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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time now for our community connection right here on

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<v Speaker 1>K one, the one you trust, and it's time to

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<v Speaker 1>start talking back to schools and packing the backpacks.

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<v Speaker 2>And we have Debbie and Cindy here with us today.

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<v Speaker 2>How are we doing, ladies, great, we're good.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you?

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<v Speaker 2>What I tell you what?

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<v Speaker 1>It's been a short summer, it seems, but you're ready

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<v Speaker 1>to get things rocking and rolling.

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<v Speaker 4>We've been very busy, Oh my gosh, buying things.

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<v Speaker 2>How's the shopping being going along?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, so far, so good.

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<v Speaker 5>I ordered like seven hundred and twenty notebooks and we're

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<v Speaker 5>just getting ready.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, it's just a drop in the bucket, tom.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh it is. Well, that seemed like a large number.

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<v Speaker 2>Now how many backpacks you're thinking we're going to be using.

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<v Speaker 4>We are going to be packing two thousand, five hundred

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<v Speaker 4>and one backpacks. And that's the number of applications that

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<v Speaker 4>we've received this year.

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<v Speaker 3>And then we do get light backpacks.

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<v Speaker 5>They don't get a backpack, but they get what supplies

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<v Speaker 5>we have left.

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<v Speaker 2>Gotcha. So yeah, how long you've been Has this been

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<v Speaker 2>an operation.

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<v Speaker 3>Twenty five years? Maybe?

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<v Speaker 2>Yep? Wow?

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, Wow, this is unbelievable. So do you need volunteers?

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely? Do you want to go?

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<v Speaker 2>We need them. I just saw that a little thing.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, So in the next eight days we're going to

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<v Speaker 4>pack all of those backpacks and distribute them. So there

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<v Speaker 4>are four packing times this Thursday the thirtieth from six

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<v Speaker 4>to eight pm, Friday morning from nine thirty to eleven thirty,

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<v Speaker 4>Friday afternoon one thirty to three thirty, and Saturday, August

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<v Speaker 4>I from nine thirty to eleven thirty. And we will

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<v Speaker 4>be completely finished when we finish those shifts.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, City, You've told me this time and time again.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a well oiled machine. A lot of folks already

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<v Speaker 1>know what they're doing before they can get in there.

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<v Speaker 5>People are so impressed when they come and they realize

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<v Speaker 5>how organized it is.

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<v Speaker 3>But you know, when you do it so many years,

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<v Speaker 3>you learn better and better how to.

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<v Speaker 5>Do it, and so we think we have it fairly perfected,

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<v Speaker 5>but then you never know what might happen.

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<v Speaker 1>We're ready, So volunteers, how do we become a volunteer?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, we do have a.

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<v Speaker 4>Sign up genius site that's off of our website. But

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<v Speaker 4>even if the shift is full, just come on down

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<v Speaker 4>to Saint Luke's Episcopal Church during the times that we've

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<v Speaker 4>said and just there'll be a desk there and a

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<v Speaker 4>lovely lady named Pat will sign you in and get

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<v Speaker 4>you going.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow. I understand we have some fun coming up too,

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<v Speaker 2>we do.

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<v Speaker 5>We have Bingo September the eighteenth. It's a Friday night.

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<v Speaker 3>At Saint Luke's. And you know, every we.

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<v Speaker 5>Tried to have something besides Frido Chili Pie, and we

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<v Speaker 5>had people kept saying, where is that Fredo Chili Pie?

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<v Speaker 2>Got to stick with.

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<v Speaker 3>That is exactly right.

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<v Speaker 5>And then we also have two days where they can

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<v Speaker 5>support us by going to local restaurants. They can go

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<v Speaker 5>to mc allisters on August the tenth between five and

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<v Speaker 5>nine and I think we get twenty percent of the yes.

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<v Speaker 5>And then Panda Express on Friday, August the fourteenth, all day,

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<v Speaker 5>So go out and eat, folks, then help us out.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't need to be convinced too much now that

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<v Speaker 1>it's for a great cause. Double it up, baby, Let's go.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah. Check our Facebook page Washington County School Supply Drive

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<v Speaker 4>for more details about those fundraisers.

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<v Speaker 3>There'll be flyers on.

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<v Speaker 4>There and we'll also be handing them out during the

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<v Speaker 4>time our parents come and get the backpacks Layter.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, So that that's got to be a day right there,

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<v Speaker 1>two days, two days, that's going to.

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<v Speaker 2>Be two days right there.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, where parents come in and I can just imagine

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<v Speaker 1>the relief on their base.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, and I signed kids up at it Mary Martha

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<v Speaker 5>Outreach and a lot of the parents will come through

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<v Speaker 5>on this. I've already signed up online and they let

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<v Speaker 5>me know. And we really try to reach a lot

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<v Speaker 5>of people. You know, we all go to a copy

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<v Speaker 5>and we have flyers all over, so we really are

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<v Speaker 5>trying these parents rely on us.

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<v Speaker 2>Now the use for Washington County kids primarily all.

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<v Speaker 4>Washington County schools in Washington County, even private schools.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, we apply well.

