| 00:00:00 | WE GO TO A RESIDENT OF TAPPAN, VICKI SOKOLIK, FOUNDER OF A GROUP, STARTING RIGHT NOW. |
| 00:00:14 | THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. |
| 00:00:16 | GUEST: 84 HAVING ME -- THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. |
| 00:00:27 | WE HAVE 3200 HOMELESS STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ALONE. |
| 00:00:33 | YOU CAN IMAGINE OUR HOMELESS POPULATION HERE IS VERY LARGE. |
| 00:00:38 | THIS GOT STARTED NOT TRY TO BE A NON-PROFIT. |
| 00:00:43 | MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO HAS EPILEPSY, AND WHEN SHE WAS IN SIXTH GRADE WE VENTURED TO HAVE BRAIN SURGERY IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND FOUND OURSELVES AMONG POVERTY IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL IN HOUSTON. |
| 00:00:59 | MY HUSBAND IS A RADIOLOGIST, SO POVERTY WAS NOT PART OF OUR LIVES. |
| 00:01:06 | HAVING BEEN AMONG THEM FOR THREE 3 1/2 MONTHS, WE HELP HOMELESS FAMILIES WHEN WE CAME BACK, AND WE STARTED HELPING ONE AT THAT TIME, AND IT TURNED INTO A NON- PROFIT ORGANIZATION IN 2008. |
| 00:01:23 | WE HAVE ABOUT 100 KIDS IN OUR PROGRAM RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE HELPING IN THE AREA. |
| 00:01:34 | HOST: 24. |
| 00:01:37 | 8% TO ABOUT RESIDENTS LIVE IN POVERTY. |
| 00:01:42 | 7336 HOMELESS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. |
| 00:01:44 | WHAT DOES THAT LOOK AND FEEL LIKE? |
| 00:01:48 | GUEST: IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE AND HOMELESSNESS ARE WILLING TO HELP THEMSELVES GET OUT OF HOMELESSNESS, AND WITH A LITTLE BIT OF PUSH AND STRUCTURE AND TEACHING THEM LIFE SKILLS THEY DID NOT KNOW BEFORE, WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE THE YOUTH AND FAMILY AND PROPEL THEM TO THE MILITARY, VOCATIONAL TRAINING , OR HIGHER EDUCATION. |
| 00:02:14 | IT IS INCREDIBLE. |
| 00:02:16 | THE KIDS ARE RESILIENCE AND WILLING TO MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER. |
| 00:02:20 | HOST: MENTIONED ABOUT GIVING THEM A HAND, AND YOU SAID THEY DID NOT CHOOSE TO BE IN POVERTY. |
| 00:02:28 | HOW DO YOU HELP THEM AND WHAT IS THE PHILOSOPHY HELPING THEM TAKE THE STEPS? |
| 00:02:33 | GUEST: OUR PHILOSOPHY IS UNIQUE. |
| 00:02:39 | WE ARE A ONE ON ONE MENTORING PROGRAM. |
| 00:02:43 | EACH STUDENT IN OUR PROGRAM HAS THEIR OWN MENTOR. |
| 00:02:49 | WE HELP THEM LEARN LIFE SKILLS. |
| 00:02:51 | NONE OF OUR KIDS HAVE EVER HAD A BANK ACCOUNT. |
| 00:02:56 | WE MAKE THEM LIVE IN AN APARTMENT, TEACH THEM FINANCIAL LITERACY SO THEY LEARN TO BANK, LEARN WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, HOW TO DO A BUDGET, AND FROM THERE WE GIVE THEM LEADERSHIP TRAINING, WE GIVE THEM AS 82 DURING. |
| 00:03:12 | WE TAKE THEM ON SIMPLE ADVENTURES, SOMETIMES AS SIMPLE AS GOING TO A RESTAURANT, LEARNING HOW TO ORDER OFF THE MENU, DOING THINGS WE ALL TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT THESE KIDS HAVE NEVER BEEN EXPOSED TO. |
