WEBVTT - Mother's Day Surprises for Coronavirus Heroes 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:02.480 Hey, fam I'm Jada Pinkett Smith and this is the 0:00:02.480 --> 0:00:05.840 Red Table Pop podcast, all your favorite episodes from the 0:00:05.880 --> 0:00:10.040 Facebook watch show in audio produced by Westbrook Audio and 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:13.120 I Heart Radio. Please don't forget to rate and review 0:00:13.400 --> 0:00:20.120 on Apple podcasts on this Red Table Talk. Oh, I've 0:00:20.160 --> 0:00:23.439 never seen you this emotion. At the Table, we are 0:00:23.560 --> 0:00:27.840 celebrating heroic mothers on the front lines of coronavirus. I'm 0:00:27.840 --> 0:00:30.159 telling you that black woman love ain't nothing to play with. 0:00:31.440 --> 0:00:36.199 Grab a tissue and get ready for some surprises. I 0:00:36.240 --> 0:00:39.000 feel like I'm in a dream we want to hurchase 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:42.080 for you. Completely caught me off car with that. I 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:46.920 appreciate you so very much as a family. We wanted 0:00:46.920 --> 0:00:49.760 to donate to you. You know, I don't know what 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:52.760 to say. I'm just bubbling with love. And one of 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:55.720 my favorite human beings on the planet pops in, and 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:59.320 there's a very special woman I personally adore who wants 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:13.520 to meet you. Me. Happy Mother's Day. Mother's Day is 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:17.160 always a special day at the Red Table because the 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:21.280 Red Table was birthed on Mother's Day. We're going to 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:24.800 introduce to you four extraordinary moms who are real life 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:28.600 superheroes who have proven to be fearless and courageous in 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:31.720 the face of the pandemic. They have no idea what 0:01:31.840 --> 0:01:35.520 the table has in store for them. Let the surprises begin. 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:41.960 Since the pandemic, nurse manager April Gwen Camino, a mother 0:01:42.040 --> 0:01:45.479 of two adorable little girls, has been on the front 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:50.680 lines in charge of the COVID nineteen unit. I've always 0:01:50.680 --> 0:01:52.800 wanted to be a nurse. I knew that I wanted 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:55.680 to take care of people, and being at the front 0:01:55.680 --> 0:01:59.720 lines that means fighting this global pandemic. I have a 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:01.440 lot out of fear and anxiety when I go to 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:03.680 the hospital, but this is my job and this is 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:05.400 what I do, and I love to do it. I 0:02:05.440 --> 0:02:08.000 wouldn't have it any other way. We would not be 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:12.919 this functioning unit without April. She's been such a great boss. 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:16.400 One of the biggest fears that we have as frontline 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:19.600 nurses is not having enough protective equipment to protect us 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:23.079 from the virus. Luckily, we've been getting all these donations, 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:27.320 especially from our community. The most exciting donations we got 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:32.120 was from Sandra Bullock and she donated thousands of mass 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:36.600 which was so generous. My husband actually planned a birthday 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:38.919 trip for me last month but we weren't able to go. 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:43.240 We have two beautiful daughters, Hallie who's going to be three, 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:47.520 and Leah who's nine months. So hopefully when all this 0:02:47.680 --> 0:02:50.240 is over that we could go on a trip. I 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:54.880 know that there's going to be so much to celebrate. Hey, April, 0:02:56.639 --> 0:03:01.480 thank you for having me. Absolutely, Are you kidding? We're 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:04.000 honored to have you. Yeah, you know I was a 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:07.639 nurse April myself. I actually just be tired. What about 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:13.000 two years now? Wow? We salute you absolutely, Yeah, you 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:17.120 really do. Thank you. It's a bit stressful, but you know, 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:20.080 I have my faith and we go on every day. 