April 21, 2025 • 29 mins
What happens when a school teacher's concern for her students transforms into a mission to ensure every child has a safe, warm place to sleep? In this heartwarming episode, we delve into the remarkable story of Sleep Tight Kids, a nonprofit organization that's become a lifeline for children and families across Western North Carolina.
Founder Jill Schwartzkopf shares how a literal dream became reality when she established Sleep Tight Kids in 2009 after noticing students coming to class cold, tired, and without basic necessities. What began as collecting blankets and comfort items has evolved dramatically, especially in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Today, the organization delivers approximately 15 beds weekly to families rebuilding their lives, many whose children have been sleeping on floors for months.
The conversation reveals the often-overlooked challenges families face during disaster recovery. While homes may be repaired, starting over without beds, linens, and basic household items creates another layer of hardship, particularly for children. Sleep Tight Kids fills this crucial gap with a 100% volunteer-operated model serving 14 counties.
Between heartfelt stories of impact, we also explore the resilient local real estate market. Henderson County continues showing balanced activity with 53 new listings and 55 homes under contract in just the past week, demonstrating healthy demand despite interest rate concerns.
The episode highlights an upcoming community event at Village Pub in Biltmore Village and opportunities to support Sleep Tight Kids through donations and raffle tickets. For listeners touched by this story of neighbors helping neighbors, visit sleeptightkids.org to learn how you can contribute to ensuring every child has a comfortable place to sleep tonight.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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We have so much to talk aboutthis morning.
We have some special guestswhich I will get to in a moment,
but just before we go there,just the market.
Everybody's asking about themarket and again, you got to be
careful about all the news, allthe real estate.
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But the real estate market ismoving.
It's absolutely moving.
We still see great demand.
We still see great activity.
I will give a little bit of asnapshot of what's happening
here locally.
Just in the last seven daysthere's been 53 new listings, 40
price reductions.
Now get this 55 homes have goneunder contract in the last
seven days in Henderson County.
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So if you're doing the mathlike I am, you've had just as
many homes go under contract asyou've had come onto the market.
So it's a very balanced marketin regards to supply and demand.
And in the last seven daysthere's been 35 homes closed.
So I mean it's a healthy market.
We're still averaging about 125single-family homes a month
selling.
The prices have softened alittle bit.
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We're in the 540s for theaverage single-family home price
in Henderson County, but thedemand is there.
We've really seen over the lasttwo years this consistent
demand low inventory levels.
Now this time of year we tendto see more inventory coming
onto the market, which meansmore options for buyers.
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We have some great new listings.
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conversation, we'd be gratefulto do that.
I'm so excited this morning tohave Wendy Morris with us this
morning with a dear friend ofhers and Wendy's one of our
amazing agents at the GeorgiaReal Estate Group and one of the
things I love about our radioshow is promoting amazing
stories and our nonprofitfriends doing incredible work
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here in Western North Carolina.
And good morning, wendy, goodmorning.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
How are you?
Speaker 1 (03:58):
Good Thanks for being here this Monday morning.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
Yes, yes, I hope everybody had a great Easter.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Absolutely Happy Easter yes, absolutely.
And again the a great Easter.
Absolutely Happy Easter.
Yes, absolutely.
And again, the weather'sbeautiful and here we go into
the spring.
But, wendy, you've been verysuccessful in the real estate
industry and while doing that,on top of that, you're very
involved in giving back to thecommunity as well, which, again,
I think it's a hallmark of ouragents at the George Real Estate
Group.
It's not just real estate, it'sabout the community, it's about
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giving back.
Wendy, tell us and introducefor us our special guest we have
with us this morning and we'regoing to have a.
I'm so excited about thisconversation this morning.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Yes, hey everybody, I am going to introduce you to
Jill Schwartzkopf.
She has been a dear friend ofmine for years and years.
We met in the wedding industryhere in Western North Carolina
and she is the heart and thesoul of this special, special
charity.
And I would love to introduceher, Jill Schwarzkopf.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
Hey everybody.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Good morning Jill.
Thank you so much for beinghere this morning.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
So you're the founder and visionary of and let's make
sure it's Sleep Tight Kids.
That's right, and this is anonprofit you started a number
of years ago.
We want to share with ourlisteners about this incredible
organization and the thingsyou're doing, but let's back up.
Where did this idea come from?
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Okay, so I was actually a school teacher in
Henderson County at Mills RiverElementary School.
There were a lot of kids thatwere coming in that were dirty,
they spoke of being cold atnight, they spoke of not having
blankets, that kind of thing.
And I actually had a dream onenight.
I woke up the next morning andI said to my husband, I'm going
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to start a nonprofit and we'regoing to collect blankets, and
we're going to collect blankets,and we're going to.
And he was like, okay, you know.
And so we had to go through allthe hoops of getting a 501c3,
which is not an easy thing to do.
But even the name came to me ina dream, the Sleep Tight Kids
name.
You know, first thing I woke upand I got online and I saw it
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was available forsleeptightkidsorg
sleeptightkidscom.
I was like, oh, I'm doing this.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
So let's pause for a second.
You were so compelled I mean,your heart was so taken by this
you just couldn't not takeaction.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
You saw what the children here in Henderson
County were facing and you'relike I have to do something
about this.
That's right.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Yes, and even before I became a 501c3, I started
collecting blankets and items,pajamas, things like that
actually at the school, and so Iwould send out just like a
little note and say, if you canafford a blanket, drop it by my
room.
And the people were just sogiving in that community in this
community it's an extremelygiving community and they
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rallied for the cause.
And in that community in thiscommunity it's an extremely
giving community and theyrallied for the cause.
And then later that year Ibecame a real 501c3.
But I mean, a lot of peoplejust gave blankets and stuff.
