September 2, 2025 • 38 mins
The Chief Clarence L. Cash Firefighters Foundation is helping the community says its CEO Cynthia Cash on The Bev Johnson Show on WDIA Radio.
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When we come back, we will tell you about a
fabulous foundation. Next with me, Bev Johnson on the Bev
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me see it one more time. Good morning, good morning,
good morning, and welcome back to dou w d i
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A The Rev Johnson Show. It is indeed a pleasure
to have you with us once again on this Tuesday,
September second, twenty twenty five. Hope you had a fabulous
labored day. Yes, I hope you did, and I hope
you well. And yes I had a fabulous vacation I
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needed it, but I am here. I am back in
the hell with you. So yeah, I'm back. But I
am excited to introduce to you my guests. And when
I got the information, you know, I just look at
I don't go by names with them. When I saw
her face this morning, saying wait a minute, I was
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my colleague at Southwest Tennessee Community College, Miss Cynthia Cash,
good morning, sister.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
How then good morning. I am great, great, great, great.
How about you. I'm coming off that vacation.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
I'm doing fabulous. I needed. It's Cynthia. I needed. And
I think, oh my goodness, Cynthia, I haven't seen you.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Oh my lord, I know it's been a minute.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
It's been a minute.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
It's been a minute.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
It's been a minute.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
And we would always be together on the campus, on
on the Maxine Smith camp.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
You're still there, still there, hanging in there, hanging in there,
for sure.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
I'm so glad you still hanging Yeah. Everything doing well
at Southwest Tennessee Community College.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
Yes, we're moving and grooving, educating.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
That's what we do. We do that over there for them. Yeah. Well,
I am so glad because I'm excited to hear about this.
And then seeing you, and I'd never heard about this foundation,
but we want to talk about But before we do that,
before we talk about this, I always like to tell
my listeners, yes, my guests, to tell our listeners, just
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a little bit about yourself myself.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Okay, So I am a fire kid. My dad was
a chief of the fire department. So I'm a fire kid.
Graduated from the University of Memphis. I am a member
of the Illustrious Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated. I do
mortgages during the day, so that is what I do
all day. So I am a consultant. I do some
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credit work as well, and of course I teach at
Southwest Community College. Yes, yeah, yeah, so I have a
lot of things in the fire.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
You do, you do? You're doing like me, Cynthia. We
just have a lot of things in the fire. And
we could work in the day and then be adjuncts
in the evening at South Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Even on Saturday, I have a Saturday class.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Oh my lord. Yes, you're a good one, sister, you know, Cynthia.
I never wanted those Saturday classes, really, no, ma'am, No, ma'am.
I never did a Saturday class. And and I remember
they would ask me you want no.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
No, no, no, no, no, Saturday I do. I have
a Saturday class and I have that seven thirty. That's
seven thirty is a rough one, sister. I think we
used to see each other. We used to see each
other running the running the halls, trying to get there
on time.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Need of them. Seven thirty classes was rough. Rough. Yeah,
somebody asked me you still no, ma'am, no, let it go. Yeah,
those seven thirty they were rough.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
They were they they are would be there, Yes, they
are for me. I have one this this semester.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
So yeah, well hang on in there, sister. Okay. Yeah.
So you told us you you're a fire chief of firefighters, kid, kid,
and so tell us who was your dad? He was
a chief.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
Yes, my dad was the first African American chief for
the Chlby County Fire Department. Actually in the second class
with the Shelby County. So he started in July of
seventy three and just climbed the ranks and became the
first African American chief for the Shelby County.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
For the Shelby County Fire Department, the first and his name.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Was Chief Clarence L. Cash Junior. You can't leave the
junior off. Yeah, you gotta leave that. He would not
that was unacceptable for him to leave the junior off.
And it was Chief clarenceell Cast junior.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Wow and the first African American fire chief. Yes, and
so now you have a foundation in his name, Yes, honor,
let's talk a little bit about that.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
Yes, My my dad passed away March sixteenth, twenty twenty two,
and my brother and I just kind of got together
and said, you know, we've got to continue his legacy
because we knew how hard he worked to climb the ranks,
and we were just proud of him. He gave back
to the community. He did service all of his life.
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So we we felt obligated, you know what I'm saying,
to actually just continue and pour back in the community
just as he did as well. So we started the
foundation in August officially August of twenty twenty two. Hit
the ground running, and we have the best team. Everybody
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always says that they have the best team, but I
have the best team ever. We all came in with
no knowledge about nonprofit and we have we have we
have done somethings.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
Okay, what I can say. So since twenty twenty two
the foundation has been in opera. Yes, yes, and and
and I know it's it's when you I'm going back, Cynthia,
when you said getting that a nonprofit, I know it's
it's strictly hard. Oh yeah, because you have to cross
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your t's and dot your i's.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
Yes, yes, most definitely all the time.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Okay, Now the foundation what does it do?
Speaker 1 (11:25):
So we are pillars and educators in the community, and
we also support the Shelby County Firefighters, so we we
do things for them. We pass out snacks, we make
sure that they're taken care of because they do have
a rigid job, so they see a lot, so we
always want to help out and try to keep that
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mental balance, bring some happiness, you know what I'm saying,
into into the workplace with them. But we also do
a lot of things in the community as well, because
our community is in need, our kids desperately are in need,
so we work hard to try to pour back into
the community with a couple of different projects that we
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do every year. So we're we're on one of our projects.
We're on almost the fourth one. In January. We always
do a project on MLK Day and that is our
one for one warming drive and what we do is
we pack up warming bags for the homeless and we
pass them out. We partnered with Hospitality Hub this past year.
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We're gonna partner with them again this year. Global Marketing
partner with us as well, and we were able to
pass out lunches as well, So that was a great,
great Each one of our initiatives are really just it's
so gratifying. On the back end side of it, it's
a little termin will probably getting it together because it
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is eleven of us board members and then we have
five advisory board members that handle just certain different parts
of the organization. But we make it happen every single time.