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:25.440 So your hospital got a special donation from the fabulous 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:29.720 Oscar winning actress and awesome human being who I happen 0:03:29.840 --> 0:03:35.240 to love personally myself, Sandra Bullock. You know, I've been 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:37.440 so busy up here on the floor and I did 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:40.560 not know that it happened. I was like, oh my god, 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:44.880 that's amazing, Like, out of all the hospitals here, she 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:48.320 came here and donated enormous amount of mass and that's 0:03:48.320 --> 0:03:51.240 amazing and we're so grateful for that. So you didn't 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:57.520 get a chance to meet Sandra. No, No, they're at 0:03:57.520 --> 0:04:00.960 a hospital. So what I tell you what, April, there's 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:04.320 a very special woman who wants to meet you me 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:17.719 am I, Oh my god, Sandy, April meet Sandra Bullack. Well, 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:23.840 first of all, hello, beautiful, beautiful people, ladies. So nice 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:28.400 to be here. But April, thank you for I'm trying 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:31.080 to say this crying, thank you for everything that you're 0:04:31.120 --> 0:04:35.240 doing because we get to sit here and be home 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:39.400 with our families because you are out there doing the hard, 0:04:39.400 --> 0:04:43.880 hard work and there's not a dinner in a grace 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:48.000 and go by without us sending you the love and 0:04:48.040 --> 0:04:51.280 the appreciation and the gratitude that we as a family 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:54.520 have because we are safe and and I thank you 0:04:54.760 --> 0:05:00.719 so much, Yes, absolutely, And you as a mom, I 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:03.799 know you're scared. I know you're scared on so many levels. 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:05.920 And the fact that you were born with that extra 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:10.479 gift to go out and and do the good work 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:14.040 I bought down to. So to your family, I say 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:16.120 thank you for allowing you to leave the home and 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:19.760 we're just so very grateful for you and everyone that 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:23.840 does you do. So, April, what would you say has 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:27.360 been the hardest day for you so far? Personally, for me, 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:31.920 the hardest day was when I had to see a 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:37.040 young teenage daughter say goodbye to her mom. You know, 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:41.799 her mom was at the stage of the passing, and 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:47.279 the daughter and her uncle came on my unit and 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:49.240 I didn't want to tell them to turn away and 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:52.960 say no, you can't see your mom. So I was 0:05:53.040 --> 0:05:56.200 able to get an approval to have them come in 0:05:56.440 --> 0:06:01.080 and actually see her mom through a window. And I 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:04.160 had one of my nurses hold up a phone to 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:07.360 her mom while I was holding up my phone to her, 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:10.040 so that they did have their last conversation in their 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:14.240 last goodvice. It just broke my heart and knowing that 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:17.080 I have two daughters like that, like I wouldn't want 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:20.120 my daughters to go through that. So that was probably 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:23.680 like the hardest time. Wow, Well, you know, April, you 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:26.599 gave her an opportunity to at least have last words, 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:30.599 and so many people don't. So many people don't like 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:34.320 this is the new thing that people are having to 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:38.240 deal with, and it's really really hard. So, Sandra, how 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:42.840 did you decide to donate six thousand and masks and 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:47.520 this particular hospital because this particular hospital is a very 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:53.279 special hospital, you know, this this hospital services an underprivileged community. 