Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning, welcome, welcome, Welcomedia's time
Speaker 1: now for our community connection right here on K one,
Speaker 1: the one you trust, and didn't get much more community
Speaker 1: than when we have the Salvation Army drop by. How
Speaker 1: are we doing, ladies, I'm well doing well. We've got
Speaker 1: Dunyas Wayne, Lieutenant Tinius Wayne, and Veronica Ramirez here with
Speaker 1: is today. First of all, Tanya, how was your trip
Speaker 1: to Carolinas? Oh?
Speaker 2: It was, it was Actually it was an amazing experience,
Speaker 2: incredible and one that I will't ever forget. It was
Speaker 2: my very first like leaving you know for two weeks
Speaker 2: for disaster, they'll have very first time and it was unforgettable.
Speaker 1: Wow. A lot of people needing a lot of help,
Speaker 1: a lot.
Speaker 2: Of people and there's still a lot of people. There
Speaker 2: are still so many people that need help there. And
Speaker 2: they put on a website somewhere.
Speaker 3: I forget where it was.
Speaker 2: Well, I see it on Facebook actually, but I don't
Speaker 2: know where it was originally at. But they showed they
Speaker 2: had a bigger list of ways you can volunteer, ways
Speaker 2: you can go out there and help, and here's how
Speaker 2: you can help. Because you know, they're obviously getting like
Speaker 2: an abundance of resources donated so much that I think
Speaker 2: it's kind of being hard to keep up with and
Speaker 2: so and some of it's like stuff they don't necessarily need,
Speaker 2: so it's like an abundance of that too. So they
Speaker 2: put on a list of just here's what we need,
Speaker 2: here's what they need, here's you know where you can
Speaker 2: send it different communities what they needs. It was very
Speaker 2: informative and I shared it on my Facebook, but I
Speaker 2: don't know how how out there it is.
Speaker 1: Well, we had a local fella who left about the
Speaker 1: same time you did. I think you throw the Kopan
Speaker 1: area pick up truck and a chainsaw. He says, folks
Speaker 1: can need some stuff cleared away. Yah, that's true. There's
Speaker 1: a lot of trees.
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh. People like That's what amazed me is
Speaker 2: people coming from all over us. Like that was one
Speaker 2: thing that just blew my mind. People come from all
Speaker 2: over us bringing what they had. I met one gentleman at.
Speaker 3: A fireplace in a fire a firehouse.
Speaker 2: There, and he had driven his it was some piece
Speaker 2: of large equipment and he had driven all in California.
Speaker 3: He said he got.
Speaker 2: Five miles to the gallon all the way and it
Speaker 2: was just him, you know, it just people, just their hearts.
Speaker 3: It was it was really.
Speaker 2: Touching to hear all those stories of people just coming
Speaker 2: to help, not just the community, but all over the US.
Speaker 1: Wow. Getting back to our community, Veronica, I understand that
Speaker 1: we just wrapped up one big canned food drive.
Speaker 4: Absolutely, it was amazing. The schools really came through for
Speaker 4: us this year. Over fifteen thousand cans donated between all
Speaker 4: of the schools, Bartisville and do We. We had an
Speaker 4: amazing volunteer crew groups from Phillip sixty six Connaco, Phillips
Speaker 4: Stage Art. They came in and just did an amazing job.
Speaker 4: They cleared that out so fast. We were prepped and
Speaker 4: ready to go for the Angel Tree Christmas food boxes
Speaker 4: because of them.
Speaker 1: Wow, that's amazing. That's our community story right there. Goodbye
Speaker 1: and Salvation arm.
Speaker 4: So we appreciate each and every person and child who
Speaker 4: donated a can and those who helped us get it
Speaker 4: in the box.
Speaker 3: Thank you very much.
Speaker 1: Wow, you I understand we have We've got some volunteers
Speaker 1: we need to say thank you too, don't we There's
Speaker 1: others and then the folks we just mentioned that we've
Speaker 1: got some folks. Probably we don't like the big light
Speaker 1: up and everything else like that, and we just kind
Speaker 1: of do it quietly.
Speaker 4: They yes, they probably prefer to do that, but we
Speaker 4: do want to thank them again. The group's Phillip sixty six,
Speaker 4: Rebecca Wright. She put together a large group for us
Speaker 4: that really did so much good work. Vanessa Sasseto, Knaco
Speaker 4: Phillips and I guess I can't remember the specific contact name,
Speaker 4: but we do appreciate you and it was amazing what
Speaker 4: they came out and did in such a short.
Speaker 3: Amount of time. They met business.
Speaker 1: Wow, business.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, they get right in there and start going.
Speaker 1: Speaking of business, we got the business of the community
Speaker 1: meal coming up.
Speaker 3: Tell us, yes we do, we do.
Speaker 4: We're going to do that the twenty seventh of November.
Speaker 4: It's going to be from eleven am to two pm.
Speaker 4: Dinks again as always, they're so fabulous. They provide our
Speaker 4: turkeys for us. Are Women's Auxiliary. They do the homemade
Speaker 4: desserts and then I have a group of volunteers that
Speaker 4: come in and help us finish up with those side dishes,
Speaker 4: you know, the mashed potatoes, gravy stuffing, all those timings.
