1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Welcome to another episode h I Tell You Why, featuring 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: Chris Tetrault from Hometown Here Outdoors and Chris tell us 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: a little bit about what you do and all the 4 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: things that you've got going on and really what you're 5 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: all about. 6 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 2: Yeah. So we run the nonprofit called Hometown Here Outdoors. 7 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 2: We're a nonprofit based out of Stillwater, Minnesota. We started 8 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 2: in twenty seventeen. We do outdoor recreation adventures for our 9 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 2: military service members, veterans and first responders and it's all 10 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 2: the help with mental health. That's very stressful jobs, a 11 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 2: lot of lost time with family and friends. So we 12 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 2: try to re establish some of that community in the 13 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 2: outdoors to help with mental health, to support each other, 14 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 2: give the camaraderie back, and for people really to understand 15 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 2: what we do in the outdoors and help decompress and relax. 16 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 2: So it's been very instrumental. We're in twenty eight states 17 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 2: now actually, so we're spread all across the country and 18 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 2: we get about twelve hundred of our first responders and 19 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 2: our military service members and the outdoor a year. 20 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 3: It looks like you guys plan a lot of different 21 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 3: hunting trips and activities. Can you tell us a little 22 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 3: bit more about what you offer in that way. 23 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 2: Yeah, hunting and fishing is very much our bread and butter. 24 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 2: I'm a retired game warden, so I used to be 25 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 2: in outdoors all the time. So I continue doing that 26 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 2: by taking people in the outdoors too, so I understand 27 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 2: what it does for me. So, but hunting and fishing 28 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 2: is not just the things that we do. So we 29 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 2: do ATVing, snowmobiling, We've done dog sled rides up in 30 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 2: northern Minnesota. We do hot air balloon rides, outdoor sporting events. 31 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 2: So if it's outdoors, we do it. If you are 32 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 2: familiar with the TV show Wicked Tuna, they were on 33 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 2: that geo for a while. We send people fishing with 34 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 2: them off the East Coast. After Eric Mattson, he was 35 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 2: a law enforcement officer that was shot in my head 36 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 2: back in twenty twenty, we gave him a trip of 37 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 2: a lifetime and I brought him up to Saint Paul Island, Alaska, 38 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 2: where he harvested a King Eider duck. He has nowhere 39 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 2: Saint Paul Island is. 40 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: No, I don't frequent it, to be honest with you. 41 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 2: Still, the show Deadliest Catcher familiar with that. 42 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, so we. 43 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 2: Went there in the middle of nowhere. I mean, we're 44 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 2: probably closer to Russia than we were in it all. 45 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 2: So Mason wanted to go there, so that's where we 46 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 2: took him. Yeah, it was crazy out in the Bearing Sea, 47 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 2: twenty foot rolling waves, but we got Eric on a 48 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 2: bird and we did a documentary about him. Yeah, So 49 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 2: it was about a three year process for us to 50 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 2: get him out there. During the COVID times they shut 51 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 2: down the island due to COVID for a while, but 52 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 2: we followed him with cameras for three years, kind of 53 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 2: showing the recovery process of what he's gone through, but 54 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 2: then all the way through his hunts until when he 55 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 2: harvested a bird and some of the fallo up after that. 56 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 2: So but that's the kind of things we do for 57 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 2: people who've served and we're just trying to give back 58 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 2: and you know, reclaim a little bit of themselves in 59 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 2: the outdoors. 60 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 1: And it's you say, it's not just your bread and butter, 61 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: is the hunting and fishing, but you also talked about 62 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 1: how balloon rides and other things, So for people that 63 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: aren't necessarily into that side of the outdoors, the hunting 64 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: and fishing. What's the percentage you say it's your bread 65 00:02:59,919 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: and thought, is that like and the. 66 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:05,399 Speaker 2: Other Yeah, I would say eighty percent is probably did number. 67 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 2: That was good. That was a good uh pinpoint on that. 68 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 2: But yeah, So we do a lot of things too 69 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 2: though that you know. We do equin therapy with horseback riding. 70 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 2: That's I think, Sam, you're into horses a little bit, right, Yep, 71 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 2: just a little, So we do a little bit of that. 72 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 2: Uh So. We do have different partners across the state 73 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 2: where we do some trail riding and whatnot. But then 74 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 2: there's another nonprofit that we partner with called the BIJA 75 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 2: on the backside out of Canterbury Park. They do ekland 76 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 2: therapy with retired Thoroughbred race horses, which is pretty cool. 77 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 2: But then we do fat tire biking and stuff like that. 78 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 2: We do canoeing, camping trips. We also do family outdoor outings. 79 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 2: Like I said, we lose a lot of time in 80 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 2: these professions with our family and friends, so we try 81 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 2: to re establish that time in the outdoors. Every first 82 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 2: weekend of June, I take a parent and a kid 83 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 2: on Malax Lake and we do fishing for a full weekend. 