May 25, 2025 • 14 mins
Original Air Date: May 25, 2025
Founded by the great NY Met Rusty Staub, Answer The Call immediately gives $50,000 to the families of NYC 1stresponders killed in the line of duty and then gives families another stipend every year to use as they see fit. Lauren Profeta is the executive director of this amazing organization.
Founded by the great NY Met Rusty Staub, Answer The Call immediately gives $50,000 to the families of NYC 1stresponders killed in the line of duty and then gives families another stipend every year to use as they see fit. Lauren Profeta is the executive director of this amazing organization.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Sunstein Sessions on iHeartRadio, conversations about issues that matter.
Here's your host, three time Gracie Award winner, Shelley Sunstein.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
I want to reintroduce you to Lauren Profeta. She is
with the Amazing Group. Answer the call first of all, Lauren,
welcome and tell us again fill in the audience on
what answer the call is all about.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Sure, so answer the call. Our mission is simple.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
We want to be here to help the families of
our fall in New York City first responders killed in
the line of duty, our police officers, our firefighters, our amts,
our port authority police officers.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
And we do that in three ways.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
We provide fifty thousand dollars immediately when there's a line
of duty death.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
You know, their world stops, but the bills don't.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
And we don't want them to have to worry about
any financial obligations that they might have at that time.
And then two is ongoing financial support. So each year,
for the rest of a widow or widower's life, we
provide an annual stipend. Currently that's eleven thousand dollars. The
more money rubreise, the more money we can hand out.
And that stipend. This year alone, over five hundred families
(01:10):
will receive that stipend and we'll be distributing over five
point five million. You know, that stipend means a lot
to different people in different ways. They use it for education,
or for home repairs, or for bills. And we can
go into that a little bit more later if you'd like.
And then third, it's a community. We host events for
our families. We have programs, mentorships and internships and things
(01:32):
like that.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
And wasn't it the great Rusty Stob that came up
with this idea? How did that all happen?
Speaker 4 (01:39):
It was so when Rusty was a boy, he lived
grew up in New Orleans. His uncle was a police
officer who was tragically killed in the line of duty,
and that really stuck with Rusty. He saw what his
aunt went through, what his family went through, and it
stuck with him for the rest of his life. When
he was getting ready many years later to retire from
the METS, who's reading the newspaper and he saw a
(02:01):
photo of a police widow and her three young children,
And in that moment, he decided to dedicate the rest
of his life to helping the families of our first responders.
He founded the charity in nineteen eighty five, and he
remained incredibly active with the charity until he tragically passed
a few years back. And I am proud to share
that that initial family that inspired him to found the
(02:23):
charity is still receiving support from our organization. That widow
is still one of our families and has been receiving
support for over forty years.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
That is such an amazing story, you know, And it
just shows I say this all the time, that one
person really can make a difference people today. You know
that you can't, but you can.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Yeah. Family members that share when you know their kids
were little, they'd be watching a Mets game or seeing
Rusty on the TV and they say, oh, that's daddy's friend,
because they knew that Rusty cared about their father and
has been helping their family.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
So how did you get involved, Lauren?
Speaker 3 (03:06):
How did I get involved? It's been a long time.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
I think I've been with the organization now for twelve years,
and I started as a volunteer. I had heard about
the organization wanted to help. They have a young professional committee,
and so I was in the process of joining that
when a position became available and haven't looked back since.
It's been the honor of a lifetime to be able
to work for this organization and serve these families.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Was the well, I'm sure the initial figure when Rusty
formed answer the call was not fifty thousand dollars. This
grows depending on, you know, the level of support you
get from the community. And I know there are probably
some big businesses and corporations we can call out here
(03:52):
that have been.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
Supportive absolutely, you know Epic marsh Aig, Wild Goschel and Mangi.
I mean, the list goes on and on of these
incredible businesses and business leaders who have really stepped up
to answer the call repeatedly each year for the last
few decades.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
And you're saying that every year the families get as stipend,
ten thousand dollars is what the.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Amount is eleven currently eleven.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Thousand dollars, and the families can use that however they
see fit.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
We do so we feel it's really important not see
earmark howe or control how they need to use the families.
