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Talk-Line: Clara Harris on "Holiday Drive" · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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Speaker 1: Asked the hour. This is Tuesday, It's August five, the
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Speaker 1: year is twenty twenty five, and it's time for another
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Speaker 1: informational edition of Talkline here at Wixent Radio. Good morning,
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Speaker 1: I'm Steve Marco. It is time, believe it or not,
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Speaker 1: on August the fifth of twenty twenty five. It is
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Speaker 1: time to talk to our friends from Goodfellows of Lee County. Now,
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Speaker 1: we have been conducting reports obviously as we cruise towards
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Speaker 1: the holiday period, which of course takes center stage in
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Speaker 1: the last quarter of the year October November December. But
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Speaker 1: we have moved our reports back because there is so
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Speaker 1: much information that Goodfellows of Lee County has for us
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Speaker 1: starting in the month of August. Believe it or not,
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Speaker 1: we do have some deadlines coming up, we do have
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Speaker 1: some important pre drive information as Goodfellows of Lee County
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Speaker 1: prepares itself for another holiday push. And it just again,
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Speaker 1: the cycle just contains and we continue with it here
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Speaker 1: at wix and talking with our friends from Goodfellows of
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Speaker 1: Lee County. The President of Goodfellows of Lee County is
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Speaker 1: live with us at the microphones this morning to get
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Speaker 1: us started down the line. In twenty twenty five. Our
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Speaker 1: very dear friend Clara Harris joins us on this Tuesday
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Speaker 1: morning here at WI Exent.
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Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Steve, Good morning everyone out there.
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Speaker 2: Hopefully the information we're going to give you today get
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Speaker 2: you thinking about and pushing forward to getting those applications in.
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Speaker 2: So we're very excited.
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Speaker 3: This week.
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Speaker 2: I will be handing them out at various locations and
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Speaker 2: all of the townships in Lee County, So always look
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Speaker 2: for at your public library, your township offices, and other
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Speaker 2: various locations besides your schools. The schools will be handing
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Speaker 2: them out, probably via email.
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Speaker 3: You're familiar with that.
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Speaker 2: You parents out there, are grandparents that have little ones
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Speaker 2: in your home that you're helping with, they send those
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Speaker 2: out that way. I've already started distributing them just because
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Speaker 2: I had to visit a church in Franklin Grove the
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Speaker 2: other day yesterday and started handing them out there. So
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Speaker 2: look for the applications at various locations. We start taking
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Speaker 2: them September first. I will not turn them away. If
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Speaker 2: you send them in now, early is better than late.
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Speaker 2: The first deadline, as always is October thirty first. If
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Speaker 2: you remember, if you do it by that time, you
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Speaker 2: get a food voucher, or your family could be selected
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Speaker 2: by i DOT who will be taking and buying food
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Speaker 2: for a number of families.
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Speaker 3: So it's really important.
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Speaker 2: With all the food insecurities right now, we all need that.
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Speaker 2: So please make sure that your application is in by
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Speaker 2: October thirty first. Our second deadline and final deadline. If
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Speaker 2: you don't meet that one is December first. You will
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Speaker 2: still receive the Christmas holiday stuff, but you will not
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Speaker 2: be guaranteed a food voucher or I DOT, so please
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Speaker 2: keep that in mind.
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Speaker 3: This is early enough.
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Speaker 2: As Steve said, I love that they welcome us and
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Speaker 2: let us come and talk so that you guys are aware.
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Speaker 3: Start gathering your information.
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Speaker 2: If you are on food stamps, you know you get
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Speaker 2: a letter, put that letter aside and have everything in
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Speaker 2: a pile your Any kind of income coming into your
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Speaker 2: home has to be with the application, so that tells
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Speaker 2: us whether you're.
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Speaker 3: Qualified or not.
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Speaker 2: I will tell everyone the income guideline is so high
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Speaker 2: this year because like public Aid, it's gone up. You
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Speaker 2: can make more per month and we go by the
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Speaker 2: guideline set by the state. So when you get them,
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Speaker 2: you're going to see, wow, that's pretty high. They qualify
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Speaker 2: were last year maybe you were not qualified. Make sure
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Speaker 2: you check out the guidelines. I know the food pantry
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Speaker 2: is starting this month. They started Friday the first handing
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Speaker 2: them out and they will hand them out the whole
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Speaker 2: month of August. After that they aren't gonna have any
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Speaker 2: because we've handed out three hundred and fifty through them,
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Speaker 2: So please make sure you look at it.
