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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to quad City Forum, a weekly community service program
produced by iHeartMedia to look at the issues and opportunities
that exist in our community. Now here's your hosts for
Quad City Forum, Pat Luke and Danny Linnhowe.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Good morning and we welcome to our show. Sydney, ohs
Folk and Sydney is with Ducks Unlimited and so I
guess Sidney. The first question that I'm going to throw
out to you is can you share the mission that
Duck's Unlimited has?
Speaker 1 (00:32):
So?
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Duck Unlimited is an international wetland conservation organization. They work
to help raise funds and a fund project for wetland conservation.
A lot of people think like, oh, Duck Unlimited, they're
just sen it for like preserving ducks, but so much
more than that. I mean weland conservation chures that we
have clean drinking water and rich soil.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
When we were looking at your one of your Facebook
posts here, this is disturbing and yet a lot of times,
when we're living our lives, we don't realize that the
environment is changing. Eighty seven percent of the world's wetlands
have disappeared in the last three hundred years, putting waterfowl
and other fowl that really use those wetlands to be
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able to live their life. It's being put at risk
and that's where duckson limited. You're kind of the secret
agent getting out there, just trying to make sure that
we hang on to the wetlands.
Speaker 5 (01:28):
And that's easier said than done.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Yeah, it's kind of a behind the scenes organization essentially.
Speaker 4 (01:34):
And again I think of conservation and taking care of
the environment. I don't always think of family friendly stuff.
But Danny, don't you can you agree with me on this?
Speaker 5 (01:43):
It's and Danny and I very rarely agree on true.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
When we agree on something, we just love. We love
being able to talk about this. But this will be
a great event for the whole for everybody.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
For everybody to bring your kids, to bring you know,
your niece's, nephew's grandkids, you know, anybody who's intes did
in having a nice night.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
It's the super family friendly event. My little one will
be there herself, so and obviously I've grown up in
the organization. My dad's been a part of it for
a long time. He's our chairman, and then my siblings
and I all got grandfathered in. So yeah, there will
be lots of activities for the kids from one hundred
years to zero years.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
Welcome everybody, well now, and I want to go back
to this because I don't believe sometimes when we do
what mom and dad say, a grandma and grandpa say,
sometimes you feel like they're almost like there's pressure for
mom and dad. But I we don't get that vibe
with you Sydney on on wanting to be a part
of this because we would bet even if your dad
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or your family wasn't involved, you probably would have been
there anyway.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Yes, yes, that's very true. It's definitely an organization that
I believe in and am proud to be a member of.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
Well, and again when we go touching back on the environment,
when we talk about wetland conservation or just clean drinking
water in rich soil, that all takes Even though there's
a lot of voluntary there's volunteer work that happens with DU,
it takes money to make that happen. And this is
a fundraiser for you guys.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Yep. All of our all of our funds raise go
right back into the organization to fund projects, so which
is great. There's a lot of work in our area.
Do you've been involved with Cone Marsh, Princeton Mayhemp Marsh,
and we actually just got a big, a big fund
grant I think it was two years ago for a
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local work in eastern Iowa. So we should should see
that start coming down the pipeline and some more projects
in our area for sure.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
All Right, February eighth is when it's going to happen.
And for a long time now, the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds
is always a We've been amazed at the different advances
that they made around the whole fairgrounds. But generally speaking,
when we want to do stuff with the mid Mississippi
Ducks and Limited Chapter, it's a Starlight Ballroom.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Yup. We've been at the Starlight Ballroom for as long
as I can remember. So it will be February eighth
at the Starlight doors open at six, and we will
have a very limited number of tickets out the door.
Potentially sometimes we sell out of those before the event,
but ticks are available online now or by giving us
a call.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
Okay, so online, first off, give us the phone number
a couple.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Of times, yep, yep. So the phone number to call
is five six three three seven zero nine five two
one that's five six three, three seven zero nine five
two to one.
Speaker 5 (04:44):
Okay, and online.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
Now I see it right here in the little fact
sheet that you were kind enough to send Danny and I.
But why don't you give that that online address too,
that they could buy tickets? And it sounds like too
don't wait until February eighth. You're going to try to
hold some of them back. But you also if somebody
wants to get tickets and you sell out two weeks
in advance, that's a nice problem to have. So if
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people want to, as they're listening to us this morning,
want to go to that online address.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Yep, it's pretty simple. It's just ducks d u c
k S dot org.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
All right, that's yep dot org. Yep, ducks dot org. Now,
when we talk about the event, tell us a little
bit about it. Now, the dinner, it's not to bring
your own dinner. You've got You've got a pretty good
place that's been a part of this, and I think
they've been a part of it in years past. But
why don't you start down what are people going to
expect for the first off price of the ticket and
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what can they expect when they when they get to
the Starlight on the eighth of February.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Yeah, so essentially we have lots of stuff going on.
You'll come in. Your dinner ticket will include your dinner
on admission to the event, and then it also includes
a year long do you membership in a year long
du magazine subscription that has all kinds of information and
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reading material in it. And then that dinner is cater
by Jeff's Market. Gosh, they've also been our caterer, I
think for as long as I can remember. So we
usually have rabbi and chicken, and then a variety of
size and salad. We usually have some more derbs while
everybody's kind of getting in and getting situated right, and
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then there'll be lots of raffles. There will be our
live auction hosted by Dean Martin.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
Now, Demon, you threw me off here because I remember
there's a Dean Martin from I used to watch his
TV show. This is a different Dean Martin. Yes, yes,
different Dean Martin, but he's still he's the Has he
been connected with the organization for a long time, or
or a Dean just a quad Citian or how how
would we know him?
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Dean's a quad Citi in he he is an up
and coming auctioneer essentially.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
Okay, that's great, and if you want to push him
and Dean, how about how about this, Sydney, if we
can push Dean. Do you think he could sing when
the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie
that's sore.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
His wife is is a country Western singer.
Speaker 5 (07:20):
So right, well, then there we go. There we go.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
So you make sure that if we show up, we're
going to ask for him, not her.
Speaker 5 (07:30):
We want hit now. She'll probably help him.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
Angela, Yeah, it sounds it sounds like a great idea. Now, Danny,
you wanted to bring up one thing because we talked
about the auction. This is kind of lead lead Sydney
into what always is a big draw with the with.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
The event, and I know Dean will have fun with this.
