January 20, 2025 • 6 mins
The Hein family collects essentials for the homeless in the Cincinnati area, i can't wait for you to meet them!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're waking up with fifth in the morning time kiss
let us seven one, good morning, Good morning, Come on
in and sit down and TIFF's Community Corner where we
highlight the unsung heroes of Cincinnati.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
And if you remember, last week, I introduced you to
a guy named Zach. I always say that he's the
most consistent man in my life because I've seen him
every day on the corner of my neighborhood.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
For years, and We've had lots of conversations.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Sometimes it's only five seconds, sometimes it's two minutes, whatever
the length of the light is.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
And when I woke up, I'm.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Telling you, guys, when I woke up, oh, like Monday
or Tuesday of last week, my gut reaction was like,
oh no, I'm thinking to Zach, it is cold outside
and he sleeps in a tent somewhere in my neighborhood
in the woods somewhere. And so I had asked you, guys,
I said, listen, I don't know a single thing about camping,
but I know he lives in a tent. Do you
(00:52):
have any extra camping gear that you were going to
maybe put up on Facebook marketplace and you weren't gonna use,
But you know it, would you be willing to donate this?
And I was blown away by the response that I
had gotten, you know, from a few different people saying like, actually, yeah,
Brandy cleans out storage units and she works for tanks.
She said, I've got a few things, et cetera. So
if you're a visual person while I'm talking, if you
(01:14):
want to see at the tiff to F's potter like
the Wizard, I'm very, very excited to introduce you to
Callen Heine and his dad, Adam him.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
They live in Amelia.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Okay, you're about to hear like a little voice on
the radio. I don't typically hear smaller voices on the show.
So good morning, Callen, Good morning Callen. Why don't you
tell us what you usually do for the homeless in
your own words, because I don't want to take them
out of your mouth.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
I usually help about the homeless by giving him those
types of chef like snacks, glos, hats, jackets, de body washed, yep,
toothpaste and toothbash, sleeping bag. And that's really it that
(02:03):
we give them so love.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
I love the way that the story started to and
I'm gonna let you explain it. But Callen, you know,
collects all these things and puts it in a bag.
You gave me one of those bags that I then
gave to Zach and it was basically like everything. It
was like it almost felt like a weekender bag. You know,
it had the sleeping bag in it, it had the socks,
the hat, the.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Snacks, the water. But I felt like it was.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Such a cool thing to be able to give someone
like a weekender bag essentially that would go on to
help and save their It could help to save their
their life.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
Why did you start doing that?
Speaker 4 (02:43):
Because I didn't want GIFH because I didn't want the
hol much people to like just stow. They have to
take fit out the trash cans and all that. Yeah,
like in the merter time, you get cold because snow
comes down like interpture, like two degrees. And so he
(03:08):
had gloves, shirp jackets, socks.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
So then Adam Callen comes to you and says he
came to He said, like you I must as a
parent having to explain why someone's on the corner asking
for help, that has to be a big parent moment.
Speaker 5 (03:23):
It definitely was, Yeah, And it was definitely one of
those things that kind of broke both me and my
wife down. Started about four years ago. He came to
us and wanted to help out people that are off
the exits, off the side of the road that he
had seen and UH that year he asked us to
forego his Christmas gifts and wanted us to spend the
(03:44):
money on UH providing homeless with essential so that they
might need to survive. Of course, I'm not gonna let
any kid, you know, forego their Christmas. We definitely made
his UH his wish come true that year by getting
enough stuff and at the time when my dad was
still alive, he got involved and was really big into this.
(04:04):
At that time. I think during retirement he was working
a couple days a week at like the Dollar Tree,
So it definitely helped because he used his work to
really get a bunch of stuff for us as well.
