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Food Is Medicine! Help Project Angel Food Feed Critically Angelinos In Need, With Love. · The iHeart SoCal Show

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  Speaker 1: Hi, it is Fox and this is the iHeart So
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  Speaker 1: Cal Show. Okay so.
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  Speaker 2: Project Angel Food their mission to nourish the health and
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  Speaker 2: spirit of people facing critical and life threatening illnesses by
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  Speaker 2: preparing and delivering medically tailored meals with love, care and dignity.
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  Speaker 2: And they've been doing it all these years, since nineteen
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  Speaker 2: eighty nine, and now thousands of Angelina's who are in
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  Speaker 2: need rely on Project Angel Food. So thank goodness, they're expanding,
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  Speaker 2: and they've got a big fundraiser coming up on the
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  Speaker 2: twenty seventh, their Angel Awards, and we are hoping you're
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  Speaker 2: going to join in and help make the magic happen.
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  Speaker 2: They're always need of volunteers, always need of drivers, so
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  Speaker 2: many ways to be a part of this incredible organization.
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  Speaker 2: So let's dive in as I've been a fan of
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  Speaker 2: theirs for a long time, a fan and a volunteer
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  Speaker 2: for a long time, especially since their CEO is so
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  Speaker 2: wonderful in my longtime. Dear dear friend, Richard au Hi Richard.
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  Speaker 3: By Lisa, Oh my god, this is horrible that the
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  Speaker 3: way we get together is through doing radio.
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  Speaker 1: It's horrible.
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  Speaker 3: I don't even see each other. You're so busy it's
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  Speaker 3: not horrible.
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  Speaker 2: It just means sad that we have to keep it
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  Speaker 2: clean because you know, we are on seven the shows
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  Speaker 2: on seven iHeart stations, so.
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  Speaker 1: We have to keep it clean.
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  Speaker 3: That's keep it clean.
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  Speaker 1: That's the only horrible part. But always joy to talk
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  Speaker 1: to you.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, when I'm not volunteering there, I feel
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  Speaker 2: like I worked there already. You know, my boyfriend, the
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  Speaker 2: love of my life has been has been actually working
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  Speaker 2: with you more so than voluntearing since the fires. God
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  Speaker 2: bless him, and thank you for letting him deliver meals
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  Speaker 2: for his mental health.
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  Speaker 1: It's been very key to keep our family going, so
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  Speaker 1: thank you for that.
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  Speaker 3: He's wonderful. He's just like he's won the heart of
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  Speaker 3: the staff and especially the clients. Yeah, he's just going
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  Speaker 3: delivering and connecting and doing a great job.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you well.
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  Speaker 3: Him.
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  Speaker 2: Working at Project Angel Food has been very healing. And
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  Speaker 2: it's nice to have a job. Not everyone's job has
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  Speaker 2: a mission like yours does. And what a great opportunity
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  Speaker 2: for people listening right now to be a part of it.
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  Speaker 2: I know you rely heavily on volunteers to work in
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  Speaker 2: the kitchen, to drive the vans, deliver the food.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, the need is so great.
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  Speaker 2: That's why I think it is you' rais enough money
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  Speaker 2: for this new expansion that's happening.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, this is incredible. It's the biggest project we have
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  Speaker 3: undertaken in the history of Project Change of Food in
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  Speaker 3: thirty six years. So it is a thirty thousand square
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  Speaker 3: foot campus. We will have two buildings, all of this
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  Speaker 3: impact in the heart of Hollywood. We are doubling down
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  Speaker 3: on Hollywood. One building is going to be a brand
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  Speaker 3: new food production kitchen facility that is set to open
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  Speaker 3: in time for chrismas us. How amazing is that projecting
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  Speaker 3: into Food's Christmas gift to Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we got to do a little hard hat tour
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  Speaker 2: and got a preview and we were just like.
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  Speaker 3: Wow, yeah, what did you think?