But the pie auction, I mean the pie auction, this
is like big bucks man.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
Yes, we love our pie auctions. So we usually work
with Village in and they're able to help us out
with some pies and usually we have a dozen, give
or take assorted pies, and then with that, with that pie,
you get a chance at a ticket to a gun.
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So Essentially, it's usually a mystery gun. We don't know
which one really well, we know you.
Speaker 4 (08:18):
Don't know, probably the best because if we know and
you don't know, that seemed like it's a really bad
way to plan an auction.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
That's fair. That's fair. We uh, And then so it's
a mystery gun and then you get a chance with that.
But yeah, our pie auction usually brings a lot of
money in for.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
The organization, So every penny is going to help out
the environment and just continue to do the great work
of the Midssissippi DU organization has been able to do,
and Sydney you've been a big part of that. Of
course we're talking to Sydney os folk now with the
our local chapter of DU. But Sydney for people just
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tuning in and they've maybe caught some of that information. Again,
it's February eighth. It's going to be at the Starlight Ballroom.
But why don't you give the phone number a couple
of times and that website again and the price of
the tickets lay that all out here so people this
morning can maybe get ready to.
Speaker 5 (09:18):
Be a part of it.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
So February eighth is our event at the Starlight Ballroom
in Davenport. Our tickets are available by Colleen uh five
six three three seven zero nine five two one. That's
five six three three seven zero nine five two one,
or by purchasing online at Ducks dot org. That's the
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u c KS dot org.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
Gosh, thank you so much Sidney for being a part
of this. And hey, on February eighth, will you please
say hi to Angela Meyer and her lovely husband Dean Martin.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
We sure will.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
If you or your organization we would like to be
featured on Quad City Forum, please visit the contact page
on our station website. Now back to bat Luke and
Danny Linhowe.
Speaker 4 (10:12):
Lexi Bowl from the Cancer Support Community of Iowa and
Northwest Illinois at Gilda's Club. Lexi is the communications and
event manager. You can find out more CSC Iowa Illinois
dot org and Lexi when we've talked in the past.
Of course, there was a name change last year. This
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probably is a more fine tune message of the great
things that you do.
Speaker 6 (10:38):
Yeah. So it's just a great way for people to
know more clearly what our mission is and what we're
here to really help the community with. And of course
we still honor Gilda in our name. It's just a
great way to bring awareness to our services but also
make it more clear cut for people who our need
in the are in need of support, to know that
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we're here for them.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
No body should be going through cancer or cancer treatments alone,
and that's certainly not the case with the great work
you do, plus all the programs that you seem to
have coming up. Again, going to that calendar is great too,
because even though we'll touch on a few things here
this morning, Lexi, there are things that probably will just
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during the time that we're talking, there's probably something else
that's ready to pop up there. So always going to
the calendar keeps you, keeps you up to date even better.
Speaker 6 (11:30):
Yes, they surprise me with all the programs, and.
Speaker 4 (11:34):
You're the event and communications person and they're surprising you.
Speaker 6 (11:38):
Well, I actually don't plan the program events, but sometimes
they plan some really neat workshops. I plan all our
fundraising events.
Speaker 4 (11:46):
Well that's it, and we're going to be talking about
one of those big events here fairly soon. But another
event that's going to be coming up, and that'll be
on Monday, the twenty seventh, is the Cancer Support Community
Resources Workshop.
Speaker 5 (11:59):
What's what's that all about.
Speaker 6 (12:00):
So, you know, a lot of people don't realize the
scope of our services. I mean, ever, some people realize
that we have something to do with cancer and that
we offer cancer support, but people don't realize that we
offer more than that. We actually have a lot of
different programs that really are helpful. So we have like
my Lifeline, which is like where people can update their
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families on, you know, their cancer journey, but also they
can like set up meal trains and all of that
stuff through there, which is one of our free resources
that people can access. But also then we offer an
open to Options program where people can sit down with
one of our social workers if they've hit a fork
in the road with treatment or you know, just they're
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just overwhelmed by their medical treatment, and they'll sit down
and really help them clear their head and get any
questions concerns on paper and whatnot. So it's really this
workshop is really to help walk through all of our
options that we have that maybe aren't as well known,
so that people can find that support.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
Yeah, it does sound like and especially when you feel
alone or you feel overwhelmed, talking to somebody from Cancer
Support Community of Iowa and Northwestern Illinois can just make
you feel Okay, maybe we've still got some work ahead,
but we can get it done thanks to the thanks
to that friendly voice on the other side.
Speaker 6 (13:29):
Yeah, and you know what, Pat Actually, for those who
may not be like in our local area that can't
access our program, we actually have an app now, so
they can download our app and they can actually go
in find all of our virtual support options that we
now offer to anyone in the state of Illinois or Iowa.
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And then also we have a cancer support helpline which
they're going to cover at that workshop where anyone can
call in. So maybe if they can't access us directly,
or even if they're in another state that we don't serve,
they can access the support there as well.
Speaker 4 (14:06):
You know, Lexi, that's a great point that you know,
a lot of times now I'm commenting here a little
I'm editorializing, but sometimes when we see apps out there,
we're going, really.
Speaker 5 (14:16):
What there's an app for that?
Speaker 4 (14:19):
But in this particular case, yeah, this is the best
reason to have an app. So again, they'll find out
more at the workshop.
Speaker 5 (14:27):
So what can they do?
Speaker 4 (14:29):
Is it zoom or in person only or do they
have to preregister?
Speaker 5 (14:33):
How do they have to go about finding out more
on this?
Speaker 6 (14:37):
So this workshop is offered in person and zoom. We
do ask that they register, and they can register the
same way that they can register for the other workshops.
So basically they just go on our website at CSC Iowa,
Illinois dot org and they can view it on our
program calendar if they just click the date and they
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can go from there and get them all set up.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Sounds great, now, you were just touching on all of
the things that you do in terms of events. You
have a big one coming up here soon. It's always
probably I wouldn't say it's the biggest event, but then again,
I'm talking to the lady that can tell me exactly
how big the event is live from the QC or
live from QC. Big fundraiser? Who you've got coming in
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or can you tell us anything about that now?
Speaker 5 (15:22):
Maybe dates?