| 00:03:25 | WE TAKE THE KIDS ON COLLEGE COURSE OR VOCATIONAL TRAINING COURSE AND LET THEM SEE WHAT IS OUT THERE. |
| 00:03:34 | BY GIVING THESE KIDS EXPOSURE TO EVERYTHING FROM THE CIRCUS TO THE DEBATE -- TO THE TAMPA BAY RAYS GAMES, ALL THE SUN THEIR WORLD BECOMES MUCH GREATER. |
| 00:03:51 | HOST: THE WEBSITE SAYS WE ARE NOT A HANDOUT, WE ARE NOT A BAND-AID. |
| 00:03:56 | WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STARTING RIGHT NOW WITH THEIR FOUNDER, VICKI SOKOLIK. |
| 00:04:03 | IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION, HERE ARE THE NUMBERS TO CALL -- HOST: YOU CAN ALSO STAND IN TWEETS, AND THIS MORNING WHEN WE FIRST PUT ON TWITTER THAT YOU WERE GOING ON OUR SHOW, SOMEBODY ASKED HOW A GROUP LIKE YOURS IS AFFECTED WHEN WE LOOK AT THE THREAT OF TROPICAL STORMS? |
| 00:04:40 | HOW ARE THE HOMELESS HURT BY THAT IN TAMPA BAY? |
| 00:04:43 | >> I CANNOT SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A SMALL POPULATION THAT WE HELP IN THE CITY ITSELF, AND I AM SURE IT THE CITY OPENS UP SHELTERS AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER ITEMS TO HELP THE ACTUAL HOMELESS. |
| 00:04:58 | WE ARE A VERY SMALL GROUP, SO I CANNOT SPEAK TO WHAT THE CITY DOES TO HELP HOMELESSNESS WHEN A HURRICANE IS COMING. |
| 00:05:07 | HOST: LET'S GO TO THE PHONES. |
| 00:05:10 | HI, CAMERON. |
| 00:05:13 | ARE YOU WITH US? |
| 00:05:15 | LAST CALL. |
| 00:05:18 | ALRIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON. |
| 00:05:21 | VICKI SOKOLIK, LET'S LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OF THE POVERTY AND HOMELESS RATES IN FLORIDA AT ITSELF AND SEE WHAT THEY MEAN. |
| 00:05:29 | WHEN ASKED ABOUT HOW IT FEELS FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION, GIVE US A SENSE OF WHETHER OR NOT THE HOMELESS YOU WORK WITH FEEL LIKE THEY ARE SEEN BY SOCIETY AT LARGE? |
| 00:05:43 | HOW VISIBLE ARE THEY TO THE AVERAGE AMERICAN LIKE YOU? |
| 00:05:46 | WHEN YOU GOT INVOLVED IN THIS, YOU DID NOT KNOW ABOUT IT? |
| 00:05:52 | >> I DID NIGHT. |
| 00:05:53 | WE ARE ONLY AT AGENCY TO HELP OUR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. |
| 00:05:59 | THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S SOCIAL WORKER OR GUIDANCE COUNSELOR OR OTHERS REALIZED A CHILD IS WHAT WE CALL HOUSE HOPPING. |
| 00:06:12 | ANY% OF THE PEOPLE WE HELP OUR KIDS TO THE ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT A PARENT OR GUARDIAN, AND THEY ARE COUCH HOPPING EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. |
| 00:06:25 | THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT SURVIVAL. |
| 00:06:28 | AS KIDS, WE HAVE 9000 OF THEM ACCOUNTED FOR IN FLORIDA, WHICH THE NUMBER IS STAGGERING. |
| 00:06:34 | THOSE KIDS WE PUT IN THEIR OWN APARTMENT AND MATCH THEM WITH A MENTOR AND THE PROPEL THEM ON TO THEIR NEXT GOAL, EITHER HIGHER EDUCATION OR VOCATIONAL TRAINING. |