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Speaker 3: It is two.
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Speaker 2: Sided this year. In the past, we've always had two sheets.
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Speaker 2: Well half of the time I get back both sheets.
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Speaker 2: I shouldn't have gotten both sheets, but that's okay. This
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Speaker 2: year we made it so you don't have to wonder.
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Speaker 2: Just get it filled out, put the information with it,
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Speaker 2: get it in the mail to us at post office
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Speaker 2: box six seven four, which is on that application, or
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Speaker 2: if you do not have a stamp and you are
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Speaker 2: down in our area seven oh four South Lincoln Avenue.
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Speaker 2: We do have a drop box now on the front
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Speaker 2: of the building, so you can drop it off yourself
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Speaker 2: in that drop box.
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Speaker 3: It's locked.
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Speaker 2: No one will have access to it until I take
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Speaker 2: the mail out every day, okay, and it will be
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Speaker 2: checked daily because the deadlines are real important. If I
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Speaker 2: get it after that, it can't qualify yes, so I
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Speaker 2: check them, check it daily.
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Speaker 1: Right the obviously you know the goal of Goodfellows is
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Speaker 1: the holiday month of December. This is when they hold
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Speaker 1: their Holiday drive at the Goodfellow's location. It's been in
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Speaker 1: existence now for a couple of years, and we're going
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Speaker 1: to talk about that. Thirteen is that right?
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Speaker 3: One hundred and thirteen years this year?
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Speaker 1: Well, the Goodfellows have been but at their new location.
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Speaker 1: You've only been there for.
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Speaker 3: Four years, all right, alrighty four years?
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Speaker 1: Okay, all right, but there have been improvements and we're
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Speaker 1: going to talk to Claire about that here on wy
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Speaker 1: axent with our initial report from Goodfellows of Lee County.
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Speaker 1: Clara Harris as the president, and she leads us in
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Speaker 1: to the Goodfellow's Holiday Drive for twin twenty five, which
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Speaker 1: starts now. As Clara just mentioned, there are applications now
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Speaker 1: that are being distributed across our Lee County area. This
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Speaker 1: is good Fellows of Lee County. That's what we again
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Speaker 1: distribute to is Lee County and areas in Lee Counties.
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Speaker 1: Clara mentioned, schools will be getting applications. There'll be other
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Speaker 1: areas getting applications. All you have to do is find
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Speaker 1: one of those applications, fill it out and get it
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Speaker 1: back to Goodfellows before those deadlines that Clara talked about,
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Speaker 1: and you'll be eligible to take part in their holiday
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Speaker 1: drive this year, which will be in December.
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Speaker 2: It will be the first full week in December. I
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Speaker 2: did not write the dates down.
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Speaker 1: Yeah right, it's early, still at early, but it's always
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Speaker 1: planned for the first part of December, and this is
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Speaker 1: where the shopping dates will come into play. For those
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Speaker 1: that participate in the Goodfellows Drive. You'll get to go
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Speaker 1: to the Goodfellow's location. You'll get to a shop for
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Speaker 1: your gifts for the holidays, courtesy of Goodfellows and their
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Speaker 1: Holiday draw. But the important thing right now is to
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Speaker 1: center yourself on that application. Get that application filled out,
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Speaker 1: as Claire mentioned, get all of the pertinent information, and
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Speaker 1: get it back to Goodfellows as soon as possible. Again,
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Speaker 1: let's just say a sad because yeah, the deadlines obviously
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Speaker 1: are in place and will be reminding you of those
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Speaker 1: from here on him. But again, the sooner you get
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Speaker 1: that application back to Goodfellows, the better off you are.
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Speaker 1: Not only with Goodfellows, but as you mentioned, I DOT,
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Speaker 1: along with I believe law enforcement right shop with the cop.
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Speaker 2: We always have a shop of the Cop, shop of
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Speaker 2: the Sheriff, Shamrock Club, sister city, number of churches, and
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Speaker 2: this year I've had a family contact me and told
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Speaker 2: me they would like to sponsor one or two families,
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Speaker 2: so depending on size, but those are all selected prior
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Speaker 2: to the agenda at Goodfellows. If shop with the cop
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Speaker 2: or shop with the Sheriff, take the kiddos, We're only
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Speaker 2: going to have the pairs come and shop with us
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Speaker 2: because it is for the entire family. Good Fellows serves
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Speaker 2: from birth on up. Yes, we're probably the only Christmas
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Speaker 2: assistance program that does do the.
