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Speaker 1: It's with Dan Ray. I'm telling you Boston's news Radio.

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Speaker 2: We are continuing here on Nightside. This is the last

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Speaker 2: hour of my broadcast here. I will be back in January.

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Speaker 2: But we end our broadcast here with the Night Side

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Speaker 2: charity Combine. This is our thirteenth annual effort. We have

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Speaker 2: introduced to you over the years, more than two hundred

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Speaker 2: great charities, big and small, some well known, some not

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Speaker 2: so well known, and we are getting back to our task.

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Speaker 2: I want to welcome Laurie Barkowski. Laurie runs an organization

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Speaker 2: called confid Kids. Laurie, welcome to Nightside. Thanks for being there.

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Speaker 3: Thank you Dan.

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Speaker 4: I'm so appreciative to be on Dateline beyond Nightline with

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Speaker 4: you tonight.

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Speaker 3: Thank you.

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Speaker 2: Ks Side not Lightline, Yeah, no problem, no problem. So

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Speaker 2: tell us about this group which sounds to me great.

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Speaker 2: You've been on this board now for almost ten years.

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Speaker 2: It's called Confee Kids. Tell us about it.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: So, we we're a nonprofit and we.

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Speaker 4: Started in twenty seventeen, and what we do is we

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Speaker 4: provide funding for children to participate in activities that they

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Speaker 4: otherwise would not be able to.

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Speaker 3: So some of these activities are arts or sports, or music.

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Speaker 3: You know, like when we first started this, to play

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Speaker 3: football or to go into an activity probably cost you

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Speaker 3: I mean, these families are paying five six hundred dollars

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Speaker 3: aren't able to provide activities for their kids. So we

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Speaker 3: are helping children on the southeastern Massachusetts and we basically

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Speaker 3: follow these kids grades one through eight, so we're doing

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Speaker 3: te ball all the way up to All Stars. We're

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Speaker 3: potentially investing about ten thousand dollars per child. So it's

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Speaker 3: really important because confidence with these kids means the world

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Speaker 3: to them.

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Speaker 2: How did you get involved in this in the first place?

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Speaker 2: What drew with your attention?

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Speaker 4: So my best friend started this nonprofit and she really

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Speaker 4: when she was younger, got into dance. She started doing dance. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 4: continue with the dance because it just they didn't couldn't

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Speaker 4: is Rachel Calvary's. She started this nonprofit and we've actually

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Speaker 4: funded we've given out a million dollars so far. But

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Speaker 4: there's still so many families that we've had to turn

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Speaker 3: Up to grade eight.

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Speaker 4: So there's a lot of families that knew that are

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Speaker 4: trying to get on that we cannot help. But we've

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Speaker 4: just been doing fundraisers and just trying to keep at it.

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Speaker 2: What communities do you serve?

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Speaker 4: So we are helping kids into southeastern Massachusetts. I mean

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Speaker 4: we're all the way from down the Cape, We're up

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Speaker 2: That's great, And so give us the website because you

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Speaker 2: and that's I think what you need.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if you need volunteers, but certainly the

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Speaker 2: website and let's make sure that people know how to

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Speaker 2: get in touch with you. What's the website?

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Speaker 4: Absolutely, so we're Confie kids dot org and you spell

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Speaker 4: that con Fi kids dot org. And just to let

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Speaker 4: you know, we absolutely need funding. We'd love to have

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Speaker 4: volunteers we're also doing a gala March twenty eighth at

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Speaker 4: can follow us on social media, so we absolutely can

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Speaker 2: Laurie, I promise you you give me a call in

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Speaker 2: February and we will help promote your gala during our

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Speaker 4: Okay, Dan, I really really truly appreciate you. I listen

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Speaker 4: just wish you and your listeners a merry Christmas.

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Speaker 2: Were complete pleasure. Thank you so much. Merry Christmas to you.

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Speaker 3: All righty bye bye, good night.

