December 8, 2025 • 56 mins
The Salvation Army is gearing up with their Winter Seaonwe talked with Major Tim Gilliam and Amy Spearopolous about it on The Bev Johnson Showon WDIA Radio.
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Bev Johnson Show. It is indeed a pleasure to have
you with us once again on this Monday, December eighth,
twenty twenty five. Enjoy this fabulous day to day. Get
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friends from the Salvation Army. You know, it's that time
of season, so we need to know what's going on
with the Salvation Army. Second hour, we'll talk with the
folks from Freedom Crop. What's that all about. We'll find
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It is a Monday, Dcember eighth, can you believe it?
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Twenty twenty five. Enjoyed this fabulous day to day. As
I said earlier, we will be talking with my friends
from the Salvation Army and let me welcome in. She's
definitely my sister friend she is my sister friend. She
is the development and communications relations manager for the Salvation Army. Amyopolo,
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good morning, Good morning, Amy, good morning.
Speaker 7 (05:53):
I love being here. This is my favorite place in
the whole world. Well, yes, I love the red thank you.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
I know it is mine too, I love red. Yeah.
All the time you are back saying, you know what,
I know, it's the holidays. Yes, when I see or
hear about the Salvation Army, that's right. And then I
see them little folks ringing them bells. I know the holidays.
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I know, ring a ling ling ling ling ling ling everybody.
Speaker 7 (06:27):
And it's so great. It's really become such a staple.
When you hear the bell ringing, you think the Salvation Army.
And and you know, for us, the iconic sound of
the bell means hope, h ope, and it really enables
us to provide hope to so many families in Memphis,
in the mid South. And we're so grateful to be
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a part of an organization that continually thinks of other people.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
I mean, that's the mission, right, right. And and today
you know you didn't bring my sister friend, I know,
but you brought another Yeah, yeah, Major Tim, how are
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you Major Tim.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
I'm a whole lot better now being here. My wife
has talked about you for a year, so finally I
finally get to meet you.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
That's amazing.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
So this is exciting.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
And you've been doing well.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
Yeah, I've been doing well. It's been it's been a
very busy season, as Amy will attest. But you know,
the Lord is good, yes, and as Mercy's endure forever,
and we're able to help a lot of people in
the community. So we're we're very.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
Blessed, Major Tim. For somebody who's listening for the very
first time and they really don't know about the Salvation Army,
tell them what what is the Salvation Army?
Speaker 4 (07:56):
Well, you know, most people, when you ask them that question,
they say, you're the ones who ring those bells, right exactly.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
That's all they know.
Speaker 4 (08:03):
Or they've shopped at the family store, okay, but they
don't know that. It started off as a church. Our founder,
William Booth, was a Methodist minister and they as a
rookie minister. They say, we want you to go out
to the streets and preach. So he did, but he
found success. He'd bring those converts from the street into
the church and the church said, they don't look like us,
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they don't dress like us, they don't smell like us,
they don't talk like us, and the church rejected them.
So William Booth felt compelled by God to go ahead
and start his own denomination that eventually become the Salvation Army.
So right now we are in one hundred and thirty
four countries around the world. Wow, one hundred and seventy
five languages. And so we are first and foremost at
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church that expresses the love of God through our community
service and through our social services programs.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Wow. Isn't that amazing? I didn't know you were that
all across the country. Oh yeah, absolutely, Well, the world
the world right right.
Speaker 7 (08:59):
And what's even more exciting, I mean, well, equally exciting
at least, is while we celebrate such a rich history
across the country, you know, we're also here in Memphis
celebrating one hundred and twenty five years and that's pretty
I mean, that's pretty impressive for a nonprofit. Yes, but
we couldn't do that without folks like yourself and our
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volunteers who help us continue our mission. And that means
you know, giving financially, that means giving of their time.
That means praying for us. I mean, how important is that,
Major Tim.
Speaker 4 (09:33):
Yeah, everything we do starts with prayer, that's right. Everything
we do is motivated, motivated by the love of God.
But you also don't stay in the community for one
hundred and twenty five years unless you're meeting the needs
of that community. So over one hundred and twenty five years,
the needs in Memphis and the Mid South have changed,
and so we have changed along with it. So even
though we're in one hundred and thirty four countries around
the world, we tay to make our ministry for what
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is needed right here in our neighborhood, in our community.
And so that's why we continue to be a force
right here in Memphis.
Speaker 3 (10:04):
Yeah, and Major Tim, in our community, we have a
lot of needs.
Speaker 4 (10:10):
Well yeah, I mean I always say, does this Memphis
needs Jesus? Yes, this Memphis needs is salvach Army, yes,
so does every other city.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (10:18):
But even though the need is great, the people have
a deep love for this community, so they give and
give and give. My wife and I have been Salvage
Charmiy officers for thirty years. Oh wow, We've had nine
different Salaich Charmi appointments. We have been to West Texas.
We have been to Baltimore, Maryland. We spent nine years
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in Florida. In our last apployment, we were in Atlanta, Georgia.
What we have seen is the need is great everywhere,
but we have very rarely seen any community give like
the Memphis community. So you hear all the bad stories
on the news, but I'm telling you we live in
a community with good people who love each other, who
take care of each other and express that by donations
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to the Salasharma and other nonprofits. So we are very
blessed to be where we are.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Oh wow, and that's interesting that Memphis is a giving city.
Speaker 7 (11:14):
Absolutely, and you know we we see that time and
time again because when we're in a need of and
the Salvation Army does so much. I mean they're when
when an emergency strikes, and I mean a school shooting,
a flood, a hurricane, or tornado, we're immediately mobilized our
Emergency Disaster Services Unit. So that may mean that folks
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from Memphis Area Command get into gear and get ready
to go to that storm ravaged area. So when we
do that and we say we we need help, we
need money, we need you, we need volunteers. I mean
they come out all over saying what can I do?
And when I say, you know, we we respond for
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the with the Emergent Agency, Disaster Services Unit and group
and volunteers.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
We're there till the end. I mean, in fact, it
was just a few months ago that we.
Speaker 7 (12:10):
Were still in East Tennessee helping people pick up the
pieces from when they when that flood came through. So
I mean we're when we ask people to help, they
are there for the remainder.
Speaker 4 (12:23):
And Amy, I think that's an important thing you just mentioned.
We Memphians take care of Memphians, but they also take
care of people outside of it. We had teams in
East Tennessee in western North Carolina until the response wasn't
needed anything that's right, and that's people from our community
going outside help to help others. So that's the kind
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of community we live in and that's the story that
needs to get out to your listeners. Memphians don't only
take care of themselves and other Memphians, but they take
care of their other brothers and sisters and other communities
as well.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Major Tim and Amy tell tell our list also because
we as you said, when we think about the Salvation Arm,
when we think Christmas time, the bell ringers, but you
all do so much more. Yeah, Yeah, tell our listeners
about the other kind of services that you offer.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
Well.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
Right here in Memphis, we're one of the unicorns of
the Salur triun We have three different campuses that have
very unique services and ministries. So a lot of people
are familiar with our CRUC Center, where we address the
total person the wellness of their mind, of their heart,
of their spirit, and their physical bodies. Then we have
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the Men's Adult Rehabilitation Center off of Kirby Whitten that
treats the man who has various addictions and those services
are provided free of charge to every person that comes
into that center. And then we have our Purdue Center
of Hope where we have three women and children's shelters.
We can house up to one hundred and thirty women
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and their children, which makes us very unique. Yeah, because
a lot of women's shelters don't allow their kids to
come in. We have a recovery program that allows the
children to come in with mom so that they the
children can get the help as well as their mom.
We have people from all over the country who come
into that particular program because it's so unique. Most momsh
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go into a recovery or an addiction recovery program have
to go in and leave everything else behind. Here their
kid can come in. We offer tutoring, We offer a
vast array of different services. Medical provide medical assistance, We do,
like Amy said, financial literacy, family counseling. So all those
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services are provided right here in Memphis.
Speaker 7 (14:47):
I love that we know how important it is when
a mom is at her lowest to be able to
stay with her child and keep the family intact. So
we we realize that and we wrap around the mom
the child, and we do that really through all of
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these services that we're saying we provide. But what we
know even more is that we need to help the
mom through working with the working at the root of
the trauma, where did that come from, and getting to
the core of that, and almost you think of it
like peeling back the layers of an onion, helping her
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to work through the trauma, helping child to work through
the trauma, helping to provide tools so when they go
through a stressful situation they don't have to turn to
some sort of a substance or another person to help
them cope and go through that. So really getting at
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the root of that, you know, it is key and
helping them to work through that so that when they
get out of our center, if they have a stressful situation,
which they will, they know how to help healthy go
through a healthy process of dealing with that, you know,
without depending on a substance. So dealing with life as
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you know, on life's terms in other words.
Speaker 3 (16:19):
And I love that, and and and this is all
free of charge, free, Oh my goodness.
Speaker 4 (16:25):
That's why our bell ringing, that's why we ring the bells. Yes,
the money that gets dropped in those kettles stays right
here locally and helps take care of those women and
children who come to us in their time of need.
So wow, what's so interesting is I've been predicting the
end of the bell ringing season for many, many years
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because so many people don't carry cash anymore, right exactly,
But Memphis has one of the largest bell ringing campaigns
anywhere in the United States.
Speaker 7 (16:55):
Nine hundred and one thousand dollars is our goal each year,
okay for the nine oh one and each year that
money that we raise goes to help us do what
we do at the Produce Center of Hope. So when
you see the people ringing the bell, just know that
that money raised through the Red Kettle Ringing initiative goes
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to keep the lights on, provide full wrap around services,
Provide a warm place for mom and child to stay
at the Produce Center of Hope. Provide for three hot
meals a day, you know, not just a sandwich and
a bag of chips. I mean, we have a full
kitchen at the Produce Center of Hope where they cook
nice meals for these children. So that's what the money
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is going for, and it's just a beautiful process.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
It also helps the men services as well over at
the air.
Speaker 4 (17:47):
See that is true that the money for the Red
Kettle does not help pay for those service they do.
They raise their money through the Family Store, So go
shop at the Family Store. That's how the Red Kettle
program helps the women and children at their Produce Center
of Hope.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (18:03):
So you know I was talking about predicting the end
of the bell ring because people don't carry cash. People
Memphis carry cash. But we've also made it easy because
we have QR codes at those kettle stands as well,
they their phone, they can take a snapshot out of
that QR code, can give that way and they can
go to our website. So we make it easy for
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people to help the services by donating online at Salvation
Armymphis dot org, at the QR codes at the kettle
sign or drop on their cash and coins into those
red buckets.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
I love that. I love and that awesome. That's awesome.
Speaker 7 (18:39):
It is fabulous. I mean, you know, it's such a
it's such a god thing what we're doing. Because in
each city in which the Salvation Army operates, they mimic
the needs of the community. So in other words, bab
if you go to Dallas, if you go to Houston,
the Salvation Army is going to look a little different.