We have widows and widowers who are in their twenties
who use it for their own schooling or for their
children's education.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
We have widows who are in their nineties that are.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
Using it for home repairs so that they can still
live in the home that they lived with with their spouse,
or for mental health or paying just their taxes and
their grocery bills. So we really leave it to each
family to decide what's best for them and find that's
most impactful.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
I'm speaking with Lauren Profeta of the Answer the Call
helping both financially and as a community. Those first responders families,
the first responders lost in the line of duty, they
immediately get a fifty thousand dollars check that they can
(05:19):
use however they see fits, so at least in their
time of extreme guilt of grief, they don't have to
worry about the bills immediately, and then for every year
or thereafter, the families get eleven thousand dollars. And let's
talk now about the community relationship, because these families come
(05:40):
together as a community several times a year, and you
have several events that are coming up that are open
to the public, and we want to let you know
about it so you can join.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
Yeah, So we have two events coming up One is
our oldest and most cherished tradition. It's an annual baseball
game at City Field. When Rusty founded the charity, he
actually would barbecue ribs himself in the outfields of Shaye Stadium.
I little formalized now, but we still go back every year.
This year, our annual Game and Family Day will be
(06:12):
on May twenty eighth, and before the start of the game,
we have a private reception for our families.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
We invite.
Speaker 4 (06:20):
We have over a thousand family members come. We have food,
we have drinks, children's activities, and we do have a
limited number of tickets we sell for that to the public,
and the money that we raise from those ticket sales
and enable us to continue to provide our support for
the families. Tickets are just one hundred and ten dollars,
I believe, or one hundred dollars And if you'd like
(06:41):
more information, I'm going to read the website to make
sure I have it correctly. It's Game and Familyday dot event.
Write E V E N T B R I T
E dot com. Now, if you already have your tickets
to the Mets game, or we're sold out by the
time that this airs, that's no problem. The Mets have
very generously named us as the beneficiary of the fifty
(07:04):
to fifty raffle that day, So if you're at the game,
please purchase your fifty to fifty raffle and it will
benefit answer the call. At the start of the game,
please be really loud and cheer on our kids. We
have four children who have lost a parent or loved
one in the line of duty who will be throwing
out the first pitch.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
And you have another event later on in the summer.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
We do thank you. So we have it's our second
year we're doing it.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
It's our second annual block party at the Waterfront at
Brookfield Plaza I'm sorry, the Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place, and.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
It's free, it's open to the community.
Speaker 4 (07:40):
We just really want to bring our families together with
the community to let them know that we're here and
we support them. We have carnival games, carnival rides, giveaways.
The incredible NYPD and FG and Y come on board
and support as well. They'll bring their fire engines. There'll
be a performance by the ny PD Jazz Band, which
(08:01):
if you have never heard them, they're the most incredible
band I've ever heard they're amazing.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Yeah, it's from eleven to six.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
We'd love to have you guys come out and support
and just just say hi.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Tell us about how this has changed the lives of
some of these families, because, like I said, I mean,
this is the moment of the most extreme grief they
could ever imagine facing and they get this fifty thousand
dollars check and then help every year for the rest
(08:38):
of their lives. So tell us how the families have
been touched.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
Sure, I mean our families describe it as life changing.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
I received a letter about a month ago from one
of our widows who lost her husband.
Speaker 3 (08:53):
I believe it was back in the seventies.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
It was a few days before Christmas, and she sends
us the most beautiful letter, just in changed my life.