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:56.120 How did this come about for you, you you know, like 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:58.600 everyone else, you sit home and you feel like your 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:00.680 hands are tied because you can't do anything. So I 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:03.880 just called the kids pediatrician and I said, what are 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:07.680 the hospitals where my children they wanted to contribute in 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:13.000 some way and what hospitals represent my family? And we 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:17.480 were given the name several hospitals, and Aprile's Hospital was 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:19.880 one of the main ones. And that's the first place. 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:23.480 We put masks on the kids with gloves and rolled 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:27.000 on down there and deposited so they could see firsthand 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:30.760 the first responders and see how hard it is right now. 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:33.840 It's not easy. I love that you did that. I 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:38.239 love that you guys as a family, yeah, went down 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:41.120 there to to donate, you know, just so that your 0:07:41.200 --> 0:07:44.320 kids could see what's happening, you know. So I want 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:48.680 to commend both of you. I want to commend you 0:07:48.800 --> 0:07:51.080 ladies of the Red Table. Jada, you know how I 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:54.560 feel about what you incredible humans are doing for the 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:58.560 community and for the truth and having hard conversations and 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:02.280 giving back, and and I am I am in awe 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:04.160 of what you've continued to do because you could have 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:06.560 stopped and gone another way. But you didn't. You guys 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:10.160 are staying the line and all three of you inspire 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:14.120 and wake people up and bring calm and I really 0:08:14.160 --> 0:08:18.200 appreciate you guys. Thank you, Sandy. I appreciate you. You're 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:21.080 just an awesome lad. There's someone I have someone here 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:23.680 who wants to say something to April. Kid, she come 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:38.880 say something? Okay, Oh once to time, Shi, that's up. 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:40.959 There is there something you want to say to April. 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:47.559 Thank you April for doing everything for that everything for everyone. 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:57.000 Oh my goodness, stay safe, heart, stafe safely, you too. 0:08:57.880 --> 0:09:00.679 She does. She's our she's our worlds for hero, She's 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:02.560 the one that's going to save the world in our family. 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:05.280 So he's ready. She's ready to join you out there, 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:09.880 April in a few years. I love it, oh man, 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:14.040 April on behalf of the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation. 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:23.359 We are going to donate fifty dollars to your hospital. Yes, yeah, 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:26.680 we are so impressed with the work that you guys 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:28.920 are doing there, and we're so you know, the the 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:33.560 community that you're servicing. Also, we know that you didn't 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:39.240 get your family vacation for your birthday, so when the 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:43.280 timing works for you, we would like to also as 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:47.359 a family, send you and your family on the vacation 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:51.439 of your choice. So and that's just yeah, we wanted 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:55.280 to do something for you personally, you know, just for 0:09:55.400 --> 0:10:02.520 your service. So keep up the good, April, Yes, and Sandy, 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:06.960 you just keep being that amazing, bomb gangster woman that 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:09.720 you are. Mama. And what next time I see you, 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:11.160 when this is all over, I'm gonna give you a 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:16.840 big hug, a big kiss, and a big tequila happy mother. 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:24.040 They all yeah, thank you, thank you, guys, thank you, 0:10:24.200 --> 0:10:28.559 thank you from the bottom of thank you. This is awesome. 