It was amazing.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
It is, and I think for our listeners it's hard to
hear Again, we live in such aprosperous and again just
privileged community that we'rein, just to be really candid,
and on the other side of thecoin I mean there's two sides of
the coin there is still greatneeds here in the community.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Yes, there definitely are, and now the need is
growing.
We started in 2009, and we didcomfort bags.
We started in 2009 and we didcomfort bags.
So a lot of these comfort bags.
They would have a dental kit, ablanket, a teddy bear, a, a
book, and the DSS workers police, sheriff's department would be
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able to carry these comfort bagswith them in their cars and
when they would go to get pickkids up, unfortunately sometimes
both of their parents would bebeing arrested or being taken
into custody.
We would have to take their,even take all of their clothes
off, because their clothes wouldhave meth in it.
We provided, you know, pajamas,blankets to wrap them in,
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swaddle them in until they couldget to a foster home.
So we did that for many yearsthe comfort bags.
But when Hurricane Helenehappened, then it moved to the
next level.
So now, with Hurricane Helene,we're doing more necessity
driven things.
A lot of people they don't havebeds, mattresses, all those
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things got damaged or washedaway.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
I think it's important for us to again these
conversations that we haveongoing, that you've been doing,
but this catalyst of what weexperienced with Helene, I mean
this is a long-term recoveryeffort.
Again, it's interesting because, you know, life seems somewhat
normal, right, you drive aroundthrough town and for most people
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they've been able to get backto what that quote-unquote
normal looks like, but it's notfor so many people.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
It's not for so many people and we're actually now
getting more calls than we everhave and it's because a lot of
people are either gettinghousing of some sort or they're
getting their homes redone andnow they're ready to move back
in, and so they don't have thoseitems and people are you know
they're struggling.
So they don't have those items.
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And people are, you knowthey're struggling.
They don't have just thenecessities, even cleaning
products, the mattresses, thebeds, pillows, even towels,
things like that.
We've purchased mops, like Isaid, the cleaning supplies, so
you just can't believe thenecessity-driven part of it is
really taken over.
So we're kind of backing off onthe comfort bags and providing
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those beds and mattresses.
They're very expensive andpeople just don't have the money
.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Right, yes, just the extra.
I mean they're just surviving,and then they lost their homes.
I mean I think the number wassome 1,500 homes just Henderson
County.
I mean that's not including theother counties, but I mean so
many families that, and there'sstill.
It's still in process and it'sgoing to take a long time.
So you've, and so how are youguys getting the word out and
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how's that happening?
Speaker 3 (10:04):
Yes, so we, a lot of our people hear about us through
DSS and foster care servicesand they actually we serve 14
counties.
That's yeah, really yeah, it'sa lot of counties, um, so, and
you can go on our website tolearn about all those counties
at sleeptightkidsorg, as well asdonate, uh, but um, yeah, so,
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the those dss officers and, um,even the sheriff's department
and everything they give um thepeople that need it.
You know our, our name andnumber and we field at least 15
phone calls or beds per week andthat's something.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
That's significant, it's significant.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
It's significant, and so we've actually had to form
an alliance with a beddingcompany Beds for Kids and so we
get our beds from them.
We buy our beds from them at adiscounted rate.
We have a large warehouse inPolk County and that's where all
the beds go out of.
We are 100% a volunteer-basedorganization.
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So I just literally I get outmy list and I say, okay, who's
volunteered to go deliver beds?
And Wendy, a lot of the timesgoes, like I said, I have a
group of people that literallythey just have their trucks
ready to go and they're able tomake those deliveries 15 a week.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Yes Wow, Did you ever think?
What year did you first start?
Sleep Tight.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
Kids 2009.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Okay, here we are.
I mean some 14, 15 years later.
No 16 years later yes, and didyou ever think it would evolve
into what it is right now?
Speaker 3 (11:37):
I mean I just it blows my mind, I mean it really
does.
And, of course, with Helene, Imean who would have known that
this was coming our way?
And I'm just so, I feel sofortunate too, because I feel
like this is Helene is almostrejuvenated, sleep tight kids.
It truly has.
I mean we have to help, wecan't just sit aside folks.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
We can't Just like when you were a school teacher.
You're like I cannot not takeaction.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
And here again, the needs are here and the
organization you've set up Imean, you were there and you had
the organization to pivot tostep up to this need that's
nothing that you ever imagined.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
Right, I mean, and you can't believe, so many
people have, and I mean I justthank you guys so much, so many
people have stepped up anddonated.
It's unbelievable People thatyou know from Charlotte and
Florida and all these differentareas, atlanta, texas people
have just donated California.
I mean it, people have justdonated California.
I mean it's crazy, it's amazing.
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It's amazing people have cometogether.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
So it's just a powerful story.
Yeah, and again, we're sograteful, Wendy, for you
introducing us to Jill andbringing Jill on the radio this
morning.
We have a short break, comingup here in just a minute, but,
Wendy, when did you again?
How did your involvement?
How that's evolved?
I mean, how long have you beenworking with Sleep Tight Kids
now?
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Probably from the beginning I would say pretty
much close to the beginning Justfrom Jill and I working in the
wedding industry here inAsheville we just became really
close friends and through thedeliveries and the comfort bags
and just volunteering throughoutthe entire year she really has
brought a group of friends notonly in the industry but just in
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the area all together and justgiving love and stuff like that
and showing support for thesekids.
And so we've evolved with Jillthrough this whole process and
we were so proud of her.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
It's amazing, it's amazing, and so
sleeptightkidsorg.
And then do you have socialmedia.
People can follow as well.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
Yes, instagram and Facebook, it's all.
Sleep Tight, kids.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
That's amazing we have.
There's an exciting eventhappening tomorrow night, which
we'll let's talk about thatafter the break, but so stay
tuned in.
