WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.639 --> 00:00:06.799 It's Night Side with Dan Ray on WBSY Boston News Radio. 2 00:00:07.719 --> 00:00:11.000 You're exactly right to call. That is our destination, and 3 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:14.759 we're about three hours and fifteen minutes out, that's for sure. 4 00:00:14.839 --> 00:00:17.719 So sit back and enjoy. Put your seatbelts in the 5 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:21.960 upright position, and bring down your table trays, and we'll 6 00:00:22.039 --> 00:00:24.519 serve you up four hours of conversation and talk and 7 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:27.559 you can participate, or you can listen and prefer your participation. 8 00:00:27.839 --> 00:00:30.559 I'd like invite your participation. My name is Dan Ray, 9 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:33.280 host of the Night Side. Dan is back in the 10 00:00:33.479 --> 00:00:35.640 control room. Did a great job last night. He's going 11 00:00:35.679 --> 00:00:39.000 to do a great job tonight. And without any further ado, 12 00:00:39.039 --> 00:00:41.439 I will remind you we will be giving away two 13 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:45.359 tickets to a musical, a musical journey with the Irish 14 00:00:45.439 --> 00:00:49.479 music sensations Celtic Thunder, right after the nine o'clock news, 15 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:51.520 So don't call. We're not going to open up those 16 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:56.560 phone lines until after the nine o'clock news because we 17 00:00:56.640 --> 00:01:00.359 have four very interesting guests with four very interesting topics 18 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:03.079 to deal with, and we're going to start off tonight 19 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:08.040 quite quite beginning with the president of the Pine Street 20 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:11.359 in Lyndia Downey Lindia. I don't think we've ever had 21 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:14.400 you on our program before, but everybody knows the Pine 22 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:16.680 Street In and what a great job that does for 23 00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:18.959 homeless men here in the city of Austin. How are 24 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:19.840 you tonight? Welcome? 25 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:23.280 I'm good, Dan? How are you good? 26 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:25.280 Fine? How long you been the president? There is this? 27 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:28.200 I don't think I've had the pleasure of talking with 28 00:01:28.239 --> 00:01:30.319 you before. Tell us a little bit about yourself. First, 29 00:01:31.400 --> 00:01:32.799 You're involvement with the Pine Street In. 30 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:36.120 So I've been at Pine Street believe it or not, 31 00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:39.120 for forty years. Dan. I was ten when I first 32 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:40.879 went to work there, and I've. 33 00:01:40.799 --> 00:01:42.640 Been president as president that I know. 34 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:44.959 No, No, I did not. I did not, No, I 35 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:47.760 did not. I ran the mens Shelter, I worked in 36 00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:54.680 the volunteer department, I ran our fundraising office, oversaw a 37 00:01:54.719 --> 00:01:56.719 number of our programs, and so I've been president for 38 00:01:56.760 --> 00:01:58.640 about twenty years. 39 00:01:58.920 --> 00:01:59.519 Whoa boy. 40 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:02.640 I don't know how I missed you, but I'm first 41 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:06.599 of all thank you for that length of service. Pine 42 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:10.719 Street In is an institution in Boston and every October 43 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:16.000 they they put out a call and you call it October, 44 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:23.560 which encourages donations for homeless shelters. It should be patently 45 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:28.520 obvious why socks are so important to people who live, 46 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:32.520 particularly those who spend more time than perhaps any of 47 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:36.960 us should outdoor during the winters here in New England. 48 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:40.240 But tell us about the history of October. I assume 49 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:41.960 this is not the first year, and if it is 50 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:44.159 the first year, I apologize. Go right ahead. 51 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:48.000 No, you know, Dan, this was not our idea. This 52 00:02:48.199 --> 00:02:51.639 was really created by a guy in Tennessee named Brad 53 00:02:51.719 --> 00:02:56.360 Marshand who is a children's writer. And there's a guy. 54 00:02:56.159 --> 00:02:59.560 That plays for the Burns named Brad Marshan. I'm sure, yeah, yeah. 55 00:02:59.479 --> 00:03:03.319 Not the same It's not the same person. No, no, 56 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:09.439 But he has a kid's website and we're you know, 57 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:11.479 talk to kids about giving back and things they can 58 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:14.439 do in their community. And he and I think some 59 00:03:14.479 --> 00:03:17.879 school kids down in Tennessee came up with this idea. 60 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:23.000 We get a lot of calls from schools, churches, synagogues, 61 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:26.840 what can we do to help