In that very first year, he put together twenty five
bags to pass out to the homeless, and it has
doubled every four years now. So the first year he
put together twenty five bags, second year was fifty, and
(04:28):
now we're over one hundred at this point. So I
mean just donations throughout the year and then whatever else
isn't in the bag, me and my wife go out
and cover the cost of the rest of the stuff.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
You took the words out of my mouth. So it's
a family operation in the studio. It's not just the
two of you, your wife and your daughter here and
you guys. Outside of getting donations, you will go to
a store or you'll go to Amazon dot com and
order the rest to make these bags happen. And you're
sitting at one hundred bags right now for this year.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
That's nuts.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
And then you what you callan You go in, you
drop them off where to the police station.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
And then they go ahead and donate them.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
That to me is such a cool way to help
Cincinnati in our own place that where we live. These
are people that we see every single day that need
our help. And it was something so small that you
started that has turned into something so big.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
So I really love that you've shared.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
This with Tiff in the morning, where if people were
to donate and wanted to help out, how would they
do that? What do you what are you looking for
and how do you want this to happen?
Speaker 5 (05:34):
I mean, we haven't really got to this point yet,
so I guess the easiest way right now would just
be through social media, sure, which I can give you.
I know you have my Instagram and I can give
you Ashley's and stuff too. She's more active on there
than I am.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Yeah, well you say it right now? Whoever you want
people to.
Speaker 5 (05:49):
Reach out to, Yeah, she can reach out. Anybody can
reach out to myself or Ashley. I don't even know
my Instagram handle.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
I'm Acshually, come on, do you know yours? Okay? I
can pull up Adam's Instagram handle?
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Is it's Adam Heine Adam dot h e I N
eighty nine. Again, that's Adam dot h e I N
eighty nine. These are just people in Amelia that are
helping neighbors, helping neighbors right, thanks for being a part
of tips community Corner. I really appreciate you, and I
I wish that Zach was here now because he was
very excited to receive your gift.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
So I appreciate you.
Speaker 5 (06:23):
Guys, absolutely, thank you.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
One question, Yeah, how's Zach doing it?
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Though Zach's I didn't see him this morning because it
was I get up pretty early to come into the show.
But when I saw him over the weekend, he has
smile on his face. But as far as seeing him,
since the weather has turned colder, I haven't, but there's
a good chance that i'll see him this afternoon and I.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Will get the insight for you.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
Okay, thank you, thank you.
You're waking up with fifth in the morning time kiss
let us seven one, good morning, Good morning, Come on
in and sit down and TIFF's Community Corner where we
highlight the unsung heroes of Cincinnati.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
And if you remember, last week, I introduced you to
a guy named Zach. I always say that he's the
most consistent man in my life because I've seen him
every day on the corner of my neighborhood.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
For years, and We've had lots of conversations.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Sometimes it's only five seconds, sometimes it's two minutes, whatever
the length of the light is.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
And when I woke up, I'm.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Telling you, guys, when I woke up, oh, like Monday
or Tuesday of last week, my gut reaction was like,
oh no, I'm thinking to Zach, it is cold outside
and he sleeps in a tent somewhere in my neighborhood
in the woods somewhere. And so I had asked you, guys,
I said, listen, I don't know a single thing about camping,
but I know he lives in a tent. Do you
(00:52):
have any extra camping gear that you were going to
maybe put up on Facebook marketplace and you weren't gonna use,
But you know it, would you be willing to donate this?
And I was blown away by the response that I
had gotten, you know, from a few different people saying like, actually, yeah,
Brandy cleans out storage units and she works for tanks.
She said, I've got a few things, et cetera. So
if you're a visual person while I'm talking, if you
(01:14):
want to see at the tiff to F's potter like
the Wizard, I'm very, very excited to introduce you to
Callen Heine and his dad, Adam him.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
They live in Amelia.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Okay, you're about to hear like a little voice on
the radio. I don't typically hear smaller voices on the show.
So good morning, Callen, Good morning Callen. Why don't you
tell us what you usually do for the homeless in
your own words, because I don't want to take them
out of your mouth.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
I usually help about the homeless by giving him those
types of chef like snacks, glos, hats, jackets, de body washed, yep,
toothpaste and toothbash, sleeping bag. And that's really it that
(02:03):
we give them so love.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
I love the way that the story started to and
I'm gonna let you explain it. But Callen, you know,
collects all these things and puts it in a bag.