There's not a produced center of hope everywhere. We are
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very unique to have this facility here, and that's why
Major Tim was saying, you know, women come from all
over the country for this facility because they're able to
stay with their children, they're able to stay there for
free up to two years.
Speaker 3 (19:13):
And it's just a beautiful thing. But we wouldn't be
able to do that without the help of God.
Speaker 7 (19:17):
I mean, he enables our steps He provides us with
the resources that we need each and every day, and
that's through folks like yourself, through folks like our volunteers,
through folks like our partners with FedEx and AutoZone and
countless others. I mean, you know, just last week, Mike
t came out and did a toy drive for our
Angel Tree program and we raised hundreds of toys for
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children that we help right here in Memphis.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
And it's just a beautiful thing. But we wouldn't be
able to do that without community partners like yourself.
Speaker 4 (19:47):
Right.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
Well, well, I appreciate you all. We're going to talk more.
If you've just tuned in this morning, I am talking
with Amy's Barropolis and Major Tim Gilly Salvation Army. They
are here if you have a question or two for
them about the Salvation Army. We do invite you to
call nine zero one five three five nine three four
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heart and soul of Memphis.
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I A day. I'm telling everyone, fucking everyone, good morning
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and welcome back to w d I A. I'm talking
with my friends from the Salvation Army, Amis Baropolis and
Major Tim Gillian. We're going to our phone lines, y'all
to talk with Prince Charles, Prince.
Speaker 9 (21:34):
Of the Charles, say my name, say my name. How
are you doing this morning, Bath?
Speaker 3 (21:40):
I'm doing well, Prince, how are you.
Speaker 10 (21:43):
I'm on the top chef along with the other two,
Major Tim and Miss Amy from formerly of Chune of
three News.
Speaker 9 (21:50):
I remember her, right, I remembered you, you know, used
to do the weekend.
Speaker 4 (21:56):
I believe I did.
Speaker 3 (21:58):
That's right.
Speaker 5 (21:59):
I remember, and I don't forget to face it. Very
rarely do I ever forget a name. That there's always
good morning to your callers and your listeners. And I
want to say to Salvation Armed themselves, I'm a contributor
to them. I should have said that, but and the
reason why I'm a.
Speaker 10 (22:16):
Contributor because many of the other organizations I want to
mention their name, most of the money goes to administration
needs instead of to the needs of the people. One
thing I found out when I signed up for Salvation Army.
Speaker 9 (22:30):
The majority of the money Nanny and Amy probably.
Speaker 10 (22:34):
Can can vouched by this, and major Tim of the
money goes to the people who actually need it. Very
little goes to the administration. Am I right about that?
Major Tim and Amy, you.
Speaker 4 (22:45):
Are exactly right. You talk to anyone who's on our staff,
they will tell you that none of them are rich.
Are not that we do not pay anyone on our
staff what they are worth, but they do it because
they're passionate about the mission. So I think everything we
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do again I said it earlier in the show, everything
we do is motivated by the love of God, and
we have an obligation to give back to the community.
And that's why people volunteer, and that's why people keep
coming back here after year to donate, because they recognize
that what we are doing is not to make us
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better or to write that in our bank accounts, is
to give back to the community. And that's that's why
the Savage Army exists. So I appreciate you bringing that
up this morning.
Speaker 10 (23:38):
Okay, well, that's one of the reason why I've been
a participant for for a long long time.
Speaker 9 (23:43):
I'll say what these guys are the ones is actually
doing it right because.
Speaker 10 (23:47):
Other organization, if you look into it, bet the money
goes into the pockets of the people who work there
instead up of people who really actually need it.
Speaker 9 (23:55):
And I can about to say, and.
Speaker 10 (23:57):
They just did that most of the money, the majority
of the money goes to the people who actually need it.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
Now.
Speaker 9 (24:04):
Uh, Major Tim, I've been working on this here and
I got to get your approval on it. Uh that
that what's the starvation chimmy one, two three?
Speaker 4 (24:17):
I need I need so much help. I don't even
know how I got talked into doing that three years ago.
But my kids are so embarrassed whenever they see those videos.
Speaker 9 (24:27):
So no, no, no, no, I learned it. I just
want to make sure I got it right because I
want to do well it. Okay, So we did.
Speaker 4 (24:35):
We did the semi, We did the SEMMI three years ago,
we did the slide last year, and this year we're
doing the bell ringer boop.
Speaker 9 (24:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (24:49):
I walked into I walked into one of our offices
the first year I was here, and everyone in Unison said, please,
Major Gillim, never do that again.
Speaker 3 (24:58):
So he did a great job, though, do a great job.
Is it you are talking about it.
Speaker 9 (25:03):
Yeah, well I will say this.
Speaker 10 (25:06):
I would say this when I was watching you Major
Tim and Miss Ann and Jerita Patterson and they were.
Speaker 9 (25:13):
All in sync doing I said, I kind of learned
that I'm not much of a dancer. But when you
did that dance that the bell what do you call it?
Speaker 4 (25:19):
The bell what the bell ringer boop?
Speaker 9 (25:22):
The bell ringer boot? So you go forward for it
three times, come back and do it dancing. I'm fine dance.
So I just want to let you know because you
did that. It made my day that morning when I
saw it.
Speaker 5 (25:33):
So and I want to say, continue to do the
outstanding work that you guys are doing because you may
not know it, but the community does see what you do.
Speaker 9 (25:41):
Here on a serious snowe be that's always.
Speaker 4 (25:44):
Thank you for allowing me to speak.
Speaker 9 (25:46):
I'm on you, Major Tim, miss and again, and hopefully
we'll see you back on TV soon. Have a beautiful
blast safe and the chealthy, warm, wicked take care.
Speaker 8 (25:57):
I have to learn that.
Speaker 4 (25:59):
Uh that day, I didn't know if I come up
with the dance step, you know it's gonna be easy
and simple.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (26:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (26:06):
I love the fact that he was talking about that,
because that means people are watching major town.
Speaker 3 (26:10):
Yeah, that's right, right. I want to ask about because
we hear a lot about the Angel Tree. Tell us
about the Angel Tree.
Speaker 4 (26:20):
Well, the Angel Tree program has been around for a
long time, and so this year we have adopted out
thirty five hundred Angels. Most of those are children who
are under the age of twelve, but we also have
several hundred that are seniors in our community that otherwise
would not have Christmas, will not celebrate with gifts under
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their tree. So we have been very, very blessed this year.
We have the last two years we've been running our
Angel Tree program out of the Croc Center. Okay, this
year we had a wonderful donation of a warehouse that
is over two hundred thousand square feet.
Speaker 3 (26:58):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (26:58):
So again the Lord bless us with this donation of
a warehouse, and so we were actually able to help
quite a few more people this year because of that space.
So and again we would love for people to come
not only tour the producer of Hope. I know the
ARC would love to give tours of their facility, but
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we would love people to see where the money is
going right and to see if they've adopted an angel.
See how that process works. And so our distribution is
the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth of December. That's next week.
Speaker 2 (27:33):
We do that next week.
Speaker 4 (27:35):
It's come up so quickly. Yes, yes, but we are
very transparent. We love people to see the services in
action in the ministry and action. So and Amy is
a tour de force because she is the Queen of
tour guides to show she does a great job in
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doing that.
Speaker 3 (27:56):
And thank you.
Speaker 7 (27:57):
Well, you know, it's just like when God, when God
entrusts you with something that you feel passionate about, and
you know, I think I've shared this with you, Bev.
But I'm in recovery and have been sober twelve years
in March, and.
Speaker 3 (28:13):
Yeah, thank you. Well, it wouldn't be possible without God.
Speaker 7 (28:17):
I mean he literally lifted me out of that addiction
and really just gave me solidified the fact that I
need to share that with other people. And so I
just have a heart of working with women and children.
Speaker 3 (28:33):
Who've been through addiction.
Speaker 7 (28:34):
My father died of alcoholism, so I know firsthand the
trauma that it can take on your family, and I
know how important it is to just be transparent and
real about these issues that were going through because your
transparency and your struggle is an inspiration to other people
when you've walked through that and God has pulled you
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from that. So I just feel real passionately about what
the Salvation Army is doing to help women and children
and and and I just really want to share that
with with other people, and you know, walk alongside people
and say it's okay.
Speaker 3 (29:11):
You know what you're going through does not define you.
Speaker 7 (29:15):
It doesn't you know, mean that you you can't get
past this, and you can with the help of God
and other people.
Speaker 3 (29:22):
So yes, I agree. I'll go back to our phone
lines to talk with you. W D I a high caller.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
Hey, heaving one of the morning to your bell.
Speaker 3 (29:33):
Good morning, Beverly.
Speaker 2 (29:34):
How are you.
Speaker 8 (29:36):
I'm doing well and good morning to you.
Speaker 4 (29:38):
Yeah, good morning, good morning.
Speaker 8 (29:42):
I tuned in just a few minutes ago. And uh,
I want to compliment a comment about you all thrift stores. Mm,
the thrift stores. Uh, well, I'll go to one. I
haven't been to one, but I tell you it's like
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hidden treasures. It's like a bone, it's like a box
of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna see. Yeah,
I mean you get some some things in there that
I mean cats still on them for the less of nothing.
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One genuinely warn things. I mean it's it's just nice
to go in there and just brows and you just
never know what you're gonna come up on. Designer items,
design of purses, design of coats. I mean just oh,
I got a beautiful purple is my favorite color. I
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got a pretty purple and climbing wool coat for ten dollars. Wow. Wow,
and shame to tell it. Get it, got it, put
it in the clean us, made it look fo.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
Well.
Speaker 4 (31:07):
You never know what you're going to get. And I
just called Amy the Queen of tour guys. But she's
also the kind of thrifting.
Speaker 8 (31:13):
I really am.
Speaker 3 (31:14):
I really love. I mean it's my favorite thing. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (31:16):
And I have three adult children, and I would say
eighty percent of their clothes come from from first stores.
Show thank you for for shopping, thank you for going
in and sharing that with with Bev's listeners.
Speaker 2 (31:29):
Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 8 (31:30):
And my granddaughter I turned her own land plus her
mother turned her on to Thursta and she used to
go to this love to go to this expensive store
and the mall called oh, ses, I can't think the
name of that old store. She used to like to
go in there, and it was so expensive. And so
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we started talking to her and teaching her, and now
she loves to go thristing. She hardly ever asked to
go to the mall. She'd like to go to the
thrift store.
Speaker 3 (32:01):
That's all.
Speaker 8 (32:03):
All for all that you all do outside of the
thrift stores, but I know you have that. We have
center over there on terrib Quick That's that's where I
go over there, herby Quicken.
Speaker 9 (32:16):
Just thank you for all that you all do.
Speaker 8 (32:19):
For the least of these, you know, least fortunate. Thank
you for all that you do.
Speaker 9 (32:25):
And I do support you.