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  Speaker 2: I just was so impressed by what you're doing there
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  Speaker 2: in Hollywood. And because you were able to raise the
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  Speaker 2: funds because of so many generous people who donated and
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  Speaker 2: the people that you were reached out to, because you
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  Speaker 2: guys are very well connected. Because of the money we
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  Speaker 2: were able to raise through a number of ways. My gosh,
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  Speaker 2: You're just gonna be able to feed so many more
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  Speaker 2: people with the larger food prep areas and the bigger sinks,
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  Speaker 2: the massive freezers, I mean, just so much more room
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  Speaker 2: to do more and feed more.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, we're going to be able to triple the amount
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  Speaker 3: of people we serve because right now, I was just
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  Speaker 3: speaking to our receptionist, Jamie, and she said, we are
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  Speaker 3: getting more phone calls because some organizations have had to
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  Speaker 3: sh shut down because of funding cuts, So meals on wheels.
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  Speaker 3: Other organizations are struggling, are struggling, and people are coming
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  Speaker 3: to us saying we need help, we need food, We're sick,
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  Speaker 3: we're hungry, can you help us? So the need is
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  Speaker 3: growing and we're one organization that needs to continue to
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  Speaker 3: keep operating because you and I both know food is
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  Speaker 3: not an option.
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  Speaker 2: Well, and especially when we're talking about the people that
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  Speaker 2: you're feeding. So breakdown because I mean, since this began
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  Speaker 2: in eighty nine, twenty million plus meals have been delivered
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  Speaker 2: to those living with cancer, diabetes, cones of heart failure,
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  Speaker 2: HIV and a's and other life writing illnesses. A breakdown
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  Speaker 2: the types of people I just mentioned who you take
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  Speaker 2: care because, like you said, more people are calling, more
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  Speaker 2: people are applying. If you're listening to this program, and
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  Speaker 2: you know of someone who is sick and would like.
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  Speaker 1: To apply, This could be such a.
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  Speaker 2: Game changer for them and help them in so many ways.
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  Speaker 2: They can apply right now at angelfood dot org. But
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  Speaker 2: talk about the people that you serve, Richard.
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  Speaker 3: The people we serve are the people who are often forgotten.
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  Speaker 3: They are the people who if you have a neighbor
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  Speaker 3: who never comes out of their home, who always has
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  Speaker 3: their blind straw, and you wonder what's going on in there.
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  Speaker 3: What's going on is they may be attached to an
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  Speaker 3: oxygen machine, they may be in a wheelchair, they may
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  Speaker 3: be bed bound, or they may have some other illness
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  Speaker 3: that's keeping them in there and isolated. And those are
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  Speaker 3: the people you know. When you and I get sick,
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  Speaker 3: everyone calls, Can I bring you a cup of chicken soup?
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  Speaker 3: Can I come visit you? If you're sick for a week,
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  Speaker 3: some of those calls stop coming. Then if you're sick
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  Speaker 3: for a month, forget it. If you're sick for a year,
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  Speaker 3: no one's calling you. Our clients have been sick for
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  Speaker 3: six months, a year or even longer. Were their new friends,
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  Speaker 3: were their new family. We're the constant in their life
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  Speaker 3: every single week, we are there delivering meals. I'm going
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  Speaker 3: to tell you a story. We have a client in Altadena.
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  Speaker 3: Her name is Warna, ninety years old with dementia and
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  Speaker 3: I think she has diabetes as well. So she lost
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  Speaker 3: her house in the Altadena fire. Since January seventh, she
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  Speaker 3: has moved seven times.
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  Speaker 1: I can't even imagine. That's terrible.
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  Speaker 3: This is a woman with dementia, she doesn't recognize her surroundings.
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  Speaker 3: But guess what each of those seven times, Project Angel
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  Speaker 3: Food has delivered meals to her in her new homes
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  Speaker 3: and it has been the same delivery driver, Samantha, and
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  Speaker 3: she recognizes Samantha to one constant.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the bond, you know.
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  Speaker 2: I just know from volunteering to the bond that you
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  Speaker 2: make with so many of these sweet clients. And like
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  Speaker 2: Richard said, many people are alone, and sometimes you're the
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  Speaker 2: only visitor or you're the only it's sad to say
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  Speaker 2: only friend, you know, and that, but that bond is
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  Speaker 2: so special, and sometimes they want they're a little chatty
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  Speaker 2: and they're kind of excited sometimes to have.
