August 3, 2025 • 16 mins
We spoke with Co-founder's of DK Movement Cares, Derek Jones and Kelly Houston about the 3rd Annual DK Movement Cares 5K Run/Walk.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Thank you for listening to Community Access. I'm
Alison de Murz. My guests this morning are from DK
Movement Cares co founders Derek Jones and Kelly Houston. Good morning,
good morning, good morning, thank you so much for being
here today. For those who don't know about DKA Movement Cares,
how did it come about?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
I'll let Derek start.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
So this began a journey I will say four years
ago when I moved back to my hometown Bristol, Connecticut.
We started actually a clothing company, first DK Movement brand,
and then we moved on two years ago to forming
a nonprofit. So that's how it came about.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
And what is your mission?
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Our mission is to help the youth build a legacy
within Bristol. Our main mission though, is to actually try
to help as many people in the community as possible
through our foundation of DK Movement Cares.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
And how do you implement that?
Speaker 3 (00:59):
How we actually are going to implement it is this
year we're having our third annual five k race, which
you'll be at, and we're raising money currently right now
for the youth program that I just spoke about. It's
a ten week program coupled with exercise running is the
basis of the exercise.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
And it's the Mind and Motion Plus Youth Program and
it's conjunction with a YMCA. And what are the other
towns involved?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
So it's going to be the New Bran YMCA and
the Meriden YMCA.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
So you have this event coming up on Saturday, August
twenty third, it's the five k run Walk. It's their
third annual and I'm so blessed to be involved in it.
I'm going to be the host or MC And again,
if you'd like more information, you can just go to
dkmovementcres dot org. You can walk, you can run. Check
in is at seven am, the race is at nine am,
(01:51):
and all of the proceeds again benefit the programs and
services that you offer. You are changing lives, you are
making lives better in this area. Let's talk a little
bit more about the Mind and Motion Plus Youth program.
What are the ages of the people who will be affected?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
So the ages that we're serving is our teens thirteen
to eighteen, because we feel that there are really no
programs that's geared to our teens, and right now in society,
I think our teens really need a lot of help
with interaction, learning how to communicate. I know when I
grew up, there was no cell phone, there was no
you know, we went outside and we played. But it's different.
(02:27):
We're growing up in a different era and our kids
need to learn how to interact with each other. And
you know, COVID has caused a lot of social isolation
in our children, a lot of anxiety, and I think
it's time for us to bring back just having a
conversation and raising these kids to be productive adults. And
that's the overall goal. You know, the program is the
(02:47):
target kids and it doesn't matter what income bracket you
come from, from what walks of life, all right, we
all are affected by just life itself. So the program
was developed to help guide these children. And then Derek
is avid runner and having the physical physical components, what
makes a little different than other youth programs is mind, body,
and soul. Right, So we're trying to tackle all at
(03:09):
one point and get these kids ready for adulthood.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Do you have any personal stories without mentioning names of
the children who've benefited and how it's positively infected their lives.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
So yeah, we have a couple different stories. One that
comes to mind and of course I can't say the
kid's name, but this all came from me speaking at
a group of boys that have gone through tremendous pain.
Some of them have been assaulted, some of them done
assault assaulting. I would go in speak to them on
(03:42):
a regular basis, and what came out of it is
they were lost. They would have people come in on
a regular basis and speak to them, but they told
me it was no one that could relate with them.
There is no one that could understand who they were were.
So as I went in, I constructed a program where
(04:05):
I would set goals for them. I would set accomplishments
that they needed to obtain, and out of that, some
of the kids, one in particular, he's a young black man.
He's actually going to graduate from high school and now
going to college, which is a big deal because, especially
(04:27):
coming from those types of backgrounds, you normally don't even
make it to college. I let alone graduate from high school.
So his grandmother passed away during his time in this
group home, he reached out to me. He asked me
for a jacket. Like I said a little earlier on,
we also sold clothing and gave back to the community
(04:49):
with our clothing and the proceeds. So during the time
meeting with these kids, they had to earn certain goals
and they had to hit certain achievements, and he was
able to earn a well. When his grandmother passed away,
he reached out and he told me that was the
first thing he grabbed was the jacket that I gave
to him for hitting his goals and accomplishments. So it
(05:12):
was a heart touching story. I can tell you one more.
