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Talk-Line: Clara Harris, Goodfellows of Lee County · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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Speaker 1: We are quarter past the hour. This is Tuesday. It's
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Speaker 1: September the ninth, the year is twenty twenty five, and
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Speaker 1: it's time for another informational edition of talk Line here
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Speaker 1: at wix and Radio. Good morning, I'm Steve Marco. It
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Speaker 1: is time for our monthly visit from our friends at
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Speaker 1: Goodfellows of Lee County. If you don't know why we
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Speaker 1: visit with this organization starting last month, we did this
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Speaker 1: starting last month in the month of August. We are
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Speaker 1: going to continue to bring you monthly updates and the
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Speaker 1: reason beam we're headed for the holidays. Friends. It's September
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Speaker 1: the ninth, October, November, December. It will run by very quickly,
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Speaker 1: and we need to get out news and information from
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Speaker 1: Goodfellows of Lee County for their annual holiday drive ahead.
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Speaker 1: And here to bring us the latest update is the
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Speaker 1: director of Goodfellows of Lee County, our dear friend, Clara Harris,
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Speaker 1: is live at the microphones with us this morning here
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Speaker 1: at wix In.
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Speaker 2: Good morning, ma'am, Good morning, Steve, Good morning everyone.
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Speaker 1: Good to have you back with us. Thanks for joining us.
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Speaker 1: In the last broadcast that we had, Clara kind of
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Speaker 1: unfolded some dates that were on the Goodfellow's calendar that
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Speaker 1: we needed to be aware of as we head towards.
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Speaker 1: As I mentioned the final quarter oh twenty twenty five,
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Speaker 1: the final three months after this month, we'll be in
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Speaker 1: those holiday months October, November, and December. And as I
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Speaker 1: talked about, Claire, and I'm sure you'll agree, these days
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Speaker 1: race by really yes, yes, And as we head towards
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Speaker 1: those holiday days ahead, there are days, even before we
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Speaker 1: actually get to the drive itself, that we need to
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Speaker 1: be aware of. And that's why we have Claire on
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Speaker 1: board with us every month to bring us those important
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Speaker 1: dates on the calendar because they actually start very shortly.
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Speaker 2: September one was when the applications could start coming in.
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Speaker 2: I've only received nine so far, and everyone read what
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Speaker 2: it asks for and please include it, because I've already
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Speaker 2: gotten nine and four of them are incomplete. They did
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Speaker 2: not include their paperwork. You have to send along with
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Speaker 2: your application any and all income coming into your household,
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Speaker 2: and you have to show proof that everyone listed on
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Speaker 2: your application lives there. So with that, remember food stamps,
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Speaker 2: any kind of income, whether it be a Paicheck, disability,
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Speaker 2: social security. Very few of them have alimony or support
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Speaker 2: but if you do have it, please include it. Food
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Speaker 2: stamps are a form of income. People are like, that's
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Speaker 2: not income. Well, yes it is. If you didn't have it,
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Speaker 2: you'd have to spend money, So please include all of
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Speaker 2: that and proof of everyone living there. Usually, whenever you
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Speaker 2: get your food stamp paperwork, it has your name and
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Speaker 2: address at the top. That's you, and then it'll list
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Speaker 2: everyone in the household, so that's proof everyone lives there.
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Speaker 2: If you don't have that, so a lot of people
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Speaker 2: throw it away when they get it. I'm not sure
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Speaker 2: why they need to keep that. But you can call
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Speaker 2: the schools and say I'm applying for goodfellows. Can you
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Speaker 2: send me the paperwork I need to submit to them.
