September 17, 2025 • 15 mins
Scott Voos of Be Able shares how his organization provides support, resources, and community to Manhattan residents facing personal challenges. Neighbor Kia courageously tells her powerful journey from addiction to recovery, crediting Be Able with providing the consistent support that changed her life.
• Be Able is celebrating five years of serving the Manhattan community
• The Upside Down Auction fundraiser on September 25th sells opportunities to give hope rather than selling items
• Free tickets available at beablecommunity.com for the event at St. Thomas More Church
• Kia, a veteran and mother of three, found support at Be Able after struggling with addiction
• Be Able provided practical help (furniture, clothing) and emotional support when Kia needed it most
• The organization offers workshops, support groups, and a welcoming environment with "coffee, a smile, and maybe some donuts"
• Kia is now employed full-time and working toward her goal of entering ministry
• Be Able fills a crucial gap as a community center where everyone is welcome, regardless of circumstances
Support Be Able by attending the Upside Down Auction on September 25th at 6pm at St. Thomas More Church. Register for free tickets at beablecommunity.com.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Philanthropy Today is brought to you by the Greater
Manhattan Community Foundation.
In this episode we feature arecently broadcast segment of
the GMCF Community Hour, asheard on NewsRadio KMAN.
We are back with the GMCFCommunity Hour here on NewsRadio
KMAN and it's always fun tofind out more about what's
(00:20):
happening at an organizationthat's relatively new, you know,
and I say, was it five years?
Six years now, Scott, Fiveyears, Five years yeah.
That's still kind of likeinfancy.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Adolescent.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
An odd spot.
We're almost like teenage-likefumbling around, still
Teenage-like, Like exactlyMaking mistakes, but you can see
the potential, the growth.
You can see it.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
His name is Scott Voos and he's a local Manhattan
kid and he has helped start anorganization called Be Able,
which helps a lot of individualsthat are working with a lot of
challenges, working through alot of challenges and giving
them hope and inspiration andhelping fill a lot of voids in
(01:08):
their lives.
And I don't know, I mean you.
You, you're the one with theelevator speech.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Yeah Well, dave, you've gotten to know us pretty
well.
So, um, appreciate you payingattention and caring about what
we do.
I, I want to say, yeah, I thinkI'm a cheerleader for people
and I think, just going back tomy when I was fumbling around
with life, making mistakes, if Ididn't have a few cheerleaders,
(01:36):
I would be at rock bottom, Imean, and without those people
in my life that that justencouraged me and they maybe
they didn't even know it, but Ilike to put myself in a position
every day to to see the visionfor somebody, even if they can't
see it, and just just encouragethem as much as I can.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
So the timeliness of our interview today.
Our visit today stems around anevent that you have coming up
next week, september 25th, 6th,25th.
I have it on my calendar.
Yeah, you do.
Yeah, I do, it is the upsidedown auction and this is.
You know, this is our secondyear for this and you know, when
(02:21):
we first started talking aboutthis Jared over here who doesn't
want to talk today, and when wefirst started talking about
this Jared over here who doesn'twant to talk today, came up
with this concept about notselling things but selling
opportunities, kind of give us alittle bit of a background on
this and how this has all comeabout to be what it is.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Sure, yeah, yeah, have to rely on the general
public to help fund and sustainus everything from operational
dollars to giving support forpeople with what they need in
life.
And so there's a lot of golftournaments, there's a lot of
races.
We wanted to try to dosomething that is different and
(03:01):
be able.
We have an unorthodox approachin general, so we came up with
this concept that we think it'sa very radical type of concept
where you go there, one to learnabout what we do, you learn
about the stories of individualsthat we've helped take that
(03:23):
next step.
You learn about our day-to-dayoperations that are there.
So it's an awareness event.
But also you're you go there tobid on that opportunity to give
hope and kind of the, theinspiration to see these people
succeed.
(03:44):
Um, and last year we we puttogether a great event.
Um, there was a lot of momentumbehind it as far as um, just
the awareness that we wereportraying, but it, the crowd uh
turned out and um, we thinkthis year we're only going to
take that that next step, nextstep and tell even more stories.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
A lot of the stories and, by the way, let's give a
couple of the details about howto get there.