84 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 2: This next weekend or this next year, we're gonna do 85 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 2: a tournament. So we're going to get some professional guides 86 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 2: to take out a parent and a kid and we're 87 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 2: going to have some friendly competition with the kids with 88 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 2: a professional guide on the water camping trips. We just 89 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 2: actually I met with Big Rock Miracon Big Rock yesterday. 90 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 2: We're going to do some camping up there and I 91 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 2: think Krey Falls area. So there's just things that we 92 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 2: do all over the country. If it's outdoors, we just 93 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 2: want to get people out there to relax, decompress, and 94 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 2: have opportunities they may not get to. And plus we 95 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 2: pay for it all. So the only thing that cost 96 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 2: for people to do is to get there and then 97 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 2: maybe a hunting or fishing license, but we cover the 98 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 2: rest of the cost. It's free for them. 99 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 3: What kind of difference do you see in the people 100 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 3: who participate in these organized events. 101 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 2: It's significant. You know, we actually do some surveys after 102 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 2: the trip and we talk about their mental health and 103 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 2: how things went. So not only did we talk about 104 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 2: their mental health, what was your mental health and how 105 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 2: did you feel with your stress beforehand, and how did 106 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 2: you feel afterwards? And the improvement that people have with 107 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 2: their stress levels significantly drop, like it's very dramatic, and 108 00:04:57,920 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 2: you know, there's some studies out there that show that 109 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 2: outdoors therapy has a profound effect on psyche when it 110 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 2: comes to PTSD or anxiety or what other things like that. 111 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 2: So we try to capitalize on that and the surveys 112 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 2: that we do show that it does happen, and we've 113 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 2: seen people rebuild relationships with family individuals who have saved 114 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:21,919 Speaker 2: their own lives because we do crisis intervention training with 115 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 2: our own staff too. Because of the relationships we build 116 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 2: with people in the outdoors, they trust us. They know 117 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 2: that we're going to listen. We have a shoulder to 118 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 2: give them or provide to them, and they'll reach out 119 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 2: to us in their time and need. Maybe it's just 120 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 2: an event about an incident or something that happened, or 121 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 2: maybe they are suicidal thinking about taking their life, but 122 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 2: we have the tools in our belt with applied suicide 123 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 2: intervention skills training to be able to respond to that, 124 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 2: get them off that ledge, make sure they're okay, and 125 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 2: then we can get them to a mental health provider 126 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 2: or somewhere where they can get additional assistance. But it 127 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 2: does help people who rely on us and just re 128 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 2: establishing that connection, the camaraderie and giving them an outlet 129 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 2: to be able to talk to peace people. 130 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 1: I love seeing these organizations. A lot of them are 131 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: popping up over the last few years. I mean, really 132 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: focused on first responders and the veterans, and it's a 133 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 1: testament to everybody who's certainly very very different in this world, 134 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: because I think I would have more stress being on 135 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:22,279 Speaker 1: the Bearing Sea with twenty foot ways. So it's just 136 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 1: to each their own deal. I mean when you said that, 137 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 1: I'm going, how does that apply there? But hey, if 138 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: Eric had a good time, then so be it. 139 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 3: Right. 140 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was wild. You know, if you watch the doc, 141 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 2: there's a line I have in there and I'm thinking 142 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 2: to myself, I'm as We're flying into Saint Paul Island 143 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 2: from Anchorage, and I'm looking out the window at this 144 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:44,479 Speaker 2: little dot on the map coming in the island and 145 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 2: seeing the waves from you know, we're twenty thousand feet 146 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 2: or whatever it is we're coming in, and I was 147 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 2: I can think to myself as I'm like, man, Eric 148 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 2: made it through all this and we're all going to 149 00:06:52,960 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 2: die right here. Well, yeah, it's very effective. 150 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: How do we find you? I know you can make 151 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: this very easy and have it on our website and 152 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: all the Chris Caring Company socials and came on to 153 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: two socials and everything. But again a number that you 154 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: may want to throw out there. People are listening on 155 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: a podcast, they can stop it and rewind it and 156 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: everything else. But how do we get a hold of 157 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: who do we get a hold of you personally or 158 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: who answers the phone? 159 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 2: I have a website. 160 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 1: Yeah. 161 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 2: The website's kind of our center of our universe. We 162 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 2: host all of our trips on there where people can 163 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 2: put onto and see the events that are coming up 164 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 2: or outdoor activities. So if they go to our website, 165 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 2: which is Hometown Hero Outdoors dot org, they can find 166 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 2: it there, or our social media channels on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, 167 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 2: and they're all they all point right back to our website. 168 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 2: So when people apply for our trips or adventures, it's 169 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 2: all done to the website. Right now, there's a couple 170 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 2: pages worth of trips and adventures on there. South Texas 171 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 2: we got a big deer hunt come in, some other 172 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 2: waterfowl stuff and some other outdoor adventures. But the hometown. 