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Speaker 3: Entire family exactly.
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Speaker 2: And we have been around one hundred and thirteen years
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Speaker 2: strong and we are considered the oldest non for profit
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Speaker 2: in Lee County.
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Speaker 1: Good for you. That's wonderful, and it's again, it's so
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Speaker 1: nice again when we get to talk about a well
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Speaker 1: established and well oiled machine move forward once again with
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Speaker 1: their annual drive, as we do with good Fellows each year.
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Speaker 1: Clara Harris is our guest. She is the President of
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Speaker 1: Goodfellows of Lee County, joining us today here at WIXM.
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Speaker 1: Let's talk, well, just a brief mention about last. Did
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Speaker 1: everything close out last year? All right? I mean, did
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Speaker 1: we do okay? As far as you know the drive
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Speaker 1: and you know, kind of summarizing twenty twenty four.
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Speaker 2: Last we had a phenomenal year. All the families that
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Speaker 2: did go with us other agencies or churches were they received.
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Speaker 2: They had a blast, The kids had a blast shopping
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Speaker 2: with the officers, always a fun time. And then the
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Speaker 2: parents came and received from us. So yes, we had
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Speaker 2: a phenomenal year. About four hundred and twenty four families
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Speaker 2: received through our putting applications in through US. Because the
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Speaker 2: shop of the cop shop with a shareff they pick,
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Speaker 2: We don't pick for them. They receive all the applications
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Speaker 2: that are in on the time frame of October thirty.
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Speaker 2: First I have to give them that list that first
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Speaker 2: week in November because they have to know how many
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Speaker 2: families or kiddos they're taking shopping and how much money
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Speaker 2: they need. They probably will already have a lot of
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Speaker 2: drives or donations received, but they got to know do
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Speaker 2: I have enough to take this many children? And that's
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Speaker 2: how they determine how many they're going to take. So
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Speaker 2: please get them in on time. I get calls all
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Speaker 2: the time I want my kids to go shop with
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Speaker 2: a copp or sheriff. Well, you got to have the
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Speaker 2: application in on time. If it's in on time, your
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Speaker 2: name is given to them and then they make the selections.
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Speaker 2: So I love that. And then Shamrock Club and Sister
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Speaker 2: City and the others they look to me though we
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Speaker 2: communicate with each other. They tell me what size of
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Speaker 2: a family they would like to have, and then we
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Speaker 2: go from there and I give them choices and they
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Speaker 2: make their choice, and then all of those names are
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Speaker 2: those applications are pulled, the ones that go with Shamrock
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Speaker 2: or Sister City or the churches. They do the entire
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Speaker 2: family shop with the cop and sheriff.
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Speaker 3: They only do the kids. So the parents are of
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Speaker 3: course going to come shopping with us.
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Speaker 2: And because they got it in on time, they get
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Speaker 2: their food voucher or they could be chosen by I
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Speaker 2: DOT for their food part of it.
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Speaker 3: So please make sure they're in on time.
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Speaker 2: The course of what you receive is in your hands,
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Speaker 2: not in ours. We just are the person in between
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Speaker 2: making sure that everybody gets what they need. And we
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Speaker 2: have to meet their deadlines too. That early November time
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Speaker 2: is for the two officers the two officer agency to
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Speaker 2: choose who they're going to take, and they give me
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Speaker 2: the list and I pull those and those parents are coming,
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Speaker 2: but not the kiddos. So please make sure they're in
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Speaker 2: on time.
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Speaker 1: It is imperative once again that you get the bottom
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Speaker 1: line is good Fellows of Lee County. This is your
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Speaker 1: starting point. Good Fellows of Lee County. Get you started
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Speaker 1: in those areas. If you want to join shop with
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Speaker 1: the cops, shop with the sheriff, Shamrock Club, all of those,
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Speaker 1: you start with good Fellows of Lee County and the application.
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Speaker 1: That's the starting point. And that's why we have Claire
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Speaker 1: on board with us today to get us started down
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Speaker 1: the line with all of this information here at WI Accent.
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Speaker 1: We're going to continue our conversation with Claire from Goodfellows
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Speaker 1: of Lee County, but we do need to take a
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Speaker 1: break for five minutes of news at the box them
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Speaker 1: in the hour. We still have lots of information to
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Speaker 1: share with you. It's good Fellows of Lee County and
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Speaker 1: the talk line spot like today. But first Tim Leap says,
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Speaker 1: we continue our conversation today with our friends from Goodfellows
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Speaker 1: of Lee County. The drive is on for twenty twenty five.