Speaker 4: So you need to join us and it is open
Speaker 4: to anybody. It is for the community, truly. Come in,
Speaker 4: no questions, no names, no nothing. We just want to
Speaker 4: see your face, enjoy it.
Speaker 3: Come be with us.
Speaker 1: Who knows you might meet friends. Absolutely, I say that
Speaker 1: plural because you probably will. You will. Oh my goodness sakes,
Speaker 1: this is this is something else. Now I know that
Speaker 1: there's a little bit of a chill in the air,
Speaker 1: and yeah, a little bit, especially this morning. The coat drive.
Speaker 1: I remember when this took off a couple of years ago,
Speaker 1: we might have had three four, one hundred, yes coats
Speaker 1: now I.
Speaker 4: Think the first year was around to eighty three hundred,
Speaker 4: right in that number, and this year it was six
Speaker 4: hundred and eighty four students who needed a coat. Mary
Speaker 4: Martha led that, backed by United Way, and we had
Speaker 4: an amazing group of volunteers for that as well, another
Speaker 4: group from Philip sixty six. The day that they got
Speaker 4: delivered all of them, they had them sorted.
Speaker 3: I'm not joking. I think within two hours.
Speaker 4: Two hours, Yes, they had all of those sort of
Speaker 4: is really we're talking out of off the palettes, yeah,
Speaker 4: each one and you know, bagaplastic and they had it
Speaker 4: hung up and on a rack ready for us to
Speaker 4: do distribution, which yeah, I know.
Speaker 1: I'm not friends to have. Yeah, yes they are. Wow,
Speaker 1: that's incredible.
Speaker 2: It's a lot of hangers, a lot of hangings.
Speaker 1: You know, a lot of things should go into this.
Speaker 1: Two kids get older and the upgrowth the first goats,
Speaker 1: and maybe the parents' resources haven't grown with the kids.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 1: And there are also more and more people who are
Speaker 1: moving into our area too as our community grows, so
Speaker 1: the need is always going to grow here too. Now
Speaker 1: ringing the bell, ringing the bell, ringing the bell got
Speaker 1: the kettles going ringing? When are we gonna start seeing
Speaker 1: those that we got a few out or.
Speaker 2: We already have a few out. They started I believe
Speaker 2: day before yesterday. Yeah, we have a few out. So
Speaker 2: Walmart doesn't start until this weekend, right, yeah, And so
Speaker 2: we have Hobby Lobby, Homeland at Woods and uh remember
Speaker 2: wherever one. I know Walmart is gonna have the two locations.
Speaker 2: I know we have a new partner. Now, I don't
Speaker 2: know how to say the name of the store, and
Speaker 2: people say it someone bealls or bells, Okay, people say
Speaker 2: I've heard people say two different things like I know
Speaker 2: what to say, but we have been told that they
Speaker 2: want to.
Speaker 3: Do this as well.
Speaker 1: That's a very busy.
Speaker 2: I'm not sure it is. I'm not sure if we
Speaker 2: have one other yet or if we're gonna do that
Speaker 2: with the Walmart. I'm not positive. Luke would normally be
Speaker 2: here and kind of talk about this, but he's under
Speaker 2: the weather right now. So but that's that's all I
Speaker 2: know is so far as that.
Speaker 3: But we also are.
Speaker 2: What I do know with that is we want people
Speaker 2: to register to RING and you can go on register
Speaker 2: to ring dot org.
Speaker 1: I like that. It's an easy to remember what it is,
Speaker 1: very very easy.
Speaker 2: And tomorrow or not tomorrow tonight to celebrate giving.
Speaker 3: At the community Center.
Speaker 2: So we'll have we're gonna have a table out there
Speaker 2: and it's gonna be great. We're excited about it and
Speaker 2: we like some people to everyone used to come see
Speaker 2: us there. We're gonna have some little things just a
Speaker 2: reminder of register to RING, you know, just you know,
Speaker 2: ways for people to volunteer, because I know people want
Speaker 2: to to volunteer there, you know, do what they can,
Speaker 2: and uh we want to help them to you know
Speaker 2: know which avenue to go to.
Speaker 3: Come to us, come see us.
Speaker 1: But you know what. It's absolutely free to get in
Speaker 1: four point thirty to six at the Center. I'll be
Speaker 1: there a little bit early. I'll be visiting every booth.
Speaker 3: Look forward to seeing you there.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I don't make a whole lot of noise, so
Speaker 1: they well, I have to call security. But we will
Speaker 1: have some fun. And this is a great way to
Speaker 1: find out so much about I think fifty non profit organizations,
Speaker 1: including the Salvation Army. You get to see the faces
Speaker 1: behind the logo, you get to meet the real people,
Speaker 1: and you get to hear the real stories about real
Speaker 1: things you do in order to help people improve their lives.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and there's so many like I have never seen
Speaker 2: anything like it, having so many like just nonprofit places
Speaker 2: around the town to help people, you know.
Speaker 1: Looking they're always learning for ways to help you.