There's another kid in there who continuously get in trouble.
He was doing drugs while in there, he was getting
into fights. Had a couple lengthy conversations with him. He
also gave me a call personal call, and I would
have like zoom calls with him. During the zoom call,
he let me know and actually the facilitator she let
(05:35):
me know that he would say things like if I
did this, Derek would to approve of this, you know,
because I told him, no matter what you've gone through
in your life, it's not acceptable to do things to
others that have been done to you. I said, I
don't care where you're at. You if you choose a
different path, you can be just where I am. Because
(05:55):
I came from that type of background, so they kind
of looked up to that. Because of that, when we're
able to put together a ten week program that started
with communication, goal setting, job obtainment, so many more things
than coupled that would exercise. So those are just two
of the stories of kids that started to turn their
lives around and head in a different direction. So now
(06:20):
we're here today.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
That's wonderful. This ten week program. Is it something like
nine to five? Is it an hour of exercise? How
does it all work?
Speaker 3 (06:29):
So it's two hours classroom work. We're going to do
two classroom sessions per week and then one session of
running per week. Typically the running is going to be
on the weekend and the classes should run probably after
work or after school or wherever the kids are at
that time. And again two hours per.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Each and what kind of feedback have you heard from
the parents or the community about this?
Speaker 3 (06:54):
So we officially have not run the full program yet,
so we need the proceeds to actually run the program
for each kid. If you think about it, every kid
going through this program, it only takes which you lunch,
you know, spending money on lunch, going out to McDonald's.
So it's like twenty two dollars, you know, per day
(07:16):
to get one kid through, and it's a full program.
They get to graduate, there's going to be a gala eventually,
they're going to get a certificate. They're going to be
able to come up and speak about their experience. Plus
they get a they get to run in our race
that the next year when it's completed, so they're going
to get a metal trophies. Plus they have to do
a community project on top of it. So it's not
(07:37):
just that, So they have to pick some of the
things they've gone through during this program to actually do
their community project on. So it's well balanced. It's all incorporated.
So they're setting goals along with actually learning structure and
actually accountability. And that's a lot of things that we're
missing this days, in this day and age, is accountability.
(07:59):
A lot of these kids, it doesn't matter from what
background you come from, they're struggling with the accountability piece
right even when they go into a job. It's like
I manage quite a few of them coming out of
college and they don't have the expectations to where hey
show up on time, do certain things, dress appropriately. So
going through this actually is going to help in many
(08:19):
different ways.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
And having them see a man of integrity pour into
their lives makes a huge difference. A lot of kids
don't have dads in their lives, and studies have shown
they have a higher risk of getting into trouble or
substance abuse. You take that place basically and you do
that for them.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Yeah, it's so interesting you bring that up. I was
a kid who grew up in that lifestyle where my mother,
she was also on drugs. I didn't know my father,
and to the age of sixteen, I actually still to
this day have a different person on my birth certificate
that's not my father. My father passed away four years
ago and him and I became very very close during
that time period. So he was extreme, really proud. I
(09:00):
overcame alcoholism, you know, and so many different things in
that time frame. So, yes, it is looking up to
someone like me. Now have a very professional job, you know,
I work in the corporate office and manage you know,
quite a few people. So it's something where when they
look at me and I come in, I'm well dressed
and I'm well spoken. These kids they say, listen, I
(09:20):
want to listen to this person. He was just like me,
and they've said that out of their mouths. He was
just like me, can I have a possibility of being there?