Where it is all that stuff?
Speaker 2 (04:15):
St Thomas More Church , the blue rooftop on Kimball
Avenue, september 25th, 6 pm to8 pm, but you can show up a
little bit early for somerubbing, elbow time and
socializing as well.
Tickets are free, but we do askthat you try to go to our
website and reserve a ticket andalso keep in mind there is
(04:36):
online raffles right now.
Where you can, you can put inyour own bid for for two e-bikes
, which is pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
I saw you riding one of those.
Yeah, I mean it was a littleawkward for you, but you look
like you're having a good time.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
I mean, if a guy like myself can just get on there
and whip around the sidewalks,anybody can do it.
They're really, really coolbikes.
I've never been on one,honestly, and just the
simplicity and the ease of theride is pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
The fact I don't have to pedal uphill is definitely
something of interest Right.
Keep that in mind.
One of the great things when wehave a segment with Be Able
here is that we always get astory straight from the source
and we bring in one of yourneighbors and it's always a
delight and we're going tointroduce Kia to us.
(05:29):
Hello Kia, how are you today?
Speaker 3 (05:31):
I'm fine.
How are you?
Speaker 1 (05:32):
I am great and getting better.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Well, I like to say, when I first got to Manhattan, I
was a veteran and I had threechildren and you know, I went to
K-State and I graduated fromthere, but then life got hard
for me.
(05:54):
I started using drugs and Ibecame a product of my
environment.
Product of my environment.
And about five years ago I wentto my first Be Able event and
it was a workshop and I left andI still got into trouble and,
(06:19):
um, I was, my life was reallydark, you know, I uh struggle
with addiction really bad.
And so, um, about three yearsago, um, I went back to be able
and one of my friends was thereand he is an addiction counselor
(06:39):
there and he told me hey, kia,it's time to get your life right
.
And I brushed him off.
Really, didn't, really, I thinkI was hungry and I wanted the
food that be able was serving atthe time and got something to
eat, and I left, you know, andgot into more trouble, and the
(07:01):
judge told me I had to docommunity service and that time
around I was ready to change.
I knew I needed to change and Idid a couple hours in community
service at BeAble and I joineda couple classes, um, and it
(07:22):
changed my life.
Y'all BeAble really did.
I was able to go back and I'mstill able to go back and see
different people and do theworkshops and do the art room
and just get out of my head.
Even if it's just a few hours aday, you know, I enjoy it.
But what I like about Be Able isthat the doors are always open,
(07:46):
no matter if you're suffering,if you're struggling, whatever
you're going through, there'ssomeone there with a pot of
coffee and a smile and maybesome donuts, you know, just to
get you through your day.
If you need to wash clothes, ifyou need clothes, if you need
shoes, you know.
A year I want to say last year,I sent my kids away during the
(08:14):
wintertime.
I sent my kids away during thewintertime and I really leaned
on to be able around Christmastime because I didn't have any
family, anybody, and I was ableto go feed the homeless.
I was able to do things that Ididn't think I would be able to
do Got my kids back, moved intoa new place and BeAble gave me
(08:40):
my furniture for my new houseand my new dishes that I got
from there.
And it's all because I reachedout and I asked for help and
they were there to help me.
You know there's so much I cansay about BeAble, how it changed
my life, and I'm grateful thatthey're here.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
Boy.
There's a lot to unpack here.
You have a lot of stories thatgot a lot of background here and
the challenges that you face.
Let's talk a little bit aboutthe relationship you have now
with your kids.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
I have a beautiful relationship with my girls Um
how old are they?
Speaker 1 (09:16):
Might've I asked?
Speaker 3 (09:16):
13, 11, and 9.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Oh, my Okay, you got a handful of they're all girls
too, by the way.
Hormones going on, aren't they?
Speaker 3 (09:26):
Yeah, all girls.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
Uh-huh, yeah, so you know, you talk a lot about the
different things that you wereable to find and it seems like
you know when they use the termneighbors and neighbors
sometimes is you know that it'sa great term, but it almost
sounds like you know there's all.