So to be able to give back and help and
try to elevate as best that we can. It's a
feeling that you can't you can't really even explain on
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this level.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Yeah, So with the foundation, and you said earlier that
you strictly, you know, you want to help the firefighters,
but you also do community work as well. Yes, and
that is important.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
Yes, most definitely. I think one of the most important
things if and it's so many I'm learning that so
many different nonprofits out there, and I feel like if
we collectively, come together, we can bring the city back
and just get it back on track. And because we
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all have different ideas, you know what I'm saying, everybody
has a different mission, but collectively, I think we could
all just make it happen again.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
And with the foundation that giving back to the community.
And you mentioned you know, you kind of focusing on
firefighters and you you you help them a lot with
different kinds of things that they're struggling.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Or going through. So we do we we do our
snack drive quarterly, so we make sure we have a
B and C shift. We've been getting a lot of
donations from Walmart, so we've been kind of trying to
pack food bags. We dropped one off at one of
the Forest Hill, Irene station and so as we get them,
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we've decided that we're going to continue to you know
what I'm saying, what we give, we give back to
them as well, just to make their job, just to
say just a little bit easier. You know, being a
fire kid for all of these years. I'm not going
to tell my age, but being a fire kid all
of these years, you just know, when you understand what
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that life is like. And then now that I have
built this bond with them after my dad passed. It
really just brings more to light, you know, to me
as well, that they just they need that recognition, you know, inspiring,
just all of that to just to help them keep
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moving and doing what they do.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Because they they do have a hard job they do,
and they have a dangerous job.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
And we take care of the dispatchers as well out there,
so we don't leave them out. They're part of the
family as well. You know, they're the first ones they
receive the call initially, so we've got to make sure
that we help keep them balanced, happy and we give
them snacks as well.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
Sounds good if you've just tuned in this morning, we
are talking with Miss Cynthia Cash and she I guess
you the the CEO, that would be me. So she
is the sea EEO of the Chief Clarence L. Cash
Junior fire Fighter Foundation. We're talking about that. If you
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Good morning, and welcome back to Wu d i A
the Heart and Soul of Memphis. Yes it is. We
are talking with Miss Cynthia Cash. She is the c
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e O of the Chief Clarence L. Cash Junior Firefighter Foundation,
And if you haven't heard, he was the first African
American chief with the Shelby County Fire Department. Simply fabulous sister.
And also, y'all she is my colleague. I have to
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say that we're proud of Southwest Tennessee Community College. How
we are?
Speaker 3 (18:41):
You know?
Speaker 2 (18:42):
And I was sitting here thinking when you were talking
about your dad, and I was going to ask you
did I meet your day?
Speaker 1 (18:48):
You did? You spoke at his church at winro St
Paul C and Me Church? You sure did?
Speaker 2 (18:54):
I did?
Speaker 1 (18:54):
Why did you out I think it was lay Day Day.
Speaker 2 (18:57):
Yes, he invite remember that now, Oh my goodness, it's
been some years ago.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
It has been, yeah, has been. But he was very
big into the CME.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Yeah, because I'm a CMEME too.
Speaker 4 (19:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
Okay, I'm at Mount Pizda, Orange Mount.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
Okay, uh huh. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
And I remember him. He was just such a delight
he was he Yeah, he was cool. He was cool
and he invited me. Is that church still going?
Speaker 1 (19:29):
It is it actually is? Well knowing?
Speaker 2 (19:32):
Yes, wow, I remember that. And that was your dad.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
Yes, ma'am.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
How long did he work?
Speaker 1 (19:41):
My dad retired in twenty fourteen, February first, twenty fourteen, fourteen. Yeah,
so from nineteen seventy three to twenty fourteen.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
You know what, Cynthia, I'm thinking that when we think
about firefighters and we forget I think we forget that
Shelby count t Shelby County has a fire department. Yes,
you know, like the city of Memphis.
Speaker 4 (20:06):
We forget about Shelby County because they're fight because they
deal with Caryerville in Germantown and parts of Shelby Barklet.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
And all that.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
So, yeah, that's one of our missions and our goal
to is to make people aware that they even exist
out there. So you know, some people just don't know
when you say that, they're just like, huh, you know,
I didn't even know that there was a Shelby County.
So yeah, so we're working on promoting that part as well.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Well, good, good, good, And because I'm sure that they
need people as well as the city of Memphis.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
Yes, yes, I'm always promoting that when my students say, oh,
I want to be an ant or ems or I
want to be a firefighter, and I was like, yeah,
Shelby County, I say that.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
I say that, and you know, I'm smiling, Cynthia, because
as as.
Speaker 5 (21:05):
As instructors of professors, as we say, we we even
though we're there to teach them a specific subject, we
talk to our young people about a whole and I
know I talk to my young people about a whole
lot of Miss Johnson, Okay, well we're gonna talk about today.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Well we gotta get yea, We're gonna talk about this.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
Conversation we do.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
We give them life. And I'm so glad you mentioned
that because that's important that we need firefighters.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
We need those people, ye most definitely.
Speaker 2 (21:40):
And they don't understand that that's a good career.
Speaker 1 (21:43):
Yes, it is, it's.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
An honorable career. Good. Yeah. And so with the foundation,
have you all ever thought about I don't know if
you all do that because a lot of times we
hear of tragic situations. We do, and we don't like
to hear. But you know, a firefighter is injured or
has died or something. Yes, do you help the foundation?
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Are you all looking at helping with you know, the
greeting or supporting those families right right?
Speaker 1 (22:12):
Right? So we do have that in our mission as well.
We just have haven't experienced that on in the line
of duty. We pray you know what I'm saying, that
it doesn't happen, but we do know that life is life,
so we we are prepared for that aspect of it
as well. So we we try to be there in
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any area that just benefits you know what I'm saying them,
So we we do have that in place. When that
does happen, that's good, that's good because they need that
support most definitely. They need it most definitely.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
And I'm just curious that that you all help a lot.
And and and as Cynthia said to you all, that
specifically they deal with the county firefighters. Do the do
you let them make them aware of who your dad
was all the time? You know, because because you know,
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sometimes people don't. We don't we don't know our history.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Yeah. It was interesting when my when my dad passed away,
so many of my friends were like, I did not
know your dad had all those accolades behind his name.