and for younger students, 62 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:29.639 younger kids, you know, they can't always come into Pine 63 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:32.560 Street and we always need stocks. So he really started 64 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:36.280 this campaign across the country. I think he's got people 65 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:38.479 in Canada doing it. And other parts of the world 66 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:44.199 where school it's been mostly schools, but schools and different 67 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:47.439 businesses are involved in collecting socks for homeless people and 68 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:51.639 bringing them to the local homeless shelter. And you know, 69 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:54.439 if you call us and ask what's our number one 70 00:03:54.479 --> 00:03:57.439 need right now heading into the winter, socks is always 71 00:03:57.479 --> 00:04:00.960 on the list, hats, gloves, but we go through a 72 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:03.680 lot of socks. It's not a new issue for us. Frankly, 73 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:05.800 We've been collecting socks as long as I've been at 74 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:08.960 Pine Street, but it's not something people always think of 75 00:04:09.039 --> 00:04:09.479 right away. 76 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:13.199 Yeah, I assume the socks you're looking for. And if 77 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:15.199 I'm wrong here, because they've been wrong a couple of 78 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:18.399 times in this conversation already, don't hesitate to correct me. 79 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:21.800 But I assume you're looking for heavier type socks that 80 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:24.519 will really keep people warm in the winter, as opposed to, 81 00:04:24.839 --> 00:04:27.199 you know, the light summer socks that you know people 82 00:04:27.279 --> 00:04:30.680 might wear to fancy summer parties. 83 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:35.040 Yeah, honestly, the best socks, if people are going to 84 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:37.399 do this, are are the are the white cotton socks, 85 00:04:37.480 --> 00:04:42.959 you know, the thick white cotton socks right now? Yeah, No, 86 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:45.720 they're they're warm you know, a lot of our folks 87 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:48.439 have foot is shoes. They may not have shoes that 88 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:50.959 fit exactly right. You know, the shoes might be used, 89 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:53.800 especially for people who stay out. You we've got a 90 00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:58.079 lot of health issues, and the clinic in particular, really uh, 91 00:04:58.279 --> 00:05:00.160 you know, pushes us to if we're going to to 92 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:02.000 be asking for socks. If people are willing to do 93 00:05:02.040 --> 00:05:05.000 white socks will take any of them, but white sox 94 00:05:05.160 --> 00:05:10.800 are the preferred and you know, easy to find hopefully, 95 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:14.439 because Oliver, what percentage. 96 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:17.759 Of your clients will come in on a winter's night 97 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:21.879 without the benefit of appearance? Yeah, I mean are they 98 00:05:22.040 --> 00:05:25.279 actually people? And I know this is a tough question 99 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:26.800 to ask, but I'm going to ask it. Are there 100 00:05:26.839 --> 00:05:29.079 actually people who are out of the men out of 101 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:32.360 the streets of Boston during the winter, you know, snow 102 00:05:32.439 --> 00:05:34.519 and rain and sleet and all of that, and. 103 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:38.160 They they men and women, by the way, not just men, 104 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:43.160 men and women. And Boston we are very fortunate. Every 105 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:45.759 year when we do the homeless count, we go out 106 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:47.959 with Mayor and we count the number of people on 107 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:50.560 the street, and then we count the number of people 108 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:53.279 staying in shelter on one night, usually at the end 109 00:05:53.319 --> 00:05:56.879 of January, and that is done across the entire country. 110 00:05:57.519 --> 00:06:00.720 That dad all gets sent up to HUD and then 111 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:03.639 they have someone who literally analyzes all of it. And 112 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:06.439 for many many years now, I mean well more than 113 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:09.399 probably ten years, Boston has had one of the lowest 114 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:14.360 street counts in the country. And it may be obviously 115 00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:18.000 it's cold here, right, yes, it's interesting, exactly exactly, and 116 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:20.160 people say to me, you know, well, it's cold, of 117 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:23.959 course people are going to come in. But if you 118 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:25.959 look at our numbers, you know, on a cold winter night, 119 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:27.800 we might have one hundred and one hundred and fifty 120 