Speaker 8 (32:27):
I like the rid kettl people, IMD them setting out
in the call, ringing over veil. You know, it's just
a good feeling. So just thank you, thank you, thank
you for all you all do.
Speaker 4 (32:38):
Well, thank you and God bless you.
Speaker 3 (32:39):
Yes all right, yeah, and so so you have several
thrift stores.
Speaker 4 (32:48):
We have one here they're getting there looking at in
the beginning of twenty twenty six opening up a second store. Okay,
so in Memphis is large enough where you can support
multiple stores, right, So the administrators over there are diligently
working on getting the second location.
Speaker 3 (33:05):
Okay, and is it too late now, major Tim for
people to become angels for the Angels Tree.
Speaker 4 (33:13):
Well, the we still have a few angels that are
out there to be adopted, but Timler's running out because
we have basically a week yes to get that turned around.
So they can go to our website, so Charmimmphis dot
org and they can see where we are in that process.
I think there's a few that are still remaining, but
most of them have already been adopted.
Speaker 3 (33:33):
Okay, good, Well that's good, yeap good because I I
you know, we hear about the Angel Tree and sometimes
you need more absolutely.
Speaker 4 (33:42):
Right, yeah.
Speaker 3 (33:43):
Yeah. And so as we continue on right now, how
long will the bell ringers be.
Speaker 4 (33:50):
Out They're gonna be out there until the twenty fourth
of December, so up to Christmas Eve. Okay, so you
still have more than two weeks left to not pass
up one of those httles, those red buckets, right, and again,
I know we sound like a broken record for every
one of those dollars stays right here locally, and so
we we still I think Amy, we are up to
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about our nine hundred one thousand dollars goal. I think
we're right around two hundred and fifty thousand dollars as
of today.
Speaker 3 (34:17):
Good.
Speaker 4 (34:18):
So we still have a ways to go to get
that nine hundred and one thousand dollars. And I think
over the last decade or so, we've only not met
that goal one time.
Speaker 1 (34:27):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (34:28):
So we're asking our brothers and sisters we're in them
in South to help us reach that goal again this year.
Speaker 3 (34:34):
And usually major TM and AMY. The red kettle buck
buckets are at what stores?
Speaker 4 (34:41):
The Croger stores, Kroger's hobby lobbies well so wal Mart.
Speaker 3 (34:46):
SAMs Okay, so there so multiple store. Oh yes, and
you're right about the hobby lobby because I usually when
I go to the one in Germantown, right, Oh yeah,
we're there.
Speaker 7 (34:56):
Yeah, absolutely, Yeah, bartlet Olive Branch, South Haven.
Speaker 3 (35:02):
Oh we are there, girl, Yeah, have overbeil Ringer.
Speaker 4 (35:06):
That's right, that's right, that's right.
Speaker 7 (35:09):
And I want to mention this sure since this is Monday,
we have Mobile Match Monday. So if you make a
donation to the Salvation Army through our website. Salvation Armymphis
dot org is where you can go, your money will
be matched thanks to Mia Atkinson, Bruce and Diane Milner
with the XP Realty. So this is another way that
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we are offering folks in the community to give back,
and thanks to Mobile Match Monday, it'll be matched a
little bit more than what you give.
Speaker 3 (35:39):
So that's a great opportunity.
Speaker 4 (35:41):
Becomes two dollars because it's so oh, I love.
Speaker 3 (35:44):
That great opportunity to give today. Yeah, and I was
thinking about for the thrift store, will people give.
Speaker 2 (35:52):
How do you do that?
Speaker 3 (35:53):
How do you okay?
Speaker 7 (35:54):
So this is really cool. So the the arc on
be Witting will come through the thrift Store. They will
come to your house for free, bring their big truck
and pick up any things you have, like I've got
a whole room of furniture, my neighbor is moving.
Speaker 3 (36:13):
They're gonna call them. They will literally you call and
make an appointment, and I believe.
Speaker 7 (36:17):
It's one eight hundred sal army yep, sal army, one
hundred s aaral army. They will come to your house,
they will pick up your donations and they will take
them back to the store and they will put them
in their store to sell or resell. And that's how
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we're able to help men through that program. So when
I tell people that that, they're like, wait, hold on,
they came and pick it up for free.
Speaker 3 (36:45):
Right, Yeah, I'm gonna ask you, Amy, so will they
pick up clothing?
Speaker 7 (36:50):
Yes, clothing, furniture, whatever you have, they will pick it up.
Speaker 3 (36:58):
And and and major. I have a big bag of clothes.
And also those clothes have tags on stuff I've never worn.
Speaker 7 (37:05):
See, I know, right, And when you feel good if
you were helping, if you want to help, I want
to absolutely, I want to help.
Speaker 3 (37:12):
Yeah. And the best part is you don't have to
get out of your house to do it. They'll come
and pick it up. Well, I'm glad to know that
because I'm gonna call them absolutely please do it because
I was thinking this one. I'm going like, I'm so
sick of looking in this bag. Me and you both,
I have tons of stuff. Yeah, so I know what
to call one eight hundred seal army correct.
Speaker 4 (37:33):
And I know that you have a lot of men
who listen to your show.
Speaker 3 (37:36):
Yes, I have a lot of boyfriends.
Speaker 4 (37:38):
Listen, you have a lot of boyfriends. And if there
are men out there like me, I don't like going
to the storre to shop. I cannot stand shopping. Amazon
is my best friend. But the Salvation Army has an eBay.
Speaker 3 (37:52):
Yeah, this is really cool.
Speaker 4 (37:54):
They have that eBay channel. And I have to do
is look up the Salvation Army arc E Memphis, and
you can buy at the eBay store. And they have
a lot of great items like Chronics clothing, expensive shoes
that you can get at a fraction of the costs.
In fact, I just buy a pair of shoes on
the eBay site last week myself. I cannot believe this
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brand is on there at that price. Click and I
buy a pair of shoes. It's a relatively new thing.
So yeah, so we want to we want to get
the word out there for their eBay channel as well.
Speaker 3 (38:32):
So oh I love that. See I'm a major tam
I'm a choppoholic, right amylic Yeah, it is okay, it
is okay. That's my addiction.
Speaker 7 (38:44):
Absolutely, you're totally You're in good company because I think
there are a lot of folks like us.
Speaker 4 (38:48):
I know, if you shop at the Saluceronami, you get
a lot more for your money.
Speaker 3 (38:52):
That's right. I'm going to have to come out to
that thrift store. I've never been.
Speaker 4 (38:57):
It's great and Bev. You can attest to this. If
you look over at Amy, she looks like she just
come out of a catalog from Nemha Markets.
Speaker 3 (39:04):
Yes she does.
Speaker 7 (39:06):
This jacket was fifteen dollars at a thirst store. What
I'm not even kidding you. Yeah, for real, you look fabulous.
Speaker 3 (39:12):
Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 7 (39:14):
I like to leave they make fun of me, but
I like to leave the tags on to show them
how cheap.
Speaker 3 (39:18):
I'm pretty sure this still has a tag.
Speaker 7 (39:20):
But yeah, because I mean I like to do stuff
like that, and if it supports great organizations like the
Salvation Army, why not do that?
Speaker 8 (39:28):
You know?
Speaker 4 (39:28):
Really I said on TV last Friday that I call
her a fashionista and she does it on a budget.
Speaker 3 (39:36):
Yes, I really do.
Speaker 4 (39:37):
Yeah, Salvage was great for that.
Speaker 3 (39:39):
Yeah, I love that. I love that. We're going to
break and when we come back, we will end up
and talking about the Salvation Army. And again, if you
have a question or two for my guests while they
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Wrighting.
Speaker 3 (41:03):
So I'm talking with Major Tim Gilliam and Amy ex
Paropolis from the Salvation Army. And I wanted to say
Major Tim and Amy that we know this time of
the year we see the red kettles, but you want
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folks they can give all year long.
Speaker 7 (41:27):
Oh absolutely, three hundred and sixty five days of the year,
because I mean, really, the need knows no season. I mean,
we what we do does not just end after December
twenty fourth, you know. I mean, like Major Tim said,
we house uh some one hundred and thirty women and
children in our Produce Center of Hope. And you know,
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their needs last throughout the year. They always need clothing,
they always need tulla trees, they always need you know,
things that a lot of folks take for granted.
Speaker 3 (41:57):
So we are there.
Speaker 7 (41:59):
Our doors are open, rain slate, snowshine, sun where they
are helping women. So yeah, the need continues far beyond
the Christmas season.
Speaker 4 (42:08):
Okay, And let's be honest. You know on the twenty fifth,
kids are going to open up a brand new box.
That's toys. Those toys are gonna break.
Speaker 3 (42:16):
Yeah, yeah, they're gonna wear out, that's right.
Speaker 4 (42:18):
Clothes. I remember when my kids were young, they grew
like weeds, and so they grew out of their clothes
or they tore their clothes. So the knee goes throughout
the year, not just during the holiday season.
Speaker 7 (42:30):
And so people can give and can they go to
the website and Salvation Armymphis dot org.
Speaker 8 (42:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (42:38):
In fact, as I was mentioning today, if they give,
their money will be doubled thanks to Mobile Match Monday.
Diane and Bruce Milner and Mea Atkinson great real estate
agents with exp reality. So you can give your gift today,
you can give it tomorrow, you can give it next week.
It's just a great opportunity to donate. And once you
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go to our website, by the way, you'll see an
icon pop up that says Mobile Match Monday, and you
click right there and it'll give you'll be.
Speaker 3 (43:07):
Able to give your gift. Oh that's good.
Speaker 7 (43:09):
Or you can visit the Red Kettles and you can
scan a QR code and given that way.
Speaker 3 (43:14):
I like that. But but still the red kettles take
the cash.
Speaker 4 (43:20):
Yep, and the QR code.
Speaker 3 (43:21):
Yeah, exactly a lot of folks, Yeah right.
Speaker 4 (43:26):
Right up to twenty twenty five now, so we can
do the QR code of the kettle and drop the
cash in.
Speaker 3 (43:31):
That's right. It sounds good.
Speaker 4 (43:33):
We've always heard of saying that time is money, So
some people may not have a lot of money, but
they have maybe a little time where they can volunteer.
Speaker 3 (43:39):
That's right.
Speaker 4 (43:39):
Amy is always looking for volunteers throughout the year. Yeah,
Christmas time.
Speaker 3 (43:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (43:44):
I just spoke with a Robin Turner with United United
Healthcare and she said, hey, you know I I I
coach a girl girls group of volleyball players and I'd
like to get involved.
Speaker 3 (43:55):
And I said, I said, well you want to what
do you want to do? Let's talk about it.
Speaker 7 (43:59):
So we're to talk about how the volleyball players can
come and get involved with teaching volleyball to our kids
at the Producer of Hope. So yeah, whatever whatever skill
set you have, I'd love to work you in and
we would love to get you volunteering with our moms
and their children because you know, they they really they
they would be You would be a better person by
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getting involved in volunteering with us, and they would be
a better person.
