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Talk-Line: Rebecca Munoz-Ripley, YWCA of Sauk Valley · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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Speaker 1: Our quarter past the hour. This is Friday, It's February
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Speaker 1: twenty one, the year is twenty twenty five, and it's
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Speaker 1: time for another informational edition of Tuckline. Here at am
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Speaker 1: fourteen sixteen FM ninety five to one WYAX in good morning.
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Speaker 1: I'm Steve Marco. It is time for our bi monthly
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Speaker 1: look at news and information from the YWCA of the
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Speaker 1: Sock Valley. We get every other month reports from the
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Speaker 1: y on interesting activities taking place, of course activity at
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Speaker 1: the home front. As we kick off twenty twenty five,
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Speaker 1: this is our nighter report, believe it or not of
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. So I guess I'm rite and saying
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Speaker 1: happy New Year too, O Happy years sleeping? Where are
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Speaker 1: the horns? Where the hat? Well? Because we the last
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Speaker 1: time we talked to our lovely executive director of the
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Speaker 1: YWCA of the Sock Valley, it was just before the
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Speaker 1: holidays were up on us and we had a busy
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Speaker 1: time then. But yeah, since that time, we've had our
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Speaker 1: dear friend Rebecca Munjos Ripley gathered together all kinds of
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Speaker 1: information for the start of our twenty twenty five year
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Speaker 1: with the YWC of the SoC Valley. It's nice to
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Speaker 1: see you here, ma'am. Thank you for joining us, Thank.
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Speaker 2: You so much for having us back. And yes, happy
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Speaker 2: New Year. Twenty twenty five is up and running.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, here we go, Yeah, here we go. There are
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Speaker 1: there are some there are some good news pieces of
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Speaker 1: information that Rebecca but a little bit on the sad
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Speaker 1: news side as well with a piece of information that
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Speaker 1: Rebecca is going to share with us in just a
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Speaker 1: bit here at AM fourteen sixty. But to kick things off,
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Speaker 1: we had a couple of really neat fundraisers are Tomali
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Speaker 1: fundraiser and I believe we I think it was just
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Speaker 1: after the Tamali fundraiser completed. That was a very successful
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Speaker 1: run in the holidays for you at the YW in
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Speaker 1: raising money.
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Speaker 2: We so appreciate the community support. That fundraiser for us
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Speaker 2: every year is solid. We sold just under five dozen
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Speaker 2: Tamalis once again this year, so thank you. I hope
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Speaker 2: everyone out there enjoyed their Tamalis and watch our Facebook
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Speaker 2: page because they will be back again next year of
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Speaker 2: course by popular demand. There's nothing like those Tamalis, so
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Speaker 2: thank you for supporting.
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Speaker 1: And you had just a recent fundraiser this month of February.
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Speaker 2: Right, yes, we did. We tried something new and so
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Speaker 2: we once we finished out smilings, we began selling cheesecakes
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Speaker 2: from the Cheesecake Company, which is located in Ashton, and
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Speaker 2: they actually delivered cheesecakes to lots of area restaurants, and
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Speaker 2: so we sold sampler boxes that were delivered on February twelfth,
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Speaker 2: actually February eleventh, because the twelfth was a snow day.
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Speaker 2: I want to be trying to get those back people
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Speaker 2: out in the snow to get them. But that also
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Speaker 2: did really great. So I have heard from lots of
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Speaker 2: people that they were thankful to us because they really
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Speaker 2: enjoyed those cheesecakes for Valentine's Day or Galantine's Day, whatever
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Speaker 2: they celebrated. But we're thankful to everybody who continues to
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Speaker 2: support the YEWCA. Every dollar for US counts and we
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Speaker 2: can use it as match money to leverage additional dollars
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Speaker 2: back into our organization. So thank you so much for
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Speaker 2: supporting the YWCA and all the ways, and we're glad
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Speaker 2: you enjoyed cheesecake.