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<v Speaker 5>And the main reason we do private schools because we

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<v Speaker 5>want people to realize it's because someone might be on

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<v Speaker 5>the scholarship. Sure, so we don't just necessarily say if

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<v Speaker 5>you send your child to our private school, you can

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<v Speaker 5>get our supplies.

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<v Speaker 1>There are some kids in that private school by the

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<v Speaker 1>skin of their financial.

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<v Speaker 5>Saclan and so we really want to and not only

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<v Speaker 5>do we help students, we feel like we help the teachers.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you do I've got a lot of educators in

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<v Speaker 1>my family, and I can't tell you the quiet time,

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<v Speaker 1>they don't say much about it, but they dig into

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<v Speaker 1>their own pockets quite a bit.

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<v Speaker 3>You have to yeah, right, God, so this is.

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<v Speaker 1>Wonderful now outside of going to the restaurants and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>enjoying a nice meal and putting a fabulous twenty percent

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<v Speaker 1>into the backpacks. Are you opposed to anyone writing you

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<v Speaker 1>a healthy check for proble?

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely not. I just want to make sure I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>want to insult anybody.

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<v Speaker 3>No, And we do apply for grants.

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<v Speaker 5>There's certain stipulations and so the people that apply on

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<v Speaker 5>our behalf and our group have to go through quite

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<v Speaker 5>a bit to get the applications ready to see and

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<v Speaker 5>in so we are appreciate any and everything we get.

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<v Speaker 4>We also have a very active church group of churches

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<v Speaker 4>that are doing what we call Product of the Month,

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<v Speaker 4>and every month we send out the item that we

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<v Speaker 4>would like for them to purchase and they will we

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<v Speaker 4>come and pick it up and they and they have

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<v Speaker 4>really made a difference in our in our things that

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<v Speaker 4>we get donated, actual things, you know, like products like

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<v Speaker 4>twelve count colored pencils or crayons, or black dry erase markers.

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<v Speaker 4>Do you know that we use over seven thousand bluesticks.

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<v Speaker 3>In this operation.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that somehow for that kind of adds.

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<v Speaker 4>Exactly, And so they they really enjoy at Saint Luke's.

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<v Speaker 4>They just have a ask it outside the sanctuary and

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<v Speaker 4>you just pop in your thing and at the end

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<v Speaker 4>of the month they'll bring it to us. So if

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<v Speaker 4>any churches out there would love to join in our group,

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<v Speaker 4>they can send a contact in through our.

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<v Speaker 3>Website.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, Pack the Backpacks all one dot org.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, I think this is a good time too to

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<v Speaker 3>plug Saint Luke's. They are fantastic to us.

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<v Speaker 5>They let us in in June and we just take

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<v Speaker 5>over there downstairs and then they let us have a

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<v Speaker 5>whole week upstairs and they're just amazing for what they

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<v Speaker 5>do for us, and we just they are a true

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<v Speaker 5>supporter of our community and.

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<v Speaker 2>Pack the Backpacks wonderful partners, that's for sure.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, I don't know what we would do without them.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, be harder, that's for sure.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my gosh.

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<v Speaker 1>So once again, we have the website, we have the

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<v Speaker 1>Facebook page, and of course we've mentioned the dates we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to put that in the news story that we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to put out here a little bit later today,

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<v Speaker 1>so that it's in case you heard the dates and

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<v Speaker 1>you didn't have a chance to write them down.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to go ahead.

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<v Speaker 5>And take care and we will give those to you

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<v Speaker 5>right now before we leave.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's do that again right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, all right, which part?

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go with the packing dates.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, packing dates volunteers. Yeah, Yes, Thursday night six to eight,

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<v Speaker 4>Friday morning nine thirty to eleven thirty, Friday afternoon one

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<v Speaker 4>to three thirty, Saturday morning nine thirty to eleven thirty.

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<v Speaker 4>And this is a family friendly event. Yes, kids love

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<v Speaker 4>to come and help us pack the backpacks.

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<v Speaker 3>So to get a kickout, yeah, brand your whole family.

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<v Speaker 1>Du Yeah, oh my, well, you know it's because all

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<v Speaker 1>of a sudden they're helping like.

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<v Speaker 3>The big people exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. It's also a great way to teach them the

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<v Speaker 2>spirit of.

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<v Speaker 3>Volunteerism too, exactly.

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<v Speaker 5>And that's one of the most important things you can

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<v Speaker 5>do is get back to your community.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure it is. Yeah, the community gives us a lot.

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<v Speaker 5>And then don't forget Mingo September eighteenth, and we also

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<v Speaker 5>go to Mcallisters on August tenth and Panda Express on

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<v Speaker 5>August fourteenth.

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<v Speaker 1>Alrighty, those dates are very very important and we'll make

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<v Speaker 1>sure that we have those clearly marked in the news story. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you ladies for coming in. I want to thank

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<v Speaker 1>you in advance for all the time and effort you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to be putting in packing those backpacks this weekend.

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<v Speaker 3>And we thank you for always having us door.

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<v Speaker 2>It's always open.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we appreciate it, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>He thank you very much. Folks. You've been watching and

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<v Speaker 2>listening to our community connection