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  Speaker 1: Someone at the door.
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  Speaker 2: And of course you're bringing their meals for a week,
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  Speaker 2: so you're giving the gift of food and your company
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  Speaker 2: and your love and your kindness, and so many of
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  Speaker 2: them could just see the appreciation and just to have
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  Speaker 2: a moment or smile just kind of like lights up
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  Speaker 2: the room for a second. And it's really special to
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  Speaker 2: know that we have the power to do that. Being
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  Speaker 2: part of the Project Angel Food family.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's she has something that's pretty special and incredible.
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  Speaker 3: And it takes a special human being who wants to
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  Speaker 3: do this kind of work. It takes someone who is selfless,
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  Speaker 3: someone who says, I want to do something for someone
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  Speaker 3: I don't know. I want to do something that makes
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  Speaker 3: the world a better place. You know, if you're worried
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  Speaker 3: about what's happening in the country and the state and
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  Speaker 3: the city in the world, turn to Project Angel Food.
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  Speaker 3: That's where you see goodness. That's where the best of
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  Speaker 3: Los Angeles comes out.
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  Speaker 2: And you see it too, and you feel it when
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  Speaker 2: you volunteer in their kitchen. Right now, the kitchen, the kitchens,
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  Speaker 2: it's a temporary location in Lincoln Heights and Lincoln Heights area,
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  Speaker 2: but the vibe and the love is right there in
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  Speaker 2: Lincoln Heights. And then eventually, right when the new campus opens,
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  Speaker 2: we'll be able to move back over to a divine
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  Speaker 2: near near Melrose. But essentially you feel just I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: It's such a positive vibe in the kitchen, the people
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  Speaker 2: that you connect with, loading up your car, loading up
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  Speaker 2: the van. If you become a hired driver, and just
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  Speaker 2: feeling good about what you're doing, you know, knowing that
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  Speaker 2: you're helping people and truly making a difference in these
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  Speaker 2: people's lives, it's a beautiful thing.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. And you know, especially during the fires, we had
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  Speaker 3: eight thousand people, eight thousand reaching out to us saying
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  Speaker 3: I want to do some good? Can I come? Volunteer
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  Speaker 3: people came to the Lincoln Heights kitchen unannounced, said I'm
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  Speaker 3: an extra hair pair of hands, can I come? So
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  Speaker 3: when they saw the devastation, they didn't know what to do.
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  Speaker 3: Maybe they couldn't donate money, but they could donate time.
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  Speaker 3: And Annie Lennox came into our kitchen and she thanked
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  Speaker 3: the staff and thanked the volunteers, and she said, Project
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  Speaker 3: Angel Food turns helplessness into hope.
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  Speaker 1: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: You absolutely do. You currently prepare and hand deliver free,
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  Speaker 2: medically tailored meals annually to more than seven thousand plus men,
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  Speaker 2: women and children, and that's about twenty eight hundred any
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  Speaker 2: given day, and all the neighborhoods all over Los Angeles
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  Speaker 2: County and it's huge right LA County and then some oh.
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  Speaker 3: We do all four thousand separate under square miles of
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  Speaker 3: LA County. So we're in Hollywood, we go. I was
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  Speaker 3: just talking to one of our drivers yesterday. I said,
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  Speaker 3: where were you today? He said, I was in Palmdale.
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  Speaker 3: We go all the way to Palmdale. Took him an
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  Speaker 3: hour and a half to get there. Then he started
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  Speaker 3: delivering to forty people in Palmdale, then another two hours
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  Speaker 3: to get back because he's in rush hour traffic. So
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  Speaker 3: that's what we do. Even though it's farther. People need
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  Speaker 3: our help there, so that's where we go. We go
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  Speaker 3: to Long Beach, go to Santa Monica and also Pomona.
