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Something You Should Know - October 14 Fran from Health Connect Festival at The Sioux Falls Arena This Saturday from 11 to 3 · Something You Should Know!

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  Speaker 1: Excited to have Fran join me from Health Connect. Hello, Fran.
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  Speaker 1: How are you doing?
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  Speaker 2: I am doing great today, John. Thank you so much
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  Speaker 2: for having me.
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  Speaker 1: On the show with you. Yeah, excited to have you
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  Speaker 1: here because we're going to chat about the Health Connect Festival.
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  Speaker 1: How many years has this been going now? It's a
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  Speaker 1: long time, isn't it?
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  Speaker 2: It has been going on for a long time. We
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  Speaker 2: started in 2001. So 25 years of this excitement and
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  Speaker 2: different versions. And yeah, just bringing it back to the
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  Speaker 2: community every year.
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  Speaker 1: And the thing that's really neat, a lot of fun
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  Speaker 1: stuff that's going on. It's happening this Saturday from 11 a.m.
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  Speaker 1: to 3 p.m. And how much does it cost for
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  Speaker 1: people who want to come and be a part of this?
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  Speaker 2: Free. F-R-E-E.
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  Speaker 1: It is such a fun thing. And I still look
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  Speaker 1: at this and go, how can we do all of this?
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  Speaker 1: And make it free, but it's because you've got a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of awesome sponsors that step up and help.
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  Speaker 2: We do.
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  Speaker 1: That makes a big, big difference. So what are some
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  Speaker 1: of the things that will be happening this year at
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  Speaker 1: Health Connect Festival on Saturday?
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  Speaker 2: Well, we have a variety of great entertainment. And one
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  Speaker 2: of the things that we're going to top off– so
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  Speaker 2: that's one of the key things that people come for
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  Speaker 2: is the entertainment. And then the health areas– is going
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  Speaker 2: to be is exploding with different screenings and education yeah
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  Speaker 2: but the piece the the exciting exciting piece that we've
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  Speaker 2: added this year there's two things actually i'm only sharing
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  Speaker 2: one of them and that is the costume parade yeah
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  Speaker 2: it's going to be at start at 2 15 in
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  Speaker 2: the afternoon so adults and all ages can come in
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  Speaker 2: their costumes and be part of the parade It's cool. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: They're going to line up at the main stage and
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  Speaker 2: go from there. But we've got some other unique entertainment
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  Speaker 2: that's going to be showing up at the event. So
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  Speaker 2: I don't want to give it away. Just come prepared
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  Speaker 2: for fun, fun, fun.
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  Speaker 1: Well, and every year we have amazing entertainment. I've been
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  Speaker 1: blessed to be kind of the dude in charge of
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  Speaker 1: that little area. So thanks for trusting me to do
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  Speaker 1: that every year. And it's always a lot of fun.
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  Speaker 1: And I always just, I'm amazed at how much we
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  Speaker 1: pack in to this short amount of time because 11
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  Speaker 1: to 3 is not very long. You know, I've been
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  Speaker 1: a part of things that are like three days long.
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  Speaker 1: And I feel like we have just as much entertainment
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  Speaker 1: packed into this thing that's just a few hours long.
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  Speaker 1: So if you get a chance, come out and join us.
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  Speaker 1: A big thank you to all the sponsors that help
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  Speaker 1: make this possible. And one of the ways that you
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  Speaker 1: can help is if you have some items that you
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  Speaker 1: need to, you know, this is no longer going to
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  Speaker 1: be in my family. I need to get rid of this.
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  Speaker 1: Bring it to Savers. Saver steps up and helps. They've
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  Speaker 1: been a big supporter of Health Connect for how long now?
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  Speaker 1: It's years.
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  Speaker 2: 10 years. Yeah. For 10 years, we've been their partner,
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  Speaker 2: the nonprofit partner for the Saver store here in Sioux Falls.
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  Speaker 1: And that was kind of a game changer for Health
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  Speaker 1: Connect because that has given us the ability to do
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  Speaker 1: so many additional fun things. And I just remember watching
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  Speaker 1: the Health Connect Festival. And at one point, it was
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  Speaker 1: a Health Connect Fair and it was the family fun.
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  Speaker 1: I can't remember what it was. There's been multiple names,
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  Speaker 1: but it's been the same cool thing the entire time.
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  Speaker 1: But I love the name. The Health Connect Festival is
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  Speaker 1: the perfect name for this. And it is a festival.
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  Speaker 1: Come out, be a part of this. Is there anything
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  Speaker 1: specific that I should bring? Is there anything specific I
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  Speaker 1: should be prepared for as I'm coming to the event
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  Speaker 1: this week?
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  Speaker 2: Just bring some joy and have some fun.
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  Speaker 1: There you go. And wear a costume for the Halloween
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  Speaker 1: costume parade. And that's the first time we've done this,
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  Speaker 1: isn't it?
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  Speaker 2: It is the first time, yes. And we're very excited
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  Speaker 2: because since we moved the event from September to October
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  Speaker 2: to accommodate some of our partners for the event, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we thought, well, we should be having a costume parade.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's cool.
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  Speaker 2: So it's going to be, there's a lot of energy
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  Speaker 2: behind just that part right there. I'm excited.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's going to be a lot of fun.
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  Speaker 1: And again, every year has been a really, really good time.
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  Speaker 1: And we'll be there again this Saturday. It is from
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  Speaker 1: 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Sioux Falls Arena.
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  Speaker 1: And that's the other thing. It's moved from place to place,
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  Speaker 1: but it was at the arena, and then it moved elsewhere,
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  Speaker 1: and now it's back to the arena. I love the
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  Speaker 1: fact that it's back at the arena. I think this
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  Speaker 1: is the perfect spot for this event. We're going to
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  Speaker 1: be there having a good time. I hope you'll come
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  Speaker 1: out and join us and be a part of it
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  Speaker 1: as well. And if somebody listening is going, hey, I'd
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  Speaker 1: like to be a part of this in the future,
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  Speaker 1: how do they get involved in the Health Connect Festival?
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  Speaker 1: Can they have a booth there, a table there? How
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  Speaker 1: does somebody do that in the future?
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  Speaker 2: Sure. We have over 70 booths that we either partner
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  Speaker 2: with through people– being a sponsor, you know, pay sponsorship money.
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  Speaker 2: And we also partner with a lot of academic programs.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, you can sure reach out to our organization
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  Speaker 2: at 605-371-1000 or my email address, director at symbol healthconnectsd.org.
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  Speaker 1: Very, very nice. Fran, thank you for all that you do.
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  Speaker 1: You do a ton for this community. And this is
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  Speaker 1: such a fun event. We'll have hundreds, maybe thousands of
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  Speaker 1: people there on Saturday having a really good time. And
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  Speaker 1: this is all kind of a dream from a young
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  Speaker 1: lady that's given her heart and soul to this community.
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  Speaker 1: So thank you for doing what you do. And I
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  Speaker 1: appreciate it. I know a lot of people do.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. I appreciate that.
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  Speaker 1: Again, Health Connect Festival. It is this Saturday, the 17th.
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  Speaker 1: Holy cow, the 17th? Is this Saturday? It's 11 a.m.
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  Speaker 1: till 3 p.m. at the Sioux Falls Arena. We'll be
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  Speaker 1: there taking photos and posting them on Facebook. But come
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  Speaker 1: be a part of the action. It's a lot of fun. Again,
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  Speaker 1: all of the details can be found at facebook.com slash sunnyradio.
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  Speaker 1: and Facebook.com slash Sioux Falls News. Something you should know!