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Speaker 2: They will give it to them. They're quite familiar. The
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Speaker 2: other way is a medical card. Medical information you receive
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Speaker 2: has your name and address, of course, and then everyone
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Speaker 2: that is listed in the household, So please include all
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Speaker 2: of that. When I get it incomplete, it goes into
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Speaker 2: my incomplete file. I usually call and say this is
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Speaker 2: what's missing. If I reach a person, I talk to
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Speaker 2: them personally. Otherwise I leave a message and ask them
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Speaker 2: to call me back. So save yourself some time, because
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Speaker 2: the important thing is, like Steve said, September one through
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Speaker 2: October thirty first is our first deadline. The reason being
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Speaker 2: is shop with a cop, shop with a sheriff, Sister City,
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Speaker 2: Shamrock Club. A number of churches are going to take
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Speaker 2: names from us, and I've had people already calling me
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Speaker 2: and saying, I want shop with a cop. If you
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Speaker 2: want shop with the cop, make sure it's in by
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Speaker 2: October thirty first. We don't pick, they do, but I
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Speaker 2: have to have all of our applicants up to that
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Speaker 2: date to shop with the cop and sheriff so that
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Speaker 2: they can look through it and choose. They choose who
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Speaker 2: they are going to take Christmas shopping. Please keep in
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Speaker 2: mind if your kids go with those two organizations, only
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Speaker 2: the parents come to us for their Christmas. So it's
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Speaker 2: really important if you really want that. And I think
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Speaker 2: the PD and Sheriff's office are going to look to
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Speaker 2: us and not take names by people calling It makes
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Speaker 2: it a little bit easier on them. We do all
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Speaker 2: the work for them and they know that these people
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Speaker 2: are ones that legitimately can apply, so they're going to
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Speaker 2: choose from that. So please make sure if you want
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Speaker 2: to try for that, you have a mend by October
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Speaker 2: thirty first, and if it's really close and you're afraid
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Speaker 2: the postal service won't deliver it to a sun time,
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Speaker 2: walk it into the counter at any of your post
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Speaker 2: offices and tell them I need this stamped with today's date.
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Speaker 2: The date on the envelope is what I'm going to go.
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Speaker 1: Very important, is okay? Yeah? Yeah, It's very important that
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Speaker 1: you have that date and that stamped on your envelope
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Speaker 1: because that again tells Clara exactly you know when the
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Speaker 1: delivery was made to the mail service and you need
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Speaker 1: to have that again and made goodbye the thirty first
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Speaker 1: of October. That's the deadline. Now, let me ask you Clara,
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Speaker 1: and we're talking with Clara Harris today from Goodfellows of
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Speaker 1: Lee County. They are getting their ducks in line again.
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Speaker 1: It's going to be here before you know it. France.
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Speaker 1: Halloween is you know, next month, and again that's the deadline.
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Speaker 1: As Claire mentioned, Halloween Friday. Halloween is the deadline for debt.
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Speaker 1: Again the good Fellows of Lee County applications into those
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Speaker 1: venues that Claire just talked about, let me ask you
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Speaker 1: now with applying for the shop of the shop of
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Speaker 1: the Sheriff. You're still in line right though for the
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Speaker 1: holiday drive right with that application or how's that work
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Speaker 1: through your office? Now?
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Speaker 2: Well, they apply to us, Steve, We're like the middle man,
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Speaker 2: if you want to look at it that way. They
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Speaker 2: apply with us, they qualify, you know, if their income
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Speaker 2: and that meets the line, and then if Shop of
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Speaker 2: the Copper Sheriff or any of those other ones that
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Speaker 2: I discussed, don't choose them. Of course, they're coming Christmas
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Speaker 2: shopping with us, ok And then we will notify them
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Speaker 2: in November when they have their appointment, because it will
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Speaker 2: be December eighth through the twelfth, and then if we
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Speaker 2: have a lot more apply, we will go into the
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Speaker 2: next week. So please make sure they get into us,
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Speaker 2: because we're going to help them by you know, getting
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Speaker 2: all of the applications to them, Okay, and then they
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Speaker 2: will make the choice.
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Speaker 1: But with the shop of the cop Shop of the
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Speaker 1: Sheriff's program. This is held usually at the Walmart areas,
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Speaker 1: the big box store areas here in our local area.
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Speaker 1: With that choice made through shop with the cop Shop
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Speaker 1: of the Sheriff, then they're getting their gifts in that regard.
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Speaker 1: There then Claire I mean, do.
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Speaker 2: They only the kids? Only the kids?
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Speaker 1: But with that application given to the sheriffs and given
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Speaker 1: to the police department, then does that take them away
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Speaker 1: from your holiday shopping.