And I was like, oh, yeah, we just didn't really,
you know what I'm saying. We didn't talk about it
like that, but people were really shocked that my dad was.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Yeah, and I had known that when I met your dad,
what I probably would have gotten him on my show.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
Oh and he would have loved it. He loves stuff
like that.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
And and but I didn't know. Yeah yeah, wow wow.
And and as you all helped the firefighters, and you
all and and we know that it takes a lot
for foundations to keep going because the mission and your
mission is to help the community. And some of the
things that you all do, I know you all do
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do as a five oh one seed, you do fund
where you have to raise money, so you with that
money you raise that you're giving it back right.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Back into the community. Yes, we have several different initiatives
that we do. So we have a coat drive that's
coming up in October. It's October the twenty fifth will
be partnered with Shelby County Juvenile Court our gold this year.
Last year we passed out four hundred coats. Our goal
this year is eight hundred coats. Wow, so we've already
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raised four hundred, so we are in the mission of,
you know, accumulating four hundred more coats. We would love
to supersede that our kids need to be warm. We
will and we actually have all ages. We start from
newborn all the way up until adults, so because there
are adults out there that need coats as well. So
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that is our one of our projects in October. We
also have a smoke detector drive. Yeah, we'll be doing
so we picked last year we did North Haven, which
was a really underserved area. So we chose that particular
area to make sure that all of those homes out
there had working smoke detectors and to educate people on
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fire safety, even to know that the fire department will
come out and change your battery. They will come out
and give you a new smoke detector. And so we
are in Bridgewater this year on October the eleventh.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
Which is the where is Bridgewater.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
Bridgewater is in Cordova, It's down the street from Dexter Elementary.
Bridgewater is where my dad grew up. So we chose
that particular area and in each area when we do
the smoke detector drive, we also leave a little blessing
in that area. So we have blessing boxes that we
fill up with non perishable items. We have one in
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Haven which is at the fire Station sixty seven. We
have another one because there is no fire station that
sits in the Bridgewater area. We are located at Zion
Hill Seem Church that is right there down the street
from Dexter, and our blessing box sits right there on
the corner.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
Oh wow, yeah, Now how do Cynthia or our listeners
how do that? Because I love I love the coat
drawing and then it gets cold, yes, and I love
the smoke detectors. So how can we get involved? Or
will you let us know? Or you will let me know?
Speaker 1 (26:36):
And I yeah, they're old LUs definitely. We have flyers,
all of our coat dry all of our donation boxes.
They're at all any Shelby County Fire department. Okay, at
any Shelby County station even headquarters, you can drop off
a coat. We also have another location Omega Tyland Escro
which is in Cordova. We have my office which is
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Credit Consultant Services, which is in the Apple Tree Center.
We also have MPD Austin Pe Precinct. They have a
box for us as well.
Speaker 2 (27:08):
That's there.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
That is how so we tried to hit you know,
different aspects of the of the city because we are
just wanting everybody to come out. It is first come,
first serve. Your kids have to be with you when
you come out because we want to make sure the
coat fits the kid as well. But that is please
help us reach that goal. That is one of the
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most important things. We will do the smoke detector drive
and we'll pass out. Our goal is to have at
least one hundred smoke detectors to where we are. We're
still working to get those donated smoke detectors, but we
are hoping that we can pass out at least one
hundred and we'll have some different fun games and things
like that out there as well. And we'll rededicate the
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Blessing Box to the Bridgewater area because we put it
up on my dad's passing anniversary. We've already put it
so it's already out in the Bridgewater area, Okay, and
the community has been they've helped us keep it stopped
and we've been stocking it. So yeah, donations are welcome.
Speaker 2 (28:13):
You know, I love it. I love it good and
so I know also that you you are planning some
other kind of events. So to help the foundation, let's
talk a little bit about that.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
It's sip, savor and support this Saturday at the Stax Museum.
So we would love for everybody to come out and
join us as we continue to create these donations and
get these donations for our coats to ensure that we
make that goal of at least eight hundred coats. It's
from six to ten.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
And you're at a place that I love, Stax Museum
in Soulsville, USA.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
It's amazing, but it's also amazing to hear that so
many people have not been in the city. I know,
blows my mind.
Speaker 2 (29:04):
Yeah, yeah, and and and and Cynthia, you are so
correct because I also tell my listeners that we have
a lot of beautiful places here, yes, and benefits that
we don't go and the stacks. I mean we we
should have been over there and that, yes, just go
and because the things they have.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
In there, yes, is amazing.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
It's amazing. And and I I would go there. I
used to go once a month. And going there and into.
Speaker 1 (29:32):
The the gift shop will get you, It will get you.
But with this particular event, you will get to tour.
You'll get to tour the whole entire museum as well.
Speaker 2 (29:48):
And with this soiree, I love this super supports Sneaker
and you all will be also telling your guests what
the foundation.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
Yes, yes we will. We will tell them all about
our miss We will tell them about our initiatives, our
initiatives as well, pushing again for our coats, pushing again
for our smoke detectors, and actually preparing them for our
warming drive that is on Mlkday. My dad gave back
a lot. Yeah, he did Saint Jude, he did Maifa,
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he did a lot of community projects. So we just
want to be able to do our part.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
Yeah, and that's happening this Saturday.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
Yes, this Saturday.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
So so I love this and so people can wear
their sneakers.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
Oh yes, I've already got mine, gotcha. We actually have
a sneaker contest as well, so you need to breathe.
Speaker 2 (30:38):
So you gotta get steppy game. So I'll ask you
your sneakers are they bling?
Speaker 1 (30:46):
Last year I had them bling? This is I'm a
little Yeah, I'm a little commer this time. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
Yeah, good, good. So that is happening on on Saturday,
the SIP Saver and support sneakers. Soare Oh I love
that And at my favorite place, Stax Museum, nine twenty
six Eastmore. Yeah, I will never forget that. And what
time is it starting?
Speaker 1 (31:11):
It starts at six pm and goes to ten pm.
Speaker 2 (31:15):
Okay, and so do you all, Cynthia have a website?