Speaker 3 (44:24):
So we're just grateful. We'll work with whatever gifts you have.
I like it go to our phone lines to talk
with you, high.
Speaker 2 (44:31):
Caller, Good morning, how all three of you.
Speaker 4 (44:35):
Stay, Good morning, caring, good morning ball.
Speaker 2 (44:40):
Before I get started, I'd like to say this to
miss Amy, Miss Amy, Yes, sir, I ad met you
four times briefly in the early morning in Missis Tennessee.
Speaker 3 (44:52):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (44:52):
Why you're doing work for a local station?
Speaker 3 (44:55):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (44:56):
And why are you doing your job? You took the
time time to say hello and speak to me as
our passing by. Now for what you did for a living.
That for you to take the time to talk to
an individual just to say hello, how you're doing? And
you have now your face each time I saw you,
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So I want to thank you for that and for
what you're doing for Salvation Army. For the Salvation Army. Now,
I also want to let you know that from time
to time the Salvation Army I have donated clothes to
the place and in case the listeners do not know,
if you call them, they will come to your house. Yeah,
(45:42):
I'm sorry, I've been tied up the.
Speaker 3 (45:45):
Good but we know. So they came to your house.
Speaker 2 (45:48):
Call just ma'am, and I want to order you to
know they can come pick up the items. And the
people who came where I was there one time, they
were just as nice. They can be as well. So
if you can donate to the Salvation Army, please be so,
because it's a worthy cause. Thank you. Yeah. So therefore,
(46:08):
I want to let y'all know that thank you for
taking my car, miss Bill Johnson, and you all have
a good day.
Speaker 3 (46:13):
Carl, thank you, God bless you. Thank you, Carl. Oh
that was nice, but Carl, but Amy has always been
like that. And I told Amy, I remember Major Tim
the first time I met her. She was walking. I
don't know your husband, she was walking. She worked for
Channel three and they the station works was on Union
(46:34):
that's right. And so I was coming out the door
and I said, you know, I got excited because I said,
and she stopped and spoken and you know, and I
don't know if you were going to lunch, but you
were walking down Union Avenue and you yeah, that's awesome.
But you've always been like that. Oh, thank you. Well
to God be the glory.
Speaker 11 (46:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (46:52):
I believe in that in my core, and that's how
I was taught. Yeah, I mean, you know, it's it's just,
I mean, it doesn't my her to me.
Speaker 3 (47:00):
What kind of day you're having.
Speaker 7 (47:01):
Smiling at somebody can make all the difference in the world,
because you know, we all have struggles and and and
it's not going to help anybody to be nasty or
bitter or whatever.
Speaker 3 (47:12):
Just be kind yeah, I mean, be kind man, you know, really.
Speaker 4 (47:17):
It is if I have the blessing of hanging out
with Amy quite a bit, okay, And what you see
is what you get. She genuine a stranger. She does
really single person who we walk up to she knows,
and she says, Major Tim, I want to introduce you
to my friend. I've known them for a gazillion years.
Speaker 8 (47:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (47:37):
Yeah, it's true.
Speaker 7 (47:38):
I love people, you know, I love, I love and
Memphis has been so good to my family and and
and and God has been good to me, and He's
delivered me from so much.
Speaker 3 (47:47):
So I just have a passion to just love on people.
Speaker 6 (47:51):
Man.
Speaker 3 (47:51):
I mean, hey, you know, just be nice and Amy,
this is what you're supposed to do. Yeah, do that,
But you in your fit now, thank you, Yeah, very much,
you're in your fit now. Yeah, thank you, I know,
because she could always have gone back to television, right right, well,
(48:12):
thank you, but this is your fit to God be
the glory man. Yes, ma'am, Yes, ma'am, yes, ma'am. Awesome.
So I want I want you all to let our
listeners know that it's timeless season and I want you
to meet that goal. Yes, So, so hit those red kettles.
Speaker 7 (48:29):
Yeah, and we're still looking for volunteers, you know, I mean,
we do still need volunteers through uh the Red Kettle
Ringing Initiative, And you can reach out to me. I'm
on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat X all the things gosh.
Speaker 3 (48:45):
I said Twitter. Sorry, it's not called Twitter anymore. I know,
I still say Twitter. A lot of people still say
to me.
Speaker 7 (48:51):
I know it's hard, so but yeah, just reach out
to me because we still have two more weeks of
bell ringing and we would love to have you sign
up to get involved in that way. And if you
can't get out, you can go again to our website
Salvation Armymphis dot org and donate now and get involved
and just remember all of the money stays local to
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help women and children.
Speaker 3 (49:13):
I love it. Go back to our phone line wd IA, Hi.
Speaker 8 (49:16):
Caller, Hey beb and your guest.
Speaker 9 (49:20):
How are you cat?
Speaker 4 (49:22):
How are you good morning?
Speaker 11 (49:24):
I ain't fine? Fine, listen. I have been a recipient
of Salvation Army for a long long time. I usually
go in there, like during Christmas time to get the
toys because kids don't play with tourys no more.
Speaker 8 (49:41):
It's like, you know, the phone and cabinets and all
of that.
Speaker 3 (49:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (49:46):
But I bought my.
Speaker 11 (49:47):
Grandson a truck. It was like two dollars, I think.
Speaker 7 (49:52):
But it's still working.
Speaker 11 (49:55):
The lights still work on the truck. Everything. I love
the truck. My son is going to be thirty eight
on Wednesday. Every time he would see the little red kettles,
so come on, man, we gotta give him something.
Speaker 9 (50:08):
We gotta give him something.
Speaker 11 (50:09):
I say, wait, so now let's get up. He wants
to put something in that red kettle. So and he's
still doing that today. So I applaud the Salvation Army
before a job well done. And like Amy was saying,
they had really really good boys. I got a Michael
Cords post.
Speaker 6 (50:33):
Do you hear me?
Speaker 3 (50:34):
For twelve dollars and one Patt is calling from Illinois.
Speaker 11 (50:40):
Wow wowow yes yes, yes, yes so Salvation Army and
I've donated a lot of stuff, and I was like,
I'm gonna keep on donating because I have stuff to
tag done.
Speaker 8 (50:52):
I say, you kind of big, Pat, you can't get
in that no more.
Speaker 11 (50:55):
So I tell you it's a good thing. It's a
good I love the facts that because we have one
of the largest centers here, the Crop Centers, the Salvation Army,
so they they offer a lot of stuff. So but
I just wanted to congratulate you guys on job well
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done and you all have a happy holiday. Love you,
love you Christmas.
Speaker 3 (51:28):
As we get ready to wrap up, and I'll start
with Major Tim Gillian, what do you want to say
to our listeners, Salvation Army.
Speaker 4 (51:36):
I say this every time when given the opportunity, I
just want to say, thank you, thank you, thank you,
thank you. We could not do what we do without
the listeners of your show, without the donors in our community.
Speaker 3 (51:47):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (51:48):
And I want people to feel good about where they
live because Memphis is a beautiful city with beautiful people
who take care of each other and take care of
others outside of our community. So my My words today
are simply thank you and God bless you.
Speaker 3 (52:03):
Yeah, and you know you say that, and I think
about stan Bell. Stan Bell always says this major Tim
that the two most important words are thank you.
Speaker 2 (52:14):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (52:15):
I love that. Yeah, it means a lot. It means
a lot, It really does.
Speaker 7 (52:19):
And I really believe in my heart that you know,
folks are going through some stuff right now. I mean,
life is hard. It is and as you and I
like to say, life just keeps on lifing. And and
whenever you interact with anybody, I don't care if you're
at the grocery store, if you're in line at Starbucks,
(52:41):
if you're on the interstate and traffic, you know, just
look over and smile at somebody, because I promise you
that that will go a long way. Kindness, it just
it's very important in our world today. Doesn't hurt to
be kind not at all, not at all.
Speaker 3 (52:59):
Yeah. And so Amy, again, you're looking for voluntary I'm
looking for volunteers. Yeah, we're looking for folks to partner with.
Speaker 7 (53:07):
And if you would like to get involved in any way,
if you think, hey, you know, I retired from the
school system. I want to tutor kids. I retired from
the banking industry. I want to help teach financial literacy
or things like that, you know. Reach out to me,
get in touch with you Salvation Army Memphis dot org
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and I'm very easy to find. I'm also on all
the social media sites. Feel free to send me a
message and I will get right back to you.
Speaker 3 (53:35):
Yeah. Well, you all have spread the good news today.
Thank you so much. And I love it. I love Selva.
I'm so glad. I am going home today, Major Tim
and calling one eight hundred seal Army. That's right, and
they'll come pick your stuff up. I got a lot
of stuff. I'm so glad that, Oh my goodness. And
won't you feel better once you do that?
Speaker 8 (53:55):
You would have some.
Speaker 7 (53:58):
Oy Yeah, yes, yeah, yes they will. They'll load it
up everything. Okay, I love it.
Speaker 3 (54:05):
I got it. I got it. But uh you all,
thank you for coming, Majors.
Speaker 8 (54:13):
You for me.
Speaker 4 (54:16):
I'll do it.
Speaker 3 (54:16):
I promise a real good one, absolutely, and I know
I'll be seeing you all on TV. That's right, because
you know that I know your partner with Channel three.
That's right. There are media partners there and those are
my friends over there.
Speaker 1 (54:30):
Love it.
Speaker 3 (54:30):
And this my boyfriend is Alex. Oh, I know that
I love Alex.
Speaker 4 (54:35):
I love it, one of your mini, one of my
min I love it girl.
Speaker 7 (54:39):
And this Friday, you know, we'll be at the Kroger
in Clarville at on Behalior Road and we'll be out
there lives so folks can come and see us if
they want to.
Speaker 3 (54:48):
Oh good, that's good. May come up there and girl, yeah,
drop something in the red kettle.
Speaker 4 (54:53):
If they watch at six am, they can see me
do the bell ringer boop.
Speaker 3 (54:56):
That's right.
Speaker 4 (54:57):
Oh what the bell ringer boop?
Speaker 3 (54:59):
That I have to learn that.
Speaker 2 (55:02):
Uh huh, Well.
Speaker 3 (55:04):
It's a great dance. Bath Major Tim Gilliam, thank you
so much, God, bless you, Marry Christmas, my sister friend,
my sister friend. Thank yous. You know I love you well.
Speaker 4 (55:16):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (55:17):
Friendship means the world and your support. You are so
welcome and you all are welcome anytime here. Thank you much, Bath,
thank you. When we come back, we'll share the good
news again. We'll tell you about freedom prep.