| 00:06:45 | THE NUMBERS ARE FAIRLY STAGGERING. |
| 00:06:47 | IT IS AMAZING HOW MANY KIDS ARE OUT THERE MAKING THEIR LIVES WORK. |
| 00:06:52 | HOST: HOW HARD IS IT FOR KIDS TO FOCUS ON SCHOOL? |
| 00:07:02 | >>GUEST: IT IS A DIFFICULT PERIOD WHEN YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHERE YOU ARE SLEEPING AT NIGHT, WHERE YOU'RE GETTING YOUR NEXT MEAL, HOW YOU ARE GETTING TO SCHOOL, HOW YOU ARE PAYING FOR YOUR SCHOOL SUPPLIES, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BE THINKING ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN SURVIVAL AT THAT MOMENT. |
| 00:07:20 | WE HAVE A STUDENT WHO DID A TALK FOR US ONE DAY AND SAID TO STUDENTS, WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU DO WHEN YOU GET HOME? |
| 00:07:32 | THEY SAID, WE GET A SNACK. |
| 00:07:36 | SHE SAID WE DO NOT GET A SNACK BECAUSE THERE'S NO DINNER. |
| 00:07:40 | THEIR HOLIDAY WAS THEIR ONLY SOURCE OF FOOD. |
| 00:07:43 | IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO THINK OF THESE KIDS LIVING ON THEIR A OWN, AND WE ARE ABLE TO TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES AND GET THEM STOPPING THE GENERATIONAL CYCLE OF HOMELESSNESS. |
| 00:07:57 | HOST: RYAN IS CALLING US FROM NEW YORK. |
| 00:08:01 | GO AHEAD. |
| 00:08:02 | CALLER: I AM A FORMER HOMELESS KIDS ON THE STREET IN NEW YORK CITY FOR A FEW YEARS, AND I GO AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER SEEN HOMELESSNESS BEING TALKED ABOUT ON C-SPAN OR ON A LARGE NEWS NETWORK OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK. |
| 00:08:29 | I SPENT SOME TIME IN TAMPA AS A HOMELESS YOUTH, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THERE WERE NO SERVICES FOR HOMELESS YOUTHS AT ALL. |
| 00:08:47 | IT IS AN ISSUE THAT USUALLY DOES NOT TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW THAT THERE ARE OVER 2 MILLION HOMELESS YOUTH IN THIS COUNTRY, AND IT IS NOT EVEN TALKED ABOUT WITHIN GOVERNMENT, AND THE ONLY TIME THAT WE FEEL WE ARE RECOGNIZED AS A POPULATION IS WHEN OUR FUNDING IS BEING CUT. |
| 00:09:06 | HOST: HELL ARE YOU DOING NOW? |
| 00:09:08 | DO YOU HAVE A PLACE -- HOW ARE YOU DOING NOW? |
| 00:09:13 | DO YOU HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE? |
| 00:09:20 | CALLER: I GOT OFF THE STREET LAST WINTER. |
| 00:09:26 | EVERYONE IN MY BUILDING ARE FOR MORE HOMELESS YOUTH OR IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM OR THEY ARE RUNAWAYS. |
| 00:09:34 | HOST: AS ONE PIECE OF ADVICE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE AUDIENCE IN A WAY THAT'S AMERICA CAN HELP KIDS LIKE YOU? |
| 00:09:47 | CALLER: BEING AWARE THAT THERE ARE YOUTH WHO HAVE NO PLACE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT, AND IF YOU SEE A HOMELESS PERSON, AND EITHER JUST SAYING HIGH OR RECOGNIZING THEM IS VERY HELPFUL, BECAUSE THE FEW MOMENTS, THEY ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, WHERE THEY CAN SHARE HUMANITY IS WHEN A PERSON WOULD ACTUALLY STOP AND SAY HI EVEN JUST HANDING YOU FOOD OR JUST A DOLLAR BILL. |