Speaker 6 (15:23):
Yeah, So we have Andy Woodhole coming in. He's a
pretty funny comedian. He's been on quite a few different shows.
The date of the fundraising event is April fifth, so
it's a great night to get out and it's really
a spent our spinoff on Saturday Night Live. Since that
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was you know, what Gilda really focused on was comedy,
and we really like paying tribute to her at our events.
So it's Saturday, April fifth at the Waterfront Convention Center,
and our tickets are opening on sale, and we also
have Fantastic Five coming out to keep everyone entertained. They'll
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perform before the comedian goes on, and then we have
a short program to help us with our fundraising initiatives,
and then everybody gets to enjoy our comedian, Andy Woodhall,
And it's just a great night to get out and
support those living with cancer in our community.
Speaker 4 (16:19):
Now, since you're going to have a comedian there and
the Funtastic Five, will you be getting up and singing
with the Funtastic Five or possibly also doing some stand
up with Andy?
Speaker 3 (16:31):
Oh? I don't know.
Speaker 6 (16:31):
I really am doing the ideas.
Speaker 4 (16:33):
Now, Okay, all right, the only idea we want to
we want people really to have right now, again, how
can they get tickets or find out more? Because I'm
sure as we get closer there may be some changes
or additions to the program. So first things first, how
can they be a part of it?
Speaker 6 (16:53):
Yeah, so they can go online to our website and
they can we actually have the annual events if they're
interested in any of our other annual events under ways
to give, but if they go directly to our website,
it's CSC Iowa Illinois dot org flash live dash from
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dash QC and they can get their tickets there. Individual
tickets there are ninety dollars and then for a table
of eight those are six fifty, So you get a
nice discount there, and you get to bring out the
whole family or a group of friends and really enjoy
an evening while feeling good about something that you're supporting.
Speaker 4 (17:34):
You got it, and it's money well spent. And again
it's April fifth, but again the website is. We're talking
to Alexi Bowl, communication and event manager at Cancer Support
Community of Iowa, Northwest Illinois. Again the website to find
out more because we want even though last year was
a big year and it was bigger probably than the
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year before, we always like to be able to take
it up a notch so for people to be a
part of it again.
Speaker 5 (18:00):
Website please it's c.
Speaker 6 (18:03):
SC Iowa Illinois dot org, slash live dash from dash
QC slash.
Speaker 5 (18:15):
Are you sure?
Speaker 4 (18:16):
I was waiting for maybe one more dash or a
slash in there you got. You're all slashed and dashed
out there. Okay, Well, Alexi, you get back to work,
because I know they're probably leading up to that. You'll
still be finishing things on April fifth, the morning of
April fifth, but let's get a big crowd out there.
And thanks for taking time today, and don't be afraid
to talk to us anytime soon.
Speaker 6 (18:37):
All right, Thanks, you have a good one.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
If you or your organization would like to be featured
on Quad City Forum, please visit the contact page on
our station website. Now back to Dot Luke and Danny Linnhowe.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
Big stuff going to be happening in the Quad Cities
here in just a few days. Junior Achievement has their
big bolathon happening, and there are a lot of people
that can help out because well, it takes a village
to make great things happen. But we are going right
to the source here this morning. Dougal Nelson from JAA
has been kind enough because I know he's busy anyway,
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but he's been kind enough to be able to talk
to us here this morning.
Speaker 5 (19:21):
And Dougal, when we.
Speaker 4 (19:23):
Talk about well, first off, JAA is an amazing it's
one of those down below the radar places that helps out.
I would I'm not suffering from hyperbole when I say this.
Millions of kids and young adults have been shaped by
what the great work that you do with JA.
Speaker 7 (19:43):
Yeah, you know, it's an amazing place to be. You know,
we teach these kids just really how to find success, right,
what's your niche in life? And we really just want
them to understand the importance of you know, providing for
themselves and their families, you know, to be good, produc active,
community minded citizens, and to find a career they know
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and love. You know, there's so many great nonprofits in
the Quad Cities path as you know, but you know,
I think what sets Junior Achievement apart from a lot
of them is that we're a very proactive organization. We're
trying to get in front of these kids before they
need the help of these other areas, you know, nonprofits,
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so really and we do that by teaching them about
financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and really working career readiness.
Speaker 4 (20:33):
It's a great thing to start the habit. Now, anybody
can learn a habit, and I mean even somebody like myself. Yeah,
we can learn new things. But when you can start
when a child is five or six years old. It's
an easier way to get that thing hardwired to where
there is the instinctly or instinctually, they'll go off and
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start to be smarter with their money, whether they start
a business or not.
Speaker 7 (21:00):
Sure, you know, I just sure. I was on the
phone just minutes ago for you called with with someone
who called in and said that their child had just
been through our JAA inspiration center, through the Biztown program
m HM and came home. You know, these are fourth
and fifth grader's pat and this kid came home and said,
I have so many questions about my future.
Speaker 3 (21:23):
You know, I love.
Speaker 4 (21:25):
But that's got to make you and everybody at JAA say, hey,
we made a difference. I felt, and I felt a
little embarrassed with this, but I had one of my grandkids.
Speaker 5 (21:35):
I think he went.
Speaker 4 (21:36):
He went over there, and the one thing he wanted
to do leading up to it, he wanted to be
a DJ. So I thought, well, I don't know, dougal,
do we want to? I mean, it's a great profession.
I don't know what kind of money you're making out
of it. But really, with JAA, it's about it's not
so much making money, but being smart about your money,
just realizing business wise, the math. You have to be
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ready for the math. And that's and just realize that
everything's going to cost. It's great to be able to
build the better mouse trap. But Jaya does a lot
more than just say, hey, let's start a business.
Speaker 5 (22:09):
You really do educate from start to finish.
Speaker 7 (22:13):
We do. And you know, we used to always talk
about soft skills, right that whole communication, collaboration, critical thinking,
you know, creative, creative problem solve We used to talk
about those as soft skills. Today we call them power
skills exactly these and that's what these kids are learning
at such a young age. It's like how to communicate
with the next person, how to shake hands, how to
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look someone in the eye, and you know, and then
we talk about financial freedom and what that does for
a family.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
Right, So it's a and you know, another great thing too,
is in our world that is a little bit more
tech tech savvy right now. It's also teaching them when
when you're able to get to them in the in
the younger settings there look up Beaver's respectful. It realized
that you not everything's down on that iPad. There's a
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lot of life that's passing you by while your head's down.
