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The Help Squad on the 55KRC Morning Show · Brian Thomas

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  Speaker 1: 805-55-CARE-CD Talk Station.
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  Speaker 2: It's an hour.
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  Speaker 1: I would say a half hour anyway. Since it's 805,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to talk with Brian Eibold, who brought a
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  Speaker 1: friend with him today, Crystal Rack. She's with CareSource. Brian Eibold,
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  Speaker 1: if you don't recall, he's been on this program many
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  Speaker 1: times over the years. And I was shocked to learn
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  Speaker 1: that The Help Squad, which is a 501c3 Christian nonprofit organization,
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  Speaker 1: whose mission is to share hope and compassion and grace
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  Speaker 1: through faith and community collaborative, assisting families in crisis with
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  Speaker 1: short-term financial support. Wraparound services for food, clothing, and shelter,
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  Speaker 1: getting people in touch with resources that are out in
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  Speaker 1: the world that people never otherwise would have found out.
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  Speaker 1: That's what Crystal's doing with the Help Squad. But the
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  Speaker 1: idea is to help people get over these speed bumps
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  Speaker 1: that they encounter in the road. They're already on sort
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  Speaker 1: of lice financial margins. Think of someone who's going to
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  Speaker 1: work every day but not making a whole lot of money.
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  Speaker 1: What happens to them when their car breaks down? And
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  Speaker 1: if you can't fix the car and get to work,
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  Speaker 1: you can't pay the rent. You can't pay the rent,
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  Speaker 1: you're going to be homeless. And so Brian and the
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  Speaker 1: team at Help Squad understand this. They've seen it, and
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  Speaker 1: they've been doing this since 2001, getting people over those hurdles.
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  Speaker 1: Is that a fairly decent, accurate summary there, Brian?
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  Speaker 2: That's pretty good. You really don't need me here. You
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  Speaker 2: just said everything I was going to say. Well, then
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  Speaker 2: get over to.
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  Speaker 1: The Help Squad, cincywiththewy.com, and there's a little donate button
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  Speaker 1: on there. There's a volunteer button on there. But what
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  Speaker 1: you do is, you know, there are organizations all over
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  Speaker 1: that are doing what you're doing, but your focus is the,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Colerain, Green, Delhi Townships, and Cheviot. It's a
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  Speaker 1: Westside-focused group, and you decided that because I guess you
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  Speaker 1: saw a need for this type of resource on the Westside, Brian.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, definitely.
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  Speaker 3: So we assist financially struggling families, and we do focus
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  Speaker 3: on single moms and dads. I was raised by a
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  Speaker 3: single mother. I saw her struggles, and I'm sure a
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  Speaker 3: lot of your listeners can relate to that. And like
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  Speaker 3: a lot of most nonprofit organizations.
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  Speaker 2: We do the basics, food, clothing, and shelter.
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  Speaker 3: However, we do go beyond that and assist families with
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  Speaker 3: rental assistance to avoid evictions and become yet another homeless
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  Speaker 3: statistic in Hamilton County. We'll pay your first month's rent
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  Speaker 3: or deposit to get you into a house or an apartment.
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  Speaker 3: We help you furnish it. We turn on utilities, gas, electric, water.
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  Speaker 3: We prevent them from being shut off. And we do,
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  Speaker 3: like you mentioned, we repair disabled vehicles for free, and
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  Speaker 3: we've given away about 20 cars to those families in
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  Speaker 3: desperate need of transportation.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, that's awesome. It is.
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  Speaker 2: It's really cool.
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  Speaker 3: It's basically any need that a struggling family may have,
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  Speaker 3: we will accommodate them once vetted. So, I mean, we're
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  Speaker 3: not like we just don't hand out free money like
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  Speaker 3: Oprah Winfrey. You get a car and you get a
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  Speaker 3: car and you get a car.
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  Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought that up because I think that's
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  Speaker 1: one of people's larger concerns. You know, I want a
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  Speaker 1: bang for my donation dollar. I know people are out there.
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  Speaker 1: I am a giving person. But you know what? I
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  Speaker 1: don't want to give. And here I am going to
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  Speaker 1: have a pick on the United Way again. You know,
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  Speaker 1: they've got lots of overhead. They've got lots of salaries.