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Speaker 2: We're going to go now to doctor John Pappis. Doctor Pappis,

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Speaker 2: welcome Tonight's I know that you are a loyal listener

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Speaker 2: and I really do appreciate that. But more importantly, tonight

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Speaker 2: is a Greek folk dance group. I'm not much of

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Speaker 8: Well, thank you so much, Dan, you are correct. I

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Speaker 8: your Voice of Reason. Thank you for having me on

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Speaker 8: before I gets out of the Greek Dance I miss

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Speaker 2: That, Well, well, we'll resurrect them maybe in January for.

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Speaker 8: You media resolution. Well, you know, Greek folk dance, dance

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Speaker 8: in Greece is very integral to the whole culture, and

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Speaker 8: you know the dances for happiness. There's dances for that

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Speaker 8: hundreds of dances in that tiny little country known as Greece.

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Speaker 8: These dances tie our present day to our ancient past,

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Speaker 8: from the steps that we dance all the way to

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Speaker 8: the rhythm. The Metropolis of Boston Dance Group is a

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Speaker 8: nonprofit cultural organization that is dedicated to the preservation of

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Speaker 8: Greek culture and to the history in the history to

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Speaker 8: the Greek American youth of the Greater Boston area through

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Speaker 8: dance in what comes with it. You may have seen

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Speaker 8: the group perform in and around Boston at various events

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Speaker 8: including Frienway Park and halftime show at the Celtics Games.

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Speaker 8: We perform locally, nationally and internationally when the opportunity possess itself.

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Speaker 8: So we focus mostly for kids that are seven years

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Speaker 8: our time. All money that we receive goes back to

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Speaker 8: the kids that are in the program, from getting music

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Speaker 8: that's quality music to purchasing handmade costumes from Greece from

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Speaker 2: Sounds like a wonderful organization. Give us the web. How

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Speaker 8: Yeah, so we have a website. It's called Greek Folk

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Speaker 8: Dance dot org. All one word, Greek Folk Dance dot org.

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Speaker 8: There's a little donate button donate now button on the

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Speaker 8: homepage and you can contact us directly through that. It

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Speaker 8: gets right to our email, which is Greek Folk Dance

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Speaker 8: the website you can contact us and feel free to

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Speaker 8: learn more about our program. We're really proud of it.

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Speaker 8: I should mention that we are uh we are a

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Speaker 8: It's a Unesco organization, and we are five one three,

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Speaker 2: No, no, yeah, I just gotta I gotta be fair.

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Speaker 2: All right, Thank you so much.

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Speaker 8: Thank you so much, Dan, I really appreciate it. Maybe

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Speaker 2: Right right back at you, Doctor John Pappas a Greek

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Speaker 2: folk dance dot Org. Doctor Papus, thank you so much,

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Speaker 1: Night Side with Dan Ray ONBZ Boston's news radio.

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Speaker 2: All Right, our next guest, who's a little late, but

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Speaker 2: better late than never, want to welcome Doreen Wade of

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Speaker 2: Salem United. Doreen, welcome to night Side. You're the president

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Speaker 2: of Salem United Incorporated. Tell us about your group.

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Speaker 9: Yes, I just want to say thank you so much

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Speaker 9: for this opportunity. And Salem United is a nonprofit organization

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Speaker 9: that preserves, protects, and build Black history.

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Speaker 10: And the black history.

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Speaker 7: That we preserve, protect and build.

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Speaker 9: Is called Negro Election Day, but many people know it

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Speaker 9: as the Black picnic that used to be in Salem

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Speaker 2: Mass And so how long has the group been around,

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Speaker 11: We've been around for ten years, but this or this

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Speaker 11: this history has been around for over three hundred and

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Speaker 9: It was established by enslaved Africans that established the first

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Speaker 9: black voting system in this country. It's an amazing, amazing

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Speaker 9: that we're celebrating America's two hundred and fiftieth we are

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Speaker 9: really working hard to get this history out of here

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Speaker 9: because all these enslaved Africans were part of the American Revolution.

