September 29, 2024 • 29 mins
It's a Kentucky staple and it's work goes well beyond the first week in June. Plus, keeping our personal information safe in 2024. What's changed and what do you need to know? That and more in this week's Kentucky Focus w/Scott Fitzgerald!
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome to Kentucky Focus. I'm Scott Fitzgerald. Coming up the
Crusade for children. It's a long standing tradition whose reach
extends well throughout the state. And it's not just about
the first week in June. Plus identity theft. You hear
a lot about it, but don't typically pay attention until
it's too late. Won't take a look at what you
can do now to prevent major headaches down the road.
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Also this week, it's a Hall of Fame weekend around
the Commonwealth. I'm Scott Fitzgerald and this is Kentucky Focus.
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It's eleventh annual Gift for Goods drive that raised over
nine million dollars. That got me thinking about the great
organizations that can use our help year round and not
just once a year. For me, that's Crusade for Children.
We all get that spare change out in June, but
what happens when the cameras and attention sort of go away.
That's why joining us today is Heather Benson, Director of
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Philanthropy for the WHS Crusade for Children.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Greetings, Heather, thanks for joining.
Speaker 8 (02:14):
Us, Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
So let's talk first and foremost, right off the top,
How did the Crusade do this year.
Speaker 8 (02:20):
Forget for Good Louisville. We did fairly well. You know,
we have our big push in June, and I think
that's when a lot of people think of the Crusade
when they see their local fire departments out. So events
like Give for Good Louisville are just gravy for us.
They provide us with a platform to let people know that,
you know, it's not just a once a year thing.
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It's three hundred and sixty five days a year that
it takes the Crusade to build that tote board for
the annual June event. So this year we raised a
little over thirty four hundred dollars. Not bad for a
single one day effort, you know. And we're so appreciative
to everyone who donate it to us.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Talk for listeners for just a bit who may not
know what, of course, Give for Good is that they
see now it's the eleventh here what exactly is Gift
for Good?
Speaker 8 (03:09):
So gid for Good Louisville is a one day event
that is held every year. This was the eleventh year.
It is a twenty four hour day of online giving
for agencies, schools, hospitals, anybody in the nonprofit community located
in Louisville metro So that's not just Jefferson County, but
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the surrounding counties as well. Over five hundred organizations participate
this year. They raised over nine million dollars, which is
incredible for just twenty four hours. It's an event that
just creates a lot of excitement, a lot of energy,
and showcases Louisville's generous nature to give back.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
We're talking with Heather Benson.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
She's director of Philanthropy for the WAHS Crusade for Children
and talking on the heels of gift for good, but
more importantly talking about the Crusade year and not.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Just in June.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
So Heather, let me ask you what's been happening since
the seventy first Crusae for Children and what happens when
the cameras are turned off?
Speaker 3 (04:08):
What goes on over there?
Speaker 8 (04:09):
Just because the cameras go down at seven PM at
the conclusion of the telethon, that's when things really get
busy for it. So we have a very quick turnaround
where we take those funds that you see on the
final toteboard. We have an advisory panel that meets the
week after, and they are the ones that make our
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funding decisions. So they are the ones who before the
telethon have met individually with each applicant. So you can
imagine we gave away two hundred and thirty one grants
this year. That's two hundred and thirty one meetings that
this advisory panel takes throughout the winter months. So it's
a long process for them and a huge commitment. And
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so after the telethon they get together, they make their
final funding decisions, and then by the end of June
we are able to let everyone know here is how
much money you're able to be granted this year for
these projects you applied for, and they're able to start
spending that money on September first, which is the start
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of our fiscal year. So you know, it's just a
year round effort. So now now that we're past September first,
we have kicked off Crusade seventy two, which will be
June seventh and eighth, twenty twenty five. Hard to believe,
but we have. You know, we plan that far out,
so it takes, like I said, three hundred and sixty
five days a year, and we're always, always working towards
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that final toe board.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Again, we're talking with Heather Benson, director of Philanthropy for
the WHS Crusade for Children on the heels of Gift
for Good, just to kind of touch base outside of
June when everybody wants to be part of the Crusade
and as you just mentioned, Heather, most of the work
happens now that's going on. How important is is it
to remind folks that these funds don't just stay in Louisville.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Now, right where else do they go?
Speaker 8 (06:05):
Correct? Yes, not just Louisville. We touch children's lives in
all one hundred and twenty Kentucky counties and the majority
of southern Indiana, from we go as far north as Indianapolis.