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  Speaker 1: They've got lots of buildings. So that means a buck
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  Speaker 1: doesn't mean a buck into the hands of someone who
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  Speaker 1: needs it. You're looking at and you're vetting people so
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  Speaker 1: you know they are truly in need and deserving. This
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  Speaker 1: isn't just going to be yet another handout, which will
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  Speaker 1: perpetuate the welfare reliance. It's keeping people engaged in their
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  Speaker 1: work and get them over a slight hurdle. So you
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  Speaker 1: vet them, you know this is a true reality in
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  Speaker 1: their world, and you make sure that dollar is a
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  Speaker 1: dollar in a pocket.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, and going on with that, 100% of every donation
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  Speaker 3: goes directly into our organization to help needy families. And
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  Speaker 3: none of us, none of us on the board of directors,
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  Speaker 3: including myself, get paid. We do all of this for free.
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  Speaker 3: As a matter of fact, I probably lose $ 5, 000 to
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  Speaker 3: $ 7, 000 a year to run this.
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  Speaker 1: You see, that's your mission. You're helping people.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, I'm not complaining. It's God's work, and I have
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  Speaker 3: no problem with it.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you see, the world needs, I guess, more doers.
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  Speaker 1: And here's what I can do to levy some self-criticism.
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  Speaker 1: I would be more inclined to write a check than
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  Speaker 1: actually spend money. The time needed to do it, that
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  Speaker 1: takes an extra special inertia and an extra special connection
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  Speaker 1: with wanting to achieve that desired goal. And I'll be
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  Speaker 1: critical of myself that I don't do a whole lot
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  Speaker 1: of that myself, but if someone's really in need, I
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  Speaker 1: want the money to go to the end need. Sure.
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  Speaker 1: That's why I really like having you on the program, Brian,
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  Speaker 1: and promoting the Help Squad.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I appreciate that. At least you're doing something. There
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  Speaker 3: are so many people that do nothing. They could, they
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  Speaker 3: have the, they have the resources to do it. They're
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  Speaker 3: just not doing it.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 3: And, um, so yeah, Hey, we take checks, believe me.
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  Speaker 3: So don't think you're not doing anything by writing a check.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, we all know you certainly have. We don't
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  Speaker 3: mind being the hands and feet of Christ. We're out
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  Speaker 3: there in the field every day. We don't, and not
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  Speaker 3: everybody can do that or wants to do that. Everybody
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  Speaker 3: has a different spiritual gift and that's not a problem,
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  Speaker 3: but we certainly do need donations and, That is not,
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  Speaker 3: we certainly accept them, so don't think you're not doing
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  Speaker 3: anything by donating.
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  Speaker 1: Well, in terms of those that are doers, like not W-D-E-W-E-R-S,
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  Speaker 1: but I mean doers, people like you who are actually
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  Speaker 1: doing the actual physical work, making it happen. You welcome
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  Speaker 1: volunteers like, for example, automobile repair places who can service
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  Speaker 1: these donated cars and make sure they're in running condition.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yes, sir.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, speaking of that, we started what's called a drive program.
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  Speaker 3: where we partner with local service stations who actually care
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  Speaker 3: about the community. Instead of just talking about it, they
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  Speaker 3: actually put their money where their mouth is, and they
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  Speaker 3: fix cars for free. We've got Brogan Falls Oil on
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  Speaker 3: Bridgetown Road. We've got Bear Car Care in White Oak.
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  Speaker 3: Brogan Oil on Glenway Avenue. And Duber's Automotive in Delhi.
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  Speaker 3: And I have to welcome Ryan Roth of Sumner's Auto
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  Speaker 3: Care over in Coltrane. As we're speaking right now, he
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  Speaker 3: is towing a single mother's car into his shop to
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  Speaker 3: fix it so she can get her kids to school
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  Speaker 3: and she can get to work and she can continue
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  Speaker 3: to live the life that she needs to live.
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  Speaker 1: That's an allergy-inspiring kind of thing there, brother. It is.
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  Speaker 2: It's amazing.
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  Speaker 3: Look, there are hundreds and hundreds of service stations in
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  Speaker 3: Hamilton County. I've mentioned, what, six? We could use a
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  Speaker 3: lot more. So anybody that's willing to do that, we're
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  Speaker 3: more than willing to take you.
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  Speaker 1: And you're not? inviting a large volume challenging ask in
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  Speaker 1: terms of the charity. How many cars do you think
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  Speaker 1: Sumner would have to deal with? They've stepped up to
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  Speaker 1: the plate. They're going to fix this poor woman's car.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, how many do you take into a service
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  Speaker 1: center throughout the year?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I mean, considering we have these six, let's say
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  Speaker 3: each service station does five cars, something like that, between
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  Speaker 3: five and eight cars.
