June 12, 2025 • 30 mins
100+ Men Who Care Pittsburgh is a charitable organization that meets quarterly to donate money to local Pittsburgh nonprofits. Each member contributes $100 per meeting, and the group collectively votes on which charity will receive the donations. The winning charity receives all the donations that night.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
And welcome man. This is a public affairs program shedding
the light on the interest, issues and concerns of the
greater Pittsburgh area. Good morning to you. My name is
Johnny Hertwell your host. Today's guests Kirk Vogel and Rick Mallick,
co founders of one hundred plus Men Who Care of
the Pittsburgh Chapter. Good morning, gentlemen. How are you? Good morning, Johnny,
Good morning, Johnny. Thanks for having all right, one hundred
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plus men who Care? All right, So tell us everything
we need to know about the organization. How did the
chapter here in Pittsburgh start?
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Yeah, no, I appreciate you having us. You know, we
founded the group in twenty seventeen, and I actually found
out about it through a friend who had started a
chapter in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. And these chapters are all
over the country. It was at a time where I
was really looking to do something to really give back
and impact the greater Pittsburgh area and found out about
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the concept and immediately knew, you know, I had to help,
you know, start one of these here and thought of
Kirk as a partner who is so well known here
and also very involved in a lot of charity activities,
and as soon as I told him about it, it
was over.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
He was all in, and we have a choice.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
I have a choice, really, right, But we knew this
was something we both had a heart for and wanted
to start. So it's a really cool concept. So there's
chapters all across the country, all across the country. It
really started a woman in Michigan came up with the
concept who was really involved in a lot of philanthropy.
And you know, she met with a CEO from a
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family crisis center. They needed ten thousand dollars. He was
trying to figure out how to do it, and she knew, well,
I probably know ten people that would donate one thousand
dollars to it. But then she thought, wow, I probably
know one hundred people that would donate one hundred dollars.
She put a luncheon together, raised thirteen thousand dollars, and
there the concept of the one hundred plus who Care
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was born.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
All right, So it's a philanthropic, but it's also kind
of a working kind of opportunity as well, right, Yeah, Yeah,
that's the beauty of it.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
It kind of like brings the best of both together
when we get together that's kind of the first part
of the meeting. For about forty five minutes, all the
members just have time together, you know, just to socialize
and catch up, do a little networking. There's food and
beverage involved, so it's just a fun environment.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
When when Rick started talking about the meetings, the first
thing he talked about is beer. Spawn of course, the
man has his priorities straight, right, I guess, Well, so
then the brass how how does the organization help individuals
and nonprofits?
Speaker 3 (02:35):
So how does that all work? Well, it's a power
of the numbers concept. So what we do is we
basically get together. As I mentioned, we have that forty
or forty five minutes in networking, and then we move
into a room to do business. And it's a real
simple model and that's the beauty of it. So basically,
all the members that have committed, right, and the commitment
is literally just being part of it for four times
a year and donating a minimum of one hundred dollars
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directly to the charity that wins gets together and when
we go into the room, the members are allowed to
put a nominating charity in a basket and then we
pull three of those, right, and Basically, they get the
opportunity to present their charity to the group, and it's
real simple. Whoever has the most compelling presentation, Typically one
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that's the most heart feeling is the one that ends
up getting the most votes. So the members vote for
those respective charities and the majority wins, and at that
moment in time, each member, whether they're the present or not,
will write a check or donate online directly to the
charity one hundred dollars. And that's how we're able to
raise anywhere between ten thousand and most recently looking like
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close to thirty thousand for the last charity in March.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Okay, so four times a year, you guys get together.
Is it all men? Are women who are also men
who care? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Great question. You know when we founded the group, you know,
we did some research in there was already a one
hundred plus Women who Care of Pittsburgh group, and I'd
encourage you, you know, any women that are interested to
reach out and enjoin that group. We founded the group
as a men's group, and it's been great, the fellowship
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you know of all the men and really you know,
being able to give back. That's one thing about the group.
Johnny that it's simple. First of all, right, you know,
because we're a chapter, we come together four times a year,
and and the way the model works, right, it's very simple.
But what's most important and really attracted us to it
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is that any of the charities that are nominated, they
have to impact the greater Pittsburgh area.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Right.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
We wanted to bring this impact to the communities that
we live in and grew up in, and that's our passion.
So there's a lot of charities out there that impact
you know, nationally and globally, and those are awesome, you know,
our heart here bring the impact right to greater Pittsburgh.
So that's that's a mandate. And the you know, it's simple.
You nominate, you present, you choose whether you can come
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to the meeting or not. You agree to donate at
least one hundred dollars directly to the charity.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Now do you find people who are also donating a
lot more than one hundred dollars?
Speaker 2 (05:13):
You know, we've been blessed that way from those that
will donate you know, multiple thousands of dollars to those charities.
To also we've had a number of instances including you know,
our March meeting where we don't know who it is,
but somebody has agreed that whatever we raise, they'll they'll
match it.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
So that's happened on a few occasions now and we're
happy to say that since twenty seventeen, four meetings a year,
just some guys getting together for what is essentially about
a half hour business. We're going to surpass three hundred
and fifty thousand dollars raised to date and it's just amazing.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
All right, So give us an example of what happened
in March. What was the charity that you selected, What
was their story and how did they come to and
what were they what did they receive?
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Yeah, so this past March we actually had our best
showing pretty much post the COVID era, and we were
building this up in twenty seventeen, we had some trailing
off after the pandemic. We've been building the only charity
that faced surprisingly the only group of guys that couldn't
get it together. But we we had what it was
over sixty five or seventy's show over eighty eight. I'm
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bad at math, but that was that was a great showing.
And the presenter at that time was a man named
Ethan Nicholas and he's one of our longtime members and
he's actually won in the past as well.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
And I'm joining blank right now in the name.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Yeah, the Live Donor Project is who won. You know, again,
there were three presenters. They get about five to eight
minutes to present and inspire the group. But the Live
Donor Project was our our March winner.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Yep. And what kind of organization is the Live Donor organization?
It's the organization again.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
This one is met focused to you know, organ donation,
and you know, we've had all types of organizations win.
