Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.
Speaker 1: It's time now for our community connection. We have a
Speaker 1: Champagne Cane here with us and she is with Try
Speaker 1: County Tech. And we've got lots of good news, don't
Speaker 1: we now, always always. First of all, we've got a
Speaker 1: little scholarship thing that took place a little bit ago. Yeah.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, We recently received the Charlie and Julie Daniels scholarship
Speaker 2: commitment from them. You know, they're big supporters of education
Speaker 2: and so this will go towards tuition for students.
Speaker 1: Very very nice when you hat a like a little
Speaker 1: get together, didn't you.
Speaker 2: We have events all the time out there yet.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so great. Also, we've got another event coming out.
Speaker 1: We're getting into the swing of things. Tell us a
Speaker 1: little bit about the golf tournament.
Speaker 2: I see what you did there, good y'all. Yeah, Our
Speaker 2: annual golf tournament is coming up October second, and that's
Speaker 2: on a Thursday this year out at Hillcrest Country Club again,
Speaker 2: so we're looking forward to that.
Speaker 1: Now, how do we get involved with this?
Speaker 2: So you can go to Try County TechEd slash Golf
Speaker 2: to learn more about the tournament and to register for
Speaker 2: either a sponsorship or register a team. We're also accepting teams.
Speaker 1: What's the date again?
Speaker 2: October second? Thursday, October second.
Speaker 1: Nice and cool by that, that's what we'll love. It'll
Speaker 1: be lovely out there.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 1: Tell us a little bit about this. It goes to
Speaker 1: the foundation, right, All.
Speaker 2: The proceeds benefit the Tri County Tech Foundation and goes
Speaker 2: towards tuition, emergency eight and food assistance. And this will
Speaker 2: be our third year. Last year we raised close to
Speaker 2: thirty five thousand. I think it was thirty four thy
Speaker 2: five hundred, So this is our biggest fundraiser and so yeah,
Speaker 2: we're looking forward to doing it again this year, and
Speaker 2: of course accepting sponsors and teams.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah. So if you've got a business or service,
Speaker 1: or if you just want to just do something very
Speaker 1: kind and now the goodness of your heart, you can
Speaker 1: be a sponsor, the whole sponsor, whatever kind of sponsorship
Speaker 1: you need. I imagine we can find that on the website,
Speaker 1: can we not.
Speaker 2: That's right, it's Try County Tech EEDU slash golf and
Speaker 2: I always say that golfing is done, but when you
Speaker 2: do it for a good cause, it's even more fun.
Speaker 1: Now try County Tech is a great school. I can
Speaker 1: vouch for this. My youngest just graduated this spring wengratulationship
Speaker 1: and she said that was just the ball. She didn't
Speaker 1: really know. I went to expect it, but she kind
Speaker 1: of bragged a little bit. Because I only go to
Speaker 1: school for a half day, then I go try County
Speaker 1: Tech for the other half. It's really cool. I get
Speaker 1: to hang out with the cool kids.
Speaker 2: We hear that all the time. I think we treat
Speaker 2: our students like adults, and they really love that about
Speaker 2: Career Tech.
Speaker 1: That's what she said. You're treated a much different and
Speaker 1: you feel like you're coming into your profession, You're coming
Speaker 1: into your calling when you take the classes out there.
Speaker 2: That's right. And we've had a few sponsors already stuff
Speaker 2: up for our tournaments, so I want to let's do that,
Speaker 2: make sure and mention them. I know that Trudy Credit
Speaker 2: Union is one our best wealth management conco Phillips and
Speaker 2: blue Peak Fiber Internet, so nice want to give them
Speaker 2: a shout out, but let you know that we're still
Speaker 2: looking for sponsors.
Speaker 1: Now. Your foundation does a lot of great work. You
Speaker 1: even have some endowments that have been really working well,
Speaker 1: not only up for the students, but for the school.
Speaker 2: Correct. So the endowments are similar to the one that
Speaker 2: I mentioned earlier for the Charlie and Juley Daniels Scholarship.
Speaker 2: But what we do is take the money that they
Speaker 2: give us and put it in an endowment fund and
Speaker 2: then we just draw interest off of that annually and
Speaker 2: use those for scholarships, so that money will live in perpetuity.
Speaker 2: It will go on forever, long after I'm here, and
Speaker 2: as long as the school's around and still providing education.
Speaker 2: Your money will be used for scholarships. So it's a
Speaker 2: really great way for us to invest our donor dollars.
Speaker 1: One thing I love about Drake County Tech is the adaptability,
Speaker 1: whether it's pairing up the right classes for the right
Speaker 1: students or the right students for the right classes, and
Speaker 1: changing with the times. And one thing that's rock solid
Speaker 1: is that it's a rare if anybody carrying a debt
Speaker 1: out of graduation.
Speaker 2: That's what the foundation is for, is to try and
Speaker 2: provide an opportunity for any student to succeed and to
Speaker 2: leave debt free.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that doesn't happen in too many places in this
Speaker 1: world anymore.
Speaker 2: No, it sure doesn't. And I also want to mention
Speaker 2: you mentioned the right students for the right program and
Speaker 2: the right program for the right students. But we also
Speaker 2: work with businesses for customized training, so that that does
Speaker 2: make us very adaptable. We're always talking to business and
Speaker 2: industry to see what they need from us and to
Speaker 2: make sure that our students are prepared or even their
Speaker 2: employees are trained, maybe even on the job.
Speaker 1: Wow. You know, it's matchmaking and its finest when it
Speaker 1: comes to careers and potential employees. And these students to
Speaker 1: get a kick out of this because one their interest
Speaker 1: and they're they're following their interests, they're following what they
Speaker 1: call their calling, and then they're matched up pretty darn
Speaker 1: well with what's going on around And we've got so
Speaker 1: many new employers coming into town. To imagine you're already
Speaker 1: had a few conversations.
Speaker 2: We're meeting with everybody that comes to town to see
Speaker 2: how we can serve them missed and same with our students.
Speaker 2: I think that's why they're successful, is because they're working
Speaker 2: in their strengths and following their passions.
Speaker 1: Now, the golf tournament coming up into October, it's going
Speaker 1: to be a lot of fun it's the third and
Speaker 1: I remember when we did the first. Yes, it's like, oh,
Speaker 1: we're gonna have fun. We're going to do this when
Speaker 1: by value it was a success, that's right, and then
Speaker 1: even more success. And this third time, I just imagine
Speaker 1: you're going to hit it out of the park. It's
Speaker 1: become a thing.
Speaker 2: Now. Yes, I'm trying to think real quickly of a
Speaker 2: golf analogy instead of a baseball analogy. But yes, I'm
Speaker 2: hoping that it's going to be very successful, and I
Speaker 2: expect that it will be. We always have a lot
Speaker 2: of fun.
Speaker 1: And how many people do you slide?
Speaker 2: I mean, do you accept twenty two teams? Which would
Speaker 2: be eighty eight people right, because it's a four person scramble.
Speaker 1: Those are fun. Yeah, those are really fun because not
Speaker 1: only for the foundation, but for the people who participate,
Speaker 1: because they just have a ball out there.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and we love that it's at the club. It's
Speaker 2: just you know, we don't have any gimmick holes or
Speaker 2: any you know, buy ins. Everything is included and whenever
Speaker 2: you register, so you get a whole sign and all
Speaker 2: your mulligans and you just come out and have a
Speaker 2: really good time and play really good golf.
Speaker 1: So there you go.
Speaker 2: Makes us unique?
Speaker 1: It does, it does, and of course it goes to
Speaker 1: the foundation. Now, the school's been around for a while,
Speaker 1: started out basically with nursing, and then it started expanding
Speaker 1: and expanding and expanding and expanding, and I see that
Speaker 1: growth to continue in the years to come. Well, one
Speaker 1: thing that folks will often see when they go out there,
Speaker 1: they said, wow, that's a nice building. Then when you
Speaker 1: get inside, you're wondering, I'm just get so big. It
Speaker 1: looks bigger inside than it does outside. What you guys
Speaker 1: do with your space is incredible.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we're always trying to improve and stay ahead of
Speaker 2: technology and make sure that we have everything that our
Speaker 2: students need to Now, let's talk.
Speaker 1: To folks who might be thinking about making a let's
Speaker 1: say a year in contribution to the foundation. This works
Speaker 1: out well, You'll talk to anybody who gives you heads
Speaker 1: up that they might be interested, won't you.
Speaker 2: Yes, I'm happy to offer appointments for tours or if
Speaker 2: you pop in and I'm there, I'm glad to walk
Speaker 2: you around and show you who we are and what
Speaker 2: we do. It's fun to see the programs in the
Speaker 2: classrooms because you really understand that it's hands on training.
Speaker 2: You know, it's not textbook learning. We're not virtual, we're
Speaker 2: hands on. You know, we're skilled trades. So yeah, come
Speaker 2: on out. I'd be happy to give you a tour.
Speaker 2: We accept donations year round, not just at the end,
Speaker 2: but yeah, anytime.
Speaker 1: Well, this is amazing Trent County Tech. Like we said,
Speaker 1: it's an award winning school on a lot of different levels.
Speaker 1: And one of the things is that you don't see
Speaker 1: a whole lot of turnover out there. You're going to
Speaker 1: see familiar faces because people have an entity just that
Speaker 1: just to be there a long time, because they're engaged
Speaker 1: not with the students, but also with the way that
Speaker 1: the school operates. Malcolm Balbridge Award is one that you
Speaker 1: guys kind of own.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's something that we were proud to receive. And
Speaker 2: you know, we love what we do.
Speaker 1: And you work handed in with the doctor, Tammy and
Speaker 1: everyone else out there, and just a great combination. And
Speaker 1: for parents out there, if your kids are thinking about
Speaker 1: Trike County Tech, just go ahead and drop that email
Speaker 1: or make that call. And also adults who are looking
Speaker 1: to maybe change careers or enhance what they're already doing.
Speaker 1: That's what you're there for is to help them help themselves.
Speaker 2: That's right, that's what we're there for. And we are
Speaker 2: finalizing enrollments for all of our high school students in
Speaker 2: our fall programs, so that might include some of our
Speaker 2: adult programs. We're going to have an orientation on the sixth,
Speaker 2: so you can choose a three o'clock or four o'clock
Speaker 2: time to come out and meet your instructor, meet your program.
Speaker 2: That's going to be for people who have already been
Speaker 2: accepted into the program because school starts on August seventh,
Speaker 2: believe it or not, out at Tri County Tech. So yeah,
Speaker 2: we're down, We're down to go time.
Speaker 1: Wow. That is awesome. And of course if you have
Speaker 1: what you see is maybe a need, they can get
Speaker 1: a hold of you at the foundation. Correct.
Speaker 2: Yeah, if you want to make a donation to the
Speaker 2: Foundation to support our students, you can reach out to
Speaker 2: me directly. My number is nine one eight three three
Speaker 2: one three three three three and just ask for a champagne.
Speaker 2: You can, like we said earlier, come by if you'd
Speaker 2: like a tour of the program and be happy to
Speaker 2: help you with that too.
Speaker 1: Okay, golf tournament once again October second, that's try and
Speaker 1: that's the Tri County Tech Foundation Golf Tournament. It's going
Speaker 1: to be at Hillcrest Country Club. And what's the what's
Speaker 1: the what's the tea off? What are we going to
Speaker 1: do to start?
Speaker 2: So registration will open at eleven for check in and
Speaker 2: warm up and lunch and the tea off at noon
Speaker 2: we have an afternoon shotgun start.
Speaker 1: That'd be great. Great wait to spend the.
Speaker 2: Afternoon, I think so, my god, great way to get
Speaker 2: some exercise.
Speaker 1: And yeah, you're helping out that quite a bit. And
Speaker 1: once again, the website for the folks who want to
Speaker 1: sign up or perhaps become a sponsor and learn more about.
Speaker 2: It, Try County tech dot edu, slash golf.
Speaker 1: All right, hey, Champagne, is there anything else we need
Speaker 1: to covered by Gully? It seems like we put in
Speaker 1: a lot there.
Speaker 2: We crammed it in.
Speaker 1: Yeah, but you know, thanks for being with us today.
Speaker 2: Thank you for having me. Always my pleasure.