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Speaker 1: Some days are better than others at being me. Today
Speaker 1: it's a great day to meet me in studio to
Speaker 1: talk about the Marty gra benefiting the homeless children. I
Speaker 1: have the founding chairman for the Marty Grave event, Gordy,
Speaker 1: along with from Bethany House Peg and Jimmy who's the
Speaker 1: general manager of Governor's House and makes a killer, awesome meatball.
Speaker 3: Jimmy, thank you so much. It was that bit just I.
Speaker 4: Love seeing a look on your face.
Speaker 1: There are things in the I'm a gourmont. I love food.
Speaker 1: I grew up in the kitchen. I love to cook.
Speaker 1: I like make my own meatballs. They don't touch these,
Speaker 1: trust me. Thank you so much. I have really high
Speaker 1: expectations and standards. You've exceeded them. Man, these are great.
Speaker 1: Are you going to be serving these at the Marty
Speaker 1: Graus event.
Speaker 5: Absolutely if you're serving those at the Marty grav vents,
Speaker 5: and I hope everybody enjoys them as much as you have.
Speaker 4: The imperfect even for me at least.
Speaker 1: Peg, Gordy, you guys had some of his meatballs yet.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, okay, yeah good. I'm better get out there
Speaker 1: and get another one before they disappear. Food has a
Speaker 1: way of just evaporating around the studios here, all right?
Speaker 1: The website is what is it? Marty gra twent or
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five dot org. Do I have that right?
Speaker 6: You do?
Speaker 7: Marty Graw twenty twenty five dot org, Brian, that's right.
Speaker 1: Now, it's benefiting homeless children. Let's talk about the ways
Speaker 1: in which this event will benefit homeless children. We'll talk
Speaker 1: about sponsors and what we're going to see and do
Speaker 1: there and also the date. So who wants to cover
Speaker 1: the how how the benefit proceeds work, Because you guys
Speaker 1: have been at this for this is the thirty fourth
Speaker 1: year for this.
Speaker 7: All right. Peg is from Bethany House. Go ahead, Peeg.
Speaker 6: There's three organizations that serve homeless families in our region,
Speaker 6: Bright and Center, Welcome House and Bethany House. And we
Speaker 6: use the proceeds. We have a great party for a
Speaker 6: really good cause. We feed the children that we serve
Speaker 6: in these families with the proceeds, so it helps us
Speaker 6: feed children all year. Often families are homeless for almost
Speaker 6: a year before they get to shelter. On any given day,
Speaker 6: Bethany House has one hundred kids living in our emergency
Speaker 6: shelter trying to find a way. Their parents are finding
Speaker 6: a way to get rehoused, so we use this money
Speaker 6: to feed them well.
Speaker 1: And I really appreciate your being here, and I'm aware
Speaker 1: of this homeless problem because I've talked to folks like
Speaker 1: Bethany House over the years. Explain to my lead listeners
Speaker 1: who might be in a state of disbelief that there
Speaker 1: are really homeless children out there, because I think quite
Speaker 1: often people think of the homeless person as you know,
Speaker 1: the vagrant sort of in a corner in an alleyway,
Speaker 1: probably drug addicted or maybe hate suffering from some cognitive
Speaker 1: struggles or psychological problems. But that's not the case that
Speaker 1: we're usually talking about here, though, is it right.
Speaker 6: Family homelessness is really a hidden problem because parents will,
Speaker 6: as we know, parents will do anything to keep their
Speaker 6: kids safe, and so they'll find a stairwell in an
Speaker 6: apartment house where they can live under, maybe a storage unit,
Speaker 6: a shelter at a state park or city park. They'll
Speaker 6: find lots of places where they can sleep and coexist
Speaker 6: with whatever else is going on. In the area and
Speaker 6: their kids will be safe well.
Speaker 3: And from my understanding, correct me if I'm wrong.
Speaker 1: Quite often this is almost like a spur of the
Speaker 1: moment homelessness because they live in a dangerous situation at home.
