Speaker 1: KFI AM six. You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly
Speaker 1: on demand on the iHeartRadio app. We are live everywhere
Speaker 1: on the iHeartRadio app. And speaking of life, we're coming
Speaker 1: to you from the Anaheim White House on the occasion Apostathon.
Speaker 1: It is the greatest day I think in the year
Speaker 1: at KFI. I am always in awe of your collective generosity.
Speaker 1: How you are able to come together each and every
Speaker 1: year and help feed children in the thousands every single week. Now,
Speaker 1: we know that Katerina's Club would have been here without us,
Speaker 1: but it would not be the same without you. So please,
Speaker 1: as we start this evening, put your hairs together for
Speaker 1: all that you've done to feed children each and every week.
Speaker 1: And I have an updated total of your collective generosity.
Speaker 1: As of seven pm, we have thirty two thousand, five
Speaker 1: hundred and forty five pounds of pasta and sauce. Yes,
Speaker 1: let's acknowledge that first. And now we have a sum
Speaker 1: total in donations of seven hundred and twenty one thousand,
Speaker 1: eight hundred and twenty dollars. Yes, sir, we are on
Speaker 1: our way, and I have to ask a very important question. Now,
Speaker 1: has everyone had a drink yet? All right, has everyone
Speaker 1: had two drinks yet? I see a couple of hands
Speaker 1: go up. Yes, it's official. The bar is now open.
Speaker 1: The bar is now open. Over the course of the evening,
Speaker 1: we're gonna be talking to a number of people from
Speaker 1: Spartan's final. We're gonna see Chef Bruno, who's gonna be
Speaker 1: joining us later on. And put your ans together for
Speaker 1: Chef Bruno. No, I don't know how he does it.
Speaker 1: I don't know how Producer Michelle, who's off to my right,
Speaker 1: does it. They've been here since maybe four thirty five
Speaker 1: in the morning, three a m. You might as well
Speaker 1: just say yesterday, because that's not today. Anytime you get
Speaker 1: somewhere at three in the morning, that's the night before,
Speaker 1: that's not the next day. And producer Michelle, she's been
Speaker 1: doing this longer than I've been here. This is kfi's
Speaker 1: fourteenth annual postathon. I think this is maybe my twelfth.
Speaker 1: I came to CAFI in twenty eleven, so I didn't
Speaker 1: have the benefit of seeing this from the very beginning,
Speaker 1: but I can say I've seen it grow tremendously over
Speaker 1: the years. And Michelle and I we'd have this conversation.
Speaker 1: It's like, Okay, I'm not gonna have any expectations. I'm
Speaker 1: not gonna put any pressure on myself. Are we gonna
Speaker 1: hit this landing? Are we gonna hit this goal? And
Speaker 1: each and every year she somehow, some way. And I
Speaker 1: say she because she's a person who is most instrumental
Speaker 1: in what you see and hear today. All of this
Speaker 1: is part of the brainchild of producer Michelle. She has
Speaker 1: been doing this since the very beginning. She is here
Speaker 1: before everyone else, and she will leave after everyone else.
Speaker 1: And there's something else. I'm always very appreciative of Michelle
Speaker 1: because people don't know this, but Michelle is part of
Speaker 1: the reason why I am at KFI. She was the
Speaker 1: one who picked my resume out of the stack and
Speaker 1: called me in and sat me down and said, what
Speaker 1: does he you want to do? I said, I want
Speaker 1: to stay in radio, and then she gave me an
Speaker 1: opportunity as a part time producer working for four dollars
Speaker 1: an hour, and you know, looks I'm living the American dream.
Speaker 1: But part of this is why I'm so compelled to
Speaker 1: be part of it, because I know what it's like
Speaker 1: from year to year, how this event changes lives, feeds people,
Speaker 1: helps houses people. And I don't know if there's another
Speaker 1: singular event which you can say has this time of
Speaker 1: impact right where you are. As I go around the
Speaker 1: city and I listen to people to say, Hey, you're
Speaker 1: a Cafi pasta. Dona's coming up. Are you gonna be there? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I can't wait. I've already made my donation. They've gone
Speaker 1: to Spartan Final, or they've gone to Wendy's and made
Speaker 1: their donation there. It has become something which is bigger
Speaker 1: than all of us individually. And if there's anything that
Speaker 1: I'm most proud of in my professional work, it's not
Speaker 1: just working with CAFI. It's knowing that Cafi has had
Speaker 1: an outsized impact and importance on helping children. And I'm
Speaker 1: real big on helping children. You can go ahead and
Speaker 1: applaud that. You definitely can go ahead and applaud that.