Speaker 1 (31:20):
We do? We do? It is www the Chiefcash Scholarship
dot org.
Speaker 2 (31:25):
Okay, say that again slowly so people can write it down.
Speaker 1 (31:29):
It's www. The Chief Cash Scholarship dot org.
Speaker 2 (31:36):
And on that website can they learn more and get information.
Speaker 1 (31:40):
They can learn more about the foundation. They'll get to
see all of the board members, They'll get to see
all of the things that we've done in the past.
They will, Yeah, they'll learn about my dad as well.
He was a big forty nine ers fan. He loved
the Grizzlies. He was a season ticket holder for the
Grizzlies University of Memphis. Yes he was. He loved Memphis.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
He loved Memphis.
Speaker 1 (32:03):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (32:04):
And then also you all have coming up and something
for the kids they will like in October. Uh huh,
tell us about October what's happened?
Speaker 1 (32:15):
So that candy coated trunk of treat. So that is
really an exciting time. So the kids get to come
out in trick or treat in a safe place and
we'll have different vendors out again. We're partnered with Shelby
County Juvenile Court. We will be at the front in
their parking lot that's in the front of Juvenile Court.
We will have vendors, will have food, we'll have DJs,
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and as I said, the coats. We will have the
new coats out there for the kids so that they
are able to try on, make sure they fit and
walk away and be warm for the wintertime. So we
want to get them prepared so there will be no
excuses if they can't go to school because it's cold
outside and they don't have a coat anything. We just
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want to help at this day and time, people need help.
Speaker 2 (33:06):
They do.
Speaker 1 (33:06):
Yeah, and we collectively have got to come together and
help our people.
Speaker 2 (33:12):
I like that. And then with the trunk of treat
that I love this and you're doing it at a
safe place, Yes on Adams, Yes, and the kids can
come out so they can be involved in it. Hey,
what's the date.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
On that, So it's October twenty fifth, it's from eleven
am to three pm. They can dress up in their
Halloween costumes or if they just want to come out
of just regular clothes. Either way, it'll be games. I
think last year we had a bouncer, we had snow cones,
we had a DJ so they got to dance. And
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there's a lot of vendors out there that help people
know what's out there in the community to assist them
as well, so you'll get that's very Yeah, that's very
important for us as well to be a part of
something where it also educates the community of what we
have here in the city that is beneficial.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
Okay, And I'll make sure I remind our listeners because
it's not on Halloween, it's on October twenty and I
will remember that date, Cynthia, because that is WDA's anniversary.
Speaker 1 (34:24):
Okay, sober okay, okay day as we turned seventy seven years.
Speaker 2 (34:30):
Oh wow, Austin.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
That is amazing.
Speaker 2 (34:33):
This station was seventy seven. Wow, it's a long time
been around. Yes, but I love this idea because it's safe.
You're doing it early. Eleven to three, Yes, eleven to three,
three pm. And y'all this is in October. Don't come now.
And then they will also have the coats the donations
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you're giving the coats.
Speaker 1 (34:57):
Yes, we'll be passing off the coats that did that
day as well.
Speaker 2 (35:00):
When we talked about giving away the coats that they
can be new usually worn or what do they the
people need to clean them before.
Speaker 1 (35:08):
We would love for that to happen. We would love
for that to happen. But if that doesn't happen, we
will we will make it.
Speaker 2 (35:15):
Take it.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
Yeah, we will make it happen.
Speaker 2 (35:17):
And so that is happening again October twenty fifth, candy
coated trunk or treat. I love that. That is it?
That that that and that helps you all that supports
the Chief Clarence L. Cash Junior Firefighter Foundation.
Speaker 1 (35:34):
Yes, most definitely.
Speaker 2 (35:36):
And then we don't want them to forget that. Coming
up this Saturday, this Saturday at the Stax Museum the
SIP saver and supports sneakers. Soiree.
Speaker 1 (35:46):
That is it six pm to ten? Gotta come with it.
Got to bring those sneakers.
Speaker 2 (35:51):
A games, a game, a game, anything else you'd like
to share with our listeners this day. Oh and again
I'll you give the website sole can go on and
get more information. Cynthia. Once again that website.
Speaker 1 (36:04):
It's w w W the Chief Cash Scholarship dot org.
Speaker 2 (36:12):
Okay, sounds good and they can go there get all.
Speaker 1 (36:14):
The information information that they need.
Speaker 2 (36:17):
Sounds like a winter sister. Well, thank you so much,
and thank you. I'm so glad to have you here
because I'm proud to know that I was able to
meet your dad, the first African American fire chief for
the Shelby County Fire Department.
Speaker 1 (36:36):
That is correct, That is correct, the first first.
Speaker 2 (36:39):
It's something when you be the first.
Speaker 1 (36:40):
I know, right, I know, I know we are very
proud of him. I know very proud.
Speaker 2 (36:47):
Well, thank you for being and you tell all my
folks yes Southwest tomorrow and if you see Miss McNeill,
that was my mentor. I love Miss may I am.
Speaker 1 (37:01):
I have a seven thirty in the morning, so I'll
make sure.
Speaker 2 (37:03):
So you be making it.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
You'll be making I can see you driving in sister
on one tire.
Speaker 2 (37:11):
Well, be safe and have a good school year.
Speaker 1 (37:13):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (37:14):
Thank you Cynthia for sharing with our audience, because we're
so glad to know that your dad who helped this community.
And I'm just proud again to say that I had
the chance to meet him. He was he was such
a lovely guy. Yeah he was. He was just he was.
Speaker 3 (37:28):
He was.
Speaker 2 (37:29):
I had a good time over there at that trick.
Speaker 1 (37:31):
Thank you so much. Thanks for having us. We are
so appreciative.
Speaker 2 (37:36):
At any time you have some things and you let
me know we can have for that that the smoke detectors.
We will get it on and let the community know.
Speaker 1 (37:44):
Yes, thank you so much. We are so grateful, you
are so welcome.
Speaker 2 (37:47):
Welcome. That is the CEO, Miss Cynthia Cash, the CEO
of the Chief Clarence L. Cash Junior Firefighter Foundation. Thank you.