It's extended family too.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
What are some of the things that when you go down to
be able, and how often?
How often do you go there?
Speaker 3 (09:55):
Well, now that I'm full timetime working, I have a
job.
I probably go every Wednesday.
So, but when I wasn't working Iwas there like a majority of my
time.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
What's it like for you to go back on Wednesday?
Speaker 3 (10:10):
On Wednesday.
I mean, it's still the same,Like if I, if I want to go to a
group, um, they have some newgroups opening up some support
groups and it's anonymous and Ican go there and I can um see
the people that I, you know,seen in the winter time when I
was going.
Every day, some donuts, a lunch.
(10:33):
I can always talk to certainmembers there about what I have
going on.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
It's always, you know , a refresher.
How about the interactionbetween you and some of the
other neighbors?
Do you talk with some of theother neighbors about?
You know individually about,you know some of the challenges
that you faced and see where.
Here's where I am today becauseof Be Able.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
And do you find that maybe to be somewhat very
heartening for you to be able toshare your story with them?
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Yes, because some of my neighbors when I was actively
using they were actively usingand some of them got clean.
So it's easy to share my storyof what I've been through and
people to see that I'm actuallyliving.
You know it's, I'm not justtalking the talk.
You know I'm, I go there and Ifrequent with them and they see
me and I see them.
(11:29):
So it's not hard, it's.
It's like I haven't.
Even though I go once a week,it's not like I'm missing
anything, cause once I get there, it's like I haven't.
Even though I go once a week,it's not like I'm missing
anything, because once I getthere, it's like, hey, kia, how
you doing, everybody knows me,so yeah, it's got to make you
feel good when you walk in thedoor.
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
Did you feel good like that before you got
involved with Be Able?
Speaker 3 (11:50):
There really wasn't any community programs before Be
Able that I actually attended.
So no, I didn't really haveanywhere.
There wasn't no communitycenter that I can go to that I
knew about in Manhattan and I'vebeen here for 13 years, so no.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Yeah, by the way, thank you for your service.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
Thanks for sharing your story.
We're not done yet here.
We are all a work in progress.
What are some of your goals?
Speaker 3 (12:19):
My goal is to continue being a para and going
into the ministry of my calling.
That's my goal.
My ending goal to be a pastorsomewhere.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Got quite a story to share.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
You're going to be more about your story, though Do
you like hearing stories fromothers?
Speaker 3 (12:41):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
What kind of lessons do you feel like you get from
some of the other stories?
Speaker 3 (12:49):
It depends on what someone testimony to me like,
what they're sharing, what theyhave overcame Communication and
being able to be an activelistener is a great thing, and
to understand what everyonecomes from all walks of life and
have to, you know, accepteveryone.
(13:10):
So I mean it just depends onwhat they're sharing with me.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
You'll be at the upside down auction.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
I will be.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
Okay, looking forward to seeing you there.
I'll be the guy with themicrophone, okay.
Hang on here.
I got to turn your mic back on.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
Oh, you shut me off, I did okay okay, that's smart.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Yeah, so this is always.
This is I mean, it's our second, I can't say always, because
you know we haven't done it alot right but the upside down
auction.
This is why you know when youhear stories and this is one of
the things I love about when youguys come in and visit with us,
about, yeah, about be able, asyou bring a neighbor in to tell
their story and that's aseffective as anything you could
do.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
Oh, my goodness, yeah , uh, I could, I could say it,
um, so many times and it it.
You know it might either fallon deaf ears or that people have
heard it before, but, uh, tohear it straight from somebody
that has walked through the fireand the adversity, it means so
much more and there's so many,there's more diamonds that are
out there.
People are, they're beautiful,they're, they're diamonds.
(14:13):
Kia's eloquent and it just,just, you know, I'm honored to
be able to, you know, allow herto share her story and to
encourage her to, to have thestrength to to tell her story,
and that's a big component ofwhat we do is give people the
permission and the space to dothat.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Beablecommunitycom is where you can find out more
about the Upside Down Auction.