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Speaker 2: And how can folks get in touch, become members or

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Speaker 9: Well, maybe we can become members by contacting us. And

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Speaker 10: Dot org And we really, really really are interested in

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Speaker 10: having so many people contact us because we really want

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Speaker 10: to teach and educate young people that you know, there

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Speaker 10: there there is a negativity to slavery, but there's also

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Speaker 10: I know this sounds ironic.

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Speaker 9: But this is there is also positivity that happened during

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Speaker 9: the history of slavery.

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Speaker 2: Okay, well, Doreen, thank you very much. Keep in touch

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Speaker 2: Salem United, Inc. Dot org. Appreciate your time tonight. I'm

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Speaker 2: glad that we are persisted and got you incos as

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Speaker 2: afraid we admissed it. Okay, thanks so much.

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Speaker 9: you know, we we've been trying to get everything organized,

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Speaker 3: Kenny, thank you your interest in nonprofit.

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Speaker 2: You're very welcome. Thank you very much. We're going to

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Speaker 2: talk now with linn Abbot. Linn Abbot, welcome to night Side.

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Speaker 2: You're with a group called Salt Water Initiative, and I

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Speaker 2: know we talked a little bit about it. It's a

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Speaker 13: You very much for having us on. I really appreciate

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Speaker 13: the opportunity to spread the word about what we do.

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Speaker 13: We are a nonprofit that provides vacations for families that

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Speaker 13: have autistic children and limited financial means to take their

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Speaker 2: Well, that's great, And how could folks support you, give

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Speaker 13: Yeah, they can go right to Saltwater Initiative dot org

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Speaker 2: It's so important. Absolutely, Lynn Abbitt, thank you very much

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Speaker 13: Or thanks Lynn, Thanks so much, Dan, thank you, thank

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Speaker 14: Oh, Raina sarl Sabanda, Hi, Okay.

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Speaker 2: You're the assistant director of Communications. I wasn't sure of

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Speaker 2: So Project Bread, it obviously sounds like a very basic organization.

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Speaker 14: Yeah, and that's a great question that we do get

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Speaker 2: For a second. If someone is out there tonight and

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Speaker 14: Absolutely, our Frustace hotline is really the best touch point

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Speaker 2: Sounds great? Okay, thank you so much, Project Bread and

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Speaker 2: it has a website, I assume as well, said projectbread

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Speaker 14: Yeah, Project bread dot org.

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Speaker 2: Appreciate it very much. We have a break coming up

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Speaker 2: up this edition of the thirteenth annual Nightside Charity Combine.

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Speaker 1: You're on night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's

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Speaker 2: We are joined by Kathy Milbury, she of the famous

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Speaker 2: I'm glad you spotted the phone. We had you plugged

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Speaker 2: know I'm looking at your book, My Place by the

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Speaker 2: Sea of Slice of Heaven. Kathy Milbury, this is a

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Speaker 2: Amy Allen, who put together which is to benefit the

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Speaker 2: Jimmy Fund. You have an amazing restaurant in Rockport called

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Speaker 2: My Place by the Sea. Tell me about the tell

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Speaker 12: Well, thanks for having me on, Dan and I'm sorry

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Speaker 12: And for whatever reason, people in the medical field, either

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Speaker 12: My Place by the Sea as a respite. And we

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Speaker 12: a special focus on something called diamond black fan anemia.

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Speaker 12: And so we decided to write the cookbook and have

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Speaker 2: Well, it's a fabulous book. I mean, I am not,

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Speaker 2: By the way, this is a cook look that everyone

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Speaker 2: in particularly because there are so many great recipes in here.

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Speaker 2: But there is obviously a lot of fish recipes and

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Speaker 12: Lot of stories, but I hesitate to call it just

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Speaker 12: that the proceeds one percent of the proceeds are going

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Speaker 12: a win win for everybody. Dan, you can find us

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Speaker 12: on my place by the seed dot org. You can

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Speaker 12: order the book there. It's being carried in local bookstores

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Speaker 12: in Gloucester, Beverly Farms, a place leuis pantry right here

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Speaker 2: Sounds great, sounds great, Kathy. It's an amazing effort. It's

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Speaker 2: a great cause. Jimmy Fund Again. They should go to

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Speaker 12: Thank you, and Merry Christmas to you and all your listeners.