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to have you with us once again on this Tuesday,
September second, twenty twenty five. Hope you had a fabulous
labored day. Yes, I hope you did, and I hope
you well. And yes I had a fabulous vacation I
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needed it, but I am here. I am back in
the hell with you. So yeah, I'm back. But I
am excited to introduce to you my guests. And when
I got the information, you know, I just look at
I don't go by names with them. When I saw
her face this morning, saying wait a minute, I was
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my colleague at Southwest Tennessee Community College, Miss Cynthia Cash,
good morning, sister.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
How then good morning. I am great, great, great, great.
How about you. I'm coming off that vacation.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
I'm doing fabulous. I needed. It's Cynthia. I needed. And
I think, oh my goodness, Cynthia, I haven't seen you.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Oh my lord, I know it's been a minute.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
It's been a minute.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
It's been a minute.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
It's been a minute.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
And we would always be together on the campus, on
on the Maxine Smith camp.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
You're still there, still there, hanging in there, hanging in there,
for sure.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
I'm so glad you still hanging Yeah. Everything doing well
at Southwest Tennessee Community College.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
Yes, we're moving and grooving, educating.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
That's what we do. We do that over there for them. Yeah. Well,
I am so glad because I'm excited to hear about this.
And then seeing you, and I'd never heard about this foundation,
but we want to talk about But before we do that,
before we talk about this, I always like to tell
my listeners, yes, my guests, to tell our listeners, just
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a little bit about yourself myself.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Okay, So I am a fire kid. My dad was
a chief of the fire department. So I'm a fire kid.
Graduated from the University of Memphis. I am a member
of the Illustrious Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated. I do
mortgages during the day, so that is what I do
all day. So I am a consultant. I do some
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credit work as well, and of course I teach at
Southwest Community College. Yes, yeah, yeah, so I have a
lot of things in the fire.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
You do, you do? You're doing like me, Cynthia. We
just have a lot of things in the fire. And
we could work in the day and then be adjuncts
in the evening at South Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Even on Saturday, I have a Saturday class.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Oh my lord. Yes, you're a good one, sister, you know, Cynthia.
I never wanted those Saturday classes, really, no, ma'am, No, ma'am.
I never did a Saturday class. And and I remember
they would ask me you want no.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
No, no, no, no, no, Saturday I do. I have
a Saturday class and I have that seven thirty. That's
seven thirty is a rough one, sister. I think we
used to see each other. We used to see each
other running the running the halls, trying to get there
on time.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Need of them. Seven thirty classes was rough. Rough. Yeah,
somebody asked me you still no, ma'am, no, let it go. Yeah,
those seven thirty they were rough.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
They were they they are would be there, Yes, they
are for me. I have one this this semester.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
So yeah, well hang on in there, sister. Okay. Yeah.
So you told us you you're a fire chief of firefighters, kid, kid,
and so tell us who was your dad? He was
a chief.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
Yes, my dad was the first African American chief for
the Chlby County Fire Department. Actually in the second class
with the Shelby County. So he started in July of
seventy three and just climbed the ranks and became the
first African American chief for the Shelby County.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
For the Shelby County Fire Department, the first and his name.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Was Chief Clarence L. Cash Junior. You can't leave the
junior off. Yeah, you gotta leave that. He would not
that was unacceptable for him to leave the junior off.
And it was Chief clarenceell Cast junior.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Wow and the first African American fire chief. Yes, and
so now you have a foundation in his name, Yes, honor,
let's talk a little bit about that.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
Yes, My my dad passed away March sixteenth, twenty twenty two,
and my brother and I just kind of got together
and said, you know, we've got to continue his legacy
because we knew how hard he worked to climb the ranks,
and we were just proud of him. He gave back
to the community. He did service all of his life.
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So we we felt obligated, you know what I'm saying,
to actually just continue and pour back in the community
just as he did as well. So we started the
foundation in August officially August of twenty twenty two. Hit
the ground running, and we have the best team. Everybody
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always says that they have the best team, but I
have the best team ever. We all came in with
no knowledge about nonprofit and we have we have we
have done somethings.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
Okay, what I can say. So since twenty twenty two
the foundation has been in opera. Yes, yes, and and
and I know it's it's when you I'm going back, Cynthia,
when you said getting that a nonprofit, I know it's
it's strictly hard. Oh yeah, because you have to cross
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your t's and dot your i's.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
Yes, yes, most definitely all the time.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Okay, Now the foundation what does it do?
Speaker 1 (11:25):
So we are pillars and educators in the community, and
we also support the Shelby County Firefighters, so we we
do things for them. We pass out snacks, we make
sure that they're taken care of because they do have
a rigid job, so they see a lot, so we
always want to help out and try to keep that
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mental balance, bring some happiness, you know what I'm saying,
into into the workplace with them. But we also do
a lot of things in the community as well, because
our community is in need, our kids desperately are in need,
so we work hard to try to pour back into
the community with a couple of different projects that we
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do every year. So we're we're on one of our projects.
We're on almost the fourth one. In January. We always
do a project on MLK Day and that is our
one for one warming drive and what we do is
we pack up warming bags for the homeless and we
pass them out. We partnered with Hospitality Hub this past year.
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We're gonna partner with them again this year. Global Marketing
partner with us as well, and we were able to
pass out lunches as well, So that was a great,
great Each one of our initiatives are really just it's
so gratifying. On the back end side of it, it's
a little termin will probably getting it together because it
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is eleven of us board members and then we have
five advisory board members that handle just certain different parts
of the organization. But we make it happen every single time.
So to be able to give back and help and
try to elevate as best that we can. It's a
feeling that you can't you can't really even explain on
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this level.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Yeah, So with the foundation, and you said earlier that
you strictly, you know, you want to help the firefighters,
but you also do community work as well. Yes, and
that is important.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
Yes, most definitely. I think one of the most important
things if and it's so many I'm learning that so
many different nonprofits out there, and I feel like if
we collectively, come together, we can bring the city back
and just get it back on track. And because we
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all have different ideas, you know what I'm saying, everybody
has a different mission, but collectively, I think we could
all just make it happen again.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
And with the foundation that giving back to the community.