There's an important eventhappening tomorrow night to
support Sleep Tight Kids andwe're going to talk about more
details, ways you can getinvolved, ways you can give,
ways you can volunteer, andagain, there's raffle tickets
(14:08):
even being sold.
It's going to be a fun eventtomorrow night, so stay tuned in
.
We have a short break coming upand we want to share more about
that information.
Wendy and Jill, thank you somuch for being here this morning
.
You're listening to the GeorgiaReal Estate Group live radio
broadcast here on the Q everyMonday morning and again
grateful to just again continueto get the word about incredible
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organizations doing incrediblework here in Western North
Carolina, and Sleep Tight Kidsis doing that.
So stay tuned in.
We'll be back right after thisbreak.
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On.
Welcome back.
So thankful to be here with youthis Monday morning.
On the Q Again, hope you had awonderful Easter weekend.
And here we are, april 21st.
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Time's flying.
The market again keeps moving.
I shared that the first quarterin Henderson County was up some
7%.
The number of single-familyhomes sold this first quarter
versus last year's first quarter.
We continue to see strongdemand.
Interest rates are the interestrates.
Actually, one in three homessold in Henderson County are
purchased with cash.
So we continue to see strongdemand.
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The market's very healthy.
You certainly are hearingreports across other parts of
the country where inventorylevels are so high.
Our inventory levels areremaining steady.
Again, just as many homes wentunder contract just in the last
seven days as went on the market.
So, again, very healthy market.
But your home, your situation,your specific goals are unique
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You never know the differenceyour gift can make in someone's
life and again, that's wherethese incredible nonprofits in
our community and today we'rehighlighting Sleep Tight Kids.
Your gifts can make adifference in a family's life
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and a child's life.
And again, there's avenues togive where your money is going
to stay here in the community,and I know it's sleep tight kids
.
They, they, they are such alean organization where the
majority of the money 99,.
I mean I don't want what 90plus percent of your I mean like
it's such a high percentage ofthe money stays.
I mean, I mean, in thecommunity.
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You have a very leanorganization with very little
overhead, and you guys have beendoing this since 2009.
That's amazing.
And so we've been having theconversation with Jill
Schwarzkopf yes, that's afamiliar name, by the way, but
anyways and we have Wendy Morrishere with us this morning,
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again, so grateful to have theconversation no-transcript.
Speaker 3 (18:07):
We sure do, we do.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
We do.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
And there's still tickets available right.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Yeah, so what we're doing is we are headed to
Village Pub in Biltmore Village.
I have had the pleasure ofgetting to know Zeno Lancaster
of Lancaster Law Firm.
He's a partner in thisfantastic restaurant.
It's so good so we thought wewould be out there.
We're going to be out there 5to 7 tomorrow and we are just
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going to all just come togetherand we also want to just come
together and just show ourgratitude for everything that
people have done for us as well.
So it's always good as acommunity to just get together
and just talk about everythingthat we have done since the
hurricane.
We haven't had an event sincethen.
So, yeah, we would love to seeyou out Village Pub tomorrow,
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five to seven.
We're also selling raffletickets.
Our friends at the BiltmoreEstate have been amazing.
We have four tickets, two setsof two grounds passes, house
passes.
We are raffling off at $5 aticket and you can Venmo Sleep
Tight Kids or we'll also beselling those tomorrow as well,
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and we'll pull the special twonames tomorrow night.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
Can people buy tickets without attending the
event?
Speaker 2 (19:21):
No, absolutely Absolutely.
You can reach out to us on thewebsite or Messenger or anything
like that.
You can Venmo Sleep Tight Kidsand put how many tickets you
want to purchase, and we'll getyou on those tickets as well.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
That's amazing.
What else, Again?
This is an opportunity toconnect with the community, to
see your friends and family andagain support.
Sleep Tight Kids.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
And it's free.
So, yeah, there's no ticketcost to get in.
So it's great because you canbring.
Kids are welcome, your familiesare welcome.
We just want this opportunityfor everybody to get together.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
That's amazing.
And again your organization hasevolved and again, as with
Helene, the needs have changedin how you guys have been able
to pivot and step up.
But you were sharing in thefirst half of the show, 15 calls
a week for beds and thesearen't used beds.
These are.
I mean you guys are giving andproviding new materials for
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people.
Speaker 3 (20:23):
That's right.
So all of the items and theyalways have been as Sleep Tight
Kids are newly purchased items.
So we have, you know, greatrelationships with people that
like with our blankets andthings like that, where we get
them in bulk.
So really monetary donations.
I mean, obviously you could goto Target and buy a bed for I
mean, or buy a blanket for$19.95.
(20:45):
But I can get a blanket that'sjust as nice for $4.99, because
we buy them in bulk.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
That's right, I mean.
So that's where you're thedonations.
It's great if nice for $4.99,because we buy them in bulk, in
wholesale, that's right, I mean.
So that's where the donations.
It's great if you want to goout and go purchase it yourself,
but your money actually can gofurther through the channels and
relationships that Sleep TightKids have.
And so I mean let's just bereally candid.
I mean there's a great need formonetary donations at Sleep
Tight Kids.
Yeah, great need for monetarydonations at Sleep Tight Kids.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
Yeah, and if you're a business in town, we have a lot
of businesses that do supportSleep Tight Kids and we are
happy to give you a shout outand talk about your business as
well, because it is.
It's a huge community where youhelp us, we help you.
We all just try to cometogether and help these families
.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
Yes, that's amazing.
Um, and are you still teaching,or is this your?
Speaker 3 (21:36):
no, so that's evolved so, believe it or not, I left
teaching right around this timeum that I started sleep tight
kids um and I became a full-timewedding photographer okay,
which is how I know Wendy.
You know because she has blush.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
You know Asheville, so it's just, you guys are very
busy.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
We're very busy with weddings and non-profit.
We thought this was a greatidea to do in April.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
Yeah, well, what do they?