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Speaker 2: As far as the children go, Yes, if they're chosen
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Speaker 2: by one of the other organizations, only the parents will
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Speaker 2: come shopping with us. And it's real important that people
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Speaker 2: know that because if you get it in on time,
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Speaker 2: you automatically are eligible for the food or food from
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Speaker 2: I DOT if I choose, they choose about twenty two
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Speaker 2: to twenty five families, depending on how much they've taken
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Speaker 2: in to do that, and they will choose that many
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Speaker 2: families and the ones that they're buying for will get
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Speaker 2: that instead of the food voucher.
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Speaker 1: Yes.
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Speaker 2: Otherwise, when the parents the kids go with the police officers,
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Speaker 2: the parents will come, they'll get their food voucher and
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Speaker 2: they'll get with their entitled to from our organization.
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Speaker 1: It's the distribution here, yeah, I mean, this is this
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Speaker 1: is you know, and boy, we're hearing it right now. Friends.
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Speaker 1: You know how this cycle works and how this machine
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Speaker 1: works is fascinating. It's always is with Clara talks about it.
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Speaker 1: It's the distribution process that we're going through. Here, but
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Speaker 1: we're trying to make every everybody's holiday happy. Yeah, this
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Speaker 1: is this is the important thing. This is what we want.
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Speaker 1: But it again takes a lot of organizing and a
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Speaker 1: lot of distribution, as Claire just mentioned, through Goodfellows and
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Speaker 1: the many entities that are seeking good fellows every year
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Speaker 1: to make the holidays brier for these families and kids.
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Speaker 2: I love when we'll have a client that does bring
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Speaker 2: us a donation, they don't put it in the barrel
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Speaker 2: that we have out there. We're going to have about
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Speaker 2: twenty six barrels out and we will have tags on
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Speaker 2: Christmas trees at varying locations. And we'll talk about that
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Speaker 2: next month because it happens at the very beginning of November.
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Speaker 2: But one lady said, oh, I always take my grandchildren
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Speaker 2: I have because she has a boy and a girl.
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Speaker 2: She goes, I have them pick a child tag off
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Speaker 2: the tree and we go shopping. She said, it's an
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Speaker 2: adventure we look forward to. I take them out to lunch.
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Speaker 2: Grandma has a good day. They're having fun, they're laughing,
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Speaker 2: she goes, and it's so joyful to hear them. Want
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Speaker 2: to make sure this little girl or boy is getting
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Speaker 2: what they have on that tag and that Grandma I
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Speaker 2: was taken care of it, so she said, it does
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Speaker 2: my heart good. We have lots of fun that day.
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Speaker 2: And you know what, when people take the tags off
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Speaker 2: the trees, they do have that desire they want to
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Speaker 2: share what they've reaped during the year to make life
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Speaker 2: a little bit happier for a child during the holidays.
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Speaker 2: And then ultimately it helps the parents too because the
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Speaker 2: stress of not having enough to supply that for their
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Speaker 2: children at Christmas. Just knowing there's an organization or organizations
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Speaker 2: out there that are willing to help them, I'm sure
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Speaker 2: is a blessing.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and it all comes together during the holidays, and
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Speaker 1: Good Fellows of Lee County is one of those major
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Speaker 1: organizations once again friends that takes care of this again
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Speaker 1: quest this again need during the holidays. And good for
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Speaker 1: you though, even though as you mentioned, Clara, up at
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Speaker 1: the outset of our program, yeah, you did receive some
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Speaker 1: applications that were not filled out properly. It's it's it's
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Speaker 1: enlightening though to see, you know, as of the Labor Day,
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Speaker 1: I mean, we we still have applications that have been
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Speaker 1: already sent, which is which is great that's good for you.
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Speaker 1: I mean, I understand that you know, there there's there's
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Speaker 1: an important process in filling the applications out properly. But
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Speaker 1: I kind of lawed those you know that get their
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Speaker 1: applications in right away. They want to make sure that
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Speaker 1: they are a part of the good Fellow's drive even
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Speaker 1: as of Labor Day, which the which the deadline, which
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Speaker 1: which which started the process of getting those applications in.
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Speaker 1: We're gonna tell you more about, you know, filing those applications,
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Speaker 1: finding the applications, getting them filled out properly, and getting
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Speaker 1: them to Clara and our friends from Goodfellows coming up
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Speaker 1: here at w I XM. But I really do you know,
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Speaker 1: I plaud those that really you know, uh, stepped off
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Speaker 1: right away and knew that the deadline was starting or
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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, not the deadline, but the date was the
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Speaker 1: first of September, and got those pieces of information to you.
