Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome, welcome, welcome. It
Speaker 1: is type now for our community connection right here on
Speaker 1: K one, the one you trust. Misty wish Hall is
Speaker 1: with us today. Good gravy. It seems like you just
Speaker 1: did here the other day. Back again, and we're gonna
Speaker 1: shake the Shamrocks.
Speaker 2: Yes, we are.
Speaker 1: Gonna rock Shamrock to the Bill.
Speaker 2: That's the plan.
Speaker 1: Tell us a little bit about Catholic Charities Mary Martha
Speaker 1: Outreach and Shamrock to the Bill. Put them all together.
Speaker 2: You can do that, okay.
Speaker 3: So Catholic Charities Mary Martha Outreach, we're located west of
Speaker 3: town and we are a food pantry and we also
Speaker 3: provide clothing and crisis help for our neighbors in need.
Speaker 3: And so where Shamrock the Bill ties in is. It's
Speaker 3: our one and only fundraiser and it's a five k
Speaker 3: run and one mile fun run or you can walk
Speaker 3: as well. So, but it's our only fundraiser and it
Speaker 3: helps us just keep providing that for our community.
Speaker 1: Wow, it's big. This has been going on now. This
Speaker 1: is your sweet.
Speaker 2: Sixteen, Sweet sixteen, that's right.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and every year it's just a little different, but
Speaker 1: it's very.
Speaker 3: Much the same well, you know, like you said earlier,
Speaker 3: tradition counts, so we have subtle differences.
Speaker 1: But my goodness sakes, one thing is is that a
Speaker 1: lot of people show up.
Speaker 2: It's a sea of green. Yes.
Speaker 3: It is so nice to because we have a committee
Speaker 3: and we put a lot of hard work in and
Speaker 3: we usually start, you know, before the end of the year,
Speaker 3: and to see it all come together and the fruits
Speaker 3: of our labor, it's it's nice to see everyone show up.
Speaker 1: It's really awesome. And when you walk out there toward
Speaker 1: the Price Tower in the green space there Unity Square,
Speaker 1: you see the people getting their packets all lined up
Speaker 1: and get making sure that they're all registered ready to roll,
Speaker 1: there is nothing but people. Yeah. But there it's a
Speaker 1: quick moving line of people. Yeah, and they're all very happy.
Speaker 2: Yes.
Speaker 1: I think it's because one, you've got to have some
Speaker 1: good exercise and too, it's going for a great cause.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, it's a well oiled that's for sure.
Speaker 1: Now, how do we sign up for this grand.
Speaker 3: So registration has been open. It's on Shamrockthville dot com
Speaker 3: and you can go in there and register online and
Speaker 3: we're open for registrations. We're open for volunteers because it
Speaker 3: takes a whole crew to really run it appropriately. And
Speaker 3: we're also still open for sponsorships.
Speaker 1: Well yeah, who would want to see thousands of buys
Speaker 1: on your banner? Yeah, exactly. Of course being associated with
Speaker 1: a great tradition that we have here too, So yeah,
Speaker 1: it's a big plus. How many volunteers do you usually tell?
Speaker 3: Oh, gosh, I would say at least probably anywhere from
Speaker 3: fifty to sixty, I would say, you know, counting our
Speaker 3: team members that the committee, and because we try to
Speaker 3: place people at every corner and we have a safety
Speaker 3: crew and yeah, so we try to Yeah, we try
Speaker 3: to beef it up.
Speaker 1: I haven't seen all of them because.
Speaker 2: They're spread out.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I to see the ones there.
Speaker 3: Yeah, they meet up and when you volunteer, you get
Speaker 3: a free T shirt and you know, we are kind
Speaker 3: of known for our really cool shirt.
Speaker 1: Tell us about this because those are different every year.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so this is an older one. This is kind
Speaker 3: this is you know, twenty three. Last year was our fifteen,
Speaker 3: so that was a big one. We did like a
Speaker 3: sea foam green long sleeve. We're going short sleeve this year.
Speaker 3: And I guess I can spill the beans it's kind
Speaker 3: of like a Heather Emerald green. So, yeah, but it's
Speaker 3: going to be soft. That's what everyone goes for, is
Speaker 3: the softness.
Speaker 1: Nobody wants that stuff that scratches while you're running, right,
Speaker 1: and of course you get that after.
Speaker 2: Exactly you don't want to run?