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Speaker 2: Yes, thanks so much. I want to go next to

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Speaker 2: Vinnie Hart. Vinnie is with a wonderful organization down on

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Speaker 2: the South Shore called well Spring, the well Spring Multi

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Speaker 2: Service Center. He is also a great friend of a

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Speaker 2: mutual friend of ours, Jack Dougherty. VINNI heart, welcome to

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Speaker 2: night Side. He's the president and CEO of the well

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Speaker 2: Spring Multi Service Center. Tell us the geographic area where

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Speaker 2: folks are served by well Spring. Vinnie tell us a

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Speaker 2: little bit about the service center itself.

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Speaker 5: Sure, and thanks for having me. It's a good thing

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Speaker 5: you do and good thing WBZ does to put such

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Speaker 5: a spotlight on so many good organizations. Well Spring is

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Speaker 5: where we just passed out fortieth year. We were founded

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Speaker 5: in Hull. We were in the Hull for forty years,

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Speaker 5: still are but we just recently expanded into Weymouth, so

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Speaker 5: we have two sites Hall in Weymouth. Our mission is

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Speaker 5: to provide support and skills to people facing challenges to

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Speaker 5: their wellbeing, everything aimed at helping them achieve independence and

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Speaker 5: self sufficiency. We have those two sites, but we don't

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Speaker 5: have any geographic boundaries in terms of where people can

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Speaker 5: come from. We serve anybody that comes to us. We

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Speaker 5: have excuse me, we have a food pantry, we have

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Speaker 5: a thrift shop. In both spaces, we have social services

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Speaker 5: like legal advocacy, case management, community outreach. We have a

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Speaker 5: social worker who does some counseling, and we have a wonderful,

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Speaker 5: just a fantastic adult education program where we get people

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Speaker 5: their high school credential. But while we're getting them the credential,

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Speaker 5: we're working on what's next in terms of are they

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Speaker 5: going to go to college or are they going to

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Speaker 5: get into the work world, And then we help them

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Speaker 5: with job skills and job placement as well. So we

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Speaker 5: try to do everything through a case management system that

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Speaker 5: no matter where you enter our services, we're going to

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Speaker 5: give you a wrap around approach. So if someone comes

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Speaker 5: in and says, you know, all I need is some

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Speaker 5: food and I'll be fine, well that's probably not true.

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Speaker 5: So we'll get you the food, but maybe we'll get

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Speaker 5: you the legal advocacy you need to avoid problems. Maybe

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Speaker 5: we can get you on to snap A, fuel assistance applications,

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Speaker 5: help you with social security and disability applications. So we

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Speaker 5: try to do everything with case management and a full

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Speaker 5: wrap around approach.

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Speaker 2: How many people during the course of a year do you,

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Speaker 2: in some way some form of fashion.

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Speaker 5: Help over a thousand households, which translates to about eight

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Speaker 5: thousand people or so over the course of the year.

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Speaker 5: It's funny we get that question a lot, and I

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Speaker 5: think a lot of people you talk to tonight do

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Speaker 5: that too. Just wrote a piece the other day in

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Speaker 5: our inner Report that you know, we get We talk

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Speaker 5: a lot about the numbers, but then we try to

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Speaker 5: remember each individual, each individual's story and organizations that you've

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Speaker 5: had on tonight can really be boiled down to those

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Speaker 5: those one ones and that there was one success story

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Speaker 5: at a time. But we're over a thousand households each year.

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Speaker 2: Unbelievable. I'm looking at the website adulta education, community outreach,

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Speaker 2: counseling services, elder services, emergency services, food security and nutrition,

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Speaker 2: housing assistance, legal advocacy, thrift shop, transportation. You literally do

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Speaker 2: it all, and you serve a lot of people, and

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Speaker 2: I just want to thank you for what you do. Also,

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Speaker 2: I want to thank you for staying up late with

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Speaker 2: us tonight. But again, the easiest way to find you

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Speaker 2: or to get more information, I assume is the website.