And you mentioned you know, you kind of focusing on
firefighters and you you you help them a lot with
different kinds of things that they're struggling.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Or going through. So we do we we do our
snack drive quarterly, so we make sure we have a
B and C shift. We've been getting a lot of
donations from Walmart, so we've been kind of trying to
pack food bags. We dropped one off at one of
the Forest Hill, Irene station and so as we get them,
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we've decided that we're going to continue to you know
what I'm saying, what we give, we give back to
them as well, just to make their job, just to
say just a little bit easier. You know, being a
fire kid for all of these years. I'm not going
to tell my age, but being a fire kid all
of these years, you just know, when you understand what
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that life is like. And then now that I have
built this bond with them after my dad passed. It
really just brings more to light, you know, to me
as well, that they just they need that recognition, you know, inspiring,
just all of that to just to help them keep
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moving and doing what they do.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Because they they do have a hard job they do,
and they have a dangerous job.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
And we take care of the dispatchers as well out there,
so we don't leave them out. They're part of the
family as well. You know, they're the first ones they
receive the call initially, so we've got to make sure
that we help keep them balanced, happy and we give
them snacks as well.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
Sounds good if you've just tuned in this morning, we
are talking with Miss Cynthia Cash and she I guess
you the the CEO, that would be me. So she
is the sea EEO of the Chief Clarence L. Cash
Junior fire Fighter Foundation. We're talking about that. If you
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Your mind to be really, I'm telling you to just
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Appear enough the joping so because they've got here help.
Good morning, and welcome back to Wu d i A
the Heart and Soul of Memphis. Yes it is. We
are talking with Miss Cynthia Cash. She is the c
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e O of the Chief Clarence L. Cash Junior Firefighter Foundation,
And if you haven't heard, he was the first African
American chief with the Shelby County Fire Department. Simply fabulous sister.
And also, y'all she is my colleague. I have to
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say that we're proud of Southwest Tennessee Community College. How
we are?
Speaker 3 (18:41):
You know?
Speaker 2 (18:42):
And I was sitting here thinking when you were talking
about your dad, and I was going to ask you
did I meet your day?
Speaker 1 (18:48):
You did? You spoke at his church at winro St
Paul C and Me Church? You sure did?
Speaker 2 (18:54):
I did?
Speaker 1 (18:54):
Why did you out I think it was lay Day Day.
Speaker 2 (18:57):
Yes, he invite remember that now, Oh my goodness, it's
been some years ago.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
It has been, yeah, has been. But he was very
big into the CME.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Yeah, because I'm a CMEME too.
Speaker 4 (19:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
Okay, I'm at Mount Pizda, Orange Mount.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
Okay, uh huh. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
And I remember him. He was just such a delight
he was he Yeah, he was cool. He was cool
and he invited me. Is that church still going?
Speaker 1 (19:29):
It is it actually is? Well knowing?
Speaker 2 (19:32):
Yes, wow, I remember that. And that was your dad.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
Yes, ma'am.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
How long did he work?
Speaker 1 (19:41):
My dad retired in twenty fourteen, February first, twenty fourteen, fourteen. Yeah,
so from nineteen seventy three to twenty fourteen.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
You know what, Cynthia, I'm thinking that when we think
about firefighters and we forget I think we forget that
Shelby count t Shelby County has a fire department. Yes,
you know, like the city of Memphis.
Speaker 4 (20:06):
We forget about Shelby County because they're fight because they
deal with Caryerville in Germantown and parts of Shelby Barklet.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
And all that.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
So, yeah, that's one of our missions and our goal
to is to make people aware that they even exist
out there. So you know, some people just don't know
when you say that, they're just like, huh, you know,
I didn't even know that there was a Shelby County.
So yeah, so we're working on promoting that part as well.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Well, good, good, good, And because I'm sure that they
need people as well as the city of Memphis.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
Yes, yes, I'm always promoting that when my students say, oh,
I want to be an ant or ems or I
want to be a firefighter, and I was like, yeah,
Shelby County, I say that.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
I say that, and you know, I'm smiling, Cynthia, because
as as.
Speaker 5 (21:05):
As instructors of professors, as we say, we we even
though we're there to teach them a specific subject, we
talk to our young people about a whole and I
know I talk to my young people about a whole
lot of Miss Johnson, Okay, well we're gonna talk about today.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Well we gotta get yea, We're gonna talk about this.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
Conversation we do.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
We give them life. And I'm so glad you mentioned
that because that's important that we need firefighters.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
We need those people, ye most definitely.
Speaker 2 (21:40):
And they don't understand that that's a good career.
Speaker 1 (21:43):
Yes, it is, it's.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
An honorable career. Good. Yeah. And so with the foundation,
have you all ever thought about I don't know if
you all do that because a lot of times we
hear of tragic situations. We do, and we don't like
to hear. But you know, a firefighter is injured or
has died or something. Yes, do you help the foundation?
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Are you all looking at helping with you know, the
greeting or supporting those families right right?
Speaker 1 (22:12):
Right? So we do have that in our mission as well.
We just have haven't experienced that on in the line
of duty. We pray you know what I'm saying, that
it doesn't happen, but we do know that life is life,
so we we are prepared for that aspect of it
as well. So we we try to be there in
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any area that just benefits you know what I'm saying them,
So we we do have that in place. When that
does happen, that's good, that's good because they need that
support most definitely. They need it most definitely.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
And I'm just curious that that you all help a lot.
And and and as Cynthia said to you all, that
specifically they deal with the county firefighters. Do the do
you let them make them aware of who your dad
was all the time? You know, because because you know,
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sometimes people don't. We don't we don't know our history.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Yeah. It was interesting when my when my dad passed away,
so many of my friends were like, I did not
know your dad had all those accolades behind his name.
And I was like, oh, yeah, we just didn't really,
you know what I'm saying. We didn't talk about it
like that, but people were really shocked that my dad was.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Yeah, and I had known that when I met your dad,
what I probably would have gotten him on my show.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
Oh and he would have loved it. He loves stuff
like that.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
And and but I didn't know. Yeah yeah, wow wow.