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:30.360 people outside. If you look at a place like maybe 121 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:34.920 a San Francisco, Portland, Oregon, you're talking about ten thousand 122 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:36.959 people or in some cases twenty one. 123 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:39.800 You're temperate in those communities. And of course we'll also 124 00:06:39.839 --> 00:06:43.639 best and you have the great Rosies Place as well, 125 00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:46.560 So I mean, we we've got some great facilities here, 126 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:50.040 thank god, because of the work of people like you 127 00:06:50.199 --> 00:06:53.160 and you volunteers, and the folks at Rosy's Place as well. 128 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:55.759 So if folks are listening right now and they want 129 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:58.959 to make a donation, easier for them to send a 130 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:02.079 check to Pine Street in or to go out and 131 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:04.839 buy some socks and bundle it up and you can 132 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:08.000 pick from column A or column B. Go right ahead. 133 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:10.399 Yeah, yeah, no, No. What I'd say is, look, we 134 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:13.560 always appreciate, appreciate financial support. It's going to be a 135 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:16.879 tough winter we have had. Our numbers are quite high 136 00:07:16.959 --> 00:07:20.600 across the state, not just in Boston, and we are everybody, 137 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:22.079 I think is trying to figure out can we add 138 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:25.000 more beds for the winter. So financial support is terrific. 139 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:27.000 It's easy and go on our website. You can send 140 00:07:27.079 --> 00:07:29.639 us a check, I would say. For the school groups 141 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:32.519 and where you want to get kids involved, you know 142 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:36.399 we have CCD classes, we have Sunday school classes, and 143 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:38.560 you know we often get call saying what can we do? 144 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:41.720 This is a great project for school kids to do 145 00:07:41.759 --> 00:07:44.199 a sock drive, you know, make it fun, make a 146 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:49.160 day of it, read a story about homelessness, and you 147 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:51.920 know there's there's some education that can go along with 148 00:07:51.959 --> 00:07:54.639 this as well. So that's how I would think about it. 149 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:56.720 But of course we can use both. So we're happy 150 00:07:56.720 --> 00:07:59.000 that with anything people can offer. 151 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:02.639 And the Pine Street in easy address if someone's going 152 00:08:02.680 --> 00:08:04.480 to be able to check in is. I'm sure if 153 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:06.279 you just Pine Street in Boston you'll get it, but 154 00:08:06.399 --> 00:08:07.920 want to give us a better address than that. 155 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:16.439 Yes, four four four Harrison Avenue, Boston, mass And the 156 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:18.600 website is just Pine Street in dot Org. 157 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:22.920 Wish of course has all the information that is available. Lindia, 158 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:26.959 thank you very very much, and congratulations on your twentieth 159 00:08:27.040 --> 00:08:29.800 year as the president of Pine Street in Well. 160 00:08:29.839 --> 00:08:33.000 Thanks for having us well. I really appreciate it. Thanks 161 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:33.399 so much. 162 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:35.559 We'll have you back, you know, as we move in 163 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:37.559 through the winter, because I think it's good to remind 164 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:39.679 people when we're in the comfort of our the warmth 165 00:08:39.679 --> 00:08:42.679 of our own homes, that not everybody is in a comfortable, 166 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:45.960 warm home. Although many people are in you know, the 167 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:50.159 Pine Street in there are some who are are They're 168 00:08:50.200 --> 00:08:53.480 not in a location that provides them with comfort, that's 169 00:08:53.480 --> 00:08:57.679 for sure, out in the streets of greater Boston. Thanks Lindya. 170 00:08:57.679 --> 00:09:00.000 I appreciate your time so much. Thank you very much. 171 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:02.080 Take care, Thank you, Okay, you too. 172 00:09:02.279 --> 00:09:05.639 When we get back, we're going to talk with Nicole Spencer. 