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good morning, and welcome into w d i A The
Bev Johnson Show. It is indeed a pleasure to have
you with us once again on this Monday, December eighth,
twenty twenty five. Enjoy this fabulous day to day. Get
ready to put your ears on as we spread the
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good news. First hour, we will be talking with our
friends from the Salvation Army. You know, it's that time
of season, so we need to know what's going on
with the Salvation Army. Second hour, we'll talk with the
folks from Freedom Crop. What's that all about. We'll find
out when it's your turn to talk.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
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We'll get you in to me. And if this day, this,
this this here day, Monday, December eighth, twenty twenty five,
is your birthday. Happy birthday to each and every one
of y'all out there. You may be celebrating a birthday
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on this day. You know what we say, go out
and celebrate your life. You better, you better. When we
come back, we'll talk to my friends from the Salvation
Army and me Bev Johnson on the Bev Johnson Show
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only on Double d I A good morning and welcome
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back to w d I A The Bev Johnson Show.
That is my friend Jerry Smith. You know, walking in
a winter winter wonderland. It's the holidays, have you holidays?
Welcome into w d I A The Bev Johnson Show.
It is a Monday, Dcember eighth, can you believe it?
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Twenty twenty five. Enjoyed this fabulous day to day. As
I said earlier, we will be talking with my friends
from the Salvation Army and let me welcome in. She's
definitely my sister friend she is my sister friend. She
is the development and communications relations manager for the Salvation Army. Amyopolo,
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good morning, Good morning, Amy, good morning.
Speaker 7 (05:53):
I love being here. This is my favorite place in
the whole world. Well, yes, I love the red thank you.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
I know it is mine too, I love red. Yeah.
All the time you are back saying, you know what,
I know, it's the holidays. Yes, when I see or
hear about the Salvation Army, that's right. And then I
see them little folks ringing them bells. I know the holidays.
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I know, ring a ling ling ling ling ling ling everybody.
Speaker 7 (06:27):
And it's so great. It's really become such a staple.
When you hear the bell ringing, you think the Salvation Army.
And and you know, for us, the iconic sound of
the bell means hope, h ope, and it really enables
us to provide hope to so many families in Memphis,
in the mid South. And we're so grateful to be
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a part of an organization that continually thinks of other people.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
I mean, that's the mission, right, right. And and today
you know you didn't bring my sister friend, I know,
but you brought another Yeah, yeah, Major Tim, how are
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you Major Tim.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
I'm a whole lot better now being here. My wife
has talked about you for a year, so finally I
finally get to meet you.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
That's amazing.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
So this is exciting.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
And you've been doing well.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
Yeah, I've been doing well. It's been it's been a
very busy season, as Amy will attest. But you know,
the Lord is good, yes, and as Mercy's endure forever,
and we're able to help a lot of people in
the community. So we're we're very.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
Blessed, Major Tim. For somebody who's listening for the very
first time and they really don't know about the Salvation Army,
tell them what what is the Salvation Army?
Speaker 4 (07:56):
Well, you know, most people, when you ask them that question,
they say, you're the ones who ring those bells, right exactly.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
That's all they know.
Speaker 4 (08:03):
Or they've shopped at the family store, okay, but they
don't know that. It started off as a church. Our founder,
William Booth, was a Methodist minister and they as a
rookie minister. They say, we want you to go out
to the streets and preach. So he did, but he
found success. He'd bring those converts from the street into
the church and the church said, they don't look like us,
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they don't dress like us, they don't smell like us,
they don't talk like us, and the church rejected them.
So William Booth felt compelled by God to go ahead
and start his own denomination that eventually become the Salvation Army.
So right now we are in one hundred and thirty
four countries around the world. Wow, one hundred and seventy
five languages. And so we are first and foremost at
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church that expresses the love of God through our community
service and through our social services programs.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Wow. Isn't that amazing? I didn't know you were that
all across the country. Oh yeah, absolutely, Well, the world
the world right right.
Speaker 7 (08:59):
And what's even more exciting, I mean, well, equally exciting
at least, is while we celebrate such a rich history
across the country, you know, we're also here in Memphis
celebrating one hundred and twenty five years and that's pretty
I mean, that's pretty impressive for a nonprofit. Yes, but
we couldn't do that without folks like yourself and our
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volunteers who help us continue our mission. And that means
you know, giving financially, that means giving of their time.
That means praying for us. I mean, how important is that,
Major Tim.
Speaker 4 (09:33):
Yeah, everything we do starts with prayer, that's right. Everything
we do is motivated, motivated by the love of God.
But you also don't stay in the community for one
hundred and twenty five years unless you're meeting the needs
of that community. So over one hundred and twenty five years,
the needs in Memphis and the Mid South have changed,
and so we have changed along with it. So even
though we're in one hundred and thirty four countries around
the world, we tay to make our ministry for what
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is needed right here in our neighborhood, in our community.
And so that's why we continue to be a force
right here in Memphis.
Speaker 3 (10:04):
Yeah, and Major Tim, in our community, we have a
lot of needs.
Speaker 4 (10:10):
Well yeah, I mean I always say, does this Memphis
needs Jesus? Yes, this Memphis needs is salvach Army, yes,
so does every other city.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (10:18):
But even though the need is great, the people have
a deep love for this community, so they give and
give and give. My wife and I have been Salvage
Charmiy officers for thirty years. Oh wow, We've had nine
different Salaich Charmi appointments. We have been to West Texas.
We have been to Baltimore, Maryland. We spent nine years
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in Florida. In our last apployment, we were in Atlanta, Georgia.
What we have seen is the need is great everywhere,
but we have very rarely seen any community give like
the Memphis community. So you hear all the bad stories
on the news, but I'm telling you we live in
a community with good people who love each other, who
take care of each other and express that by donations
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to the Salasharma and other nonprofits. So we are very
blessed to be where we are.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Oh wow, and that's interesting that Memphis is a giving city.
Speaker 7 (11:14):
Absolutely, and you know we we see that time and
time again because when we're in a need of and
the Salvation Army does so much. I mean they're when
when an emergency strikes, and I mean a school shooting,
a flood, a hurricane, or tornado, we're immediately mobilized our
Emergency Disaster Services Unit. So that may mean that folks
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from Memphis Area Command get into gear and get ready
to go to that storm ravaged area. So when we
do that and we say we we need help, we
need money, we need you, we need volunteers. I mean
they come out all over saying what can I do?
And when I say, you know, we we respond for
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the with the Emergent Agency, Disaster Services Unit and group
and volunteers.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
We're there till the end. I mean, in fact, it
was just a few months ago that we.
Speaker 7 (12:10):
Were still in East Tennessee helping people pick up the
pieces from when they when that flood came through. So
I mean we're when we ask people to help, they
are there for the remainder.
Speaker 4 (12:23):
And Amy, I think that's an important thing you just mentioned.
We Memphians take care of Memphians, but they also take
care of people outside of it. We had teams in
East Tennessee in western North Carolina until the response wasn't
needed anything that's right, and that's people from our community
going outside help to help others. So that's the kind
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of community we live in and that's the story that
needs to get out to your listeners. Memphians don't only
take care of themselves and other Memphians, but they take
care of their other brothers and sisters and other communities
as well.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Major Tim and Amy tell tell our list also because
we as you said, when we think about the Salvation Arm,
when we think Christmas time, the bell ringers, but you
all do so much more. Yeah, Yeah, tell our listeners
about the other kind of services that you offer.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
Well.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
Right here in Memphis, we're one of the unicorns of
the Salur triun We have three different campuses that have
very unique services and ministries. So a lot of people
are familiar with our CRUC Center, where we address the
total person the wellness of their mind, of their heart,
of their spirit, and their physical bodies. Then we have
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the Men's Adult Rehabilitation Center off of Kirby Whitten that
treats the man who has various addictions and those services
are provided free of charge to every person that comes
into that center. And then we have our Purdue Center
of Hope where we have three women and children's shelters.
We can house up to one hundred and thirty women
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and their children, which makes us very unique. Yeah, because
a lot of women's shelters don't allow their kids to
come in. We have a recovery program that allows the
children to come in with mom so that they the
children can get the help as well as their mom.
We have people from all over the country who come
into that particular program because it's so unique. Most momsh
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go into a recovery or an addiction recovery program have
to go in and leave everything else behind. Here their
kid can come in. We offer tutoring, We offer a
vast array of different services. Medical provide medical assistance, We do,
like Amy said, financial literacy, family counseling. So all those
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services are provided right here in Memphis.
Speaker 7 (14:47):
I love that we know how important it is when
a mom is at her lowest to be able to
stay with her child and keep the family intact. So
we we realize that and we wrap around the mom
the child, and we do that really through all of
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these services that we're saying we provide. But what we
know even more is that we need to help the
mom through working with the working at the root of
the trauma, where did that come from, and getting to
the core of that, and almost you think of it
like peeling back the layers of an onion, helping her
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to work through the trauma, helping child to work through
the trauma, helping to provide tools so when they go
through a stressful situation they don't have to turn to
some sort of a substance or another person to help
them cope and go through that. So really getting at
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the root of that, you know, it is key and
helping them to work through that so that when they
get out of our center, if they have a stressful situation,
which they will, they know how to help healthy go
through a healthy process of dealing with that, you know,
without depending on a substance. So dealing with life as
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you know, on life's terms in other words.
Speaker 3 (16:19):
And I love that, and and and this is all
free of charge, free, Oh my goodness.
Speaker 4 (16:25):
That's why our bell ringing, that's why we ring the bells. Yes,
the money that gets dropped in those kettles stays right
here locally and helps take care of those women and
children who come to us in their time of need.
So wow, what's so interesting is I've been predicting the
end of the bell ringing season for many, many years
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because so many people don't carry cash anymore, right exactly,
But Memphis has one of the largest bell ringing campaigns
anywhere in the United States.
Speaker 7 (16:55):
Nine hundred and one thousand dollars is our goal each year,
okay for the nine oh one and each year that
money that we raise goes to help us do what
we do at the Produce Center of Hope. So when
you see the people ringing the bell, just know that
that money raised through the Red Kettle Ringing initiative goes
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to keep the lights on, provide full wrap around services,
Provide a warm place for mom and child to stay
at the Produce Center of Hope. Provide for three hot
meals a day, you know, not just a sandwich and
a bag of chips. I mean, we have a full
kitchen at the Produce Center of Hope where they cook
nice meals for these children. So that's what the money
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is going for, and it's just a beautiful process.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
It also helps the men services as well over at
the air.
Speaker 4 (17:47):
See that is true that the money for the Red
Kettle does not help pay for those service they do.
They raise their money through the Family Store, So go
shop at the Family Store. That's how the Red Kettle
program helps the women and children at their Produce Center
of Hope.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (18:03):
So you know I was talking about predicting the end
of the bell ring because people don't carry cash. People
Memphis carry cash. But we've also made it easy because
we have QR codes at those kettle stands as well,
they their phone, they can take a snapshot out of
that QR code, can give that way and they can
go to our website. So we make it easy for
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people to help the services by donating online at Salvation
Armymphis dot org, at the QR codes at the kettle
sign or drop on their cash and coins into those
red buckets.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
I love that. I love and that awesome. That's awesome.
Speaker 7 (18:39):
It is fabulous. I mean, you know, it's such a
it's such a god thing what we're doing. Because in
each city in which the Salvation Army operates, they mimic
the needs of the community. So in other words, bab
if you go to Dallas, if you go to Houston,
the Salvation Army is going to look a little different.