Speaker 1: People do?
Speaker 2: A lot of people do.
Speaker 1: Yeah, now you got the walk part.
Speaker 3: What's so well, we just wanted to make sure people
Speaker 3: know it's a family friendly event. So there's a lot
Speaker 3: of them that's out there that's running trying to get
Speaker 3: you know, prs, but there's a lot that just come
Speaker 3: out as groups.
Speaker 2: And just to come out to support us.
Speaker 3: And they walk and they run, they you know, bring
Speaker 3: their kids along.
Speaker 2: Now the Fun Run is just a.
Speaker 3: Mile so much easier, which I don't even think I
Speaker 3: could do that, but so we have a lot of
Speaker 3: littles that run in the Fun Run with their parents.
Speaker 2: So it's it's really cute to see that.
Speaker 1: What I see is a lot of strollers, a lot
Speaker 1: of a lot of young people getting these the modeling
Speaker 1: that this is how we take care of ourselves, this
Speaker 1: is this is a fun thing to do with. Yeah, pressure,
Speaker 1: let's move around.
Speaker 2: Well, it's kind of the kickoff of spring too.
Speaker 3: You know it's it's March eighth this year, so it's
Speaker 3: a kickoff of spring. So everyone's really to get out
Speaker 3: of the houses, especially after you know, some of the
Speaker 3: cold weather we've been having, so we pray that we
Speaker 3: have really nice weather for everyone as well.
Speaker 2: So that's always.
Speaker 3: We're usually up, you know, watching the weather, biting our
Speaker 3: nails till the night before.
Speaker 2: So yeah, literally every year.
Speaker 1: Shamrock the Bill coming up on the eighth of March.
Speaker 1: It's got to be downtown. Now, do we have like
Speaker 1: a pre uh setup as far as picking up your package?
Speaker 3: Yes, so you you can register now and it's twenty
Speaker 3: five dollars and then we'll have packet pick up on Thursday,
Speaker 3: which would be the sixth, March sixth, and we'll have
Speaker 3: that at Marymowth's outreach, so you can come in there
Speaker 3: and get your packet and your bib and shirt and
Speaker 3: be ready to go. Race starts promptly at nine am
Speaker 3: on Saturday.
Speaker 1: You got the full big deal where you run through
Speaker 1: the time.
Speaker 2: Janet, Yeah, oh yeah, that is so cool.
Speaker 3: Last year at blew Away it blued down. It was
Speaker 3: very windy last year, so we had a little a
Speaker 3: little miss up with that, but yeah, no, we used
Speaker 3: tater Racing out of Tulsa, and we just we try
Speaker 3: to make it as fun and friendly and as it
Speaker 3: could possibly be. We have great sponsors. Sutterfield and Conico
Speaker 3: Phillips are presenting sponsors, and we have.
Speaker 2: P sixty six and yeah, we just we have a.
Speaker 3: Lot of even the smaller sponsorships add up. So you know,
Speaker 3: you can donate twenty dollars and it adds to our
Speaker 3: to help, so.
Speaker 1: Now you get help from all over the place too.
Speaker 1: But every twenty dollars goes so far as far as
Speaker 1: sure that you know, more people have access to food.
Speaker 1: There's food, then there's food right now, some places you
Speaker 1: might be able to find food, but it's basically a food,
Speaker 1: does it. It's not fruits vegetables beat right, it's basically
Speaker 1: tater chips, right.
Speaker 3: No, we definitely try to provide a well rounded source,
Speaker 3: you know, fresh fruit and vegetables. So we get the
Speaker 3: majority of our food from the Walmart distribution center south
Speaker 3: of town.
Speaker 2: Cann't do it without them.
Speaker 3: We're also a United Way partners, so they give us
Speaker 3: money for our food and clothing and our crisis budget
Speaker 3: because We also do back to school clothing, brand new clothing,
Speaker 3: do our coat drive every year and those are always,
Speaker 3: you know, big success. But we could we couldn't do
Speaker 3: it without the donations of our community.
Speaker 1: One thing nobody ever would a funk is that something
Speaker 1: that was just so confounding as covid could change your
Speaker 1: business model, maybe to the point of bodily effisiency.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so far, that's the best thing that came out
Speaker 2: of it for us.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: We turned it into a drive through model and works correctly.
Speaker 3: It does, and it's been so efficient that we have
Speaker 3: continued to keep it that way. We did offer an
Speaker 3: evening client choice market last week for the first inaugural evening.