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Speaker 2: Yes, I was very excited where I got that. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: and I did place calls in one already got her
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Speaker 2: stuff that she forgot to send in back to us.
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Speaker 2: So and right now you've got that extra cushion. You've
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Speaker 2: got September in October to make sure everything's there. If
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Speaker 2: it's not, I will place a call. I will leave
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Speaker 2: a message. If you don't answer because you might be working.
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Speaker 2: I don't know hours that people are busy, but please
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Speaker 2: just continue to get them in. Try to remember to
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Speaker 2: include everything. If not, you'll get a call letting you
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Speaker 2: know you need to supply that. We are one hundred
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Speaker 2: and thirteen years going strong. This year, we are making
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Speaker 2: a few changes in the building. When the people come,
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Speaker 2: they're going to be very, very happy. As I told
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Speaker 2: Steve before we started the conversation here online, the volunteers
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Speaker 2: we have, oh my gosh, just phenomenal. They want to
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Speaker 2: help you all have a merry Christmas, and they know
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Speaker 2: that the legwork behind the scenes is really important. They're
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Speaker 2: helping us get our new shelving up. They're helping us
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Speaker 2: to get everything set out on those shelves so that
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Speaker 2: when you come Christmas shopping with us, you're going to
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Speaker 2: have lots to see and lots to choose from, and
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Speaker 2: blessings will be coming in through those barrels and donations.
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Speaker 1: The window is open. The window is open now for applications.
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Speaker 1: Claara just mentioned it. It is open. And the first
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Speaker 1: deadline cutoff date will be August the thirty, excuse me,
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Speaker 1: October the thirty, first Halloween. But there again is proper
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Speaker 1: channels again to get your applications in before the actual
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Speaker 1: holiday drive takes place in December. Clara Harris is our
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Speaker 1: guest today from Goodfellows of Leek County. We're going to
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Speaker 1: take a break at the bottom of the hour for
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Speaker 1: news first, but when we come back more information that
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Speaker 1: Claaria wants to share with you. This morning here at
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Speaker 1: wixent five minutes, we continue our conversation with our friends
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Speaker 1: from Goodfellows of Leek. We get the monthly update, and
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Speaker 1: we started these updates last month and we'll continue to
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Speaker 1: get the monthly update with them through the holidays. Our
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Speaker 1: good friend Clara Harris is the director of Goodfellows of
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Speaker 1: Lee County. She's live with us this morning for our
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Speaker 1: September twenty twenty five update of Goodfellows progress towards the
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Speaker 1: holiday drive. Clara mentioned that will be in the early
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Speaker 1: part of December. That's the official holiday drive correct, And
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Speaker 1: again the application window is open. As Clara mentioned, it
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Speaker 1: started September first, Labor Day and we've already had applications
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Speaker 1: filed with good fellows of Lee County. But again this
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Speaker 1: filing period now we'll run from September into October, at
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Speaker 1: least through the last of October. That's the first deadline.
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Speaker 1: The applications will continue to be accepted after that, right, correct.
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Speaker 2: That deadline's in place because Shop of the Cops, Shop
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Speaker 2: of the Sheriff, and the other organizations they have to
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Speaker 2: know how much money they need. They do fundraisers or
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Speaker 2: ask for donations to help them do those fun excursions,
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Speaker 2: and so they need any and all applications through October
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Speaker 2: thirty first given to them the very beginning of November
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Speaker 2: so they can make their choices. And that's the reason
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Speaker 2: that first deadline is placed. We will accept applications after
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Speaker 2: that all the way up to December first. Okay, so
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Speaker 2: don't think because you miss that you can't put one in.
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Speaker 2: You can. But if you want shop with a cop
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Speaker 2: and sheriff, because I'm getting calls I want my kid
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Speaker 2: to go, well, you have to do the work and
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Speaker 2: get it in on time by October thirty first, so
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Speaker 2: they can go through all of them and make their choices.
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Speaker 2: We do not. I want to reiterate that we goodfellows
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Speaker 2: of Lee County do not make the choices. It is
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Speaker 2: up to those organizations to let us know where they're taking.