And again this funds you know, patients and families and
supports them through that through that process.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
So that's been really cool.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
It's been amazing to hear about all these incredible charitable
organizations in Greater Pittsburgh area that most people have never
heard of.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
Right now, that's the one step that goes a little
bit further with it is there's three that are presenting,
right and one wins they get the big check. But
also the members have been so generous in the fact
that most members in some capacity will donate to the
other two charities. So following the meeting, as I mentioned,
everyone that is there typically donates a check directly to charity,
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but then we send out a reminder and say, hey,
here's who won, uh, and then here's the two follow
up follow ups. So here's the link. They go to
regular website and donate. So we've found that a lot
of folks are going and they're hitting all three of
them well, so not only are we impacting the one
that won, but also those other two local charities are
getting something out of it as well. And that's that's
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just the beauty of how it's kind of grown and
how much money is the live donor it. We're going
to be over thirty thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
So this was one.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
Yeah, well, this is one that we had someone match
that We're still not sure who it is, but we
we collectively raised about fifteen thousand within our organization, the
Chapter of the Guys, and then someone's going to double that.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
So if there is a nonprofit listening right now and
they are interested in possibly being able to, you know,
tell their story and maybe be the next recipient of
your cash donation, what's the process? Yeah, great question.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
In one of the ways that the group works is
that the members are the presenters. So when a charity
is you know, drawing out you know, you draw it
out of the hat. The member who nominated that has
to do the presentation, not the director of the charity
or whatnot. So it has to be something you invest
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your you know, your heart and your time in. But
we are constantly, Kirk and I and either even other
members of our group are being contacted by you know,
individuals who are running these charities, and that's the way
to do it, right, is to reach out to us,
go to our website and give us a call. And
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you know, again everybody's looking for that next organization to
learn about, really understand those stories and become passionate about.
And then the members actually put that name in the
in the bowl, right and if it gets drawn again
random chance, but then the members presenting it got it.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
Yeah, we would encourage we would encourage the charities to
anyone who's interested in this to find somebody within their
organization that would be interested in participating and coming to
a meeting.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Or they can become a member of themselves, right.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Exactly right, that's exactly right. So that's that's how we see.
It's a pretty anciller because a lot of these directors.
They are running the organization. They're busy. We do have
some that are participating in organization each quarter, but a
lot of times if somebody they know or someone that's
passionate about their charity, they are the ones that show up,
do them presentation and get the ball rolling, and there's
a lot more fingers that way.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
We're talking with Kirk Vogel and Rec Mallick, co founders
of one hundred plus Men who Care the Pittsburgh chapter.
So tell us a little bit about your backgrounds. We'll
start with you Ray.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Yeah, great, I've actually been in the healthcare world all
my life and came out of University of Pittsburgh Medical
Center in the laboratory diagnostic space. But I'm a managing
director for a healthcare consulting firm. We do all types
of performance improvement with hospitals and health systems all over
the country.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
And Kirk, well, I'm a restaurant guy. So I've been
in the restaurant space since two thousand and one. Me
and a few guys started a restaurant called Wantach Grill
Down and Shady Side part of it all right, Glad
to hear that it's twenty plus years so we did
something you guys are.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Has helped out iHeartRadio and a number of our charitable content,
you know, like the Dollar Energy find and the Children's Hospital.
So thank you for those kind of contributions.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
Oh our pleasure that I mean, that's a big part
of what we've done. We're a local restaurant group, all
four partners, we're local restaurant guys. Since then, we've expanded,
We've added a couple of guys on a few restaurant concepts.
But my roots have always been Pittsburgh. I'm a University
of Pittsburgh graduate, lived here pretty much all my life,
except for a small stint in New Orleans. And you
know now I'm currently living out in the Westford area
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with my wife and a couple of kids.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
How about you, Rick, Are you from Pittsburgh?
Speaker 2 (11:34):
I am all my life, you know, grew up in Washington,
Pennsylvania and lived all around. Also live up north right
by kirk In just outside of Wexford, and same thing.
Three great kids, and you know, love it here and
love what we're doing.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
You know, the common theme of this program, it seems
to come up almost every almost every week, it's Pittsburgh's
taking care of a Pittsburgher's. It's kind of what we do.
It's in our DNA, and this is a great opportunity.
This is you know, when you say one hundred plus men,
how large of an organization is it? Now?
Speaker 3 (12:10):
It's we have about one hundred and sixty to one
hundred and seventy people that are receiving our emails and
committed in some way, shape or form. But where we
try to build back up is make that a one
for one. So if we have one hundred and sixty
five on the list, we expect one hundred and sixty
five to be committed on a quarterly basis, but that
number really is probably closer to about one hundred and
thirty five one hundred and forty. It's just natural attrition,
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so there's no real end to it. We can have
five hundred plus man, one thousand plus man. That's kind
of what we're working towards. We just want to keep
on growing. So we got much twenty seventeen. How quickly
were he able to get one hundred plus men?
Speaker 1 (12:43):
You know, it was pretty.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Cool because you know, Kirk and I have you know,
some great networks and we've had individuals that we shared
this concept with that we're all in from day one
and have been to every meeting and are all in today,
and then it's really about we're encouraging, hey, bring everybody,
bring one more person to you know, to the next meeting.
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And you know what happens if we are the three
four hundred guys of Pittsburgh who care think about the
impact we could be having, then it really just grows
word of mouth, and you know, it's it's amazing when
someone comes to one of these meetings, they walk out
and they're thinking about the next five guys.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
That just have to do this. For somebody who's listening now,
who's maybe interested in becoming a member, what's the process?
There's a couple ways. I mean, the easiest process to
learn more is to.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
Go to our website, which is one hundred plus men
Pittsburgh dot org.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
Is that spelled out p l us It is? Okay, yeah,
thank you.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
So that's that has all the information kind of like
if you want to get like what does the commitment mean?
You can become a member right on the site, just
bite clicking tab that puts your rate into our communication emails.
We also do text messaging as well, which is something
you can do when you come to one of our meetings.
You can sign up for that. But that's the easiest
way to become involved. We're happy also to field phone calls.
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Our numbers are on the website or emails on the website,
so for more information, we can provide that as well.