And more and more kids need that, So I mean
it's going to be for both men and women. So
you know, Kelly being there and that's what yeah help too.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
Absolutely, she's going to pour into them and give them
the self esteem that they need so that they're able
to accomplish all of these things in the programs and services.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
But I just want to just circle back to your
story because I don't think people I want them to
feel the impact of that child who wanted the jacket,
because it was more than just he called and he
just put the jacket on. It was more that when
he had to go to the hospital to see his
grandmother and it was kind of saying his last goodbye
(10:05):
to his grandmother. You know, the staff there said, okay,
well go upstairs and you know, grab your best come,
you know, come dress your best. And the thing that
he grabbed was our jacket because he felt so confident
in wearing that in the meeting behind the jacket, because
he got the jacket, because he accomplished those goals that
Derek's set for him, And I think when they called
(10:27):
and told us that. I mean, I literally cried because
in that moment, I lost my grandmother years ago who
raised me. And it was like wow, in that thought
and that thought that he was so sad, he still
thought of us, and that's where he had the confidence
to go to the hospital because it was very hard
for him to even go to grab our jacket which
has our faces on it, and he thought of us
and that gave him, you know, that that drive to
(10:48):
go in and handle such a tough moment in his life.
And that's what, you know, we always just wanted to be,
was someone that when they thought that life was going left,
or you know, times are so hard and you felt
like you were never going to get out of it,
you can. You can. And people look at us today
and they don't think that anything that we've been through
(11:10):
we've actually been through, because they're like, wow, you guys
look great. You looks so accomplished. It's like, no, I
lived out of a suitcase. I was an alcoholic up
until I met Derek. You know, I was on the
red carpet. Everybody thought my life was great. Looking at
my pictures, everything was glamorous, But I was depressed, and
you know, our kids growing up in a society today
of social media and even adults, right, we see something
if you want to live up to those expectations that
(11:31):
are not real. What you see is not the truth.
And I know because I live that. And we want
our kids to look in their community and focus on
mentors within their community. It could be their neighbor, could
be anybody that you come in contact with, and in
our world today, I think people need to understand interactions
that you have with someone could be life changing because
you never know what that person is going through, and
(11:52):
a quick hello or smile to someone that just seemed
angry at that moment could have changed their whole day.
And we want to be those people that change people's days,
change people's lives.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
Yeah, you know you touched on to quite a few
things there, Kelly, And I think people don't really realize
like how important a program like this is. It gets
to the core of any family, whether you're wealthy, poor, rich,
that you're strong, think about that kid, your teenage kid
that you can't get to, you can't speak to you,
He or she goes in the room, they throw a tangrum,
(12:23):
they're in fights, they're distant. You know, I had a
cousin when he was younger. He committed suicide that we
were sixteen years old. He was he was nineteen years old.
And you know, this is the type of program that's
going to get to that kid, that's going to solve
those issues, prevent issues. So just think about it, like
if you could just sponsor one kid, right, we could
(12:44):
just sponsor one kid. You know, it's going to change
the world. It's going to change so many lives. It's
like no program before that anyone's ever come out with.
There's been a lot of different programs. This program just
just a little bit different. It was right to me
by the kids in living harsh, incredible lives that nobody
(13:06):
should have to go through. And they said they've had
a lot of people come in and speak, They've had
a lot of people with PhDs come in, and I'm
not faulting none, but it's it's a different program.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Well, because again you can relate to someone who walks
the walk and talks the talk. I've been where you are,
I've gotten through it, and look at me, the same
can happen for you. What is going to happen on
the race day. I said that the check ins at seven,
the races at nine, but take me through race day.
Speaker 3 (13:32):
Yeah, race day, actually we have a big announcement. So
anyone that completes the race, we have to get this
out there. They're going to receive a cookie, chocolate chip
cookie at the end of the race and a towel
with a chocolate chip cookie thing. So it's going to
be hot that day, so they'll get a towel and
they'll get a big chocolate chip cookie at the end
instead of a metal. So it's a little bit different
(13:54):
than you've seen before any other races.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
So checking is at seven, and you can we have
day of registration as well, so race time we have
we actually have a free kids run before the race,
probably like at eight forty five. Racetime is at nine,
and then we have you can race. I mean you
can run and then you can also walk. We have
a King and Queen of the Hill competition, so you know,
(14:17):
the first male and female that makes it up that
hill will receive a cash prize and a plaque. And
then at the end of the race, you know, our first, second,
and third place overall female and male win. They win
a medal and they also get cash prizes, and our first, second,
and third overall age group winners also receive a medal.