We have a few agency Riley Children's Hospital, we grant
them money Visually impaired preschool services goes all the way
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up to Indianapolis. So that's just a couple of examples
of the geographic reach that we have. Two hundred and
thirty one schools, hospitals, and organizations were granted funds for
this year. So that's a lot that impacts a lot
of children in their families.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
You know, again, Heather Benson, director of Philanthropy for the
WAHS Crusade for Children, joins us and so, Heather, if
someone's listening now and they maybe think my organization could
use some of this money, what do they need to do?
Speaker 3 (06:57):
How do they get started?
Speaker 8 (06:58):
So right now is the perfect time to think about that.
Our grant application for the next year will open later
in the fall. It's usually around October November. That deadline
will be the second week of January. So if you
are thinking, you know, my organization could fit the Crusades
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focus areas, I would recommend first go to our website,
Whascrusade dot org and go to the grant section and
just read about our funding priorities. If you think you've
fit that, then you would just need to give us
a call and meet with our grants manager, Janine Hickerson.
She is wonderful about talking through strategies that the panel
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likes to consider projects that might be of interest to them.
And so that's just how you get started. And then
after that, if you make it past that first step,
you get the application, fill it out, submit it kind
of go from.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
There, you know. HEATHERN.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Benson's with us again, director of Philanthropy with the WHS
Crusade for children and heather. Do you see people giving
throughout the year, not just in June during the Crusade.
Speaker 8 (08:11):
Absolutely, people give to it. The people are so generous
to us year round, and our fire departments that we
work with, they're also not just focusing on that end
of May first of June time period. We have fire
departments doing events now whose totals will show up on
the June topeboard, so PRP they do a bass fishing
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tournament this time of year. I mean, there are so
many others that the fire departments also work year round
and people show up to those events and give. We
have constant other efforts going on here at the Crusade
where we're encouraging people to donate online or mail in
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a check and in any way that you to give.
I think the Crusade has embraced I mean, we have
of course the USPS you can always mail as a check,
but also online at whascrusade dot org. We accept Apple,
pay Venmo, cash, app PayPal. So we're trying to reach
everybody where they are and in their giving preferences, how
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they prefer to give, and we're always embracing new ideas
for that.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
I was going to say, have you seen traditionally with
the Crusade you give your spare change and drop it
in the boot at the intersection. Now, with technology, as
you just mentioned, it's a lot easier to give. Do
you see more folks migrating that way? Are they still
giving that spare change when they have it?
Speaker 8 (09:40):
People do still give their spare change, and that is
what we're known for. But as fire departments evolve and
there are fewer and fewer roadblocks just for safety reasons,
so people just don't have the opportunity as much these
days to throw their spare change in the fire boot.
(10:02):
It's still there are fire departments that do roadblocks, but
you know, just not as many for various reasons. But
we do see people migrating more towards the digital platforms.
You know, we try to make it as easy as
possible for everybody to do that, and we try to
embrace always of giving.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Spending a few quality minutes with Heather Benson, she's director
of Philanthropy with the WHS Crusade for Children, talking about
the Crusade nut and what happens outside of Crusade Day
in June and of course, it's on the heels of
give for good that as you mentioned, Heather raised over
nine million dollars this year. And last question for you, Heather,
if someone's listening and they want to get involved with
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the crusade, maybe they don't have the financial means, but
they want to do something to help.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
Do you have opportunities for those folks?
Speaker 8 (10:48):
Absolutely, we always have volunteer opportunities throughout the year. I
would just suggest they go to our website Whascrusade dot org.
Check out our events page see if there's an you're
interested in. Because whether it's something that we're putting on
or that a fire department is putting on, a guarantee
volunteers are needed. One thing that I can plug here
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is Thanksgiving Morning. We are the beneficiary of the Hungry
Turkey five k race, which is a huge race that
happens down at Waterfront Park. About two thousand people show
up on Thanksgiving Morning, dressed to the nines in costumes
centered all around Thanksgiving. That crowd is the single most
happiest crowd I've ever encountered at a race. They're just
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so excited to have this family tradition that many of
them do before they go eat a big meal and
at the finish line you get free donuts. So what
better incentives to get out of bed on Thanksgiving morning.
But it takes a lot of volunteers to put that on.
So if that's something that appeals to you, we need
people to help work the water stops, the hating out,
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the donuts, and just various other race day tasks. If
you're interested in that, just give us a call our
numbers five two five eight two seven seven zero six
and we can sign you up.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
That's awesome, man, Heather.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Folks, you mentioned those events going on to support the
Crusade year round. I assume those are on your website.
Folks can go if they want to attend one of
those events.
Speaker 8 (12:16):
If you go to our website and the events tab,
everything's listed there.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Outstanding, Heather Benson, Director of Philanthropy with the WHS Crusade
for Children. Heather, thank you and thank everybody there at
the WHS Crusade for Us and best of luck in
twenty twenty four into twenty twenty five.