Speaker 7 (23:09):
You know, we talk a lot we still do about
you know, kids finding direction. Right, So when I think
about direction, you know, think about the old paper map,
right that we had in our club box. We'd pull
it out, we'd open it up, we'd follow that, you know,
that that line and that Now that's changed. You just
plug in an address and Google maps and it's going
to take you. You follow that magenta arrow until you
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get there. But I'll tell you what you can't type
into that phone, and that's future success. And that's why
our volunteers are so important to us right now. We
need volunteers in the classroom. We need them to go in.
We need them just to share their story, share their
experiences and show kids that you know what you can
do it. There's there's so much of this, Oh you
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can't do that, that's not you know, don't follow that direction.
Teach kids that you find a career you know and
you love and it's not like going to work anymore.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
It's a hobby and it's a hobby that you're successful at.
Speaker 5 (24:04):
In and that's so important.
Speaker 4 (24:06):
And for those of you just tuning in we're talking
to Dougal Nelson from Junior Achievement and Doogal on the line.
Obviously can just hear the energy and the enthusiasm about
the great stuff that is JAA. But you've got a
big event that's coming up here in February. Now, depending
on when this interview airs, I'm thinking just because they
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may hear it after February first, they could still be
a part of it. But why don't you just kind
of tell us what's going to be going on, because
it sounds.
Speaker 5 (24:34):
Like as usual in years past, it's a lot of fun.
Speaker 7 (24:38):
Absolutely, yep. So the first of the Bolethons will happen
in the Quad Cities on Friday, February twenty first. There
are still lanes available from nine to midnight on the
twenty first out of TVK Sports Complex. That's a great time.
That's you know, there's a lot of activity, a lot
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of energy in the room at night. Especially Then on Saturday,
February twenty second, we'll be back out at TBK again.
There's a couple lanes available in the morning and then
again from five to eight, and then over at Big
River Bowling the lanes available all day long over there
starting at one o'clock, so that's February twenty first and
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twenty second, and then if you're in the outlying areas,
you know, we have a bullet on February first. I
think this layer that day, but that's up in Dubuque.
It's almost sold out. And then February eighth, Genesial Gateway
and Clinton and then we have another big corporate bowl
that day as well, and then even February twenty eighth
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and March first out into Wit we'll have another bullethon there.
So there's a lot of opportunities to get out there.
Pretty easy to lift. There's a seventy five dollars registration
fee that pays for your shoes, your bowling, those kinds
of things, and then we ask every team to go
out and fundraise three hundred dollars. So if you've got
a team of five sixty bucks apiece, pretty easy to lift.
Speaker 4 (26:02):
Well, I'm thinking that's a that's as it's an old saying,
but it still applies. That ain't no hill for a climber,
right Google.
Speaker 7 (26:11):
That's right? Yeah, So you know, we you know, we
thrive on our volunteers and our donors, and you know,
they believe, and when you go to the Bollaton, it's
just a great day for family. It's a great day
to have maybe you know, a work little get together.
It's all about fun that day. We're not gonna hound you.
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We're gonna have some fifty to fifties, We're gonna have
some opportunities. We give away a lot of prizes. CBI
Bank and Trust is our new presenting sponsor, and they
have committed to making this event the best ever. So
we'd love to have you out.
Speaker 4 (26:48):
Well, love that when they throw down the gauntlet like
that the best ever. That's a tough bar to try
to well to get over. But for for ja, everybody's willing.
Speaker 7 (26:58):
That's right. We've been doing. I can't say when the
first Bullthon was, I forgive me, but it's at least
a twenty year old.
Speaker 4 (27:05):
Ev Well, I remember going to one and it was
probably over a big river bowl when it was called
something else.
Speaker 5 (27:12):
But I had hair on my head. I wasn't scared
to come out without a hat on.
Speaker 4 (27:15):
So I know it was a while ago and it
was a big event then like it always has been.
So for people that are just tuning in right now,
First off. How can they find out more? And certainly
when we talk about being a part of the bulleton,
how can they find out more? But if they want
to volunteer or they want to donate in some way,
(27:37):
shape or form, how can they do that too.
Speaker 7 (27:40):
Yeah, the best place to go pat is heartland dot
ja dot org. All the information is there. You can
sign up for classes. It's so easy when you go
to per class or sign up to be a volunteer.
You can actually go out and select the school that
you'd like to volunteer at opening we could place you there.
(28:02):
A lot of people follow their kids through school, right,
they'll volunteer in their child's classroom, which is a great
way to do it. Yeah, there's a donate button on
that page. It's loud and proud, you can't miss it.
And then there's an events tab and that's easy enough
to get onto and sign up for the bullatime.
Speaker 4 (28:19):
Dougal, it has been a pleasure. It's amazing how small
the world is. Anyway, because even before this interview started,
Dougal and I talked for ten minutes about my son
Ted and another great guy out of orient that's Aaron
Lee's and those are just two examples of the great
work that you've done.
Speaker 5 (28:37):
And again some of the names.
Speaker 4 (28:39):
You may not always remember the names, but it's amazing
how you can help a lot of children just by
attending some and volunteering for JAA.
Speaker 5 (28:48):
You can help a lot of kids that.
Speaker 4 (28:50):
Maybe need just that little push to get him into
a business and just to make them realize it's possible.
Speaker 5 (28:57):
You can make this happen with ja.
Speaker 7 (29:00):
And you know what, that's That's it right there, Pat,
any the kids can do whatever they want. They just
sometimes need someone to They only know what they know, right,
They're only exposed to the careers that they know about.
But we can we can get them in front of
a lot of different careers and show them the way.
It's great.
Speaker 4 (29:18):
Continue to do the great work, young man, and next
year I'll have even less hair on my head.
Speaker 5 (29:23):
This is not about me.
Speaker 4 (29:24):
It's an issue that I will deal with. But let's
have a big crowd out there in February and many
more years to come. All right, Doogle, thanks for stopping by.