Speaker 1 (22:00):
say about I mean right, this is your.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
This is the wedding season, but if you want
something done.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
They say go talk to a busy person right.
Yes, they, they're going to getstuff done we thrive in chaos.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
I think any of us do the busier the better we love
this charity and we just want toget the name out as much as we
can.
So why not get everybodytogether tomorrow night?
Speaker 1 (22:23):
that's right, exciting event.
Mark your counters, come outtomorrow night.
Village Pub in Biltmore 5-7.
And all this information isonline, right, facebook.
And then again opportunities tobuy raffle tickets and again,
if you can't make it, you'rejust able to give and the
website you can give directly.
Speaker 3 (22:41):
That's correct.
Yes, go to the website andclick the Donate button and that
will take you straight in anyamount, even $5, $10.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
I mean any amount is so appreciated.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
It's so appreciated.
And these families that we meetwith, they are so grateful.
You know we have conversationswith these people.
They, you know there's just alot of people that are hurting.
You know they've lost theirjobs and they're trying to get
back in the game and their kidshave been sleeping on the floor.
I had last week, a little boyhad been sleeping on a rug since
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, Helene, I mean you're talkingmonths and months so to be able
to provide that kid with a bedand bed linens, you know, and a
pillow, I mean it's truly, it'spriceless.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
Well, the things that we take for granted, right, I
mean, and for families that havelost already so much and then,
by the way, I know they'regrateful just to have a roof
over their head but again it'sjust.
How do we keep serving, how dowe keep giving, how do we keep
walking alongside our neighborsthat have lost so much, how do
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we keep improving their livesthroughout all this and again,
things that we take for granted.
And you guys are a vehicle.
It's wild to hear how yourorganization has evolved and
changed.
And then now you're meetingthis need and we've seen so many
people step up from thehurricane.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
And Wendy, you recently had an opportunity to
go out and see a friend of ourswith Jake Jarvis with Precision
Grading, who's been doing work.
I mean you personally were ableto.
I mean you were bringing outsome donations, but I know
you've seen the devastation inChimney Rock firsthand.
It's hard to comprehend.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
It's really hard to comprehend.
It honestly looks like a movieset.
I knew it was going to be badand it's so crazy because I was
just down there like a couple ofweeks before the hurricane hit.
So you know, when you see thesephotos online of Chimney Rock,
you're like gosh, that's bad.
But when you see it in personit's bigger.
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It's just bigger, and thesepeople are rebuilding.
Some of them don't even haverunning water still, so they're
doing great work down there, sowe always appreciate them as
well.
Speaker 1 (24:53):
Yeah, so many people have stepped up.
I mean people that aren't evennonprofits, I mean just
neighbors helping neighbors,small businesses donating their
own resources.
I mean there's so many peoplecoming together, which speaks to
our community and theresilience and the generosity
that our community has.
I mean it's a powerful storyand it's going to be ongoing and
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that's where it's important tome to keep reminding our
listeners about the ongoingefforts right now in our
community and, again, differentaspects of what that might look
like.
You know, jake Jarvis ishelping getting people just
access to their homes and thenSleep Tight Kids, I mean they're
providing beds.
I mean all these.
It's so many differentcollaborations that's making it
all possible.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
Yes, right, and we didn't realize too at Sleep
Tight Kids there's really not alot of people giving beds Like
that's kind of that's a hugeneed.
That's just kind of you knowUnder the radar.
Under the radar.
Nobody really thinks about thatkind of stuff, but it's a real
problem.
So we're just so happy to beable to come in there and fill
that gap.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
Yeah, and then again on top of the hurricane.
I mean we have friends that weknow that lost homes and clients
that actually lost homes in thefires, and again it was just
one thing on top of another andthen you think about losing your
home, whether it was with afire or with a hurricane.
You don't have anything.
Speaker 3 (26:10):
That's correct, and we also at Sleep Tight Kids.
It's not just the hurricane, itcan be from a fire or from
homelessness, poverty, you know.
So we don't really.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
It's not just the hurricane.
It's anybody that's in need.
Speaker 3 (26:23):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
That's amazing.
Again, these are new beds, newcomforters, new sheets, cleaning
products and again all thisinformation you can find on
their website, sleeptightkidsorgthat cleaning products.
And again all this informationyou can find on their website
sleep tight kids dot org.
That's right.
And the events tomorrow nightand which is why we had you guys
willing to come, have you guys,uh, you know, today on the show
this monday what's fresh onpeople's mind.
They can come out tomorrownight.
They can give, they can andjust connect with people.
(26:45):
They can buy raffle tickets andwe're thankful for our friends
at the biltmore that donatedthose tickets.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
We love our Biltmore State friends.
Yes, thank you, Biltmore.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
That's amazing.
Again, it's the generosity ofso many people that come
together.
So, jill and Wendy, thank youboth.
Thank you I just want to makesure in wrapping up, make sure
we've covered everything.
Anything else that you want tomake sure that we touched on.
Speaker 3 (27:06):
I don't think so, but we appreciate you so much.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
Absolutely so grateful for both of you.
Thank you for the work you do.
Again, if you want somethingdone, ask a busy person, right?
Speaker 3 (27:16):
Amen With coffee, With coffee right.
Speaker 1 (27:19):
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we're so thankful to be hereevery Monday morning sharing
with you about positive newsabout our local real estate
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And again, it's throughrelationships that we've been
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I got to say thank you to ourlisteners.
Each week we get calls frompeople from the radio show that
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have been listening and theycall in.
They say hey, we're thinkingabout buying or selling.
We're so grateful for that andfor the referrals.
And again, it's word of mouthand we know real estate happens
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It could be a really positivereason or a challenging reason
why you might be buying orselling, but we'd love to
connect, we'd love to interviewfor the job, and so give us a
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Find us online atrealestatebygregcom.