But that's the easiest way is just to go to
the website one hundred plus men Pittsburgh dot org.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
All right, for somebody who's just tuning in, let's kind of,
you know, let's let's kind of restate what exactly your
organization is all about.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Sure, you know, it's really simple. I mean, the model
is what you know brought my heart to this from
the beginning, is that we meet four times a year,
once a quarter, typically the last Thursday of each quarter,
and it's about an hour and a half Johnny. But
the first half of that is social, you know, drinks
and appetizers and hanging out with folks and that's very rewarding,
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and then we get down to business about thirty minutes
each meeting. You know, the members that attend, and not
everybody can attend. They put a name of a charity
in the hat has to impact Greater Pittsburgh. We draw
three each meeting, and whoever nominated those charities has about
five to eight minutes to stand up in front of
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the group, tell us the stories about this organization inspire us.
And after those three presentations, the group votes majority wins,
and whatever charity received the greatest number of votes, whether
you attend to the meeting or not, whether you voted
for that charity or not, you agree as a member
of the group to donate at least one hundred dollars.
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You can donate as much as you like directly to
the charity, so we don't take a penny. It's a
complete pass through model, which is awesome. And then you know,
we've been very blessed, even through the pandemic to raise
at least ten thousand dollars or more. Sometimes it's been
over twenty thousand. Our March meeting, we're going to exceed
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thirty thousand donated to this charity that just won. And
it's all direct pass through, directly to those organizations. And
the coal part that brings it full circle is at
our next meeting, we invite the director of the winning
charity from our prior meeting back to the to our meeting,
not just to receive the big check and take the pictures,
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you know for social media. But here's what's most important.
That director stands in front of the group not only
thanks everybody, but tells us where those dollars have gone to,
what impact it's had or will have. So brings it
full circle. So when you think how often have I
donated to a charity and then.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
And you never hear no idea or idea what that
money is is earmarked for.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
Yeah, and when we say, you know, to date since
twenty seventeen, you know, we're exceeding three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars of financial impact to these organizations who are
doing incredible work in the southwestern Pennsylvania region. But the
real stories are when those directors stand up and tell
you the impact that those dollars have had. And we
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have some just amazing stories about that that you just
can't measure.
Speaker 1 (17:02):
Can a charity win more than once?
Speaker 3 (17:06):
Yeah, So the short answer is it can win more
than once, But the rule is basically it can't win
within the same calendar year.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
That makes it.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
So we've had we've were I mean, we've had one
or two win more than once, but for the most part,
out of the thirty two charities, we're missing one so
far because we did not participate during that one March
of the pandemic. We've had great diversity and what you
remember the first one Rick I do Tickets for Kids.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
That was number one, Yeah, the first first winner, and
we were a little disappointed. We you know, when we
started the group. You know, we kind of kicked it
off in January. We had the meeting in March and
you know, we weren't in a hundred guys yet, and
we raised about fifty eight hundred dollars, and you know,
we thought, well, that's pretty cool, right, But when they
came back and at the next meeting and told us
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when impact we had, They're like, oh, my lord, over
fifteen hundred kids got to go to some type of
event because of that donation. And you know, there's some
other stories that are just really great that you walk
out of those meetings and you go, I'm just humbled
to be doing this.
Speaker 3 (18:14):
We have a great I mean, there's one that stands
out the most for me is an Education Partnership. It
was great organization in Pittsburgh and they've won a couple
of times. But the rost recent winning provided them an
opportunity to take the funds that they received from US
to hire on a specialist that does nothing but basically
fill or check the boxes in order to become someone
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is a recipient from Amazon leftover product. And that I
think it was somewhere around fifteen or eighteen thousand dollars
we provided parlayed into almost a million dollars in resources
because they were able to get Amazon to send so
many supplies in because of that one position, they're able
to hire and that one is one that just stands
out to me all the time.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
It was so cool because they had no idea that
they were who we were, and you know, if they
were getting any kind of donation. But Amazon has a
program where they get school supplies and anything you know
that a classroom could benefit from, and if they can't
resell it, they palletize them. And they have a program
to donate to organizations like the Education Partnership, who was
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serving you know, underprivileged children in classrooms and teachers in
the Greater Pittsburgh area.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
And they were going to have to walk.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
Away from that opportunity because they didn't have the resources.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
There's criteria.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
You had to take the entire shipment, which was forty
eight pallets two tractor trailers, right, and it was they
had space, but they have the resources, and they were
going to have to say, we have to walk away
from this.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
So the money they received from you allowed them to
find the space to put this the people the people
they needed the people.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
And Josh is It Whiteside, who's the director, said, let
me tell you a story of what ten or fifteen
thousand dollars turned into. And he said they were able
to get in contact with the Amazon win that donation.
He said, I'm standing in front of you today and
to tell you, seventy percent of those supplies this is
just three months later, are in classrooms all across Pittsburgh.
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And the value of that shipment was nine hundred and
eighty thousand dollars almost a million dollars. So when we say,
you know, we've had three hundred and fifty thousand dollars
of impact, right, you just can't measure something like that
in the impact it's having in those classrooms and for
those teachers and for those kids.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
But even the opportunity for if you win, it's it's
fantastic but you also are being exposed to other charities
and nonprofits and the other you know situations here in Pittsburgh.
That's you're educating a group of business leaders as well.
Speaker 3 (20:49):
Yeah, one hundred percent. And you know we all have,
you know, to some degree, people that are in this
in this world, you know, have a personal charity they
may love and be passionate about and have gone to
the dinner are the gallows that things that take or
golf outing, right, They're good commitments and they end up
having great results.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
But it's a lot of work.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
And this is the beautiful part about the model, Like
we were proposing a way to get together, have some
fun and raise significant funds for a local charity in
a very short period of time.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
So it's kind of the best of all worlds.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
You get to have a lot of network and a
lot of camaraderie, you get to do good for the
particular charity, and you're not putting a huge amount of
time or resource into it. And recently we were part
of a golf outing that raised somewhere probably around thirty
thousand dollars. And the amount of time that goes into
planning that and executing it, processing everything and last March
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we were able to do effectively the same thing with
a lot less work and a lot more fun.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
We're talking with Kirk Vogel and Rick Mallick, co founders
one hundred plus Men who Care, which is the Pittsburgh chapter. Now,
what's the website again?
Speaker 2 (21:55):
It's one hundred plus Men Pittsburgh dot org. And that's
completely spelled.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
Okay. Do you have any particular charities other than your
own charity that you're passionate about? You know, I think
we all do.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
And you know, now after doing this since twenty seventeen,
you know, I know, I'm always on the lookout to
learn about the next new charity that I'm going to
be passionate about and to hopefully present, and I've been
able to do that a few times now. I'm you know,
one that I had a lot of passionate about was
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it's about the Warrior Foundation, who I was, you know,
had the honor to be you know, drawn and present
and actually win. And we raised over ten thousand dollars
for that organization that is doing incredible work for our
veterans who have returned and trying to integrate into society
and provide you know, physical, mental, emotional support for those
folks that struggle day in and day out. And you
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know what's been great? Has there been such a variety
of organizations that we have heard presentations about that have
won a lot to support you know, women and children.