There's not a produced center of hope everywhere. We are
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very unique to have this facility here, and that's why
Major Tim was saying, you know, women come from all
over the country for this facility because they're able to
stay with their children, they're able to stay there for
free up to two years.
Speaker 3 (19:13):
And it's just a beautiful thing. But we wouldn't be
able to do that without the help of God.
Speaker 7 (19:17):
I mean, he enables our steps He provides us with
the resources that we need each and every day, and
that's through folks like yourself, through folks like our volunteers,
through folks like our partners with FedEx and AutoZone and
countless others. I mean, you know, just last week, Mike
t came out and did a toy drive for our
Angel Tree program and we raised hundreds of toys for
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children that we help right here in Memphis.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
And it's just a beautiful thing. But we wouldn't be
able to do that without community partners like yourself.
Speaker 4 (19:47):
Right.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
Well, well, I appreciate you all. We're going to talk more.
If you've just tuned in this morning, I am talking
with Amy's Barropolis and Major Tim Gilly Salvation Army. They
are here if you have a question or two for
them about the Salvation Army. We do invite you to
call nine zero one five three five nine three four
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will get you in to us. You're listening to the
heart and soul of Memphis.
Speaker 8 (20:28):
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and welcome back to w d I A. I'm talking
with my friends from the Salvation Army, Amis Baropolis and
Major Tim Gillian. We're going to our phone lines, y'all
to talk with Prince Charles, Prince.
Speaker 9 (21:34):
Of the Charles, say my name, say my name. How
are you doing this morning, Bath?
Speaker 3 (21:40):
I'm doing well, Prince, how are you.
Speaker 10 (21:43):
I'm on the top chef along with the other two,
Major Tim and Miss Amy from formerly of Chune of
three News.
Speaker 9 (21:50):
I remember her, right, I remembered you, you know, used
to do the weekend.
Speaker 4 (21:56):
I believe I did.
Speaker 3 (21:58):
That's right.
Speaker 5 (21:59):
I remember, and I don't forget to face it. Very
rarely do I ever forget a name. That there's always
good morning to your callers and your listeners. And I
want to say to Salvation Armed themselves, I'm a contributor
to them. I should have said that, but and the
reason why I'm a.
Speaker 10 (22:16):
Contributor because many of the other organizations I want to
mention their name, most of the money goes to administration
needs instead of to the needs of the people. One
thing I found out when I signed up for Salvation Army.
Speaker 9 (22:30):
The majority of the money Nanny and Amy probably.
Speaker 10 (22:34):
Can can vouched by this, and major Tim of the
money goes to the people who actually need it. Very
little goes to the administration. Am I right about that?
Major Tim and Amy, you.
Speaker 4 (22:45):
Are exactly right. You talk to anyone who's on our staff,
they will tell you that none of them are rich.
Are not that we do not pay anyone on our
staff what they are worth, but they do it because
they're passionate about the mission. So I think everything we
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do again I said it earlier in the show, everything
we do is motivated by the love of God, and
we have an obligation to give back to the community.
And that's why people volunteer, and that's why people keep
coming back here after year to donate, because they recognize
that what we are doing is not to make us
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better or to write that in our bank accounts, is
to give back to the community. And that's that's why
the Savage Army exists. So I appreciate you bringing that
up this morning.
Speaker 10 (23:38):
Okay, well, that's one of the reason why I've been
a participant for for a long long time.
Speaker 9 (23:43):
I'll say what these guys are the ones is actually
doing it right because.
Speaker 10 (23:47):
Other organization, if you look into it, bet the money
goes into the pockets of the people who work there
instead up of people who really actually need it.
Speaker 9 (23:55):
And I can about to say, and.
Speaker 10 (23:57):
They just did that most of the money, the majority
of the money goes to the people who actually need it.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
Now.
Speaker 9 (24:04):
Uh, Major Tim, I've been working on this here and
I got to get your approval on it. Uh that
that what's the starvation chimmy one, two three?
Speaker 4 (24:17):
I need I need so much help. I don't even
know how I got talked into doing that three years ago.
But my kids are so embarrassed whenever they see those videos.
Speaker 9 (24:27):
So no, no, no, no, I learned it. I just
want to make sure I got it right because I
want to do well it. Okay, So we did.
Speaker 4 (24:35):
We did the semi, We did the SEMMI three years ago,
we did the slide last year, and this year we're
doing the bell ringer boop.
Speaker 9 (24:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (24:49):
I walked into I walked into one of our offices
the first year I was here, and everyone in Unison said, please,
Major Gillim, never do that again.
Speaker 3 (24:58):
So he did a great job, though, do a great job.
Is it you are talking about it.
Speaker 9 (25:03):
Yeah, well I will say this.
Speaker 10 (25:06):
I would say this when I was watching you Major
Tim and Miss Ann and Jerita Patterson and they were.
Speaker 9 (25:13):
All in sync doing I said, I kind of learned
that I'm not much of a dancer. But when you
did that dance that the bell what do you call it?
Speaker 4 (25:19):
The bell what the bell ringer boop?
Speaker 9 (25:22):
The bell ringer boot? So you go forward for it
three times, come back and do it dancing. I'm fine dance.
So I just want to let you know because you
did that. It made my day that morning when I
saw it.
Speaker 5 (25:33):
So and I want to say, continue to do the
outstanding work that you guys are doing because you may
not know it, but the community does see what you do.
Speaker 9 (25:41):
Here on a serious snowe be that's always.
Speaker 4 (25:44):
Thank you for allowing me to speak.
Speaker 9 (25:46):
I'm on you, Major Tim, miss and again, and hopefully
we'll see you back on TV soon. Have a beautiful
blast safe and the chealthy, warm, wicked take care.
Speaker 8 (25:57):
I have to learn that.
Speaker 4 (25:59):
Uh that day, I didn't know if I come up
with the dance step, you know it's gonna be easy
and simple.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (26:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (26:06):
I love the fact that he was talking about that,
because that means people are watching major town.
Speaker 3 (26:10):
Yeah, that's right, right. I want to ask about because
we hear a lot about the Angel Tree. Tell us
about the Angel Tree.
Speaker 4 (26:20):
Well, the Angel Tree program has been around for a
long time, and so this year we have adopted out
thirty five hundred Angels. Most of those are children who
are under the age of twelve, but we also have
several hundred that are seniors in our community that otherwise
would not have Christmas, will not celebrate with gifts under
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their tree. So we have been very, very blessed this year.
We have the last two years we've been running our
Angel Tree program out of the Croc Center. Okay, this
year we had a wonderful donation of a warehouse that
is over two hundred thousand square feet.
Speaker 3 (26:58):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (26:58):
So again the Lord bless us with this donation of
a warehouse, and so we were actually able to help
quite a few more people this year because of that space.
So and again we would love for people to come
not only tour the producer of Hope. I know the
ARC would love to give tours of their facility, but
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we would love people to see where the money is
going right and to see if they've adopted an angel.
See how that process works. And so our distribution is
the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth of December. That's next week.
Speaker 2 (27:33):
We do that next week.
Speaker 4 (27:35):
It's come up so quickly. Yes, yes, but we are
very transparent. We love people to see the services in
action in the ministry and action. So and Amy is
a tour de force because she is the Queen of
tour guides to show she does a great job in
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doing that.
Speaker 3 (27:56):
And thank you.
Speaker 7 (27:57):
Well, you know, it's just like when God, when God
entrusts you with something that you feel passionate about, and
you know, I think I've shared this with you, Bev.
But I'm in recovery and have been sober twelve years
in March, and.
Speaker 3 (28:13):
Yeah, thank you. Well, it wouldn't be possible without God.
Speaker 7 (28:17):
I mean he literally lifted me out of that addiction
and really just gave me solidified the fact that I
need to share that with other people. And so I
just have a heart of working with women and children.
Speaker 3 (28:33):
Who've been through addiction.
Speaker 7 (28:34):
My father died of alcoholism, so I know firsthand the
trauma that it can take on your family, and I
know how important it is to just be transparent and
real about these issues that were going through because your
transparency and your struggle is an inspiration to other people
when you've walked through that and God has pulled you
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from that. So I just feel real passionately about what
the Salvation Army is doing to help women and children
and and and I just really want to share that
with with other people, and you know, walk alongside people
and say it's okay.
Speaker 3 (29:11):
You know what you're going through does not define you.
Speaker 7 (29:15):
It doesn't you know, mean that you you can't get
past this, and you can with the help of God
and other people.
Speaker 3 (29:22):
So yes, I agree. I'll go back to our phone
lines to talk with you. W D I a high caller.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
Hey, heaving one of the morning to your bell.
Speaker 3 (29:33):
Good morning, Beverly.
Speaker 2 (29:34):
How are you.
Speaker 8 (29:36):
I'm doing well and good morning to you.
Speaker 4 (29:38):
Yeah, good morning, good morning.
Speaker 8 (29:42):
I tuned in just a few minutes ago. And uh,
I want to compliment a comment about you all thrift stores. Mm,
the thrift stores. Uh, well, I'll go to one. I
haven't been to one, but I tell you it's like
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hidden treasures. It's like a bone, it's like a box
of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna see. Yeah,
I mean you get some some things in there that
I mean cats still on them for the less of nothing.
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One genuinely warn things. I mean it's it's just nice
to go in there and just brows and you just
never know what you're gonna come up on. Designer items,
design of purses, design of coats. I mean just oh,
I got a beautiful purple is my favorite color. I
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got a pretty purple and climbing wool coat for ten dollars. Wow. Wow,
and shame to tell it. Get it, got it, put
it in the clean us, made it look fo.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
Well.
Speaker 4 (31:07):
You never know what you're going to get. And I
just called Amy the Queen of tour guys. But she's
also the kind of thrifting.
Speaker 8 (31:13):
I really am.
Speaker 3 (31:14):
I really love. I mean it's my favorite thing. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (31:16):
And I have three adult children, and I would say
eighty percent of their clothes come from from first stores.
Show thank you for for shopping, thank you for going
in and sharing that with with Bev's listeners.
Speaker 2 (31:29):
Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 8 (31:30):
And my granddaughter I turned her own land plus her
mother turned her on to Thursta and she used to
go to this love to go to this expensive store
and the mall called oh, ses, I can't think the
name of that old store. She used to like to
go in there, and it was so expensive. And so
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we started talking to her and teaching her, and now
she loves to go thristing. She hardly ever asked to
go to the mall. She'd like to go to the
thrift store.
Speaker 3 (32:01):
That's all.
Speaker 8 (32:03):
All for all that you all do outside of the
thrift stores, but I know you have that. We have
center over there on terrib Quick That's that's where I
go over there, herby Quicken.
Speaker 9 (32:16):
Just thank you for all that you all do.
Speaker 8 (32:19):
For the least of these, you know, least fortunate. Thank
you for all that you do.