Speaker 1: And it's not too late if you're on your way
Speaker 1: on the freeway right now. We have seats which are
Speaker 1: available for you if you want to come in and
Speaker 1: sit in and watch later with Mo Kelly. You also
Speaker 1: can go to Wildfork Foods locations in Huntington Beach, Costa
Speaker 1: Mesa Mission, Viejo and Laguna, Miguel, do your regular shopping
Speaker 1: and say KFI Pasta Thon at checkout, and fifteen percent
Speaker 1: of your total will be donated to the KFI Pasta Thon.
Speaker 1: You can plan your holiday meal at Wildforkfoods dot com,
Speaker 1: but that's today only until nine pm. And let's say
Speaker 1: you're out doing your holiday shopping. Well, why don't you
Speaker 1: just go ahead and stop at any Smart and Final
Speaker 1: store and donate any amount. No amount is too small,
Speaker 1: donate any amount at checkout through December eighth. It doesn't
Speaker 1: even have to be today. Also, I saw my friend
Speaker 1: Ed Garrigols. I know he's walking around here somewhere. First
Speaker 1: Happy birthday to him. But you can also go to
Speaker 1: any Wendy's restaurant in southern California and donate five dollars
Speaker 1: or more and get a coupon book looks just like this.
Speaker 1: Get a coupon book for Wendy's goodies through December eighth.
Speaker 1: And here's the best part for us grown folks. One
Speaker 1: hundred percent of your donation goes to Katerina's Club. There
Speaker 1: should be any any type of embarrassment or reservation. We
Speaker 1: are help kids, and I'm amazed now each and every year,
Speaker 1: you keep showing up. I watch you, I recognize your faces.
Speaker 1: I love all of you for coming out. I thank
Speaker 1: all of you for the donations that you make, and
Speaker 1: with great humility in my heart, I am overjoyed to
Speaker 1: see all of you and all that you've done. And
Speaker 1: we have some wonderful gifts that we're gonna be raffling
Speaker 1: off tonight. We have later with mo Kelly t shirts
Speaker 1: been given out later with mo Kelly key chains, also
Speaker 1: coffee mugs. We have this big ass basket that we're
Speaker 1: going to be raffling off. And also where are my
Speaker 1: country music fans? Do have any country music fans in
Speaker 1: the house? Well, I got something for you. We have
Speaker 1: an exclusive family four pack that we're given away to see. Well,
Speaker 1: I shouldn't tell you now I should just I should
Speaker 1: hold it back. Now I hold it back. Well, have
Speaker 1: you heard of Pam Tillis by chance? Have you heard
Speaker 1: of Lori Moore? By chance? Well, I'm talking about the
Speaker 1: Grits and Glamour Tour. We have a family four pack
Speaker 1: to give to you for a performance in two days
Speaker 1: at Lamarada Theater. So for my country music fans only
Speaker 1: if you're not a country music fan, I'm not talking
Speaker 1: to you, but for everyone else, we have a family
Speaker 1: four pack that we're gonna be giving away later on tonight.
Speaker 1: This is Later with Mo Kelly. Thank you for coming
Speaker 1: out to the Anaheim White House. It's postathon. We're gonna
Speaker 1: go up to a quick break and we're gonna set
Speaker 1: this thought. Put your hands together for Chef Bruno at
Speaker 1: Katarina's Club.
Speaker 2: You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
Speaker 2: KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1: We're live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app coming to you
Speaker 1: live specifically from the Anaheim White House on the occasion
Speaker 1: of the fourteenth annual Pastathon. Gotta say hello and also
Speaker 1: thank you to some folks. We gotta say thank you
Speaker 1: to the Anaheim Hilton, but thank you to the beautiful
Speaker 1: Hilton Anaheim for our CAFI Pastathon crew accommodations. Hilton and
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Speaker 1: the Anaheim Convention Center and Disneyland Resort and undergoing a
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Speaker 1: at Hilton Anaheimhotel dot com and it's not too late.