Speaker 8 (12:32):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Thank you again to Heather Benson, director of Philanthropy with
the Crusade for Children, who reminds us the need and
good work they do isn't just reserved for that first
weekend in June. For more information on how you can
help or become involved, simply visit whscrusade dot org. Coming up,
It's going to happen to most of us eventually. If
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pay attention until it does and immediately regret not doing
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Fraud, Identity, theft and data breaches set. Let's be honest,
they're part of our everyday lives. I've been hacked a
few times. I'm sure you have too. So far in
twenty twenty four, there have been more than thirteen hundred
data breaches, and last year consumers reported losing more than
ten billion dollars to fraud.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
Joining us talk about that is Michael Bremer.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
He is the vice president of Experienced Global Data Breach
Resolution and Consumer Protection.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
Greetings, Michael, Thanks Scott.
Speaker 11 (15:01):
I appreciate you having me well, I.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
Appreciate you spending some time with us. But obviously this
is something that's hitting everybody for sure. Just how big
of a problem is fraud and identity theft in twenty
twenty four, Well, according to.
Speaker 11 (15:11):
The FTC, it's the number one crime that's been reported
in terms of the last ten years. And people can
only read the headlines every day about multiple millions being
impacted by data breaches as well as some of the
stuff about fake election scams and that, so it's really
a headline issue in today's world.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
Michael Bremer is joining US.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
He's vice president of Experienced, Global Data Breach Resolution and
Consumer Protection. We're talking data breaches and fraud, identity fraud, etc.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
You all know the drill.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
So what is weighing most on the minds in twenty
twenty four folks, Michael, what do you see there at Experience?
Speaker 11 (15:50):
According to our US Identity and Fraud Report, where we
surveyed over two thousand consumers, the top three things are
generative AI and cybercrime, with people saying that eighty four
percent of the folks have worried about identity theft eighty
percent of the people have worried about stolen credit cards,
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and both of those statistics are up twenty percent versus
a year ago.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
Michael Bremer joining us again. He's with Experience, He's part
of there. He's the vice president of Global Data Breach
Resolution and Consumer Protection. And Michael, I know my daughter
got hit pretty hard because she made the mistake of
storing her credit card information out of convenience on some websites.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
What do you say to folks that do stuff like that?
Speaker 1 (16:35):
What are some of the best practices consumers can do
to better protect themselves against identity theft?
Speaker 11 (16:41):
Well, talking about your daughter, I would also recommend that
she doesn't store credit cards, but also passwords. A lot
of people will have passwords in an Excel spreadsheet or
worst case post it notes. I'd recommend a password manager.
I'd recommend changing your passwords at least twice a year,
especially for those accounts you may have gotten a notice
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of a data breach for Don't click on any links,
don't answer any phone calls. It only takes ten seconds
for someone to get a voice print from you if
they have you on the phone. And for sure, don't
use any QR codes, because as human beings, we can't
detect a QR code that's good from one that's bad.
I'd also monitor your credit file, and if you don't
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have any credit activity going on, I'd recommend to freeze
no public Wi Fi. It can be spoofed easily, and
if you're on a fake Wi Fi system, you can
have information from your devices downloaded and then you may
suffer identity theft.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
I'm glad you mentioned that Michael Bremer is joining us again.
He is vice president of Experienced Global Data Breach Resolution
and Consumer Protection. We're talking, of course, about identity theft
and cybersecurity, and I'm glad you brought up the freezing
of your credit report.
Speaker 3 (17:57):
Michael.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
I've done this, but for folks that aren't listening, what
is freezing your credit report and what's involved here and
how can folks do that should they choose that option.
Speaker 11 (18:06):
You can freeze your credit report at each of the
three major bureaus Experience, TransUnion, and Equifax, either by doing
it online or calling in and speaking to person. And
what the credit freeze does. It allows nobody that wants
to open a new line of credit in your name,
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like a fraudster, to be able to do it. Existing
creditors where you already have a legitimate reason they can
still access your report, but new people cannot do it.
Speaker 8 (18:37):
And it's the.
Speaker 11 (18:38):
Best way from a cat all perspective to stop somebody
accessing your credit report and even your Social Security number.
Speaker 3 (18:45):
Interesting.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
Michael Browner joining us spending it just a few minutes
with them as vice president of Experience Global Data Breach
Resolution and Consumer Protection, and we're talking about the best
ways to protect yourself against credit card and identity theft fraud. Well,
if someone notes that they're a victim, I've seen this before.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
I've seen subject stuff.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
I've gotten letters from companies that said, hey, we have
a data breach. What steps do you recommend folks take?
Where's the first place we need to go when we
I think we've been breached?
