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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, Nott Luke and Denny Linhowe.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
We've got Charles Brennan on our Quad City Forum here today.
Charles is the public affairs specialist Coast Guard Auxiliary here
in the Quad City area. And Charles, not to put
any pressure on you, but what if we start talking
about what kind of reach you have or what you
have to worry about, because sometimes I think of the
Coast Guard East Coast, West Coast, Gulf of Mexico, but it's.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Really any body of water.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
You guys are out there trying to trying to keep
us all safe, keep us safe despite ourselves.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Sometimes.
Speaker 4 (00:49):
Yeah, so we so the Auxiliriate CELF. We do not
do any military or law enforcement. So if we are
out on the water, we're out just doing safety, making
sure you know, everyone's being safe. If anyone needs help,
we're there to render any help that is needed.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
And so yeah, I mean the Coast Guard is out
on pretty much any ftterally controlled navigable waterway and well
Great Lake Lake Michigan, or a great lake Mississippi River.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Right, any kind of large body of water. And when
we think of this now we before we started the interview,
you talked about how you have another job here too.
So even though I think of the Coastguard Auxiliary, it's
not like everybody that's a part of that, they're getting paid.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
This is like a.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Labor of love that you're wanting to make sure we're
staying safe.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Yeah, yeah, I mean, so the Auxillary is a balance
is one hundred percent volunteer force. We are congressionally we
were congressionally formed in nineteen thirty nine, so it's we've
been around for a few years. Uh, and we just
we we support the US Coast Guard and the Coast
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Guard Reserves in their missions for recreational safe boating and
in a few different mission fields.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Now when I see the also part of the there's
like about five things that I can talk about that
are you know, that are your responsibilities. When I think
of flotilla vice commander, I think of River Action doing
their flotilla event here in the summertime, but it's really
any time people want to go out on the water,
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they really should be trying to practice it, whether it's
in a boat or not. Safety is first, especially when
you get out on the water.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Yeah, yeah, so you know, boating education courses are are
key way to to become a safer boater because we
pick you know, you pick up all out of the laws,
especially locally. You know, we're in a really kind of
a weird area right with us the river basically being
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the border between Illinois and Iowa, and so there is
a lot of reciprocity between the two states on the river.
But yeah, I mean boater education and just knowing and
following the laws will help keep keep everyone safe.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
And for those of who are just tuning in, we're
talking to Charles Brnnan, public affair specialists with Coastguard Auxiliary.
And once I knew that I was going to be
able to talk to you, even though I don't own
a boat, I think of an old saying that said
the two happiest days in a boat owner's life are
the day they buy the boat and the day they
sell it.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
And one other thing that they never think.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
About is the boating safety classes that they have to
take take seriously whenever they're going out, because it's not
just themselves that they're responsible for anybody on the boat.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
Is their responsibility correct?
Speaker 5 (04:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (04:07):
Yeah, And so like we in this area, we do
so in April we do boating education courses with the
Army Corps of Engineers. So we just wrapped up a
like four or five saturdays of classes. So come April
again there should be another There's gonna be another round
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the classes. So there's people can look out for that
as well.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Now when we talk about getting ready for that, and
even if you missed the state safety classes, this doesn't
mean just because you own a boat or you have
a title to the boat, that doesn't mean you go out.
Is there ways that somebody can educate themselves or something
that they could go online, or a test that they
should take, kind of self testing just to make sure
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they're ready, because some people are. It's like a great toy.
If it's the first year they have the boat, they're
going to go out and sometimes they're going out before
they even know what they're supposed to do.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
Yeah, So there are there are classes that you can
take online. The only downside the classes versus in person
is you can't ask the computer questions. Yeah, but it's
the class that is online is the same exact class
that we teach in the classroom, So there's no difference
between the material at all. And so you can pick,
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you can pick what state you're in, so that way
I'll give you your state test as well. So there's
there's every state has some additional questions that are on
the test that we cover to cover their local laws
and regulations.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Now there are some people that are going to cut
corners and do you have to Is that a problem
sometimes and think, Okay, they bought their boat in June,
they saw a great deal online, saw something on Facebook
or somewhere on social media. I can't pass up to boat,
and then I'm going to take it out. I'm taking
it out this weekend without really knowing what they're supposed
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to do. I mean, they can still be ticketed, can
they be can the boat be seized, or what can
happen just to make sure that people don't rush this
and send the boat out and send themselves out and
get themselves in trouble.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Well, tickets and seizures that falls on the DNR. So
that's a little bit out of our scope and our purview.
So but I mean, if they do take it out
for their first time and they haven't had a head
of class or anything. Just take it slow, right, Yeah,
don't be trying to go top speed on your boat.
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And you know, make sure you have your life jackets,
make sure you have all the other things that you need,
like fire extinguishers depending on the year of the boat,
your engine cut off switch, and with all the other
safety equipment that's required.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
And again you can find out more.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Is there a website that they should go to just
to find out more on this?
Speaker 4 (07:10):
Yeah, so there's uh, you can go to the Coast
Croagerias national website which is cigox dot org. And on
that site there's areas where you can request a vessel
safety check, which I highly recommend because that just make
sure that you have all the safety equipment you need
on a boat and that you're not, you know, missing anything.
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That way, if you do get stopped, you know you
have everything.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
And is it I think of people when they go
out on a plane and they have to enter in
a flight plan. Is it something preferable to put together
some sort of a boating plan on where you're going
to go and file that to.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
Yes, I highly recommend doing a full plan and full
plans can be very simple, right it could if you
are if you're trailing your boat, just let you know,
someone know your neighbor, you know that, Hey, i'm gonna
be leaving, I'm gonna be launching at you know, like
say Marquette m hm, and I'm going to be headed
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you know, downriver. I'm gonna be back by this time.
