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Speaker 1: We know that Christmas is such an exciting time, such

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Speaker 1: a wonderful time to spend with your family, your friends,

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Speaker 1: your loved ones, but it can also be quite a

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Speaker 1: difficult time, particularly as the cost of living rises, and

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Speaker 1: you know, some people may not be in a situation

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Speaker 1: where they're able to do things in the same way

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Speaker 1: as what they have in previous years. Now, we know

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Speaker 1: that that one organization that is always there to help

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Speaker 1: is the Salvation Army. And joining me in the studio

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Speaker 1: right now is Sally Courtney, who is indeed the public

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Speaker 1: relations manager for the Salvos here in the Northern Territory.

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Speaker 1: Good morning to you, Sally, Good morning Cannie. Lovely to

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Speaker 1: have you in the studio now. The Salvos always do

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Speaker 1: a lot to support territorians maybe in need of a

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Speaker 1: bit of a hand up, And come Christmas time, it

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Speaker 1: is a time when a lot of people do sort

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Speaker 1: of need that hand up, don't they.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, you know everyone's got their I guess they're

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Speaker 2: regular expenses, and we all know the cost of living,

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Speaker 2: unfortunately is increasing, So I guess yes, Christmas can unfortunately

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Speaker 2: put pressure on people when we all want to provide

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Speaker 2: for our children. I guess not just our children, for

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Speaker 2: friends and enjoy Christmas as we all like to experience it.

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Speaker 1: I guess yeah. But and the Salvos do so much

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Speaker 1: in this space. I know that you've got plenty of

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Speaker 1: different things on to, you know, to help those in need,

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Speaker 1: but also for those that are maybe you know that

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Speaker 1: are in the position where they're able to donate or

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Speaker 1: to help. Now, firstly, tell us about the Wishing Tree,

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Speaker 1: the Camart Wishing Tree. Are they at all all the

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Speaker 1: km Arts around the territory.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they are, Katie. It's a fantastic partnership we've had

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Speaker 2: with Kmart for thirty five years now, the Wishing Tree,

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Speaker 2: and it's really an opportunity for people to be able

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Speaker 2: to donate gifts and try to make it easier for them.

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Speaker 2: I guess where they can go to Kmart by a

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Speaker 2: small present and it doesn't have to be anything to

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Speaker 2: too large or too expensive and then leave it at

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Speaker 2: the Wishing Tree there. So you can do that in

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Speaker 2: Darwin at col A Linga and also Casserena and you

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Speaker 2: can conveniently lead the gift there. The Salvation Army then

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Speaker 2: organize all the gifts and sort them and get them

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Speaker 2: to children. You know, for their appropriate ages.

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Speaker 1: So sometimes we spoke about this the other week we

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Speaker 1: caught up with with those that are part of the

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Speaker 1: whole gridge. But sometimes people just sort of think, all right,

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Speaker 1: let's buy Teddy Bears or let's buy things for the

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Speaker 1: little ees. But it's not just the little east that

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Speaker 1: we need to look out for at this time, is it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no, you run on the mark there, caddie. We

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Speaker 2: really actually do need gifts. We do provide gifts right

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Speaker 2: up to child A teenagers basically at age sixteen, and

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Speaker 2: particularly boys, we are really after presents for them. Twins

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Speaker 2: as well. Ironically we do cover we do provider should say,

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Speaker 2: gifts from babies right up through to sixteen.

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Speaker 1: So I always think maybe a good way of doing

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Speaker 1: it too, if you are somebody who can make a

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Speaker 1: donation is if you've got a child that's say eleven

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Speaker 1: or fifteen, you know you're out doing a Christmas shopping,

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Speaker 1: think to yourself what would your child like? And you

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Speaker 1: know what can what's affordable, but what you know, what

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Speaker 1: could you put under that wishing tree that a child

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Speaker 1: of your own child's age might like?

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Speaker 2: Yeah exactly, I mean obviously it's a bit easier for

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Speaker 2: parents when you do have your own own children and

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Speaker 2: you know what they like. But yeah, that's a great

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Speaker 2: way to approach it. I guess if you don't have children.

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Speaker 2: The other way to look at it is vouchers are

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Speaker 2: invailable vouchers for sports stores, covers it really you know,

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Speaker 2: BCF there, I say, but we all love you couldn't

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Speaker 2: go wrong with buying just some you know, a fishing

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Speaker 2: ride or you know, lures whatever. I mean, everyone's into

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Speaker 2: their outdoors as we sort of tend to be up here,

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Speaker 2: so I guess you can get a bit creative. But

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Speaker 2: vouchers are really really great. Yeah, appreciated, Sally. What else

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Speaker 2: is on?

