v Speaker 2>that are like, you know, I'm over bowling or I

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<v Speaker 2>can't bowl anymore, but they can still have a pledge sheet.

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<v Speaker 2>They can still do an online pledge sheet and collect pledges.

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<v Speaker 3>They just don't bowl.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh okay, so it's a.

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<v Speaker 2>Virtual virtual fundraiser, no bull party, and that is We

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<v Speaker 2>probably have ten people who do that, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>there are more people out there who have a heart

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<v Speaker 2>for the mission who would be interested in Yeah, I'll

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<v Speaker 2>do that.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll ask my.

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<v Speaker 2>Network of friends to support me and I'll be a

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<v Speaker 2>virtual fundraiser if I don't have to bowl because I

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<v Speaker 2>can't or.

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<v Speaker 3>They don't want to.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, things well, yeah, Biggs obstacles getting the way. So

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<v Speaker 1>right now all that fulled the website, we can get

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<v Speaker 1>all the information right now, and that that's super. How

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<v Speaker 1>many kids do we have waiting.

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<v Speaker 2>For bigs thirty two they're twenty two boys and eleven girls.

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<v Speaker 2>And the need for one to one mentors is ongoing

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<v Speaker 2>and we especially need men.

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<v Speaker 3>And couples to match with the boys.

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<v Speaker 2>We've made twenty six new matches nice, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>there's four three or four more that are in the

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<v Speaker 2>process of getting made. And I think there's two or

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<v Speaker 2>three volunteers in the enrollment. So we're really trying to

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<v Speaker 2>get to thirty six by the middle of December.

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<v Speaker 3>And if you've been.

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<v Speaker 2>Thinking about it, now it's the time to pull the

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<v Speaker 2>trigger and get more information and come in and make

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<v Speaker 2>a difference in a child's life.

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<v Speaker 1>Todd How we go about doing this? How do you

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<v Speaker 1>become a big One.

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<v Speaker 4>Of the best ways just come by, come see us.

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<v Speaker 4>If not, you can go to the website and that's

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<v Speaker 4>we got great, really easy application.

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<v Speaker 1>All right good, and of course you've got to do

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<v Speaker 1>a little questionnaire. There's got one to make sure that

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<v Speaker 1>the matches match up pretty good and everything's.

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<v Speaker 3>All cool and right.

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<v Speaker 2>And they can call the office or they can go

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<v Speaker 2>to Big Oklahoma dot org is the website. The website

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<v Speaker 2>has all the information, has a little video that you

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<v Speaker 2>can watch. If you have questions, you can call the

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<v Speaker 2>office be happy to talk with you about it. It

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<v Speaker 2>is an online application, sure, and that's the first step

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<v Speaker 2>to getting the process started.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, if you've been waiting for a while, here's your

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<v Speaker 1>nudge do it.

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<v Speaker 3>This is your sign to be a big.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, there you go. If you've been thinking about it

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<v Speaker 1>this long, it's time to go ahead and make the commandment.

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<v Speaker 1>And I know that's what a few people just did recently,

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<v Speaker 1>so you know, kind of follow their lead and to

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<v Speaker 1>find out what it's all about. I've not met any

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<v Speaker 1>person who's been a big who's been disappointed. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>they kind of have a tendency to go back for more.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, volunteers will frequently say that they came in to

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<v Speaker 2>help a child, but they were surprised at how much

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<v Speaker 2>that it benefited them to be part of the program

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<v Speaker 2>and to be part.

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<v Speaker 3>Of that child's life.

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<v Speaker 2>And for those who are thinking, oh, we're coming up

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<v Speaker 2>on the holidays, it can't possibly do anything before January.

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<v Speaker 3>If you're interested in being a mentor, I would say.

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<v Speaker 2>Apply, get the interview out of the way, and if

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<v Speaker 2>you need to be matched with your little in January,

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<v Speaker 2>that can that can happen, but it's going to take

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<v Speaker 2>four weeks to get through the process, So go ahead

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<v Speaker 2>and do the application, the interview, and get all of

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<v Speaker 2>that going so that come January you're ready to be matched.

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<v Speaker 1>Alrighty well, God, good meeting you. Yeah you as well,

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<v Speaker 1>and Charlene, I.

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<v Speaker 3>Will see you Friday, all right, wink.

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<v Speaker 1>Wink nudgs nuts. All right, folks, you have been watching

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<v Speaker 1>and listening to our community connection with big brothers, Big sisters. Charlene.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks