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Speaker 1: the rundown. It is that time of year and I
Speaker 1: kind of wish we all sort of felt all year
Speaker 1: long that it was the charitable time of year. But
Speaker 1: you know, season kicks in Thanksgiving and Christmas and Hanukah
Speaker 1: and we're all in a celebratory mood, we tend to
Speaker 1: start thinking about those on life's margins who don't have
Speaker 1: it so great. You know. Bob Wetter was on yesterday
Speaker 1: from the Wish Tree. The wish trees are up all
Speaker 1: over town. There's going to be a wish tree at
Speaker 1: Pricel Chile on the first Wednesday of November, where we're
Speaker 1: having the final listener lunch of the year for our
Speaker 1: Christmas Lunch, if you want to call it that. But
Speaker 1: if anywhere you can find the opportunity to help someone out,
Speaker 1: if you have it within your financial means or even
Speaker 1: within your time commitment means, see if you can try
Speaker 1: to do something for someone else. And nobody knows about
Speaker 1: that more than Brian Iibold. And after what twenty five
Speaker 1: years almost in the Cincinnti Police Department and time to
Speaker 1: retire and trying to figure out which direction he was
Speaker 1: going to take his life, well he went in the
Speaker 1: charitable contribution direction. I've had him on before to talk
Speaker 1: about his charitable organization, the Help Squad. You can find
Speaker 1: him online at the Help Squad Sinceywthwy dot com and
Speaker 1: he was just talking off air. He said, you know,
Speaker 1: I could have gotten in an RV and drove all
Speaker 1: over then, you know, spent my time in a tiki
Speaker 1: bar drinking the hours away. But there is nothing at
Speaker 1: all like what I am doing with helping folks out. Brian,
Speaker 1: good to have you back here in studio. Yeah, thanks
Speaker 1: for having me. Really appreciate it. Well, you get to
Speaker 1: see the reality of what you're doing for folks. So
Speaker 1: let's start with what you are doing for folks, you
Speaker 1: and the volunteers and those who contribute which I will
Speaker 1: strongly encourage my listeners to do to your charitable organization.
Speaker 1: You have an interesting perspective on folks in need, so
Speaker 1: let's talk about the day to day operations of the
Speaker 1: Help Squad and the type of people that you provide
Speaker 1: assistance to throughout the year.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, so, the Help Squad is a Christian based
Speaker 2: five oh one c three nonprofit organization. So just by
Speaker 2: saying Christian based, that should get your support right off
Speaker 2: the bat.
Speaker 3: But wait, there's more.
Speaker 2: The Help Squad also assist financially struggling families, with a
Speaker 2: focus on single moms and dads on the West side
Speaker 2: of town.
Speaker 1: And it's nice that somebody is serve on the west
Speaker 1: side of town, you know. And I just kind of
Speaker 1: felt we got overlooked. I say, week because I grew
Speaker 1: up in Dell High.
Speaker 2: But yeah, no, I'm from Price sal I did the
Speaker 2: migration Price Hill to del High, del High to Bridgetown
Speaker 2: and Bridge down. I guess to Harrison, then Harrison to Bright, Indiana.
Speaker 2: That's usually how the migration goes for West side ers.
Speaker 2: But you yeah, me, stop off now, I passed that up.
Speaker 2: But uh, you know that's where my heart is on
Speaker 2: the on the west side. And but I'll tell you
Speaker 2: right now, we have a vision of having the Help
Speaker 2: Squad Norwood the Help Squad, Anderson Township the Help Squad
Speaker 2: Blue Ash. That's the vision because there's more than people
Speaker 2: on the west side that need help, you know what
Speaker 2: I mean. And it kills us because on our website
Speaker 2: you can request assistance and a lot of the requests
Speaker 2: that we receive are not in our service areas, you know,
Speaker 2: And it's unfortunate.
Speaker 3: However, if some people.
Speaker 2: Would get off the couch and start start the help
Speaker 2: Squad in different areas of town, we can we can
Speaker 2: win this, you know, I go right to tell we
Speaker 2: can do this.
Speaker 3: Oh absolutely.
Speaker 1: I had Keith Deserts from the Care Starts Now on
Speaker 1: earlier in the week. They lost their daughter to pediatric
Speaker 1: brain cancer eighteen years ago or nineteen years ago. They
Speaker 1: started the Care Starts Now to find a cure for
Speaker 1: pediatric brain cancer fast forward.
Speaker 3: It is a global, a global charity. Yeah, it's amazing.
Speaker 3: It is.
Speaker 1: It is absolutely truly amazing, And I'm always inspired by
Speaker 1: people like you and Keith and his wife Brooke and
Speaker 1: others who just it takes someone with the initiative, with
Speaker 1: the idea and the initiative to at least start it,
Speaker 1: because it sounds tripe to say if you build it,
Speaker 1: they will come. You know, I'm not a self starter
Speaker 1: kind of guy. You know, I'd never been a I'm
Speaker 1: not an entrepreneurial type. I've always been a W two employee.
Speaker 1: I like to point that out all the time. But
Speaker 1: you know, if there's someone over there doing this great work,
Speaker 1: I'm more than happy to help out contribute. Some people
Speaker 1: have time to help, and some people have money to help.
Speaker 1: But there's always that one person who establishes the organization
Speaker 1: and then next thing you know, you're surrounded by all
Speaker 1: this support to help you get the work done that
Speaker 1: you're trying to accomplish.
Speaker 3: It's great, Oh yeah, definitely.
Speaker 2: So so I started the organization. However, we incorporated an
Speaker 2: amazing a woman, our vice president, Sam Sam Jasper. She
Speaker 2: actually Brian was diagnosed with cancer a couple six months
Speaker 2: about six months ago.
Speaker 3: She went through.
Speaker 2: Chemo radiation surgery, and she still helped others going through
Speaker 2: all that. So you know the listeners that, oh, I
Speaker 2: can't do anything, there's really no excuse. This lady worked
Speaker 2: through something that none of us, most of us won't
Speaker 2: go through, and she was still able to come through
Speaker 2: and help people.
Speaker 1: So well, you know, maybe her work inspired her to
Speaker 1: work and that helped her to get through the cancer
Speaker 1: and the other problems associated with it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, very well, this lady's a unicor or you won't
Speaker 2: find too many people like Sam, you.
Speaker 1: Know, starting to help squad. You never running into people
Speaker 1: like that. So it's okay. Give my listeners a couple
Speaker 1: of examples of how the organization works and spreading the
Speaker 1: word on it, and see if we can get some
Speaker 1: contributions to go in. Give me a give me one
Speaker 1: of your heartwarming stories of success and how the charity
Speaker 1: actually goes about fulfilling its mission.
Speaker 3: Okay, let me thank you here.
Speaker 2: So our most recent lady we helped, single mother, was
Speaker 2: in an abusive relationship, had to flee from up north.
Speaker 2: I won't mention where she came to Cincinnati. I won't
Speaker 2: mention where to as a refuge from this, you know,
Speaker 2: this lunatic husband of hers.
Speaker 1: Getting out is the most challenging thing.
Speaker 2: For exactly and Cincinnati was the only place that she
Speaker 2: could find housing. And so she basically fled here with
Speaker 2: and showed up here with literally nothing, basically the clothes
Speaker 2: on her back, no food, just a few diapers, basically
Speaker 2: no furniture at all. There's really nothing this lady had
Speaker 2: her had jam bag escape. Yeah, yeah, pretty much. Yeah.
Speaker 2: So the help squad, she contacted us, and luckily, because
Speaker 2: of our donations and having the funds in the bank,
Speaker 2: we were able to provide her with food, diapers, furniture,
Speaker 2: a washer, a dryer. She's actually going to school online
Speaker 2: to be a nurse. She's almost has a four year
Speaker 2: degree and unfortunately, through the move her computer broke it
Speaker 2: was damage. We were able to get her a computer
Speaker 2: to finish her degree. And so this is what I'm
Speaker 2: trying to say, The Help Squad is a very unique organization.
Speaker 2: You just can't call somewhere and get this type of assistance.
Speaker 2: So that's why I'm always looking for the support, you know,
Speaker 2: to help us. I mean, donations are down, volunteers are down.
Speaker 4: You know.
Speaker 3: I've been on the radio several times. I've been on TV.
Speaker 2: I've been on cable news network, magazines, meetings, speak engagements.
Speaker 2: I've talked to politicians, county commissioners, business owners, very influential people.
Speaker 2: I have friends, they're multi millionaires and give nothing. So
Speaker 2: I don't know what else it's going to take to
Speaker 2: get our message across. You know, do I have to
Speaker 2: like myself on fire Fountain Square? You know, I mean
Speaker 2: I have matches.
Speaker 3: I will do.
Speaker 2: We will do whatever it takes to get this word
Speaker 2: out because it only takes one. It takes one person
Speaker 2: to hear this. And we have reached tens of thousands
Speaker 2: of people and have gathered just you know, a handful
Speaker 2: of support. Now that handful of support, they're amazing, amazing businesses, people,
Speaker 2: you name it. But there's a ton of other people
Speaker 2: that could help and just choose not to.
Speaker 3: Getting the word out.
Speaker 1: I mean, listen, No one can doubt there are a
Speaker 1: multitude of charities out there, but you really are unique
Speaker 1: in what you are doing. This isn't like getting on
Speaker 1: a snap program. This isn't like you know, getting on
Speaker 1: a government aid program. This is really very very tailor
Speaker 1: focused needs that you are addressing with. You know, quite
Speaker 1: often it's a cash contribution. There is a situation where
Speaker 1: someone can't pay the rent one month. Help Squad comes
Speaker 1: to the rescue, gets them over that hurdle and helps
Speaker 1: them deal with those challenges. We'll pause, will bring Brian
Speaker 1: Ibold back again. Help Squad, the Help Squad Sincy with
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Speaker 1: Eight seventeen eighteen fifty five kr CEV talk Station Brian
Speaker 1: Thomas with Brian Eye Bowld in studio the Help Squad.
Speaker 1: Since you with the white dot comms where you find
Speaker 1: Brian charity and of course it's a charity for all
Speaker 1: folks that are struggling on the West Side. Helping folks
Speaker 1: out that are truly in dire situations. Just really heart
Speaker 1: heartwarming but moving story. You just told about the woman
Speaker 1: who had to just run literally run away from her
Speaker 1: abusive situation. And you know, I've I've heard about that
Speaker 1: so many times over the years, and it's easy for
Speaker 1: me to say just walk away. I read stories about
Speaker 1: abusive relationships and you wonder, how in the hell is
Speaker 1: it that you know two people could end up you know,
Speaker 1: making the stack is stupid in the morning because they
Speaker 1: can't get along. Why don't you just walk away? Well,
Speaker 1: that's easy to say. The challenge is actually following through
Speaker 1: with it because you're fearing for your life. But once
Speaker 1: they pull the trigger and get out of dodge, usually
Speaker 1: with very little, that's where a group like the Help
Speaker 1: Squad comes in and they need your help. You can
Speaker 1: donate financially, but you're also looking for some help with volunteers.
Speaker 1: To Brian, you might understand that correctly.
Speaker 2: Yeah, certainly, we will take we're looking for volunteers, we're
Speaker 2: looking for donations. We're looking for item donations that we
Speaker 2: can auction off. But I'll tell you what, Brian, there's
Speaker 2: people that can't afford to help. I understand that there's
Speaker 2: people that don't have the ability to get out to help.
Speaker 2: But here's the thing. Everybody can pray for us. And
Speaker 2: to be honest with you, if you had the chance
Speaker 2: to give a donation or a prayer, I'll take the prayer.
Speaker 2: God's in control, not me, not the donors, but God.
Speaker 2: And if God wants to make this huge, it'll be huge.
Speaker 2: And if not, we'll just keep going until He directs
Speaker 2: somewhere else.
Speaker 1: It's just that simple. Your faith is inspirational just in
Speaker 1: and of itself. Hearing you say that it truly is
Speaker 1: reflective of your commitment and that where it comes from,
Speaker 1: you know, fulfilling the Christian mission. So I think people
Speaker 1: quite often overlook that that it's our individual responsibility. I
Speaker 1: believe doctrinally and dogmatically speaking. This is why I get
Speaker 1: angry with with church leaders who want to offload the
Speaker 1: responsibility of helping your fellow human beings in this society
Speaker 1: by offloading that to government services or programs. I mean,
Speaker 1: charity begins at home and it's their obligation individually to
Speaker 1: help out. And this is a way you can fulfill
Speaker 1: that mission. Just hand over some cash or some time
Speaker 1: or some effort or prayer for the help squad. Help
Speaker 1: squadsincy dot com. You have a toy drive coming up,
Speaker 1: Am I right on that one.
Speaker 2: We do Thursday, December fifth at the west Side Staple
Speaker 2: Bucketheads on Harrison Avenue.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you got a lot bucketheads in there. Done that.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, it's from four to eight. It's a toy drive.
Speaker 2: We'll also accept donations, gift cards, items, you name it.
Speaker 2: And our goal is to have the toy stacked to
Speaker 2: the ceiling. And one of the ways we're going to
Speaker 2: do that is the Center for the Cincinnati Bengals. Ted
Speaker 2: Carris is also going to make a guest appearance science Moutographs,
Speaker 2: take some pictures and just help us out having some
Speaker 2: fun there.
Speaker 1: Well, that'd be a really nice thing to meet Ted
Speaker 1: and help the charity out at the same time. And congratulations,
Speaker 1: I see on your website again help Squad SYNTHI with
Speaker 1: the White dot Com Corey and Chamber of Commas Commerce
Speaker 1: awarded you the New Business Rising Star of the Year
Speaker 1: for this year they did.
Speaker 3: That was a very nice award. We were glad to
Speaker 3: get it.
Speaker 2: A lot of hard work and effort was put in
Speaker 2: by myself, are saying the vice president and everybody on
Speaker 2: our board. These ladies work continuously and you know, I
Speaker 2: just want to add real quick that you know, and
Speaker 2: I think a lot of your listeners can relate to this.
Speaker 2: You know, I grew up with single mom and this.
Speaker 2: My mom struggled for the longest time. We had our
Speaker 2: electric turn off at one point, I remember eating cold
Speaker 2: TV dinners, you know. And this has to resonate with
Speaker 2: some of your listeners.
Speaker 3: It just has to.
Speaker 2: But could you imagine, Brian, if my mom could have
Speaker 2: picked up a phone and called an organization like us
Speaker 2: to help her through these rough patches. Could you imagine that?
Speaker 2: Wouldn't it have been awesome? But you know what, she
Speaker 2: couldn't because there was no organization like ours. And that
Speaker 2: was fifty years ago, that was in the seventies, and
Speaker 2: there still wasn't. Well fifty years later, guess what there
Speaker 2: is one. It's called the Help Squad, and we're going
Speaker 2: to do everything that we can. This can be done.
Speaker 2: You just need the support of everybody. Me and myself,
Speaker 2: Sam and our five people on the board aren't gonna
Speaker 2: be able to do it. We need everybody's help.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And the idea is not a perpetual, ongoing handout.
Speaker 1: You're helping people get through the bumpier times. Like the
Speaker 1: woman that you got the computer for. She's going to
Speaker 1: be a nurse at some point here soon and she
Speaker 1: will make a very nice living and she will always
Speaker 1: be in a position of being employed. My wife was
Speaker 1: a nurse. You never had to worry about where your
Speaker 1: paycheck was coming if you were a nurse, because there's
Speaker 1: always a demand for nursing. She's going to be free
Speaker 1: and on her own. But without your support, she never
Speaker 1: probably would have been able to accomplish completing the degree.