Speaker 1: Maybe they're an abusive relationship situation Mom grabs a jam bag,
Speaker 1: grabs the kids and just heads out. Really maybe with
Speaker 1: no destination.
Speaker 6: A lot of our parents are escaping abusive relationships. Many
Speaker 6: are just can't afford the rent anymore. And if you
Speaker 6: have a high medical bill that you didn't have insurance for,
Speaker 6: or a car repair and you had to get the
Speaker 6: car fixed so that you could get to your job,
Speaker 6: you might not have enough money for the rent. And
Speaker 6: then and of course in our area, rent has exponentially
Speaker 6: increased since COVID.
Speaker 1: Now do you put these families, these children, and these
Speaker 1: mothers in touch with organizations that might be able to
Speaker 1: help them out to deal with those challenges. I immediately
Speaker 1: think of the Help Squad over on the West Side,
Speaker 1: because sometimes women will come to them and like they
Speaker 1: can't make that rent payment, they need that one month assistance,
Speaker 1: or they're going to find themselves in this situation. Help Squad,
Speaker 1: you know that's them and we'll get them the money. Yeah, here,
Speaker 1: we're helping you out this month. Or in one case,
Speaker 1: they actually bought this poor woman who had to drive
Speaker 1: be on a bus three hours a day to get
Speaker 1: to her job.
Speaker 3: Right, they got her a car.
Speaker 7: Yeah.
Speaker 6: It's incredible, you know, because if you have to get
Speaker 6: your kids to day care or to school and then
Speaker 6: get to your job, that could be a three hour
Speaker 6: bus ride, yes, ma'am. So there's lots of organizations Saint
Speaker 6: Bencent to Paul Community Action agencies. Each of the three
Speaker 6: agencies I mentioned Bethany House included we raise funds so
Speaker 6: we can provide a little bit of financial assistance to
Speaker 6: help smooth those barriers, all right.
Speaker 1: And one of the ways you raise funds and it's
Speaker 1: been wildly successful, thirty fourth annual Culinary Celebration. It's the
Speaker 1: Marti grav benefiting the homeless. I'll turn to you, Gordy,
Speaker 1: founding chairman, been at this a long time. Let my
Speaker 1: listeners know how much money you put together with this
Speaker 1: event over the years.
Speaker 7: Well, so far we've raised two point seven to three
Speaker 7: Brian two point three seven three million dollars. That's amazing,
Speaker 7: and we're hoping to raise about two hundred thousand this year,
Speaker 7: so that's our goal this year. We'll see see if
Speaker 7: we can get everybody there that night to help us
Speaker 7: raise some money. We have a silent auction, a live auction,
Speaker 7: and just a really big party for everybody to come.
Speaker 1: A great celebratory event. What day is it? What day
Speaker 1: is it? We'll learn about the details on it, the where,
Speaker 1: the when, the why, the house. So what win is
Speaker 1: the date we need to mark down on our calendar.
Speaker 7: So it's Tuesday, February eighteenth. It's early this year. Normally
Speaker 7: Fat Tuesday is March fourth this year, but we we
Speaker 7: didn't get the spacebook at the convention center because of
Speaker 7: Cincinnati shutting down and Cincinnati Convention Center took all the
Speaker 7: space at Northern Kentucky. So anyway, we had to move
Speaker 7: it up a little bit. So it's two weeks earlier,
Speaker 7: February eighteenth. We'll call it to Tasty Tuesday this year.
Speaker 7: So at any rate, it's it's going to be five
Speaker 7: thirty to ten o'clock at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center
Speaker 7: this year. We've got free parking right across the street
Speaker 7: in the Kenton County.
Speaker 3: Well that's an improvement.
Speaker 7: So yeah, yeah, well, you know it was a tough.
Speaker 7: It was tough for everybody to when they wanted to
Speaker 7: come to the event to find a place to park.
Speaker 7: So this year we just bought out the garage. Oh
Speaker 7: that's great and so now get people get free parking.