173 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:08.799 She's the executive director of a group called Heroes in Transition, 174 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:13.679 honoring veterans at mashbe Commons at dedication event coming up 175 00:09:14.240 --> 00:09:16.919 this Sunday, Sunday, November three, So if you're down on 176 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:18.879 the South Shore, you want to harken close to your 177 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:22.639 radio and pay attention. Back on Nightside with the executive 178 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:25.919 director of Heroes in Transition Nicole Spencer. Right after this 179 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:29.039 on Nightside, you're listening to w BZ, Boston's News radio 180 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:31.840 ten thirty and your AM dial. Feel free to join 181 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:34.600 the conversation, but wait until after nine o'clock. We got 182 00:09:34.600 --> 00:09:37.600 some great topics coming up tonight. We will be talking 183 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:41.600 about haunted houses, haunted homes and how difficult it is 184 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:45.519 sometimes to sell those homes. And we'll also talk with 185 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:51.279 Dave Paleologus of Suffolk University. We talked last night with 186 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:54.639 Spencer Kimball of Emerson College and we get the latest 187 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:56.799 from them their take on the race as we move 188 00:09:56.919 --> 00:09:59.559 now pretty soon it will be five days until next Tuesday. 189 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:02.600 Coming back Night's Side. 190 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:06.120 Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World 191 00:10:06.320 --> 00:10:09.799 night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio. 192 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:14.679 I'm delighted to welcome Nicole Spencer. Nicole is the executive 193 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:17.799 director of Heroes in Transition. Nicole, Welcome to night Side. 194 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:19.360 Thanks for joining us. 195 00:10:19.799 --> 00:10:22.039 Thank you so much for having me and it's really 196 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:23.440 an honor to speak with you tonight. 197 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:27.519 Well, thank you. Tell us about Heroes in Transition. I 198 00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:29.360 I'm sure there are many in our audience who are 199 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:31.279 familiar with the group, but maybe some who are not. 200 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:36.600 Absolutely so. Heroes in Transition was founded in two thousand 201 00:10:36.600 --> 00:10:40.279 and nine and actually just about fifteen years ago this weekend, 202 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:43.360 Ken and Cindy lost their son in Afghanistan. He was 203 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:47.159 a helicopter pilot. He was supporting a combat mission there, 204 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:51.039 and when they brought Eric Holm for his final time here, 205 00:10:51.799 --> 00:10:54.159 they knew that he They wanted to keep his mission 206 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:57.360 of assisting the troops on the ground alive, so they 207 00:10:57.399 --> 00:11:00.720 formed Heroes in Transition In fifteen years ago they began, 208 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:04.360 and we're excited to be able to fifteen years later, 209 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:10.799 offer fifteen programs for both active service members, veterans, military families, 210 00:11:10.840 --> 00:11:11.840 couples and spouses. 211 00:11:12.919 --> 00:11:16.159 My understanding is that the mission provides help for veterans 212 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:19.720 service members their families, but help in programs that are 213 00:11:19.720 --> 00:11:23.279 not readily available from government agencies. Give us an example 214 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:28.720 of you know who, not who you're helping, but the 215 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:32.039 men and women that you're helping. In what is our 216 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:35.559 government not providing these people that you folks are able 217 00:11:35.600 --> 00:11:37.039 to fill that very important gap. 218 00:11:38.440 --> 00:11:40.759 You know, when Cindy and Ken started this foundation, they 219 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:44.360 really wanted to make sure that they were bringing back 220 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:47.759 that feeling of camaraderie and the family. So when they 221 00:11:47.799 --> 00:11:51.159 first began, it was really about getting people together. A 222 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:54.000 lot of times our men and women come back they 223 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:56.639 might not have the people that they have served or 224 00:11:56.639 --> 00:12:00.159 are currently serving with. So they come back to their home, 225 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:02.960 where their families are or where their friends were, and 226 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:07.519 to assimilate back into what we as a civilian understand 227 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:09.960 what normal is. It might not be, you know, it 228 00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:13.480 might feel different to them. So really, in the beginning, 229 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:16.080 Cyndy and Can wanted to make sure that that family 230 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:18.600 feel was back, and I think for the past fifteen 231 00:12:18.679 --> 00:12:23.320 years that's been the major goal is to make everyone 232 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:26.240 that comes into Heroes in Transition feel like they're part 233 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:28.960 of the family. And I know over those fifteen years 234 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:31.519 that's what we started. And just to see over the 235 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:34.639 course of those fifteen years, how we can offer programs 236 00:12:34.679 --> 00:12:39.320 that strength and relationships. We help with healing individuals and families, 237 00:12:40.200 --> 00:12:44.840 empowering individuals, offering financial assistance in different ways. So, you know, 238 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:47.360 our niche here on Cape Coddon Beyond is to really 239 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:51.720 offer programs that really do help those things, whether it's 240 00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:56.639 our couple's retreats or our families in transition Equine program 241 00:12:57.080 --> 00:12:58.039 We have our. 242 00:12:57.960 --> 00:12:59.519 Reboot and Regroup. 