And and as you all helped the firefighters, and you
all and and we know that it takes a lot
for foundations to keep going because the mission and your
mission is to help the community. And some of the
things that you all do, I know you all do
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do as a five oh one seed, you do fund
where you have to raise money, so you with that
money you raise that you're giving it back right.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Back into the community. Yes, we have several different initiatives
that we do. So we have a coat drive that's
coming up in October. It's October the twenty fifth will
be partnered with Shelby County Juvenile Court our gold this year.
Last year we passed out four hundred coats. Our goal
this year is eight hundred coats. Wow, so we've already
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raised four hundred, so we are in the mission of,
you know, accumulating four hundred more coats. We would love
to supersede that our kids need to be warm. We
will and we actually have all ages. We start from
newborn all the way up until adults, so because there
are adults out there that need coats as well. So
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that is our one of our projects in October. We
also have a smoke detector drive. Yeah, we'll be doing
so we picked last year we did North Haven, which
was a really underserved area. So we chose that particular
area to make sure that all of those homes out
there had working smoke detectors and to educate people on
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fire safety, even to know that the fire department will
come out and change your battery. They will come out
and give you a new smoke detector. And so we
are in Bridgewater this year on October the eleventh.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
Which is the where is Bridgewater.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
Bridgewater is in Cordova, It's down the street from Dexter Elementary.
Bridgewater is where my dad grew up. So we chose
that particular area and in each area when we do
the smoke detector drive, we also leave a little blessing
in that area. So we have blessing boxes that we
fill up with non perishable items. We have one in
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Haven which is at the fire Station sixty seven. We
have another one because there is no fire station that
sits in the Bridgewater area. We are located at Zion
Hill Seem Church that is right there down the street
from Dexter, and our blessing box sits right there on
the corner.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
Oh wow, yeah, Now how do Cynthia or our listeners
how do that? Because I love I love the coat
drawing and then it gets cold, yes, and I love
the smoke detectors. So how can we get involved? Or
will you let us know? Or you will let me know?
Speaker 1 (26:36):
And I yeah, they're old LUs definitely. We have flyers,
all of our coat dry all of our donation boxes.
They're at all any Shelby County Fire department. Okay, at
any Shelby County station even headquarters, you can drop off
a coat. We also have another location Omega Tyland Escro
which is in Cordova. We have my office which is
(26:58):
Credit Consultant Services, which is in the Apple Tree Center.
We also have MPD Austin Pe Precinct. They have a
box for us as well.
Speaker 2 (27:08):
That's there.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
That is how so we tried to hit you know,
different aspects of the of the city because we are
just wanting everybody to come out. It is first come,
first serve. Your kids have to be with you when
you come out because we want to make sure the
coat fits the kid as well. But that is please
help us reach that goal. That is one of the
(27:30):
most important things. We will do the smoke detector drive
and we'll pass out. Our goal is to have at
least one hundred smoke detectors to where we are. We're
still working to get those donated smoke detectors, but we
are hoping that we can pass out at least one
hundred and we'll have some different fun games and things
like that out there as well. And we'll rededicate the
(27:53):
Blessing Box to the Bridgewater area because we put it
up on my dad's passing anniversary. We've already put it
so it's already out in the Bridgewater area, Okay, and
the community has been they've helped us keep it stopped
and we've been stocking it. So yeah, donations are welcome.
Speaker 2 (28:13):
You know, I love it. I love it good and
so I know also that you you are planning some
other kind of events. So to help the foundation, let's
talk a little bit about that.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
It's sip, savor and support this Saturday at the Stax Museum.
So we would love for everybody to come out and
join us as we continue to create these donations and
get these donations for our coats to ensure that we
make that goal of at least eight hundred coats. It's
from six to ten.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
And you're at a place that I love, Stax Museum
in Soulsville, USA.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
It's amazing, but it's also amazing to hear that so
many people have not been in the city. I know,
blows my mind.
Speaker 2 (29:04):
Yeah, yeah, and and and and Cynthia, you are so
correct because I also tell my listeners that we have
a lot of beautiful places here, yes, and benefits that
we don't go and the stacks. I mean we we
should have been over there and that, yes, just go
and because the things they have.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
In there, yes, is amazing.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
It's amazing. And and I I would go there. I
used to go once a month. And going there and into.
Speaker 1 (29:32):
The the gift shop will get you, It will get you.
But with this particular event, you will get to tour.
You'll get to tour the whole entire museum as well.
Speaker 2 (29:48):
And with this soiree, I love this super supports Sneaker
and you all will be also telling your guests what
the foundation.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
Yes, yes we will. We will tell them all about
our miss We will tell them about our initiatives, our
initiatives as well, pushing again for our coats, pushing again
for our smoke detectors, and actually preparing them for our
warming drive that is on Mlkday. My dad gave back
a lot. Yeah, he did Saint Jude, he did Maifa,
(30:18):
he did a lot of community projects. So we just
want to be able to do our part.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
Yeah, and that's happening this Saturday.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
Yes, this Saturday.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
So so I love this and so people can wear
their sneakers.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
Oh yes, I've already got mine, gotcha. We actually have
a sneaker contest as well, so you need to breathe.
Speaker 2 (30:38):
So you gotta get steppy game. So I'll ask you
your sneakers are they bling?
Speaker 1 (30:46):
Last year I had them bling? This is I'm a
little Yeah, I'm a little commer this time. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
Yeah, good, good. So that is happening on on Saturday,
the SIP Saver and support sneakers. Soare Oh I love
that And at my favorite place, Stax Museum, nine twenty
six Eastmore. Yeah, I will never forget that. And what
time is it starting?
Speaker 1 (31:11):
It starts at six pm and goes to ten pm.
Speaker 2 (31:15):
Okay, and so do you all, Cynthia have a website?
Speaker 1 (31:20):
We do? We do? It is www the Chiefcash Scholarship
dot org.
Speaker 2 (31:25):
Okay, say that again slowly so people can write it down.
Speaker 1 (31:29):
It's www. The Chief Cash Scholarship dot org.