Speaker 7: It's right across the street.
Speaker 1: So you mentioned silent auction and I imagine you have
Speaker 1: all kinds of sponsors that donated items for the silent auction.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, all the times one of these events
Speaker 1: without people being generous.
Speaker 7: And a live auction too, Brian, Oh.
Speaker 3: Yeah, but it can give me an example of one
Speaker 3: of the Well.
Speaker 7: We we have Reds opening day packages, we have a
Speaker 7: Caribbean cruise. We got everybody loves this slushpuppy machine that
Speaker 7: give away for so it's yeah, we've got all kuyds.
Speaker 7: We've got a a cable deep deep sea fishing trip
Speaker 7: this year, so that's gonna be neat.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I want the slush puppy machine.
Speaker 7: You want to slush.
Speaker 3: Show off?
Speaker 7: Yeah, And we've got fifty four restaurants and beverage preveyers
Speaker 7: this year. We've got a great entertainment from d V
Speaker 7: eight this year. They're brand new too, so they're they're
Speaker 7: very popular group there.
Speaker 1: Now, Jimmy, general manager of Governor's House, You're you're gonna
Speaker 1: be serving these meatballs. So I'm doubly sure of that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: because if you have all those food vendors there, I'm
Speaker 1: just gonna wonder how people are gonna find room because
Speaker 1: everybody's gonna be gathering around Jimmy's meatball.
Speaker 5: That's exactly what happened last year when I did that,
Speaker 5: our booth was packed and everybody else, you know.
Speaker 1: Nobody wanted give you some examples of some of the
Speaker 1: other restaurants that are gonna be starving.
Speaker 5: Well, then there's Blinkers will be there, which is right
Speaker 5: next door to us in the Covington area. They'll be
Speaker 5: serving food as well. I'm not sure exactly what they'll
Speaker 5: be serving, but I've seen with some of the.
Speaker 7: Other Yeah, it was actually Blinkers is serving at Port
Speaker 7: with the with the bourbon glaze. You've got City Barbecue
Speaker 7: there with their their famous beef brisket notch. We've got
Speaker 7: eighteen at the Retson serving lobster mac and cheese. We've got,
Speaker 7: of course Governor's House there with their meatballs. We've got
Speaker 7: the Hooters girls will be there with their with their
Speaker 7: Cajun wings. He S will be there with their famous
Speaker 7: rupe sandwich, Luigi Steak, Luigi's Restaurant will be there with
Speaker 7: creole lasagna. Vadrin will be there with Cajun pasta. Plumpilias
Speaker 7: will be there with their Cajun chicken putin esca. It
Speaker 7: goes on and on, Bri.
Speaker 3: Those are all winners from my.
Speaker 4: Forget all the nice uh alcohol vendors too, they'll be there.
Speaker 3: Well, you know that was gonna be my next question.
Speaker 3: You adult beverages of.
Speaker 7: Course, Margarita's wine, beer, all kinds of.
Speaker 3: Last year I got to reminisce with some little Kings.
Speaker 7: Little Kings.
Speaker 1: Oh wow, that takes me back, Yes it does.
Speaker 7: There's so much food and beverages here. If you can't
Speaker 7: have a good time here, you can't have a good
Speaker 7: time anywhere.
Speaker 1: You've got everything covered, great food, great beverages, you've got
Speaker 1: great music, entertainment, the live auction and the big and
Speaker 1: the silent auctions as well, and it all benefits the
Speaker 1: wonderful services Bethany House provides each and every day. Services
Speaker 1: we really really wish and pray weren't necessary, and you
Speaker 1: know there's always it's sort of the pall that's cast
Speaker 1: over this wonderful event is that you do need the
Speaker 1: funds because there are homeless out there that children most
Speaker 1: notably need these services. So thanks for what you're doing
Speaker 1: at Bethany House. It's wonderful.
Speaker 3: Peg.