Speaker 7 (29:34):
All right, Pat, thank you for having me on the show.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
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Speaker 5 (29:58):
Two eight zero seven
Welcome to quad City Forum, a weekly community service program
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that exist in our community. Now here's your hosts for
Quad City Forum, Pat Luke and Danny Linnhowe.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Good morning and we welcome to our show. Sydney, ohs
Folk and Sydney is with Ducks Unlimited and so I
guess Sidney. The first question that I'm going to throw
out to you is can you share the mission that
Duck's Unlimited has?
Speaker 1 (00:32):
So?
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Duck Unlimited is an international wetland conservation organization. They work
to help raise funds and a fund project for wetland conservation.
A lot of people think like, oh, Duck Unlimited, they're
just sen it for like preserving ducks, but so much
more than that. I mean weland conservation chures that we
have clean drinking water and rich soil.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
When we were looking at your one of your Facebook
posts here, this is disturbing and yet a lot of times,
when we're living our lives, we don't realize that the
environment is changing. Eighty seven percent of the world's wetlands
have disappeared in the last three hundred years, putting waterfowl
and other fowl that really use those wetlands to be
(01:15):
able to live their life. It's being put at risk
and that's where duckson limited. You're kind of the secret
agent getting out there, just trying to make sure that
we hang on to the wetlands.
Speaker 5 (01:28):
And that's easier said than done.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Yeah, it's kind of a behind the scenes organization essentially.
Speaker 4 (01:34):
And again I think of conservation and taking care of
the environment. I don't always think of family friendly stuff.
But Danny, don't you can you agree with me on this?
Speaker 5 (01:43):
It's and Danny and I very rarely agree on true.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
When we agree on something, we just love. We love
being able to talk about this. But this will be
a great event for the whole for everybody.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
For everybody to bring your kids, to bring you know,
your niece's, nephew's grandkids, you know, anybody who's intes did
in having a nice night.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
It's the super family friendly event. My little one will
be there herself, so and obviously I've grown up in
the organization. My dad's been a part of it for
a long time. He's our chairman, and then my siblings
and I all got grandfathered in. So yeah, there will
be lots of activities for the kids from one hundred
years to zero years.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
Welcome everybody, well now, and I want to go back
to this because I don't believe sometimes when we do
what mom and dad say, a grandma and grandpa say,
sometimes you feel like they're almost like there's pressure for
mom and dad. But I we don't get that vibe
with you Sydney on on wanting to be a part
of this because we would bet even if your dad
(02:42):
or your family wasn't involved, you probably would have been
there anyway.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Yes, yes, that's very true. It's definitely an organization that
I believe in and am proud to be a member of.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
Well, and again when we go touching back on the environment,
when we talk about wetland conservation or just clean drinking
water in rich soil, that all takes Even though there's
a lot of voluntary there's volunteer work that happens with DU,
it takes money to make that happen. And this is
a fundraiser for you guys.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Yep. All of our all of our funds raise go
right back into the organization to fund projects, so which
is great. There's a lot of work in our area.
Do you've been involved with Cone Marsh, Princeton Mayhemp Marsh,
and we actually just got a big, a big fund
grant I think it was two years ago for a
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local work in eastern Iowa. So we should should see
that start coming down the pipeline and some more projects
in our area for sure.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
All Right, February eighth is when it's going to happen.
And for a long time now, the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds
is always a We've been amazed at the different advances
that they made around the whole fairgrounds. But generally speaking,
when we want to do stuff with the mid Mississippi
Ducks and Limited Chapter, it's a Starlight Ballroom.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Yup. We've been at the Starlight Ballroom for as long
as I can remember. So it will be February eighth
at the Starlight doors open at six, and we will
have a very limited number of tickets out the door.
Potentially sometimes we sell out of those before the event,
but ticks are available online now or by giving us
a call.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
Okay, so online, first off, give us the phone number
a couple.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Of times, yep, yep. So the phone number to call
is five six three three seven zero nine five two
one that's five six three, three seven zero nine five
two to one.
Speaker 5 (04:44):
Okay, and online.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
Now I see it right here in the little fact
sheet that you were kind enough to send Danny and I.
But why don't you give that that online address too,
that they could buy tickets? And it sounds like too
don't wait until February eighth. You're going to try to
hold some of them back. But you also if somebody
wants to get tickets and you sell out two weeks
in advance, that's a nice problem to have. So if
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people want to, as they're listening to us this morning,
want to go to that online address.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Yep, it's pretty simple. It's just ducks d u c
k S dot org.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
All right, that's yep dot org. Yep, ducks dot org. Now,
when we talk about the event, tell us a little
bit about it. Now, the dinner, it's not to bring
your own dinner. You've got You've got a pretty good
place that's been a part of this, and I think
they've been a part of it in years past. But
why don't you start down what are people going to
expect for the first off price of the ticket and
(05:41):
what can they expect when they when they get to
the Starlight on the eighth of February.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Yeah, so essentially we have lots of stuff going on.
You'll come in. Your dinner ticket will include your dinner
on admission to the event, and then it also includes
a year long do you membership in a year long
du magazine subscription that has all kinds of information and
(06:08):
reading material in it. And then that dinner is cater
by Jeff's Market. Gosh, they've also been our caterer, I
think for as long as I can remember. So we
usually have rabbi and chicken, and then a variety of
size and salad. We usually have some more derbs while
everybody's kind of getting in and getting situated right, and
(06:31):
then there'll be lots of raffles. There will be our
live auction hosted by Dean Martin.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
Now, Demon, you threw me off here because I remember
there's a Dean Martin from I used to watch his
TV show. This is a different Dean Martin. Yes, yes,
different Dean Martin, but he's still he's the Has he
been connected with the organization for a long time, or
or a Dean just a quad Citian or how how
would we know him?
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Dean's a quad Citi in he he is an up
and coming auctioneer essentially.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
Okay, that's great, and if you want to push him
and Dean, how about how about this, Sydney, if we
can push Dean. Do you think he could sing when
the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie
that's sore.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
His wife is is a country Western singer.
Speaker 5 (07:20):
So right, well, then there we go. There we go.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
So you make sure that if we show up, we're
going to ask for him, not her.
Speaker 5 (07:30):
We want hit now. She'll probably help him.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
Angela, Yeah, it sounds it sounds like a great idea. Now, Danny,
you wanted to bring up one thing because we talked
about the auction. This is kind of lead lead Sydney
into what always is a big draw with the with.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
The event, and I know Dean will have fun with this.
