Speaker 1: Whenever we have the Bartlesville Regional United Way in that
Speaker 1: means we probably got a little bit of fun and on,
Speaker 1: and that's going on as well as making sure everybody's
Speaker 1: well and taking care of how we doing today, ladies.
Speaker 2: We do great.
Speaker 3: You well, you know I'm here.
Speaker 2: Thanks for having us, Katie and Lisa.
Speaker 3: It was a busy week last week. Bring us up
Speaker 3: to speed.
Speaker 4: Well, yes, I mean, and I need to give thanks
Speaker 4: for it's due. Katie put so much work into last week,
Speaker 4: as did Jonie and Shelley, just to have it be
Speaker 4: a success. We kicked it off with you last Monday.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, we.
Speaker 4: Had a room full and then we did a walking
Speaker 4: night it on Tuesday and it was you know, there's
Speaker 4: some stuff we're going to keep and stuff stuff we're
Speaker 4: going to try different. The Pie in the Face was
Speaker 4: a huge success.
Speaker 5: Yeah, so we're really excited. Today we get to pie
Speaker 5: Chris Batchelder, who came in with the at least amount
Speaker 5: of boats today, and then we will pie Jamie Iwamota
Speaker 5: from Conico Phillips, who came in with the.
Speaker 2: Most votes a little over two.
Speaker 5: Thousand, but overall we were able to raise five thousand
Speaker 5: three hundred and fifty five dollars thanks to your match
Speaker 5: from Conico Phillips.
Speaker 4: It's a lot of parts, a lot of part for it,
Speaker 4: and a.
Speaker 2: Lot of fun.
Speaker 4: People were able to jump on board with that. It
Speaker 4: was a great, great idea. I think we'll keep it
Speaker 4: for next year for sure. And then Thursday we thanked
Speaker 4: our first some of our first responders, the firefighters and
Speaker 4: the EMT workers, so just gave them some Chick fil
Speaker 4: A cookies provided by Chase at Chick fil A. And
Speaker 4: then Friday we wrapped it up with a happy hour
Speaker 4: police Rooms and it was a blast so much that
Speaker 4: we're talking about doing it quarterly, just getting people together
Speaker 4: to you know, network and talk about what good things
Speaker 4: are happening in our community.
Speaker 1: Well, you know, a lot of ideas just kind of
Speaker 1: flourish whenever you get people together.
Speaker 4: It's so true, it's so true. It's almost like we
Speaker 4: should live united.
Speaker 3: Now that's a dog gone through a.
Speaker 4: Yeah good, we definitely should so. But you know it's
Speaker 4: not there's no slowing down for us now.
Speaker 2: We are.
Speaker 4: We're hitting the road running and excited about upcoming kick
Speaker 4: company kickoffs and a little thing or golf tournament, that
Speaker 4: thing and then Katie has worked really hard with the
Speaker 4: Day of Caring and that is something that's really exciting.
Speaker 4: And throughout this we've had an online auction that let
Speaker 4: Katie speaks about that's great.
Speaker 3: That's been going on for a while.
Speaker 5: Yes, and it actually wraps up at eight pm tonight,
Speaker 5: So I know there's been a lot of ninja bitters
Speaker 5: kind of waiting until the last minute, so you kind
Speaker 5: of jump in and get the things that they want,
Speaker 5: but tonight at eight o'clock is the last chance that
Speaker 5: you have.
Speaker 4: Now, Okay, they're really good items on our offices.
Speaker 2: Let's get really favorite is.
Speaker 5: The the team of four to play a Friday afternoon
Speaker 5: round of golf at the Tea up for United Way
Speaker 5: Golf Tournament.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 4: So it has that, it has a little miniature golf
Speaker 4: bag cooler, it has some tickets.
Speaker 2: To at Harley Party.
Speaker 4: So I mean, it is a great basket and it's
Speaker 4: going for cheap right now.
Speaker 2: So I encourage people to.
Speaker 4: Go to our website BARTLESVILLEUW dot org or they can
Speaker 4: follow us on social media and click the online auction
Speaker 4: and start bidding away.
Speaker 3: That's kind of like the all around town package.
Speaker 6: It is.
Speaker 4: It is I mean it's really a coveted thing that
Speaker 4: this year because of our golf tournament selling out and
Speaker 4: we are going to have a record number of golfers
Speaker 4: playing this year.
Speaker 3: I hope because I saw you and out for your goal.