243 00:12:59.120 --> 00:13:02.840 Courses that really it just helps people with mindfulness and 244 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:06.600 trying to figure out kind of how they can you know, 245 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:10.159 help with themselves and bringing themselves back to center when 246 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:14.120 things happen, or how to just do our you know, 247 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:18.519 different things with our Equine Warrior another weekend that we have. 248 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:21.279 So we have fifteen programs that we offer in all 249 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:24.480 different ways of really servicing the entire family. 250 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:30.399 Well, again, this is dedicated to the memory of Marine 251 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:35.320 helicopter pilot and Captain Eric Jones, and it sounds like 252 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:37.559 a great program. Do you have an event coming up 253 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:42.519 this Sunday, a dedication event with heroes and transition. Tell 254 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:45.240 us about it. Where it is. I assume it's open 255 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:48.200 to the public. How can folks find out more information 256 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:52.080 and perhaps be there and join and support this organization? 257 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:58.679 Absolutely, So we're on callshpur Home. Although we assist veterans 258 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:02.399 and active service members, military families from all across not 259 00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:04.799 only the Cape, but through you know, throughout the state, 260 00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:08.039 as we're close to Joint Base Cape Cod but mash 261 00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:11.480 b is you know where we base our and the 262 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:15.279 Matchbee Commons for for many years now has been supporting us. 263 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:18.200 And we received a call from Kristin keller Heer, Jess 264 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:20.799 Balaine along with Greg Jensen. Then they reached out to 265 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:23.720 us to say, hey, you know, you know Veterans Days 266 00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:27.039 coming up Novembers here it is such a day and 267 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:30.639 a month of celebration that honors veterans both living and 268 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:33.480 deceased to serve our military. What can we do together? 269 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:36.440 And when we got that phone call, we were so 270 00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:38.600 excited to say, let's sit down and figure out what 271 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:41.840 we can do. So with that, we knew that we 272 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:44.080 wanted to do something that was interactive, you know that 273 00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:46.960 allows the public to get involved. We wanted it to 274 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:50.440 be something that was visible, something that was inspiring to others. 275 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:53.279 So we decided to create a wall of heroes. And 276 00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:56.480 basically this was just it's just a four by six wall. 277 00:14:57.039 --> 00:15:00.080 It's a banner that people the public that comes in 278 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:02.799 to and I'll go or a few places later, but 279 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:05.679 that comes into Mashpee Commons. We'll be able to see it, 280 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:09.399 they'll be able to write messages of support, and really 281 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:11.399 just it's a way to honor the brave men and 282 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:14.279 women and all of those who have served and are 283 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:15.840 serving our country great. 284 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:18.480 Now, what time is? What time is the event on Sunday? 285 00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:22.919 Yes, Sunday, that's at the Mashpee Commons and we're going 286 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:26.120 to be outside the be outside on the plaza, the 287 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:29.559 area between Lulu Lemon and Regal Cinemas. So we'll be 288 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:31.519 out there. We're excited to be out there. 289 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:32.879 It's supposed to be abusing. 