And if you don't hear from me by this time,
go ahead and call the authorities because at that point
every minute count. And so it can be as simple
as just that, you know, then describe your boat licensed
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or the uh the state numbers on it. But also
on that national site that I mentioned a little bit ago,
there is a float Plan Central uh tab and that
takes you to Floatplancentral dot e gaus dot org and
that has a bunch of their information. You can you
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can get a detailed bloat plan that's a PDF form
right there on that page, and you are able to
get a very detailed foot plan done up as well.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
It's great, you know, knowledge is power, and making sure
that you're crossing all the t's and dot and all
the eyes is a good thing. You had mentioned this
earlier in the interview about an engine cutoff switch? Why
why do you need that on your boat? Because again,
if somebody buys their boat online or they buy it
on social media, they may not know all the stuff
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that they're supposed to have that that.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Boat may not have.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
So what is an engine cutoff switch?
Speaker 3 (09:43):
What do you need it for?
Speaker 4 (09:44):
So the engine cutoff switch personal watercrafts have had it
for for a very long time. But it's hooked up
to right by the helm and then you hook it
up either to your wrist your life jacket. I always
recommend hooking it up to a white jacket. That way,
you're killing two birds with one stone. We know you're
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wearing your life jacket and you have the engine cut
off switch on. But essentially if you were to fall overboard,
the kill switch would pull out and it would kill
your engine. So it doesn't allow the boat to start
doing circles right, which will which helps prevent against you know,
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propower strikes and you know also potentially damaging other boats.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
Great, so great point yep.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
Well, okay, so for people we're hoping that it is
a boating season. Even as we're interviewing today, it's cloudy
and it's not the kind of day you think you're
going to be out, but we're gonna have plenty of
really warm and sunny and beautiful days to get out
there and boat. But we're talking to Charles Brennan, public
affairs specialist Coastguard.
Speaker 3 (10:58):
Auxiliary here this morning.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
But as we move forward, Charles, before the next boat
safety course that comes on anything that people need to
know and a great website to go find it at,
give it to us one more time.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
That would be cg Ausaux dot org.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Charles, thank you so much for the time and appreciate it.
We know, and again outside of the interview, I don't
want to say too much, but here this is in
between this job. Here it's normally sleep time and then
he's got to go off and do some other classes
here today and talk to some other people. But Charles,
thanks for taking the time. Safe boating this.
Speaker 4 (11:40):
Year, yep, you too. Thank you all right?
Speaker 2 (11:43):
And really do Charles, do you go out and boate
as much as you can or do you find yourself
being more landlocked?
Speaker 4 (11:51):
I do get out. I got so, I'm I am
certified boat crew. I have so many hours I got
to get in in a year and actually this year
I have my three year currency check. Right, so I
Red White and Boom doesn't fly to like last year, Right,
I should be out for Red White and Boom.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Right now, it seems like there's no way we're gonna
have to worry about a flood.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
But you know very well what the Quad Cities can do.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Sometimes we've had more than a few summer floods, more
than we want to talk about. But happy boating, safe boating,
and well, let us know whenever we can help with
anything else.
Speaker 4 (12:24):
Okay, not a problem, thank you.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
If you or your organization would like to be featured
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Speaker 6 (12:33):
Now back to Pat Luke and Danny Linnhowe, we are going.
Speaker 7 (12:43):
To shift gears a little bit. Talk to Ashley Kicks now. Ashley,
of course we know you from hand in hand. Another
great organization that you are a part of is Junior
League of the Quad Cities, and a lot of people
might be saying that themselves right now, not really sure
what Junior League of the Quad Cities is, So can
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you kind of give an overview of what Junior League does?
Speaker 8 (13:08):
So, Actually, Junior League has been in the Quad Cities
for several decades now, but they've kind of been this
unsung hero group that's worked behind the scenes. They were
pivotal and bringing the Susan J. Coleman Breast Cancer Race
for the Cure here to the Quad Cities. They had
a part in doing the River Action Ride the River
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for Father's Day. So they're kind of just this great
group of women that get together like most women get
things done and don't expect this huge hoop law of recognition.
Speaker 7 (13:43):
Like what brought you to the Junior League.
Speaker 8 (13:46):
I actually was getting to a stage where my kids
were older, and honestly I looked to Junior League because
I had always volunteered, even back in high school. I
had been a volunteer kind of girl and thought it
was a great way to meet new friends that maybe
had that same mindset and maybe had things that were
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that we had in common. And also I was in
the business world, so I thought it was another way
to network and checked a lot of boxes.
Speaker 7 (14:17):
You can find out more at JLQC dot org how
to get hooked up with that. And again they're looking
for ladies, but it's really ladies of any age.
Speaker 8 (14:26):
Absolutely. That's what's great about Junior League is there is
no do. We do ass that you be eighteen, But
once you hit that eighteen, there is no like cut off,
you know age. We have people of all different ages
walks of life, which is great because I feel like
there's somebody that I can sit and talk to at
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an event that is in the same place as me.
I can get some advice from somebody who's maybe been there,
done that I can help mentor a younger Junior League get.
The core is all about women leadership and women's growth,
and so it's you get to fill all your buckets again.
You can be a mentor be mentored and make a
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friend all of the same event.
Speaker 7 (15:11):
Again JLQC dot org and again we are talking to
Ashley Hicks. And Ashley is a part of Junior League
of the Quad Cities and there is Ashley a huge
initiative right now that you are looking for support and
this is called period project. Explain what that means.