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:33.400 That was great, such a great mommy's day. I'm telling you, 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:37.480 you know, I've always believed a woman's superpower is how 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:39.720 deep she can love, you know. And one of the 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:42.480 things growing up in Baltimore, I grew up around a 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:47.080 lot of black women that didn't have necessarily resources to give, right, 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:50.040 but they had their strength and they had their love 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:57.680 to offer while the world had. You know. It's boot next. Well, 0:10:57.720 --> 0:11:01.160 that's what I call black girl magic, you know what 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:04.040 I mean. We're about to meet a woman that I 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:07.800 consider to be the epitome of black girl magic and 0:11:07.840 --> 0:11:10.880 whose black girl Magic got on the cover of Time 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:16.360 Magazine Yolanda Fisher as a mom, a grandmother, and the 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:21.360 most famous lunch lady in America. Time Magazine honoring frontline 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:24.800 heroes of the pandemic, and these cafeteria workers are from 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:27.800 right here in North Texas. I still can't believe there 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:30.320 will on the cover of Time. I look at it 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:33.600 every day to remind myself that it's me. It makes 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:38.120 me happy. When the pandemic struck Dallas, Yolanda had a 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:42.400 big hearted idea that is serving millions. When I heard 0:11:42.480 --> 0:11:45.320 that the school was closing, my first thought was what 0:11:45.440 --> 0:11:49.280 about the kids. Over of our kids rely on our 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:54.640 meals every day. I called my team and answer, are 0:11:54.679 --> 0:11:57.120 they willing to give up their screen break so we 0:11:57.160 --> 0:12:01.079 can keep the cafeteria open? That small sacrifice has made 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:05.000 an enormous difference. We have served over three million meals 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:08.600 so far. For many kids, this is the best and 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:14.760 sometimes only meal that will get all day. Yolanda uses 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:18.760 music to keep her team motivated. I love listen to 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:22.320 gospel music because when you're depressed and you're going through 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:27.120 those words just are uplifting. I love the artist tamblin Man. 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:29.240 I know they've tied to me at work for playing 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:32.400 it over and over. She loves templer man. That's all 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:37.079 she played on this Mother's Day. Yolanda knows her own 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:40.079 mom is watching her with pride. But I'm not just 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:44.520 a lunch lady. I'm a mother. I'm a daughter, and 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:57.400 my mother taught me to serve as did ours. Yes you, 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:02.839 beautiful Mother's Day, Thank you mother. Than let me tell 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:06.400 you something, the fact that in this you thought about 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:09.720 those kids. I'm telling you that black woman love ain't 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:13.400 nothing to play with. That's huge what you're doing. Yeah, 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:16.920 what if you learned about yourself during this time, besides 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:21.160 being a superhero that I'm very resilient. Yes, there are, 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:25.240 because it's really hard work. When I first thought it, 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:28.920 I cried many nights because it was a lot of work. 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:32.600 I learned no matter what job you do, it's important, 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:36.040 it counts, and you're very valuable. God created me to 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:38.439 be a server. I'm a servant at hard My mother 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:41.920 was a server. I love serving. I love helping others. 