Speaker 1: Up until nine forty five tonight. You can go to
Speaker 1: KFIAM six forty dot com forward slash Pastathon for these
Speaker 1: exclusive auction items and experiences, including our experience where you
Speaker 1: can co host this show on a Friday evening, including
Speaker 1: name that movie called classic, and you will co host
Speaker 1: and co produce the whole show. Yes, you can give
Speaker 1: it up for that all three hours of the show.
Speaker 1: You can be a featured co host, participate in the
Speaker 1: show meeting, pick the topics that we talk about, have
Speaker 1: some fun on the air, and be on the number
Speaker 1: one news talk station in America, the number one streamed
Speaker 1: station on iHeartRadio app. You'll be heard the world over.
Speaker 1: All you need to do is go to KFI AM
Speaker 1: six forty dot com forward slash pasta than and I
Speaker 1: have to thank some other people. He couldn't be here tonight,
Speaker 1: and I often tease him, but back in the newsroom
Speaker 1: is an integral portion of our staff. He's doing the
Speaker 1: news from Burbank Mark Ronner. We all love Mark, but
Speaker 1: he couldn't be here tonight, so we wouldn't put your
Speaker 1: hands together. For Mark Ronner. You will be hearing him
Speaker 1: do the news. He just could not be here in person.
Speaker 1: And on the ones and twos our technical director Stefan
Speaker 1: Cabeza Stepan, we appreciate you even though you could not
Speaker 1: be here as well. And to my left is the
Speaker 1: producer of just about everything that I have done. The
Speaker 1: Tuala Sharp Twala was hustling in all these great prizes
Speaker 1: and gifts that we're going to be giving away in
Speaker 1: name of Pastathon. We have the big ass basket, the
Speaker 1: Holiday basket. That's what I'm calling it, the big Ass
Speaker 1: Holiday basket. Well it it's shape, never mind, it's We
Speaker 1: have later with Mo Kelly t shirts, we have key
Speaker 1: chains and also we have coffee mugs will be giving
Speaker 1: away during the break. But we're gonna make you work
Speaker 1: for that. We're gonna make you work for these other
Speaker 1: prices that we're raffling away, including tickets to Glamour and Grits.
Speaker 1: We're talking about Pam Tillists and Laurie Morgan who'll be
Speaker 1: appearing at Lamarada Theater in just two days on Thursday,
Speaker 1: December fifth. So much going on, and I know Tawalla's
Speaker 1: just getting in here, so I gonna give him a
Speaker 1: chance to set up. But how did just a show
Speaker 1: of hands? Did you hear of Katerina's Club first through KFI?
Speaker 1: So that okay, So just about every hand in the
Speaker 1: room went up. That speaks to the power in reach
Speaker 1: of KFI. Now, we all would like to be able
Speaker 1: to help you, but sometimes we don't know where to
Speaker 1: help children. We don't necessarily know where to go. But
Speaker 1: because of KFI, because of an event like this, And
Speaker 1: people may be listening right now in their car. They
Speaker 1: may be I don't know, at the gym or maybe
Speaker 1: at home, and they're listening to this broadcast. They may
Speaker 1: be hearing about Katerina's Club for the very first time,
Speaker 1: even though you might have heard it for the past
Speaker 1: thirteen years, fourteen years, I see some familiar faces. You
Speaker 1: may come every single year, but it grows because you
Speaker 1: told somebody, You let someone else know. Either let someone
Speaker 1: else know about KFI or you let someone know about Hey,
Speaker 1: there's this great event called Pastathon that CAFI does a
Speaker 1: live broadcast every single year. You can donate at smartan Final,
Speaker 1: you can donate at Wendy's. You can donate any number
Speaker 1: of places you can go to kfiam six forty dot com,
Speaker 1: Forward slash postathon. But it's because of not only KFI
Speaker 1: but your word of mouth. We don't do this without you.
Speaker 1: Now we enjoy doing it, and Michelle works very hard
Speaker 1: in putting the event on, but I'm quite sure she
Speaker 1: would agree we can't do this without you. Every single
Speaker 1: year you show up and it is all inspiring and
Speaker 1: it is amazing because you don't have to. I don't
Speaker 1: think that you're here from me. I'm glad that you
Speaker 1: are here, but you're not here for me. You're here
Speaker 1: for the kids. You're here for Chef Brudo. You are
Speaker 1: here for Katerina's Club, and that says far more about you.