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Have a wonderful day, have awonderful week and again, if
you're out in Biltmore tomorrownight, five to seven sleep tight
kids at the Village Pub, takecare and we'll see you next
Monday.
Speaker 4 (28:20):
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I'm so excited this morning tohave Wendy Morris with us this
morning with a dear friend ofhers and Wendy's one of our
amazing agents at the GeorgiaReal Estate Group and one of the
things I love about our radioshow is promoting amazing
stories and our nonprofitfriends doing incredible work
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here in Western North Carolina.
And good morning, wendy, goodmorning.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
How are you?
Speaker 1 (03:58):
Good Thanks for being here this Monday morning.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
Yes, yes, I hope everybody had a great Easter.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Absolutely Happy Easter yes, absolutely.
And again the a great Easter.
Absolutely Happy Easter.
Yes, absolutely.
And again, the weather'sbeautiful and here we go into
the spring.
But, wendy, you've been verysuccessful in the real estate
industry and while doing that,on top of that, you're very
involved in giving back to thecommunity as well, which, again,
I think it's a hallmark of ouragents at the George Real Estate
Group.
It's not just real estate, it'sabout the community, it's about
(04:24):
giving back.
Wendy, tell us and introducefor us our special guest we have
with us this morning and we'regoing to have a.
I'm so excited about thisconversation this morning.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Yes, hey everybody, I am going to introduce you to
Jill Schwartzkopf.
She has been a dear friend ofmine for years and years.
We met in the wedding industryhere in Western North Carolina
and she is the heart and thesoul of this special, special
charity.
And I would love to introduceher, Jill Schwarzkopf.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
Hey everybody.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Good morning Jill.
Thank you so much for beinghere this morning.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
So you're the founder and visionary of and let's make
sure it's Sleep Tight Kids.
That's right, and this is anonprofit you started a number
of years ago.
We want to share with ourlisteners about this incredible
organization and the thingsyou're doing, but let's back up.
Where did this idea come from?
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Okay, so I was actually a school teacher in
Henderson County at Mills RiverElementary School.
There were a lot of kids thatwere coming in that were dirty,
they spoke of being cold atnight, they spoke of not having
blankets, that kind of thing.
And I actually had a dream onenight.
I woke up the next morning andI said to my husband, I'm going
(05:40):
to start a nonprofit and we'regoing to collect blankets, and
we're going to collect blankets,and we're going to.
And he was like, okay, you know.
And so we had to go through allthe hoops of getting a 501c3,
which is not an easy thing to do.
But even the name came to me ina dream, the Sleep Tight Kids
name.
You know, first thing I woke upand I got online and I saw it
(06:01):
was available forsleeptightkidsorg
sleeptightkidscom.
I was like, oh, I'm doing this.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
So let's pause for a second.
You were so compelled I mean,your heart was so taken by this
you just couldn't not takeaction.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
You saw what the children here in Henderson
County were facing and you'relike I have to do something
about this.
That's right.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Yes, and even before I became a 501c3, I started
collecting blankets and items,pajamas, things like that
actually at the school, and so Iwould send out just like a
little note and say, if you canafford a blanket, drop it by my
room.
And the people were just sogiving in that community in this
community it's an extremelygiving community and they
(06:45):
rallied for the cause.
And in that community in thiscommunity it's an extremely
giving community and theyrallied for the cause.
And then later that year Ibecame a real 501c3.
But I mean, a lot of peoplejust gave blankets and stuff.
It was amazing.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
It is, and I think for our listeners it's hard to
hear Again, we live in such aprosperous and again just
privileged community that we'rein, just to be really candid,
and on the other side of thecoin I mean there's two sides of
the coin there is still greatneeds here in the community.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Yes, there definitely are, and now the need is
growing.
We started in 2009, and we didcomfort bags.
We started in 2009 and we didcomfort bags.
So a lot of these comfort bags.
They would have a dental kit, ablanket, a teddy bear, a, a
book, and the DSS workers police, sheriff's department would be
(07:35):
able to carry these comfort bagswith them in their cars and
when they would go to get pickkids up, unfortunately sometimes
both of their parents would bebeing arrested or being taken
into custody.
We would have to take their,even take all of their clothes
off, because their clothes wouldhave meth in it.
We provided, you know, pajamas,blankets to wrap them in,
(07:58):
swaddle them in until they couldget to a foster home.
So we did that for many yearsthe comfort bags.
But when Hurricane Helenehappened, then it moved to the
next level.
So now, with Hurricane Helene,we're doing more necessity
driven things.
A lot of people they don't havebeds, mattresses, all those
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things got damaged or washedaway.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
I think it's important for us to again these
conversations that we haveongoing, that you've been doing,
but this catalyst of what weexperienced with Helene, I mean
this is a long-term recoveryeffort.
Again, it's interesting because, you know, life seems somewhat
normal, right, you drive aroundthrough town and for most people
(08:48):
they've been able to get backto what that quote-unquote
normal looks like, but it's notfor so many people.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
It's not for so many people and we're actually now
getting more calls than we everhave and it's because a lot of
people are either gettinghousing of some sort or they're
getting their homes redone andnow they're ready to move back
in, and so they don't have thoseitems and people are you know
they're struggling.
So they don't have those items.
(09:16):
And people are, you knowthey're struggling.
They don't have just thenecessities, even cleaning
products, the mattresses, thebeds, pillows, even towels,
things like that.
We've purchased mops, like Isaid, the cleaning supplies, so
you just can't believe thenecessity-driven part of it is
really taken over.
So we're kind of backing off onthe comfort bags and providing
(09:37):
those beds and mattresses.
They're very expensive andpeople just don't have the money
.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Right, yes, just the extra.
I mean they're just surviving,and then they lost their homes.
I mean I think the number wassome 1,500 homes just Henderson
County.