Speaker 8 (15:31):
So we again we got together and started talking about
what it was that we felt like we did good.
You know, coming off of COVID Junior League with one
of those organizations that kind of took a hit and
we needed to figure out where our strength was, where
we could grow and gain new members. And one of
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the things we had always done really well was hygiene
drive and we had always come alongside different nonprofit whether
it be Humility Homes and services, the YWCA, we did
a hygiene drive for area schools. We always were really
successful at the drive part. Junior League board is full
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of a lot of other great nonprofit leaders, and so
we knew that there were nonprofits in the Quad City
area doing great stuff with the items. They just were
constantly having to do these drives and the same with
our area schools. We were watching area schools who have
their resource rooms for their students if they need items.
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And so we got to talking and really thought, what
if all of those nonprofits and one of the schools
didn't have to constantly be asking for the products. How
much more you know, work and impact could they make
if all they had to do was say, Hey, we're
out of tampon, we need more tampons to give to
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our students, or hey we're out of this product or
that product, and then they could just do what they
do great, which is working with whether it be the
schools and the kids, or Humility Home and their outreach services.
And so that was really where the period projects came
to be. We took the idea to vet or Rotary
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and they saw the potential in us and it really
kind of went from there. And so what it's intended
to do is Junior League will constantly be holding these
Hyjien drives and collecting all of these products, and then
nonprofits and area schools can go on to our website
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and request the products that they need to fulfill their
mission and we come bearing all of the items and
they get to do what they're doing in the community
and making that impact, and we get to be a
part of that by doing what we do good, which
is kind of basically getting everybody together, rallying all the products,
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rallying the support, and helping them not have to manage
that part of their output.
Speaker 7 (18:12):
This is a great time for everybody to get together
because this initial push is through the end of this month,
and just tell me what are what are you looking
for people to donate?
Speaker 8 (18:25):
So we've got an Amazon wish list which has a
ton of different products that we know there is a
need for. We also have the ability to donate money.
What we're using that money for is we have found,
especially with the schools that we've put together these little
kits that will provide one girl with enough product for
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the week. So there's some tampons in there, there's some
pads in there, there's some pantyliners, and so the teacher
can then provide that to the student who has a
needed and that student can take that bag home and
have some discretion too. They're not, you know, necessarily that
students not walking down the you know, hallway with a
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tampon in their hands. And so that's been really successful
with the schools, especially even the grade schools. You know,
despite what we think, we think that this need is
only in the high school. Well, actually what we're finding
is in the junior highs and even the grade school.
And then along with the period items we also have
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on our Amazon site or people can just buy and
deliver donate them, is a need for underwear in leggings.
And the reason for that is, especially going back to
those grade school in junior high we know that there
are several times in which that situation happens out of surprise. Yes,
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and so a lot of times in the United States,
one out of four teams are struggling and are missing
school because of that happening, so they're going home. Because
so what we want to do is be able to
provide in the schools the nurses with some black legging,
some underwear so that that student can have some dignity,
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be able to change and still stay in school and
not have this shameful exit of having to go home
because a surprise happened.
Speaker 7 (20:32):
So you're looking for products, you're looking for monetary gifts. Now,
if somebody wants to host their own collection, could they.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Do that too?
Speaker 8 (20:39):
Absolutely, I would say reach out to our website, our
emails on there, let's have that conversation. We would love
any support that anybody is willing to get.
Speaker 7 (20:49):
Okay, So that website again is JLQC dot org. That's
JLQC dot org. You can find out more information about
two and also this great fun drive or drive that
they're doing right now called the Period Project. And Ashley Hicks,
thank you for talking to us today. You're always a
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wealth of knowledge and a pleasure to talk to.
Speaker 8 (21:13):
Thank you so much for having me always enjoined us.
Get to chat with you.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
Danny.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
If you or your organization would like to be featured
on Quad City for him, please visit the contact page
and our station website.
Speaker 6 (21:24):
Now back to Pat Luke and Danny Linnelle.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
We are getting a chance to talk to Carrie Fa
and it's a name that maybe you don't know. Her
and her husband Jonathan have done a great thing and
when we talk about we've talked about it a few
times on the radio, but Heini Heroes and Carrie thanks
again for talking to us on the Quad City Forum today.
But when we talk about Heini Heroes, I saw it
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and I thought, I automatically thought, if this is an
organization that's been around forever, international or a national kind
of organization, we have a chapter here. But this all
started with you and Jonathan.
Speaker 5 (22:08):
Yes, yes, we have four kids and the youngest two
or twins, so they were about fifteen months. Oh no,
we're just realizing like how much money we're spending on
diapers every month. And they were like, what do people
do that? Can't you know? They don't have great paying jobs,
that don't what are they what's the options for families
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that are really struggling to make that one hundred two
hundred dollars a month just for diapers?
Speaker 2 (22:33):
Right? And there's there's also issues and isn't there the
issue too, that sometimes when you're trying to stretch it out,
and if a child stays in a diaper a little
bit too long, that it can cause some health problems alone.
Speaker 5 (22:49):
Absolutely, yes, diaper wraths. Also you think about, like a
child that's in a diaper too long is a crime more?
Speaker 2 (22:55):
Right? Right?
Speaker 5 (22:56):
We know the babies that crime more are more susceptible
to abuse things like that.
Speaker 8 (23:02):
It's bad.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
So you and Jonathan out of it's really necessity. And
when you think about I mean twins, twins are fantastic,
but probably out of all of the highs and lows,
the least favorite thing for anybody to do, even if
it's just one child, is changing a diaper. And sometimes
you talk about the pressure of the expense, let alone
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feeding the child, but just the diapers, they're probably what
as the child grows, you're probably talking about ten to
twelve times a day they're changing diapers, and that could
get expensive really quick.