You gave me one of those bags that I then
gave to Zach and it was basically like everything. It
was like it almost felt like a weekender bag. You know,
it had the sleeping bag in it, it had the socks,
the hat, the.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Snacks, the water. But I felt like it was.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Such a cool thing to be able to give someone
like a weekender bag essentially that would go on to
help and save their It could help to save their
their life.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
Why did you start doing that?
Speaker 4 (02:43):
Because I didn't want GIFH because I didn't want the
hol much people to like just stow. They have to
take fit out the trash cans and all that. Yeah,
like in the merter time, you get cold because snow
comes down like interpture, like two degrees. And so he
(03:08):
had gloves, shirp jackets, socks.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
So then Adam Callen comes to you and says he
came to He said, like you I must as a
parent having to explain why someone's on the corner asking
for help, that has to be a big parent moment.
Speaker 5 (03:23):
It definitely was, Yeah, And it was definitely one of
those things that kind of broke both me and my
wife down. Started about four years ago. He came to
us and wanted to help out people that are off
the exits, off the side of the road that he
had seen and UH that year he asked us to
forego his Christmas gifts and wanted us to spend the
(03:44):
money on UH providing homeless with essential so that they
might need to survive. Of course, I'm not gonna let
any kid, you know, forego their Christmas. We definitely made
his UH his wish come true that year by getting
enough stuff and at the time when my dad was
still alive, he got involved and was really big into this.
(04:04):
At that time. I think during retirement he was working
a couple days a week at like the Dollar Tree,
So it definitely helped because he used his work to
really get a bunch of stuff for us as well.
In that very first year, he put together twenty five
bags to pass out to the homeless, and it has
doubled every four years now. So the first year he
put together twenty five bags, second year was fifty, and
(04:28):
now we're over one hundred at this point. So I
mean just donations throughout the year and then whatever else
isn't in the bag, me and my wife go out
and cover the cost of the rest of the stuff.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
You took the words out of my mouth. So it's
a family operation in the studio. It's not just the
two of you, your wife and your daughter here and
you guys. Outside of getting donations, you will go to
a store or you'll go to Amazon dot com and
order the rest to make these bags happen. And you're
sitting at one hundred bags right now for this year.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
That's nuts.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
And then you what you callan You go in, you
drop them off where to the police station.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
And then they go ahead and donate them.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
That to me is such a cool way to help
Cincinnati in our own place that where we live. These
are people that we see every single day that need
our help. And it was something so small that you
started that has turned into something so big.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
So I really love that you've shared.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
This with Tiff in the morning, where if people were
to donate and wanted to help out, how would they
do that? What do you what are you looking for
and how do you want this to happen?
Speaker 5 (05:34):
I mean, we haven't really got to this point yet,
so I guess the easiest way right now would just
be through social media, sure, which I can give you.
I know you have my Instagram and I can give
you Ashley's and stuff too. She's more active on there
than I am.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Yeah, well you say it right now? Whoever you want
people to.
Speaker 5 (05:49):
Reach out to, Yeah, she can reach out. Anybody can
reach out to myself or Ashley. I don't even know
my Instagram handle.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
I'm Acshually, come on, do you know yours? Okay? I
can pull up Adam's Instagram handle?
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Is it's Adam Heine Adam dot h e I N
eighty nine. Again, that's Adam dot h e I N
eighty nine. These are just people in Amelia that are
helping neighbors, helping neighbors right, thanks for being a part
of tips community Corner. I really appreciate you, and I
I wish that Zach was here now because he was
very excited to receive your gift.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
So I appreciate you.
Speaker 5 (06:23):
Guys, absolutely, thank you.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
One question, Yeah, how's Zach doing it?
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Though Zach's I didn't see him this morning because it
was I get up pretty early to come into the show.
But when I saw him over the weekend, he has
smile on his face. But as far as seeing him,
since the weather has turned colder, I haven't, but there's
a good chance that i'll see him this afternoon and I.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Will get the insight for you.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
Okay, thank you, thank you.
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