I mean that's not including theother counties, but I mean so
many families that, and there'sstill.
It's still in process and it'sgoing to take a long time.
So you've, and so how are youguys getting the word out and
(10:04):
how's that happening?
Speaker 3 (10:04):
Yes, so we, a lot of our people hear about us through
DSS and foster care servicesand they actually we serve 14
counties.
That's yeah, really yeah, it'sa lot of counties, um, so, and
you can go on our website tolearn about all those counties
at sleeptightkidsorg, as well asdonate, uh, but um, yeah, so,
(10:25):
the those dss officers and, um,even the sheriff's department
and everything they give um thepeople that need it.
You know our, our name andnumber and we field at least 15
phone calls or beds per week andthat's something.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
That's significant, it's significant.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
It's significant, and so we've actually had to form
an alliance with a beddingcompany Beds for Kids and so we
get our beds from them.
We buy our beds from them at adiscounted rate.
We have a large warehouse inPolk County and that's where all
the beds go out of.
We are 100% a volunteer-basedorganization.
(11:03):
So I just literally I get outmy list and I say, okay, who's
volunteered to go deliver beds?
And Wendy, a lot of the timesgoes, like I said, I have a
group of people that literallythey just have their trucks
ready to go and they're able tomake those deliveries 15 a week.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Yes Wow, Did you ever think?
What year did you first start?
Sleep Tight.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
Kids 2009.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Okay, here we are.
I mean some 14, 15 years later.
No 16 years later yes, and didyou ever think it would evolve
into what it is right now?
Speaker 3 (11:37):
I mean I just it blows my mind, I mean it really
does.
And, of course, with Helene, Imean who would have known that
this was coming our way?
And I'm just so, I feel sofortunate too, because I feel
like this is Helene is almostrejuvenated, sleep tight kids.
It truly has.
I mean we have to help, wecan't just sit aside folks.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
We can't Just like when you were a school teacher.
You're like I cannot not takeaction.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
And here again, the needs are here and the
organization you've set up Imean, you were there and you had
the organization to pivot tostep up to this need that's
nothing that you ever imagined.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
Right, I mean, and you can't believe, so many
people have, and I mean I justthank you guys so much, so many
people have stepped up anddonated.
It's unbelievable People thatyou know from Charlotte and
Florida and all these differentareas, atlanta, texas people
have just donated California.
I mean it, people have justdonated California.
I mean it's crazy, it's amazing.
(12:39):
It's amazing people have cometogether.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
So it's just a powerful story.
Yeah, and again, we're sograteful, Wendy, for you
introducing us to Jill andbringing Jill on the radio this
morning.
We have a short break, comingup here in just a minute, but,
Wendy, when did you again?
How did your involvement?
How that's evolved?
I mean, how long have you beenworking with Sleep Tight Kids
now?
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Probably from the beginning I would say pretty
much close to the beginning Justfrom Jill and I working in the
wedding industry here inAsheville we just became really
close friends and through thedeliveries and the comfort bags
and just volunteering throughoutthe entire year she really has
brought a group of friends notonly in the industry but just in
(13:22):
the area all together and justgiving love and stuff like that
and showing support for thesekids.
And so we've evolved with Jillthrough this whole process and
we were so proud of her.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
It's amazing, it's amazing, and so
sleeptightkidsorg.
And then do you have socialmedia.
People can follow as well.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
Yes, instagram and Facebook, it's all.
Sleep Tight, kids.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
That's amazing we have.
There's an exciting eventhappening tomorrow night, which
we'll let's talk about thatafter the break, but so stay
tuned in.
There's an important eventhappening tomorrow night to
support Sleep Tight Kids andwe're going to talk about more
details, ways you can getinvolved, ways you can give,
ways you can volunteer, andagain, there's raffle tickets
(14:08):
even being sold.
It's going to be a fun eventtomorrow night, so stay tuned in
.
We have a short break coming upand we want to share more about
that information.
Wendy and Jill, thank you somuch for being here this morning
.
You're listening to the GeorgiaReal Estate Group live radio
broadcast here on the Q everyMonday morning and again
grateful to just again continueto get the word about incredible
(14:28):
organizations doing incrediblework here in Western North
Carolina, and Sleep Tight Kidsis doing that.
So stay tuned in.
We'll be back right after thisbreak.
There's a strange thing thathappens in life Sometimes, when
things are just okay, we staystuck longer than we would if
things were truly bad.
It's called the region betaparadox and explains why people
(14:49):
stay in homes, that kind of workneighborhoods that used to be
okay, or rentals where the priceisn't too bad because it's
comfortable, but comfort cancost you your dreams.
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What if the nudge you've beenwaiting for is now At the George
(15:09):
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(15:31):
Don't let just fine, hold youback.
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Good morning and welcome back.
So thankful to be here with youthis Monday morning.
On.
Welcome back.
So thankful to be here with youthis Monday morning.
On the Q Again, hope you had awonderful Easter weekend.
And here we are, april 21st.
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Time's flying.
The market again keeps moving.
I shared that the first quarterin Henderson County was up some
7%.
The number of single-familyhomes sold this first quarter
versus last year's first quarter.
We continue to see strongdemand.
Interest rates are the interestrates.
Actually, one in three homessold in Henderson County are
purchased with cash.
So we continue to see strongdemand.
(16:15):
The market's very healthy.
You certainly are hearingreports across other parts of
the country where inventorylevels are so high.
Our inventory levels areremaining steady.
Again, just as many homes wentunder contract just in the last
seven days as went on the market.
So, again, very healthy market.
But your home, your situation,your specific goals are unique
(16:36):
to you and so we put togetherthese plans and we're glad to
help walk through.
There's no pressure, there's nocost, there's no obligation to
have a conversation about yourreal estate goals and dreams,
whatever that might look like.
And again, we'd love to havethe conversation.