Speaker 5 (23:39):
Absolutely one hundred a month. It's kind of average.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
So as you and Jonathan are trying to survive changing
diapers of twins after already having two other children. When
did heine hero? How'd you first off? Coming up with
the name Heini? Is just that you weren't the ones
that came up with Heini, but there is something about, hey,
I want to help somebody with involved with HEINI. I
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don't know why, but how did you come up with
a name and how did you get everything started? Because
you can't you could not have been doing this all
by yourself right.
Speaker 5 (24:15):
Now, Well, we whenever we realized how much we were spending,
we got to wondering, like what people do. We kind
of did some research like what if people do that
can't afford enough diapers and they're not covered by SNAP,
not covered by WIT and so there aren't government safety nets,
and so we kind of let it lay there.
Speaker 4 (24:33):
We were like, oh gosh.
Speaker 5 (24:35):
And then we found there's a diaper bank out of
Guildsburg called Loving Bottoms, and so kind of we're like, oh,
there's something there that helps people with diapers, but there's
nothing here in our community, and we kind of let
it lay there. But my husband like a week later,
comes home and he's like, what do you think of
Heine Heroes? And I was like, Heine what? And he's
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like he's like, I just submitted PA for work to
start a nonprofit to help people with zipers and first off,
I was like, is that how you spell hie?
Speaker 8 (25:10):
Are you sure?
Speaker 5 (25:11):
And so that's how it started. He kind of dropped
it in my lap a little bit. But you know,
we've always been kind of those people that want to
help others, and so it works out.
Speaker 3 (25:20):
I think it's it's fantastic.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
Even though I love the organization down at Gilsburg, loving
bottoms is great, but I think you guys hit a
home run. You hit a home run with Heini heroes
and that's great. And one other one of the articles
and I've seen a few of them, and this is
your organization now has been how old is it now?
Speaker 3 (25:40):
Happy birthday? How many years?
Speaker 5 (25:43):
I think seven years?
Speaker 2 (25:44):
Wow? Seven years after after surviving toilet training your twins
and you had said too, the good news out of
all of that was that they trained early, they came out.
Speaker 4 (25:56):
Early, they did it early.
Speaker 5 (25:59):
Thank goodness.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
Okay, So winning yeah, winning the diaper lottery.
Speaker 3 (26:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (26:06):
And we're volunteer organization. We don't make any money. My
husband and I both have other jobs. This is our
unpaid five gig I like to call it.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
And you it's nice too that you have since we
have many diapers being changed on both sides of the river.
You have locations on both sides. But for people that
want to get involved, I think some people want to
go out right now and buy some diapers. Probably the
one thing to do now. There's a couple you could
donate money if you wanted to, but if you did.
Speaker 3 (26:35):
Want to go get the diapers.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
It seems like the newborns are great, but the kids
are out of the newborn so quickly, so probably the
bigger sizes would be the better way to go.
Speaker 5 (26:46):
Yes, for sure, babies tend to sail through like newborn
ones and twos, and they'll be in size three through
six for about a year. They kind of stall out
in one size, so three through six is definitely the
ones we need the moment.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
A better way to go sometimes is since you're maybe
some people are listening right now. And by the way,
we're talking to Carrie fa. She and her husband Jonathan
came up with the incredible Heini heroes. It's just amazing,
how you must copy you better copyright that because I
think that's uh. I think you've you can make some
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money on the on the side or moving down the
road on that. But they came up with the idea
of providing diapers for other parents that maybe, as we
all know, it's very expensive to try to buy diapers,
try to keep up with as the kids go through
the diapers. But as you're going through this, if people
want to donate, how could they do maybe financially? How
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can they just help you out by swiping a cart
or giving you a cash donation?
Speaker 5 (27:47):
Yeah, for sure. If you go to our website it's
heiniheroes dot com and you stell heii h I n
E y you.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
And you and Jonathan have all you and Jonathan and
have already double checked on how to spell.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
Okay. So again, where do you Where do you go
again to make the.
Speaker 5 (28:09):
Donation heimiheroes dot com okay? And our address is also
on that site, so you can send us a check
if you prefer to do that.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
It sounds fantastic. And you can't do any of this stuff.
I mean we've already talked about with your with both
of you holding down jobs, you have a lot of
partners that have helped out in the Quad City area.
So to say it's just Carrie and Jonathan doing it all.
It just started with your great idea that maybe was
inspired from Gailsburg. But you have a lot of partners
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you probably want to thank to.
Speaker 8 (28:39):
We do.
Speaker 5 (28:39):
We do. We have wonderful partners that get our diapers
into the hands of families that are struggling. So they
are kind of the frontline.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
And even though we talk about a big push in
the month of May, this is something that will not
go away once we get into the month of June
and July and August and all year long. So again,
for people that want want to help out, and we
know that we're gonna see you all over the place,
you see me. Are you doing like a Quad City
TV tour right now? It seems like you're showing up
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at all the TVs.
Speaker 5 (29:09):
You know a little bit.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
I hope so well, you're getting the job, You're getting
the word up.
Speaker 3 (29:16):
No, they would never do that.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
But again, if people want to help out with Heini
Heroes and all the great work that you and so
many other people are doing behind the scenes, donate or
website to find out more.
Speaker 5 (29:30):
Is Heiniheroes dot com. And then we're also on facebo
for us social media.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
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that exist in our community. Now here's your hosts for
Quad City Forum, Nott Luke and Denny Linhowe.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
We've got Charles Brennan on our Quad City Forum here today.
