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<v Speaker 1>And good morning. Welcome to Community Connection.

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<v Speaker 2>On this Friday, August the eighth, Nathan Thompson here in

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<v Speaker 2>studio and we got a treat for you today. Good

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<v Speaker 2>morning from the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bartlesville area.

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<v Speaker 1>How are you today?

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, I'm doing good. I'm doing good. Glad to be here.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we're always glad to have you in studio. And

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<v Speaker 2>you've got a big new event that is coming up

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<v Speaker 2>here just a couple of days, right.

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<v Speaker 3>We are, Yeah, August sixteenth, the Bartlesville Mystery Gala. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>we're real excited about it now.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we've talked about this before whenever you're in

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<v Speaker 2>a previous next We was working the shift that morning too.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is a really cool, like clue in spa

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<v Speaker 2>hired program, is that right?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? Yeah, so yeah, brand new. We have hired six

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<v Speaker 3>actors from Tulsa. They're gonna come down give us an event.

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<v Speaker 3>But but the event, I mean, there's so many more

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<v Speaker 3>things going on, uh where we have a silent auction

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<v Speaker 3>that's going live today, so that's gonna be pretty exciting.

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<v Speaker 3>There'll be a live auction at the event. We're gonna

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<v Speaker 3>have a wine pool, yeah, dinner and then yeah, the

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<v Speaker 3>clue event. So yeah, the actors, they came down from Tulsa.

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<v Speaker 3>Pretty cool little company we found they started on Shark

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<v Speaker 3>Tank that show, so yeah Shark Yeah. Yeah, it's gonna

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<v Speaker 3>be it's gonna be a blast. The company is called

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<v Speaker 3>the Murder Mystery Company.

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<v Speaker 1>Gotcha.

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<v Speaker 3>I called them and said, you know this, this is

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<v Speaker 3>a children's nonprofit. Can we do something less murdery? They

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<v Speaker 3>said absolutely, We have a a missing painting style clue.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, that's that's what we're gonna do.

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<v Speaker 1>Ah, that's so much fun.

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<v Speaker 2>And you say there are very limited tickets available, Yes, yes.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, this Yeah, if you want to get tickets, I

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<v Speaker 3>would get them in to day really so yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is gonna be at the Johnstone Stair Building,

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<v Speaker 2>the refinery up on the third floor, on the.

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<v Speaker 3>Third floor, yeah, above hideaway. Yeah, it's gonna be really fun.

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<v Speaker 2>And for folks who have never been up there, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean it is a beautiful, beautiful venue overlooking downtown Bartlesville,

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<v Speaker 2>and the chandeliers are up in the air.

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<v Speaker 3>Personally, I think, yeah, it already gives off kind of

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<v Speaker 3>those clue vibes a little bit, so yeah, sure does.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh well that's gonna be great.

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<v Speaker 2>So we'll have a missus Peacock and everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>That's it.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, problem exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>And so again talk talk a bit Todd. Again we're

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<v Speaker 2>talking to Todd Edwards. I should have said that at

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<v Speaker 2>the very beginning. My apologies. Todd Edwards, the area director

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<v Speaker 2>for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Oklahoma for the

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<v Speaker 2>Bartlesville area, And uh so talk about a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>about you know, it is a fundraiser for your program.

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<v Speaker 2>And again I know tons of people are are aware.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe just to name recognition what Big Brothers Big Sisters

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<v Speaker 2>actual does. So tell tell our audience Todd what the

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<v Speaker 2>goal of the organization is and how you guys operate.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, we really focus on that one to one mentoring.

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<v Speaker 3>So kids have the opportunity to do all kinds of

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<v Speaker 3>things in groups, after school programs, different things like that.

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<v Speaker 3>But what we do is we just walk hand in

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<v Speaker 3>hand with them, side by side. We ask our volunteers

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<v Speaker 3>to come in and essentially, yeah, be that big brother,

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<v Speaker 3>be that big sister. We ask for people to come in,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, a couple hours a month to spend just

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<v Speaker 3>one on one and that's that's doing simple things, cooking,

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<v Speaker 3>dinner with them, go in grocery, shopping, hanging out, get

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<v Speaker 3>your nails done, if your girls, you know, those sorts

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<v Speaker 3>of things. Yeah, so that's yeah, that's what we really do,

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<v Speaker 3>that deep, deep one to one mentoring exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know I'm again making another assumption because I

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<v Speaker 2>haven't talked to you.

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<v Speaker 1>About this as well, but.

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<v Speaker 2>Historically there has been a shortage for.

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<v Speaker 1>Specifically big brothers.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and so what are we looking at so far

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<v Speaker 2>for this year as far as pairing up a mentor

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<v Speaker 2>with a little.

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<v Speaker 3>It's been We've had a lot of growth this year.

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<v Speaker 3>When I first stepped in, it's only been about ten

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<v Speaker 3>months now, we had twenty six kids on the waiting list.