Speaker 9 (32:25):
And I do support you.
Speaker 8 (32:27):
I like the rid kettl people, IMD them setting out
in the call, ringing over veil. You know, it's just
a good feeling. So just thank you, thank you, thank
you for all you all do.
Speaker 4 (32:38):
Well, thank you and God bless you.
Speaker 3 (32:39):
Yes all right, yeah, and so so you have several
thrift stores.
Speaker 4 (32:48):
We have one here they're getting there looking at in
the beginning of twenty twenty six opening up a second store. Okay,
so in Memphis is large enough where you can support
multiple stores, right, So the administrators over there are diligently
working on getting the second location.
Speaker 3 (33:05):
Okay, and is it too late now, major Tim for
people to become angels for the Angels Tree.
Speaker 4 (33:13):
Well, the we still have a few angels that are
out there to be adopted, but Timler's running out because
we have basically a week yes to get that turned around.
So they can go to our website, so Charmimmphis dot
org and they can see where we are in that process.
I think there's a few that are still remaining, but
most of them have already been adopted.
Speaker 3 (33:33):
Okay, good, Well that's good, yeap good because I I
you know, we hear about the Angel Tree and sometimes
you need more absolutely.
Speaker 4 (33:42):
Right, yeah.
Speaker 3 (33:43):
Yeah. And so as we continue on right now, how
long will the bell ringers be.
Speaker 4 (33:50):
Out They're gonna be out there until the twenty fourth
of December, so up to Christmas Eve. Okay, so you
still have more than two weeks left to not pass
up one of those httles, those red buckets, right, and again,
I know we sound like a broken record for every
one of those dollars stays right here locally, and so
we we still I think Amy, we are up to
(34:11):
about our nine hundred one thousand dollars goal. I think
we're right around two hundred and fifty thousand dollars as
of today.
Speaker 3 (34:17):
Good.
Speaker 4 (34:18):
So we still have a ways to go to get
that nine hundred and one thousand dollars. And I think
over the last decade or so, we've only not met
that goal one time.
Speaker 1 (34:27):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (34:28):
So we're asking our brothers and sisters we're in them
in South to help us reach that goal again this year.
Speaker 3 (34:34):
And usually major TM and AMY. The red kettle buck
buckets are at what stores?
Speaker 4 (34:41):
The Croger stores, Kroger's hobby lobbies well so wal Mart.
Speaker 3 (34:46):
SAMs Okay, so there so multiple store. Oh yes, and
you're right about the hobby lobby because I usually when
I go to the one in Germantown, right, Oh yeah,
we're there.
Speaker 7 (34:56):
Yeah, absolutely, Yeah, bartlet Olive Branch, South Haven.
Speaker 3 (35:02):
Oh we are there, girl, Yeah, have overbeil Ringer.
Speaker 4 (35:06):
That's right, that's right, that's right.
Speaker 7 (35:09):
And I want to mention this sure since this is Monday,
we have Mobile Match Monday. So if you make a
donation to the Salvation Army through our website. Salvation Armymphis
dot org is where you can go, your money will
be matched thanks to Mia Atkinson, Bruce and Diane Milner
with the XP Realty. So this is another way that
(35:30):
we are offering folks in the community to give back,
and thanks to Mobile Match Monday, it'll be matched a
little bit more than what you give.
Speaker 3 (35:39):
So that's a great opportunity.
Speaker 4 (35:41):
Becomes two dollars because it's so oh, I love.
Speaker 3 (35:44):
That great opportunity to give today. Yeah, and I was
thinking about for the thrift store, will people give.
Speaker 2 (35:52):
How do you do that?
Speaker 3 (35:53):
How do you okay?
Speaker 7 (35:54):
So this is really cool. So the the arc on
be Witting will come through the thrift Store. They will
come to your house for free, bring their big truck
and pick up any things you have, like I've got
a whole room of furniture, my neighbor is moving.
Speaker 3 (36:13):
They're gonna call them. They will literally you call and
make an appointment, and I believe.
Speaker 7 (36:17):
It's one eight hundred sal army yep, sal army, one
hundred s aaral army. They will come to your house,
they will pick up your donations and they will take
them back to the store and they will put them
in their store to sell or resell. And that's how
(36:38):
we're able to help men through that program. So when
I tell people that that, they're like, wait, hold on,
they came and pick it up for free.
Speaker 3 (36:45):
Right, Yeah, I'm gonna ask you, Amy, so will they
pick up clothing?
Speaker 7 (36:50):
Yes, clothing, furniture, whatever you have, they will pick it up.
Speaker 3 (36:58):
And and and major. I have a big bag of clothes.
And also those clothes have tags on stuff I've never worn.
Speaker 7 (37:05):
See, I know, right, And when you feel good if
you were helping, if you want to help, I want
to absolutely, I want to help.
Speaker 3 (37:12):
Yeah. And the best part is you don't have to
get out of your house to do it. They'll come
and pick it up. Well, I'm glad to know that
because I'm gonna call them absolutely please do it because
I was thinking this one. I'm going like, I'm so
sick of looking in this bag. Me and you both,
I have tons of stuff. Yeah, so I know what
to call one eight hundred seal army correct.
Speaker 4 (37:33):
And I know that you have a lot of men
who listen to your show.
Speaker 3 (37:36):
Yes, I have a lot of boyfriends.
Speaker 4 (37:38):
Listen, you have a lot of boyfriends. And if there
are men out there like me, I don't like going
to the storre to shop. I cannot stand shopping. Amazon
is my best friend. But the Salvation Army has an eBay.
Speaker 3 (37:52):
Yeah, this is really cool.
Speaker 4 (37:54):
They have that eBay channel. And I have to do
is look up the Salvation Army arc E Memphis, and
you can buy at the eBay store. And they have
a lot of great items like Chronics clothing, expensive shoes
that you can get at a fraction of the costs.
In fact, I just buy a pair of shoes on
the eBay site last week myself. I cannot believe this
(38:17):
brand is on there at that price. Click and I
buy a pair of shoes. It's a relatively new thing.
So yeah, so we want to we want to get
the word out there for their eBay channel as well.
Speaker 3 (38:32):
So oh I love that. See I'm a major tam
I'm a choppoholic, right amylic Yeah, it is okay, it
is okay. That's my addiction.
Speaker 7 (38:44):
Absolutely, you're totally You're in good company because I think
there are a lot of folks like us.
Speaker 4 (38:48):
I know, if you shop at the Saluceronami, you get
a lot more for your money.
Speaker 3 (38:52):
That's right. I'm going to have to come out to
that thrift store. I've never been.
Speaker 4 (38:57):
It's great and Bev. You can attest to this. If
you look over at Amy, she looks like she just
come out of a catalog from Nemha Markets.
Speaker 3 (39:04):
Yes she does.
Speaker 7 (39:06):
This jacket was fifteen dollars at a thirst store. What
I'm not even kidding you. Yeah, for real, you look fabulous.
Speaker 3 (39:12):
Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 7 (39:14):
I like to leave they make fun of me, but
I like to leave the tags on to show them
how cheap.
Speaker 3 (39:18):
I'm pretty sure this still has a tag.
Speaker 7 (39:20):
But yeah, because I mean I like to do stuff
like that, and if it supports great organizations like the
Salvation Army, why not do that?
Speaker 8 (39:28):
You know?
Speaker 4 (39:28):
Really I said on TV last Friday that I call
her a fashionista and she does it on a budget.
Speaker 3 (39:36):
Yes, I really do.
Speaker 4 (39:37):
Yeah, Salvage was great for that.
Speaker 3 (39:39):
Yeah, I love that. I love that. We're going to
break and when we come back, we will end up
and talking about the Salvation Army. And again, if you
have a question or two for my guests while they
are here, you better get it in nine zero one
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Speaker 6 (41:00):
Wrighting.
Speaker 3 (41:03):
So I'm talking with Major Tim Gilliam and Amy ex
Paropolis from the Salvation Army. And I wanted to say
Major Tim and Amy that we know this time of
the year we see the red kettles, but you want
(41:25):
folks they can give all year long.
Speaker 7 (41:27):
Oh absolutely, three hundred and sixty five days of the year,
because I mean, really, the need knows no season. I mean,
we what we do does not just end after December
twenty fourth, you know. I mean, like Major Tim said,
we house uh some one hundred and thirty women and
children in our Produce Center of Hope. And you know,
(41:48):
their needs last throughout the year. They always need clothing,
they always need tulla trees, they always need you know,
things that a lot of folks take for granted.
Speaker 3 (41:57):
So we are there.
Speaker 7 (41:59):
Our doors are open, rain slate, snowshine, sun where they
are helping women. So yeah, the need continues far beyond
the Christmas season.
Speaker 4 (42:08):
Okay, And let's be honest. You know on the twenty fifth,
kids are going to open up a brand new box.
That's toys. Those toys are gonna break.
Speaker 3 (42:16):
Yeah, yeah, they're gonna wear out, that's right.
Speaker 4 (42:18):
Clothes. I remember when my kids were young, they grew
like weeds, and so they grew out of their clothes
or they tore their clothes. So the knee goes throughout
the year, not just during the holiday season.
Speaker 7 (42:30):
And so people can give and can they go to
the website and Salvation Armymphis dot org.
Speaker 8 (42:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (42:38):
In fact, as I was mentioning today, if they give,
their money will be doubled thanks to Mobile Match Monday.
Diane and Bruce Milner and Mea Atkinson great real estate
agents with exp reality. So you can give your gift today,
you can give it tomorrow, you can give it next week.
It's just a great opportunity to donate. And once you
(42:59):
go to our website, by the way, you'll see an
icon pop up that says Mobile Match Monday, and you
click right there and it'll give you'll be.
Speaker 3 (43:07):
Able to give your gift. Oh that's good.
Speaker 7 (43:09):
Or you can visit the Red Kettles and you can
scan a QR code and given that way.
Speaker 3 (43:14):
I like that. But but still the red kettles take
the cash.
Speaker 4 (43:20):
Yep, and the QR code.
Speaker 3 (43:21):
Yeah, exactly a lot of folks, Yeah right.
Speaker 4 (43:26):
Right up to twenty twenty five now, so we can
do the QR code of the kettle and drop the
cash in.
Speaker 3 (43:31):
That's right. It sounds good.
Speaker 4 (43:33):
We've always heard of saying that time is money, So
some people may not have a lot of money, but
they have maybe a little time where they can volunteer.
Speaker 3 (43:39):
That's right.
Speaker 4 (43:39):
Amy is always looking for volunteers throughout the year. Yeah,
Christmas time.
Speaker 3 (43:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (43:44):
I just spoke with a Robin Turner with United United
Healthcare and she said, hey, you know I I I
coach a girl girls group of volleyball players and I'd
like to get involved.
Speaker 3 (43:55):
And I said, I said, well you want to what
do you want to do? Let's talk about it.