Speaker 11 (19:13):
Well, I say three things, Scott awareness. So read the letter,
Understand what happened and why it happened, and most importantly,
how to protect yourself if your data has been compromised.
And then the other thing is act very quickly to
go ahead and freeze your credit maybe start using a
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password manager, and then make sure that if you have
an opportunity, if it's offered to sign up for identity
theft protection. The Experience has an identity works product that
will not only monitor credit, you have a million dollars
worth of identity theft protection, insurance and access to a
fraud resolution agent.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
I'm meant to ask, I'm glad you brought that up, Michael.
And again we're talking with Michael brem Or. He is
the vice president of Experience Global Data, breach Resolution and
Consumer Protection. And for example, you offer this consumer We
hear it advertise so much, Michael, this consumer protection. How
effective is this and why is it a good idea
for folks to sign up?
Speaker 11 (20:14):
An individual can't monitor their credit twenty four by seven,
which an identity theft protection product will do. It also
will give you a copy of your credit file so
you can see if any past activity that shouldn't be
on there is. And the most important thing is the
access to a fraud resolution agent. And this person is
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your phone a friend. If you may be impacted by
identity theft or fraud, you need some tips, you need
something cleaned up on your credit file, or you want
to see what it means if your identity may have
been put out on the dark web and you got
an alert from that, and they're just that peace of
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mind that really helps people when they call in.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
Last question for you, Michael, before we let you go again.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
Michael is Vice president of Experience Global Data Breach Resolution
and Consumer Protection. We're talking about keeping yourself safe after
well nearly ten billion dollars has been lost to fraud.
That's the highest dollar amount ever reported according to the FTC.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
Michael, do you think.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
We'll ever be able to alleviate identity frauders?
Speaker 3 (21:22):
It's just something we're just going to have to deal
with until the end of time.
Speaker 11 (21:25):
The most important thing Scott in learning about data breaches
is that it's not necessarily the technology. That's the problem
is human error. So people making a mistake, clicking on
a link, putting their social putting on their social security
number on our driver's license information in the public eye,
whether it's social media or giving it away. So given
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the humans are involved, I don't think we'll ever completely
shut down data breaches or identity stuff.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
Well, it's spent a few good minutes with Michael Bremer again,
vice president of Experience, Global Data Breach Resolution and Consumer Protection. Michael,
if folks want to learn more about what you're doing
there and the good stuff at Experience where can they go.
Speaker 11 (22:05):
Experience dot com is your one source of truth for
anything identity theft, consumer tips, and how to protect yourself
after a data breach.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
You're the best, Michael, appreciate you is always man. Thanks
for looking out for us.
Speaker 11 (22:16):
Thanks Scott again.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
He is Michael Bremer, Vice President of Global Data Breach
Resolution and Consumer Protection at Experience and for more information,
I'm keeping yourself safe. You can visit Experience dot com
or the FDC's website at Identity Theft dot gov.
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Welcome back to Kentucky Focus. I'm Scott Fitzgerald. As we
prepare to head into homecoming season around the common Wealth,
many athletes are already being recognized.
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In Louisville.
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This week, the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame ushered in
their forty seventh class featuring former University of Kentucky men's
basketball standout NCAA Final four MVP Tony Delk, also going
in with former University of Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. And
when it comes to those who cover our sports statewide,
the legendary Oscar Combs can now call himself a Hall
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of Famer. Oscar started covering the University of Kentucky and
No They're athletics at the Hazard Herald back in nineteen
sixty five. He of course revolutionized how sports were covered
with publications like say Cats Paws and also going in
with former Kentucky Wesleyan's Roy Pickerell, who was with the
school for fifty three years. In Richmond, seven former Colonels
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are being inducted into the Eastern Kentucky Hall of Fame,
led by former football coach Danny Hope, who also played
at the school. Joining Hope is two time Olympian track
and cross country star Ole Hesselberg, along with fellow track
and cross country runner and two time All American Jacob Courier.
Representing women's golf is twenty fifteen OVC champion Selphie eleven,
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who ranks third all time in career scoring average, and
men's basketball also represented by both Nick Mayo and Corey Walden. Mayo,
a four time All OVC selection, is the program's leading
score well.
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Walden broke the career record.
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For Steeles after just three seasons with the Colonels and
led by Jerry Paul Vino, the entire nineteen seventy three
volleyball team is going into the Hall of Fame after
finishing twenty six to four and winning three straight Kentucky
Women's Intercollegiate Conference crowns. Long before volleyball is all the rage,
it is now and last, but certainly not least. Broadcaster
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Greg Stodhamlayer, who has been calling Colonel games since nineteen
seventy nine, is going in, having already earned the title
Kentucky Sports Caster of the Year by the National Sports
Media Association. Congratulations to all our Hall of Fame inductees.