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Speaker 1: Great. You know, some really neat fundraisers and some delicious
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Speaker 1: fundraisers are might add you know, with their great Tomali
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Speaker 1: sale during the holidays and delicious cheesecake during the first
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Speaker 1: part of the year. So again our good friends from
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Speaker 1: the YWCA sharing the wealth and again obtaining needed funds.
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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, this day and age, you know
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Speaker 1: all moneies are important to especially these fundraising dollars, right.
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Speaker 2: Fundraising dollars are critical because you know, when you get
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Speaker 2: grant money, it's very specific, and so if they tell
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Speaker 2: you they want you to buy a pen, you're going
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Speaker 2: to buy a pen, And if they tell you they
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Speaker 2: want you to do X, you do X. But a
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Speaker 2: lot of times what clients need is they need Z,
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Speaker 2: and so fundraising dollars give you the flexibility to truly
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Speaker 2: meet client needs in the ways that will make them
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Speaker 2: the most empowered and the most able to thrive. And
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Speaker 2: so for us, it is hard because fundraising obviously takes
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Speaker 2: a lot of time and we're very client centered at
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Speaker 2: the WHITEWCA, and that's where the majority of our staff is,
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Speaker 2: as it should be, that's why we exist. But raising dollars,
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Speaker 2: when you support us, it really does go a long way.
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Speaker 2: And if you're not familiar with what match money is
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Speaker 2: is sometimes when you get a grant they say, well,
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Speaker 2: we'll give you five dollars, but you have to bring
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Speaker 2: in one dollar for every five we give you, or
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Speaker 2: we'll give you four dollars, but you have to come
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Speaker 2: up with one dollar for every of the four dollars
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Speaker 2: we give you, and so, and it varies across grants
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Speaker 2: and you can't use the same dollars over and over
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Speaker 2: to match, and so you just need absolutely funding.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, And this is where these important fundraiser are
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Speaker 1: very important. They are fun fundraisers, no, not about it.
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Speaker 1: They're delicious fundrais exactly delicious fundraisers, but also necessary for
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Speaker 1: again a lot of areas of the YWCA of the
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Speaker 1: Sock Valley. So again that's nice to know. Two great
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Speaker 1: fundraising events, one last year to end the year, one
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Speaker 1: this year to kick off twenty twenty five, kind of
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Speaker 1: getting us jump started into the year through the YWCA
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Speaker 1: of the Salk Valley. Got an event coming up here
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Speaker 1: this weekend that you're going to be We're.
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Speaker 2: Going to be at it. We're not sponsoring it, but
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Speaker 2: we are going to be at the Frosty Funday, which
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Speaker 2: will be at Northland Mall and Sterling. So try County
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Speaker 2: Opportunities Council. Maybe you've heard of them as TCOC is
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Speaker 2: sponsoring a family fun event and so there's gonna be
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Speaker 2: lots of community organizations and businesses out there with activities
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Speaker 2: for kids, fun things happening. So stop out support them
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Speaker 2: all in Sterling and also support all the organizations because
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Speaker 2: they have great information to share. So we know our
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Speaker 2: team will be on hand with some games and fun
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Speaker 2: giveaways for kids.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and that's this weekend.
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Speaker 2: That is this weekend eleven to one at the mall.
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Speaker 1: Very goodly, very good. So again again when you're perusing
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Speaker 1: the mall, you know, stop by the yw booth at
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Speaker 1: the Northland Mall this weekend and I'm sure information on
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Speaker 1: lots of areas. I'll tell you the YWCA handles so
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Speaker 1: many areas you'll be fascinating to know just what they
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Speaker 1: do as far as you know, touching base with all
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Speaker 1: of us here in our northern Illinois area. And you
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Speaker 1: can learn more by going to that event and again
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Speaker 1: stopping by the booth at the yw for their activities
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Speaker 1: during that special event coming up this weekend at the
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Speaker 1: Northland Mall. Kind of sad news that we're going to
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Speaker 1: share next, you know, it's it's it is sad, you know,
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Speaker 1: because we have been touting this particular area since its
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Speaker 1: inception and we we you know, are kind of sad
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Speaker 1: to see it leave our area. But it is going
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Speaker 1: to go in March, right, yes.