We have our team versus team that wins a trophy.
We have our school versus school which we have a
(14:39):
perpetual trophy last year Bristol Eastern one, so they have
it in their school. So we'll see this year who
wins the trophy. And we also have our running group
versus running group that will get a trophy as well.
This year we extended it to two o'clock because we
felt that people they had a good time, they wanted
to stay. And we have a kid zone that's sponsored
by the Bridge Community Church and eh of New Britain
(15:01):
so the kids can enjoy, you know, some activities that's
by HRA and Bridge Community Church. We have a food
truck there. You know. We just want the community to
come together and to celebrate, right, to have a celebration
of just life itself. We have a live DJ and
then we have you there to help bring up the
spirits and it's just a fun day. It's just a
(15:22):
fun day to just see the community work hard together,
just coming together for one cause.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
Absolutely, and if people can't make it, you can always
make a donation. Are you ever looking for volunteers as well?
Speaker 2 (15:33):
We're always looking for volunteers.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Awesome. I'm speaking with Derek Jones and Kelly Houston, both
co founders of DK Movement Cares. It's the third annual
DK Movement Cares five k run walk Saturday, August twenty
third at Bridge Community Church in Bristol. Again, go to
Dkmovementcres dot org.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
I'd just like to say people, just, you know, just
look within your heart. You know a lot of we
all go through things sometimes and sometimes we just forget
to be human, right, We forget to be empathetic, We
forget about everybody else around us because we just tend
to be self absorbed in what it feels good to
give back. It feels good to help others, and sometimes
(16:13):
that's all you really need to do. And you need
to be grateful for what you have in life and
start reflecting on what you don't have, and to actually
look at what you do have in life and be
grateful for that. We tend to, you know, again social media,
we start thinking that we need those things to make
us happy. Just find what makes you happy. That's all
that really truly matters.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
Again it's DK movement cares dot org. Please show up
for the event. If not, you can make a donation.
Thank you so much, the two of you for being
here and for all of the amazing work you're doing
in the community.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
Thank you, thank you.
Good morning, Thank you for listening to Community Access. I'm
Alison de Murz. My guests this morning are from DK
Movement Cares co founders Derek Jones and Kelly Houston. Good morning,
good morning, good morning, thank you so much for being
here today. For those who don't know about DKA Movement Cares,
how did it come about?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
I'll let Derek start.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
So this began a journey I will say four years
ago when I moved back to my hometown Bristol, Connecticut.
We started actually a clothing company, first DK Movement brand,
and then we moved on two years ago to forming
a nonprofit. So that's how it came about.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
And what is your mission?
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Our mission is to help the youth build a legacy
within Bristol. Our main mission though, is to actually try
to help as many people in the community as possible
through our foundation of DK Movement Cares.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
And how do you implement that?
Speaker 3 (00:59):
How we actually are going to implement it is this
year we're having our third annual five k race, which
you'll be at, and we're raising money currently right now
for the youth program that I just spoke about. It's
a ten week program coupled with exercise running is the
basis of the exercise.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
And it's the Mind and Motion Plus Youth Program and
it's conjunction with a YMCA. And what are the other
towns involved?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
So it's going to be the New Bran YMCA and
the Meriden YMCA.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
So you have this event coming up on Saturday, August
twenty third, it's the five k run Walk. It's their
third annual and I'm so blessed to be involved in it.
I'm going to be the host or MC And again,
if you'd like more information, you can just go to
dkmovementcres dot org. You can walk, you can run. Check
in is at seven am, the race is at nine am,
(01:51):
and all of the proceeds again benefit the programs and
services that you offer. You are changing lives, you are
making lives better in this area. Let's talk a little
bit more about the Mind and Motion Plus Youth program.
What are the ages of the people who will be affected?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
So the ages that we're serving is our teens thirteen
to eighteen, because we feel that there are really no
programs that's geared to our teens, and right now in society,
I think our teens really need a lot of help
with interaction, learning how to communicate. I know when I
grew up, there was no cell phone, there was no
you know, we went outside and we played. But it's different.