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Speaker 1: The word is out and our President of Goodfellows of
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Speaker 1: Lee County is here to put the word out to
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Speaker 1: those that are interested in joining Goodfellows for their holiday
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Speaker 1: activities this year. Our dear friend Clara Harris is live
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Speaker 1: with us at the microphones this morning, were putting the
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Speaker 1: word out. Now. The applications are going out. If they haven't,
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Speaker 1: they'll be there very shortly. If they haven't already been distributed.
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Speaker 2: Right, Yes, we'll be distributing them all this month at
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Speaker 2: various locations. I want to remind everyone This Thursday, this seventh,
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Speaker 2: out at the Elks, they are holding tools for schools,
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Speaker 2: that is, for anyone in the Dixon Public schools. They
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Speaker 2: will be handing out backpacks all the schools supplies that
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Speaker 2: your kiddos need. We will have a booth there. I
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Speaker 2: know Habitat for Humanity is going to be there. Ours
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Speaker 2: will have our applications and I have some fun little
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Speaker 2: things that I'm going to distribute if you want to
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Speaker 2: take them free. But it's real important you're going to
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Speaker 2: get a heads up early because the school I hand
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Speaker 2: them to them, I have to have it approved by
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Speaker 2: the main office. And once that's done, then they're going
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Speaker 2: to go out to all the schools and they'll be
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Speaker 2: distributed as each school starts this year with the kids
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Speaker 2: being in school, So just know that they're out there.
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Speaker 2: They're going to be out there this whole entire month.
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Speaker 2: I start taking them as soon as you get them
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Speaker 2: filled out. Make sure everything's completed. And one reminder everyone,
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Speaker 2: last year I got a lot of applications. You didn't
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Speaker 2: put your address, you didn't put your phone number. I'm
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Speaker 2: not sure how you thought I was going to communicate
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Speaker 2: with you, but a lot of times it ended up
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Speaker 2: where you called me frantic towards our giveaway and said,
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Speaker 2: I haven't heard from you. But I sent my application
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Speaker 2: back in and I put those in a pending file. Okay,
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Speaker 2: they're sitting there waiting for somebody to reach out to me,
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Speaker 2: because if I don't have a way to reach you,
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Speaker 2: you're going to have to reach me. So make sure
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Speaker 2: you fill them out completely so that I don't have
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Speaker 2: to do that and you won't have to worry you're
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Speaker 2: not going to receive because you haven't.
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Speaker 3: Heard from us.
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Speaker 1: Does it seem like you know in recent years, Claria,
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Speaker 1: that we've distributed the applications earlier and earlier. It just
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Speaker 1: seems likely.
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Speaker 2: We have we have, Steve. I want to make sure
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Speaker 2: they're out there. I don't want people to say they
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Speaker 2: didn't get them. The schools are really diligent about putting
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Speaker 2: them out. All the township offices are going to have them,
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Speaker 2: All the libraries will have them. You know, there's a
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Speaker 2: couple other locations. Lee County Council line Aging faithfully puts
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Speaker 2: them out for us because therefore the entire family and
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Speaker 2: seniors they qualified, just the same people with children.
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Speaker 3: So yes, we're putting them out there.
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Speaker 2: Deadline September first to October thirty first. But if you
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Speaker 2: get it in August and you get it completely filled out,
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Speaker 2: go ahead and send it in. I'm going to put
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Speaker 2: it in my early file. And just know this everyone,
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Speaker 2: my first application that comes in, if they are not
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Speaker 2: chosen by shop of the cops, sheriff or one of
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Speaker 2: those other agency, you are always my first shopper to
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Speaker 2: come shopping with us. So another incentive because then you
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Speaker 2: get to look at everything that's there and you're our
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Speaker 2: first person.
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Speaker 1: There is your headquarters, now that you mentioned it has
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Speaker 1: been your headquarters for the last four I can't believe it's.
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Speaker 3: Been four years before jams.
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Speaker 1: Okay, well that's just putting things into a technical sense.
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Speaker 1: But nonetheless, Goodfellows has their permanent location now it's the
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Speaker 1: old Lincoln Avenue Church of God location. It's in wes
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Speaker 1: Dixon again on Lincoln at seventh and again that's the
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Speaker 1: location of Good Fellows of Lee County. Now we talk
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Speaker 1: about the improvements now from you know, here we go
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Speaker 1: the last year's drive to where we sit right now.