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That's a wrap on this week's Kentucky folkus A.
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Special thank you to Heather Benson, director of Philanthropy with
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is for the entire common Wealth of Kentucky, and.
Speaker 3 (26:38):
Not just for the first Saturday in June.
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It's eleventh annual Gift for Goods drive that raised over
nine million dollars. That got me thinking about the great
organizations that can use our help year round and not
just once a year. For me, that's Crusade for Children.
We all get that spare change out in June, but
what happens when the cameras and attention sort of go away.
That's why joining us today is Heather Benson, Director of
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Philanthropy for the WHS Crusade for Children.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Greetings, Heather, thanks for joining.
Speaker 8 (02:14):
Us, Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
So let's talk first and foremost, right off the top,
How did the Crusade do this year.
Speaker 8 (02:20):
Forget for Good Louisville. We did fairly well. You know,
we have our big push in June, and I think
that's when a lot of people think of the Crusade
when they see their local fire departments out. So events
like Give for Good Louisville are just gravy for us.
They provide us with a platform to let people know that,
you know, it's not just a once a year thing.
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It's three hundred and sixty five days a year that
it takes the Crusade to build that tote board for
the annual June event. So this year we raised a
little over thirty four hundred dollars. Not bad for a
single one day effort, you know. And we're so appreciative
to everyone who donate it to us.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Talk for listeners for just a bit who may not
know what, of course, Give for Good is that they
see now it's the eleventh here what exactly is Gift
for Good?
Speaker 8 (03:09):
So gid for Good Louisville is a one day event
that is held every year. This was the eleventh year.
It is a twenty four hour day of online giving
for agencies, schools, hospitals, anybody in the nonprofit community located
in Louisville metro So that's not just Jefferson County, but
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the surrounding counties as well. Over five hundred organizations participate
this year. They raised over nine million dollars, which is
incredible for just twenty four hours. It's an event that
just creates a lot of excitement, a lot of energy,
and showcases Louisville's generous nature to give back.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
We're talking with Heather Benson.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
She's director of Philanthropy for the WAHS Crusade for Children
and talking on the heels of gift for good, but
more importantly talking about the Crusade year and not.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Just in June.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
So Heather, let me ask you what's been happening since
the seventy first Crusae for Children and what happens when
the cameras are turned off?
Speaker 3 (04:08):
What goes on over there?
Speaker 8 (04:09):
Just because the cameras go down at seven PM at
the conclusion of the telethon, that's when things really get
busy for it. So we have a very quick turnaround
where we take those funds that you see on the
final toteboard. We have an advisory panel that meets the
week after, and they are the ones that make our
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funding decisions. So they are the ones who before the
telethon have met individually with each applicant. So you can
imagine we gave away two hundred and thirty one grants
this year. That's two hundred and thirty one meetings that
this advisory panel takes throughout the winter months. So it's
a long process for them and a huge commitment. And
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so after the telethon they get together, they make their
final funding decisions, and then by the end of June
we are able to let everyone know here is how
much money you're able to be granted this year for
these projects you applied for, and they're able to start
spending that money on September first, which is the start
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of our fiscal year. So you know, it's just a
year round effort. So now now that we're past September first,
we have kicked off Crusade seventy two, which will be
June seventh and eighth, twenty twenty five. Hard to believe,
but we have. You know, we plan that far out,
so it takes, like I said, three hundred and sixty
five days a year, and we're always, always working towards
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that final toe board.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Again, we're talking with Heather Benson, director of Philanthropy for
the WHS Crusade for Children on the heels of Gift
for Good, just to kind of touch base outside of
June when everybody wants to be part of the Crusade
and as you just mentioned, Heather, most of the work
happens now that's going on. How important is is it
to remind folks that these funds don't just stay in Louisville.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Now, right where else do they go?
Speaker 8 (06:05):
Correct? Yes, not just Louisville. We touch children's lives in
all one hundred and twenty Kentucky counties and the majority
of southern Indiana, from we go as far north as Indianapolis.
We have a few agency Riley Children's Hospital, we grant
them money Visually impaired preschool services goes all the way
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up to Indianapolis. So that's just a couple of examples
of the geographic reach that we have. Two hundred and
thirty one schools, hospitals, and organizations were granted funds for
this year. So that's a lot that impacts a lot
of children in their families.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
You know, again, Heather Benson, director of Philanthropy for the
WAHS Crusade for Children, joins us and so, Heather, if
someone's listening now and they maybe think my organization could
use some of this money, what do they need to do?
Speaker 3 (06:57):
How do they get started?
Speaker 8 (06:58):
So right now is the perfect time to think about that.
Our grant application for the next year will open later
in the fall. It's usually around October November. That deadline
will be the second week of January. So if you
are thinking, you know, my organization could fit the Crusades
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focus areas, I would recommend first go to our website,
Whascrusade dot org and go to the grant section and
just read about our funding priorities. If you think you've
fit that, then you would just need to give us
a call and meet with our grants manager, Janine Hickerson.
She is wonderful about talking through strategies that the panel
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likes to consider projects that might be of interest to them.
And so that's just how you get started. And then
after that, if you make it past that first step,
you get the application, fill it out, submit it kind
of go from.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
There, you know. HEATHERN.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Benson's with us again, director of Philanthropy with the WHS
Crusade for children and heather. Do you see people giving
throughout the year, not just in June during the Crusade.
Speaker 8 (08:11):
Absolutely, people give to it. The people are so generous
to us year round, and our fire departments that we
work with, they're also not just focusing on that end
of May first of June time period. We have fire
departments doing events now whose totals will show up on
the June topeboard, so PRP they do a bass fishing
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tournament this time of year. I mean, there are so
many others that the fire departments also work year round
and people show up to those events and give. We
have constant other efforts going on here at the Crusade
where we're encouraging people to donate online or mail in
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a check and in any way that you to give.
I think the Crusade has embraced I mean, we have
of course the USPS you can always mail as a check,
but also online at whascrusade dot org. We accept Apple,
pay Venmo, cash, app PayPal. So we're trying to reach
everybody where they are and in their giving preferences, how
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they prefer to give, and we're always embracing new ideas
for that.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
I was going to say, have you seen traditionally with
the Crusade you give your spare change and drop it
in the boot at the intersection. Now, with technology, as
you just mentioned, it's a lot easier to give. Do
you see more folks migrating that way? Are they still
giving that spare change when they have it?
Speaker 8 (09:40):
People do still give their spare change, and that is
what we're known for. But as fire departments evolve and
there are fewer and fewer roadblocks just for safety reasons,
so people just don't have the opportunity as much these
days to throw their spare change in the fire boot.
(10:02):
It's still there are fire departments that do roadblocks, but
you know, just not as many for various reasons. But
we do see people migrating more towards the digital platforms.
You know, we try to make it as easy as
possible for everybody to do that, and we try to
embrace always of giving.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Spending a few quality minutes with Heather Benson, she's director
of Philanthropy with the WHS Crusade for Children, talking about
the Crusade nut and what happens outside of Crusade Day
in June and of course, it's on the heels of
give for good that as you mentioned, Heather raised over
nine million dollars this year. And last question for you, Heather,
if someone's listening and they want to get involved with
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the crusade, maybe they don't have the financial means, but
they want to do something to help.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
Do you have opportunities for those folks?
Speaker 8 (10:48):
Absolutely, we always have volunteer opportunities throughout the year. I
would just suggest they go to our website Whascrusade dot org.
Check out our events page see if there's an you're
interested in. Because whether it's something that we're putting on
or that a fire department is putting on, a guarantee
volunteers are needed. One thing that I can plug here
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is Thanksgiving Morning. We are the beneficiary of the Hungry
Turkey five k race, which is a huge race that
happens down at Waterfront Park. About two thousand people show
up on Thanksgiving Morning, dressed to the nines in costumes
centered all around Thanksgiving. That crowd is the single most
happiest crowd I've ever encountered at a race. They're just
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so excited to have this family tradition that many of
them do before they go eat a big meal and
at the finish line you get free donuts. So what
better incentives to get out of bed on Thanksgiving morning.
But it takes a lot of volunteers to put that on.
So if that's something that appeals to you, we need
people to help work the water stops, the hating out,
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the donuts, and just various other race day tasks. If
you're interested in that, just give us a call our
numbers five two five eight two seven seven zero six
and we can sign you up.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
That's awesome, man, Heather.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Folks, you mentioned those events going on to support the
Crusade year round. I assume those are on your website.
Folks can go if they want to attend one of
those events.
Speaker 8 (12:16):
If you go to our website and the events tab,
everything's listed there.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Outstanding, Heather Benson, Director of Philanthropy with the WHS Crusade
for Children. Heather, thank you and thank everybody there at
the WHS Crusade for Us and best of luck in
twenty twenty four into twenty twenty five.
Speaker 8 (12:32):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Thank you again to Heather Benson, director of Philanthropy with
the Crusade for Children, who reminds us the need and
good work they do isn't just reserved for that first
weekend in June. For more information on how you can
help or become involved, simply visit whscrusade dot org. Coming up,
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Fraud, Identity, theft and data breaches set. Let's be honest,
they're part of our everyday lives. I've been hacked a
few times. I'm sure you have too. So far in
twenty twenty four, there have been more than thirteen hundred
data breaches, and last year consumers reported losing more than
ten billion dollars to fraud.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
Joining us talk about that is Michael Bremer.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
He is the vice president of Experienced Global Data Breach
Resolution and Consumer Protection.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
Greetings, Michael, Thanks Scott.