And you know, my my next one I'm presenting is
you know, or at least nominating as Cancer Bridges. And
but I have constantly have been approached by you know,
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directors of other charities, so want to know how do
we get nominated? And and again it's just connecting with
other folks in our group and putting that name in
the hat.
Speaker 3 (23:23):
Same question to you, Kirk. Yeah, it's a great question.
It's tough to answer all the time because there's a
lot of charities that kind of floating through and they're
all so so amazing in their unique way. But one
that I've always kind of participated with and just enjoyed
working with because there's such a great one.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
It's a glimmer of hope.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
And Rick actually presented them Josh Josh, Adam Josh and
Matt right a couple of years ago and they won.
But they're a great organization we worked with through the
restaurants and would like to continue and give an opportunity and.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
What is the organization? What does it do?
Speaker 3 (23:52):
So they do mostly it's best breast cancer. It's for
providing for women to breast cancer. But the unique part
of them is it's under forty, so it's not it's
focusing on a younger, younger audience and giving them the
resources they need to protect themselves.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Yeah, and Diana Nappa runs that organization. They were one
of our actually early winners and we raised over ten
thousand dollars for them, and was really cool when we
invited them back to our next meeting to present the
big check and Diane was able to stand in front
of the group and there were thirteen women that actually
got to go through those support programs who are actually
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bat only metastatic breast cancer, and she brought one of
those women with her and she was able to stand
in front of our group and say, you know, thank
you you helping to save my life.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
And it's a great organization. All right, let's go the
step by step. So you're looking for people who are
maybe looking to join the organization and what's the requirements
and what do they do? And they go to the
website that's probably the first place to go.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
Yeah, the website's the best place to go, and then
you become a member, you learn or about it there.
The requirements are super simple. You can show up to
a meeting and just check it out. You don't have
to commit to anything. If you just wanted to come
to the next meeting, which actually for this will be
September twenty fifth, would be the next thursdays, last Thursday September,
you can come up to the URLA Learning Center in Cranberry.
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That's where we meet six pm from six pm to
seven thirty pm and have the opportunity basically to witness
it and see what the networking's about, see the group people,
meet some folks, and if you're interested in committing at
that point in time, then you just basically sign up
or you join the text club that gets you in
and for that particular meeting you can participate, which would
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give you the opportunity to put your charity in the
hat and if it gets drawn, then you're one of
three presenters the next quarter. And that's that's the simplicity
of it. And the commitment really is just one hundred
dollars per quarter directly to the charity. Whoever wins that
particular quarter.
Speaker 1 (25:56):
Do you have any corporate sponsors or do you have
any other fundrings? How else do you You know, obviously
you have to pay for the food and the beverage
and everything else, and so you know, there's got to
be money coming out of your pockets. So is there
a way to that you're raising money for the organization
as well? Oh yeah, so that's you know, it's grassroots
(26:17):
within our own SOPs. We basically are self funded. Rick
and I and a handful of other members participate in
things like the website or the social media side, you know,
not huge expenses, but things that add up. But we're
also blessed because we have such a generous group of guys.
And each quarter, someone picks up the tab for the
RLA Center, right, which charges us a few hundred bucks.
(26:38):
Whenever we meet there, someone picks up the tab for
the drinks, someone picks up the tab for the food,
so and that kind of just rotates around. We do
know to have corporate sponsors at this time. Actually, it's
something we never really discussed much about because we've kind
of always funded internally between the group of guys that
are participating yeah, I mean it was.
Speaker 2 (26:54):
It was a little easier when we began, Johnny, we
were blessed to have, you know, someone that that had
a event center and offered the space and appetizers for
us for free. And then we started to grow and
grew out.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
Of that and a lot more appetizer yeah, and that
we had all beverages. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Well, we had a local country club, you know, prior
to the pandemic that just loved what we were doing
and we needed to fit more than one hundred folks
right in the room, and they were gracious and hosted
us for a while. But once the pandemic hit, right
and the financial world changed, you know, now we had
to find a venue to hold that. Our la has
(27:32):
been great, but now we do have to pay for that.
So as we grow, I think that's one of the
challenges and something we should consider at some point is,
you know, the expenses we have, how do we potentially
have a sponsor that supports that. But it's all been
grassroots and you know, loved what we've been doing every
step of the way.
Speaker 1 (27:49):
This half hour's just flown by. We only have two
minutes left, so I want each of you to think
about this question. What is it you want people to
know about your organization? Start with Rick your first, you
know right now it's about oh, he just said, he
just said, kirkyas to go first. Now I'm just kidding
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that back through you. Rick.
Speaker 2 (28:12):
Well, you know it's awareness, Johnny. I mean, Kirk and
I have been lucky enough to you know, be on
a few Pittsburgh related news and TV and radio shows.
But our heart is how do we become the three
four five hundred Men who Care of Pittsburgh. A lot
of folks have never even heard of us or knew
(28:33):
that this organization existed, And you know, for me, it's
you know, please go to the website, see what we're doing,
look at the organizations that we're impacting, and just come
come to a meeting.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
Check it out. I think it'll change your life.
Speaker 3 (28:48):
Yeah, mine is real simple. Uh, you know, come see
how easy the model is. If you're looking for something
to participate in and be part of the community and
have an opportunity to donate to an amazing cause, enjoy
having a good time while doing that, the one hundred
plus Men you Care Pittsburgh chapter is what you're looking
for on the website again, one hundred plus men Pittsburgh
(29:10):
dot org all spelled out, and the next meeting is
coming up on September twenty fifth. Correct, yep, that's correct.
All right, Kirk Bogel and Rick Malick, thank you so
much and good luck in the future. I really appreciate
your time. This has been fun. Thank you for having
Jonny as always.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
If you have any comments, concerns, or an idea for
a future program, please email us from this radio station's website.
I'm Johnny hart. Well, thank you so much for listening.