Speaker 1: So it's just again getting people over bumps in the road.
Speaker 1: Financial assistance is offered. You have housing support, you connect
Speaker 1: folks with shelter networks and shelter diversion programs, housing grants,
Speaker 1: food support. We know where all the local food aid
Speaker 1: can be helped I've found and the pantries are. You're
Speaker 1: sort of a one stop you know, informational department as well.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, definitely.
Speaker 2: And I know there's a lot of government agencies out
Speaker 2: there and whatnot, but try to navigate through them. See
Speaker 2: if they call you back, See if they responded your email,
Speaker 2: See if they put you on hold for five hours.
Speaker 2: You know, the government does come in, but they come
Speaker 2: in when you're at rock bottom. The help squad french
Speaker 2: you from getting there. That's a big difference.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're right, that's an excellent way of putting it.
Speaker 1: A really excellent way of putting it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we assist though basically the working poor who somehow
Speaker 2: have a financial issue or financial crisis through sickness, maybe injury,
Speaker 2: they got laid off, whatever it takes, or whatever happens.
Speaker 2: You know, we will fix the gap in between so
Speaker 2: they can continue making their ends meet.
Speaker 1: Now you mentioned items that you will accept by way
Speaker 1: of donation. Is I don't want to draw a parallel here,
Speaker 1: that's inappropriate, but I immediately, like sink Vincento Paul pops
Speaker 1: into my mind. But if someone has working operable, like
Speaker 1: you know, we're phasing out the h the old dryer
Speaker 1: in favor of a new one, if they have something
Speaker 1: like that that you'll you'll you'll take it.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, certainly, certainly.
Speaker 2: And I just want to add that Saint Vincents Paul
Speaker 2: is an amazing organization as well, and we partner with them.
Speaker 2: So let's say somebody needs one thousand dollars for a
Speaker 2: back rent a lot of times same that Paul will
Speaker 2: pay half and then we'll pay the other half. So yeah,
Speaker 2: they're a media. Yeah, and here's the thing. But I'm
Speaker 2: not here, you know, to complain, And I will tell
Speaker 2: you this. I am frustrated. It's been a long year.
Speaker 2: Everything is down. You know, I don't know what it
Speaker 2: takes to get people to write this is it. We're
Speaker 2: doing it. I see it every day. I'm not crazy.
Speaker 2: And to get people motivated to get off the couch
Speaker 2: and let's go make a difference in this world. You're
Speaker 2: gonna live here once, right. You can't take the money
Speaker 2: with you, you just can't.
Speaker 3: Ye So and it is.
Speaker 1: I always see charity because I just almost feel guilty
Speaker 1: that you feel good about helping someone in need out
Speaker 1: because that person is in need and it makes you
Speaker 1: feel terrible. But that's what that's what generates the charitable contribution,
Speaker 1: and you get to see the smile on the face
Speaker 1: and the work that's actually done with that charitable contribution.
Speaker 1: It gives you, It uplifts your spirit. You're fulfilling your
Speaker 1: Christian mission and it makes you feel good. So as
Speaker 1: by giving, go ahead, embrace the feeling you get from
Speaker 1: that and enjoy that charitable spirit you get. That's part
Speaker 1: of the gift of giving. The help Squad Sinsey WITHTHWY
Speaker 1: dot com. Please feel free to donate your time, your effort,
Speaker 1: your energy, your services. Reach out to them, find out
Speaker 1: what they might need to help those in need. It's
Speaker 1: easy to do. Brian's made it so simple right there
Speaker 1: at the help squadsincy dot com. Brian, God, bless you
Speaker 1: for the inspirational conversation today and what you're doing for
Speaker 1: folks in need throughout the year. I hope someone out
Speaker 1: there my listening audience is inspired to do the same
Speaker 1: and help you out.
Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you.
Speaker 2: Just as a reminder christ he came here to serve,
Speaker 2: not to be served. Let's go get off the couch.
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