Speaker 1: Because we live in a world today where it's a
Speaker 1: whole lot easier to do nothing. It is easier not
Speaker 1: to care. It is easier to just go about our
Speaker 1: way and buy our packages for our friends, our family,
Speaker 1: and not think about someone who has less than or
Speaker 1: could use just a little bit more. When I came here,
Speaker 1: I can't remember the exact number, but it was only
Speaker 1: a few thousand that Chef Bruno was feeding each week,
Speaker 1: just a few thousand. The broadcast was smaller too, and
Speaker 1: it's grown now to twenty five thousand children every single week.
Speaker 1: And also people are being rehoused as well, families together.
Speaker 1: That growth is something that I couldn't have seen. And
Speaker 1: I don't know how Chef Bruno does it. I honestly
Speaker 1: don't know. Now he's gonna tell the story before the
Speaker 1: night is through, and he's been telling the story all
Speaker 1: day long. But I don't know how he does it.
Speaker 1: I don't know why he does it. In other words,
Speaker 1: where does that fire come from? We all care, but
Speaker 1: how many are putting in that type of work, how
Speaker 1: many are rolling up their sleeves and making sure that
Speaker 1: people have a place to stay, people have food to eat,
Speaker 1: and people have hope for tomorrow to walla sharp thank
Speaker 1: you for joining me. I know you were fighting traffic,
Speaker 1: and you seem like you were losing the traffic I was.
Speaker 1: It was horrific.
Speaker 3: And not listen to ways when Waves tells you take
Speaker 3: this shortcut. I did that, and I Waves has no
Speaker 3: idea what the streets actually looks like. It was god
Speaker 3: awful the entire way in. And when I got on
Speaker 3: the road, I said to myself, good, I'm making great time,
Speaker 3: and then I heard on KFI something or another there's
Speaker 3: a shutdown on the fire. I was like, oh my god,
Speaker 3: all my life, what is happening right now? But I
Speaker 3: am thankful to make it here. I love seeing you
Speaker 3: all here, especially knowing that this broadcast has been going
Speaker 3: all day long and to still have this crowd here
Speaker 3: at this night. Give it up for yourselves because this
Speaker 3: is a testament to what we are doing here tonight.
Speaker 1: We appreciate you being here with us. A part of
Speaker 1: accomplishing that goal is supporting the auction items. I told
Speaker 1: you about the auction item for a Lady with Mo Kelly,
Speaker 1: but there are other opportunities which are available for you.
Speaker 1: And I always say, if it's not me, let it
Speaker 1: be someone else. If it's not gonna be our experience,
Speaker 1: you choose someone else's experience, because it's all going to
Speaker 1: the same place. We're all here for the same goal.
Speaker 1: My ego is not in this. If we raise one
Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars right here tonight during these three hours,
Speaker 1: but we do it earlier today when we get over
Speaker 1: the two million dollar mark. I'm just putting that out there.
Speaker 1: If we get over there, the two million dollar Mark.
Speaker 1: We all get there together. It doesn't matter how we
Speaker 1: get there. You can Also there's an experience where you
Speaker 1: can co host an hour of the John Coblt Show.
Speaker 1: John hates the idea, I promise you he hates the idea,
Speaker 1: but we at CAF we love it. You can co
Speaker 1: host an hour with John Cobalt. You'll pick the topics
Speaker 1: and you'll get to rent with John about issues of
Speaker 1: the day. Just make sure you drink enough caffee to
Speaker 1: keep up with him. Also, you can go to a
Speaker 1: Dodger game with Gary and Shannon. You can join Gary
Speaker 1: and Shannon for a Dodger game. I don't know if
Speaker 1: Gary will enjoy that as a Giants fan, but he'll
Speaker 1: be there. You and a guest will meet Gary and
Speaker 1: Shannon at Dodger Stadium to take in a game in
Speaker 1: a luxury suite. Unlimited Dodger dogs and other snacks and drinks.