Charles is the public affairs specialist Coast Guard Auxiliary here
in the Quad City area. And Charles, not to put
any pressure on you, but what if we start talking
about what kind of reach you have or what you
have to worry about, because sometimes I think of the
Coast Guard East Coast, West Coast, Gulf of Mexico, but it's.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Really any body of water.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
You guys are out there trying to trying to keep
us all safe, keep us safe despite ourselves.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Sometimes.
Speaker 4 (00:49):
Yeah, so we so the Auxiliriate CELF. We do not
do any military or law enforcement. So if we are
out on the water, we're out just doing safety, making
sure you know, everyone's being safe. If anyone needs help,
we're there to render any help that is needed.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
And so yeah, I mean the Coast Guard is out
on pretty much any ftterally controlled navigable waterway and well
Great Lake Lake Michigan, or a great lake Mississippi River.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Right, any kind of large body of water. And when
we think of this now we before we started the interview,
you talked about how you have another job here too.
So even though I think of the Coastguard Auxiliary, it's
not like everybody that's a part of that, they're getting paid.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
This is like a.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Labor of love that you're wanting to make sure we're
staying safe.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Yeah, yeah, I mean, so the Auxillary is a balance
is one hundred percent volunteer force. We are congressionally we
were congressionally formed in nineteen thirty nine, so it's we've
been around for a few years. Uh, and we just
we we support the US Coast Guard and the Coast
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Guard Reserves in their missions for recreational safe boating and
in a few different mission fields.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Now when I see the also part of the there's
like about five things that I can talk about that
are you know, that are your responsibilities. When I think
of flotilla vice commander, I think of River Action doing
their flotilla event here in the summertime, but it's really
any time people want to go out on the water,
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they really should be trying to practice it, whether it's
in a boat or not. Safety is first, especially when
you get out on the water.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Yeah, yeah, so you know, boating education courses are are
key way to to become a safer boater because we
pick you know, you pick up all out of the laws,
especially locally. You know, we're in a really kind of
a weird area right with us the river basically being
(03:08):
the border between Illinois and Iowa, and so there is
a lot of reciprocity between the two states on the river.
But yeah, I mean boater education and just knowing and
following the laws will help keep keep everyone safe.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
And for those of who are just tuning in, we're
talking to Charles Brnnan, public affair specialists with Coastguard Auxiliary.
And once I knew that I was going to be
able to talk to you, even though I don't own
a boat, I think of an old saying that said
the two happiest days in a boat owner's life are
the day they buy the boat and the day they
sell it.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
And one other thing that they never think.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
About is the boating safety classes that they have to
take take seriously whenever they're going out, because it's not
just themselves that they're responsible for anybody on the boat.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
Is their responsibility correct?
Speaker 5 (04:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (04:07):
Yeah, And so like we in this area, we do
so in April we do boating education courses with the
Army Corps of Engineers. So we just wrapped up a
like four or five saturdays of classes. So come April
again there should be another There's gonna be another round
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the classes. So there's people can look out for that
as well.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Now when we talk about getting ready for that, and
even if you missed the state safety classes, this doesn't
mean just because you own a boat or you have
a title to the boat, that doesn't mean you go out.
Is there ways that somebody can educate themselves or something
that they could go online, or a test that they
should take, kind of self testing just to make sure
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they're ready, because some people are. It's like a great toy.
If it's the first year they have the boat, they're
going to go out and sometimes they're going out before
they even know what they're supposed to do.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
Yeah, So there are there are classes that you can
take online. The only downside the classes versus in person
is you can't ask the computer questions. Yeah, but it's
the class that is online is the same exact class
that we teach in the classroom, So there's no difference
between the material at all. And so you can pick,
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you can pick what state you're in, so that way
I'll give you your state test as well. So there's
there's every state has some additional questions that are on
the test that we cover to cover their local laws
and regulations.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Now there are some people that are going to cut
corners and do you have to Is that a problem
sometimes and think, Okay, they bought their boat in June,
they saw a great deal online, saw something on Facebook
or somewhere on social media. I can't pass up to boat,
and then I'm going to take it out. I'm taking
it out this weekend without really knowing what they're supposed
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to do. I mean, they can still be ticketed, can
they be can the boat be seized, or what can
happen just to make sure that people don't rush this
and send the boat out and send themselves out and
get themselves in trouble.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Well, tickets and seizures that falls on the DNR. So
that's a little bit out of our scope and our purview.
So but I mean, if they do take it out
for their first time and they haven't had a head
of class or anything. Just take it slow, right, Yeah,
don't be trying to go top speed on your boat.
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And you know, make sure you have your life jackets,
make sure you have all the other things that you need,
like fire extinguishers depending on the year of the boat,
your engine cut off switch, and with all the other
safety equipment that's required.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
And again you can find out more.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Is there a website that they should go to just
to find out more on this?
Speaker 4 (07:10):
Yeah, so there's uh, you can go to the Coast
Croagerias national website which is cigox dot org. And on
that site there's areas where you can request a vessel
safety check, which I highly recommend because that just make
sure that you have all the safety equipment you need
on a boat and that you're not, you know, missing anything.
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That way, if you do get stopped, you know you
have everything.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
And is it I think of people when they go
out on a plane and they have to enter in
a flight plan. Is it something preferable to put together
some sort of a boating plan on where you're going
to go and file that to.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
Yes, I highly recommend doing a full plan and full
plans can be very simple, right it could if you
are if you're trailing your boat, just let you know,
someone know your neighbor, you know that, Hey, i'm gonna
be leaving, I'm gonna be launching at you know, like
say Marquette m hm, and I'm going to be headed
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you know, downriver. I'm gonna be back by this time.