But the pie auction, I mean the pie auction, this
is like big bucks man.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
Yes, we love our pie auctions. So we usually work
with Village in and they're able to help us out
with some pies and usually we have a dozen, give
or take assorted pies, and then with that, with that pie,
you get a chance at a ticket to a gun.
(08:12):
So Essentially, it's usually a mystery gun. We don't know
which one really well, we know you.
Speaker 4 (08:18):
Don't know, probably the best because if we know and
you don't know, that seemed like it's a really bad
way to plan an auction.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
That's fair. That's fair. We uh, And then so it's
a mystery gun and then you get a chance with that.
But yeah, our pie auction usually brings a lot of
money in for.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
The organization, So every penny is going to help out
the environment and just continue to do the great work
of the Midssissippi DU organization has been able to do,
and Sydney you've been a big part of that. Of
course we're talking to Sydney os folk now with the
our local chapter of DU. But Sydney for people just
(09:01):
tuning in and they've maybe caught some of that information. Again,
it's February eighth. It's going to be at the Starlight Ballroom.
But why don't you give the phone number a couple
of times and that website again and the price of
the tickets lay that all out here so people this
morning can maybe get ready to.
Speaker 5 (09:18):
Be a part of it.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
So February eighth is our event at the Starlight Ballroom
in Davenport. Our tickets are available by Colleen uh five
six three three seven zero nine five two one. That's
five six three three seven zero nine five two one,
or by purchasing online at Ducks dot org. That's the
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u c KS dot org.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
Gosh, thank you so much Sidney for being a part
of this. And hey, on February eighth, will you please
say hi to Angela Meyer and her lovely husband Dean Martin.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
We sure will.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
If you or your organization we would like to be
featured on Quad City Forum, please visit the contact page
on our station website. Now back to bat Luke and
Danny Linhowe.
Speaker 4 (10:12):
Lexi Bowl from the Cancer Support Community of Iowa and
Northwest Illinois at Gilda's Club. Lexi is the communications and
event manager. You can find out more CSC Iowa Illinois
dot org and Lexi when we've talked in the past.
Of course, there was a name change last year. This
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probably is a more fine tune message of the great
things that you do.
Speaker 6 (10:38):
Yeah. So it's just a great way for people to
know more clearly what our mission is and what we're
here to really help the community with. And of course
we still honor Gilda in our name. It's just a
great way to bring awareness to our services but also
make it more clear cut for people who our need
in the are in need of support, to know that
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we're here for them.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
No body should be going through cancer or cancer treatments alone,
and that's certainly not the case with the great work
you do, plus all the programs that you seem to
have coming up. Again, going to that calendar is great too,
because even though we'll touch on a few things here
this morning, Lexi, there are things that probably will just
(11:21):
during the time that we're talking, there's probably something else
that's ready to pop up there. So always going to
the calendar keeps you, keeps you up to date even better.
Speaker 6 (11:30):
Yes, they surprise me with all the programs, and.
Speaker 4 (11:34):
You're the event and communications person and they're surprising you.
Speaker 6 (11:38):
Well, I actually don't plan the program events, but sometimes
they plan some really neat workshops. I plan all our
fundraising events.
Speaker 4 (11:46):
Well that's it, and we're going to be talking about
one of those big events here fairly soon. But another
event that's going to be coming up, and that'll be
on Monday, the twenty seventh, is the Cancer Support Community
Resources Workshop.
Speaker 5 (11:59):
What's what's that all about.
Speaker 6 (12:00):
So, you know, a lot of people don't realize the
scope of our services. I mean, ever, some people realize
that we have something to do with cancer and that
we offer cancer support, but people don't realize that we
offer more than that. We actually have a lot of
different programs that really are helpful. So we have like
my Lifeline, which is like where people can update their
(12:24):
families on, you know, their cancer journey, but also they
can like set up meal trains and all of that
stuff through there, which is one of our free resources
that people can access. But also then we offer an
open to Options program where people can sit down with
one of our social workers if they've hit a fork
in the road with treatment or you know, just they're
(12:46):
just overwhelmed by their medical treatment, and they'll sit down
and really help them clear their head and get any
questions concerns on paper and whatnot. So it's really this
workshop is really to help walk through all of our
options that we have that maybe aren't as well known,
so that people can find that support.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
Yeah, it does sound like and especially when you feel
alone or you feel overwhelmed, talking to somebody from Cancer
Support Community of Iowa and Northwestern Illinois can just make
you feel Okay, maybe we've still got some work ahead,
but we can get it done thanks to the thanks
to that friendly voice on the other side.
Speaker 6 (13:29):
Yeah, and you know what, Pat Actually, for those who
may not be like in our local area that can't
access our program, we actually have an app now, so
they can download our app and they can actually go
in find all of our virtual support options that we
now offer to anyone in the state of Illinois or Iowa.
(13:52):
And then also we have a cancer support helpline which
they're going to cover at that workshop where anyone can
call in. So maybe if they can't access us directly,
or even if they're in another state that we don't serve,
they can access the support there as well.
Speaker 4 (14:06):
You know, Lexi, that's a great point that you know,
a lot of times now I'm commenting here a little
I'm editorializing, but sometimes when we see apps out there,
we're going, really.
Speaker 5 (14:16):
What there's an app for that?
Speaker 4 (14:19):
But in this particular case, yeah, this is the best
reason to have an app. So again, they'll find out
more at the workshop.
Speaker 5 (14:27):
So what can they do?
Speaker 4 (14:29):
Is it zoom or in person only or do they
have to preregister?
Speaker 5 (14:33):
How do they have to go about finding out more
on this?
Speaker 6 (14:37):
So this workshop is offered in person and zoom. We
do ask that they register, and they can register the
same way that they can register for the other workshops.
So basically they just go on our website at CSC Iowa,
Illinois dot org and they can view it on our
program calendar if they just click the date and they
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can go from there and get them all set up.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Sounds great, now, you were just touching on all of
the things that you do in terms of events. You
have a big one coming up here soon. It's always
probably I wouldn't say it's the biggest event, but then again,
I'm talking to the lady that can tell me exactly
how big the event is live from the QC or
live from QC. Big fundraiser? Who you've got coming in
(15:20):
or can you tell us anything about that now?
Speaker 5 (15:22):
Maybe dates?