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  Speaker 2: That's, you know, that's it. It's not a big ask.
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  Speaker 1: That's what my point is. I don't want people, oh,
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  Speaker 1: my God, I'm going to have a car in here
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  Speaker 1: every single day of the year. It's going to take
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  Speaker 1: away from my bottom line. I can't afford to do that. No,
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  Speaker 1: you can't.
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I bet there's somebody working at these automobile places,
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  Speaker 1: like maybe someone at Sumner's, that shares your vision of
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  Speaker 1: the charitable mission and would be, like, proud to be
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  Speaker 1: providing that service.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt. We're easy to find. You just go
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  Speaker 2: to the help squad.
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  Speaker 1: Thehelpsquad.com. Well, we're leaving Crystal Rack out of the equation here.
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  Speaker 1: She's with CareSource, but I mean, she got it because
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  Speaker 1: I said, wait a second, you're involved with the Help
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  Speaker 1: Squad because you know about all of these other resources
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  Speaker 1: out in the world that may be almost impossible for
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  Speaker 1: someone who really needs it to find. Absolutely.
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  Speaker 4: And that's what CareSource is about, is empowering people who
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  Speaker 4: are on Medicaid to make a choice in their managed
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  Speaker 4: care organization. We are one of those choices. And CareSource
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  Speaker 4: is one of the only nonprofit managed care organizations out
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  Speaker 4: there in Ohio. And what we do is we offer
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  Speaker 4: enhanced benefits to help people that Brian are helping out
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  Speaker 4: there in other ways. So how can we get a
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  Speaker 4: life coach for somebody to help them manage their finances
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  Speaker 4: so they don't get into a crisis mode again? So
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  Speaker 4: a lot of people think Medicaid, they think medical dental vision,
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  Speaker 4: but really some managed care organization like CareSource, it's so
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  Speaker 4: much more. We really are talking about how can somebody
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  Speaker 4: focus on their health and their wellbeing and they're going
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  Speaker 4: to their medical appointments, dental and vision, if they're not
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  Speaker 4: knowing if they're going to, lights are going to be on.
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  Speaker 2: The next day. Oh yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. That falls by the wayside.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 4: So we really have to address the social determinants of
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  Speaker 4: health first. And Pam Morrison, who started CareSource as a
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  Speaker 4: nonprofit over 30 years ago, she was a social worker.
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  Speaker 4: She understood that. She understood the need had to be
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  Speaker 4: met first before the other medical, dental and vision can
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  Speaker 4: be addressed. And working with organizations like Bryan Health, who
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  Speaker 4: are out there doing the good work, all the little,
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  Speaker 4: not little things, but the details that families need taken
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  Speaker 4: care of. We're here to figure out how can we
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  Speaker 4: support Brian, his mission, and the other nonprofits in Cincinnati
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  Speaker 4: who are helping our members and our potential members.
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  Speaker 1: So in terms of how this process works, someone comes
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  Speaker 1: to Brian, like, for example, the woman who's having her
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  Speaker 1: car fixed now. He realizes there's a challenge here. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: he sees some deficiencies or some problems in that woman's
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  Speaker 1: life when talking to her. So He would call you
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  Speaker 1: and introduce you to that person so you could help
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  Speaker 1: them in these other areas and avoid larger problems down
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  Speaker 1: the road.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 4: All of us. So I'm an insurance professional, but I'm
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  Speaker 4: really just a community educator and convener here in the
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  Speaker 4: Cincinnati area. I work with another team. Ken, Anastasia and
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  Speaker 4: Karen are also on my team from CareSource. And we
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  Speaker 4: are out in the community working with groups like Brian's
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  Speaker 4: Help Squad to just support the members that they are
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  Speaker 4: already working with. Actually, Brian and I had a conversation
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  Speaker 4: right out in the hallway yesterday. that he might add
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  Speaker 4: that as a question on their survey, do you have Medicaid?
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  Speaker 4: And if so, he can point them in my direction
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  Speaker 4: and I can help them get them all these enhanced
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  Speaker 4: benefits and resources that they may not have known about.