| 00:10:20 | THOSE MOMENTS RESTORE MY FAITH IN HUMANITY. |
| 00:10:25 | HOST: TAKE YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY, AND GOOD LUCK. |
| 00:10:33 | DICKY SOKOLIK? -- VICKY SOKOLIK? |
| 00:10:36 | GUEST: WHAT HE SAYS IS SO TRUE. |
| 00:10:39 | WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT TAPPAN RECOGNIZES THERE IS A NEED TO HELP THESE HOMELESS YOUTH IN TAMPA. |
| 00:10:51 | WHAT IS AMAZING TO ME ALL THE TIME IS THAT ONCE YOU PUT SOMEONE IN THEIR LIVES WHO IS DEPENDABLE LIKE A MENTOR WE GIVE THEM AND SHOW THEM THE OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE, THESE KIDS RISE AND DO THINGS THAT ARE REMARKABLE. |
| 00:11:08 | I CAN GUARANTEE YOU SOME OF THE KIDS IN OUR PROGRAM TODAY WILL END UP BEING OUR FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW. |
| 00:11:14 | LIKE RYAN SAID, THERE HAVE BEEN -- THEY HAVE BEEN TOSSED AWAY LIKE THEY DID NOT MATTER AT ALL TO SOCIETY, AND THEY ARE INCREDIBLE KIDS. |
| 00:11:24 | I AM GLAD HE FOUND SOMEWHERE TO GO. |
| 00:11:29 | I AM THANKFUL TAMPA HAS RECOGNIZED WE HAVE AN ISSUE AND IS STARTING TO DEAL WITH IT HEAD ON. |
| 00:11:34 | I KNOW THERE IS A LOT MORE THAT CAN BE DONE OUT THERE, AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE. |
| 00:11:43 | HOST: WELCOME, FRANK. |
| 00:11:48 | CALLER: GOOD MORNING. |
| 00:11:52 | I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE PARENTS OF THOSE HOMELESS KIDS, IF THERE IS ANY PROGRAMS FOR THEM AROUND TO HELP THEM, BECAUSE I LIVE NEAR DOWNTOWN TAMPA, AND IT IS A SHAME TO SEE ALL THE HOMELESS PEOPLE, AND THEY ARE OLDER THAN YOUTH, BUT THERE ARE NO PROGRAMS FOR THEM, AND THE SALVATION ARMY IS A DISEASED CENTER. |
| 00:12:17 | YOU DO ONE MEAL A DAY, AND YOU GO AT 10:30 IN THE MORNING, YOU GET A COUPON, THEN YOU GO BACK AT 12:30 TO EAT, AND LOCKS UP YOUR WHOLE DAY, YOU CANNOT GET A JOB, YOU CANNOT DO ANYTHING, AND IT IS FRUSTRATING TO SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE OUT ON THE STREET IN TAMPA. |
| 00:12:39 | I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE HELPING THE YOUTH. |
| 00:12:43 | GUEST: YEAH, OUR PROGRAM FOCUSES ON THE YOUTH. |
| 00:12:47 | WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN TAKE A YOUNGER STUDENT AND CHANGE THEIR LIVES AND PROPEL THEM TO DO SOMETHING GREAT. |
| 00:12:57 | IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TAKE A 40-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AND GET HER AGITATED WHEN SHE ONLY HAS A SEVENTH-GREAT-EDUCATION AND HELP HER CHANGE HER LIFE. |
| 00:13:09 | OUR SUCCESS RATE IS INCREDIBLE, THAT WE CAN TAKE THESE YOUTH AND ENTER THEM AND CHANGE THEIR LIVES COMPLETELY, AND THEY WILL NOT FALL BACK INTO HOMELESSNESS. |
| 00:13:20 | HOST: DOLORES IS A REPUBLICAN FROM ILLINOIS JOINING US NOW. |
| 00:13:26 | HI. CALLER: HI. |