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Speaker 2: So at the end of March, we are closing the
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Speaker 2: doors to yew bc A West End Moxie, which is
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Speaker 2: our thrift shop in Stirling, And it is a difficult
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Speaker 2: decision to make because obviously we love the store. It's
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Speaker 2: been fantastic because as our clients are establishing new homes,
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Speaker 2: getting jobs, or going to court, they have the resources there.
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Speaker 2: They get to shop for free clothing for their kids
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Speaker 2: to go to school, just all of the things. As
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Speaker 2: the community has donated to support the thrift shop, so
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Speaker 2: that part has been fantastic, but the finances just don't
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Speaker 2: allow for us to continue on at this point, so
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Speaker 2: we are closing the door. We are so thankful to
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Speaker 2: everyone who has supported us. Once again, for people who
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Speaker 2: probably don't realize this, that store also allowed us to
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Speaker 2: capture additional match money and also support clients simultaneously, so
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Speaker 2: it really was a win win in a lot of ways.
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Speaker 2: So we will still continue to collect donations for clients,
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Speaker 2: because when you give things for clients, we are able
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Speaker 2: to give that to the clients and then capture that
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Speaker 2: as an in kind donation. And so we will be
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Speaker 2: establishing a donation room at the WHITEWCA that will be
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Speaker 2: specifically for our clients, and there will be more information forthcoming,
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Speaker 2: and so at the moment, we're asking people to hold
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Speaker 2: on to your donations. We're going to have lots of
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Speaker 2: sales at the store as we try to empty things out.
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Speaker 2: We will be moving some things over to a smaller
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Speaker 2: room at the WHITEWCA, so it won't be quite the
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Speaker 2: shopping experience, but we're still going to try to keep
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Speaker 2: our families connected with as many resources as possible.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, because the main thrust of this particular location was
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Speaker 1: that you know, need for those again in need of
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Speaker 1: clothing for their kids, for their families, and West End
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Speaker 1: Moxie made that possible, you know, through their again donations
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Speaker 1: received and again shopping at that location. It just won't
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Speaker 1: be at that location in March, but as Rebecca mentioned,
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Speaker 1: they're going to try to place it or place at
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Speaker 1: least an area within your physical plant then in Sterling
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Speaker 1: then to handle.
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Speaker 2: That, yes, for our clients very yes, So won't be
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Speaker 2: open to the public, which is also said. You know,
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Speaker 2: we have a lot of faithful shoppers out there. I
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Speaker 2: was one. You know, there's nothing like thrifteing. But it
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Speaker 2: will be okay, and we do appreciate everybody's support their
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Speaker 2: donations over the last few years. West End Moxier still
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Speaker 2: think is one of the best thrift stores. Absolutely heard
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Speaker 2: it from everybody who came in.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely nothing but good things, you know. And it's unfortunate
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Speaker 1: because of the cost of things that you know, money's
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Speaker 1: you know, you know, you have to have money to operate,
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Speaker 1: and right now those moneies are important in other areas,
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Speaker 1: so again unfortunately because of that situation. Now, do we
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Speaker 1: have a target date, Rebecca for the closing of the
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Speaker 1: store in March or is it just going to kind of,
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Speaker 1: you know, kind of slowly, you know, close its store.
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Speaker 1: How's that going to work?
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Speaker 2: That's a great question. So our last day open will
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Speaker 2: be Saturday, March twenty ninth. Okay, So Saturday, March twenty
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Speaker 2: ninth will be the last day that we have the
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Speaker 2: doors open.
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Speaker 1: Okay, And you know this will be before the next
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Speaker 1: time that Rebecca and I at least you and I
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Speaker 1: chat on the on the radio. So that's why I
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Speaker 1: wanted to get the word out about that, so that
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Speaker 1: people that want to take advantage of still shopping at
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Speaker 1: Demoxi can can do that until the twenty ninth of March. Again,
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Speaker 1: that will be the closing of the doors. So again
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Speaker 1: between now and then, you know, obviously you probably won't well,
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Speaker 1: you're still taking donations, but again they're going to be rerooted, correct.