Speaker 7 (43:59):
So we're to talk about how the volleyball players can
come and get involved with teaching volleyball to our kids
at the Producer of Hope. So yeah, whatever whatever skill
set you have, I'd love to work you in and
we would love to get you volunteering with our moms
and their children because you know, they they really they
they would be You would be a better person by
(44:21):
getting involved in volunteering with us, and they would be
a better person.
Speaker 3 (44:24):
So we're just grateful. We'll work with whatever gifts you have.
I like it go to our phone lines to talk
with you, high.
Speaker 2 (44:31):
Caller, Good morning, how all three of you.
Speaker 4 (44:35):
Stay, Good morning, caring, good morning ball.
Speaker 2 (44:40):
Before I get started, I'd like to say this to
miss Amy, Miss Amy, Yes, sir, I ad met you
four times briefly in the early morning in Missis Tennessee.
Speaker 3 (44:52):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (44:52):
Why you're doing work for a local station?
Speaker 3 (44:55):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (44:56):
And why are you doing your job? You took the
time time to say hello and speak to me as
our passing by. Now for what you did for a living.
That for you to take the time to talk to
an individual just to say hello, how you're doing? And
you have now your face each time I saw you,
(45:17):
So I want to thank you for that and for
what you're doing for Salvation Army. For the Salvation Army. Now,
I also want to let you know that from time
to time the Salvation Army I have donated clothes to
the place and in case the listeners do not know,
if you call them, they will come to your house. Yeah,
(45:42):
I'm sorry, I've been tied up the.
Speaker 3 (45:45):
Good but we know. So they came to your house.
Speaker 2 (45:48):
Call just ma'am, and I want to order you to
know they can come pick up the items. And the
people who came where I was there one time, they
were just as nice. They can be as well. So
if you can donate to the Salvation Army, please be so,
because it's a worthy cause. Thank you. Yeah. So therefore,
(46:08):
I want to let y'all know that thank you for
taking my car, miss Bill Johnson, and you all have
a good day.
Speaker 3 (46:13):
Carl, thank you, God bless you. Thank you, Carl. Oh
that was nice, but Carl, but Amy has always been
like that. And I told Amy, I remember Major Tim
the first time I met her. She was walking. I
don't know your husband, she was walking. She worked for
Channel three and they the station works was on Union
(46:34):
that's right. And so I was coming out the door
and I said, you know, I got excited because I said,
and she stopped and spoken and you know, and I
don't know if you were going to lunch, but you
were walking down Union Avenue and you yeah, that's awesome.
But you've always been like that. Oh, thank you. Well
to God be the glory.
Speaker 11 (46:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (46:52):
I believe in that in my core, and that's how
I was taught. Yeah, I mean, you know, it's it's just,
I mean, it doesn't my her to me.
Speaker 3 (47:00):
What kind of day you're having.
Speaker 7 (47:01):
Smiling at somebody can make all the difference in the world,
because you know, we all have struggles and and and
it's not going to help anybody to be nasty or
bitter or whatever.
Speaker 3 (47:12):
Just be kind yeah, I mean, be kind man, you know, really.
Speaker 4 (47:17):
It is if I have the blessing of hanging out
with Amy quite a bit, okay, And what you see
is what you get. She genuine a stranger. She does
really single person who we walk up to she knows,
and she says, Major Tim, I want to introduce you
to my friend. I've known them for a gazillion years.
Speaker 8 (47:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (47:37):
Yeah, it's true.
Speaker 7 (47:38):
I love people, you know, I love, I love and
Memphis has been so good to my family and and
and and God has been good to me, and He's
delivered me from so much.
Speaker 3 (47:47):
So I just have a passion to just love on people.
Speaker 6 (47:51):
Man.
Speaker 3 (47:51):
I mean, hey, you know, just be nice and Amy,
this is what you're supposed to do. Yeah, do that,
But you in your fit now, thank you, Yeah, very much,
you're in your fit now. Yeah, thank you, I know,
because she could always have gone back to television, right right, well,
(48:12):
thank you, but this is your fit to God be
the glory man. Yes, ma'am, Yes, ma'am, yes, ma'am. Awesome.
So I want I want you all to let our
listeners know that it's timeless season and I want you
to meet that goal. Yes, So, so hit those red kettles.
Speaker 7 (48:29):
Yeah, and we're still looking for volunteers, you know, I mean,
we do still need volunteers through uh the Red Kettle
Ringing Initiative, And you can reach out to me. I'm
on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat X all the things gosh.
Speaker 3 (48:45):
I said Twitter. Sorry, it's not called Twitter anymore. I know,
I still say Twitter. A lot of people still say
to me.
Speaker 7 (48:51):
I know it's hard, so but yeah, just reach out
to me because we still have two more weeks of
bell ringing and we would love to have you sign
up to get involved in that way. And if you
can't get out, you can go again to our website
Salvation Armymphis dot org and donate now and get involved
and just remember all of the money stays local to
(49:12):
help women and children.
Speaker 3 (49:13):
I love it. Go back to our phone line wd IA, Hi.
Speaker 8 (49:16):
Caller, Hey beb and your guest.
Speaker 9 (49:20):
How are you cat?
Speaker 4 (49:22):
How are you good morning?
Speaker 11 (49:24):
I ain't fine? Fine, listen. I have been a recipient
of Salvation Army for a long long time. I usually
go in there, like during Christmas time to get the
toys because kids don't play with tourys no more.
Speaker 8 (49:41):
It's like, you know, the phone and cabinets and all
of that.
Speaker 3 (49:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (49:46):
But I bought my.
Speaker 11 (49:47):
Grandson a truck. It was like two dollars, I think.
Speaker 7 (49:52):
But it's still working.
Speaker 11 (49:55):
The lights still work on the truck. Everything. I love
the truck. My son is going to be thirty eight
on Wednesday. Every time he would see the little red kettles,
so come on, man, we gotta give him something.
Speaker 9 (50:08):
We gotta give him something.
Speaker 11 (50:09):
I say, wait, so now let's get up. He wants
to put something in that red kettle. So and he's
still doing that today. So I applaud the Salvation Army
before a job well done. And like Amy was saying,
they had really really good boys. I got a Michael
Cords post.
Speaker 6 (50:33):
Do you hear me?
Speaker 3 (50:34):
For twelve dollars and one Patt is calling from Illinois.
Speaker 11 (50:40):
Wow wowow yes yes, yes, yes so Salvation Army and
I've donated a lot of stuff, and I was like,
I'm gonna keep on donating because I have stuff to
tag done.
Speaker 8 (50:52):
I say, you kind of big, Pat, you can't get
in that no more.
Speaker 11 (50:55):
So I tell you it's a good thing. It's a
good I love the facts that because we have one
of the largest centers here, the Crop Centers, the Salvation Army,
so they they offer a lot of stuff. So but
I just wanted to congratulate you guys on job well
(51:19):
done and you all have a happy holiday. Love you,
love you Christmas.
Speaker 3 (51:28):
As we get ready to wrap up, and I'll start
with Major Tim Gillian, what do you want to say
to our listeners, Salvation Army.
Speaker 4 (51:36):
I say this every time when given the opportunity, I
just want to say, thank you, thank you, thank you,
thank you. We could not do what we do without
the listeners of your show, without the donors in our community.
Speaker 3 (51:47):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (51:48):
And I want people to feel good about where they
live because Memphis is a beautiful city with beautiful people
who take care of each other and take care of
others outside of our community. So my My words today
are simply thank you and God bless you.
Speaker 3 (52:03):
Yeah, and you know you say that, and I think
about stan Bell. Stan Bell always says this major Tim
that the two most important words are thank you.
Speaker 2 (52:14):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (52:15):
I love that. Yeah, it means a lot. It means
a lot, It really does.
Speaker 7 (52:19):
And I really believe in my heart that you know,
folks are going through some stuff right now. I mean,
life is hard. It is and as you and I
like to say, life just keeps on lifing. And and
whenever you interact with anybody, I don't care if you're
at the grocery store, if you're in line at Starbucks,
(52:41):
if you're on the interstate and traffic, you know, just
look over and smile at somebody, because I promise you
that that will go a long way. Kindness, it just
it's very important in our world today. Doesn't hurt to
be kind not at all, not at all.
Speaker 3 (52:59):
Yeah. And so Amy, again, you're looking for voluntary I'm
looking for volunteers. Yeah, we're looking for folks to partner with.
Speaker 7 (53:07):
And if you would like to get involved in any way,
if you think, hey, you know, I retired from the
school system. I want to tutor kids. I retired from
the banking industry. I want to help teach financial literacy
or things like that, you know. Reach out to me,
get in touch with you Salvation Army Memphis dot org
(53:27):
and I'm very easy to find. I'm also on all
the social media sites. Feel free to send me a
message and I will get right back to you.
Speaker 3 (53:35):
Yeah. Well, you all have spread the good news today.
Thank you so much. And I love it. I love Selva.
I'm so glad. I am going home today, Major Tim
and calling one eight hundred seal Army. That's right, and
they'll come pick your stuff up. I got a lot
of stuff. I'm so glad that, Oh my goodness. And
won't you feel better once you do that?
Speaker 8 (53:55):
You would have some.
Speaker 7 (53:58):
Oy Yeah, yes, yeah, yes they will. They'll load it
up everything. Okay, I love it.
Speaker 3 (54:05):
I got it. I got it. But uh you all,
thank you for coming, Majors.
Speaker 8 (54:13):
You for me.
Speaker 4 (54:16):
I'll do it.
Speaker 3 (54:16):
I promise a real good one, absolutely, and I know
I'll be seeing you all on TV. That's right, because
you know that I know your partner with Channel three.
That's right. There are media partners there and those are
my friends over there.
Speaker 1 (54:30):
Love it.
Speaker 3 (54:30):
And this my boyfriend is Alex. Oh, I know that
I love Alex.
Speaker 4 (54:35):
I love it, one of your mini, one of my
min I love it girl.
Speaker 7 (54:39):
And this Friday, you know, we'll be at the Kroger
in Clarville at on Behalior Road and we'll be out
there lives so folks can come and see us if
they want to.
Speaker 3 (54:48):
Oh good, that's good. May come up there and girl, yeah,
drop something in the red kettle.
Speaker 4 (54:53):
If they watch at six am, they can see me
do the bell ringer boop.
Speaker 3 (54:56):
That's right.
Speaker 4 (54:57):
Oh what the bell ringer boop?
Speaker 3 (54:59):
That I have to learn that.
Speaker 2 (55:02):
Uh huh, Well.
Speaker 3 (55:04):
It's a great dance. Bath Major Tim Gilliam, thank you
so much, God, bless you, Marry Christmas, my sister friend,
my sister friend. Thank yous. You know I love you well.
Speaker 4 (55:16):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (55:17):
Friendship means the world and your support. You are so
welcome and you all are welcome anytime here. Thank you much, Bath,
thank you. When we come back, we'll share the good
news again. We'll tell you about freedom prep.
Speaker 2 (55:30):
What is that.
Speaker 3 (55:32):
It's coming up next right here on dou w d
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