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And welcome man. This is a public affairs program shedding
the light on the interest, issues and concerns of the
greater Pittsburgh area. Good morning to you. My name is
Johnny Hertwell your host. Today's guests Kirk Vogel and Rick Mallick,
co founders of one hundred plus Men Who Care of
the Pittsburgh Chapter. Good morning, gentlemen. How are you? Good morning, Johnny,
Good morning, Johnny. Thanks for having all right, one hundred
(00:23):
plus men who Care? All right, So tell us everything
we need to know about the organization. How did the
chapter here in Pittsburgh start?
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Yeah, no, I appreciate you having us. You know, we
founded the group in twenty seventeen, and I actually found
out about it through a friend who had started a
chapter in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. And these chapters are all
over the country. It was at a time where I
was really looking to do something to really give back
and impact the greater Pittsburgh area and found out about
(00:51):
the concept and immediately knew, you know, I had to help,
you know, start one of these here and thought of
Kirk as a partner who is so well known here
and also very involved in a lot of charity activities,
and as soon as I told him about it, it
was over.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
He was all in, and we have a choice.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
I have a choice, really, right, But we knew this
was something we both had a heart for and wanted
to start. So it's a really cool concept. So there's
chapters all across the country, all across the country. It
really started a woman in Michigan came up with the
concept who was really involved in a lot of philanthropy.
And you know, she met with a CEO from a
(01:33):
family crisis center. They needed ten thousand dollars. He was
trying to figure out how to do it, and she knew, well,
I probably know ten people that would donate one thousand
dollars to it. But then she thought, wow, I probably
know one hundred people that would donate one hundred dollars.
She put a luncheon together, raised thirteen thousand dollars, and
there the concept of the one hundred plus who Care
(01:55):
was born.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
All right, So it's a philanthropic, but it's also kind
of a working kind of opportunity as well, right, Yeah, Yeah,
that's the beauty of it.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
It kind of like brings the best of both together
when we get together that's kind of the first part
of the meeting. For about forty five minutes, all the
members just have time together, you know, just to socialize
and catch up, do a little networking. There's food and
beverage involved, so it's just a fun environment.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
When when Rick started talking about the meetings, the first
thing he talked about is beer. Spawn of course, the
man has his priorities straight, right, I guess, Well, so
then the brass how how does the organization help individuals
and nonprofits?
Speaker 3 (02:35):
So how does that all work? Well, it's a power
of the numbers concept. So what we do is we
basically get together. As I mentioned, we have that forty
or forty five minutes in networking, and then we move
into a room to do business. And it's a real
simple model and that's the beauty of it. So basically,
all the members that have committed, right, and the commitment
is literally just being part of it for four times
a year and donating a minimum of one hundred dollars
(02:58):
directly to the charity that wins gets together and when
we go into the room, the members are allowed to
put a nominating charity in a basket and then we
pull three of those, right, and Basically, they get the
opportunity to present their charity to the group, and it's
real simple. Whoever has the most compelling presentation, Typically one
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that's the most heart feeling is the one that ends
up getting the most votes. So the members vote for
those respective charities and the majority wins, and at that
moment in time, each member, whether they're the present or not,
will write a check or donate online directly to the
charity one hundred dollars. And that's how we're able to
raise anywhere between ten thousand and most recently looking like
(03:42):
close to thirty thousand for the last charity in March.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Okay, so four times a year, you guys get together.
Is it all men? Are women who are also men
who care? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Great question. You know when we founded the group, you know,
we did some research in there was already a one
hundred plus Women who Care of Pittsburgh group, and I'd
encourage you, you know, any women that are interested to
reach out and enjoin that group. We founded the group
as a men's group, and it's been great, the fellowship
(04:14):
you know of all the men and really you know,
being able to give back. That's one thing about the group.
Johnny that it's simple. First of all, right, you know,
because we're a chapter, we come together four times a year,
and and the way the model works, right, it's very simple.
But what's most important and really attracted us to it
(04:35):
is that any of the charities that are nominated, they
have to impact the greater Pittsburgh area.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Right.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
We wanted to bring this impact to the communities that
we live in and grew up in, and that's our passion.
So there's a lot of charities out there that impact
you know, nationally and globally, and those are awesome, you know,
our heart here bring the impact right to greater Pittsburgh.
So that's that's a mandate. And the you know, it's simple.
You nominate, you present, you choose whether you can come
(05:04):
to the meeting or not. You agree to donate at
least one hundred dollars directly to the charity.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Now do you find people who are also donating a
lot more than one hundred dollars?
Speaker 2 (05:13):
You know, we've been blessed that way from those that
will donate you know, multiple thousands of dollars to those charities.
To also we've had a number of instances including you know,
our March meeting where we don't know who it is,
but somebody has agreed that whatever we raise, they'll they'll
match it.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
So that's happened on a few occasions now and we're
happy to say that since twenty seventeen, four meetings a year,
just some guys getting together for what is essentially about
a half hour business. We're going to surpass three hundred
and fifty thousand dollars raised to date and it's just amazing.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
All right, So give us an example of what happened
in March. What was the charity that you selected, What
was their story and how did they come to and
what were they what did they receive?
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Yeah, so this past March we actually had our best
showing pretty much post the COVID era, and we were
building this up in twenty seventeen, we had some trailing
off after the pandemic. We've been building the only charity
that faced surprisingly the only group of guys that couldn't
get it together. But we we had what it was
over sixty five or seventy's show over eighty eight. I'm
(06:24):
bad at math, but that was that was a great showing.
And the presenter at that time was a man named
Ethan Nicholas and he's one of our longtime members and
he's actually won in the past as well.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
And I'm joining blank right now in the name.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Yeah, the Live Donor Project is who won. You know, again,
there were three presenters. They get about five to eight
minutes to present and inspire the group. But the Live
Donor Project was our our March winner.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Yep. And what kind of organization is the Live Donor organization?
It's the organization again.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
This one is met focused to you know, organ donation,
and you know, we've had all types of organizations win.