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Speaker 1: Yes, and so those applications must be in by that
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Speaker 1: October thirty, first Halloween deadline if you want to be
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Speaker 1: included in that portion of the drive this year. Clara
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Speaker 1: reiterates that this morning for us here at WIX, and
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Speaker 1: now let's talk about the applications. You mentioned a little
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Speaker 1: bit of problems with some applications that have already been received.
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Speaker 1: But those applications are out.
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Speaker 2: Where are they at varying locations here in Dixon. They
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Speaker 2: can go to the Senior Center, the township offices have them.
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Speaker 2: The public library probably the best place for people to
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Speaker 2: get them. They can call us at eight one, five, nine, seven, three, five,
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Speaker 2: one three five the days that we're there. If they
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Speaker 2: want to stop in, we'll make sure that they receive
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Speaker 2: one we are looking into. We have a lock box
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Speaker 2: on the front of the building, so if you cannot
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Speaker 2: mail it and you are able to get it there,
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Speaker 2: you can put it in there your application and it
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Speaker 2: will be received. I checked that daily. We are going
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Speaker 2: to add something there underneath of it. Kind of the
16:56
Speaker 2: same concept realtors put out at locations with apple ocasions
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Speaker 2: in it, so they can stop buy and pick one
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Speaker 2: up at our location. In other townships, that's usually in
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Speaker 2: their public libraries, their schools, their township offices, so the
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Speaker 2: same here. All the schools have them in Dixon and
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Speaker 2: other Lee County areas and they're probably going to do them.
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Speaker 2: The parents understand this. It's like an email that's sent
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Speaker 2: out to the parents making them aware of any programs
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Speaker 2: that are out there, and so they'll be hearing about that.
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Speaker 2: Our application for Goodfellows on that I did go out
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Speaker 2: in August and supply parents that came through Tools for
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Speaker 2: Schools with our applications. So they got them ahead of
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Speaker 2: time and I said, they said, well, can we fill
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Speaker 2: them out now? I said, I won't turn anything away,
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Speaker 2: go ahead and fill it out, get it into me.
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Speaker 2: And I did have one before September first, so I
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Speaker 2: was very happy with that, said Steve. Getting them now
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Speaker 2: is better than getting them to absolutely.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, and again properly filled out. Just follow the directions.
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Speaker 1: They are specific on there. They're they're they're laid out
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Speaker 1: on the application well.
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Speaker 2: And it's probably confusing to some people. This year we
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Speaker 2: usually have two page application. One is the cover letter
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Speaker 2: explaining what they have to supply and the income guideline.
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Speaker 2: This year it's gone up. It's based on the same
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Speaker 2: as Public Aid with a little bit of cushion one
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Speaker 2: hundred and twenty percent of that, and we did it
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Speaker 2: back to back, so they're looking at it probably what
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Speaker 2: you know, Just fill out the part that's pertinent for
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Speaker 2: us to have, make sure it's signed, all the important
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Speaker 2: information is on there, and get it into us. So
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Speaker 2: with that being said, we have a Facebook page. Please
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Speaker 2: follow us. It's called Goodfellows of Lee County slash Illinois.
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Speaker 2: Lots of information is posted on that. You'll see different
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Speaker 2: organizations that come in and help us or give us
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Speaker 2: monies or grants, stuff like that. Real important to see that.
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Speaker 2: Then our website, she is having a little bit of
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Speaker 2: a difficulty getting the new app on there, but the
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Speaker 2: old ones on there, okay, So and it is Goodfellows
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Speaker 2: il all lowercase letters dot org. You can go to that.
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Speaker 2: You can download an application. Last year's application will be accepted.
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Speaker 2: Just get it filled out and once we are able
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Speaker 2: to get that updated, it will the new one will
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Speaker 2: appear on there. But don't think you can't do that.
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Speaker 2: We do not I want to say this out loud.
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Speaker 2: Do not accept applications online. We do not. We still
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Speaker 2: do paper copies.
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Speaker 1: Okay, right, so again, yeah, you can get information online,
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Speaker 1: but you need to fill out the paper copies and
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Speaker 1: get them back to Goodfellows. If you want to be
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Speaker 1: involved in this year's project. Your location, you talked about
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Speaker 1: that where you located.