Speaker 11 (15:01):
I appreciate you having me well, I.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
Appreciate you spending some time with us. But obviously this
is something that's hitting everybody for sure. Just how big
of a problem is fraud and identity theft in twenty
twenty four, Well, according to.
Speaker 11 (15:11):
The FTC, it's the number one crime that's been reported
in terms of the last ten years. And people can
only read the headlines every day about multiple millions being
impacted by data breaches as well as some of the
stuff about fake election scams and that, so it's really
a headline issue in today's world.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
Michael Bremer is joining US.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
He's vice president of Experienced, Global Data Breach Resolution and
Consumer Protection. We're talking data breaches and fraud, identity fraud, etc.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
You all know the drill.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
So what is weighing most on the minds in twenty
twenty four folks, Michael, what do you see there at Experience?
Speaker 11 (15:50):
According to our US Identity and Fraud Report, where we
surveyed over two thousand consumers, the top three things are
generative AI and cybercrime, with people saying that eighty four
percent of the folks have worried about identity theft eighty
percent of the people have worried about stolen credit cards,
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and both of those statistics are up twenty percent versus
a year ago.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
Michael Bremer joining us again. He's with Experience, He's part
of there. He's the vice president of Global Data Breach
Resolution and Consumer Protection. And Michael, I know my daughter
got hit pretty hard because she made the mistake of
storing her credit card information out of convenience on some websites.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
What do you say to folks that do stuff like that?
Speaker 1 (16:35):
What are some of the best practices consumers can do
to better protect themselves against identity theft?
Speaker 11 (16:41):
Well, talking about your daughter, I would also recommend that
she doesn't store credit cards, but also passwords. A lot
of people will have passwords in an Excel spreadsheet or
worst case post it notes. I'd recommend a password manager.
I'd recommend changing your passwords at least twice a year,
especially for those accounts you may have gotten a notice
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of a data breach for Don't click on any links,
don't answer any phone calls. It only takes ten seconds
for someone to get a voice print from you if
they have you on the phone. And for sure, don't
use any QR codes, because as human beings, we can't
detect a QR code that's good from one that's bad.
I'd also monitor your credit file, and if you don't
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have any credit activity going on, I'd recommend to freeze
no public Wi Fi. It can be spoofed easily, and
if you're on a fake Wi Fi system, you can
have information from your devices downloaded and then you may
suffer identity theft.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
I'm glad you mentioned that Michael Bremer is joining us again.
He is vice president of Experienced Global Data Breach Resolution
and Consumer Protection. We're talking, of course, about identity theft
and cybersecurity, and I'm glad you brought up the freezing
of your credit report.
Speaker 3 (17:57):
Michael.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
I've done this, but for folks that aren't listening, what
is freezing your credit report and what's involved here and
how can folks do that should they choose that option.
Speaker 11 (18:06):
You can freeze your credit report at each of the
three major bureaus Experience, TransUnion, and Equifax, either by doing
it online or calling in and speaking to person. And
what the credit freeze does. It allows nobody that wants
to open a new line of credit in your name,
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like a fraudster, to be able to do it. Existing
creditors where you already have a legitimate reason they can
still access your report, but new people cannot do it.
Speaker 8 (18:37):
And it's the.
Speaker 11 (18:38):
Best way from a cat all perspective to stop somebody
accessing your credit report and even your Social Security number.
Speaker 3 (18:45):
Interesting.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
Michael Browner joining us spending it just a few minutes
with them as vice president of Experience Global Data Breach
Resolution and Consumer Protection, and we're talking about the best
ways to protect yourself against credit card and identity theft fraud. Well,
if someone notes that they're a victim, I've seen this before.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
I've seen subject stuff.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
I've gotten letters from companies that said, hey, we have
a data breach. What steps do you recommend folks take?
Where's the first place we need to go when we
I think we've been breached?
Speaker 11 (19:13):
Well, I say three things, Scott awareness. So read the letter,
Understand what happened and why it happened, and most importantly,
how to protect yourself if your data has been compromised.
And then the other thing is act very quickly to
go ahead and freeze your credit maybe start using a
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password manager, and then make sure that if you have
an opportunity, if it's offered to sign up for identity
theft protection. The Experience has an identity works product that
will not only monitor credit, you have a million dollars
worth of identity theft protection, insurance and access to a
fraud resolution agent.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
I'm meant to ask, I'm glad you brought that up, Michael.