Speaker 6 (15:23):
Yeah, So we have Andy Woodhole coming in. He's a
pretty funny comedian. He's been on quite a few different shows.
The date of the fundraising event is April fifth, so
it's a great night to get out and it's really
a spent our spinoff on Saturday Night Live. Since that
(15:44):
was you know, what Gilda really focused on was comedy,
and we really like paying tribute to her at our events.
So it's Saturday, April fifth at the Waterfront Convention Center,
and our tickets are opening on sale, and we also
have Fantastic Five coming out to keep everyone entertained. They'll
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perform before the comedian goes on, and then we have
a short program to help us with our fundraising initiatives,
and then everybody gets to enjoy our comedian, Andy Woodhall,
And it's just a great night to get out and
support those living with cancer in our community.
Speaker 4 (16:19):
Now, since you're going to have a comedian there and
the Funtastic Five, will you be getting up and singing
with the Funtastic Five or possibly also doing some stand
up with Andy?
Speaker 3 (16:31):
Oh? I don't know.
Speaker 6 (16:31):
I really am doing the ideas.
Speaker 4 (16:33):
Now, Okay, all right, the only idea we want to
we want people really to have right now, again, how
can they get tickets or find out more? Because I'm
sure as we get closer there may be some changes
or additions to the program. So first things first, how
can they be a part of it?
Speaker 6 (16:53):
Yeah, so they can go online to our website and
they can we actually have the annual events if they're
interested in any of our other annual events under ways
to give, but if they go directly to our website,
it's CSC Iowa Illinois dot org flash live dash from
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dash QC and they can get their tickets there. Individual
tickets there are ninety dollars and then for a table
of eight those are six fifty, So you get a
nice discount there, and you get to bring out the
whole family or a group of friends and really enjoy
an evening while feeling good about something that you're supporting.
Speaker 4 (17:34):
You got it, and it's money well spent. And again
it's April fifth, but again the website is. We're talking
to Alexi Bowl, communication and event manager at Cancer Support
Community of Iowa, Northwest Illinois. Again the website to find
out more because we want even though last year was
a big year and it was bigger probably than the
(17:55):
year before, we always like to be able to take
it up a notch so for people to be a
part of it again.
Speaker 5 (18:00):
Website please it's c.
Speaker 6 (18:03):
SC Iowa Illinois dot org, slash live dash from dash
QC slash.
Speaker 5 (18:15):
Are you sure?
Speaker 4 (18:16):
I was waiting for maybe one more dash or a
slash in there you got. You're all slashed and dashed
out there. Okay, Well, Alexi, you get back to work,
because I know they're probably leading up to that. You'll
still be finishing things on April fifth, the morning of
April fifth, but let's get a big crowd out there.
And thanks for taking time today, and don't be afraid
to talk to us anytime soon.
Speaker 6 (18:37):
All right, Thanks, you have a good one.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
If you or your organization would like to be featured
on Quad City Forum, please visit the contact page on
our station website. Now back to Dot Luke and Danny Linnhowe.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
Big stuff going to be happening in the Quad Cities
here in just a few days. Junior Achievement has their
big bolathon happening, and there are a lot of people
that can help out because well, it takes a village
to make great things happen. But we are going right
to the source here this morning. Dougal Nelson from JAA
has been kind enough because I know he's busy anyway,
(19:18):
but he's been kind enough to be able to talk
to us here this morning.
Speaker 5 (19:21):
And Dougal, when we.
Speaker 4 (19:23):
Talk about well, first off, JAA is an amazing it's
one of those down below the radar places that helps out.
I would I'm not suffering from hyperbole when I say this.
Millions of kids and young adults have been shaped by
what the great work that you do with JA.
Speaker 7 (19:43):
Yeah, you know, it's an amazing place to be. You know,
we teach these kids just really how to find success, right,
what's your niche in life? And we really just want
them to understand the importance of you know, providing for
themselves and their families, you know, to be good, produc active,
community minded citizens, and to find a career they know
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and love. You know, there's so many great nonprofits in
the Quad Cities path as you know, but you know,
I think what sets Junior Achievement apart from a lot
of them is that we're a very proactive organization. We're
trying to get in front of these kids before they
need the help of these other areas, you know, nonprofits,
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so really and we do that by teaching them about
financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and really working career readiness.
Speaker 4 (20:33):
It's a great thing to start the habit. Now, anybody
can learn a habit, and I mean even somebody like myself. Yeah,
we can learn new things. But when you can start
when a child is five or six years old. It's
an easier way to get that thing hardwired to where
there is the instinctly or instinctually, they'll go off and
(20:54):
start to be smarter with their money, whether they start
a business or not.
Speaker 7 (21:00):
Sure, you know, I just sure. I was on the
phone just minutes ago for you called with with someone
who called in and said that their child had just
been through our JAA inspiration center, through the Biztown program
m HM and came home. You know, these are fourth
and fifth grader's pat and this kid came home and said,
I have so many questions about my future.
Speaker 3 (21:23):
You know, I love.
Speaker 4 (21:25):
But that's got to make you and everybody at JAA say, hey,
we made a difference. I felt, and I felt a
little embarrassed with this, but I had one of my grandkids.
Speaker 5 (21:35):
I think he went.
Speaker 4 (21:36):
He went over there, and the one thing he wanted
to do leading up to it, he wanted to be
a DJ. So I thought, well, I don't know, dougal,
do we want to? I mean, it's a great profession.
I don't know what kind of money you're making out
of it. But really, with JAA, it's about it's not
so much making money, but being smart about your money,
just realizing business wise, the math. You have to be
(21:58):
ready for the math. And that's and just realize that
everything's going to cost. It's great to be able to
build the better mouse trap. But Jaya does a lot
more than just say, hey, let's start a business.
Speaker 5 (22:09):
You really do educate from start to finish.
Speaker 7 (22:13):
We do. And you know, we used to always talk
about soft skills, right that whole communication, collaboration, critical thinking,
you know, creative, creative problem solve We used to talk
about those as soft skills. Today we call them power
skills exactly these and that's what these kids are learning
at such a young age. It's like how to communicate
with the next person, how to shake hands, how to
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look someone in the eye, and you know, and then
we talk about financial freedom and what that does for
a family.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
Right, So it's a and you know, another great thing too,
is in our world that is a little bit more
tech tech savvy right now. It's also teaching them when
when you're able to get to them in the in
the younger settings there look up Beaver's respectful. It realized
that you not everything's down on that iPad. There's a
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lot of life that's passing you by while your head's down.