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Speaker 2: Yeah well all one World, Wellspring multi service dot org.

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Speaker 2: And by the way, folks, Rob when he posts these

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Speaker 2: two hours, he will have information associated with each of

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Speaker 2: the charities on the web site, which is Nightside on

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Speaker 2: Demand dot com. Benny Hart, thank you very much for

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Speaker 2: what you do.

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Speaker 5: My pleasure Christmas.

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Speaker 2: Right back at you, Vinnie, Happy Merry Christmas. We are

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Speaker 2: going to talk now with David mc isaac. David is

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Speaker 2: with an organization that's called Mission of Deeds. It's a

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Speaker 2: five oh one C three uh. David mciaac, welcome to Nightside.

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Speaker 2: Tell us about Mission of Deeds.

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Speaker 7: Thanks so much, Dan for the opportunity and for shining

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Speaker 7: a light on all the local nonprofits. As you said,

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Speaker 7: I'm with the Mission of Deeds. We are a five

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Speaker 7: oh one C three located in Reading and we've been

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Speaker 7: for three decades, believe it or not, providing gently use furniture,

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Speaker 7: brand new beds, kitchen essentials and household goods to people

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Speaker 7: in need, and those people could be moving out of homelessness,

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Speaker 7: transitioning to homelessness please domestic violence. Maybe they've had a fire.

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Speaker 5: Or a flood.

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Speaker 7: It's really one of the lowest moments of their life

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Speaker 7: when they walk through our doors, and we tried to

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Speaker 7: pick them up and help them out by providing that

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Speaker 7: furniture in brand new beds to give them some dignity

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Speaker 7: and some hope.

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Speaker 2: The thing that is amazing about your group is that

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Speaker 2: your organization mission. Indeed, you said thirty years you currently

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Speaker 2: serve more than eighty five cities and towns. That's about

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Speaker 2: twenty five percent of the cormwealth of Massachusetts. Because we

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Speaker 2: only have three hundred and fifty one cities in towns

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Speaker 2: and you have served it says you serve more than

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Speaker 2: nine hundred households a year. This has to be an

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Speaker 2: incredible organization to geographically how many people, how far you reach.

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Speaker 2: This is a big organization. It I the more I

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Speaker 2: heard about it and learned about it, David, we got

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Speaker 2: to get we got to get the name of this

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Speaker 2: organization out there. Mission of Deeds all one word dot org.

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Speaker 2: How did you yourself get involved? If I could ask.

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Speaker 7: Yes, I always wanted to be a nonprofit work. I

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Speaker 7: wanted to give back. I grew up in reading and

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Speaker 7: this nonprofit in reading. It is a great fit and

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Speaker 7: mission of Deed's going to get more direct service in

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Speaker 7: the nonprofit world. We take in furniture from the local community.

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Speaker 7: We pick up for free in eleven towns and cities

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Speaker 7: near us, and we give that directly back to people

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Speaker 7: in need. The best part is when our truck pulls

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Speaker 7: up into our parking lot and a client is visiting

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Speaker 7: at the same time. They might take a couch or

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Speaker 7: a kitchen table right off our truck. I mean, that's

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Speaker 7: as direct as you can get. If I can tell

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Speaker 7: you a quick story, worry about a single mother we

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Speaker 7: helped recently. She was here with her young child and

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Speaker 7: it was the first time her child would have a

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Speaker 7: brand new bed of their own.

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Speaker 2: Wow.

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Speaker 7: And we gave this child some dinosaur sheets, just live

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Speaker 7: it up and give that new bed just that feeling

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Speaker 7: of his own. And at the end of the visit,

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Speaker 7: he remarked, today's Christmas, and we try to make every

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Speaker 7: day Christmas and mission of Deeds and that's why I

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Speaker 7: love working here.

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Speaker 2: Well a great answer, David McIsaac Mission of Deeds dot org.