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<v Speaker 3>We have matched at this moment more kids. Well, let

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<v Speaker 3>me say this, we've served more kids than we served

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<v Speaker 3>last year and we have a lot of the year

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<v Speaker 3>left to go. So we are growing so much. So

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<v Speaker 3>when I came in having those twenty six kids, you'd

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<v Speaker 3>think we've caught up quite a bit on that. We

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<v Speaker 3>actually were sitting at thirty waiting littles at this point.

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<v Speaker 3>So which it's a good thing, right, I mean, our

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<v Speaker 3>program is having so much success. People are hearing about it.

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<v Speaker 3>We are making such a good positive impact on the

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<v Speaker 3>youth and words getting out. So yeah, that's that's the

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<v Speaker 3>crazy thing is there's still a huge need. But the

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<v Speaker 3>good thing is we live in an amazing community as well. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>the people that can make that difference, that want to

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<v Speaker 3>make that difference. The volunteers I've been seeing coming in

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<v Speaker 3>saying hey, yeah, I'll match up with a kid outstanding.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, they really really are. I'm so excited about

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<v Speaker 3>the future to hear the impact that we're going to

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<v Speaker 3>be making next year, they're already kind of rolling in.

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<v Speaker 3>It's amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, absolutely, no, what I just remembered, Sorry about this.

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<v Speaker 2>I forgot to turn on the microphone for our Facebook Live.

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<v Speaker 2>So hold on just a second. There we go, microphone,

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<v Speaker 2>there go, there we go. Sorry for everybody watching on

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<v Speaker 2>Facebook Live. If you're on kwetv dot com, it's were

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<v Speaker 2>confined Facebook Live.

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<v Speaker 1>I forgot to punch a button.

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<v Speaker 3>Happens.

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<v Speaker 1>It always happens to me, it seems anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>So again we're talking with Todd Edwards, with big brothers

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<v Speaker 2>and big sisters, and for those of you who are

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<v Speaker 2>just now able to hear us, we're talking about the

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<v Speaker 2>Mystery Gala. That's coming up as a big fundraiser as

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<v Speaker 2>well as how the organization Big Brothers, Big Sisters really

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<v Speaker 2>serves those in our community, those kids who really need that.

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<v Speaker 1>So the mentoring you.

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<v Speaker 2>Were talking about, you know, just going out doing activities

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<v Speaker 2>with kids, and you know what, what is the purpose

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<v Speaker 2>of that, Todd?

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<v Speaker 3>So, really are the kids that we have in our

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<v Speaker 3>program most of them come from either a single parent

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<v Speaker 3>or they're living with grandparents, and they just don't really

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<v Speaker 3>get exposed to a lot of different things. We do.

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<v Speaker 3>We do background checks, we do large interviews with the kids,

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<v Speaker 3>and we ask a lot of good questions for the volunteers.

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<v Speaker 3>Either we really want to match up, just a really

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<v Speaker 3>great match. And it's so funny. I see a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of kids come in. What are you into video games?

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<v Speaker 1>You know?

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<v Speaker 3>But they're just it's not a lot. I used to

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<v Speaker 3>want to try to dig out and I really really

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<v Speaker 3>started realizing that these these kids really haven't been introduced

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<v Speaker 3>to a lot of things, right, A lot of the

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<v Speaker 3>stories we here coming in, you know, oh, my Big

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<v Speaker 3>brothers would be fishing. I had no idea how fun

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<v Speaker 3>fishing was or basketball, or you know, we have a

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<v Speaker 3>little sister who was introduced to volleyball and now she

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<v Speaker 3>she can't wait to be on the team and they're practicing,

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<v Speaker 3>and so yeah, seeing all of that just different doors

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<v Speaker 3>opening for them. It's inspiring. It's it's amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think you make a good point, Todd, that

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<v Speaker 2>in order to become a big to one of these kids,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have to do extravagant things. I mean, you

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<v Speaker 2>were just talking about going and fishing. You know, kids,

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<v Speaker 2>especially some kids in our community these days, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>they have that disconnect between what is what we would

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<v Speaker 2>consider regular life outside of video games. You know, they

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<v Speaker 2>don't know that some of them don't know that fishing

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<v Speaker 2>is a great activity. You're going hiking out at Oshhill

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<v Speaker 2>State Park is a great activity, you know, Or just

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<v Speaker 2>as you were talking about doing something just around town

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<v Speaker 2>for the girls, going and get their nails done, go

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<v Speaker 2>and seeing a movie together.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, that's really what it is.

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<v Speaker 2>It's about building that bond between a child an adult

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<v Speaker 2>to make that child a more well rounded individual as

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<v Speaker 2>they grow into adulthood.