And again we're talking with Michael brem Or. He is
the vice president of Experience Global Data, breach Resolution and
Consumer Protection. And for example, you offer this consumer We
hear it advertise so much, Michael, this consumer protection. How
effective is this and why is it a good idea
for folks to sign up?
Speaker 11 (20:14):
An individual can't monitor their credit twenty four by seven,
which an identity theft protection product will do. It also
will give you a copy of your credit file so
you can see if any past activity that shouldn't be
on there is. And the most important thing is the
access to a fraud resolution agent. And this person is
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your phone a friend. If you may be impacted by
identity theft or fraud, you need some tips, you need
something cleaned up on your credit file, or you want
to see what it means if your identity may have
been put out on the dark web and you got
an alert from that, and they're just that peace of
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mind that really helps people when they call in.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
Last question for you, Michael, before we let you go again.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
Michael is Vice president of Experience Global Data Breach Resolution
and Consumer Protection. We're talking about keeping yourself safe after
well nearly ten billion dollars has been lost to fraud.
That's the highest dollar amount ever reported according to the FTC.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
Michael, do you think.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
We'll ever be able to alleviate identity frauders?
Speaker 3 (21:22):
It's just something we're just going to have to deal
with until the end of time.
Speaker 11 (21:25):
The most important thing Scott in learning about data breaches
is that it's not necessarily the technology. That's the problem
is human error. So people making a mistake, clicking on
a link, putting their social putting on their social security
number on our driver's license information in the public eye,
whether it's social media or giving it away. So given
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the humans are involved, I don't think we'll ever completely
shut down data breaches or identity stuff.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
Well, it's spent a few good minutes with Michael Bremer again,
vice president of Experience, Global Data Breach Resolution and Consumer Protection. Michael,
if folks want to learn more about what you're doing
there and the good stuff at Experience where can they go.
Speaker 11 (22:05):
Experience dot com is your one source of truth for
anything identity theft, consumer tips, and how to protect yourself
after a data breach.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
You're the best, Michael, appreciate you is always man. Thanks
for looking out for us.
Speaker 11 (22:16):
Thanks Scott again.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
He is Michael Bremer, Vice President of Global Data Breach
Resolution and Consumer Protection at Experience and for more information,
I'm keeping yourself safe. You can visit Experience dot com
or the FDC's website at Identity Theft dot gov.
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Welcome back to Kentucky Focus. I'm Scott Fitzgerald. As we
prepare to head into homecoming season around the common Wealth,
many athletes are already being recognized.
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In Louisville.
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This week, the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame ushered in
their forty seventh class featuring former University of Kentucky men's
basketball standout NCAA Final four MVP Tony Delk, also going
in with former University of Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. And
when it comes to those who cover our sports statewide,
the legendary Oscar Combs can now call himself a Hall
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of Famer. Oscar started covering the University of Kentucky and
No They're athletics at the Hazard Herald back in nineteen
sixty five. He of course revolutionized how sports were covered
with publications like say Cats Paws and also going in
with former Kentucky Wesleyan's Roy Pickerell, who was with the
school for fifty three years. In Richmond, seven former Colonels
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are being inducted into the Eastern Kentucky Hall of Fame,
led by former football coach Danny Hope, who also played
at the school. Joining Hope is two time Olympian track
and cross country star Ole Hesselberg, along with fellow track
and cross country runner and two time All American Jacob Courier.
Representing women's golf is twenty fifteen OVC champion Selphie eleven,
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who ranks third all time in career scoring average, and
men's basketball also represented by both Nick Mayo and Corey Walden. Mayo,
a four time All OVC selection, is the program's leading
score well.
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Walden broke the career record.
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For Steeles after just three seasons with the Colonels and
led by Jerry Paul Vino, the entire nineteen seventy three
volleyball team is going into the Hall of Fame after
finishing twenty six to four and winning three straight Kentucky
Women's Intercollegiate Conference crowns. Long before volleyball is all the rage,
it is now and last, but certainly not least. Broadcaster
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Greg Stodhamlayer, who has been calling Colonel games since nineteen
seventy nine, is going in, having already earned the title
Kentucky Sports Caster of the Year by the National Sports
Media Association. Congratulations to all our Hall of Fame inductees.
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We're back to wrap things up after this.
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I'm Scott Fitzgerald and you're listening to Kentucky Focus.
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That's a wrap on this week's Kentucky folkus A.
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Special thank you to Heather Benson, director of Philanthropy with
the Crusade for Children, who reminds us again the Crusade
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here in the Commonwealth.
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Well deserved.
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I think I speak for all of us here at
Kentucky Focus and the Kentucky News Network when I say
well done. Until next week, I'm Scott Fitzgerald saying, make
it a safe and happy week, and we'll talk to
you next time right here on Kentucky Focus.
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