| 00:13:31 | I USED TO WORK WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE INNER-CAUSWAY IN ST. |
| 00:13:46 | PETERSBURG. PEOPLE WORK SLEEPING IN THE BUSHES. |
| 00:13:48 | I WOULD BRING THEM HOT DOGS AND WHENEVER I COULD AND WOULD SIT AND TALK FOR A WHILE. |
| 00:13:53 | SOMETIMES THEY NEEDED TO GO TO A HOSPITAL BECAUSE THEY WERE A LITTLE DISTURBING . |
| 00:14:00 | THEN NEAR -- DISTURBED. |
| 00:14:07 | THEN NEAR A TOWN WE USED TO HAVE DINNER FOR THE HOLIDAYS, AND THESE PEOPLE NEVER HAD A DINNER FOR THE HOLIDAY. |
| 00:14:16 | I AM NOT THERE ANYMORE. |
| 00:14:18 | I WISH SOMEONE WOULD PICK UP MY PEOPLE. |
| 00:14:24 | GUEST: I REALLY CANNOT COMMENT TO THAT BECAUSE WE ARE BY REFERRAL ONLY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE FOCUS ON THE YOUTH, AND OUR PROGRAMS, THERE ARE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TAMPA BAY AREA THAT HELP HOMELESS FAMILIES. |
| 00:14:44 | OUR AREA IS VERY BLESSED WITH PEOPLE THAT HELP HOMELESS PEOPLE, AND HOPEFULLY SOMEONE IS HELPING THEM. |
| 00:14:53 | HOST: VICKI SOKOLIK IS PART OF A GROUP CALLED STARTING RIGHT NOW, WHICH MENTORS YOUTH, GIVING THEM A BETTER SENSE OF THE WORLD AROUND THEM. |
| 00:15:08 | HOW DO PEOPLE QUALIFIED TO BE MENTORS IN YOUR GROUP? |
| 00:15:13 | GUEST: ACTUALLY, THEY IDENTIFY US -- THEY NOTIFY US AT THE WEBSITE, AND THEY ARE FOR TWO BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH THAT. |
| 00:15:27 | FROM THERE THERE ARE BACKGROUND CHECKS, AND THEY ARE INTERVIEWED A SECOND TIME TO MAKE SURE THEY REALLY QUALIFY. |
| 00:15:34 | THE MAIN QUALIFICATION IS ARE YOU REALLY WILLING TO BE DEPENDABLE AND GIVE YOUR TIME. |
| 00:15:40 | THESE KIDS HAVE HAD SOME PEOPLE COME INTO AT OF THEIR LIVES, INCLUDING THEIR PARENTS, WHO HAVE NOT BEEN THERE FOR THEM, AND WE WANT TO BE THE ONE PERSON WHO COMES IN THEIR LIFE AND DOES NOT LEAVE THEM. |
| 00:15:56 | REALLY, DEPENDABILITY AND TIME ARE THAT TWO MAJOR FOCUS IS TO LOOK AT FOR MENTORING. |
| 00:16:02 | HOST: DEMOCRATS LINE, WELCOME. |
| 00:16:07 | CALLER: HELLO, THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. |
| 00:16:10 | WE LIVE IN A POVERTY DICHOTOMY OF VERY EXTREMELY POOR HOMELESS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING IT ALL THE WAY UP TO LIVING QUITE WELL. |
| 00:16:20 | WE ARE IN WESTERN COLORADO, A NICE PLACE TO BEAT. |
| 00:16:25 | I WAS HOMELESS MYSELF FOR FIVE YEARS. |
| 00:16:29 | I KNOW HOW YOU ARE TREATED, I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE, I KNOW THE LIFE. |
| 00:16:34 | I GOT BACK INSIDE, SO TO SPEAK, AND BEGAN A SMALL GROUP CALLED WATER OF GOD THAT IS MEANT TO HELP PEOPLE, AND MAYBE GIVES US A REASON TO GET TOGETHER AND FIND OUT WHAT WE HAVE IN COMMON INSTEAD OF WHAT WE DO NOT HAVE IN COMMON. |
| 00:16:55 | ALSO BE ABLE TO HELP EACH OTHER, BECAUSE THERE IS AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT HOMELESS SITUATION HERE, AND I GOT MY LETTER OF GOOD STANDING, AND I AM APPLYING TO BECOME WHATEVER ICAHN TO START A SHELTER WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME -- THE SHELTERS THEY HAVE HERE WERE NOT ADEQUATE, THE NICEST THING I CAN SAY. |