And if you don't hear from me by this time,
go ahead and call the authorities because at that point
every minute count. And so it can be as simple
as just that, you know, then describe your boat licensed
(08:41):
or the uh the state numbers on it. But also
on that national site that I mentioned a little bit ago,
there is a float Plan Central uh tab and that
takes you to Floatplancentral dot e gaus dot org and
that has a bunch of their information. You can you
(09:01):
can get a detailed bloat plan that's a PDF form
right there on that page, and you are able to
get a very detailed foot plan done up as well.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
It's great, you know, knowledge is power, and making sure
that you're crossing all the t's and dot and all
the eyes is a good thing. You had mentioned this
earlier in the interview about an engine cutoff switch? Why
why do you need that on your boat? Because again,
if somebody buys their boat online or they buy it
on social media, they may not know all the stuff
(09:38):
that they're supposed to have that that.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Boat may not have.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
So what is an engine cutoff switch?
Speaker 3 (09:43):
What do you need it for?
Speaker 4 (09:44):
So the engine cutoff switch personal watercrafts have had it
for for a very long time. But it's hooked up
to right by the helm and then you hook it
up either to your wrist your life jacket. I always
recommend hooking it up to a white jacket. That way,
you're killing two birds with one stone. We know you're
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wearing your life jacket and you have the engine cut
off switch on. But essentially if you were to fall overboard,
the kill switch would pull out and it would kill
your engine. So it doesn't allow the boat to start
doing circles right, which will which helps prevent against you know,
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propower strikes and you know also potentially damaging other boats.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
Great, so great point yep.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
Well, okay, so for people we're hoping that it is
a boating season. Even as we're interviewing today, it's cloudy
and it's not the kind of day you think you're
going to be out, but we're gonna have plenty of
really warm and sunny and beautiful days to get out
there and boat. But we're talking to Charles Brennan, public
affairs specialist Coastguard.
Speaker 3 (10:58):
Auxiliary here this morning.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
But as we move forward, Charles, before the next boat
safety course that comes on anything that people need to
know and a great website to go find it at,
give it to us one more time.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
That would be cg Ausaux dot org.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Charles, thank you so much for the time and appreciate it.
We know, and again outside of the interview, I don't
want to say too much, but here this is in
between this job. Here it's normally sleep time and then
he's got to go off and do some other classes
here today and talk to some other people. But Charles,
thanks for taking the time. Safe boating this.
Speaker 4 (11:40):
Year, yep, you too. Thank you all right?
Speaker 2 (11:43):
And really do Charles, do you go out and boate
as much as you can or do you find yourself
being more landlocked?
Speaker 4 (11:51):
I do get out. I got so, I'm I am
certified boat crew. I have so many hours I got
to get in in a year and actually this year
I have my three year currency check. Right, so I
Red White and Boom doesn't fly to like last year, Right,
I should be out for Red White and Boom.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Right now, it seems like there's no way we're gonna
have to worry about a flood.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
But you know very well what the Quad Cities can do.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Sometimes we've had more than a few summer floods, more
than we want to talk about. But happy boating, safe boating,
and well, let us know whenever we can help with
anything else.
Speaker 4 (12:24):
Okay, not a problem, thank you.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
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Speaker 6 (12:33):
Now back to Pat Luke and Danny Linnhowe, we are going.
Speaker 7 (12:43):
To shift gears a little bit. Talk to Ashley Kicks now. Ashley,
of course we know you from hand in hand. Another
great organization that you are a part of is Junior
League of the Quad Cities, and a lot of people
might be saying that themselves right now, not really sure
what Junior League of the Quad Cities is, So can
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you kind of give an overview of what Junior League does?
Speaker 8 (13:08):
So, Actually, Junior League has been in the Quad Cities
for several decades now, but they've kind of been this
unsung hero group that's worked behind the scenes. They were
pivotal and bringing the Susan J. Coleman Breast Cancer Race
for the Cure here to the Quad Cities. They had
a part in doing the River Action Ride the River
(13:30):
for Father's Day. So they're kind of just this great
group of women that get together like most women get
things done and don't expect this huge hoop law of recognition.
Speaker 7 (13:43):
Like what brought you to the Junior League.
Speaker 8 (13:46):
I actually was getting to a stage where my kids
were older, and honestly I looked to Junior League because
I had always volunteered, even back in high school. I
had been a volunteer kind of girl and thought it
was a great way to meet new friends that maybe
had that same mindset and maybe had things that were
(14:09):
that we had in common. And also I was in
the business world, so I thought it was another way
to network and checked a lot of boxes.
Speaker 7 (14:17):
You can find out more at JLQC dot org how
to get hooked up with that. And again they're looking
for ladies, but it's really ladies of any age.
Speaker 8 (14:26):
Absolutely. That's what's great about Junior League is there is
no do. We do ass that you be eighteen, But
once you hit that eighteen, there is no like cut off,
you know age. We have people of all different ages
walks of life, which is great because I feel like
there's somebody that I can sit and talk to at
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an event that is in the same place as me.
I can get some advice from somebody who's maybe been there,
done that I can help mentor a younger Junior League get.
The core is all about women leadership and women's growth,
and so it's you get to fill all your buckets again.
You can be a mentor be mentored and make a
(15:10):
friend all of the same event.
Speaker 7 (15:11):
Again JLQC dot org and again we are talking to
Ashley Hicks. And Ashley is a part of Junior League
of the Quad Cities and there is Ashley a huge
initiative right now that you are looking for support and
this is called period project. Explain what that means.
