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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.

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<v Speaker 1>It is time now for our community connection program right

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<v Speaker 1>here on K one, the one you trust. We have

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<v Speaker 1>our friends in from Neamiyah House. Please introduce yourself, young Manhi.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Mike Sorenson on the program director with the Amya's programs.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm Jennifer King. I am a peer recovery support specialist,

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<v Speaker 3>and I wear some more hats.

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<v Speaker 4>She's busy, folks, Just trust me.

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<v Speaker 1>I got worn out and just listening to the title. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>you're busy, But we've got one busy, busy, busy activity

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<v Speaker 1>coming up here in just a little bit now. The

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<v Speaker 1>last time you were on, we talked about taking the

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<v Speaker 1>old Emerald hotel, right, and we're turning that around to

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<v Speaker 1>make that to housing, transitional housing. We also have another

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<v Speaker 1>purpose for it this weekend.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, this so the work we do. We try

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<v Speaker 2>to transition people. They're coming out of addiction, they're coming

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<v Speaker 2>out of mental health. Some of them have legal issues.

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<v Speaker 2>They're coming out of jail and get into mental health court,

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<v Speaker 2>drug court, and homelessness, and so we're working with them

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<v Speaker 2>hands on, partnering with them to help them move.

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<v Speaker 4>Into independent living. So that's our goal.

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<v Speaker 2>We're helping them get driver's license, we're helping them find

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<v Speaker 2>a job, save money, all those kind of basic skills

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<v Speaker 2>in addition to any out of recovery issues they have.

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<v Speaker 2>So in doing that, we were raising money for the participants,

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<v Speaker 2>probably their housing fees and stuff.

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<v Speaker 4>When they come in. We're trying to.

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<v Speaker 2>Make sure that they have the ability to focus on

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<v Speaker 2>the program for the first thirty to sixty days. So

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<v Speaker 2>we're trying to scholarship out because they come in and

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<v Speaker 2>we don't really want them work in the first thirty

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<v Speaker 2>days at least because there's usually a lot of stuff

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<v Speaker 2>for them to work on, and so if they jump

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<v Speaker 2>into work right away, then we're not seeing them very much.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't have a chance to work on the issue

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<v Speaker 2>who's keeping them away. But then they're building up debt

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<v Speaker 2>because they have housing fees to pay. So we're trying

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<v Speaker 2>to scholarship that. So we've been, you know, raising some

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<v Speaker 2>support on that, and then in doing that, Jen had

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<v Speaker 2>a great idea of like, hey, why don't we just

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<v Speaker 2>do a big rummage sale and to raise money, And

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<v Speaker 2>so we put the idea out there and we've had.

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<v Speaker 4>A huge response. I can let her talk about.

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<v Speaker 1>There you go, yeah, I mean you had to this baby.

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<v Speaker 1>What do we got going on?

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<v Speaker 3>So we we put it out there that we needed

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<v Speaker 3>donations for this wonderful cause raising money to help the

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<v Speaker 3>participants not get behind in their rent so that they're

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<v Speaker 3>not worried about their housing costs and not worried about

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<v Speaker 3>stacking up debt. So we put it out there and

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<v Speaker 3>we got so many donations like antiques, furniture, housewares, everything

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<v Speaker 3>you can think of, except for clothing. That's a whole

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<v Speaker 3>nother thing. But the amount of donations that we got

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<v Speaker 3>has just been amazing. The hearts of the people that

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<v Speaker 3>want to donate and want to help me and Maya

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<v Speaker 3>has been a tremendous help. And we're going to have

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<v Speaker 3>that rummage cell Friday and Saturday the eighteenth and nineteenth

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<v Speaker 3>and come out and see what we've got. We've got

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<v Speaker 3>some beautiful furnitures, some beautiful housewares, some decors all the

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<v Speaker 3>way to toys and luggage and everything.

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<v Speaker 4>Where are we going to do this?

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<v Speaker 2>So it's at our the old Emerald Hotel site, So

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<v Speaker 2>that's what we're going to be renovating. But we've got

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<v Speaker 2>all this big open space out front of it. So

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<v Speaker 2>if they drive down seventy five up, you know, once

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<v Speaker 2>you pass, once you pass Frank Phillips on seventy five,

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to see a gigantic banner.

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<v Speaker 4>Because we're going to put that up.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's going to be right out front. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>we're right on seventy five, very visible. We're going to

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<v Speaker 2>have all the stuff out front going on all day

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<v Speaker 2>Friday and Saturday.

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<v Speaker 4>Like she said, there's so much stuff. We got people.