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  Speaker 3: We're all LA County, every city you can think of,
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  Speaker 3: Huntington Beach, boil Heights, you know, all the way to
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  Speaker 3: the valley, the entire valley. Our biggest coverage area is
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  Speaker 3: the downtown area, mid city and south South LA. There's
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  Speaker 3: a lot of neat there and.
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  Speaker 2: They are delivering delicious, medically tailored meals that are flash
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  Speaker 2: frozen so essentially they're ready to go and containers that
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  Speaker 2: just pop right in their microwave, so it's very easy. Again,
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  Speaker 2: you're delivering the sick people who many who are alone
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  Speaker 2: but also not able to go out and shop feeling sick.
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  Speaker 1: Cancer is very expensive.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's just so extremely helpful in terms of
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  Speaker 2: making life a little easier, but also the food is
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  Speaker 2: so healthy and nourishing for their sick body. Touch on
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  Speaker 2: the food and how your project Angel food dieticians and
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  Speaker 2: team work directly with these clients doctors to make sure
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  Speaker 2: they get the diets right for their ailments.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so these are medically tailored meals because we believe
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  Speaker 3: food is medicine. So if you have diabetes, we have
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  Speaker 3: a meal that helps bring down your A one C levels.
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  Speaker 3: You don't just take medication, you take food as medication.
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  Speaker 3: If you eat the right food, like diabetics, you need
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  Speaker 3: to have brown rice instead of white rice, and whole
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  Speaker 3: week pasta instead of a regular pasta. Our dietitians and
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  Speaker 3: our chefs work together to curate the perfect meals. The
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  Speaker 3: dietitians make sure it has the right nutrients, the right portions,
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  Speaker 3: that the chefs make sure that looks good and taste good.
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  Speaker 3: Has to look good because you eat with your eyes,
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  Speaker 3: and it has to silver case taste good. So if
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  Speaker 3: we're going to take out salt, we're going to put
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  Speaker 3: in the different nerves and spices. So some of our
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  Speaker 3: clients will say, oh my god, this tasted like a
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  Speaker 3: gourmet meal because it has deep different spices that they've
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  Speaker 3: never tasted before. And then the other thing about these
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  Speaker 3: meals is, for most diet plans, you have three months
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  Speaker 3: of unduplicated meals. So if you get turkey meat loaf
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  Speaker 3: today and if you love it, I'm sorry, but you
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  Speaker 3: won't see it for another ninety days. Oh how hard
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  Speaker 3: we're going to get so.
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  Speaker 1: Much for Yeah, other favorites, Yeah, other favorites.
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  Speaker 3: Sure.
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  Speaker 2: I've been able to taste a little bit of the
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  Speaker 2: food here and there, and the food is absolutely delicious.
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  Speaker 2: So again, if you know someone who is sick or
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  Speaker 2: in need, or someone in your family, gosh, if my
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  Speaker 2: mom lived down from the barrier, my mom, she's got
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  Speaker 2: COPD and some asthma issues. I know COPD is also
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  Speaker 2: on your list of peah. And again, whether it's someone
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  Speaker 2: that's you elderly, or anyone that you know that maybe
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  Speaker 2: sick or that could truly benefit from this program, this food.
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  Speaker 2: It's all at no cost to the client. It's an
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  Speaker 2: incredible gift. So if you are someone that you know
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  Speaker 2: or someone in your family could really really use the
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  Speaker 2: gift of Project and Angel Food, please reach out and
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  Speaker 2: see how it all works and apply. Have them apply
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  Speaker 2: at Angelfood dot org. Also, if you have the time
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  Speaker 2: that Richard said to volunteer and work in their kitchen
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  Speaker 2: temporarily and Lincoln Heights, then officially we'll be back in
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  Speaker 2: Hollywood before the end of the year hopefully.
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  Speaker 1: And then also fundraising is key.