Speaker 8 (15:31):
So we again we got together and started talking about
what it was that we felt like we did good.
You know, coming off of COVID Junior League with one
of those organizations that kind of took a hit and
we needed to figure out where our strength was, where
we could grow and gain new members. And one of
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the things we had always done really well was hygiene
drive and we had always come alongside different nonprofit whether
it be Humility Homes and services, the YWCA, we did
a hygiene drive for area schools. We always were really
successful at the drive part. Junior League board is full
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of a lot of other great nonprofit leaders, and so
we knew that there were nonprofits in the Quad City
area doing great stuff with the items. They just were
constantly having to do these drives and the same with
our area schools. We were watching area schools who have
their resource rooms for their students if they need items.
(16:40):
And so we got to talking and really thought, what
if all of those nonprofits and one of the schools
didn't have to constantly be asking for the products. How
much more you know, work and impact could they make
if all they had to do was say, Hey, we're
out of tampon, we need more tampons to give to
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our students, or hey we're out of this product or
that product, and then they could just do what they
do great, which is working with whether it be the
schools and the kids, or Humility Home and their outreach services.
And so that was really where the period projects came
to be. We took the idea to vet or Rotary
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and they saw the potential in us and it really
kind of went from there. And so what it's intended
to do is Junior League will constantly be holding these
Hyjien drives and collecting all of these products, and then
nonprofits and area schools can go on to our website
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and request the products that they need to fulfill their
mission and we come bearing all of the items and
they get to do what they're doing in the community
and making that impact, and we get to be a
part of that by doing what we do good, which
is kind of basically getting everybody together, rallying all the products,
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rallying the support, and helping them not have to manage
that part of their output.
Speaker 7 (18:12):
This is a great time for everybody to get together
because this initial push is through the end of this month,
and just tell me what are what are you looking
for people to donate?
Speaker 8 (18:25):
So we've got an Amazon wish list which has a
ton of different products that we know there is a
need for. We also have the ability to donate money.
What we're using that money for is we have found,
especially with the schools that we've put together these little
kits that will provide one girl with enough product for
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the week. So there's some tampons in there, there's some
pads in there, there's some pantyliners, and so the teacher
can then provide that to the student who has a
needed and that student can take that bag home and
have some discretion too. They're not, you know, necessarily that
students not walking down the you know, hallway with a
(19:12):
tampon in their hands. And so that's been really successful
with the schools, especially even the grade schools. You know,
despite what we think, we think that this need is
only in the high school. Well, actually what we're finding
is in the junior highs and even the grade school.
And then along with the period items we also have
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on our Amazon site or people can just buy and
deliver donate them, is a need for underwear in leggings.
And the reason for that is, especially going back to
those grade school in junior high we know that there
are several times in which that situation happens out of surprise. Yes,
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and so a lot of times in the United States,
one out of four teams are struggling and are missing
school because of that happening, so they're going home. Because
so what we want to do is be able to
provide in the schools the nurses with some black legging,
some underwear so that that student can have some dignity,
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be able to change and still stay in school and
not have this shameful exit of having to go home
because a surprise happened.
Speaker 7 (20:32):
So you're looking for products, you're looking for monetary gifts. Now,
if somebody wants to host their own collection, could they.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Do that too?
Speaker 8 (20:39):
Absolutely, I would say reach out to our website, our
emails on there, let's have that conversation. We would love
any support that anybody is willing to get.
Speaker 7 (20:49):
Okay, So that website again is JLQC dot org. That's
JLQC dot org. You can find out more information about
two and also this great fun drive or drive that
they're doing right now called the Period Project. And Ashley Hicks,
thank you for talking to us today. You're always a
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wealth of knowledge and a pleasure to talk to.
Speaker 8 (21:13):
Thank you so much for having me always enjoined us.
Get to chat with you.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
Danny.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
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Speaker 6 (21:24):
Now back to Pat Luke and Danny Linnelle.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
We are getting a chance to talk to Carrie Fa
and it's a name that maybe you don't know. Her
and her husband Jonathan have done a great thing and
when we talk about we've talked about it a few
times on the radio, but Heini Heroes and Carrie thanks
again for talking to us on the Quad City Forum today.
But when we talk about Heini Heroes, I saw it
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and I thought, I automatically thought, if this is an
organization that's been around forever, international or a national kind
of organization, we have a chapter here. But this all
started with you and Jonathan.
Speaker 5 (22:08):
Yes, yes, we have four kids and the youngest two
or twins, so they were about fifteen months. Oh no,
we're just realizing like how much money we're spending on
diapers every month. And they were like, what do people
do that? Can't you know? They don't have great paying jobs,
that don't what are they what's the options for families
(22:28):
that are really struggling to make that one hundred two
hundred dollars a month just for diapers?
Speaker 2 (22:33):
Right? And there's there's also issues and isn't there the
issue too, that sometimes when you're trying to stretch it out,
and if a child stays in a diaper a little
bit too long, that it can cause some health problems alone.
Speaker 5 (22:49):
Absolutely, yes, diaper wraths. Also you think about, like a
child that's in a diaper too long is a crime more?
Speaker 2 (22:55):
Right? Right?
Speaker 5 (22:56):
We know the babies that crime more are more susceptible
to abuse things like that.
Speaker 8 (23:02):
It's bad.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
So you and Jonathan out of it's really necessity. And
when you think about I mean twins, twins are fantastic,
but probably out of all of the highs and lows,
the least favorite thing for anybody to do, even if
it's just one child, is changing a diaper. And sometimes
you talk about the pressure of the expense, let alone
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feeding the child, but just the diapers, they're probably what
as the child grows, you're probably talking about ten to
twelve times a day they're changing diapers, and that could
get expensive really quick.