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Speaker 1: You've had some improvements physically in that area or are
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Speaker 1: taking part in physically improving your little Yes, we had.
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Speaker 2: A couple issues and so we had a roof looked
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Speaker 2: at before we ended up having any damage inside of
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Speaker 2: the building and we did need a new roof. Luckily
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Speaker 2: our raffle that we hold every year. Thank everyone for
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Speaker 2: buying a raffle ticket, because that money is put into
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Speaker 2: a building fund and that is what we used to
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Speaker 2: make improvements on the building and maintain it so we
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Speaker 2: can keep the doors open and have you come in
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Speaker 2: in December. So we did find out we.
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Speaker 3: Needed a new roof.
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Speaker 2: We'd had a roof and fation sofit gutters and down
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Speaker 2: spouts put on the building. So now it's secure. We
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Speaker 2: did find out what it would cost to have the
16:56
Speaker 2: carpets cleaned because they needed to be done, with the
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Speaker 2: cost of that going against what it would cost to
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Speaker 2: have new flooring put in, we waited out. We got
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Speaker 2: a couple donations given to us towards that also, so
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Speaker 2: we chose to go ahead and replace the flooring. So
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Speaker 2: we have been working very diligently, and I can't say
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Speaker 2: enough about my faithful volunteers. I have a corps of
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Speaker 2: volunteers Steve that come in at a minute's notice even
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Speaker 2: and they will do whatever is needed to be done.
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Speaker 2: So those people need to get a kudos for that
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Speaker 2: because without them, we wouldn't be able to give and
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Speaker 2: have everything ready during the holiday season. So we are
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Speaker 2: having new flooring putting, so that'll.
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Speaker 3: Be taken care of.
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Speaker 2: And I say, this is commercial grade flooring, so it'll
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Speaker 2: be here one hundred years from now when I'm not here,
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Speaker 2: but the agency will survive.
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Speaker 3: And we've been around one hundred and thirteen.
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Speaker 2: I'm hoping that everything will still be here one hundred
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Speaker 2: years from now and beyond.
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Speaker 1: Well, and Clara has been a part how long.
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Speaker 2: Now I've been here about going on twelve years for
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Speaker 2: you at the head.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, at Goodfellows. So of course she works with Habitat
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Speaker 1: as well and other area agencies. So we're very lucky
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Speaker 1: to have this lovely lady in our Sock Valley area
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Speaker 1: doing what she does for Goodfellows and for the rest
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Speaker 1: here in our northern Illinois area. Now, as we brought
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Speaker 1: everybody up to date on the physical location, we brought
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Speaker 1: everybody up to date on the applications being distributed. Now
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Speaker 1: it comes time. What about distribution now, I mean or
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Speaker 1: collecting those items now, are we in the midst of
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Speaker 1: doing that or how's that being Now?
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Speaker 2: We don't put tags. We will have tags on trees.
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Speaker 2: They'll be red red for girls, in green for boys, ribbon,
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Speaker 2: and they will be hung on trees at various locations.
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Speaker 2: We don't do that until in November. We do it
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Speaker 2: at the beginning because everybody that likes to go Black
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Speaker 2: Friday shopping, they like to get the deals. They're going
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Speaker 2: to grab those tags, they're going to do their shopping.
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Speaker 2: We will have barrels distributed in November also at all
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Speaker 2: the locations that.
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Speaker 3: We will be receiving.
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Speaker 2: Now you can grab a tag off a tree and
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Speaker 2: buy what you want off of that, or you can
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Speaker 2: just buy a toy. You go buy something you think, Oh,
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Speaker 2: that reminds me of my childhood. I want to grab
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Speaker 2: that because it brought me joy. It's going to bring
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Speaker 2: a child joy. Grab it, buy it, put it in
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Speaker 2: that location that you're at, and it will be given
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Speaker 2: to us. We check daily weekly and if those barrels
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Speaker 2: start overflowing sometimes if we haven't gone for three days,
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Speaker 2: they'll call us, you need to come and empty your barrel,
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Speaker 2: which is okay. I can't say enough about the distribution.
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Speaker 2: Every place that I've contacted has always agreed to be
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Speaker 2: a station to put a box or a barrel at
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Speaker 2: or the tags for the tree. And so kids are
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Speaker 2: going to receive because of that.
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Speaker 1: Okay, all right, So again that doesn't start until a
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Speaker 1: little bit later on November.