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  Speaker 2: You do a bunch of events throughout the year, and
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  Speaker 2: this is one of your big ees that we can
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  Speaker 2: all buy a ticket and go to be a part
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  Speaker 2: of the magic at the Angel Awards happening Saturday, September
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  Speaker 2: the twenty seventh at Paramount Studios with Belinda Carlisle Live.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, this is our premiere ev end of the year
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  Speaker 3: and this year, for the first time ever, we're doing
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  Speaker 3: it at Paramount Studios. We usually do it in our
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  Speaker 3: parking lot, but guess what, we don't have a parking
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  Speaker 3: lot because we're in the temporary kitchen in our kitchen
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  Speaker 3: is being renovated while we get everything ready, but it's
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  Speaker 3: going to be really interesting. We're going to be near
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  Speaker 3: the fountain right there at Paramount. We're going to have
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  Speaker 3: the dinner outside, then we're going to go inside and
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  Speaker 3: do the entire show in the theater there Paramount Theater.
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  Speaker 3: We're also going to give you some popcorn and some
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  Speaker 3: red vines. I think. Oh, so that's kind of fun.
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  Speaker 3: We always had that little twist to it. So not
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  Speaker 3: only will Blenda Carlisle open the show with a bang,
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  Speaker 3: Caroline Ray is going to be our MC's hilarious.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: We are honoring Jennifer Tilly. Everyone loves Jennifer Tilly. And
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  Speaker 3: I don't think we've announced this yet, but I'm going
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  Speaker 3: to tell you Lisa. Kathy Hilton is going to give
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  Speaker 3: Jennifer the award.
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  Speaker 2: Oh very nice. And Kathy is a very generous woman.
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  Speaker 3: Too, very generous, and I hope she raises her hand
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  Speaker 3: when we asked for live auction.
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  Speaker 1: Hey Kathy.
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  Speaker 2: Also, while you're here, where's that the check book of
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  Speaker 2: your exactly?
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  Speaker 3: And we're honoring Cedar Sinai. They are wonderful partners. We
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  Speaker 3: love them. It's just gonna be an amazing evening, the fun, laughter,
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  Speaker 3: poignant stories and helping an incredible organization.
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  Speaker 2: And again, anyone you meet your Apologian angel food, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: they just become a part of your family. I mean
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  Speaker 2: you and I were friends before you start working there,
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  Speaker 2: and now I love that you're working there, and now
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  Speaker 2: you're the big boss because you're so good at what
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  Speaker 2: you do and you're still good at bringing people together.
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  Speaker 2: And just everyone that I meet through here just has
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  Speaker 2: the biggest heart. And we need more of that in
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  Speaker 2: this world with all the craziness that we face and
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  Speaker 2: terrible things on the news. You know, we need to
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  Speaker 2: stick together. Good people need to stick together and just
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  Speaker 2: meet wonderful people through this organization. So I implore you
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  Speaker 2: to volunteer to find out more, get hired as a driver.
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  Speaker 2: They're always hiring drivers. Volunteer as a driver, and buy
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  Speaker 2: a ticket for the Angel Wards. You'll meet so many
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  Speaker 2: wonderful people. It's at the Paramount Studios and come on,
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  Speaker 2: Blenda Carlisle, She's amazing. It's gonna be Saturday now, just
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  Speaker 2: a few weeks Saturday, September twenty seventh. Takes in details
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  Speaker 2: all right there for everything takes a details about the event.
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  Speaker 2: Also about volunteering, also how to apply, all right there
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  Speaker 2: at angelfood dot org.
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  Speaker 3: And on one new thing about volunteering, yes, is we're
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  Speaker 3: opening up Saturdays. Okay, we usually just open on Sundays
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  Speaker 3: through Friday, but we've got a stockpile meals for the move,
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  Speaker 3: so we need volunteers to come in on Saturday. And
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  Speaker 3: there's a great way online to book your date through
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  Speaker 3: our calendar show.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, all right, great, and it's.
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  Speaker 3: All right there on high Tech, Lisa.
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  Speaker 2: What was needed, It was needed angelfood dot org. For
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  Speaker 2: all the info angelfood dot org. And we can't wait
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  Speaker 2: to see you at the Angel Awards for Project Angel
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  Speaker 2: Food on Saturday, September the twenty seventh.
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  Speaker 1: Richard, you love you, Thank you day.
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  Speaker 3: Richard. I love you and iHeart thank you so much.