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Speaker 2: And so watch our Facebook page because we'll have lots
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Speaker 2: of really exciting sales also in March for people to
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Speaker 2: come and shop because obviously we don't want to have
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Speaker 2: to transport everything back to the whitew either, we don't
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Speaker 2: have space for that and also there's a cost to it.
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Speaker 2: And right now we do have like special pricing for
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Speaker 2: our clients on things as we have a going out
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Speaker 2: of business sale. But watch because beginning March first, those
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Speaker 2: sales will become open to the public and it will
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Speaker 2: be a great opportunity to fill a bag.
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Speaker 1: There you go now for less, I'm telling you, yeah,
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Speaker 1: and will the money still go yes? Okay, yeah, so
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Speaker 1: really you know, there you go. I mean, this is
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Speaker 1: kind of a built in fundraiser. You know, as we
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Speaker 1: close the doors to West End Moxie, please note the
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Speaker 1: location in downtown Stirling. This is across from County Market one.
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Speaker 2: One five West third Street and Sterling. Yes, right, so great.
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Speaker 2: Across from County Market. There is signage it's right by
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Speaker 2: the mercantile if people are familiar with that.
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Speaker 1: Again, I kind of bittersweet in that. But again, the
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Speaker 1: cause on the move goes on, as Rebecca mentioned, and
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Speaker 1: so again even though the physical doors will be closed
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Speaker 1: on March the twenty ninth, that effort will still be
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Speaker 1: with the YWC of the Sock Valley. Rebecca Munjos Ripley
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Speaker 1: is our executive director of the HYWC of the Sock Valley.
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Speaker 1: She joins us this morning full of the talk. Can
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Speaker 1: you spend some extra time, but he still got a
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Speaker 1: couple of items that we need to talk about. So
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Speaker 1: we're gonna take five minutes of news at the half
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Speaker 1: hour with Tim Lee. But when we come back, Yeah,
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Speaker 1: some very important calendar of events on the wide calendar
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Speaker 1: that Rebecca and I will be chatting about. But he
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Speaker 1: made her way to the studios. We're at four degrees
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Speaker 1: above zero here at am fourteen sixty and FM ninety
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Speaker 1: five one. Rebecca Munjos Ripley is our executive director of
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Speaker 1: the YWC of the Sock Valley. She's live in studio
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Speaker 1: with us today and thank you so very much for
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Speaker 1: putting in the appearance with us here at AM fourteen
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Speaker 1: sixteen FM ninety five one and putting in the extra
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Speaker 1: time with us. We've got a couple of items on
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Speaker 1: the calendar that we want to discuss in the first
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Speaker 1: one is very important because it's their annual get together
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Speaker 1: in April, and again the wheels are turned learning now
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Speaker 1: Rebecca on the Women of Achievement Luncheon for twenty twenty five.
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Speaker 2: That's right. Planning is underway. This year's event is on
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Speaker 2: April seventeenth at the Dixon Elks. Doors open at eleven,
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Speaker 2: the program begins at twelve. We hope to have everybody
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Speaker 2: out of the doors by one point thirty. Of course,
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Speaker 2: it includes a luncheon, awards presentation, dessert dash and gift
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Speaker 2: basket raffles. It is our largest fund ra user at
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Speaker 2: the White WCA, so we hope lots of people will
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Speaker 2: turn out. But currently nominations for the awards are actually
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Speaker 2: open we've got quite a few in We've been taking
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Speaker 2: them all year long. You can find information about how
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Speaker 2: to nominate someone by checking out our Facebook page or
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Speaker 2: checking out our website. Just look us up YCA of
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Speaker 2: the SoC Valley. There are seven different award categories and
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Speaker 2: so we encourage you to nominate a woman in your
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Speaker 2: life who is deserving of the recognition. You can nominate
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Speaker 2: someone online this year, so you don't actually have to
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Speaker 2: do you know, paperwork, printed off, send or anything else.