We encourage you to get inthere and get your name in.
Get your tickets, which arefree, but we do need a number
count.
It is going to be September25th, that's a Thursday night at
the Utopia Room at St ThomasMore Catholic Church.
I'm looking forward to seeing alot of wonderful friends there
again.
I think we're going to doanother great job of helping
(14:57):
raise money for people that arechanging lives.
Thanks for what you do, Scott.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
You betcha.
Thanks Dave, thanks Manhattan.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
Jared thanks for being quiet and Kia thanks for
sharing your story.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
We'll take a break when we come back.
We are going to get Jaina inhere and she's going to remind
us how to say her last name, andthen we'll get an update on
some of the other things thatare happening in the community
as well, here on the GMCFCommunity Hour on NewsRadio KMAN
.
Philanthropy Today is brought to you by the Greater
Manhattan Community Foundation.
In this episode we feature arecently broadcast segment of
the GMCF Community Hour, asheard on NewsRadio KMAN.
We are back with the GMCFCommunity Hour here on NewsRadio
KMAN and it's always fun tofind out more about what's
(00:20):
happening at an organizationthat's relatively new, you know,
and I say, was it five years?
Six years now, Scott, Fiveyears, Five years yeah.
That's still kind of likeinfancy.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Adolescent.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
An odd spot.
We're almost like teenage-likefumbling around, still
Teenage-like, Like exactlyMaking mistakes, but you can see
the potential, the growth.
You can see it.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
His name is Scott Voos and he's a local Manhattan
kid and he has helped start anorganization called Be Able,
which helps a lot of individualsthat are working with a lot of
challenges, working through alot of challenges and giving
them hope and inspiration andhelping fill a lot of voids in
(01:08):
their lives.
And I don't know, I mean you.
You, you're the one with theelevator speech.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Yeah Well, dave, you've gotten to know us pretty
well.
So, um, appreciate you payingattention and caring about what
we do.
I, I want to say, yeah, I thinkI'm a cheerleader for people
and I think, just going back tomy when I was fumbling around
with life, making mistakes, if Ididn't have a few cheerleaders,
(01:36):
I would be at rock bottom, Imean, and without those people
in my life that that justencouraged me and they maybe
they didn't even know it, but Ilike to put myself in a position
every day to to see the visionfor somebody, even if they can't
see it, and just just encouragethem as much as I can.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
So the timeliness of our interview today.
Our visit today stems around anevent that you have coming up
next week, september 25th, 6th,25th.
I have it on my calendar.
Yeah, you do.
Yeah, I do, it is the upsidedown auction and this is.
You know, this is our secondyear for this and you know, when
(02:21):
we first started talking aboutthis Jared over here who doesn't
want to talk today, and when wefirst started talking about
this Jared over here who doesn'twant to talk today, came up
with this concept about notselling things but selling
opportunities, kind of give us alittle bit of a background on
this and how this has all comeabout to be what it is.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Sure, yeah, yeah, have to rely on the general
public to help fund and sustainus everything from operational
dollars to giving support forpeople with what they need in
life.
And so there's a lot of golftournaments, there's a lot of
races.
We wanted to try to dosomething that is different and
(03:01):
be able.
We have an unorthodox approachin general, so we came up with
this concept that we think it'sa very radical type of concept
where you go there, one to learnabout what we do, you learn
about the stories of individualsthat we've helped take that
(03:23):
next step.
You learn about our day-to-dayoperations that are there.
So it's an awareness event.
But also you're you go there tobid on that opportunity to give
hope and kind of the, theinspiration to see these people
succeed.
(03:44):
Um, and last year we we puttogether a great event.
Um, there was a lot of momentumbehind it as far as um, just
the awareness that we wereportraying, but it, the crowd uh
turned out and um, we thinkthis year we're only going to
take that that next step, nextstep and tell even more stories.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
A lot of the stories and, by the way, let's give a
couple of the details about howto get there.
Where it is all that stuff?
Speaker 2 (04:15):
St Thomas More Church , the blue rooftop on Kimball
Avenue, september 25th, 6 pm to8 pm, but you can show up a
little bit early for somerubbing, elbow time and
socializing as well.