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Speaker 2: If you need any help, you want to check it out.

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Speaker 2: Eighty five cities and towns middlesex Essex County, as well

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Speaker 2: as Suffolk County communities of Chelsea, Revere, and Winter. David,

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Speaker 2: thank you very much for what you do.

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Speaker 7: Thank you so much. Dan, have a great night.

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Speaker 2: You're very welcome. We have two more charities coming up.

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Speaker 2: On the other side of this break will wrap up

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Speaker 2: the thirteenth annual Nightside Charity Combine. I'm so proud of

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Speaker 2: the people tonight. They're amazing, each and every one of them.

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Speaker 2: Back on Nightside after this.

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Speaker 1: It's Night Side with Dan Ray on Boston's news radio.

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Speaker 2: All right, we're wrapping up year thirteen of the annual,

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Speaker 2: the thirteenth annual Nightside Combine. With us is Justin Green.

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Speaker 2: Justin is with a group called Minis with a Mission.

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Speaker 2: Justin tell us about Minis with a Mission. How long

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Speaker 2: has it been around and what you do?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, thank you for letting me tell you about Mini's

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Speaker 6: with a Mission. It started with Marian Hartman in twenty

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Speaker 6: seventeen with the thought that everyone loves miniature horses, and

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Speaker 6: in twenty twenty she teamed up with Glory Lowe and

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Speaker 6: they combined miniature horses and miniature donkeys. And it used

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Speaker 6: to be mainly like a Penning zoo atmosphere, which there's

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Speaker 6: a lot of fun. But now we're changing to people

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Speaker 6: helping people with the power of donkeys as the workshops.

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Speaker 2: Okay, so tell us do me a favor, justin cut

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Speaker 2: to the chase. Tell me what minis with a mission does.

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Speaker 2: The history is interesting, but tell me what it does

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Speaker 2: for people.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, it helps people. Donkeys used a lot of medical

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Speaker 6: worlds because they're very nurturing and they can use people's cues,

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Speaker 6: so they help people with autism, and they help veterans

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Speaker 6: with PTSD and recovery victims. They have workshops and people

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Speaker 6: spend the day with donkeys and it's very enriching for them.

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Speaker 2: So you bring let me tell you what you do.

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Speaker 2: You take these little mini donkeys to nursing homes as

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Speaker 2: I understand that, correct me if I'm wrong? Is that

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Speaker 2: not what you do? You make? You make this? These

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Speaker 2: are available to help people, right.

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Speaker 6: Yes, but now we're also doing programs like the Farm

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Speaker 6: where people that are recovering addicts. Okay, you can help

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Speaker 6: the knife skills with the help of donkeys.

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Speaker 2: Okay, so how can you how can people get in

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Speaker 2: touch with you justin if they'd like to take advantage

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Speaker 2: of the program.

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Speaker 6: Miniswithimission dot com. Is the website perfecte user friendly and

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Speaker 6: it has the contact information all there.

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Speaker 2: Oh, perfect perfect justin. Thank you. I got to get

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Speaker 2: one more person in. Hey, thanks, thank you, very welcome. Okay, Last,

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Speaker 2: but not least, Haidi Omera. Hidi is with the Special

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Speaker 2: Needs Arts Programs Incorporated. Haidi, the question tell us what

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Speaker 2: your organization does for people? Heidi, welcome to night Side.

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Speaker 15: Thank you so much, stand for this opportunity to talk

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Speaker 15: to your listeners. Special Needs Art Programs we provide programs

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Speaker 15: for individuals with special needs and art and music to

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Speaker 15: express to artistic talents and abilities and cultivate friendships. An

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Speaker 15: important part of our mission is to raise awareness of

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Speaker 15: how much people with special needs contribute to the cultural

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Speaker 15: richness of our community, and we do this through our

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Speaker 15: own concert, community performances and art installation. So SNAP programs

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Speaker 15: offer opportunities for creative expression, personal growth, a sense of

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Speaker 15: purpose and self empowerment. And Dan, I know you are

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Speaker 15: aware that we have an epidemic of loneliness in this country,

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Speaker 15: and it can be significantly more difficult for people with

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Speaker 15: special needs to create and maintain friendship. And our SNAP

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Speaker 15: programs run weekly and year round, so our programs provide

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Speaker 15: continuity and community for our singers and artists and they

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Speaker 15: make lasting friendships. And that is so important.