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Speaker 2: We've tried to make find ways to make it more
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Speaker 2: modernized and accessible to everybody. So it's a great opportunity
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Speaker 2: to showcase what is going on in your workplace and
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Speaker 2: what women are out there accomplishing.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely and there are deserving again women that again will
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Speaker 1: be recognized in mid April at the women have achieved
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Speaker 1: but lunch of This is an annual event and as
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Speaker 1: Rebecca mentioned, their biggest fundraiser, and we talked about fundraising
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Speaker 1: through the yuse of the Sock Valley, so we hope
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Speaker 1: for a good house.
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Speaker 2: Tickets to the tickets will be invitations will be mailed
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Speaker 2: out and the website will go live next fridaya carrier
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Speaker 2: and so registration information is coming, and I do believe
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Speaker 2: that it's March twenty eighth that RSVPs are due, so
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Speaker 2: people will have four weeks to get those things in,
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Speaker 2: so that should be plenty of time. But if you
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Speaker 2: have questions, you can always call us eight one five
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Speaker 2: six two five zero three three three. We would love
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Speaker 2: to hear from you. If for some reason you can't
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Speaker 2: access the nomination form or whatever it might be, just
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Speaker 2: give us a holler and we'll help you out because
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Speaker 2: we want to make it as easy and use it
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Speaker 2: friendly as possible.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and again, your vote counts. Your recognition of those
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Speaker 1: standout individuals here in our northern Illinois area does count.
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Speaker 1: And again, our nominations are being taken right now for
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Speaker 1: those positions again that we'll be awarded, and we're hoping
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Speaker 1: to get Rebecca on before once again the actual event
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Speaker 1: takes place here in Dixon in mid April. That will
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Speaker 1: be our next month that Rebecca will be visiting with
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Speaker 1: us here at AM fourteen sixteen and FM ninety five one.
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Speaker 1: So hopefully we can get Rebecca on and again kind
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Speaker 1: of preview and kind of build on the Women of
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Speaker 1: Achievement luncheon. It's a great, great gathering that has been
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Speaker 1: again the White would U see of the Sock Valley's
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Speaker 1: favorite fundraiser, one of their favorites again for years, and
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Speaker 1: we're hoping for once again a good turnout. Watch for
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Speaker 1: all that information to kind of come aboard as we
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Speaker 1: move through February into March along their way websites and
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Speaker 1: Facebook pages courtesy of the YWCA of the Sauk Valley.
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Speaker 1: Wanted to talk about another area that we've kind of
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Speaker 1: been connected with with Ogle County, and that is the
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Speaker 1: community Area that the YWCA kind of operates under.
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Speaker 2: They so we have a community fridge and a community
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Speaker 2: pantry with it, and so it is free and accessible
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Speaker 2: to anyone twenty four hours a day, three hundred and
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Speaker 2: sixty five days a year. And so what the community
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Speaker 2: fridge is is it is filled with food that is
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Speaker 2: donated and people, as they need things, they can come
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Speaker 2: up and obtain some basics or some staples. It certainly
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Speaker 2: isn't a full grocery order, but enough to get you through.
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Speaker 2: Is we're fighting food in security. And also you can
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Speaker 2: drop off donations to the community fridge because the idea
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Speaker 2: is that we're feeding our neighbors and it's give and take,
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Speaker 2: much like we do with the coades, where it's a
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Speaker 2: giving tree. You can take what you need and leave
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Speaker 2: what you don't. And so we would love it if
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Speaker 2: we'd have community members who are in a more fortunate
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Speaker 2: position who could help support our community. Fridge, like I said,
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Speaker 2: there's a fridge and freezer portion, and so it could
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Speaker 2: be things that are frozen or staples that might need
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Speaker 2: to be refrigerated. And then there is a pantry portion
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Speaker 2: that can accept canned goods, dry goods and things of
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Speaker 2: that nature. So it really is open to whatever would
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Speaker 2: work for you.
