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The Flash Drive Big Interview - The Dis-Chem Foundation · The Flash Drive with Carl Wastie

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  Speaker 1: Weekday's sweet A seven pm. It's a flash drive with
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  Speaker 1: Karl we see on KFM ninety four point five.
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  Speaker 2: As I mentioned to you, I do want to get
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  Speaker 2: on some of our favorites, like the Discam Foundation. And
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  Speaker 2: as winter creeps in, OK, you know, the nights are
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  Speaker 2: feeding a bit more chilly. I'm not sure we've seen
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  Speaker 2: this on their social media, but they've got this great
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  Speaker 2: Blankets plus campaign. You can nominate a cause of your
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  Speaker 2: choice and and other discom Foundation provide blankets and beanies
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  Speaker 2: and gloves to those who need it the most. It's
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  Speaker 2: now in its tenth year, which means we're celebrating a
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  Speaker 2: decade of a cause that looks after not only those
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  Speaker 2: without homes, but also the animals who are left destitute
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  Speaker 2: during the cold winter months. To tell you more, Hello Jackie,
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  Speaker 2: Hi Carl. Are you fantastic? Having the best day ever?
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  Speaker 2: Because I realized that I was going to talk to
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  Speaker 2: you today, so everything changed from there. One of my
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  Speaker 2: favorite campaigns from Discam Foundation is the fact that we
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  Speaker 2: are collecting We are collecting blankets, We are making sure
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  Speaker 2: the people get what they need this winter. It's a
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  Speaker 2: couple of cold months ahead and I like the fact
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  Speaker 2: that we are proactive. We're in March now and it's
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  Speaker 2: feeling a little colder. It's time to act, and I
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  Speaker 2: know for a fact that Discam Foundation you've done just that.
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  Speaker 2: So tell me a little bit more about this campaign
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  Speaker 2: that's now it's tenth year.
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  Speaker 3: So the good news is we're not collecting blankets. The
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  Speaker 3: Discam Foundation actually bars the blanket. Oh okay, So we
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  Speaker 3: originally started off with five thousand blankets in the earlier
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  Speaker 3: days and a couple of years ago, I was driving
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  Speaker 3: down Yan Snut's Avenue and I saw very old gentleman
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  Speaker 3: warming his hands on the back of a filthy, dirty
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  Speaker 3: exhaust path which was a freezing cold morning. And I
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  Speaker 3: got back to the office and I said, I want
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  Speaker 3: beanies and I want gloves, and I got them. And
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  Speaker 3: the campaign has grown exponentially and now we're looking at
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  Speaker 3: we do ten thousand blankets and five thousand pairs of
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  Speaker 3: gloves and five thousand beanies, and we get them out.
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  Speaker 3: So we ask people just to vote on our Instagram page,
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  Speaker 3: which is the Skim Underscore Foundation, and it'll take you
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  Speaker 3: to the blankets campaign link, and if you could just
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  Speaker 3: cast your vote for your favorite organization, or worthy organization.
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  Speaker 3: And on Facebook it's just the skim pharmacy's ds slashhem
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  Speaker 3: pharmacies to words and you'll find the blanket campaign there
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  Speaker 3: as well. And it's freezing, it gets cold, and it's awful.
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  Speaker 2: But I love the fact that we are focusing on
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  Speaker 2: how a blanket, pair of gloves and beanies can really
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  Speaker 2: change the game for those who are left in the
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  Speaker 2: cold during this winter. And I think that's the important thing.
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  Speaker 2: We can never ever lose the fact that just a
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  Speaker 2: one blanket, one beanie, one pair of gloves can make
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  Speaker 2: a massive difference to someone's entire life, especially making them
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  Speaker 2: more comfortable. You know that it's hard out there as
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  Speaker 2: it is, but now we get a chance to nominate
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  Speaker 2: a worthy cause and get those blankets from the Discam
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  Speaker 2: Foundation distributed accordingly, which is wonderful. So have the votes
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  Speaker 2: gone well thus far?
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  Speaker 3: Well, we only opened the voting on Sunday or run
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  Speaker 3: for two weeks, lovely, and we've been overwhelmed. It's been overwhelming.
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  Speaker 3: And just to your point, if I made Carlo, please,
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  Speaker 3: so something we started the year before last is some
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  Speaker 3: of my colleagues and I give them some gloves and
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  Speaker 3: some blankets and some beanies to put in their cars
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  Speaker 3: and just on our travels because not every organization gets
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  Speaker 3: to every corner, every shopping mall, you know, the high
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  Speaker 3: street ones. And these guys are freezing that are in
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  Speaker 3: the parking areas and watch our cars or you know,
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  Speaker 3: whatever is they're doing there, they're freezing cold. Yes, And
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  Speaker 3: last year was in Cape Town in Brie Street, and
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  Speaker 3: I've had blankets and beanies and gloves in the car
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  Speaker 3: with me because I'm fully aware of the cold that
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  Speaker 3: the Cape can share us. You know, I hit the
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  Speaker 3: ground running when I get to Cape Town and I
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  Speaker 3: was working furiously and it was eight nine o'clock and
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  Speaker 3: I was getting into the car and the you know,
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  Speaker 3: the parking attendant came and I said, oh my goodness,
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  Speaker 3: I'm so sorry. I don't have any money on me.
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  Speaker 3: And I said, but hold on, and I gave him
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  Speaker 3: a pair of gloves, being in a blanket, and I
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  Speaker 3: was apologizing, man, I didn't have any money to give me,
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  Speaker 3: and he said, ma'am, you have no idea. This was
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  Speaker 3: worth so much more. And it was heartfelt. And that's
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  Speaker 3: the difference you're making, you know, to one person, and.