Speaker 3: It didn't go too well because I think it's just
Speaker 3: new people are you know.
Speaker 2: I said, creatures of habit.
Speaker 3: But so we're going to do that again in February
Speaker 3: on a Tuesday, I believe it's the third week of February.
Speaker 2: We'll do an evening.
Speaker 3: Okay, because we have a lot of people that are
Speaker 3: you know, that are working and can't meet our times
Speaker 3: during the day, which we let other families and neighbors
Speaker 3: pick up for them and on their behalf, but the
Speaker 3: nighttime gives them another opportunity to come and get food.
Speaker 1: So that's one thing that maybe some people they heard
Speaker 1: that and they said, well, wait a minute, if they're working, well,
Speaker 1: there is such a thing as the working distressed.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, we have a lot of that. If not, it's
Speaker 2: probably our biggest sector.
Speaker 1: It is. These are people who are doing everything they can,
Speaker 1: keep a roof over their heads and keep the kids
Speaker 1: in school.
Speaker 2: You just can't make them ends eat.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, it's just like gosh, if I can just yeah,
Speaker 1: ten to fifteen more bucks, you know, maybe things will
Speaker 1: be different. But until you find that, it's nice.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, and that's what we supplement food.
Speaker 3: You know, they can get food once a week and
Speaker 3: it might be a two day, three day supplement depending
Speaker 3: on how what quantity we have. But a lot of
Speaker 3: them just can't make those ends meet, and so it's
Speaker 3: just important for us to be able to provide for that,
Speaker 3: especially with.
Speaker 1: Children because you know, yeah, I've been there. Yeah you're
Speaker 1: looking at a hook and cheese.
Speaker 2: That's a whole different, that's it. So it's very important
Speaker 2: for us to be able to continue what we do.
Speaker 1: So you know, every time I see they have feet
Speaker 1: of the volunteers and everybody that works out there at
Speaker 1: Mary Martha. I just think of the families who are
Speaker 1: being helped and that now one kid who's got a
Speaker 1: little bit better day today.
Speaker 2: Yeah, because he's got a full That mean.
Speaker 1: He's got a chance. He's got a chance.
Speaker 2: That's right.
Speaker 3: And education is so important, so we're, you know, big
Speaker 3: proponents of that. So we just want to make sure
Speaker 3: that everyone has what they need. They all deserve it.
Speaker 1: We've got the shamrock the Bill.
Speaker 2: Dot dot com.
Speaker 3: Also have a Facebook page shamrock the Bill, and we
Speaker 3: have event in there, so I hope everyone goes and
Speaker 3: follows and joins that and it gets registered soon.
Speaker 1: Now what about us folks who time hasn't been too
Speaker 1: good to us? We we we like to watch check.
Speaker 3: Absolutely absolutely yes we We also have an option called
Speaker 3: cheering from the Couch and it gets you one of
Speaker 3: those yeah and.
Speaker 2: One of those splendid T shirts.
Speaker 3: So yeah, so no, absolutely, we won't turn anything away.
Speaker 1: Very good. I'm just curious about that because you know,
Speaker 1: everybody else is having fun, and I like watching people
Speaker 1: having fun. Yeah, you know, the wheels ain't with.
Speaker 2: The well no, no, mine never have been.
Speaker 1: So but anyway, this is year number sixteen. You got
Speaker 1: to you gotta do this if nothing else, folks, just
Speaker 1: to keep the continuum of these shirts. We've got people
Speaker 1: who have or fifteen.
Speaker 3: Yes, one of our committee members actually made a quilt
Speaker 3: and I actually wrapped up in that last year when
Speaker 3: I did the awards announcements because it was it was pretty.
Speaker 1: Chilly, a little bit of Oh well, Missy, I want
Speaker 1: to thank you very much for being here once again.
Speaker 1: That is March the eighth, and it's going to be downtown.
Speaker 2: Downtown is a pleasure.
Speaker 1: And we're going to have ourselves a blast. Yes, I'm
Speaker 1: going to go back and visitors before we do this.
Speaker 2: Yes, I think I come in the in the February. Well,
Speaker 2: i'll be back maybe.
Speaker 1: Christy wish All with Mary Martha Outreach at Catholic Charities
Speaker 1: right here on Kay one, Keen Howell, Arnold Moore,