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Speaker 1: I know that you've got the toy drive and plenty

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Speaker 1: of other things happening as well in the lead into Christmas.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, we've got I'd just like to mention so kmarts

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Speaker 2: are doing their wishing tree casts. Aerinas come on board,

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Speaker 2: so they've got a they've got a gift drive for

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Speaker 2: us as well, so you can as of next week

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Speaker 2: buy a small gift once again and just look out.

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Speaker 2: You can leave it there. There'll be two big mobile

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Speaker 2: sort of boxes there, Palms and Gateway. Fantastic. They've come

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Speaker 2: a gift drive for us as well. That's situated out

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Speaker 2: So we, you know, we are really really thankful that

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Speaker 2: pretty much all the shopping centers have come on board. Also.

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Speaker 2: We if people do want to donate, they actually don't

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Speaker 2: have the time, which I completely understand, it's crazy. Tell me,

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Speaker 2: you can simply go into a Salvos store. We've got

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Speaker 2: five around Darwin pumps and cooler Linger as well, and

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Speaker 2: the rural areas. This goes for Catherine as well, and

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Speaker 2: you can actually make a donation over the counter or

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Speaker 2: another way you can do it. You can buy a

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Speaker 2: ten dollar dinner plate and you will get that plate

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Speaker 2: and then that donation actually goes to providing a meal

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Speaker 2: a dinner for someone, so there's that option as well,

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Speaker 2: or also going online of course, if you're happy and

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Speaker 2: you want to quickly just donate online, just go to

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Speaker 2: our website.

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Speaker 1: And Sally you spoke then about you know, about that

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Speaker 1: donation providing a dinner for somebody. What is done then

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Speaker 1: over the actual you know those that day that Christmas

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Speaker 1: Day by the Salvation Army in terms of making sure

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Speaker 1: that people have something to ash.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Great, I'm glad you asked that, because that's when

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Speaker 2: to be on a Salvation Army really do step up

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Speaker 2: another level. When we actually all have our days off

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Speaker 2: over Christmas and Boxing Day, that's when our staff at

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Speaker 2: our hostels here in Darwin and Catherine and Alice and

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Speaker 2: our officers then put on lunches and dinners for the community.

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Speaker 2: So they open houses and we can pretty much put

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Speaker 2: on lunch for anything up to two hundred people and more,

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Speaker 2: can't afford to simply just go and buy a nice

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Speaker 2: lunch and get a gift and they can come into

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Speaker 2: our community centers there and have lunch. And we also

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Speaker 2: do that for our residents that live in our shelters,

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Speaker 2: our hostels, and there's Salvation Army staff organized gifts and hampers.

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Speaker 1: It sounds like there is so much happening in the

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Speaker 1: lead into Christmas that I thought it was good to

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Speaker 1: get you in nice and early because I know that's

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Speaker 1: sometimes we all get a bit kind of worn out

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Speaker 1: towards the end of the year when we're trying to

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Speaker 1: organize everything. But I know that there are plenty of

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Speaker 1: people that listen to the show who want to do

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Speaker 1: want to help out over Christmas time too, So I

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Speaker 1: think it's a good opportunity to give people ample time

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Speaker 1: to get organized if they do want to go out

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Speaker 1: and buy gift for a young person who maybe wouldn't

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Speaker 1: otherwise get one.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, Katie, No, any support is certainly appreciated. I

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Speaker 2: must say what I've seen this year, Territorians are really

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Speaker 2: generous and businesses that are actually reaching out to me

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Speaker 2: now it's just just amazing. They're buying bikes, they're running

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Speaker 2: their own food and gift drives, which that's another really

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Speaker 2: simple way. You can get on our website and quickly register,

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Speaker 2: run your own toy or gift drive and we then

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Speaker 2: come and pick that up. So you simply just promote it,

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Speaker 2: you know, share it around with your office staff and

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Speaker 2: you can do it that way. But no, it's just

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Speaker 2: it's really fantastic the support that the territories give us

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Speaker 2: to them be able to help others.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely will Sally Courtney, the public relations manager for

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Speaker 1: the Salvation Army here in the Northern Territory. I really

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Speaker 1: appreciate your time. Thank you as always for coming on.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Katie for having me.

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Speaker 1: Thank you