| 00:17:22 | I AM STRUGGLING HERE MYSELF IN POVERTY. |
| 00:17:26 | I ASK NOTHING BUT TO BE ABLE TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU AND I HAVE VERY STRONG OPINIONS. |
| 00:17:35 | I WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED SOMEHOW IN A WAY THAT MIGHT HELP ME TO SOLIDIFY A GRANT WRITER OR SOMEBODY TO HELP THE HOMELESS PEOPLE HERE IN GRAND JUNCTION. |
| 00:17:47 | THEY HAVE BEEN BURNED OUT, MADE ILLEGAL, THERE ARE SIGNS THAT HAD BEEN PUT OUT THAT SAY DO NOT GIVE, PUT IT IN A PARKING METER, WE WILL DISTRIBUTE IT. |
| 00:17:59 | THESE PEOPLE, ONCE I GIVE YOU A DOLLAR, THAT IS YOUR DOLLAR, AND WHAT YOU DO WITH THAT, WHETHER YOU BUY A BOTTLE WINE, IT GIVES YOU AT LEAST SOMETHING THAT SHOWS THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR LIFE. |
| 00:18:13 | I APPRECIATE YOU ARE STILL HERE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HELP YOU REMAIN, AND EVEN IF I HAVE A DOLLAR, I WILL GIVE THAT TO YOU. |
| 00:18:22 | THERE ARE SIGNS PUT UP HERE THAT SAY DID NOT GIVE. |
| 00:18:26 | SOMETHING THEY DO NOT APPROVE OF, WHICH IS QUITE UN-AMERICAN, IF YOU ASK ME. |
| 00:18:32 | I HAVE A RIGHT TO GIVE TO WHOM I WANT TO, AND I AM STRUGGLING HERE. |
| 00:18:37 | HOST: LET'S GET A RESPONSE FROM OUR GUEST. |
| 00:18:40 | GUEST: IT IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION, BECAUSE OUR PROGRAM IS VERY DIFFERENT IN THAT MAKE EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE. |
| 00:18:54 | FOR EXAMPLE, WITH OUR VIEW, IF WE PUT THEM IN ABOUT AN APARTMENT, THEY HAVE TO WORK 20 HOURS A WEEK. |
| 00:19:04 | THEY GET OUR PROGRAM 30% OF THEIR INCOME WHICH DOES NOT PAY A PORTION OF THEIR RENT, BUT IT IS TO SHOW THEM HOW TO BUDGET THEIR FUNDS AND LEARN HOW TO BANK. |
| 00:19:15 | WE GIVE ALL OF OUR YOUTH A COMPUTER. |
| 00:19:17 | THEY PAY US $5 A MONTH TO USE IT. |
| 00:19:19 | WE GET ALL OF OUR YOUTH A PRINTER. |
| 00:19:23 | THEY GIVE US $5 A MONTH TO USE THE PRINTER. |
| 00:19:27 | MY PHILOSOPHY AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF OUR ORGANIZATION IS WE HAVE TO TEACH PEOPLE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE. |
| 00:19:34 | WE HAVE TO TEACH PEOPLE FREE, THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD, YOU HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR MONEY, AND YOU ALSO HAVE TO SAVE FOR THE FUTURE. |
| 00:19:47 | THERE HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF PRE-PLANNING, WHICH IS WHAT WE ALSO TEACH OUR KIDS, PUT SOME OF THEIR MONEY AWAY FOR SAVINGS. |
| 00:19:56 | I'M NOT ONE TO AND OUT MONEY. |
| 00:19:58 | I THINK WE HAVE TO TEACH SKILLS AND TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO FISH RATHER THAN JUST HANDING OUT MONEY. |