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<v Speaker 2>Some gave us some big workout equipment, you know, different

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<v Speaker 2>things like that. I mean all kinds of things. It

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<v Speaker 2>is a we've been running out of room. We have

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<v Speaker 2>a few more to pick up today. And one of

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<v Speaker 2>our participants like, where are you going to put it

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<v Speaker 2>in there? It's punch base, it's but if it's valuable,

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<v Speaker 2>we will take it. But yeah, we're we're transitioning this

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<v Speaker 2>week to get it all priced and get it all

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<v Speaker 2>out there.

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<v Speaker 4>And I think there's a lot of good deals.

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<v Speaker 2>There's some really nice antique stuff that people donated to

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<v Speaker 2>It's people, really quality things, and so we're excited that

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<v Speaker 2>this is our opportunity to raise money to serve our participants.

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<v Speaker 2>It takes a load off of them and helps our

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<v Speaker 2>budget because we're always.

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<v Speaker 4>Willing to step in to help them.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes it's just getting closed for a job interview or

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<v Speaker 2>things like that.

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<v Speaker 4>There's all kinds of costs that.

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<v Speaker 2>Come in for them and they come in with nothing

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of time, and so we're we're trying to

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<v Speaker 2>make that transition smooth for them and so.

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<v Speaker 4>People can come out.

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<v Speaker 2>They can find a lot of good deals on stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>but they can also you know, support the cause and

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<v Speaker 2>you know they want to come out. Just look around

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<v Speaker 2>even if you don't find anything, and if you want

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<v Speaker 2>to give, donate and help out our participants. Learn a

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<v Speaker 2>little more about what Neamayah does well. We're happy to

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<v Speaker 2>educate people to talk to him about what we do

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<v Speaker 2>in town. I know, you know, sometimes we hear a

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<v Speaker 2>lot a lot of people heard our name or heard

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<v Speaker 2>the things that we're doing, or they see this hotel

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<v Speaker 2>and they're like, what exactly is going on with that?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, it'll be a good opportunity too. I'll be

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<v Speaker 2>out there all day both days. I'm like, come ask me.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm happy to I'm excited about what we're doing. We

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<v Speaker 4>can show you, introduce you to our participants.

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<v Speaker 2>We will all be out there working and serving, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>to just learn a little more about the work that

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<v Speaker 2>we're doing in town. I think doing some important work

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<v Speaker 2>to help people learn how to live independently. We're not

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<v Speaker 2>trying to just it's not just like a shelter situation or.

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<v Speaker 4>Something like that. We're were working with them because we.

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<v Speaker 2>Want them to launch out on their own and be

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<v Speaker 2>able to have their own job, their own apartment, their

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<v Speaker 2>own car, all those.

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<v Speaker 4>Kind of things.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know some of our people, we have Jen

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<v Speaker 2>here who is a perfect example of somebody who came

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<v Speaker 2>through our program and is now working for us and

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<v Speaker 2>doing all.

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<v Speaker 1>That I wanted to Jen. I want people to come

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<v Speaker 1>out there. I want them to look you up, and

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<v Speaker 1>I also want them to maybe ask you a few

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<v Speaker 1>questions that that.

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<v Speaker 3>Would you too, Yes, I would absolutely be okay with that.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll be sitting at the I'll be the lady you

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<v Speaker 3>pay for your items, so I'll be sitting there also.

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<v Speaker 3>Just coming and talk to me. I'll let you know

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<v Speaker 3>what me and Mayah has done for me. I have

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<v Speaker 3>actually gone through the program myself. I was a thirty

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<v Speaker 3>year drug addict and I went through the program. NEA

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<v Speaker 3>Mayah held my hand. I got my driver's license back,

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<v Speaker 3>I got my I kept my daughter through all of this.

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<v Speaker 3>I got. I am now peer recovery support specialist, a

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<v Speaker 3>behavioral health wellness coach. I am the house lead at

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<v Speaker 3>the at the Women and Children's Home, I'm a life coach.

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<v Speaker 3>I and I just I love doing all the things.

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<v Speaker 3>I even am the events coordinator, so I coordinated this event.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's me and Mayah walked beside me and helped

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<v Speaker 3>me through through some hard times. And I just want

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<v Speaker 3>to be there for other people when they need it.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you and thank you Neamiyah. Hell boy, this is great.

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<v Speaker 1>I tell you what, Folks be out there Friday Saturday

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<v Speaker 1>at the Old Emerald Hotel bargains will planning and it

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<v Speaker 1>goes for a great cause. Thanks for being with us today.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, sir, folks, You've been watching and listening to

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<v Speaker 1>our community connection.

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