Give us a call 828-393-0134,828-393-0134.
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Also, follow us on social mediaand Instagram and you can
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We podcast all of our radioshows.
You never know the differenceyour gift can make in someone's
life and again, that's wherethese incredible nonprofits in
our community and today we'rehighlighting Sleep Tight Kids.
Your gifts can make adifference in a family's life
(17:19):
and a child's life.
And again, there's avenues togive where your money is going
to stay here in the community,and I know it's sleep tight kids
.
They, they, they are such alean organization where the
majority of the money 99,.
I mean I don't want what 90plus percent of your I mean like
it's such a high percentage ofthe money stays.
I mean, I mean, in thecommunity.
(17:40):
You have a very leanorganization with very little
overhead, and you guys have beendoing this since 2009.
That's amazing.
And so we've been having theconversation with Jill
Schwarzkopf yes, that's afamiliar name, by the way, but
anyways and we have Wendy Morrishere with us this morning,
(18:01):
again, so grateful to have theconversation no-transcript.
Speaker 3 (18:07):
We sure do, we do.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
We do.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
And there's still tickets available right.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Yeah, so what we're doing is we are headed to
Village Pub in Biltmore Village.
I have had the pleasure ofgetting to know Zeno Lancaster
of Lancaster Law Firm.
He's a partner in thisfantastic restaurant.
It's so good so we thought wewould be out there.
We're going to be out there 5to 7 tomorrow and we are just
(18:34):
going to all just come togetherand we also want to just come
together and just show ourgratitude for everything that
people have done for us as well.
So it's always good as acommunity to just get together
and just talk about everythingthat we have done since the
hurricane.
We haven't had an event sincethen.
So, yeah, we would love to seeyou out Village Pub tomorrow,
(18:55):
five to seven.
We're also selling raffletickets.
Our friends at the BiltmoreEstate have been amazing.
We have four tickets, two setsof two grounds passes, house
passes.
We are raffling off at $5 aticket and you can Venmo Sleep
Tight Kids or we'll also beselling those tomorrow as well,
(19:16):
and we'll pull the special twonames tomorrow night.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
Can people buy tickets without attending the
event?
Speaker 2 (19:21):
No, absolutely Absolutely.
You can reach out to us on thewebsite or Messenger or anything
like that.
You can Venmo Sleep Tight Kidsand put how many tickets you
want to purchase, and we'll getyou on those tickets as well.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
That's amazing.
What else, Again?
This is an opportunity toconnect with the community, to
see your friends and family andagain support.
Sleep Tight Kids.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
And it's free.
So, yeah, there's no ticketcost to get in.
So it's great because you canbring.
Kids are welcome, your familiesare welcome.
We just want this opportunityfor everybody to get together.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
That's amazing.
And again your organization hasevolved and again, as with
Helene, the needs have changedin how you guys have been able
to pivot and step up.
But you were sharing in thefirst half of the show, 15 calls
a week for beds and thesearen't used beds.
These are.
I mean you guys are giving andproviding new materials for
(20:23):
people.
Speaker 3 (20:23):
That's right.
So all of the items and theyalways have been as Sleep Tight
Kids are newly purchased items.
So we have, you know, greatrelationships with people that
like with our blankets andthings like that, where we get
them in bulk.
So really monetary donations.
I mean, obviously you could goto Target and buy a bed for I
mean, or buy a blanket for$19.95.
(20:45):
But I can get a blanket that'sjust as nice for $4.99, because
we buy them in bulk.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
That's right, I mean.
So that's where you're thedonations.
It's great if nice for $4.99,because we buy them in bulk, in
wholesale, that's right, I mean.
So that's where the donations.
It's great if you want to goout and go purchase it yourself,
but your money actually can gofurther through the channels and
relationships that Sleep TightKids have.
And so I mean let's just bereally candid.
I mean there's a great need formonetary donations at Sleep
Tight Kids.
Yeah, great need for monetarydonations at Sleep Tight Kids.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
Yeah, and if you're a business in town, we have a lot
of businesses that do supportSleep Tight Kids and we are
happy to give you a shout outand talk about your business as
well, because it is.
It's a huge community where youhelp us, we help you.
We all just try to cometogether and help these families
.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
Yes, that's amazing.
Um, and are you still teaching,or is this your?
Speaker 3 (21:36):
no, so that's evolved so, believe it or not, I left
teaching right around this timeum that I started sleep tight
kids um and I became a full-timewedding photographer okay,
which is how I know Wendy.
You know because she has blush.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
You know Asheville, so it's just, you guys are very
busy.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
We're very busy with weddings and non-profit.
We thought this was a greatidea to do in April.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
Yeah, well, what do they?
Speaker 1 (22:00):
say about I mean right, this is your.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
This is the wedding season, but if you want
something done.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
They say go talk to a busy person right.
Yes, they, they're going to getstuff done we thrive in chaos.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
I think any of us do the busier the better we love
this charity and we just want toget the name out as much as we
can.
So why not get everybodytogether tomorrow night?
Speaker 1 (22:23):
that's right, exciting event.
Mark your counters, come outtomorrow night.
Village Pub in Biltmore 5-7.
And all this information isonline, right, facebook.
And then again opportunities tobuy raffle tickets and again,
if you can't make it, you'rejust able to give and the
website you can give directly.
Speaker 3 (22:41):
That's correct.
Yes, go to the website andclick the Donate button and that
will take you straight in anyamount, even $5, $10.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
I mean any amount is so appreciated.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
It's so appreciated.
And these families that we meetwith, they are so grateful.
You know we have conversationswith these people.
They, you know there's just alot of people that are hurting.
You know they've lost theirjobs and they're trying to get
back in the game and their kidshave been sleeping on the floor.