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Speaker 2: Okay, we are located at seven oh four South Lincoln
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Speaker 2: Avenue here in Dixon, Illinois. If you need to come
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Speaker 2: to us for any reason, maybe to drop your application
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Speaker 2: off in that lock box. That's a real important address.
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Speaker 2: If you want to make a donation, say it's monetary,
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Speaker 2: or you want to drop off new toys that you've
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Speaker 2: picked up and you don't want to wait for those
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Speaker 2: barrels to go out, you can call eight one five
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Speaker 2: nine seven three five one three five and ask when
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Speaker 2: we'll be there, and we'll make sure we're there. I
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Speaker 2: want people to know that the doors, you know, the
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Speaker 2: days that we're working. I'm willing to allow people to
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Speaker 2: come and if they need copies. A lot of people
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Speaker 2: can't afford to go make copies of their public aid
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Speaker 2: or their social security or the pertinent information we need.
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Speaker 2: They want to keep their original copies. We have a
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Speaker 2: copy machine. We will make those copies free for you,
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Speaker 2: and then I'll look over everything while you're there and
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Speaker 2: if it's all there, you can make sure it's dropped
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Speaker 2: off and then it's considered in that day. So trying
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Speaker 2: to help everybody get stuff done. I do want to
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Speaker 2: mention we do from birth all the way up. Okay,
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Speaker 2: so you seniors, I'm a senior. All you seniors that
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Speaker 2: need a little hands up for Christmas, put your application in.
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Speaker 2: You're going to get a food vouchers. Long it's it
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Speaker 2: is in by that October thirty first deadline, you're going
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Speaker 2: to be able to come and get a winter coat
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Speaker 2: and hats and gloves and socks and underwear, a new clothes.
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Speaker 2: You're going to receive two gifts out of our adult section,
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Speaker 2: a couple gifts out of the Christmas section. And if
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Speaker 2: you love to read, we've had books coming out of
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Speaker 2: our rafters, all new. You know you're going to be
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Speaker 2: able to receive and it's about everyone. If you are
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Speaker 2: a grandparent, I ask you, if you want to receive
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Speaker 2: for a grandchild, you have to give me their name, age,
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Speaker 2: and the town they live in. I don't care where
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Speaker 2: they live. I just have to be able to put
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Speaker 2: those numbers in play for the organization that does fund us.
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Speaker 2: They want numbers. They want to know how many people
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Speaker 2: we've serviced. Have we serviced every nationality to be considered?
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Speaker 2: Are we meeting the needs of the public. So you
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Speaker 2: can put that on a piece of on the side
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Speaker 2: or on another piece of paper and attach it with
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Speaker 2: your application and say I'd like to receive from my grandchildren,
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Speaker 2: and you will receive.
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Speaker 1: The good Fellows Drive continues apace through twenty twenty five,
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Speaker 1: and we follow it every month to that important time
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Speaker 1: in December, but there are important dates even before that
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Speaker 1: that again you need to know about, and that's why
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Speaker 1: we have Clara on board with us as early as
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Speaker 1: this month of September to give us this month's drive
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Speaker 1: information here at WI Accent out of time on the
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Speaker 1: talk line today. We thank you so very much. We
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Speaker 1: will continue to update. Clara has again visits with scheduled
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Speaker 1: for the next couple of months, so we'll continue to
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Speaker 1: update right up until that important drive takes place in
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Speaker 1: the early part of December. But Goodfellows twenty twenty five
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Speaker 1: holiday activities are underway and we keep you updated right
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Speaker 1: here on wi Accent. Thanks for joining well.
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Speaker 2: We are very appreciative of you, Steve and the radio
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Speaker 2: for always allowing us to come. We have a lot
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Speaker 2: of seniors that listen to you guys, even young people,
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Speaker 2: but they're usually at jobs that tell me they've heard
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Speaker 2: me on the radio thanks to you guys, and they've
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Speaker 2: gotten their stuff in on.
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Speaker 1: Time and again. We've got phone numbers, we've got web
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Speaker 1: website addresses, we've got Facebook addresses for you to get
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Speaker 1: information from Goodfellows of Lee County as we continue their
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Speaker 1: progress here at w Accent. Clara Harris, our director of
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Speaker 1: good Fellows of Lee County, our guest today here at
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Speaker 1: w Accent Sports for