290 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:35.159 Just the time you broke up on me there, it's 291 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:39.679 just I'm sorry. What time Sunday is this twelfth to two? 292 00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:44.399 Twelve to two. Everybody knows where the Mashpee Commons are 293 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:47.679 and if they want more information, give us the web 294 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:49.960 page so we can get them, get them there on 295 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:53.080 time with good directions. What is your your website? 296 00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:56.360 Absolutely, Heroes in Transition dot org. 297 00:15:57.320 --> 00:16:00.360 Heroes in Transition dot org. Nicole, thank you very much much. 298 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:05.759 It sounds like a great event. And anyone anywhere south 299 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:09.039 of Boston who has some time on Sunday, this would 300 00:16:09.080 --> 00:16:14.639 be a wonderful event. From from twelve to two, you 301 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:16.600 get to meet some great people. Thanks so much for 302 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:17.799 drawing us today, Nicole. 303 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:21.399 So that will be the wall will be up throughout 304 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:23.679 the whole holiday season. So if you can't make it 305 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:26.000 from twelve to two and you're coming down to match 306 00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:28.240 be Commons at anytime, just be on the lookout for it. It 307 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:28.960 will be there for you. 308 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:32.320 Sounds great. Thanks thanks again, Nicole, appreciated banks. 309 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:32.960 Take care. 310 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:35.919 Yeah, broke up a little bit there of the end, 311 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:38.120 so I hope all of you got that. Let's keep 312 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:41.320 rolling here. We've got the news coming up, and after 313 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:46.120 that we're going to talk about food allergies as a 314 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:49.879 true fear factor. I'm going to be interested, and it's 315 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:54.480 going to be talking with doctor Sirita Patil of MGH. 316 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:58.480 She's a physician scientist at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Stay 317 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:01.240 with us right here on w B Boston's news radio. 318 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:03.200 This is Nightside. My name is Dan Ray, and we 319 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:04.799 will be here all the way unto midnight. We have 320 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:07.240 two more great guests coming up, going to talk with 321 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:10.920 doctor Pettil and also going to talk with a Boston 322 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:15.039 Globe correspondent, Sabrina Lamb, about the most popular Halloween costumes 323 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:19.079 in Boston this Halloween, which of course is tomorrow. Coming 324 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:20.240 right back on Nightside. 325 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:25.519 You're on Nightside with Dan Ray on w b Z, 326 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:27.160 Boston's news radio. 327 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:33.079 Delighted to be joined by doctor Sirita Pettil. Doctor Pettil, 328 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:34.519 Welcome to Nightside. How are you? 329 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:38.720 Thank you for having me tonight? Really great you. 330 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:41.839 And I hope I'm pronouncing Patil correctly. Is that correct? 331 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:42.640 That's perfect? 332 00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:46.839 Yes, perfect, Okay. You are a physician and a scientist 333 00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:52.559 at Massachusetts General Hospital, and your area of expertise food allergies. 334 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:55.799 But the note that I here have here says that 335 00:17:55.920 --> 00:18:00.000 food allergies also are a true fear factor. Not exactly 336 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:02.480 what's true that what that means? Perhaps you could explain 337 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:03.759 it to my audience and to me. 338 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:08.880 Well, you know, I think we were inspired by the 339 00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:11.920 Halloween theme. That's you know, the holiday that's coming up. 340 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:12.359 Proud. 341 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:17.440 Yeah, so that that was sort of the s silly 342 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:21.519 sensationalist title there. But you know, there is a real 343 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:26.160 fear element to food allergies. It's kind of amazing. There's, 344 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:31.000 you know, this incredible rise in the incidents of food allergies, 345 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:33.119 and I know we all feel it. You know, we all, 346 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:36.039 we all experience it kind of on a daily basis. 