I had last week, a little boyhad been sleeping on a rug since
(23:12):
, Helene, I mean you're talkingmonths and months so to be able
to provide that kid with a bedand bed linens, you know, and a
pillow, I mean it's truly, it'spriceless.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
Well, the things that we take for granted, right, I
mean, and for families that havelost already so much and then,
by the way, I know they'regrateful just to have a roof
over their head but again it'sjust.
How do we keep serving, how dowe keep giving, how do we keep
walking alongside our neighborsthat have lost so much, how do
(23:43):
we keep improving their livesthroughout all this and again,
things that we take for granted.
And you guys are a vehicle.
It's wild to hear how yourorganization has evolved and
changed.
And then now you're meetingthis need and we've seen so many
people step up from thehurricane.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
And Wendy, you recently had an opportunity to
go out and see a friend of ourswith Jake Jarvis with Precision
Grading, who's been doing work.
I mean you personally were ableto.
I mean you were bringing outsome donations, but I know
you've seen the devastation inChimney Rock firsthand.
It's hard to comprehend.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
It's really hard to comprehend.
It honestly looks like a movieset.
I knew it was going to be badand it's so crazy because I was
just down there like a couple ofweeks before the hurricane hit.
So you know, when you see thesephotos online of Chimney Rock,
you're like gosh, that's bad.
But when you see it in personit's bigger.
(24:42):
It's just bigger, and thesepeople are rebuilding.
Some of them don't even haverunning water still, so they're
doing great work down there, sowe always appreciate them as
well.
Speaker 1 (24:53):
Yeah, so many people have stepped up.
I mean people that aren't evennonprofits, I mean just
neighbors helping neighbors,small businesses donating their
own resources.
I mean there's so many peoplecoming together, which speaks to
our community and theresilience and the generosity
that our community has.
I mean it's a powerful storyand it's going to be ongoing and
(25:13):
that's where it's important tome to keep reminding our
listeners about the ongoingefforts right now in our
community and, again, differentaspects of what that might look
like.
You know, jake Jarvis ishelping getting people just
access to their homes and thenSleep Tight Kids, I mean they're
providing beds.
I mean all these.
It's so many differentcollaborations that's making it
all possible.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
Yes, right, and we didn't realize too at Sleep
Tight Kids there's really not alot of people giving beds Like
that's kind of that's a hugeneed.
That's just kind of you knowUnder the radar.
Under the radar.
Nobody really thinks about thatkind of stuff, but it's a real
problem.
So we're just so happy to beable to come in there and fill
that gap.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
Yeah, and then again on top of the hurricane.
I mean we have friends that weknow that lost homes and clients
that actually lost homes in thefires, and again it was just
one thing on top of another andthen you think about losing your
home, whether it was with afire or with a hurricane.
You don't have anything.
Speaker 3 (26:10):
That's correct, and we also at Sleep Tight Kids.
It's not just the hurricane, itcan be from a fire or from
homelessness, poverty, you know.
So we don't really.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
It's not just the hurricane.
It's anybody that's in need.
Speaker 3 (26:23):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
That's amazing.
Again, these are new beds, newcomforters, new sheets, cleaning
products and again all thisinformation you can find on
their website, sleeptightkidsorgthat cleaning products.
And again all this informationyou can find on their website
sleep tight kids dot org.
That's right.
And the events tomorrow nightand which is why we had you guys
willing to come, have you guys,uh, you know, today on the show
this monday what's fresh onpeople's mind.
They can come out tomorrownight.
They can give, they can andjust connect with people.
(26:45):
They can buy raffle tickets andwe're thankful for our friends
at the biltmore that donatedthose tickets.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
We love our Biltmore State friends.
Yes, thank you, Biltmore.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
That's amazing.
Again, it's the generosity ofso many people that come
together.
So, jill and Wendy, thank youboth.
Thank you I just want to makesure in wrapping up, make sure
we've covered everything.
Anything else that you want tomake sure that we touched on.
Speaker 3 (27:06):
I don't think so, but we appreciate you so much.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
Absolutely so grateful for both of you.
Thank you for the work you do.
Again, if you want somethingdone, ask a busy person, right?
Speaker 3 (27:16):
Amen With coffee, With coffee right.
Speaker 1 (27:19):
Coffee is important and we're so thankful, again,
we're so thankful to be hereevery Monday morning sharing
with you about positive newsabout our local real estate
market and community.
And we know real estate isagain, real estate is essential.
And again, real estate isessential.
And again, it's throughrelationships that we've been
able to help so many people andthrough word of mouth.
I got to say thank you to ourlisteners.
Each week we get calls frompeople from the radio show that
(27:40):
have been listening and theycall in.
They say hey, we're thinkingabout buying or selling.
We're so grateful for that andfor the referrals.
And again, it's word of mouthand we know real estate happens
around life.
It could be a really positivereason or a challenging reason
why you might be buying orselling, but we'd love to
connect, we'd love to interviewfor the job, and so give us a
call 828-393-0134.
Find us online atrealestatebygregcom.
(28:03):
Again, we podcast all of ourradio shows so you can connect
with us there on social media orstop by our office there in
Flat Rock.
Have a wonderful day, have awonderful week and again, if
you're out in Biltmore tomorrownight, five to seven sleep tight
kids at the Village Pub, takecare and we'll see you next
Monday.
Speaker 4 (28:20):
The George Real Estate Group has the experience
of selling over 1,200 propertiesand serving over 1,200 families
with their real estate needs inHenderson County and throughout
western North Carolina.
The George Real Estate Group islocated in Flat Rock, North
Carolina, near Hendersonville inHenderson County.
(28:41):
You can find them online atrealestatebygregcom.
George Real Estate Group can bereached at 828-393-0134 or stop
by their office at 2720Greenville Highway, Flat Rock,
North Carolina.
Tune in live each week onMonday mornings at 9.05 on WTZQ
(29:04):
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