And again this funds you know, patients and families and
supports them through that through that process.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
So that's been really cool.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
It's been amazing to hear about all these incredible charitable
organizations in Greater Pittsburgh area that most people have never
heard of.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
Right now, that's the one step that goes a little
bit further with it is there's three that are presenting,
right and one wins they get the big check. But
also the members have been so generous in the fact
that most members in some capacity will donate to the
other two charities. So following the meeting, as I mentioned,
everyone that is there typically donates a check directly to charity,
(07:47):
but then we send out a reminder and say, hey,
here's who won, uh, and then here's the two follow
up follow ups. So here's the link. They go to
regular website and donate. So we've found that a lot
of folks are going and they're hitting all three of
them well, so not only are we impacting the one
that won, but also those other two local charities are
getting something out of it as well. And that's that's
(08:08):
just the beauty of how it's kind of grown and
how much money is the live donor it. We're going
to be over thirty thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
So this was one.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
Yeah, well, this is one that we had someone match
that We're still not sure who it is, but we
we collectively raised about fifteen thousand within our organization, the
Chapter of the Guys, and then someone's going to double that.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
So if there is a nonprofit listening right now and
they are interested in possibly being able to, you know,
tell their story and maybe be the next recipient of
your cash donation, what's the process? Yeah, great question.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
In one of the ways that the group works is
that the members are the presenters. So when a charity
is you know, drawing out you know, you draw it
out of the hat. The member who nominated that has
to do the presentation, not the director of the charity
or whatnot. So it has to be something you invest
(09:05):
your you know, your heart and your time in. But
we are constantly, Kirk and I and either even other
members of our group are being contacted by you know,
individuals who are running these charities, and that's the way
to do it, right, is to reach out to us,
go to our website and give us a call. And
(09:26):
you know, again everybody's looking for that next organization to
learn about, really understand those stories and become passionate about.
And then the members actually put that name in the
in the bowl, right and if it gets drawn again
random chance, but then the members presenting it got it.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
Yeah, we would encourage we would encourage the charities to
anyone who's interested in this to find somebody within their
organization that would be interested in participating and coming to
a meeting.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Or they can become a member of themselves, right.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Exactly right, that's exactly right. So that's that's how we see.
It's a pretty anciller because a lot of these directors.
They are running the organization. They're busy. We do have
some that are participating in organization each quarter, but a
lot of times if somebody they know or someone that's
passionate about their charity, they are the ones that show up,
do them presentation and get the ball rolling, and there's
a lot more fingers that way.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
We're talking with Kirk Vogel and Rec Mallick, co founders
of one hundred plus Men who Care the Pittsburgh chapter.
So tell us a little bit about your backgrounds. We'll
start with you Ray.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Yeah, great, I've actually been in the healthcare world all
my life and came out of University of Pittsburgh Medical
Center in the laboratory diagnostic space. But I'm a managing
director for a healthcare consulting firm. We do all types
of performance improvement with hospitals and health systems all over
the country.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
And Kirk, well, I'm a restaurant guy. So I've been
in the restaurant space since two thousand and one. Me
and a few guys started a restaurant called Wantach Grill
Down and Shady Side part of it all right, Glad
to hear that it's twenty plus years so we did
something you guys are.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Has helped out iHeartRadio and a number of our charitable content,
you know, like the Dollar Energy find and the Children's Hospital.
So thank you for those kind of contributions.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
Oh our pleasure that I mean, that's a big part
of what we've done. We're a local restaurant group, all
four partners, we're local restaurant guys. Since then, we've expanded,
We've added a couple of guys on a few restaurant concepts.
But my roots have always been Pittsburgh. I'm a University
of Pittsburgh graduate, lived here pretty much all my life,
except for a small stint in New Orleans. And you
know now I'm currently living out in the Westford area
(11:30):
with my wife and a couple of kids.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
How about you, Rick, Are you from Pittsburgh?
Speaker 2 (11:34):
I am all my life, you know, grew up in Washington,
Pennsylvania and lived all around. Also live up north right
by kirk In just outside of Wexford, and same thing.
Three great kids, and you know, love it here and
love what we're doing.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
You know, the common theme of this program, it seems
to come up almost every almost every week, it's Pittsburgh's
taking care of a Pittsburgher's. It's kind of what we do.
It's in our DNA, and this is a great opportunity.
This is you know, when you say one hundred plus men,
how large of an organization is it? Now?
Speaker 3 (12:10):
It's we have about one hundred and sixty to one
hundred and seventy people that are receiving our emails and
committed in some way, shape or form. But where we
try to build back up is make that a one
for one. So if we have one hundred and sixty
five on the list, we expect one hundred and sixty
five to be committed on a quarterly basis, but that
number really is probably closer to about one hundred and
thirty five one hundred and forty. It's just natural attrition,
(12:30):
so there's no real end to it. We can have
five hundred plus man, one thousand plus man. That's kind
of what we're working towards. We just want to keep
on growing. So we got much twenty seventeen. How quickly
were he able to get one hundred plus men?
Speaker 1 (12:43):
You know, it was pretty.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Cool because you know, Kirk and I have you know,
some great networks and we've had individuals that we shared
this concept with that we're all in from day one
and have been to every meeting and are all in today,
and then it's really about we're encouraging, hey, bring everybody,
bring one more person to you know, to the next meeting.
(13:07):
And you know what happens if we are the three
four hundred guys of Pittsburgh who care think about the
impact we could be having, then it really just grows
word of mouth, and you know, it's it's amazing when
someone comes to one of these meetings, they walk out
and they're thinking about the next five guys.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
That just have to do this. For somebody who's listening now,
who's maybe interested in becoming a member, what's the process?
There's a couple ways. I mean, the easiest process to
learn more is to.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
Go to our website, which is one hundred plus men
Pittsburgh dot org.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
Is that spelled out p l us It is? Okay, yeah,
thank you.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
So that's that has all the information kind of like
if you want to get like what does the commitment mean?
You can become a member right on the site, just
bite clicking tab that puts your rate into our communication emails.
We also do text messaging as well, which is something
you can do when you come to one of our meetings.
You can sign up for that. But that's the easiest
way to become involved. We're happy also to field phone calls.
(14:05):
Our numbers are on the website or emails on the website,
so for more information, we can provide that as well.
But that's the easiest way is just to go to
the website one hundred plus men Pittsburgh dot org.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
All right, for somebody who's just tuning in, let's kind of,
you know, let's let's kind of restate what exactly your
organization is all about.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Sure, you know, it's really simple. I mean, the model
is what you know brought my heart to this from
the beginning, is that we meet four times a year,
once a quarter, typically the last Thursday of each quarter,
and it's about an hour and a half Johnny. But
the first half of that is social, you know, drinks
and appetizers and hanging out with folks and that's very rewarding,
(14:47):
and then we get down to business about thirty minutes
each meeting. You know, the members that attend, and not
everybody can attend. They put a name of a charity
in the hat has to impact Greater Pittsburgh. We draw
three each meeting, and whoever nominated those charities has about
five to eight minutes to stand up in front of
(15:07):
the group, tell us the stories about this organization inspire us.