347 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:39.400 You know, food allergies are like ten percent of Americans, 348 00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:41.880 and you know one and a half percent of those 349 00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:46.319 have human allergy. It's actually, you know, really really common. 350 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:50.480 I have a little kiddo and you know, two kids 351 00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:53.000 out of every class I could have food allergies. So 352 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:56.039 it's like it's a really different world today. And you know, 353 00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:59.279 when you have a food allergy, exposure to small amounts 354 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:03.319 of the allergen concern your body into having a serious reaction, right, 355 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:06.920 so there is a real fear factor. So feel food allergy? 356 00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:11.319 Why is it? Why is it that it seems maybe 357 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:17.359 when I was young, back last century, we just ate 358 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:21.839 everything and we maybe suffered from food allergies, but we figured, 359 00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:27.480 oh it's no big deal, is it. We're diagnosing more food, 360 00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:31.319 you know, more food allergies accurately. What is why are 361 00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:34.200 the number of the percentage of young people or people 362 00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:37.279 with food allergies seem to be more prevalent or is 363 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:40.319 that a mirage and they're just as the prevalency is 364 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:40.720 the same. 365 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:45.279 No, it's it's not just better at diagnosing them, Although 366 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:47.359 that is true, we have better tools to day to 367 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:50.440 diagnose food allergies than to manage them. Then you know 368 00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:53.599 that we ever have had before. But you know, I 369 00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:56.640 think what you said was really telling. You know, we 370 00:19:56.839 --> 00:20:01.920 ate everything. And there's really great data that's a really 371 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:04.720 cool study that have that happened in the last ten 372 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:09.000 years that shows that when we introduced food really early 373 00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:11.319 into the infant's life, right when they start to eat 374 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:16.279 foods right, if we introduce allergies, then we can really 375 00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:20.079 drop the incidence of food allergy. So in babies who 376 00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:22.799 are already at higher risks of food allergy because for example, 377 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:28.000 they have exema I also called atiovic deematitis, if we 378 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:31.599 feed them peanut really early, within four to six months 379 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:34.400 of life, we can reduce their risk of peanut allergy 380 00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:39.200 by eighty percent. So our motto has become introduced foods early, 381 00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:44.000 I keep them going to really kind of maximumly benefit 382 00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:45.279 from that early introduction. 383 00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:47.839 Okay, So let me ask you a question. As a 384 00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:51.559 parent A long long time ago, one of the things 385 00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:56.079 parents are concerned about is would be a child choking. 386 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:59.039 I mean that's something that was always prevalent in my mind. 387 00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:04.039 I would assume that babies don't have the ability to 388 00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:06.359 chew a peanut. So what I suspect you're saying is 389 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:10.759 introduce peanut butter or something like that, so that they're 390 00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:15.640 getting the peanut product, perhaps not in the in the 391 00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:18.519 form of actual raw peanuts, but they're getting the peanut 392 00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:21.319 product into this system. I assume that's what you're saying. 393 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:23.519 That's absolutely what I'm saying. 394 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:26.000 You know, every as you have been a parent, you know, 395 00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:29.480 every baby is there has their own kind of progression, right, 396 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:32.200 and so you really have to have to see the 397 00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:34.200 child that you have in front of you. But there 398 00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:38.160 are lots of peanut containing foods that do not involve 399 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:41.240 a choking. This is obviously would not feed the infant peanut. 400 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:44.279 So yeah, there's lots of great instructions on how to 401 00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:46.359