Speaker 5 (23:39):
Absolutely one hundred a month. It's kind of average.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
So as you and Jonathan are trying to survive changing
diapers of twins after already having two other children. When
did heine hero? How'd you first off? Coming up with
the name Heini? Is just that you weren't the ones
that came up with Heini, but there is something about, hey,
I want to help somebody with involved with HEINI. I
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don't know why, but how did you come up with
a name and how did you get everything started? Because
you can't you could not have been doing this all
by yourself right.
Speaker 5 (24:15):
Now, Well, we whenever we realized how much we were spending,
we got to wondering, like what people do. We kind
of did some research like what if people do that
can't afford enough diapers and they're not covered by SNAP,
not covered by WIT and so there aren't government safety nets,
and so we kind of let it lay there.
Speaker 4 (24:33):
We were like, oh gosh.
Speaker 5 (24:35):
And then we found there's a diaper bank out of
Guildsburg called Loving Bottoms, and so kind of we're like, oh,
there's something there that helps people with diapers, but there's
nothing here in our community, and we kind of let
it lay there. But my husband like a week later,
comes home and he's like, what do you think of
Heine Heroes? And I was like, Heine what? And he's
(24:57):
like he's like, I just submitted PA for work to
start a nonprofit to help people with zipers and first off,
I was like, is that how you spell hie?
Speaker 8 (25:10):
Are you sure?
Speaker 5 (25:11):
And so that's how it started. He kind of dropped
it in my lap a little bit. But you know,
we've always been kind of those people that want to
help others, and so it works out.
Speaker 3 (25:20):
I think it's it's fantastic.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
Even though I love the organization down at Gilsburg, loving
bottoms is great, but I think you guys hit a
home run. You hit a home run with Heini heroes
and that's great. And one other one of the articles
and I've seen a few of them, and this is
your organization now has been how old is it now?
Speaker 3 (25:40):
Happy birthday? How many years?
Speaker 5 (25:43):
I think seven years?
Speaker 2 (25:44):
Wow? Seven years after after surviving toilet training your twins
and you had said too, the good news out of
all of that was that they trained early, they came out.
Speaker 4 (25:56):
Early, they did it early.
Speaker 5 (25:59):
Thank goodness.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
Okay, So winning yeah, winning the diaper lottery.
Speaker 3 (26:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (26:06):
And we're volunteer organization. We don't make any money. My
husband and I both have other jobs. This is our
unpaid five gig I like to call it.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
And you it's nice too that you have since we
have many diapers being changed on both sides of the river.
You have locations on both sides. But for people that
want to get involved, I think some people want to
go out right now and buy some diapers. Probably the
one thing to do now. There's a couple you could
donate money if you wanted to, but if you did.
Speaker 3 (26:35):
Want to go get the diapers.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
It seems like the newborns are great, but the kids
are out of the newborn so quickly, so probably the
bigger sizes would be the better way to go.
Speaker 5 (26:46):
Yes, for sure, babies tend to sail through like newborn
ones and twos, and they'll be in size three through
six for about a year. They kind of stall out
in one size, so three through six is definitely the
ones we need the moment.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
A better way to go sometimes is since you're maybe
some people are listening right now. And by the way,
we're talking to Carrie fa. She and her husband Jonathan
came up with the incredible Heini heroes. It's just amazing,
how you must copy you better copyright that because I
think that's uh. I think you've you can make some
(27:20):
money on the on the side or moving down the
road on that. But they came up with the idea
of providing diapers for other parents that maybe, as we
all know, it's very expensive to try to buy diapers,
try to keep up with as the kids go through
the diapers. But as you're going through this, if people
want to donate, how could they do maybe financially? How
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can they just help you out by swiping a cart
or giving you a cash donation?
Speaker 5 (27:47):
Yeah, for sure. If you go to our website it's
heiniheroes dot com and you stell heii h I n
E y you.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
And you and Jonathan have all you and Jonathan and
have already double checked on how to spell.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
Okay. So again, where do you Where do you go
again to make the.
Speaker 5 (28:09):
Donation heimiheroes dot com okay? And our address is also
on that site, so you can send us a check
if you prefer to do that.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
It sounds fantastic. And you can't do any of this stuff.
I mean we've already talked about with your with both
of you holding down jobs, you have a lot of
partners that have helped out in the Quad City area.
So to say it's just Carrie and Jonathan doing it all.
It just started with your great idea that maybe was
inspired from Gailsburg. But you have a lot of partners
(28:37):
you probably want to thank to.
Speaker 8 (28:39):
We do.
Speaker 5 (28:39):
We do. We have wonderful partners that get our diapers
into the hands of families that are struggling. So they
are kind of the frontline.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
And even though we talk about a big push in
the month of May, this is something that will not
go away once we get into the month of June
and July and August and all year long. So again,
for people that want want to help out, and we
know that we're gonna see you all over the place,
you see me. Are you doing like a Quad City
TV tour right now? It seems like you're showing up
(29:08):
at all the TVs.
Speaker 5 (29:09):
You know a little bit.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
I hope so well, you're getting the job, You're getting
the word up.
Speaker 3 (29:16):
No, they would never do that.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
But again, if people want to help out with Heini
Heroes and all the great work that you and so
many other people are doing behind the scenes, donate or
website to find out more.
Speaker 5 (29:30):
Is Heiniheroes dot com. And then we're also on facebo
for us social media.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
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