Speaker 7 (23:09):
You know, we talk a lot we still do about
you know, kids finding direction. Right, So when I think
about direction, you know, think about the old paper map,
right that we had in our club box. We'd pull
it out, we'd open it up, we'd follow that, you know,
that that line and that Now that's changed. You just
plug in an address and Google maps and it's going
to take you. You follow that magenta arrow until you
(23:31):
get there. But I'll tell you what you can't type
into that phone, and that's future success. And that's why
our volunteers are so important to us right now. We
need volunteers in the classroom. We need them to go in.
We need them just to share their story, share their
experiences and show kids that you know what you can
do it. There's there's so much of this, Oh you
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can't do that, that's not you know, don't follow that direction.
Teach kids that you find a career you know and
you love and it's not like going to work anymore.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
It's a hobby and it's a hobby that you're successful at.
Speaker 5 (24:04):
In and that's so important.
Speaker 4 (24:06):
And for those of you just tuning in we're talking
to Dougal Nelson from Junior Achievement and Doogal on the line.
Obviously can just hear the energy and the enthusiasm about
the great stuff that is JAA. But you've got a
big event that's coming up here in February. Now, depending
on when this interview airs, I'm thinking just because they
(24:26):
may hear it after February first, they could still be
a part of it. But why don't you just kind
of tell us what's going to be going on, because
it sounds.
Speaker 5 (24:34):
Like as usual in years past, it's a lot of fun.
Speaker 7 (24:38):
Absolutely, yep. So the first of the Bolethons will happen
in the Quad Cities on Friday, February twenty first. There
are still lanes available from nine to midnight on the
twenty first out of TVK Sports Complex. That's a great time.
That's you know, there's a lot of activity, a lot
(24:58):
of energy in the room at night. Especially Then on Saturday,
February twenty second, we'll be back out at TBK again.
There's a couple lanes available in the morning and then
again from five to eight, and then over at Big
River Bowling the lanes available all day long over there
starting at one o'clock, so that's February twenty first and
(25:19):
twenty second, and then if you're in the outlying areas,
you know, we have a bullet on February first. I
think this layer that day, but that's up in Dubuque.
It's almost sold out. And then February eighth, Genesial Gateway
and Clinton and then we have another big corporate bowl
that day as well, and then even February twenty eighth
(25:40):
and March first out into Wit we'll have another bullethon there.
So there's a lot of opportunities to get out there.
Pretty easy to lift. There's a seventy five dollars registration
fee that pays for your shoes, your bowling, those kinds
of things, and then we ask every team to go
out and fundraise three hundred dollars. So if you've got
a team of five sixty bucks apiece, pretty easy to lift.
Speaker 4 (26:02):
Well, I'm thinking that's a that's as it's an old saying,
but it still applies. That ain't no hill for a climber,
right Google.
Speaker 7 (26:11):
That's right? Yeah, So you know, we you know, we
thrive on our volunteers and our donors, and you know,
they believe, and when you go to the Bollaton, it's
just a great day for family. It's a great day
to have maybe you know, a work little get together.
It's all about fun that day. We're not gonna hound you.
(26:33):
We're gonna have some fifty to fifties, We're gonna have
some opportunities. We give away a lot of prizes. CBI
Bank and Trust is our new presenting sponsor, and they
have committed to making this event the best ever. So
we'd love to have you out.
Speaker 4 (26:48):
Well, love that when they throw down the gauntlet like
that the best ever. That's a tough bar to try
to well to get over. But for for ja, everybody's willing.
Speaker 7 (26:58):
That's right. We've been doing. I can't say when the
first Bullthon was, I forgive me, but it's at least
a twenty year old.
Speaker 4 (27:05):
Ev Well, I remember going to one and it was
probably over a big river bowl when it was called
something else.
Speaker 5 (27:12):
But I had hair on my head. I wasn't scared
to come out without a hat on.
Speaker 4 (27:15):
So I know it was a while ago and it
was a big event then like it always has been.
So for people that are just tuning in right now,
First off. How can they find out more? And certainly
when we talk about being a part of the bulleton,
how can they find out more? But if they want
to volunteer or they want to donate in some way,
(27:37):
shape or form, how can they do that too.
Speaker 7 (27:40):
Yeah, the best place to go pat is heartland dot
ja dot org. All the information is there. You can
sign up for classes. It's so easy when you go
to per class or sign up to be a volunteer.
You can actually go out and select the school that
you'd like to volunteer at opening we could place you there.
(28:02):
A lot of people follow their kids through school, right,
they'll volunteer in their child's classroom, which is a great
way to do it. Yeah, there's a donate button on
that page. It's loud and proud, you can't miss it.
And then there's an events tab and that's easy enough
to get onto and sign up for the bullatime.
Speaker 4 (28:19):
Dougal, it has been a pleasure. It's amazing how small
the world is. Anyway, because even before this interview started,
Dougal and I talked for ten minutes about my son
Ted and another great guy out of orient that's Aaron
Lee's and those are just two examples of the great
work that you've done.
Speaker 5 (28:37):
And again some of the names.
Speaker 4 (28:39):
You may not always remember the names, but it's amazing
how you can help a lot of children just by
attending some and volunteering for JAA.
Speaker 5 (28:48):
You can help a lot of kids that.
Speaker 4 (28:50):
Maybe need just that little push to get him into
a business and just to make them realize it's possible.
Speaker 5 (28:57):
You can make this happen with ja.
Speaker 7 (29:00):
And you know what, that's That's it right there, Pat,
any the kids can do whatever they want. They just
sometimes need someone to They only know what they know, right,
They're only exposed to the careers that they know about.
But we can we can get them in front of
a lot of different careers and show them the way.
It's great.
Speaker 4 (29:18):
Continue to do the great work, young man, and next
year I'll have even less hair on my head.
Speaker 5 (29:23):
This is not about me.
Speaker 4 (29:24):
It's an issue that I will deal with. But let's
have a big crowd out there in February and many
more years to come. All right, Doogle, thanks for stopping by.
Speaker 7 (29:34):
All right, Pat, thank you for having me on the show.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
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