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Speaker 3: It'll be November, okay.
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Speaker 1: But from here until that time, though, you kind of
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Speaker 1: organize it. You probably have items already.
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Speaker 2: We have some items that were left over from last
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Speaker 2: year that are here already. Just know that we work
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Speaker 2: with a lot of agencies all of our gently used clothing,
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Speaker 2: because when families come through, they get one set of
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Speaker 2: brand new clothing that's a top and a bottom, and
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Speaker 2: they get one gently used top and bottom.
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Speaker 3: So all of those.
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Speaker 2: Gently used clothing have been in our building ready to go.
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Speaker 2: We're taking them. We start in April and we stop
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Speaker 2: October first of taking gently used items because we have
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Speaker 2: to be able to get everything distributed into the categories
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Speaker 2: and hung and put on shelving for the Christmas giveaways,
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Speaker 2: a lot of other things going on, so we'll stop
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Speaker 2: taking October first. We have a lot of nice stuff
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Speaker 2: that is given to us, so people come through, they
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Speaker 2: see that they receive. We do get calls during the year,
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Speaker 2: maybe a fire victim, or we have a domestic abuse
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Speaker 2: that happens, and that poor person, whether it be a
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Speaker 2: male or a female. Because we've had a couple guys,
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Speaker 2: they need furniture. We don't take furniture in. We get
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Speaker 2: calls and I keep a journal and if someone calls
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Speaker 2: me and needs that, I always tell the person giving
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Speaker 2: give me two weeks time. I have to have two
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Speaker 2: weeks because if I already have somebody in my book
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Speaker 2: that needs that item, the two will be given each
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Speaker 2: other's information and they'll make sure they get it to them.
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Speaker 2: If there's no one in my book that needs the
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Speaker 2: items they're offering, I go ahead and keep it for
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Speaker 2: two weeks and then give them a call and say
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Speaker 2: I haven't had any halls. They might want to take
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Speaker 2: that to a place that they can donate it, and
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Speaker 2: the only two places I know are Caring Place and
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Speaker 2: light except for that.
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Speaker 3: But we work together.
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Speaker 2: We're working with recovery houses, We're working with the pad shelters,
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Speaker 2: We're working with a lot of other churches or agencies.
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Speaker 2: If we get a referral by a school teacher, a counselor,
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Speaker 2: or a principal, or an officer, or maybe a pastor
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Speaker 2: or a bishop, someone in authoritative figuring can call us
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Speaker 2: and say I have a family in need. We're going
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Speaker 2: to work out the details, and if we can't help them, Steve,
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Speaker 2: we make sure we give them the name of an
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Speaker 2: agency that.
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Speaker 1: Can very good. So now, Clara, we have to wrap
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Speaker 1: things up and move on. Unfortunately, but hopefully we've gotten
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Speaker 1: the word out. The important information right now is again
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Speaker 1: the applications that are being distributed. If a person has
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Speaker 1: a question, Clara, how do they get Holy good one.
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Speaker 2: You're gonna call eight one five nine seven three five
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Speaker 2: one three five that's on the application. No question, one,
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Speaker 2: lady goes, I know you're going to think this is dumb.
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Speaker 2: No question is dumb. If you're you're having thoughts of
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Speaker 2: something that you need an answer to, call us. We're
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Speaker 2: going to make sure you get the answer that you need.
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Speaker 2: And again, if we can't help you, we're going to
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Speaker 2: refer you to somebody that can.
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Speaker 1: Okay, Good Fellows of Lee County has started their drive
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Speaker 1: for twenty twenty five and we are happy to be
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Speaker 1: a part of it once again for this holiday season
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Speaker 1: upcoming again, Clara Harris has mentioned all of the important
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Speaker 1: dates on the calendar coming up and again adheed to
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Speaker 1: those dates and make sure that your again materials are
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Speaker 1: back to Good Fellows by those important dates coming up.
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Speaker 1: We'll keep reminding you and we'll of course have this
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Speaker 1: lovely lady on periodically to give us updates as we
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Speaker 1: move through the season right here on wy ACCENT.
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Speaker 2: Thank you so much Steve and the radio stations also,
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Speaker 2: because without this communication we don't get as many back in.
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Speaker 2: It's a blessing to all of us.
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Speaker 1: Well, and we appreciate you visiting and stopping by off
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Speaker 1: we go into this campis giving me another fun one.
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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us today. Thank you, President of Goodfellows
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Speaker 1: of Lee County, Clara Harris with us today on day