Speaker 2 (31:36):
And on that website can they learn more and get information.
Speaker 1 (31:40):
They can learn more about the foundation. They'll get to
see all of the board members, They'll get to see
all of the things that we've done in the past.
They will, Yeah, they'll learn about my dad as well.
He was a big forty nine ers fan. He loved
the Grizzlies. He was a season ticket holder for the
Grizzlies University of Memphis. Yes he was. He loved Memphis.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
He loved Memphis.
Speaker 1 (32:03):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (32:04):
And then also you all have coming up and something
for the kids they will like in October. Uh huh,
tell us about October what's happened?
Speaker 1 (32:15):
So that candy coated trunk of treat. So that is
really an exciting time. So the kids get to come
out in trick or treat in a safe place and
we'll have different vendors out again. We're partnered with Shelby
County Juvenile Court. We will be at the front in
their parking lot that's in the front of Juvenile Court.
We will have vendors, will have food, we'll have DJs,
(32:38):
and as I said, the coats. We will have the
new coats out there for the kids so that they
are able to try on, make sure they fit and
walk away and be warm for the wintertime. So we
want to get them prepared so there will be no
excuses if they can't go to school because it's cold
outside and they don't have a coat anything. We just
(33:00):
want to help at this day and time, people need help.
Speaker 2 (33:06):
They do.
Speaker 1 (33:06):
Yeah, and we collectively have got to come together and
help our people.
Speaker 2 (33:12):
I like that. And then with the trunk of treat
that I love this and you're doing it at a
safe place, Yes on Adams, Yes, and the kids can
come out so they can be involved in it. Hey,
what's the date.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
On that, So it's October twenty fifth, it's from eleven
am to three pm. They can dress up in their
Halloween costumes or if they just want to come out
of just regular clothes. Either way, it'll be games. I
think last year we had a bouncer, we had snow cones,
we had a DJ so they got to dance. And
(33:51):
there's a lot of vendors out there that help people
know what's out there in the community to assist them
as well, so you'll get that's very Yeah, that's very
important for us as well to be a part of
something where it also educates the community of what we
have here in the city that is beneficial.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
Okay, And I'll make sure I remind our listeners because
it's not on Halloween, it's on October twenty and I
will remember that date, Cynthia, because that is WDA's anniversary.
Speaker 1 (34:24):
Okay, sober okay, okay day as we turned seventy seven years.
Speaker 2 (34:30):
Oh wow, Austin.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
That is amazing.
Speaker 2 (34:33):
This station was seventy seven. Wow, it's a long time
been around. Yes, but I love this idea because it's safe.
You're doing it early. Eleven to three, Yes, eleven to three,
three pm. And y'all this is in October. Don't come now.
And then they will also have the coats the donations
(34:56):
you're giving the coats.
Speaker 1 (34:57):
Yes, we'll be passing off the coats that did that
day as well.
Speaker 2 (35:00):
When we talked about giving away the coats that they
can be new usually worn or what do they the
people need to clean them before.
Speaker 1 (35:08):
We would love for that to happen. We would love
for that to happen. But if that doesn't happen, we
will we will make it.
Speaker 2 (35:15):
Take it.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
Yeah, we will make it happen.
Speaker 2 (35:17):
And so that is happening again October twenty fifth, candy
coated trunk or treat. I love that. That is it?
That that that and that helps you all that supports
the Chief Clarence L. Cash Junior Firefighter Foundation.
Speaker 1 (35:34):
Yes, most definitely.
Speaker 2 (35:36):
And then we don't want them to forget that. Coming
up this Saturday, this Saturday at the Stax Museum the
SIP saver and supports sneakers. Soiree.
Speaker 1 (35:46):
That is it six pm to ten? Gotta come with it.
Got to bring those sneakers.
Speaker 2 (35:51):
A games, a game, a game, anything else you'd like
to share with our listeners this day. Oh and again
I'll you give the website sole can go on and
get more information. Cynthia. Once again that website.
Speaker 1 (36:04):
It's w w W the Chief Cash Scholarship dot org.
Speaker 2 (36:12):
Okay, sounds good and they can go there get all.
Speaker 1 (36:14):
The information information that they need.
Speaker 2 (36:17):
Sounds like a winter sister. Well, thank you so much,
and thank you. I'm so glad to have you here
because I'm proud to know that I was able to
meet your dad, the first African American fire chief for
the Shelby County Fire Department.
Speaker 1 (36:36):
That is correct, That is correct, the first first.
Speaker 2 (36:39):
It's something when you be the first.
Speaker 1 (36:40):
I know, right, I know, I know we are very
proud of him. I know very proud.
Speaker 2 (36:47):
Well, thank you for being and you tell all my
folks yes Southwest tomorrow and if you see Miss McNeill,
that was my mentor. I love Miss may I am.
Speaker 1 (37:01):
I have a seven thirty in the morning, so I'll
make sure.
Speaker 2 (37:03):
So you be making it.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
You'll be making I can see you driving in sister
on one tire.
Speaker 2 (37:11):
Well, be safe and have a good school year.
Speaker 1 (37:13):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (37:14):
Thank you Cynthia for sharing with our audience, because we're
so glad to know that your dad who helped this community.
And I'm just proud again to say that I had
the chance to meet him. He was he was such
a lovely guy. Yeah he was. He was just he was.
Speaker 3 (37:28):
He was.
Speaker 2 (37:29):
I had a good time over there at that trick.
Speaker 1 (37:31):
Thank you so much. Thanks for having us. We are
so appreciative.
Speaker 2 (37:36):
At any time you have some things and you let
me know we can have for that that the smoke detectors.
We will get it on and let the community know.
Speaker 1 (37:44):
Yes, thank you so much. We are so grateful, you
are so welcome.
Speaker 2 (37:47):
Welcome. That is the CEO, Miss Cynthia Cash, the CEO
of the Chief Clarence L. Cash Junior Firefighter Foundation. Thank you.
We come back more chit chat with me Bev Johnson
on The Bev Johnson Show on w d I A
(38:11):
Don't go Away. The Bev Johnson Show returns after these messages.
Speaker 1 (38:16):
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