Speaker 1: Beer included if you like to drink, and preferred parking
Speaker 1: is included. Game to be determined once they coordinated day yeah, yeah, yeah, blah,
Speaker 1: blah blah. You also go to a Kings game with
Speaker 1: Tim Conway Junior. You might have heard he was talking
Speaker 1: about it. Earlier this evening, Ding Dong. With this auction item,
Speaker 1: the winner will win two tickets to the LA Kings
Speaker 1: game against the Boston Bruins on March twenty third at
Speaker 1: six pm with Tim Conway Junior and some guy named Keith.
Speaker 1: Well that's what it says. It says some extraly says
Speaker 1: some dude named Keith. I just call him a guy.
Speaker 1: You and a friend will join Conway and Keith and
Speaker 1: seats in the lower bowl right next to where the
Speaker 1: zamboni comes out. I don't know if you can beat that.
Speaker 1: You know, Tim Conway Junior, he knows hockey like I
Speaker 1: love hockey. That's probably a great experience. We're going to
Speaker 1: tell you about more of these exclusive experiences and attractions
Speaker 1: and gifts. Thinks that you can win. If you should
Speaker 1: be the highest bidder, you can go right now to
Speaker 1: KFIM six forty dot com forward slash pastathon and make
Speaker 1: your bid. You have until nine to forty five tonight.
Speaker 1: So I understand some of you might have a strategy.
Speaker 1: Some of you want to lay out in the weeds
Speaker 1: and you want to push up the costs of the
Speaker 1: auction item, so you wait to the end. But the
Speaker 1: problem is you might get forced out if you wait
Speaker 1: too long. So I know you have to There's a
Speaker 1: delicate dance, but don't wait too long. It's available for
Speaker 1: you right now. This is Later with Mo Kelly and
Speaker 1: this is Postathon.
Speaker 2: You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from
Speaker 2: KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1: This Letter with Mo Kelly, come at you live from
Speaker 1: Pastathon at the Anaheim White House. It's not too late
Speaker 1: for you to come down and see us. We got
Speaker 1: some seats that are open, and we have a bar
Speaker 1: that's open cash bar. You got to pay your own tab.
Speaker 1: But we're here for a great cause. And along those lines.
Speaker 1: Joining me right now on the show is Tammy McClary,
Speaker 1: who is Smart and Final district manager. Kevin, It's good
Speaker 1: to see you this evening. How are you.
Speaker 4: Great to see you, Mo and really happy to be here.
Speaker 1: Is it true that your district managed for like all
Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty five stores? No, how many, how many.
Speaker 4: I'm in Orange County twenty two stores.
Speaker 1: Twenty two is enough is enough? And for the past
Speaker 1: nine years. Obviously you know a little something about Postathon
Speaker 1: and this growing relationship with Smart and Final. What was
Speaker 1: the first time or do you remember the first time
Speaker 1: you heard about Postathon and thought, might this might be
Speaker 1: a good relationship.
Speaker 5: It was about seven years ago and it's just gotten
Speaker 5: better each year, and we're really really proud to be
Speaker 5: part of it.
Speaker 1: When you first saw let's say Postathon and it's i'll
Speaker 1: say it's signage in stores, I'm quite sure you receive
Speaker 1: some feedback from people who might have come up and
Speaker 1: said something or asked something. What were you hearing from
Speaker 1: people about Postathon?
Speaker 5: Well, customers wanted to know what it was all about
Speaker 5: out and what we explain is we're helping feed hungry children,
Speaker 5: and each year we feed more and more kids within
Speaker 5: our community.
Speaker 1: Have you had a chance to meet with Chef Bruno
Speaker 1: and talk with him and see not only is he
Speaker 1: a larger than life individual, he actually cares about everyone individually.
Speaker 1: How he remembers everyone's name, I have no idea, but
Speaker 1: he's a special individual. Have you had any time to
Speaker 1: like sit down with him.
Speaker 5: I've met him at each pastathon, and he's so humble
Speaker 5: about what he does and it's just a genuine gift
Speaker 5: that he gives the community and we're so proud to
Speaker 5: be part of it.
Speaker 1: Inside a Smart and Final. We obviously are working with
Speaker 1: Smart and Finals not just in Southern California, but in
Speaker 1: different states. What is the conversation like just within the
Speaker 1: corporate structure of Smart and Final do they know are
Speaker 1: they getting an idea of how this is making a
Speaker 1: real impact in Southern California?
Speaker 5: All our stores are cashiers share with each customer what
Speaker 5: the postathon's about and how we're helping children in need.