| 00:20:05 | HOST: CAN IS A REPUBLICAN IN NORTH FORT MYERS, FLORIDA. |
| 00:20:13 | CALLER: TOP OF THE MORNING. |
| 00:20:16 | I AGREE WITH THIS WOMAN WHOLEHEARTEDLY. |
| 00:20:18 | I SUPPORT HER. |
| 00:20:20 | I COMMEND HER AND HER HUSBAND, AND I COMMEND WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT NOT THROWING MORE MONEY AT A PROBLEM JUST BY GETTING THINGS OUT TO PEOPLE. |
| 00:20:31 | THE AMERICAN PRINCIPLES SINCE THE EARLY DAYS OF THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE BIBLE, TELLS YOU IF YOU WANT TO FEED SOMEBODY, WORK. |
| 00:20:41 | I ALSO THINK THAT THE DEFECT YOU ARE SEEING ABOUT HOMELESS -- THE EFEFCT OF SEEING HOMELESSNESS, BAD GOVERNMENT, THE ECONOMY CANNOT AND WHY IS THE ECONOMY BAD? |
| 00:20:59 | THE REGULATIONS ON BUSINESSES THAT TAKE THE BUSINESS AND DECIDE IT TO APPROVE IT OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY BECAUSE OF LABOR, AND REGULATIONS ON WHAT THEY CAN DO AND STUFF OF THAT NATURE. |
| 00:21:14 | I WAS HOMELESS MYSELF, AND I AM NOW A DISABLED SENIOR, I COMMEND HER. |
| 00:21:23 | ONE THING THAT IS GOING FOR FLORIDA IS THEY ARE ENRICHED BY ONE SUPER RESOURCE THAT NOBODY TAPS INTO, AND THAT IS THAT SENIORS DOWN HERE, WHO HAVE RETIRED FROM BUSINESSES, RETIRED OWNING THEIR OWN BUSINESSES. |
| 00:21:41 | IT IS A NATIONAL -- NATURAL RESOURCE THAT IS ON TAP, AND INSTEAD OF THEM SITTING AROUND WATCHING TV, THEY CAN BE TEACHING SOME HOMELESS PERSON HOW TO BUILD SOMETHING. |
| 00:21:57 | HOST: THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALL. |
| 00:22:01 | HOW MANY SENIORS ARE INVOLVED IN YOUR PRESS'S -- IN YOUR ORGANIZATION? |
| 00:22:09 | THE YOU SEE THAT AS A GROUP THAT CAN HELP? |
| 00:22:11 | GUEST: ABSOLUTELY. |
| 00:22:14 | WE HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS WHO ARE MENTORS. |
| 00:22:18 | THEY ARE INVALUABLE. |
| 00:22:19 | NOT ONLY DO THEY BRING WITH THEM AS A LOT OF TIME, BECAUSE THEY ARE RETIRED, BUT THEY BRING A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE. |
| 00:22:28 | ONE THING THAT WE HAVE REALIZED NOW IN DOING THIS FOR FIVE YEARS IS THAT THESE KIDS ONLY KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN TAUGHT. |
| 00:22:35 | IF YOU THAT AND A FAMILY IN POVERTY, YOU ONLY KNOW HOW TO LIVE IN A FAMILY IN POVERTY. |
| 00:22:42 | THESE SENIOR CITIZENS CAN HELP THEM UNDERSTAND HOW TO BREAK THAT CYCLE BY TAKEN THEN SKILLS THAT THEY DID NOT GET FROM THEIR FAMILIES. |
| 00:22:49 | YES, I SAY PLEASE,, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AS MANY SENIORS AS WE CAN. |
| 00:23:00 | HOST: VICKI SOKOLIK IS THE FOUNDER OF STARTING RIGHT NOW, AND IT NOWWONHAS WON ACCOLADES, LIKE WEDU -TV'S 2011 NONPROFIT OF THE YEAR. |
| 00:23:34 | THE CONVENTION WILL KICKOFF TODAY AT 2:00, AND THINGS WILL GET UNDER WAY FOR REAL TOMORROW WITH SPEAKERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. |
| 00:23:43 | THAT WRAPS UP |
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