I would I don't know how I would be able to,
you know, have provided support for my family if it
wasn't for your organization and just letting me know each
year that you have not forgotten about me, You have
not forgotten about my husband's sacrifice. That remembrance means so
(09:18):
much to these families, and beyond just the money and
us remembering, it's building this community so that they can
help one another. As much as I want to provide
support to them, there's nothing like that peer to peer support,
you know, of seeing a family who's been through it
and seeing, you know what, they are okay, we will
be okay, or being able to ask them for advice,
(09:40):
you know, how did you navigate this or how did
you help your child with that? And building that community
really is just crucial for them in their process.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
And I'm thinking, particularly for the children, that it's got
to be so helpful because no one else can really
understand and except somebody else who's been through it. And
when you're a child and going through this, you know,
this shapes the rest of your life. And the fact
that you could have this kind of support it's you know,
(10:14):
in a sense, it's almost more important than the money.
Speaker 4 (10:18):
Yeah, And I have to say the families that we
serve are the most incredible people. When you come from
a first responder family, it's not just the first responder
that is committed to service a lot of time, it's
their family as well. So a lot of times they're
not used to being on the receiving end of service.
So even as much as we're trying to provide them support.
They're always trying to help one another or trying to
(10:39):
pay it forward. You know. I think of one of
the daughters of a firefighter who was killed on nine
to eleven, who's dedicating her life to mental health for
children who have lost a parent, whether it's in the
line of duty or through other means. And I mean,
they're just the most incredible, incredible people.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
I have to think that, you know, after nine to eleven,
that had to be such a profound time for answer
the call. Three hundred and forty three members of the
FDN Y killed in one day.
Speaker 4 (11:11):
The number of families we served doubled in a single day.
At that time, our organization didn't even have any staff members.
It was completely volunteer. You know, now we have five
staff members, but back then there weren't any. And Rusty
and our current chairman, Steve dan Hauser, I mean, they
paused their lives to dedicate to this charity so that
(11:33):
they would be able to raise enough funds to be
there for all of these families.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
They slept in Steve's boardroom to.
Speaker 4 (11:40):
Make sure that they you know, they didn't take any breaks,
and it.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
Was just an incredible, you know, show of support.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
From the board, from our community, from our country, really
profound and we're honored to still keep that promise of
never forgetting. You know, we weren't just there for them
then we are still with them today.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
What do you need from our listeners other than donations?
Do you need volunteers at all? And if so, what
sort of work would they be doing?
Speaker 3 (12:11):
Sure?
Speaker 4 (12:12):
I mean so donations are key, especially right now when
fundraising is so difficult. Our website is answer TheCall dot org.
Any amount makes a really big difference. And then yeah,
we look for volunteers throughout the year. We use them
for events. You know, as a really small team, it's
hard to put on these large scale events for our
families and our large scale fundraisers without key volunteers. We're
(12:34):
always looking for skills based so if you are a
photographer that wants to donate your skills, we're here. If
you have a talent with graphic design, any talent you have,
we have a place for you at Answer the Call,
So please reach out at staff at Answerthecall dot org.
We've also had incredible volunteers from adults to like little
children hosting lemonade stands, did their own fundraisers and donated
(12:58):
the proceeds to answer the call, and that's also incredibly impactful.
We have committees, especially our Associate Committee, which is our
version of Junior Board. So if there's any you know,
young professionals listening that really want to make a difference
and have an impact reach out.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
We would love to talk to you about the application process.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
We only have a couple of minutes left, Lauren, what
else have we not touched on that you want the
audience to know about?
Speaker 4 (13:25):
I guess I'd just like to share the impact that
you know that we've had. So since we were founded
in nineteen eighty five, we've distributed over one hundred and
eighty million dollars directly to the families. As I mentioned,
this year alone, it's going to be over five point
five million in helping over five hundred families we are.
I mentioned we have five employees. This is the largest
(13:46):
our organization has ever been. For most of the time
I've been with the organization, it's only been a staff
of two. So we really do try to keep overhead
as low as possible so that the money we are
bringing in is going directly to the family that we
are serving and.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
Yeah, we just really appreciate you inviting us on here.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
You know, we don't have a budget for marketing and
things like that, so being able to spread the word
really does make a difference. And if any listeners would
like to learn more or want to get involved, I
really do encourage.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
You to reach out to me. I'd be happy to
chat with you.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
Thank you so much for all the good work you do,
Lauren Profeta, and thank you answer the call. Unfortunately the
need grows every single year, but thank god you're there
to help answer the call.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
You've been listening to Sunsteen sessions on iHeartRadio, a production
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Welcome to Sunstein Sessions on iHeartRadio, conversations about issues that matter.