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<v Speaker 3>Makes them feel confident, it helps their relationships. Just give

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<v Speaker 3>them someone that they can talk to, which I mean

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<v Speaker 3>even as an adult, you know, I've got a wonderful wife.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm able to come home and invent to her. Just

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<v Speaker 3>having that person to talk to is so beneficial. And

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<v Speaker 3>that's kind of what we what we provide when we

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<v Speaker 3>when I had came in here stepped in. We had

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<v Speaker 3>one really good partnership with the YMCA Biggs Littles. They

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<v Speaker 3>can go to the y absolutely for free. And and

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<v Speaker 3>when I first started, I wanted to make the biggest

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<v Speaker 3>impact I could, and so I did that started by

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<v Speaker 3>asking questions, you know, what can I do? What's our

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<v Speaker 3>biggest hurdle? The number one answer I got was I'm

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<v Speaker 3>just not sure what I would do if I if

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<v Speaker 3>I had a little what do we do? So I thought, man,

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<v Speaker 3>if we could, if we could expand on that YMCA thing.

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<v Speaker 3>We now have sixteen different partnerships with different community members.

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<v Speaker 3>One really amazing story just came in two weeks ago.

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<v Speaker 3>We do have a partnership now also with the Climb

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<v Speaker 3>Tulsa Okay, Biggs Littles again they can go absolutely for free.

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<v Speaker 3>A big brother had stepped in and said, I'm going

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<v Speaker 3>to take my little climbing. He's never been, so this

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<v Speaker 3>will be really cool for him. And I was able

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<v Speaker 3>to meet the little not too long after that, and

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<v Speaker 3>of course he was so so excited, right, because what

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<v Speaker 3>fourteen year old boy wouldn't be excited about climbing. But

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<v Speaker 3>that's not what he was excited about. He said, Todd,

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<v Speaker 3>that's I finally got to go to Tulsa. Oh wow, right,

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<v Speaker 3>so I mean, yeah, just making those you know, his

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<v Speaker 3>whole world was just expanded by so much. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>here I was thinking, these partnerships are helping the bigs

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<v Speaker 3>make it easier. It's really impacting these littles just as much.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure, and you know, you really and to be a

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<v Speaker 2>big I think a lot of people think that you

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<v Speaker 2>just had to have you do have to have good

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<v Speaker 2>moral character. I mean that I don't want to be

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<v Speaker 2>little that but right, but you don't have to be

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<v Speaker 2>an expert at everything.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't have to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Just be human, to be human and just be there

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<v Speaker 2>as additional support for these kids in our community who

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<v Speaker 2>may not have that outside of this program.

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<v Speaker 3>It. Yep, don't have to be a psychologist, a child expert. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>just a friend. I mean that's really what they what

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<v Speaker 3>they want, what they need. And I hear all the

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<v Speaker 3>time the big saying, oh I got so much more

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<v Speaker 3>out is here. I thought I was going to be

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<v Speaker 3>the one giving, and I've got so much out of this,

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, you're absolutely right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's it's I've spoken to a couple of my

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<v Speaker 2>friends have have been very involved in the program, Rachelle

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<v Speaker 2>Wilson is and Julia May in the past. She may

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<v Speaker 2>actually be doing it again this year. She's back in town.

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<v Speaker 2>So just talking to them and the differences has made

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<v Speaker 2>in their lives. Yeah, it's incredible. You can tell. You

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<v Speaker 2>can tell a big just by the smile that they

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<v Speaker 2>put on their face where they talk about this program.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just like it has.

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<v Speaker 2>Been not only a life changing experience for me, but

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<v Speaker 2>I know I'm really giving back to this kid.

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<v Speaker 3>Who needs me, right, yep, and we know that it works.

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<v Speaker 3>This year, they released a thirty year study through Harvard

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<v Speaker 3>and the US National Treasury. They were specifically looking at

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<v Speaker 3>the economic impact, and so it's always great to hear

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<v Speaker 3>those stories, but to have a study done by Harvard

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<v Speaker 3>and the Treasury saying Nope, we looked at kids in

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<v Speaker 3>your program that're in the nineties. Then we looked at

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<v Speaker 3>them now in their life compared to their peers, and

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<v Speaker 3>they make more money, they go to college more often,

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<v Speaker 3>they have better relationships. There were just so many different things,

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<v Speaker 3>just positive impacts that we can see the data, the

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<v Speaker 3>numbers on.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, the Big Mystery Gala coming up next weekend. It's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be a lot of fun and of course

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<v Speaker 2>bowling for kid's sake. It's you know, a few months away,

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<v Speaker 2>but right now it's really the active time to get

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<v Speaker 2>those teams ready.

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<v Speaker 3>That's it. I'm already thinking about it. We're already planning it.

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<v Speaker 3>We made a lot of changes and we're going to

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<v Speaker 3>continue to amp up the energy next year.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely absolutely Well.

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<v Speaker 2>We've been talking with Todd Edwards, the area director for

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<v Speaker 2>Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma, right here in Bartlesville.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much for spending some time with us

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<v Speaker 1>this morning.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, you're very welcome.

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<v Speaker 2>All Right, K one News time and it's almost eight

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<v Speaker 2>forty seven. We'll have our forecast.

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<v Speaker 1>Coming up in just a bit. Stay tuned.