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Speaker 1: Hey guys, what was this two weeks in a row

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Speaker 1: as a lucky excited for you pumped? Started off an

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Speaker 1: easy one? Then how about an easy one? How about

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Speaker 1: three thousand dollars? Did you rais? Oh? Yeah, you are that.

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Speaker 1: I am very proud, thank you. Yeah. So we had

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Speaker 1: a um the Patriots Valor Gala for the Vanoi Valor

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Speaker 1: Foundation on Monday night. It was awesome. Those funds will

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Speaker 1: go to internships, scholarships to kids that are aged and

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Speaker 1: I the foster care system for the twenty twenty two

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Speaker 1: school year, which is very exciting. We're gonna give a

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Speaker 1: lot of scholarships away to kids and have internships for kids.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be amazing. We've had to go through the

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Speaker 1: internship program already, so it's something that's what we're doing.

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Speaker 1: That's being cooming generational change, and that's always been our

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Speaker 1: goal and we're very very proud and excited about that.

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Speaker 1: And it wouldn't be for without my teammates helping out,

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Speaker 1: signing jerseys, making nice videos and saying nice things about me,

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Speaker 1: as well as the sponsors, and then of course my

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Speaker 1: better half doing a lot of the low heavy lifting

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Speaker 1: of making it happen. So we're very very proud about it.

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Speaker 1: So shout out to the van Oid Vatta Foundation. When

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Speaker 1: you're doing it and you you see the face of

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Speaker 1: little kids, you see how much the smiles of a kid,

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Speaker 1: it's a let out about the experience because this is

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Speaker 1: a big job you have. You, Yeah, this is the

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Speaker 1: other job that you have here in I'm not much

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Speaker 1: time you put into. Yes, put in a lot of time.

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Speaker 1: We'll put in a lot of time and effort, not

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Speaker 1: just myself but the whole team that contributes into that.

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Speaker 1: And I think the best thing is when you see

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Speaker 1: somebody who then impact somebody else, and I think that's

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Speaker 1: what's key. We had one speaker there named Marcus who

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Speaker 1: impacted him and he made a video and he's in

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Speaker 1: basic training camp right now. Because of the COVID protocols,

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Speaker 1: I haven't been able to see him in person yet,

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Speaker 1: but to see the impact that it's had on him

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Speaker 1: and then to pass down the message to others and

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Speaker 1: hopefully impacting those kids as well, or I should say

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Speaker 1: young men and young women. UM is exciting and that's

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Speaker 1: what it's all about, is giving back that time and

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Speaker 1: energy and to somebody who deserves it and to see

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Speaker 1: them take that opportunity and take that next steps what

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Speaker 1: it's all about. It's awesome statement. Yeah, yeah, that's a

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Speaker 1: good question. So, um, I'll give you a little bit

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Speaker 1: background for those I should have started with that. So,

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Speaker 1: the Van Noyth Foundation, we believe in armoring kids for

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Speaker 1: success and the adoption foster care and struggling youth in

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Speaker 1: the community. And our section here is our chapter here

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Speaker 1: is working with foster care system in Massachusetts. We also

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Speaker 1: work in other places. I've worked in Miami as well

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Speaker 1: as Utah and Los Angeles. But the main focus right

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Speaker 1: now is we're here in Boston. So here it is.

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Speaker 1: So it's right now. It's here. But there's people that

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Speaker 1: fly in all over the country that come in and

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Speaker 1: help out and hopefully to get more companies on board

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Speaker 1: to open their arms for internships would be amazing. So

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Speaker 1: calling out all of the Massachusetts companies out there that

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Speaker 1: want to take kids that are aging out give them

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Speaker 1: internships to be able to further their education. Put that

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Speaker 1: on there. Sorry there, what do you what is when

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Speaker 1: you resume? There? We go, Thanks, guys, We're a team

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Speaker 1: right there. Put on the resume so they can um

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Speaker 1: get different jobs if they want to go different avenues.

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Speaker 1: So it's pretty awesome. You you mentioned something after the

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Speaker 1: Falcon's getting just you know you were you know you

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Speaker 1: as a younger kid. Yeah, and some of the things

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Speaker 1: you as you kind of pursued this. That's a good question. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I haven't been talking about that kind of slipped through

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Speaker 1: we could be here all day, right, UM. I guess

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Speaker 1: short and simple, it's just I know what it's like

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Speaker 1: to get an extra opportunity. UM, you know, going through

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Speaker 1: the things that I've gone through. UM, I'm very I've

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Speaker 1: with people that are incredible humans. And I think that's

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Speaker 1: what I want to do for others is to give

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Speaker 1: can be that person for them and these kids. If

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Speaker 1: They could be our next president. They could be a coach,

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Speaker 1: we have a Christmas tree giveaway on Friday this week

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Speaker 1: which we give one hundred and fifty three Christmas trees, lights,

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Speaker 1: and it's awesome to see their faces and some have

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Speaker 1: just a little change from them. You know, I ask them, sorry,

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Speaker 1: And I wouldn't be able to do that without the

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Speaker 1: do the same for them. I'm just talking about all

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Speaker 1: the talent that some of these kids have and the

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Speaker 1: skills that they have. It's it's sort of like a

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Speaker 1: matter of just, you know, giving them the opportunity to

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Speaker 1: showcase that talent, right, yes, And that's why I started

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Speaker 1: them one of the two arms of the Van Oy

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Speaker 1: Valor Foundation in the internship Scott side and the scholarship side,

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Speaker 1: because they need opportunities and I just want to create

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Speaker 1: and it's we're always looking for help, and we're always

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Speaker 1: sort of maybe you know, look back at your football creer,

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Speaker 1: and you get the opportunity you see at that point. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's that's a good analogy right there. I didn't get

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Speaker 1: I got an opportunity here. They shoved me on the

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Speaker 1: people don't realize is I've also gone somewhere else and

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Speaker 1: what is what it's all about. Bill was up here

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Speaker 1: talking about Josh Allen and just the growth that he

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Speaker 1: now you played him here? Yeah, more that all happened.

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Speaker 1: you see from from Josh and where he's come from here? Oh? Man,

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Speaker 1: he's really impressive from his growth. I think he's always

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Speaker 1: wanting to go back. Nothing against Buffalo. It is cold,

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Speaker 1: it's hard. It's similar to hear guys. I don't think

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Speaker 1: scrambling to running, just picking his spots. He's really being

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Speaker 1: as a game changer now. I think he was always

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Speaker 1: but he's a game changer now and his improvement each

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Speaker 1: Allen brings. One of those lines, he said, it's cold

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Speaker 1: you guys are practicing outside some of the January high

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Speaker 1: expectations there. It seems like this your guys who are

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Speaker 1: not only bought in, but guys were willing to restructure

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Speaker 1: is it that? That who he said, as the chemistry

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Speaker 1: that's off the field that allows you guys, you know,

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Speaker 1: whether it's Buffalo or New England kind of race sucks

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Speaker 1: so speak he's an army express together the cold brother

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Speaker 1: this time of the year. Yeah, not everybody. Some people

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Speaker 1: like the cold weather. I think it's really impressive. It's

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Speaker 1: that's what it takes to win. People gotta sacrifice things,

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Speaker 1: last three years they've They're in every game. They were

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Speaker 1: and they're doing a really really good job defensively. Josh Allen,

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Speaker 1: the rest of the group, their O line, they're tight end.

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Speaker 1: Knox is having a big year. So just kudos to them,

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Speaker 1: together and playing at a high level. Really really good job. Awesome,

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Speaker 1: So you guys that week