Speaker 4: Yes, yes, so two point four million, yeah, and we
Speaker 4: were able to reach that last year and we're going
Speaker 4: to do everything we can to reach it because it's
Speaker 4: not for us, it's for those partner agencies that serve
Speaker 4: those individuals that are so vulnerable and it's an honor
Speaker 4: to help them.
Speaker 2: But we need the community to help us.
Speaker 4: We need people to chip in any amount they can
Speaker 4: and we're we're just gonna do what we can do
Speaker 4: to raise that money.
Speaker 3: You're up to fourteen partner agencies.
Speaker 6: We have fifteen yeah, yeah, so we actually added Ray
Speaker 6: of Hope this year, so they are fifteenth and we
Speaker 6: have thirty programs and it spends everything through health, education,
Speaker 6: financial stability.
Speaker 5: But that includes things like Boys and Girls Club of
Speaker 5: No Wata, Boys and Girls Club of Bartlesville, Girl Scouts,
Speaker 5: Boy Scouts, a God Day Mission, Mary Martha Outreach, Family
Speaker 5: Health Care Clinic, we have Hope. We've got some amazing,
Speaker 5: amazing partner agencies. In our community. So every dollar we
Speaker 5: raised goes towards them.
Speaker 3: Every one of those everyone's heard of and yeah, love
Speaker 3: and respect you too.
Speaker 4: Yeah, And the YMCA is doing some great work around
Speaker 4: the swimming program to teach to teach every third grader
Speaker 4: to at least be able to swim. They do that
Speaker 4: and we help fund that program.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 4: Family Healthcare Clinic is another one, and they're just they're
Speaker 4: meeting needs of the community and honestly, on.
Speaker 2: Those two programs, they're.
Speaker 4: Helping save lives because in the state of Oklahoma, if
Speaker 4: it's not the top cause of death for death for
Speaker 4: children drowning, it's one of.
Speaker 2: The top five for sure.
Speaker 4: So Robert Phillips came to this community and started that
Speaker 4: program and then it's expanded and we're just honored to
Speaker 4: partner with them.
Speaker 1: We've got a big day coming up on September twenty fifth.
Speaker 3: She I don't know what that.
Speaker 5: So we have our Day of Caring coming up. It's
Speaker 5: something that we love doing every year and if you
Speaker 5: don't know what it is, it is a community wide
Speaker 5: day of volunteerism. We partner with a lot of the
Speaker 5: big companies but also some churches and tri County Tech.
Speaker 5: They I want to say they do a majority of
Speaker 5: the projects, but this year we had eighty projects submitted
Speaker 5: and we only have about fourteen left. So there are
Speaker 5: some opportunities if you want to volunteer, get a team together, yes,
Speaker 5: and you do get a really awesome T shirt. This
Speaker 5: year we decided to go with a Kelly Green T shirt,
Speaker 5: so they're going to be pretty cool. So everybody that
Speaker 5: volunteers will get a T shirt. And then you get
Speaker 5: to give back to our community to any five oh
Speaker 5: one c three that is submitted a project. We get schools,
Speaker 5: we get churches, we get nonprofits, and it's just it's
Speaker 5: a really great day to kind of get out from
Speaker 5: your office and give back to the community.
Speaker 3: And you know, I.
Speaker 1: Remember one of those days. I look like this, Yeah,
Speaker 1: pretty bunch.
Speaker 4: Yes, yes, I mean that doesn't stop.
Speaker 3: You were ready to go to going. Hey, it's actually cool.
Speaker 4: Exactly exactly, So we are, you know, and those projects
Speaker 4: take place other than September twenty fifth, but we are
Speaker 4: just great to be kind of the connector and we
Speaker 4: have a lot of good organizations that need help in
Speaker 4: our community, but also volunteerism. What a great way to
Speaker 4: feel good that you're giving something back to your community.
Speaker 1: You know it is participated in things like this before,
Speaker 1: and you know it's one of those things where you
Speaker 1: walk around with a big smile for a couple of months, sure,
Speaker 1: and you know somebody asking what you're spiling, you know,
Speaker 1: and then sometimes you do share and you say, hey,
Speaker 1: you know you ever thought about volunteering. You're just just
Speaker 1: doing something nice for somebody without really expecting anything. And
Speaker 1: you know the big return is your heart gets a
Speaker 1: little bit warmer.
Speaker 4: Yeah does, and you can see some of the projects
Speaker 4: that are still existing today. But you know, generosity is
Speaker 4: giving something to someone without expecting anything in return, and
Speaker 4: volunteerism really falls into that generosity mindset.
Speaker 2: So we are we're excited about the days.
Speaker 4: Of Caring that are happening, and our agencies are having
Speaker 4: some good events coming up.