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  Speaker 1: I got to draw a parallel to the various veteran
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  Speaker 1: service organizations. They're not responsible for the VA or the
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  Speaker 1: VA benefits, but they know how to get veterans signed
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  Speaker 1: up for it and facilitate the process of getting them
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  Speaker 1: connected with these great resources. That's you at CareSource. Crystal
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  Speaker 1: Rack is here along with Brian Eibold. It's the Help
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  Speaker 1: Squad Center. online, a variety of ways that you can
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  Speaker 1: help out. And businesses out there, if you think there's
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  Speaker 1: some way that you can help these folks in the
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  Speaker 1: community that surely could use the help and keep them
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  Speaker 1: engaged and involved and working, just reach out to Brian
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  Speaker 1: and the team. Maybe you come up with some creative
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  Speaker 1: way you can help out. They're going to love to
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  Speaker 1: hear from you. So get in touch with them through
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  Speaker 1: the website. We'll continue. We've got more to talk about
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  Speaker 1: with the Help Squad after these brief words. Don't go away.
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  Speaker 2: 55KRC. 55KRC, the talk station.
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  Speaker 1: 819-55KRC, the talk station in studio. From Kerasource, Crystal Rack,
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  Speaker 1: who works with the Help Squad. This is a segment
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  Speaker 1: where we're carrying it from the prior hour. We've got
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  Speaker 1: Brian Eibold in the studio. He's been here many, many
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  Speaker 1: times talking about the wonderful work of the charitable organization,
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  Speaker 1: the Help Squad, which you can find online. the help squad,
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  Speaker 1: Cincy with a Y.com. Award-winning you are, Brian. I saw
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  Speaker 1: the award you got last year for the City Serves Award.
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  Speaker 1: But you've won other awards and sort of a confirmation
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  Speaker 1: independently that you are getting work done. You help about
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  Speaker 1: 300 people annually?
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  Speaker 3: 300 families.
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  Speaker 1: Families.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, 300 families.
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  Speaker 3: And each family, on average, is about $ 850 is what
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  Speaker 3: they average out to.
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  Speaker 2: So you can't tell me. That a family's not worth $ 850.
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  Speaker 1: An outstanding point. And as you have taught time and
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  Speaker 1: time again, the $ 850, I would say, and correct me
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  Speaker 1: if I'm wrong, is pretty much a one and done
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  Speaker 1: for a lot of these people.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: It's the one speed bump in their light. $ 850 on
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  Speaker 1: average solves the problem.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. We rarely have people coming back to us for
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  Speaker 2: a second or third time. We rarely do.
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  Speaker 1: Well, and since you do not have enough money in
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  Speaker 1: an endowment that could generate the revenue that you need
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  Speaker 1: on an annual basis to serve all of these people, again,
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  Speaker 1: $ 850 per, $ 300.
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  Speaker 4: $ 350.
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  Speaker 1: You can do the math on your own. I just
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  Speaker 1: want to specifically thank, because I asked you ahead of time,
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  Speaker 1: the biggest donation you got so far, God bless the
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  Speaker 1: Greentownship Fire Department.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: $ 22, 000. $ 22, 000 from a golf tournament they did. They chose
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  Speaker 1: yours as the charity.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yeah. Great bunch of guys.
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  Speaker 1: No question about it. First responders. But you got some
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  Speaker 1: other people you wanted to acknowledge this morning, Brian.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I do.
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  Speaker 3: So what I was telling you when we were off
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  Speaker 3: the air. So basically, we have a fundraiser. We make money.
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  Speaker 3: We give it all away. Have another fundraiser. Make money.
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  Speaker 2: Give it all away.
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  Speaker 3: It's like a hamster wheel. We never stop. And it's
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  Speaker 3: all year round. So our next fundraiser is going to
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  Speaker 3: be at Crimer's Beer House on State Route 128 on Friday,
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  Speaker 3: October 2nd, 6 to 10 p.m. We've got the coolest
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  Speaker 3: band on the west side of town, Lunchbox. They'll be performing.
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  Speaker 3: There'll be games, raffles, split the pot, good food, drinks,
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  Speaker 3: and a bunch of people who support the mission of
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  Speaker 3: helping others.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, what else do you want?
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  Speaker 3: And this is going to be actually the first fundraiser
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  Speaker 3: that we have a corporate sponsor. So I have to
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  Speaker 3: thank Matt and Jessica Ernst of Matt Ernst & Associates
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  Speaker 3: Law Firm at 212 West 8th Street, downtown Cincinnati. for
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  Speaker 3: stepping up to support us. And, you know, just real quick,
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  Speaker 3: being a retired cop, I've known Matt for a long time,
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  Speaker 3: and I've actually had cases with him in the past.