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Speaker 1: Okay, either donating or taking. It's just out and questions
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Speaker 1: asked exactly, and all you have to do is stop
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Speaker 1: by the location and see again what's available. And if
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Speaker 1: you're donating, appreciate obviously any donations that come in, especially eggs.
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Speaker 1: I'm probably the probably a lot of eggs. Fortunately, yeah,
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Speaker 1: it is, but you know that that was kind of
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Speaker 1: one of the staples of this. But again with the
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Speaker 1: rising costs and all, that stuff wouldn't be super But
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Speaker 1: again there are other you know necessities, milk, you know, breads,
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Speaker 1: you know.
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Speaker 2: Milk, bread, peanut butter, jittles, dry beans, canned corn, all
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Speaker 2: the things.
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Speaker 1: Drop it off, drop it off, got it available to
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Speaker 1: drop off, just drop it off there and let those
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Speaker 1: that are need take, you know, what they need as necessities.
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Speaker 1: And this is a part of the project program with
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Speaker 1: the Ogle County's Health Department. The YWCA, the Soft Valley
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Speaker 1: operates the one in Whiteside County. This is the one
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Speaker 1: in white Side County through the Ogle County Health Department.
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Speaker 1: There are you know, Carol Lee and again Whiteside all
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Speaker 1: participate in this community project and the.
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Speaker 2: One that's fantastic and we're solid to have been included
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Speaker 2: by Ogle County Health Department. But it really is a
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Speaker 2: great opportunity to make sure that in such a time
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Speaker 2: of food insecurity, where so many of us don't have
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Speaker 2: to think about that, there are lots of people out
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Speaker 2: there struggling and it's just a really great way to
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Speaker 2: get your community connected and make sure people have access
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Speaker 2: to healthy food.
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Speaker 1: All right. So again note that again when you're traveling
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Speaker 1: and visit the YWCA facility and again that's located right
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Speaker 1: on the grounds there again and you can either donate
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Speaker 1: or take what you need from that facility at the
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Speaker 1: YWCA of the Stock Valley in Sterling. This month is
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Speaker 1: a very important spotlight and month that you wanted to
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Speaker 1: talk about today, This month of February.
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Speaker 2: That's right. So we recognize that February is teen Dating
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Speaker 2: Violence Awareness Month, and so it is a time to
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Speaker 2: raise awareness about the fact that abuse does begin occurring
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Speaker 2: in teenage relationships, and it's also a time to promote
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Speaker 2: getting access to help and promoting healthy relationships. So a
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Speaker 2: lot of people don't realize it, but about one in
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Speaker 2: three teens actually experience physical, sexual, emotional, or verbal abuse
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Speaker 2: from a dating partner. And research shows that if you
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Speaker 2: are experiencing violence in any of those categories as a team,
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Speaker 2: you are much more likely to go on and then
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Speaker 2: experience it as an adult. So while we don't pay attention,
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Speaker 2: or maybe we think it's just a situation of poppy
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Speaker 2: love or someone doesn't mean something, it can actually be
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Speaker 2: very very serious. And in fact, people who are in
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Speaker 2: abusive relationships have much higher rates of suicide and substance abuse,
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Speaker 2: and so these are also things to think about when
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Speaker 2: you think about the loved ones in your life. So
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Speaker 2: we like to remind everyone that you should be keeping
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Speaker 2: an eye on your teens and what those relationships are like,
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Speaker 2: but also that there are services available to help you
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Speaker 2: that are free and confidential. At the white WCA. You
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Speaker 2: can always call us any time, any day, twenty four
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Speaker 2: hours a day, three hundred and sixty five days a
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Speaker 2: year eight one five, six, two, six, seven, two seven,
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Speaker 2: seven and eight one five two eight eight one zero
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Speaker 2: one one, and we can provide you information, we can
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Speaker 2: provide your resources. You know, we'd like to think that
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Speaker 2: these things don't happen to our loved ones, and certainly
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Speaker 2: we'd like to think that they don't happen to innocent
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Speaker 2: youth and children. But it is also important to be
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Speaker 2: grounded in reality and to know that they do. But
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Speaker 2: the important thing is is they can get help. It
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Speaker 2: is out there, so that's good news. And you can
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Speaker 2: always reach out to the YWCA because we do have
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Speaker 2: professionals available. We also have counseling services available and can
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Speaker 2: go out and meet with teens at schools whatever the
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Speaker 2: need may be. So please call us. Don't ever suffer alone,
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Speaker 2: or don't ever think that the problem is going to
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Speaker 2: just disappear and go away.