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:46.600 Your landa, Your amazing grace and generosity has touched so 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:50.520 many and they want the world to know just how 0:13:50.760 --> 0:14:06.920 much you mean to them. So much of what you 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:09.720 do is unseen by a lot of people. But I 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:11.920 want you to know that we see you and we 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:14.880 love you. Thank you for fell the kids, because when 0:14:14.920 --> 0:14:17.400 iut you, someone would not be able to eat. You 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:21.080 serve so many students, so many families. The things that 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:23.160 you do that you don't have to do, but you 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:25.600 just do them because that's what's in your heart. You 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:28.680 are true to being a servant. What's something is fishing 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:33.880 your favorite. I love you so much. You are like 0:14:34.080 --> 0:14:38.880 talky God, my superhero. Keep being great. One day I 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:40.760 want to be like you. We thank you, and we 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:43.440 know our moms in heaven proud of her baby girl 0:14:43.560 --> 0:14:45.800 right now. I love you, I love you. I love 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:49.600 you so much. Happy Mother's Day, big sister, Happy mother Day. 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:53.840 Happy Happy Mother's Day. I love you and I hope 0:14:53.840 --> 0:15:06.880 you had a very happy mother to day. I love you. Happy. Yeah. Wow, 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:11.000 you have a beautiful family. Thank you and so wonderful 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:17.280 feeling to you know to get your flowers while you're living. Yeah, man, 0:15:17.360 --> 0:15:19.440 you got me tearing up, your momma, You got me 0:15:19.480 --> 0:15:23.360 tearing up. That's hard to do, is. I want you 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:27.640 to know? So you landa In honor of Mother's Day, 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:31.720 we made some calls and we arranged a special meeting 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:41.800 just for you. What you got me trying on like 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:46.000 this is amazing. Happy Mother's Day to everybody, and you 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.040 know what, Happy Mother's Day to you too, because I 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:53.280 know you are mama of fine. Yeah. Yes, I can 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:56.120 not believe I meet you right now, your Landa. What's 0:15:56.160 --> 0:16:00.120 your favorite song? My absolute favorite song? Gets to take 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:06.640 me to the King? Wow? Um, take me to the key. 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:12.680 I don't have much to breathe. My heart is torn 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:20.880 and peace say it's myfy you lay me out at 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:29.920 the throne, leave me there alone to gets upon your 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:37.160 glory and singing to you the song please take me 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:43.880 to the key? Yes, thank you. Yeah, that's that's one 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:48.800 of my favorites too. Kid, I've never seen you here. 0:16:49.560 --> 0:16:53.720 Can shack the table? Take me to the King? I 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:58.120 love it. I cannot believe it. You know what, your Landa, 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:00.560 We're not done with you yet. The Will and Jada 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:06.600 Smith Family Foundation is going to donate fifty dollars to 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:11.320 the Dallas Independent School District to buy more food so 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:15.040 that you can service and keep your love going. Oh 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:18.399 that is wonderful. Oh God, I feel like I'm in 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:20.800 a dream. I can't believe it's happening. I need somebody 0:17:20.800 --> 0:17:24.359 to wake me up. Also, we want you to know 0:17:24.480 --> 0:17:27.520 that our Smith Family Foundation, we know how hard you've 0:17:27.560 --> 0:17:31.600 been working. And I watched my brother's mother raised five 0:17:31.640 --> 0:17:34.359 of her grandchildren, and I got to see what that 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:39.600 struggle looked like. So when's the last time you bought 0:17:39.720 --> 0:17:42.760 something for yourself? When it was time to go back 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:45.160 to school, I bought me some new shoes for school. 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:49.840 M were your landa. As a family, we wanted to 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:54.520 donate to you a ten thousand dollar gift certificate, you know, 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:57.640 for you to have for yourself. And out of that 0:17:57.840 --> 0:18:01.680 gift certificate, I'll want you to promise that you're gonna 0:18:01.680 --> 0:18:06.280 do something good for yourself yourself. You're a giver, yes, right, 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:10.240 you're a giver, but sometimes you gotta give to yourself. 