(02:27):
We're growing up in a different era and our kids
need to learn how to interact with each other. And
you know, COVID has caused a lot of social isolation
in our children, a lot of anxiety, and I think
it's time for us to bring back just having a
conversation and raising these kids to be productive adults. And
that's the overall goal. You know, the program is the
(02:47):
target kids and it doesn't matter what income bracket you
come from, from what walks of life, all right, we
all are affected by just life itself. So the program
was developed to help guide these children. And then Derek
is avid runner and having the physical physical components, what
makes a little different than other youth programs is mind, body,
and soul. Right, So we're trying to tackle all at
(03:09):
one point and get these kids ready for adulthood.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Do you have any personal stories without mentioning names of
the children who've benefited and how it's positively infected their lives.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
So yeah, we have a couple different stories. One that
comes to mind and of course I can't say the
kid's name, but this all came from me speaking at
a group of boys that have gone through tremendous pain.
Some of them have been assaulted, some of them done
assault assaulting. I would go in speak to them on
(03:42):
a regular basis, and what came out of it is
they were lost. They would have people come in on
a regular basis and speak to them, but they told
me it was no one that could relate with them.
There is no one that could understand who they were were.
So as I went in, I constructed a program where
(04:05):
I would set goals for them. I would set accomplishments
that they needed to obtain, and out of that, some
of the kids, one in particular, he's a young black man.
He's actually going to graduate from high school and now
going to college, which is a big deal because, especially
(04:27):
coming from those types of backgrounds, you normally don't even
make it to college. I let alone graduate from high school.
So his grandmother passed away during his time in this
group home, he reached out to me. He asked me
for a jacket. Like I said a little earlier on,
we also sold clothing and gave back to the community
(04:49):
with our clothing and the proceeds. So during the time
meeting with these kids, they had to earn certain goals
and they had to hit certain achievements, and he was
able to earn a well. When his grandmother passed away,
he reached out and he told me that was the
first thing he grabbed was the jacket that I gave
to him for hitting his goals and accomplishments. So it
(05:12):
was a heart touching story. I can tell you one more.
There's another kid in there who continuously get in trouble.
He was doing drugs while in there, he was getting
into fights. Had a couple lengthy conversations with him. He
also gave me a call personal call, and I would
have like zoom calls with him. During the zoom call,
he let me know and actually the facilitator she let
(05:35):
me know that he would say things like if I
did this, Derek would to approve of this, you know,
because I told him, no matter what you've gone through
in your life, it's not acceptable to do things to
others that have been done to you. I said, I
don't care where you're at. You if you choose a
different path, you can be just where I am. Because
(05:55):
I came from that type of background, so they kind
of looked up to that. Because of that, when we're
able to put together a ten week program that started
with communication, goal setting, job obtainment, so many more things
than coupled that would exercise. So those are just two
of the stories of kids that started to turn their
lives around and head in a different direction. So now
(06:20):
we're here today.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
That's wonderful. This ten week program. Is it something like
nine to five? Is it an hour of exercise? How
does it all work?
Speaker 3 (06:29):
So it's two hours classroom work. We're going to do
two classroom sessions per week and then one session of
running per week. Typically the running is going to be
on the weekend and the classes should run probably after
work or after school or wherever the kids are at
that time. And again two hours per.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Each and what kind of feedback have you heard from
the parents or the community about this?
Speaker 3 (06:54):
So we officially have not run the full program yet,
so we need the proceeds to actually run the program
for each kid. If you think about it, every kid
going through this program, it only takes which you lunch,
you know, spending money on lunch, going out to McDonald's.
So it's like twenty two dollars, you know, per day
(07:16):
to get one kid through, and it's a full program.
They get to graduate, there's going to be a gala eventually,
they're going to get a certificate. They're going to be
able to come up and speak about their experience. Plus
they get a they get to run in our race
that the next year when it's completed, so they're going
to get a metal trophies. Plus they have to do
a community project on top of it. So it's not
(07:37):
just that, So they have to pick some of the
things they've gone through during this program to actually do
their community project on. So it's well balanced. It's all incorporated.