Here's your host, three time Gracie Award winner, Shelley Sunstein.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
I want to reintroduce you to Lauren Profeta. She is
with the Amazing Group. Answer the call first of all, Lauren,
welcome and tell us again fill in the audience on
what answer the call is all about.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Sure, so answer the call. Our mission is simple.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
We want to be here to help the families of
our fall in New York City first responders killed in
the line of duty, our police officers, our firefighters, our amts,
our port authority police officers.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
And we do that in three ways.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
We provide fifty thousand dollars immediately when there's a line
of duty death.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
You know, their world stops, but the bills don't.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
And we don't want them to have to worry about
any financial obligations that they might have at that time.
And then two is ongoing financial support. So each year,
for the rest of a widow or widower's life, we
provide an annual stipend. Currently that's eleven thousand dollars. The
more money rubreise, the more money we can hand out.
And that stipend. This year alone, over five hundred families
(01:10):
will receive that stipend and we'll be distributing over five
point five million. You know, that stipend means a lot
to different people in different ways. They use it for education,
or for home repairs, or for bills. And we can
go into that a little bit more later if you'd like.
And then third, it's a community. We host events for
our families. We have programs, mentorships and internships and things
(01:32):
like that.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
And wasn't it the great Rusty Stob that came up
with this idea? How did that all happen?
Speaker 4 (01:39):
It was so when Rusty was a boy, he lived
grew up in New Orleans. His uncle was a police
officer who was tragically killed in the line of duty,
and that really stuck with Rusty. He saw what his
aunt went through, what his family went through, and it
stuck with him for the rest of his life. When
he was getting ready many years later to retire from
the METS, who's reading the newspaper and he saw a
(02:01):
photo of a police widow and her three young children,
And in that moment, he decided to dedicate the rest
of his life to helping the families of our first responders.
He founded the charity in nineteen eighty five, and he
remained incredibly active with the charity until he tragically passed
a few years back. And I am proud to share
that that initial family that inspired him to found the
(02:23):
charity is still receiving support from our organization. That widow
is still one of our families and has been receiving
support for over forty years.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
That is such an amazing story, you know, And it
just shows I say this all the time, that one
person really can make a difference people today. You know
that you can't, but you can.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Yeah. Family members that share when you know their kids
were little, they'd be watching a Mets game or seeing
Rusty on the TV and they say, oh, that's daddy's friend,
because they knew that Rusty cared about their father and
has been helping their family.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
So how did you get involved, Lauren?
Speaker 3 (03:06):
How did I get involved? It's been a long time.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
I think I've been with the organization now for twelve years,
and I started as a volunteer. I had heard about
the organization wanted to help. They have a young professional committee,
and so I was in the process of joining that
when a position became available and haven't looked back since.
It's been the honor of a lifetime to be able
to work for this organization and serve these families.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Was the well, I'm sure the initial figure when Rusty
formed answer the call was not fifty thousand dollars. This
grows depending on, you know, the level of support you
get from the community. And I know there are probably
some big businesses and corporations we can call out here
(03:52):
that have been.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
Supportive absolutely, you know Epic marsh Aig, Wild Goschel and Mangi.
I mean, the list goes on and on of these
incredible businesses and business leaders who have really stepped up
to answer the call repeatedly each year for the last
few decades.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
And you're saying that every year the families get as stipend,
ten thousand dollars is what the.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Amount is eleven currently eleven.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Thousand dollars, and the families can use that however they
see fit.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
We do so we feel it's really important not see
earmark howe or control how they need to use the families.