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:13.760 So take some of that money and do something really 0:18:13.880 --> 0:18:17.280 nice for yourself. I am tongue tied. I don't know 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:21.000 what to say. I'm just bubbling with love. Is just 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:26.160 God is good? Oh God, I'm on cloud nine. This 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:29.360 is the best day in the world. You know, I'll 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:37.560 be leaving this week forever happy than Thank you, Thank you, guys, 0:18:37.600 --> 0:18:43.000 thank you. That's awesome. Tammy Rivera is a single mom 0:18:43.040 --> 0:18:45.280 of two who makes a living as an uber driver 0:18:45.359 --> 0:18:48.600 in Memphis. One morning in March, she picked up an 0:18:48.600 --> 0:18:52.399 exhausted nurse who had just finished an overnight shift in 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:57.359 a COVID nineteen unit. One Memphis woman is stepping up. 0:18:57.359 --> 0:19:01.080 Her efforts have now become a viral movement. I picked 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:03.800 up a nurse early one morning. She was getting off 0:19:03.800 --> 0:19:07.000 of her shift, and she asked if I would mind 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:10.000 stoppings where she could get some breakfast to a starving 0:19:10.200 --> 0:19:14.359 We talked, and I learned that the hospital cafeteria closed 0:19:14.920 --> 0:19:18.399 at seven o'clock in the evening, and if they didn't 0:19:18.400 --> 0:19:21.520 bring dinner in with them, theire didn't eat or they 0:19:21.720 --> 0:19:24.119 ate out of a vending machine. And it bothered me 0:19:24.200 --> 0:19:28.399 that they didn't have food. Tammy's maternal instincts kicked in. 0:19:28.960 --> 0:19:31.920 She was determined to make sure the hospital workers caring 0:19:31.960 --> 0:19:35.400 for COVID nineteen patients would be taking care of themselves. 0:19:35.480 --> 0:19:39.160 She posted an idea on Facebook and the response was overwhelming. 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:42.800 Within about two hours, I'd put my Venmo and PayPal 0:19:42.920 --> 0:19:44.880 out there and said, look, if y'all want to donate, 0:19:45.320 --> 0:19:48.800 I'll find a restaurant that will make enough meals for 0:19:48.920 --> 0:19:52.680 the e r I will deliver the meals myself. When 0:19:52.720 --> 0:19:56.240 I woke up the next morning, I was blown away, 0:19:56.600 --> 0:20:02.439 and their generosity fueled my mission. Night after night. For 0:20:02.480 --> 0:20:06.040 the past seven weeks, Tammy delivers up to sixty meals 0:20:06.040 --> 0:20:11.840 to Methodist labon Or Hospital just outside of Memphis. Even 0:20:11.920 --> 0:20:15.520 car trouble, It's not gonna stop me. I've got an 0:20:15.600 --> 0:20:20.919 aging car. It's getting old and cranky. Tammy never complains, 0:20:21.400 --> 0:20:25.040 even though the pandemic has nearly wiped out her rideshare business. 0:20:25.080 --> 0:20:29.440 Just like every other single mom, it's a struggle. Finances 0:20:29.440 --> 0:20:32.720 are always tight, but when I am helping other people, 0:20:33.320 --> 0:20:39.840 my problem seemed very very small in comparison. No true 0:20:39.920 --> 0:20:48.960 words ever spoken there. It is so beautiful Mother's Day. 0:20:49.160 --> 0:20:52.959 Thank you very much. The work that you're doing is 0:20:53.040 --> 0:20:57.520 so amazing. My love language has always been fading people, 0:20:58.280 --> 0:21:01.680 and gosh, these people are are working in a very 0:21:01.760 --> 0:21:07.320 scary environment right now. They're working mandatory over time and 0:21:08.400 --> 0:21:11.840 exactly well. We just want you to know how thankful 0:21:12.000 --> 0:21:17.960 so many are for your kindness. Hey day, I understand me. 0:21:22.600 --> 0:21:25.080 I'm working in a cat scan department in or on 0:21:25.200 --> 0:21:27.199 the graveyard shift. I'm the nerves on all of the 0:21:27.200 --> 0:21:34.880 COVID units. I just want to thank you so much 0:21:35.119 --> 0:21:37.760 for providing meals for us every night. You have no 0:21:37.880 --> 0:21:44.760 idea how much this means to us. One thing I've 0:21:44.840 --> 0:21:46.960 learned during all of this is how much a hot 0:21:47.040 --> 0:21:49.360 meal means to people. We even heard that you had 0:21:49.400 --> 0:21:52.080 car trouble and you still brow us a fit. You're amazing. 0:21:52.200 --> 0:21:56.520 Thank you so much. You give me faith, and I 0:21:56.640 --> 0:22:00.000 just want to personally thank you, not just with the food, 0:22:00.000 --> 0:22:07.199 would for the person who you are. It reminds me 0:22:07.240 --> 0:22:10.399 a lot of my mother, God rest her soul, so 0:22:10.480 --> 0:22:13.359 I just thank you for bringing her memory to me 0:22:13.480 --> 0:22:16.600 every night as well. You're a safe Happy Mother's Day, 0:22:16.359 --> 0:22:22.679 Happy Mother's Day, Happy Mother's Day. Hey mom, Fuller band here. 0:22:22.760 --> 0:22:24.720 We're so proud of everything you're doing at the hospital. 