So they're setting goals along with actually learning structure and
actually accountability. And that's a lot of things that we're
missing this days, in this day and age, is accountability.
(07:59):
A lot of these kids, it doesn't matter from what
background you come from, they're struggling with the accountability piece
right even when they go into a job. It's like
I manage quite a few of them coming out of
college and they don't have the expectations to where hey
show up on time, do certain things, dress appropriately. So
going through this actually is going to help in many
(08:19):
different ways.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
And having them see a man of integrity pour into
their lives makes a huge difference. A lot of kids
don't have dads in their lives, and studies have shown
they have a higher risk of getting into trouble or
substance abuse. You take that place basically and you do
that for them.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Yeah, it's so interesting you bring that up. I was
a kid who grew up in that lifestyle where my mother,
she was also on drugs. I didn't know my father,
and to the age of sixteen, I actually still to
this day have a different person on my birth certificate
that's not my father. My father passed away four years
ago and him and I became very very close during
that time period. So he was extreme, really proud. I
(09:00):
overcame alcoholism, you know, and so many different things in
that time frame. So, yes, it is looking up to
someone like me. Now have a very professional job, you know,
I work in the corporate office and manage you know,
quite a few people. So it's something where when they
look at me and I come in, I'm well dressed
and I'm well spoken. These kids they say, listen, I
(09:20):
want to listen to this person. He was just like me,
and they've said that out of their mouths. He was
just like me, can I have a possibility of being there?
And more and more kids need that, So I mean
it's going to be for both men and women. So
you know, Kelly being there and that's what yeah help too.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
Absolutely, she's going to pour into them and give them
the self esteem that they need so that they're able
to accomplish all of these things in the programs and services.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
But I just want to just circle back to your
story because I don't think people I want them to
feel the impact of that child who wanted the jacket,
because it was more than just he called and he
just put the jacket on. It was more that when
he had to go to the hospital to see his
grandmother and it was kind of saying his last goodbye
(10:05):
to his grandmother. You know, the staff there said, okay,
well go upstairs and you know, grab your best come,
you know, come dress your best. And the thing that
he grabbed was our jacket because he felt so confident
in wearing that in the meeting behind the jacket, because
he got the jacket, because he accomplished those goals that
Derek's set for him, And I think when they called
(10:27):
and told us that. I mean, I literally cried because
in that moment, I lost my grandmother years ago who
raised me. And it was like wow, in that thought
and that thought that he was so sad, he still
thought of us, and that's where he had the confidence
to go to the hospital because it was very hard
for him to even go to grab our jacket which
has our faces on it, and he thought of us
and that gave him, you know, that that drive to
(10:48):
go in and handle such a tough moment in his life.
And that's what, you know, we always just wanted to be,
was someone that when they thought that life was going left,
or you know, times are so hard and you felt
like you were never going to get out of it,
you can. You can. And people look at us today
and they don't think that anything that we've been through
(11:10):
we've actually been through, because they're like, wow, you guys
look great. You looks so accomplished. It's like, no, I
lived out of a suitcase. I was an alcoholic up
until I met Derek. You know, I was on the
red carpet. Everybody thought my life was great. Looking at
my pictures, everything was glamorous, But I was depressed, and
you know, our kids growing up in a society today
of social media and even adults, right, we see something
if you want to live up to those expectations that
(11:31):
are not real. What you see is not the truth.
And I know because I live that. And we want
our kids to look in their community and focus on
mentors within their community. It could be their neighbor, could
be anybody that you come in contact with, and in
our world today, I think people need to understand interactions
that you have with someone could be life changing because
you never know what that person is going through, and
(11:52):
a quick hello or smile to someone that just seemed
angry at that moment could have changed their whole day.
And we want to be those people that change people's days,
change people's lives.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
Yeah, you know you touched on to quite a few
things there, Kelly, And I think people don't really realize
like how important a program like this is. It gets
to the core of any family, whether you're wealthy, poor, rich,
that you're strong, think about that kid, your teenage kid
that you can't get to, you can't speak to you,
He or she goes in the room, they throw a tangrum,
(12:23):
they're in fights, they're distant. You know, I had a
cousin when he was younger. He committed suicide that we
were sixteen years old. He was he was nineteen years old.