Speaker 1: When you are just going about your workday, I know
Speaker 1: you probably listen. Do you hear anything in the aisles
Speaker 1: as you're going from store to store? You see the signage,
Speaker 1: you know that pastathon is going on. You know this
Speaker 1: Spartan Final, it's playing its role. But what do you
Speaker 1: hear just just as you listen to people in the store.
Speaker 1: Obviously they're asking about Pastathon? But where does it go
Speaker 1: from there?
Speaker 5: Customers ask about it and they're just really thrilled that
Speaker 5: they can come to the store make a donation, no
Speaker 5: matter how small we can round up. It can be
Speaker 5: a dollar donation, five dollars, one hundred dollars, And I
Speaker 5: invite any customer into Smart and Final, particularly in our
Speaker 5: Orange County stores, where we look to break our record.
Speaker 4: Currently we're at three.
Speaker 5: Hundred and eighty one thousand, two hundred and eighty one
Speaker 5: dollars and.
Speaker 1: That's just the for Smart and Final.
Speaker 5: Donations Smart and Final, and we're really trying to break
Speaker 5: five hundred thousand. So we need as many customers in
Speaker 5: our stores as possible making donations.
Speaker 1: And I do have this correct that you can donate
Speaker 1: any amount at checkout through December eighth. It's not something
Speaker 1: which is going to end just tonight. They will have
Speaker 1: a few more days, not that we want them to wait,
Speaker 1: but they will have the option, if need be, to
Speaker 1: continue to donate throughout the end of the week through Sunday. Yep,
Speaker 1: do you have any inside information about how close going
Speaker 1: to get to that five hundred thousand? You have to
Speaker 1: look about you like to do something.
Speaker 4: I think we can do it.
Speaker 1: Oh, I think she knows something I don't know about you,
Speaker 1: And people can't necessarily see your face, but there is
Speaker 1: a smile about you. There is a knowing smile that
Speaker 1: you know that this is going to change the direction
Speaker 1: and trajectory of children's lives. How does obviously it makes
Speaker 1: you feel good, but I want to hear it in
Speaker 1: your own words.
Speaker 5: Well, we've seen it grow firsthand year over year, and
Speaker 5: the first year I participated, cars were driving through and
Speaker 5: donating bags of pasta. And it's gotten so big. I
Speaker 5: think you mentioned earlier it was what a million dollars.
Speaker 1: So far we've we are at over seven hundred and
Speaker 1: twenty thousand dollars and that's just the donations, not the pasta.
Speaker 1: But in previous years we've gone even higher, and we
Speaker 1: hope to tonight is well.
Speaker 5: It's incredible, incredible and helping so many children in the community.
Speaker 1: Well, McClary, I know that you have been with Smart
Speaker 1: and Final for nine years. You have been instrumental in
Speaker 1: Cafi's and Pastathon's presence within these stores, especially in Orange County.
Speaker 1: We are right in your backyard. So if you could
Speaker 1: just put your hands together for Tamy McClary for all
Speaker 1: the work that she has done, because we could not
Speaker 1: do it without her, and also the contributions of Smart
Speaker 1: and Final, and thank you for all that you have done.
Speaker 1: I know that you've been doing a lot of work
Speaker 1: behind the scenes that people may not see, but we
Speaker 1: thank you for coming out tonight. I know it's been
Speaker 1: a long day for you, long day for everyone, but
Speaker 1: it's the kids who will benefit the most. Thank you
Speaker 1: for coming out tonight.
Speaker 4: Thanks mom.
Speaker 1: It's Later with Mo Kelly. We're live everywhere on the
Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app. We'll probably give away some T shirts during
Speaker 1: the break, so you might as well drive on down here.
Speaker 1: You should be here right now at the Anaheim White House.
Speaker 1: We'll have more in just a moment.
Speaker 2: Listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from KFI
Speaker 2: AM six forty.
Speaker 1: It's pasithon twenty twenty four, the fourteenth annual. We're at
Speaker 1: the Anaheim White House. And as we move along, joining
Speaker 1: me right now our Genie and her daughter Jordan, who
Speaker 1: are with the NCL, the National Charity League of Orange
Speaker 1: Villa Park. They're helping to unload donations as people drive
Speaker 1: through and drop off and they've been both volunteering their
Speaker 1: time with Katarina's Club for many years. And let me
Speaker 1: just be clear, there's Genie and the daughter Jordan. Thank
Speaker 1: you both for coming on this evening. And Genie, let
Speaker 1: me start with you. How did you get involved first
Speaker 1: with the National Charity League.