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Speaker 2: And so not only do you incorporate people in your

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Speaker 2: programs and you help them become part of something, but

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Speaker 2: then you bring them out and they appear and they perform,

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Speaker 2: if I.

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Speaker 15: Understand it correctly, exactly right, Dan. We have our own

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Speaker 15: performances that we hold, and then we also go out

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Speaker 15: in the tunity and we perform at different public venues.

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Speaker 15: We go to assisted living centers, we install art installations

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Speaker 15: all over Suffolk Middlesex County. Really in an effort to

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Speaker 15: make the community aware of just all the contributions and

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Speaker 15: the abilities and talent of the special needs tunity. It's

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Speaker 15: really important.

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Speaker 2: Now you're based in Lexington, correct, yes, okay, but you

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Speaker 2: serve surrounding communities as well.

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Speaker 15: Correct, Yes, we serve over thirty cities and towns come

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Speaker 15: to our programs. Our programs run out of the Lexington

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Speaker 15: Community Center and also lex Art, which is in Lexington,

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Speaker 15: but you certainly don't need to live in lexin King

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Speaker 15: to participate in our programs. Anyone can come to our

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Speaker 15: programs if you identify with us you're a special needs person,

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Speaker 15: we identify with you.

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Speaker 2: That is great. So what is the easiest way for

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Speaker 2: either of people who want to guide someone who has

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Speaker 2: special needs to work with you? Folks or organizations and

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Speaker 2: have your your organization come and put on a performance, Well,

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Speaker 2: the best thing.

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Speaker 15: To do is to go and visit our website, and

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Speaker 15: our website is snaparts dot org so s n A

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Speaker 15: P A r P s dot org and you can

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Speaker 15: find out all types of information about our programs, our events,

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Speaker 15: our volunteer opportunities. If any businesses or corporations would like

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Speaker 15: to be a sponsor for our programs or our concerts

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Speaker 15: and our installations, we are always looking for sponsors.

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Speaker 2: All right, all right, Heidi, thank you for what you do.

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Speaker 2: Heidi Omera, the executive director of the Special Needs Arts

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Speaker 2: Program Incorporated snap Arts s napart s dot org. Heidi,

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Speaker 2: thank you very much.

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Speaker 15: Thank you so much, Dan, and have a very merried Christmas,

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Speaker 15: Happy New Year.

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Speaker 2: You too, you too, right back at you. Okay, folks,

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Speaker 2: we have come to the end of another Nightside charity combine.

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Speaker 2: I want to thank all of the groups who provided information.

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Speaker 2: I hope some of you will take advantage to support

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Speaker 2: them participate in their programs. I want to thank Rob

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Speaker 2: for another great year of Nightside, our producer Marita aka Lightning,

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Speaker 2: and also Karen Bussemi. But most importantly, I want to

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Speaker 2: thank all of you who listen to the program devotedly

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Speaker 2: and who called the program frequently. We as always want

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Speaker 2: to remind you that all dogs, all cats, all pets

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Speaker 2: do go to heaven. That is where Mike Pelle Charlie Ray,

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Speaker 2: who passed fifteen years ago on February is and that's

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Speaker 2: where all your pets are. They loved you and you

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Speaker 2: love them, and I do believe you'll see them again. Hoope,

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Speaker 2: see again on Nightside in early January. I'm off for

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Speaker 2: a few nights. I want to wish all of you

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Speaker 2: Merry Christmas and happy New Year. Thanks so much for

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Speaker 2: being a part of this program and a part of

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Speaker 2: my life. Dan Ray for Nightside. I'll be on Facebook

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Speaker 2: Nightside with Dan Ray in just a minute or two