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Speaker 1: This is one of the special areas of the YWCA
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Speaker 1: of the Stock Valley that I talked about up front.
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Speaker 1: This is one of the important areas that we always spotlight.
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Speaker 1: We always want to spotlight this area of the YWCA
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Speaker 1: of the Stock Valley. They're professional services available for those
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Speaker 1: that are in need in these areas. And as Rebecca mentioned,
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Speaker 1: during this month of February, well it's just a spotlighted month.
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Speaker 1: This takes place all through the year. It's just the
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Speaker 1: spotlighted month that we emphasize this particular area. But it
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Speaker 1: is something that is is still a problem in our
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Speaker 1: Noether and Nolanois areas we talked about off air Rebecca
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Speaker 1: here the facilities.
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Speaker 2: Our numbers stay incredibly consistent for both domestic and sexual violence,
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Speaker 2: and every year we see an average of seven hundred
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Speaker 2: people coming through our doors between Lee and Whitesay Counties,
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Speaker 2: and so that's really a tremendous number. And so anything
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Speaker 2: that we can do to start preventing it or curtailing
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Speaker 2: it early on is definitely beneficial. But when we hear
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Speaker 2: those statistics of one in three women, one in four women,
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Speaker 2: one in five men will experience this type of violence
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Speaker 2: at some point in their lives, those numbers are actually
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Speaker 2: very accurate. And so I say, if you know someone,
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Speaker 2: then you know someone who's experienced it.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely and again help is available. As Rebecca mentioned, those
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Speaker 1: two twenty four hour day, seven day a week numbers,
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Speaker 1: those hotline numbers through the YWC of the Sock Valley
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Speaker 1: are available. Do not hesitate to call. That's the always
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Speaker 1: the you know, the toughest thing to do is that
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Speaker 1: first call to one of those emergency numbers. But again,
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Speaker 1: assistance and aid is available. And like we talked about
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Speaker 1: off area as well, we certainly hope to reduce those numbers.
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Speaker 1: You know that Rebecca ces at the YWC of the
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Speaker 1: Sack Valley. Unfortunately, those numbers are still steady and persistent
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Speaker 1: again with the facilities at the YWC of the Sack
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Speaker 1: Valley again, Rebecca, lots of activities going on as we
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Speaker 1: kick off twenty twenty five. We're excited to have the
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Speaker 1: yw once again on board with us for our series
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Speaker 1: of reports. We thank you so very much for visiting
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Speaker 1: with us today. Always a pleasure having you on board,
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Speaker 1: and hopefully, hopefully before women have achievement in April, we'll
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Speaker 1: have you back on board, whether it's to kind of
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Speaker 1: really you know, get that you know again in line
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Speaker 1: and really give it the ignite, you know, across our
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Speaker 1: northern Illinois area in the month of April.
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Speaker 2: We would love to be back, and we just would
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Speaker 2: like to remind all the listeners that we are proudly
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Speaker 2: a United Way agency of both Lee and White Say Counties,
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Speaker 2: and so when you support the United Way in either
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Speaker 2: of those counties, you actually make sure that our services
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Speaker 2: continue to be available. So thank you to all the
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Speaker 2: United Way supporters out there, and thank you to the
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Speaker 2: United Ways for all that they.
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Speaker 1: Do, absolutely because that is a big chunk of change too.
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Speaker 1: To the YWCA the Sauk Valley which goes in to
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Speaker 1: work at the yw through the United Way dollars that
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Speaker 1: you give, appreciate your visit. We'll see you down the line.