0:22:25.320 --> 0:22:29.440 Happy Mother's Day. Oh that was really nice. I am 0:22:29.520 --> 0:22:33.080 so overwhelmed because I I don't get to see those faces, 0:22:33.240 --> 0:22:35.439 I don't get to say the actual people who are 0:22:35.480 --> 0:22:38.520 getting the meals, and that is it is just amazing, 0:22:38.840 --> 0:22:43.720 well deserved, well deserved. And we at the Smith Family 0:22:43.760 --> 0:22:49.040 Foundation heard that you were having some car problems and 0:22:49.680 --> 0:22:53.000 we know that that is your livelihood and that's your 0:22:53.119 --> 0:22:59.080 office and that is also your chariot of service. So 0:22:59.560 --> 0:23:05.720 we want to purchase for you and eco friendly car 0:23:06.280 --> 0:23:16.120 a brand new one. Yes for Mother's Day. Yeah oh yeah. 0:23:16.560 --> 0:23:20.040 Let me tell you how you've sacrificed and how you 0:23:20.080 --> 0:23:23.440 put yourself out there. It's the least that we can 0:23:23.480 --> 0:23:27.080 do for you. Thank you so much for all you do, Tammy, 0:23:27.160 --> 0:23:29.320 and we hope, we hope that this makes it a 0:23:29.359 --> 0:23:32.800 little bit easier for you to do your work. Jada, 0:23:33.359 --> 0:23:38.399 Gammy Willow, you are such an inspiration to me and 0:23:38.480 --> 0:23:44.960 I love you guys. Thank you y'all so very much. 0:23:45.359 --> 0:23:51.200 Happy Mother's Day, Thank you awesome. Yeah, Happy Mother's Day, 0:23:51.440 --> 0:23:53.720 and once again, just thank you so much for all 0:23:53.760 --> 0:23:57.560 that you do. Our next hero Mom is a force 0:23:57.640 --> 0:24:00.399 to be reckoned with and does not take no for 0:24:00.480 --> 0:24:05.240 an answer when someone is in need. Dr Alis Stanford 0:24:05.400 --> 0:24:10.080 isn't just any board certified surgeon, Dr. A that is, 0:24:11.080 --> 0:24:17.520 She's been Will's personal physician for the last eight years. 0:24:17.520 --> 0:24:21.560 When the coronavirus pandemic hit her hometown of Philadelphia, she 0:24:21.640 --> 0:24:24.920 did something extraordinary. In a city where one point six 0:24:24.960 --> 0:24:28.200 million residents live in poverty, she was determined to help 0:24:28.200 --> 0:24:31.160 the most vulnerable. There was no way that I could 0:24:31.240 --> 0:24:34.040 just sit by and not do something. In just forty 0:24:34.080 --> 0:24:37.080 eight hours, Dr Eila created a one of a kind, 0:24:37.160 --> 0:24:40.880 life saving mobile testing unit and headed straight for Philly's 0:24:40.880 --> 0:24:45.400 hot zones. Who needs IF the most in Philadelphia are 0:24:45.560 --> 0:24:49.560 the elderly and the African American community. They set up 0:24:49.560 --> 0:24:53.160 in church parking lots, administering free tests to the city's 0:24:53.240 --> 0:24:56.840 most undeserved neighborhoods. No one should be left out, no 0:24:56.880 --> 0:25:00.439 one should be forgotten, no one should be over looked. 0:25:02.920 --> 0:25:07.840 This superhero mother of three has tested thousands of grateful residents. 0:25:08.240 --> 0:25:11.639 My children understand the importance of what I'm doing, but 0:25:11.720 --> 0:25:14.439 I missed spending time with them. They just have to 0:25:14.600 --> 0:25:23.960 share mommy for a little bit. Wow, Happy Mommy day. 0:25:24.200 --> 0:25:28.040 I'm going to day to you. Oh gosh, I feel 0:25:28.040 --> 0:25:31.240 like we're going to cry already. No, we just want 0:25:31.240 --> 0:25:35.520 to thank you for your service big time. And I 0:25:35.600 --> 0:25:37.919 know you did it. You did it fast, So you 0:25:37.960 --> 0:25:40.720 are truly a role model. And there's a long line 0:25:40.720 --> 0:25:43.520 of people who want to make sure you hear that 0:25:43.640 --> 0:25:56.880 loud and clear. Dr A Love Stafford is a hero. 0:25:57.200 --> 0:26:00.200 Doctor stands, but it's a hero. My wife. Dr last 0:26:00.240 --> 0:26:02.960 Stanford just my hero. By allowing us to just walk 0:26:03.000 --> 0:26:05.440 in and get tested for COVID when no one else 0:26:05.440 --> 0:26:08.880 would test us, is saving lives allow You are a 0:26:08.960 --> 0:26:12.159 hero because you go places where other people won't. Because 0:26:12.160 --> 0:26:16.760 she cared, Instead of waiting for the results to come in, 0:26:17.240 --> 0:26:21.080 she decided to do something about it. You are the light. 0:26:22.480 --> 0:26:25.400 I think my mom is a hero because even when 0:26:25.440 --> 0:26:28.399 things don't go well, she always has a plan and 0:26:28.560 --> 0:26:31.399 can always help people. She helps me and at times, 0:26:31.800 --> 0:26:35.440 and because she helps me when I'm feeling sad and down, 0:26:36.119 --> 0:26:39.880 she is helping people in this pandemic and people who 0:26:39.920 --> 0:26:44.080 cannot get tested. You are the true definition of a superhero. 0:26:44.400 --> 0:26:46.800 Love you. I know you dedicated your life to helping 0:26:46.840 --> 0:26:49.000 others and I couldn't be more proud of what you've 0:26:49.000 --> 0:26:54.960 accomplished so far in your career. A love. Happy Mother's Day. 0:26:56.520 --> 0:27:02.720 Oh my god, Happy Mother's Day. She's an awesome mom 0:27:03.160 --> 0:27:05.520 goes out of her way to make her kids happy 0:27:05.560 --> 0:27:18.960 every single day. Oh that was so nice. Yeah, okay, first, 0:27:19.080 --> 0:27:22.080 thank you. You completely caught me off guard with that. 0:27:22.920 --> 0:27:26.120 So let me get myself together. I know for my husband, 0:27:26.280 --> 0:27:30.000 especially because I have been in the zone and I 0:27:30.040 --> 0:27:36.000 haven't been super attentive and super affectionate because I go 0:27:36.119 --> 0:27:39.720 to the sleep late and I'm getting up early and 0:27:40.200 --> 0:27:43.119 there's not a whole lot of time left. But he 0:27:43.280 --> 0:27:48.119 still keeps driving this van for me, and he still 0:27:48.240 --> 0:27:52.240 keeps cooking for me and going to get ice when 0:27:52.240 --> 0:27:54.359 we need it for the specimens in the middle of 0:27:54.400 --> 0:27:58.120 the testing, and even though I'm like trying to focus 0:27:58.119 --> 0:28:00.200 and get everything done, he's like, did you eat, eat? 0:28:00.440 --> 0:28:04.159 Did you eat? Where's your vitamin? I'm just like, you stop, 0:28:04.240 --> 0:28:06.880