Speaker 1: So tickets are available at the website I just mentioned,
Speaker 1: it's Marti Gras.
Speaker 3: T five dot org. Can I ask out loud how
Speaker 3: much you take the costs?
Speaker 7: Well, the tickets are as little as one hundred dollars.
Speaker 7: All that includes everything including parking this year, there's all
Speaker 7: kinds of different levels that you can buy. Sure, and
Speaker 7: we also need sponsors. They want to learn more how
Speaker 7: to be a sponsor, corporate sponsor, or a table sponsor.
Speaker 7: Go out to Marty gra twenty twenty five dot org. Well,
Speaker 7: and a salute to the sponsors.
Speaker 1: I'm looking under the web page Wiler Family Foundation in
Speaker 1: Mercedes Benz of Fort Mitchell and with the North Kentucky
Speaker 1: Convention Center. Without those folks, these events do not happen
Speaker 1: and the money doesn't get raised. Well, you certainly got
Speaker 1: my attention, Gordye Peg, Jimmy and again Jimmy props on
Speaker 1: the meat buk.
Speaker 3: Is this a proprietary thing or do you share? You
Speaker 3: put you on the spot.
Speaker 4: I might, I might be behind slide the recipe got.
Speaker 1: Down though, okay different you know, some it's pork and veal.
Speaker 1: Some it's beef and veal and pork. Sometimes it's just
Speaker 1: beef and pork. The level of breading changes and the
Speaker 1: o the herbs. I got just a ton of fresh
Speaker 1: basil which you have in here. We grow it every
Speaker 1: year and then freeze it so it's always there in
Speaker 1: the Thomas household.
Speaker 3: I'm just you don't have to give me.
Speaker 4: Good notice that there's a lot of basil in there.
Speaker 3: I'm wonderful, I will.
Speaker 4: I will definitely.
Speaker 5: Slide you the recipe at the end, but I'll just
Speaker 5: give you a brief and does have the veal, the
Speaker 5: pork and the short ribbon there as well.
Speaker 2: Oh that's.
Speaker 5: It?
Speaker 3: Yes, all right?
Speaker 1: Well, Starry to my listeners for waxing very poetic about
Speaker 1: these meatballs. But I'm trying to get you to go
Speaker 1: to the event. And if there's any motivating factor, it
Speaker 1: should be if you love meatballs. To taste Jimmy from
Speaker 1: the Governor's House meatballs while you're at Marty Graus benefiting
Speaker 1: the homeless children over at Bethany House. Gordi Peg Jimmy,
Speaker 1: it's been a real pleasure having you in the studio.
Speaker 1: Thanks for what you do throughout the year, sponsors necessary
Speaker 1: and needed. It's Marty Gras twenty twenty five dot or
Speaker 1: get your tickets there, show up and have a great time.
Speaker 3: I wish you all the luck in the world. I
Speaker 3: hope you make a whole.
Speaker 7: Time great Valentine's Day president too.
Speaker 1: There you go, yes, and you know what, don't worry
Speaker 1: about moving the event early. I'll be sixteen September. I
Speaker 1: have no idea how they figure out what the easter
Speaker 1: is going to be on. It's a moving target.
Speaker 3: So we're gonna make it early this year. Marty Grass starts.
Speaker 1: On on the eighteenth of February this year eight fifty six. Folks,
Speaker 1: if you even get a chance to listen live. We
Speaker 1: had some really good guests on today. Of course, the
Speaker 1: Big Picture with Jack Atherton. Corey Bowman was in studio.
Speaker 1: He is running for mayor of the City of Cincinnati,
Speaker 1: parenthetically half brother of jd.
Speaker 3: Vance at that matters. But here what Corey had to say.
Speaker 1: Dan Claire chief Communications offer for the disabled American veterans
Speaker 1: about the dav Patriot boot Camp, judged and Politano, and
Speaker 1: of course the link for the Marti grab benefiting the
Speaker 1: homeless is right there at fifty five krs dot com.
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