Speaker 2: So it's a great time.
Speaker 3: It is.
Speaker 1: Tell us a little bit more about the Bartonsville Regional
Speaker 1: United Way. Where can we find you any old day
Speaker 1: that the doors are open?
Speaker 5: So we are right next to Benevision. We are at
Speaker 5: four and five East Silas Streets. You can stop in,
Speaker 5: say hi, give a donation, sign up for a day
Speaker 5: of caring, project. We can help you with all that,
Speaker 5: but you can also find us at BARTLESVILLEUW dot org
Speaker 5: and on social media.
Speaker 1: Well you know that in social media, you've got that
Speaker 1: so that even a guy like me can follow that.
Speaker 7: We try and make it easier for everybody, thank you, because.
Speaker 1: I'm that far extreme of the everybody that's got a
Speaker 1: mouse attached to it.
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, click to a point. I'm just the man.
Speaker 1: I'm just and it takes all that anxiety away because
Speaker 1: it's really easy to manipulate, ready, really easy to travel.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 5: Yes, And it's a great way for us to share
Speaker 5: what is going on with our partner agencies as well,
Speaker 5: and anything that we see that we find that you know,
Speaker 5: might need to be spread to our community. You know,
Speaker 5: we like to share it on there, whether it be
Speaker 5: from agencies that are not one of our partner agencies,
Speaker 5: if we feel like it's something that you know, we
Speaker 5: need to get the word out about, especially you know,
Speaker 5: there's bad weather.
Speaker 7: You know, we've had some some pretty high temperatures lately,
Speaker 7: so you know, we try. Yeah, so we try and
Speaker 7: share like cooling centers and anything like that that we
Speaker 7: feel like, you know, the community needs to know a
Speaker 7: little bit more about So it's a it's a great
Speaker 7: place to kind of get news from other agencies as
Speaker 7: well too.
Speaker 1: You know, you tell great stories there on your social media,
Speaker 1: you know, I mean they're short but to the point,
Speaker 1: but they touch your heart gauge the reader, and that's
Speaker 1: what I like.
Speaker 3: Absolutely, And we actually see.
Speaker 1: Where your investment in the United Way is going and
Speaker 1: where it could go, especially with the agencies that aren't
Speaker 1: aligned quite yet. Right, So you know, if you want
Speaker 1: to really feel good for a couple of minutes, point
Speaker 1: click and then sign up what you please for a
Speaker 1: day of caring part of it all so we can
Speaker 1: all live night.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, I couldn't have said it better myself. You could have.
Speaker 2: We're you know, we're we just have a really we
Speaker 2: are small but mighty team.
Speaker 3: So mighty yeah.
Speaker 4: The Brew crew that we like to call ourselves is
Speaker 4: I mean, I'm the best team ever. And we all
Speaker 4: work really well together. We have courageous conversations and we
Speaker 4: make sure that we're doing what's best for the donor
Speaker 4: dollar and my board of directors.
Speaker 2: We look at that through that lens.
Speaker 4: So there is a lot of accountability and things that
Speaker 4: we know for sure that we can show if you
Speaker 4: donate to the United Way, this is how we're giving
Speaker 4: the money. So it's kind of like what used to
Speaker 4: be the good housekeeping seal of approval. And you know,
Speaker 4: next year we're gonna be looking at a brand refresh
Speaker 4: with United Way Worldwide and it's gonna, I mean, it's
Speaker 4: gonna look about the same with better coming. Katie knows
Speaker 4: all about it. I just know that whatever they decide,
Speaker 4: Katie will execute it and we'll we'll be on brand
Speaker 4: and she'll do a great job.
Speaker 3: You sleep good at night, don't you.
Speaker 2: I do. I only have a wonderful great is it
Speaker 2: really is?
Speaker 5: So I do?
Speaker 3: Oh my goodness sakes.
Speaker 1: So once again, take a look at their website, also
Speaker 1: at the Facebook pages and everything else social and uh,
Speaker 1: make sure that you get yourself acquainted with Bartlesville regionally
Speaker 1: United Way.
Speaker 3: If you're new to the community, this is a one
Speaker 3: of a kind.
Speaker 1: I mean, you've heard of the United Way and just
Speaker 1: about a replace where you've lived, but you've really not
Speaker 1: seen it work like this until you've seen it work
Speaker 1: in Bartlesville. Yes, you know, it's it's it's something pretty cool,
Speaker 1: really really is special in our thank youank.
Speaker 2: You, We appreciate you.
Speaker 3: Alrighty folks, live United, Let's go.
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