And after those three presentations, the group votes majority wins,
and whatever charity received the greatest number of votes, whether
you attend to the meeting or not, whether you voted
for that charity or not, you agree as a member
of the group to donate at least one hundred dollars.
(15:28):
You can donate as much as you like directly to
the charity, so we don't take a penny. It's a
complete pass through model, which is awesome. And then you know,
we've been very blessed, even through the pandemic to raise
at least ten thousand dollars or more. Sometimes it's been
over twenty thousand. Our March meeting, we're going to exceed
(15:49):
thirty thousand donated to this charity that just won. And
it's all direct pass through, directly to those organizations. And
the coal part that brings it full circle is at
our next meeting, we invite the director of the winning
charity from our prior meeting back to the to our meeting,
not just to receive the big check and take the pictures,
(16:12):
you know for social media. But here's what's most important.
That director stands in front of the group not only
thanks everybody, but tells us where those dollars have gone to,
what impact it's had or will have. So brings it
full circle. So when you think how often have I
donated to a charity and then.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
And you never hear no idea or idea what that
money is is earmarked for.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
Yeah, and when we say, you know, to date since
twenty seventeen, you know, we're exceeding three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars of financial impact to these organizations who are
doing incredible work in the southwestern Pennsylvania region. But the
real stories are when those directors stand up and tell
you the impact that those dollars have had. And we
(16:58):
have some just amazing stories about that that you just
can't measure.
Speaker 1 (17:02):
Can a charity win more than once?
Speaker 3 (17:06):
Yeah, So the short answer is it can win more
than once, But the rule is basically it can't win
within the same calendar year.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
That makes it.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
So we've had we've were I mean, we've had one
or two win more than once, but for the most part,
out of the thirty two charities, we're missing one so
far because we did not participate during that one March
of the pandemic. We've had great diversity and what you
remember the first one Rick I do Tickets for Kids.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
That was number one, Yeah, the first first winner, and
we were a little disappointed. We you know, when we
started the group. You know, we kind of kicked it
off in January. We had the meeting in March and
you know, we weren't in a hundred guys yet, and
we raised about fifty eight hundred dollars, and you know,
we thought, well, that's pretty cool, right, But when they
came back and at the next meeting and told us
(17:54):
when impact we had, They're like, oh, my lord, over
fifteen hundred kids got to go to some type of
event because of that donation. And you know, there's some
other stories that are just really great that you walk
out of those meetings and you go, I'm just humbled
to be doing this.
Speaker 3 (18:14):
We have a great I mean, there's one that stands
out the most for me is an Education Partnership. It
was great organization in Pittsburgh and they've won a couple
of times. But the rost recent winning provided them an
opportunity to take the funds that they received from US
to hire on a specialist that does nothing but basically
fill or check the boxes in order to become someone
(18:36):
is a recipient from Amazon leftover product. And that I
think it was somewhere around fifteen or eighteen thousand dollars
we provided parlayed into almost a million dollars in resources
because they were able to get Amazon to send so
many supplies in because of that one position, they're able
to hire and that one is one that just stands
out to me all the time.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
It was so cool because they had no idea that
they were who we were, and you know, if they
were getting any kind of donation. But Amazon has a
program where they get school supplies and anything you know
that a classroom could benefit from, and if they can't
resell it, they palletize them. And they have a program
to donate to organizations like the Education Partnership, who was
(19:16):
serving you know, underprivileged children in classrooms and teachers in
the Greater Pittsburgh area.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
And they were going to have to walk.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
Away from that opportunity because they didn't have the resources.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
There's criteria.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
You had to take the entire shipment, which was forty
eight pallets two tractor trailers, right, and it was they
had space, but they have the resources, and they were
going to have to say, we have to walk away
from this.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
So the money they received from you allowed them to
find the space to put this the people the people
they needed the people.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
And Josh is It Whiteside, who's the director, said, let
me tell you a story of what ten or fifteen
thousand dollars turned into. And he said they were able
to get in contact with the Amazon win that donation.
He said, I'm standing in front of you today and
to tell you, seventy percent of those supplies this is
just three months later, are in classrooms all across Pittsburgh.
(20:13):
And the value of that shipment was nine hundred and
eighty thousand dollars almost a million dollars. So when we say,
you know, we've had three hundred and fifty thousand dollars
of impact, right, you just can't measure something like that
in the impact it's having in those classrooms and for
those teachers and for those kids.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
But even the opportunity for if you win, it's it's
fantastic but you also are being exposed to other charities
and nonprofits and the other you know situations here in Pittsburgh.
That's you're educating a group of business leaders as well.
Speaker 3 (20:49):
Yeah, one hundred percent. And you know we all have,
you know, to some degree, people that are in this
in this world, you know, have a personal charity they
may love and be passionate about and have gone to
the dinner are the gallows that things that take or
golf outing, right, They're good commitments and they end up
having great results.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
But it's a lot of work.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
And this is the beautiful part about the model, Like
we were proposing a way to get together, have some
fun and raise significant funds for a local charity in
a very short period of time.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
So it's kind of the best of all worlds.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
You get to have a lot of network and a
lot of camaraderie, you get to do good for the
particular charity, and you're not putting a huge amount of
time or resource into it. And recently we were part
of a golf outing that raised somewhere probably around thirty
thousand dollars. And the amount of time that goes into
planning that and executing it, processing everything and last March
(21:39):
we were able to do effectively the same thing with
a lot less work and a lot more fun.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
We're talking with Kirk Vogel and Rick Mallick, co founders
one hundred plus Men who Care, which is the Pittsburgh chapter. Now,
what's the website again?
Speaker 2 (21:55):
It's one hundred plus Men Pittsburgh dot org. And that's
completely spelled.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
Okay. Do you have any particular charities other than your
own charity that you're passionate about? You know, I think
we all do.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
And you know, now after doing this since twenty seventeen,
you know, I know, I'm always on the lookout to
learn about the next new charity that I'm going to
be passionate about and to hopefully present, and I've been
able to do that a few times now. I'm you know,
one that I had a lot of passionate about was
(22:31):
it's about the Warrior Foundation, who I was, you know,
had the honor to be you know, drawn and present
and actually win. And we raised over ten thousand dollars
for that organization that is doing incredible work for our
veterans who have returned and trying to integrate into society
and provide you know, physical, mental, emotional support for those
folks that struggle day in and day out. And you
(22:54):
know what's been great? Has there been such a variety
of organizations that we have heard presentations about that have
won a lot to support you know, women and children.