Speaker 6: I started about when my oldest daughter was a senior
Speaker 6: in high school and she had a friend who was
Speaker 6: a junior and she was in the National Charity League
Speaker 6: and we were invited to their huge fashion show, which
Speaker 6: is a big fundraiser for NCL, and then from there
Speaker 6: we just learned about it. And the only time that
Speaker 6: we had was with my youngest daughter, Jordan, who we
Speaker 6: signed up to join NCL about three years ago, so
Speaker 6: we've been with NCL for three years.
Speaker 1: Jordan, I always wonder about a young person and how
Speaker 1: old are you? First? I'm fifteen, okay, fifteen, and you've
Speaker 1: been involved in charitable work for the better part of
Speaker 1: your life. Why what inspired you? What encouraged you to
Speaker 1: do it?
Speaker 7: I think it's mostly because of mom and I look
Speaker 7: up to her and she loves to get back to
Speaker 7: the community and I want to do that too, and
Speaker 7: I want to help people out and I think it's
Speaker 7: a really good thing too.
Speaker 1: Okay, then, Genie, how did you come across Katerina's Club
Speaker 1: and also pastathon which brings you here this evening?
Speaker 6: Wow, Katerina's Club and even the Anaheim White House. We've
Speaker 6: dined her way way long long time ago, and it
Speaker 6: was even before kids. Love the food, love Bruno, and
Speaker 6: love the mission that he's doing. In terms of what
Speaker 6: he's done for the area at Katerina's Club. So it
Speaker 6: wasn't until after I had kids that we decided to
Speaker 6: want to give back to the community by helping. And
Speaker 6: it was something that I've always learned in my life,
Speaker 6: was you know, giving people, helping people out, helping those
Speaker 6: in need of a helping hand. And when I saw
Speaker 6: the opportunity of all the wonderful things that Sir bruno
Speaker 6: Is has done, it was a no brainer. It was
Speaker 6: just an easy choice of we need to help out,
Speaker 6: you know, we need to do things. And I love
Speaker 6: teaching my kids. You know, we are so thankful with
Speaker 6: everything that we have, but there are a lot of
Speaker 6: people out there who doesn't have a lot. So it's
Speaker 6: important for me to teach my children to give back
Speaker 6: to others.
Speaker 1: I would say Jordan that what I've learned is working
Speaker 1: with charitable organizations or doing things wherever you are, that
Speaker 1: when you do with what you when you do what
Speaker 1: you can with what you have right where you are,
Speaker 1: it positively changes you. When you first were introduced to
Speaker 1: the National Charity League of Orange Villa Park, you are
Speaker 1: probably one person, but you're probably a very different person.
Speaker 5: Now.
Speaker 1: How would you describe a change in who you are.
Speaker 7: I think I've definitely matured and learned, like better morals
Speaker 7: and like my views are really different than when I
Speaker 7: was a little younger, and now I feel like I
Speaker 7: am more respectful and oh, just a more well rounded person.
Speaker 1: Okay, that's the person you are. How do you think
Speaker 1: that you will apply it to what you may want
Speaker 1: to do in life. Is this something that you would
Speaker 1: possibly consider doing professionally or beyond just your time right now?
Speaker 1: Even any thought to maybe like working for a charitable
Speaker 1: organization well into your adulthood.
Speaker 7: Oh yeah, I think.
Speaker 1: Oh it's okay, Well you are. You are obviously a
Speaker 1: very old soul. As we said, you've thought about these
Speaker 1: things in ways that most fifteen year olds. Now, I
Speaker 1: was a knucklehead, Okay, I hadn't thought about any of
Speaker 1: these things. You are far ahead of your peers, and
Speaker 1: so I know you can you can handle this, But
Speaker 1: most people don't think beyond the moment, and you've clearly
Speaker 1: thought about how this is has positively impacted you. Did
Speaker 1: you get a chance to speak to any of the
Speaker 1: people today that you were assisting today, What did you
Speaker 1: talk about? What did you hear?