Speaker 2: It's amazing. It's just amazing that last year was my
Speaker 2: first time, obviously because we got here last year, but
Speaker 2: I've never seen anything like it.
Speaker 1: It was great. Yeah, I understand it's going to be very,
Speaker 1: very busy and a lot of a lot of folks
Speaker 1: bustling through there, but I want everybody to go there.
Speaker 1: I want you to meet everybody from the Salvation army
Speaker 1: and uh also take a look at registering your ring.
Speaker 1: You know this, you know, if you're kind of a
Speaker 1: show person, Oh yeah, I've seen some world class talent,
Speaker 1: everything from dance and santas to people actually kind of
Speaker 1: auctioning where they weren't auctioning anything, but they were sounding
Speaker 1: like an auctioneer. Oh yeah, yeah, you know. And then
Speaker 1: people who just basically were just good natured and fun
Speaker 1: to be around. And it's kind of one of those
Speaker 1: things where the you know, the warmth kind of continues.
Speaker 1: It's like here you go, you know, yea. So it's
Speaker 1: it's a great way to have a lot of fun
Speaker 1: to meet people, and it doesn't take that much out
Speaker 1: of your day. A couple hours, you're good.
Speaker 2: I think what's great too, is you can you know,
Speaker 2: you don't if you don't want to go out.
Speaker 3: There by yourself, you can you know, triend to do
Speaker 3: it with you.
Speaker 2: Or you know, businesses can go out as a as
Speaker 2: a group. You know, I'm hoping our group can do
Speaker 2: that this year. You know, have some fun out there.
Speaker 2: We were talking about it, was it you and I
Speaker 2: talking about it. When there's a group, it seems to
Speaker 2: go by faster. But you just don't. You don't realize
Speaker 2: because some people are like, oh, ring a bell, you know,
Speaker 2: they just don't.
Speaker 3: It just doesn't sound very appealing to them.
Speaker 2: And once you get out there and.
Speaker 1: Do it, oh yeah, you would come a repeat ringer. Yeah.
Speaker 4: And you know most everybody if you pick a spot
Speaker 4: that you haven't a you know, an affiliation or a fantasy,
Speaker 4: like I love hobby lobby and you're not going to
Speaker 4: exactly exactly the hobby lobby people are great, and you
Speaker 4: just everybody that is coming in there, you're like, I
Speaker 4: know you, I know you on don't you stand here?
Speaker 3: You talk to me?
Speaker 4: But yes, if you have a partner though to do
Speaker 4: that with, and you bring some music and some hot chocolate,
Speaker 4: and you know.
Speaker 3: You just do your things, make it fun, make it fun,
Speaker 3: have some fun.
Speaker 1: You gotta have fun too.
Speaker 3: It's fun just doing that.
Speaker 2: And just it's fun watching the joy just you know,
Speaker 2: of people and interaction, just.
Speaker 1: It grows, it grows. Those Where we can find the
Speaker 1: Salvation Army here in town?
Speaker 3: It is at one O one North uc Avenue.
Speaker 1: And where can we find it on the world wide web?
Speaker 3: Oh goodness, world Web. I think it's Salvation.
Speaker 4: Army dot org it islle.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so I was just being fun. Don't make attemption
Speaker 1: to me. They let me out some.
Speaker 2: Honestly, I was on Google Salvation Army. You're gonna find it.
Speaker 1: That's basically that's what a lot of people do. Salvation
Speaker 1: Army my town. It's pretty easy. Yeah, and then once
Speaker 1: you get there, it's very easy to navigate too.
Speaker 3: Yeah, there you go.
Speaker 1: Ladies all want thank you very much. Keep up the
Speaker 1: great work and we will see out there ringing bells.
Speaker 3: Thank you. We appreciate you having us.
Speaker 2: I didn't want to have one quick thing to say,
Speaker 2: is the Angel Tree tags, like, oh, yes, there, I
Speaker 2: am picking them up today from the print shop and
Speaker 2: they will be out in the next couple of days,
Speaker 2: so be looking, you know, at different locations.
Speaker 1: Let's just quickly give a brief synopsis on the Angel Tree.
Speaker 1: This is this is a child on the tag.
Speaker 3: Yes, the child.
Speaker 2: Size, what they want, what they like, They have a knee,
Speaker 2: they have a wish, you know, and so there's it
Speaker 2: has everything on there.
Speaker 1: It has everything on there. It tells you what to do.
Speaker 2: Forgive you what to do on the back of the tag,
Speaker 2: and it will show you what to do once you
Speaker 2: buy it, you know, not to wrap it because we
Speaker 2: have to go through to make sure that you know
Speaker 2: they're things, everything's appropriate, and so we don't don't wrap them.
Speaker 2: You can since wrapping stuff if you want to, but
Speaker 2: you don't have to, all right, But you just bring
Speaker 2: it to the our location down on.
Speaker 1: UC all right. That's great, all right, and then hopefully
Speaker 1: we're going to be talking a little bit between now
Speaker 1: and then we can get a little bit more in
Speaker 1: depth on that. Oh yes, ladies and being thanks for
Speaker 3: Being well, thank you, and are we signing you up
Speaker 3: to ring a bell?