And you know, my my next one I'm presenting is
you know, or at least nominating as Cancer Bridges. And
but I have constantly have been approached by you know,
(23:15):
directors of other charities, so want to know how do
we get nominated? And and again it's just connecting with
other folks in our group and putting that name in
the hat.
Speaker 3 (23:23):
Same question to you, Kirk. Yeah, it's a great question.
It's tough to answer all the time because there's a
lot of charities that kind of floating through and they're
all so so amazing in their unique way. But one
that I've always kind of participated with and just enjoyed
working with because there's such a great one.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
It's a glimmer of hope.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
And Rick actually presented them Josh Josh, Adam Josh and
Matt right a couple of years ago and they won.
But they're a great organization we worked with through the
restaurants and would like to continue and give an opportunity and.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
What is the organization? What does it do?
Speaker 3 (23:52):
So they do mostly it's best breast cancer. It's for
providing for women to breast cancer. But the unique part
of them is it's under forty, so it's not it's
focusing on a younger, younger audience and giving them the
resources they need to protect themselves.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Yeah, and Diana Nappa runs that organization. They were one
of our actually early winners and we raised over ten
thousand dollars for them, and was really cool when we
invited them back to our next meeting to present the
big check and Diane was able to stand in front
of the group and there were thirteen women that actually
got to go through those support programs who are actually
(24:32):
bat only metastatic breast cancer, and she brought one of
those women with her and she was able to stand
in front of our group and say, you know, thank
you you helping to save my life.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
And it's a great organization. All right, let's go the
step by step. So you're looking for people who are
maybe looking to join the organization and what's the requirements
and what do they do? And they go to the
website that's probably the first place to go.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
Yeah, the website's the best place to go, and then
you become a member, you learn or about it there.
The requirements are super simple. You can show up to
a meeting and just check it out. You don't have
to commit to anything. If you just wanted to come
to the next meeting, which actually for this will be
September twenty fifth, would be the next thursdays, last Thursday September,
you can come up to the URLA Learning Center in Cranberry.
(25:17):
That's where we meet six pm from six pm to
seven thirty pm and have the opportunity basically to witness
it and see what the networking's about, see the group people,
meet some folks, and if you're interested in committing at
that point in time, then you just basically sign up
or you join the text club that gets you in
and for that particular meeting you can participate, which would
(25:38):
give you the opportunity to put your charity in the
hat and if it gets drawn, then you're one of
three presenters the next quarter. And that's that's the simplicity
of it. And the commitment really is just one hundred
dollars per quarter directly to the charity. Whoever wins that
particular quarter.
Speaker 1 (25:56):
Do you have any corporate sponsors or do you have
any other fundrings? How else do you You know, obviously
you have to pay for the food and the beverage
and everything else, and so you know, there's got to
be money coming out of your pockets. So is there
a way to that you're raising money for the organization
as well? Oh yeah, so that's you know, it's grassroots
(26:17):
within our own SOPs. We basically are self funded. Rick
and I and a handful of other members participate in
things like the website or the social media side, you know,
not huge expenses, but things that add up. But we're
also blessed because we have such a generous group of guys.
And each quarter, someone picks up the tab for the
RLA Center, right, which charges us a few hundred bucks.
(26:38):
Whenever we meet there, someone picks up the tab for
the drinks, someone picks up the tab for the food,
so and that kind of just rotates around. We do
know to have corporate sponsors at this time. Actually, it's
something we never really discussed much about because we've kind
of always funded internally between the group of guys that
are participating yeah, I mean it was.
Speaker 2 (26:54):
It was a little easier when we began, Johnny, we
were blessed to have, you know, someone that that had
a event center and offered the space and appetizers for
us for free. And then we started to grow and
grew out.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
Of that and a lot more appetizer yeah, and that
we had all beverages. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Well, we had a local country club, you know, prior
to the pandemic that just loved what we were doing
and we needed to fit more than one hundred folks
right in the room, and they were gracious and hosted
us for a while. But once the pandemic hit, right
and the financial world changed, you know, now we had
to find a venue to hold that. Our la has
(27:32):
been great, but now we do have to pay for that.
So as we grow, I think that's one of the
challenges and something we should consider at some point is,
you know, the expenses we have, how do we potentially
have a sponsor that supports that. But it's all been
grassroots and you know, loved what we've been doing every
step of the way.
Speaker 1 (27:49):
This half hour's just flown by. We only have two
minutes left, so I want each of you to think
about this question. What is it you want people to
know about your organization? Start with Rick your first, you
know right now it's about oh, he just said, he
just said, kirkyas to go first. Now I'm just kidding
(28:09):
that back through you. Rick.
Speaker 2 (28:12):
Well, you know it's awareness, Johnny. I mean, Kirk and
I have been lucky enough to you know, be on
a few Pittsburgh related news and TV and radio shows.
But our heart is how do we become the three
four five hundred Men who Care of Pittsburgh. A lot
of folks have never even heard of us or knew
(28:33):
that this organization existed, And you know, for me, it's
you know, please go to the website, see what we're doing,
look at the organizations that we're impacting, and just come
come to a meeting.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
Check it out. I think it'll change your life.
Speaker 3 (28:48):
Yeah, mine is real simple. Uh, you know, come see
how easy the model is. If you're looking for something
to participate in and be part of the community and
have an opportunity to donate to an amazing cause, enjoy
having a good time while doing that, the one hundred
plus Men you Care Pittsburgh chapter is what you're looking
for on the website again, one hundred plus men Pittsburgh
(29:10):
dot org all spelled out, and the next meeting is
coming up on September twenty fifth. Correct, yep, that's correct.
All right, Kirk Bogel and Rick Malick, thank you so
much and good luck in the future. I really appreciate
your time. This has been fun. Thank you for having
Jonny as always.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
If you have any comments, concerns, or an idea for
a future program, please email us from this radio station's website.
I'm Johnny hart. Well, thank you so much for listening.
(29:44):
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