Speaker 7: I will we talked about how like Bruno's mission and
Speaker 7: how it helps the people and helps all the kids
Speaker 7: and makes them smile a lot and it's a lot
Speaker 7: of fun.
Speaker 1: Okay, So when are you gonna get your first job?
Speaker 1: What do you think that'll be?
Speaker 7: Probably just like simple job, maybe at like a restaurant
Speaker 7: or a cafe, uh huh, and then from there I'll
Speaker 7: move on to bigger things.
Speaker 1: Because to accomplish marketing is college in your future? Yes,
Speaker 1: of course, excuse me, of course, Glad at KC of course.
Speaker 6: Okay, she's a freshman in high school right now, so
Speaker 6: we haven't only talked about what she really wants to
Speaker 6: do in college, but she's thinking about it. She is thinking,
Speaker 6: and I'm hoping that she would continue the you know,
Speaker 6: Bruno's mission and helping not only Katarina's Club, but any
Speaker 6: other organizations out there are that you know, that's something
Speaker 6: that I want to do instill in my kids, to
Speaker 6: make sure that they're out there helping other people throughout
Speaker 6: their lives.
Speaker 1: Well, I wouldn't say it's mutually exclusive. There's I would say,
Speaker 1: what your vocation is your job, and there's invocation is
Speaker 1: what you're meant to do. What you're put to do.
Speaker 1: And I get a sense that this might be Jordan
Speaker 1: You're invocation. But have you given any thought to possibly
Speaker 1: what you want to do is your vocation, as your
Speaker 1: job is your profession.
Speaker 7: I'm still trying to think of something and trying to
Speaker 7: find that passion for what I want to do when
Speaker 7: I'm older, and I think that, yeah, still, there's so
Speaker 7: much out there that I really want to try and
Speaker 7: see if I like that and as a career, and
Speaker 7: I think that.
Speaker 4: This it will.
Speaker 1: You know, it's okay, you don't need to have all
Speaker 1: the answers. Yeah, I just like that you're actually even
Speaker 1: thinking about it, that you're considering it, that you're processing it. Remember,
Speaker 1: I was the knucklehead, Okay, you got time. I was
Speaker 1: the one who was playing video games and spartan off
Speaker 1: in class. And you're way beyond most people your age,
Speaker 1: and I am amazed and humbled at my word, your brilliance.
Speaker 1: I would say, Genie, you've done a wonderful job instilling
Speaker 1: some I would say, just some needed values in our
Speaker 1: younger folks today. What would you want for Jordan big picture?
Speaker 1: Because she may not be able to see beyond this moment,
Speaker 1: but I know you can't.
Speaker 6: Well, I've always told them, you know, I didn't have
Speaker 6: parents growing up. My lost my parents when I was seven.
Speaker 6: My mother I last when I was seven, and I
Speaker 6: lost my dad when I was twelve, So I didn't
Speaker 6: have parents helping me grow up. I did have my
Speaker 6: brothers and sisters. So right now, for my three daughters,
Speaker 6: Jordan being the youngest, I just want them to know
Speaker 6: that I'm always here for them, and I always want
Speaker 6: them to, you know, reach for the stars, you know, look,
Speaker 6: you know, make their dreams come true. And that's part
Speaker 6: of me as a mom is that I want to
Speaker 6: help make their dreams come true too, and part of
Speaker 6: that is teaching them to be a well rounded person,
Speaker 6: you know, being being humbled and at the same time
Speaker 6: being being very ambitious. I want them to be ambitious too.
Speaker 6: So a lot of that will bring us back to
Speaker 6: volunteering and helping, helping those in need of a helping hand.
Speaker 6: That has always been my big big I think one
Speaker 6: of my mottos is, you know, helping those in need
Speaker 6: of a helping hand because I've been given so much
Speaker 6: and you know, wanting to make sure that we give
Speaker 6: back to the community. And that's why I love Runo
Speaker 6: so much is because that's what he's doing, you know,
Speaker 6: in this community.
Speaker 1: Gee and Jordan, thank you for not only talking to talk,
Speaker 1: but walking the walk. Put your haird together for Genia
Speaker 1: and Jordan. They're with the NCL, the National Charity League
Speaker 1: of Orange Villa Park and they've been helping all night
Speaker 1: long unload donations as part of Katerina's Club and also Pastathon. Tonight,
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