We have widows and widowers who are in their twenties
who use it for their own schooling or for their
children's education.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
We have widows who are in their nineties that are.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
Using it for home repairs so that they can still
live in the home that they lived with with their spouse,
or for mental health or paying just their taxes and
their grocery bills. So we really leave it to each
family to decide what's best for them and find that's
most impactful.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
I'm speaking with Lauren Profeta of the Answer the Call
helping both financially and as a community. Those first responders families,
the first responders lost in the line of duty, they
immediately get a fifty thousand dollars check that they can
(05:19):
use however they see fits, so at least in their
time of extreme guilt of grief, they don't have to
worry about the bills immediately, and then for every year
or thereafter, the families get eleven thousand dollars. And let's
talk now about the community relationship, because these families come
(05:40):
together as a community several times a year, and you
have several events that are coming up that are open
to the public, and we want to let you know
about it so you can join.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
Yeah, So we have two events coming up One is
our oldest and most cherished tradition. It's an annual baseball
game at City Field. When Rusty founded the charity, he
actually would barbecue ribs himself in the outfields of Shaye Stadium.
I little formalized now, but we still go back every year.
This year, our annual Game and Family Day will be
(06:12):
on May twenty eighth, and before the start of the game,
we have a private reception for our families.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
We invite.
Speaker 4 (06:20):
We have over a thousand family members come. We have food,
we have drinks, children's activities, and we do have a
limited number of tickets we sell for that to the public,
and the money that we raise from those ticket sales
and enable us to continue to provide our support for
the families. Tickets are just one hundred and ten dollars,
I believe, or one hundred dollars And if you'd like
(06:41):
more information, I'm going to read the website to make
sure I have it correctly. It's Game and Familyday dot event.
Write E V E N T B R I T
E dot com. Now, if you already have your tickets
to the Mets game, or we're sold out by the
time that this airs, that's no problem. The Mets have
very generously named us as the beneficiary of the fifty
(07:04):
to fifty raffle that day, So if you're at the game,
please purchase your fifty to fifty raffle and it will
benefit answer the call. At the start of the game,
please be really loud and cheer on our kids. We
have four children who have lost a parent or loved
one in the line of duty who will be throwing
out the first pitch.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
And you have another event later on in the summer.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
We do thank you. So we have it's our second
year we're doing it.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
It's our second annual block party at the Waterfront at
Brookfield Plaza I'm sorry, the Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place, and.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
It's free, it's open to the community.
Speaker 4 (07:40):
We just really want to bring our families together with
the community to let them know that we're here and
we support them. We have carnival games, carnival rides, giveaways.
The incredible NYPD and FG and Y come on board
and support as well. They'll bring their fire engines. There'll
be a performance by the ny PD Jazz Band, which
(08:01):
if you have never heard them, they're the most incredible
band I've ever heard they're amazing.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Yeah, it's from eleven to six.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
We'd love to have you guys come out and support
and just just say hi.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Tell us about how this has changed the lives of
some of these families, because, like I said, I mean,
this is the moment of the most extreme grief they
could ever imagine facing and they get this fifty thousand
dollars check and then help every year for the rest
(08:38):
of their lives. So tell us how the families have
been touched.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
Sure, I mean our families describe it as life changing.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
I received a letter about a month ago from one
of our widows who lost her husband.
Speaker 3 (08:53):
I believe it was back in the seventies.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
It was a few days before Christmas, and she sends
us the most beautiful letter, just in changed my life.
I would I don't know how I would be able to,
you know, have provided support for my family if it
wasn't for your organization and just letting me know each
year that you have not forgotten about me, You have
not forgotten about my husband's sacrifice. That remembrance means so
(09:18):
much to these families, and beyond just the money and
us remembering, it's building this community so that they can
help one another. As much as I want to provide
support to them, there's nothing like that peer to peer support,
you know, of seeing a family who's been through it
and seeing, you know what, they are okay, we will
be okay, or being able to ask them for advice,
(09:40):
you know, how did you navigate this or how did
you help your child with that? And building that community
really is just crucial for them in their process.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
And I'm thinking, particularly for the children, that it's got
to be so helpful because no one else can really
understand and except somebody else who's been through it. And
when you're a child and going through this, you know,
this shapes the rest of your life. And the fact
that you could have this kind of support it's you know,
(10:14):
in a sense, it's almost more important than the money.