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  Speaker 3: And he was always that attorney, man. When you walk
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  Speaker 3: in the room, like the cops are like, oh, man,
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  Speaker 3: I hope the guy we arrested didn't get Matt.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I mean? Because you know it's going
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  Speaker 2: to be a battle. Oh, yes.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, they do all kinds of work other than
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  Speaker 3: criminal work. But, yeah, you knew when Matt walked in,
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  Speaker 3: it was the real deal.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I think Merlin Shiverdugger is the one that pops
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  Speaker 1: into my head along those lines. We go way back
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  Speaker 1: because that was my first clerk job, and he was
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  Speaker 1: a brilliant, brilliant criminal defense attorney. Same kind of reaction
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  Speaker 1: from law enforcement. You all got along with him. Oh, definitely.
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  Speaker 2: He's a great guy, but he definitely looks out first
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  Speaker 2: for his clients. For those of my listening audience. It's
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  Speaker 2: a battle. Yeah, if you're looking for an attorney. ErnstFirm.com.
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  Speaker 1: I'm looking at the website right now. ErnstFirm.com.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: The prosecutors, I guess, will sweat.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll let them. But, no, we really appreciate him
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  Speaker 3: and Jessica stepping up and helping us out. It's going
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  Speaker 3: to be a great time. And, yeah, anybody that supports us, yeah, certainly.
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to get on the radio. I'm going to
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  Speaker 3: support them. You better believe it.
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  Speaker 1: All right, and it's 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. October 2nd.
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  Speaker 1: That would be on a Friday evening at, well, Kramer's
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  Speaker 1: Beer House. I think most people know where Kramer's is.
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  Speaker 1: We used to have Lister Lunches out there. All right.
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  Speaker 1: What else do we need to do? We got another,
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  Speaker 1: like a minute and a half here to wind things down, Brian.
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  Speaker 1: And I give you the mic or maybe Crystal, you
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  Speaker 1: got an observation or two, but just encouraging people to
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  Speaker 1: really try to help out. I mean, you started this
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  Speaker 1: in 2001. It was just a, did you just like,
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  Speaker 1: were you inspired? Like, did God lay a hand on
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  Speaker 1: you or something, Brian? I think we all have spiritual gifts.
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  Speaker 3: And I think that was just, uh, you know, concern
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  Speaker 3: with other people, you know, uh, was, is happens to
• 14:47
  Speaker 3: be mine, but, uh, I'm nobody important. You know, I'm
• 14:50
  Speaker 3: just the messenger of this and I'm humbled to be
• 14:54
  Speaker 3: that messenger, but I'm nobody important.
• 14:57
  Speaker 2: We're just doing the Lord's work and I'm proud to
• 14:59
  Speaker 2: do that.
• 15:00
  Speaker 1: Well, somebody's got to hold their hand up and say,
• 15:01
  Speaker 1: you know what? I got a great idea. I want
• 15:03
  Speaker 1: to fulfill my mission, but I can't do it on
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: my own. Again, the people who are willing to do
• 15:06
  Speaker 1: the work and the effort to put things in place.
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: So lazy people like me who appreciate the value of
• 15:12
  Speaker 1: the mission can help support you in any way we can,
• 15:14
  Speaker 1: whether it's donating a service or writing a check or
• 15:17
  Speaker 1: Just showing up at a party, the Help Squad Party
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: for a Cause, on October 2nd at a Crimer's Beer House.
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: Drinking some beer, enjoying some music, and buying raffle tickets
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: and having some great fun. Crystal's nodding in approval.
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely.
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: You going to be there?
• 15:32
  Speaker 2: Is it on a Saturday?
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: Friday. Friday.
• 15:34
  Speaker 2: You can make it.
• 15:35
  Speaker 1: I'll be there.
• 15:35
  Speaker 2: I'm not going to put you on the spot.
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: I'll be there.
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: She'll be there.
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: I know how difficult it is to put on the spot, Crystal.
• 15:40
  Speaker 1: Crystal will most definitely try to be there. She just
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: said she would, but whether or not that happens, you
• 15:45
  Speaker 1: can make it and help out the Help Squad. Brian, Crystal,
• 15:48
  Speaker 1: thank you so much for what you're doing. We'll regularly
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: have you on throughout the year and remind people of
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: what you're doing and what a great mission it is.
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: The Help Squad, Cincy with a Y.com. Folks, check that out.
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: Joey had a link already to the 55KRC Morning Show website.
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: So 55KRC. iheart. com. Don't go away.