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Koats for Kids with The Boys and Girls Club of Dane County · Ask The Experts

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  The morning, Sean. Well, if you joined in studio by Terry Hokey,
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  it's Boys and Girls Club of Dane County, Terry Winter Wonderland. People
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  are thinking are they playing are they were playing something from last winter? No?
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  No, no, no no. We want folks to think because in
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  no time winter is going to be here, isn't it. It is going
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  to be here, Sean, and sooner than you expect, despite this warmer
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  weather that we've been having. And you were telling me, of course we're
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  going to talk about coats for kids. In just a moment you were telling
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  me, Uh, this kind of coincides directly with the Hallmark season. Yes,
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  yes, a holiday movie start in October. So you know this does
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  you know, kind of line up with your Christmas music there. It's fantastic
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  And as we all know, it will get cold here in Wisconsin. It's
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  going to be another winter is going to be really harsh for a lot of
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  folks, and you know, one of the important things is keeping warm,
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  and I know for a lot of people, it's something that we don't always
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  think about until it's here. And this is one of those times where we
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  want to think ahead, we want to plan ahead and that's where Coats for
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  Kids comes into play. Let's talk a little bit about Coats for Kids,
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  how the program works, and why right now is so especially important for keeping
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  kids warm in the months to come. Yeah, as as you mentioned,
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  Sean, the winters are harsh here and there are a lot of kids that
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  do not have the means to keep warm. You know, they grow,
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  and so this is a community effort with a lot of partners to collect at
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  least five thousand coats for kids in Dane County. So this is not necessarily
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  a Boys and Girls Clubs of Dane County effort, it's a community wide effort.
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  Well, it's fantastic and obviously clearing out the closet gently used, did
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  I did I see? There's an Amazon wish list as well that folks want
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  to just purchase online. Make it easy, peasy. Yes, there's several
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  ways that you can join in this effort. And so, first of all,
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  despite the warm weather, check your closets there your kids might have grown
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  out of the coats, you might have coats because there's adult sized kids too,
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  and so check your closets. You know you haven't had to go there
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  yet, but check them and you can easily drop them off at any Clinkis
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  Cleaners in Dane County and they will clean them for you. That is amazing.
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  And they they're they're they're a vital partner in this, aren't they They
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  are a vital partner and have been so for thirty eight years. Wow.
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  Yes, yes, that is amazing. And so folks can obviously clear out
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  the closet. You can drop off the coats at Clinky Cleaners, they will
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  clean them. And then how do they kind of the other side distribution and
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  how are they all? Yeah, like I said, there's several partners.
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  So we have to thank Easy Office Products because Clinky's delivers the clean coats to
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  them and they're helping us out by sorting them because it's a big, big
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  operation to take in five thousand coats and then get them to the people in
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  need. And shown you mentioned before, there's other ways and other than just
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  checking your closet. You can go to our website bgc DC dot org and
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  write on that first page you'll see coats for kids, and you can order
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  through an Amazon wish list and it'll be delivered directly to us. Or you
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  can even do a monetary donation of whatever is good for you, and it'll
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  be going for this campaign. And Terry, you mentioned the fantastic folks involved,
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  clinky cleaners, easy office products. You need everybody as well though.
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  If people have an opportunity a little spare time, you guys can certainly use
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  volunteers, can't you. We sure, ken And there's also a volunteer link
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  there and we have volunteer opportunities night time, daytime October nineteenth through October twenty
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  fifth, Grab some friends, grab your co workers. We have a lot
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  of spots that we have to fill. What a fun and I know everything
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  you guys do with Boys and Girls Club has always got there's a fun aspect
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  to it as well. Never a boring day. There's never a boring day.
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  And you're right, Seawan. When you volunteer, you're with a group
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  of people, you're doing good. It makes you feel good and we have
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  fun. Let's talk a little bit about the timeline for folks on again.
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  Check your closet today. What's kind of the timeline for getting those donations in
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  timeline is by October seventh, so soon, and and for those that need
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  coats, October six is when we are going to come out with the registrations
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  for the first two distribution sites, which are at the Mackenzie Family Center and
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  Sun Prairie and the Erica and Anthony Fleming formerly Taft Club in Madison, and
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  then a little bit later October twenty three through twenty fifth, it'll be at
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  the our Allied Family Boys and Girls Club. And you know, and I
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  know obviously Boys and Girls Club, you guys are involved with a lot of
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  a lot of different and you join us with some of the really great programs
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  and some of the great things that you guys do at Boys and Girls Club.
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  I think sometimes one of the areas that people overlook is the need is
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  I think sometimes because of Madison and Dane County and such a you know,
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  it's a beautiful area and you know, such a just such a great area.
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  Sometimes people forget that, even people that we may not it may not
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  even realize there are a lot of people in need in this area, aren't
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  there? There are? And this is a way that the community can come
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  together and help those people. And of course the website is bgc DC dot
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  org. I've got to say it every time, otherwise it's like it's like
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  it's a practice for coats for kids there again, that's bgc DC dot org.
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  All the donations up online, signed to volunteer for the distribution event on
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  the website, as well as the drop off locations the Amazon wish list,
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  and of course if you are able to do a monetary donation, there's a
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  secure section and right there on the website you can do that. And it's
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  such a great rewarding thing if you are able to do that. Any of
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  those opportunities are just great. And you say, well, I don't have
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  any codes. The volunteer opportunities a great thing for you as well, do
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  you guys? You guys expect getting maybe some I know, we've got a
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  lot of you know, social groups and other things. You guys expect a
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  lot of a lot of those type of folks. It's not it. Maybe
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  maybe some office workers getting together and saying, you know what, this maybe
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  something good for us not only a rewarding thing, but kind of a bonding
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  experience as well. Yeah, it's actually a great work engagement opportunity. And
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  we have shared with some company partners and there's some people that historically, because
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  this is Boys and Girls Club first year in being part of this, there
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  so there's some organizations that historically have done this and they're coming to the plate
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  again, so that's always nice to see. But there are still plenty of
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  opportunities. Gets to the website bgc DC dot org Codes for Kids again accepting
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  donations now through October seventh, and that's right around the corner. We're talking
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  just a few days away from now, so I get those clause it's cleared
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  out and again head on over the website get more information whether you're looking to
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  volunteer, making a monetary donation, want to order off the wish list again,
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  all that information at BGCDC dot org. It's always great seeing you,
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  Terry. You enjoy this fantastic day. Thanks Sean News. This next right
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