Speaker 4 (10:18):
Yeah, And I have to say the families that we
serve are the most incredible people. When you come from
a first responder family, it's not just the first responder
that is committed to service a lot of time, it's
their family as well. So a lot of times they're
not used to being on the receiving end of service.
So even as much as we're trying to provide them support.
They're always trying to help one another or trying to
(10:39):
pay it forward. You know. I think of one of
the daughters of a firefighter who was killed on nine
to eleven, who's dedicating her life to mental health for
children who have lost a parent, whether it's in the
line of duty or through other means. And I mean,
they're just the most incredible, incredible people.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
I have to think that, you know, after nine to eleven,
that had to be such a profound time for answer
the call. Three hundred and forty three members of the
FDN Y killed in one day.
Speaker 4 (11:11):
The number of families we served doubled in a single day.
At that time, our organization didn't even have any staff members.
It was completely volunteer. You know, now we have five
staff members, but back then there weren't any. And Rusty
and our current chairman, Steve dan Hauser, I mean, they
paused their lives to dedicate to this charity so that
(11:33):
they would be able to raise enough funds to be
there for all of these families.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
They slept in Steve's boardroom to.
Speaker 4 (11:40):
Make sure that they you know, they didn't take any breaks,
and it.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
Was just an incredible, you know, show of support.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
From the board, from our community, from our country, really
profound and we're honored to still keep that promise of
never forgetting. You know, we weren't just there for them
then we are still with them today.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
What do you need from our listeners other than donations?
Do you need volunteers at all? And if so, what
sort of work would they be doing?
Speaker 3 (12:11):
Sure?
Speaker 4 (12:12):
I mean so donations are key, especially right now when
fundraising is so difficult. Our website is answer TheCall dot org.
Any amount makes a really big difference. And then yeah,
we look for volunteers throughout the year. We use them
for events. You know, as a really small team, it's
hard to put on these large scale events for our
families and our large scale fundraisers without key volunteers. We're
(12:34):
always looking for skills based so if you are a
photographer that wants to donate your skills, we're here. If
you have a talent with graphic design, any talent you have,
we have a place for you at Answer the Call,
So please reach out at staff at Answerthecall dot org.
We've also had incredible volunteers from adults to like little
children hosting lemonade stands, did their own fundraisers and donated
(12:58):
the proceeds to answer the call, and that's also incredibly impactful.
We have committees, especially our Associate Committee, which is our
version of Junior Board. So if there's any you know,
young professionals listening that really want to make a difference
and have an impact reach out.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
We would love to talk to you about the application process.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
We only have a couple of minutes left, Lauren, what
else have we not touched on that you want the
audience to know about?
Speaker 4 (13:25):
I guess I'd just like to share the impact that
you know that we've had. So since we were founded
in nineteen eighty five, we've distributed over one hundred and
eighty million dollars directly to the families. As I mentioned,
this year alone, it's going to be over five point
five million in helping over five hundred families we are.
I mentioned we have five employees. This is the largest
(13:46):
our organization has ever been. For most of the time
I've been with the organization, it's only been a staff
of two. So we really do try to keep overhead
as low as possible so that the money we are
bringing in is going directly to the family that we
are serving and.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
Yeah, we just really appreciate you inviting us on here.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
You know, we don't have a budget for marketing and
things like that, so being able to spread the word
really does make a difference. And if any listeners would
like to learn more or want to get involved, I
really do encourage.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
You to reach out to me. I'd be happy to
chat with you.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
Thank you so much for all the good work you do,
Lauren Profeta, and thank you answer the call. Unfortunately the
need grows every single year, but thank god you're there
to help answer the call.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
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