And you know, this is the type of program that's
going to get to that kid, that's going to solve
those issues, prevent issues. So just think about it, like
if you could just sponsor one kid, right, we could
(12:44):
just sponsor one kid. You know, it's going to change
the world. It's going to change so many lives. It's
like no program before that anyone's ever come out with.
There's been a lot of different programs. This program just
just a little bit different. It was right to me
by the kids in living harsh, incredible lives that nobody
(13:06):
should have to go through. And they said they've had
a lot of people come in and speak, They've had
a lot of people with PhDs come in, and I'm
not faulting none, but it's it's a different program.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Well, because again you can relate to someone who walks
the walk and talks the talk. I've been where you are,
I've gotten through it, and look at me, the same
can happen for you. What is going to happen on
the race day. I said that the check ins at seven,
the races at nine, but take me through race day.
Speaker 3 (13:32):
Yeah, race day, actually we have a big announcement. So
anyone that completes the race, we have to get this
out there. They're going to receive a cookie, chocolate chip
cookie at the end of the race and a towel
with a chocolate chip cookie thing. So it's going to
be hot that day, so they'll get a towel and
they'll get a big chocolate chip cookie at the end
instead of a metal. So it's a little bit different
(13:54):
than you've seen before any other races.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
So checking is at seven, and you can we have
day of registration as well, so race time we have
we actually have a free kids run before the race,
probably like at eight forty five. Racetime is at nine,
and then we have you can race. I mean you
can run and then you can also walk. We have
a King and Queen of the Hill competition, so you know,
(14:17):
the first male and female that makes it up that
hill will receive a cash prize and a plaque. And
then at the end of the race, you know, our first, second,
and third place overall female and male win. They win
a medal and they also get cash prizes, and our first, second,
and third overall age group winners also receive a medal.
We have our team versus team that wins a trophy.
We have our school versus school which we have a
(14:39):
perpetual trophy last year Bristol Eastern one, so they have
it in their school. So we'll see this year who
wins the trophy. And we also have our running group
versus running group that will get a trophy as well.
This year we extended it to two o'clock because we
felt that people they had a good time, they wanted
to stay. And we have a kid zone that's sponsored
by the Bridge Community Church and eh of New Britain
(15:01):
so the kids can enjoy, you know, some activities that's
by HRA and Bridge Community Church. We have a food
truck there. You know. We just want the community to
come together and to celebrate, right, to have a celebration
of just life itself. We have a live DJ and
then we have you there to help bring up the
spirits and it's just a fun day. It's just a
(15:22):
fun day to just see the community work hard together,
just coming together for one cause.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
Absolutely, and if people can't make it, you can always
make a donation. Are you ever looking for volunteers as well?
Speaker 2 (15:33):
We're always looking for volunteers.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Awesome. I'm speaking with Derek Jones and Kelly Houston, both
co founders of DK Movement Cares. It's the third annual
DK Movement Cares five k run walk Saturday, August twenty
third at Bridge Community Church in Bristol. Again, go to
Dkmovementcres dot org.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
I'd just like to say people, just, you know, just
look within your heart. You know a lot of we
all go through things sometimes and sometimes we just forget
to be human, right, We forget to be empathetic, We
forget about everybody else around us because we just tend
to be self absorbed in what it feels good to
give back. It feels good to help others, and sometimes
(16:13):
that's all you really need to do. And you need
to be grateful for what you have in life and
start reflecting on what you don't have, and to actually
look at what you do have in life and be
grateful for that. We tend to, you know, again social media,
we start thinking that we need those things to make
us happy. Just find what makes you happy. That's all
that really truly matters.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
Again it's DK movement cares dot org. Please show up
for the event. If not, you can make a donation.
Thank you so much, the two of you for being
here and for all of the amazing work you're doing
in the community.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
Thank you, thank you.
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