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  Speaker 2: It's a great it's a great catalyst for us to
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  Speaker 2: think about that. You know, there are there are in homes,
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  Speaker 2: there are excess resources, and we should get them into
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  Speaker 2: our boots. And you know, when we are driving around,
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  Speaker 2: instead of saying, hey, I can't help, but I don't
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  Speaker 2: have it on me, you know, it's we ready. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we're ready to pop up a bit of boot deliver something.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's the type of thing it is. That's
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  Speaker 2: what the DISCOMT Foundation does. I mean, it's a catalyst
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  Speaker 2: for real change in our community, even on a small level,
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  Speaker 2: because it's a massive level for individuals and even animals
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  Speaker 2: are like this winter, so I love this idea too.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, No, you've got to keep our animals warm. A
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  Speaker 3: lot of the shelters it gets cold. You know, they're
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  Speaker 3: in shelters and they're not always well sheltered from the elements.
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  Speaker 3: So it's important they have blankets. There aren't so much
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  Speaker 3: two gloves and beanies, but we do the blanket.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know what, that's that's beautiful as well. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: so we've got ten thousand blankets fast to distribute, and
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  Speaker 2: now we need to find the causes and that's where
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  Speaker 2: we go to. You know, your Instagram. I see discom
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  Speaker 2: underscore Pharmacies and that'll be the first point there Facebook
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  Speaker 2: as well. We're going to go and we're going to
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  Speaker 2: nominate and I know voting does close on the fifth
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  Speaker 2: of April twenty twenty six, and thereafter we're sorting people out,
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  Speaker 2: going out there and delivering. So thank you Jackie for
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  Speaker 2: putting a lovely spotlight on what is a great cause.
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  Speaker 2: You have my support. Anything you need from my side,
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  Speaker 2: I got your back.
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  Speaker 3: I do, yes, I know, but I do need something
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  Speaker 3: from you.
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  Speaker 2: What's up?
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  Speaker 3: And the disc and Foundation is going to give you
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  Speaker 3: and your team some blankets, beanies and gloves for your car,
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  Speaker 3: and we're going to ask that you just distribute on
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  Speaker 3: your way to or from work or wherever you're going
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  Speaker 3: when you see somebody in neat.
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  Speaker 2: Oh I have I have a lot of places to
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  Speaker 2: go because I mean obviously in my area, yeah, in
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  Speaker 2: my area as well. I stay in the you know,
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  Speaker 2: the northern suburbs, and I can tell you there's so
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  Speaker 2: many little spots where I know this is going to
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  Speaker 2: make a big difference. Thank you so much for that
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  Speaker 2: generous contribution. And I suppose in saying that the contribution
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  Speaker 2: of everybody who who gets involved and our disc and
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  Speaker 2: Better Awards program members. They enable this type of thing
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  Speaker 2: to happen with those ten thousand blankets and five thousand
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  Speaker 2: vanis and five thousand pairs of gloves. I mean, this
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  Speaker 2: has to come from somewhere, and little did we know
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  Speaker 2: it is just by being part of that program where
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  Speaker 2: things tick up and there's a lovely stockpile of real
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  Speaker 2: helping resources that we can use to distribute. So to
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  Speaker 2: anybody who's part of that program as well, I would
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  Speaker 2: like to say, based on your donation to me and
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  Speaker 2: my team's cause, thank you to the individual who is
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  Speaker 2: using that rewards program. It's making a massive difference to
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  Speaker 2: the cause and to what we get to do every
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  Speaker 2: single year. Jackie together and making those incredible differences in
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  Speaker 2: the community as well.
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  Speaker 3: It's always a pleasure and we always do amazing things.
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  Speaker 3: We love.
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  Speaker 2: Well, let's get blankets, thank you, let's get let's get
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  Speaker 2: them out there, and let's get the nominations going. I
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  Speaker 2: will send everybody to those posts as well. We've gotten
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  Speaker 2: to the fifth of April. Jackie has always thank you
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  Speaker 2: very much. We really appreciate you your time and thanks
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  Speaker 2: so much for shedding some light and what is a
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  Speaker 2: cause that's very close to our hearts too, and we'll
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  Speaker 2: make sure that it's elevated, illuminated and of course reciprocated,
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  Speaker 2: you know, with regard to those in the community as well.
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  Speaker 3: Perfect. Thank you, Carl, Thank you so much to you,
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  Speaker 3: and you're.
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  Speaker 2: Tea any time DISCAM Better Awards Program members. In fact,
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  Speaker 2: if you're not one yet, you can actually walk it
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  Speaker 2: to your local DISCAM and you can get it sorted
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  Speaker 2: out to be a part of the DISCM Foundation automatically
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  Speaker 2: when you make your purchases from your DISCM if you're
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  Speaker 2: not a member. The other options also go to go
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  Speaker 2: in too, disc dot co dot z and joining up
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  Speaker 2: with the DISCM Better Awards Program. Because remember, when it
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  Speaker 2: comes to the distribution of these blankets and these beanies
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  Speaker 2: and these gloves, I think it's great to nominate your organization.
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  Speaker 2: And in the back of your mind, could you just
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  Speaker 2: know that when you do shop at discim, every swipe
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  Speaker 2: counts and actually warms up so many people.
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  Speaker 1: This winter weekdays three to seven pm, there's a flash
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  Speaker 1: drive with Carnal we see on KFM ninety four point
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