173 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 2: Hero outdoors dot org is a place to go. 174 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: Does anybody from down to Texas come up here for 175 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: a hunt or anything? Or do people from up here 176 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 1: go down there for I mean, obviously for sending people 177 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: to the bearing, you see, it's probably all over the place. 178 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: But do they stay kind of local most of the 179 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: time or is it always as exotic as like Eric's trip? 180 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 2: People go all over It's pretty incredible to see where 181 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 2: people travel to. And that's to get really gauge, and 182 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 2: I'm sorry, experience different things that we may not have 183 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 2: to offer in Minnesota. So a lot of hog hunting 184 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:32,559 Speaker 2: that happens in Texas and a lot of people from 185 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 2: northern Minnesota obviously don't get that opportunity. So a lot 186 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,079 Speaker 2: of them had down there, and they Texans think we're 187 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 2: crazy for coming down there just a hog hunt, but 188 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 2: Texans will come up here to bear hunt. They don't 189 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 2: have that down there. 190 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 1: Is that dangerous? Is it all unt kind of dangerous? 191 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 2: It depends how you do it. Some individuals that are yeah, 192 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 2: I mean there's some people up there a little bit 193 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 2: they got to screw loose and they'll chase down hogs 194 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 2: and that's not for me. 195 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: I will not do that some people, I mean, run 196 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: them down with your legs running. 197 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 198 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:08,199 Speaker 1: What do you do? What do you do when you 199 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: when you what what happens there? Do you rope them? 200 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 2: They use they yeah, they use dogs. Some people have 201 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 2: very mixed feelings about how that hunt goes, So we 202 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 2: don't do a whole lot of those. But there are 203 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 2: times where we utilize hunting blinds to hunt from and 204 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:28,679 Speaker 2: they're invasive species down there and they cause a lot 205 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 2: of damage to the farms and the crops and stuff. 206 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 2: So a lot of blind hunting. They use corn quite 207 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 2: a bit. But then like bear hunting up here is 208 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 2: obviously all over bait. He really can't find bear else otherwise. 209 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 2: So it's uh, yeah, people travel everywhere and they try 210 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:47,319 Speaker 2: to experience something they may not get at their home state. 211 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: Does anybody just want to go to a spa? Just 212 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: take a SPA day, right, you know? 213 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 2: And that's something that we're trying to integrate here. We 214 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 2: actually have a partner out here in Stillwater that has 215 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 2: a business opening with some outdoor therapy, just SPA related 216 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 2: type stuff with saunas and stuff like that. I said 217 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 2: that wrong. The northern people hate me. 218 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a little something for everybody. 219 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:16,439 Speaker 2: Then, yeah, just variety, you know, and and sky's the limit, 220 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:18,559 Speaker 2: you know. It's as creative as our volunteers are and 221 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 2: what they're what they're interested in. So doors wide open. 222 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: Well, Chris, you're doing the lord's work man. Nice job. 223 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: Thank you, thanks, thank you, thank you. Yeah, I mean, 224 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: let us know what you need. We'll gladly talk about 225 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 1: you and send people your way. And yeah, not just 226 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: I mean above and beyond this podcast, but keep us 227 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:42,560 Speaker 1: posted on stuff. I got to go watch some documentaries here, yes, yeah, 228 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: go watch that. 229 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 2: Keep an eye out. We have a TV show starting 230 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 2: quarter two April twenty twenty six that's going to air 231 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 2: across Minnesota and other states. I'm actually running numbers right 232 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 2: now for other states and TV markets so we can 233 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 2: showcase people's stories. We want to show the community and 234 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 2: the country what people go through and what they give 235 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 2: and showing them reclaims some stuff in the outdoors. And 236 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 2: then this next March we also have our gala and 237 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 2: still Water here at the j X Event Center. So 238 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 2: good things to kind of keep focused on. 239 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 1: Excellent. The TV show will be called Hometown Heroes Outdoors. 240 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 2: It's going to be called hero Chronicles. 241 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 1: Hero Chronicles. Okay, all right, you got it. Nice work man, 242 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 1: Thank you very much, and uh yeah, let's stay in touch. 243 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: Want to want to kind of keep an eye on 244 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: you guys and watch all the cool things that you're 245 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: doing for all the people that are very much deserving 246 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 1: to be well. Thank you, not only on this planet, 247 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 1: but do you have the fun that they deserve to 248 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 1: have after going through everything? 249 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 2: Absolutely well. I appreciate the time. I appreciate what you 250 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 2: guys do to give back to organizations like ours and 251 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 2: people who serve you guys do a lot of good stuff, 252 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 2: so I appreciate. 253 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: That great organization. All right, thanks for listening to this 254 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 1: episode of I Tell You What. You'll always find more 255 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 1: of the iHeartRadio app and anywhere you get your podcast. 256 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 1: Please rate, review, subscribe, download, share, and like. Thank you.