Tickets are free, but we do askthat you try to go to our
website and reserve a ticket andalso keep in mind there is
(04:36):
online raffles right now.
Where you can, you can put inyour own bid for for two e-bikes
, which is pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
I saw you riding one of those.
Yeah, I mean it was a littleawkward for you, but you look
like you're having a good time.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
I mean, if a guy like myself can just get on there
and whip around the sidewalks,anybody can do it.
They're really, really coolbikes.
I've never been on one,honestly, and just the
simplicity and the ease of theride is pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
The fact I don't have to pedal uphill is definitely
something of interest Right.
Keep that in mind.
One of the great things when wehave a segment with Be Able
here is that we always get astory straight from the source
and we bring in one of yourneighbors and it's always a
delight and we're going tointroduce Kia to us.
(05:29):
Hello Kia, how are you today?
Speaker 3 (05:31):
I'm fine.
How are you?
Speaker 1 (05:32):
I am great and getting better.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Well, I like to say, when I first got to Manhattan, I
was a veteran and I had threechildren and you know, I went to
K-State and I graduated fromthere, but then life got hard
for me.
(05:54):
I started using drugs and Ibecame a product of my
environment.
Product of my environment.
And about five years ago I wentto my first Be Able event and
it was a workshop and I left andI still got into trouble and,
(06:19):
um, I was, my life was reallydark, you know, I uh struggle
with addiction really bad.
And so, um, about three yearsago, um, I went back to be able
and one of my friends was thereand he is an addiction counselor
(06:39):
there and he told me hey, kia,it's time to get your life right
.
And I brushed him off.
Really, didn't, really, I thinkI was hungry and I wanted the
food that be able was serving atthe time and got something to
eat, and I left, you know, andgot into more trouble, and the
(07:01):
judge told me I had to docommunity service and that time
around I was ready to change.
I knew I needed to change and Idid a couple hours in community
service at BeAble and I joineda couple classes, um, and it
(07:22):
changed my life.
Y'all BeAble really did.
I was able to go back and I'mstill able to go back and see
different people and do theworkshops and do the art room
and just get out of my head.
Even if it's just a few hours aday, you know, I enjoy it.
But what I like about Be Able isthat the doors are always open,
(07:46):
no matter if you're suffering,if you're struggling, whatever
you're going through, there'ssomeone there with a pot of
coffee and a smile and maybesome donuts, you know, just to
get you through your day.
If you need to wash clothes, ifyou need clothes, if you need
shoes, you know.
A year I want to say last year,I sent my kids away during the
(08:14):
wintertime.
I sent my kids away during thewintertime and I really leaned
on to be able around Christmastime because I didn't have any
family, anybody, and I was ableto go feed the homeless.
I was able to do things that Ididn't think I would be able to
do Got my kids back, moved intoa new place and BeAble gave me
(08:40):
my furniture for my new houseand my new dishes that I got
from there.
And it's all because I reachedout and I asked for help and
they were there to help me.
You know there's so much I cansay about BeAble, how it changed
my life, and I'm grateful thatthey're here.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
Boy.
There's a lot to unpack here.
You have a lot of stories thatgot a lot of background here and
the challenges that you face.
Let's talk a little bit aboutthe relationship you have now
with your kids.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
I have a beautiful relationship with my girls Um
how old are they?
Speaker 1 (09:16):
Might've I asked?
Speaker 3 (09:16):
13, 11, and 9.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Oh, my Okay, you got a handful of they're all girls
too, by the way.
Hormones going on, aren't they?
Speaker 3 (09:26):
Yeah, all girls.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
Uh-huh, yeah, so you know, you talk a lot about the
different things that you wereable to find and it seems like
you know when they use the termneighbors and neighbors
sometimes is you know that it'sa great term, but it almost
sounds like you know there's all.
It's extended family too.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
What are some of the things that when you go down to
be able, and how often?
How often do you go there?
Speaker 3 (09:55):
Well, now that I'm full timetime working, I have a
job.
I probably go every Wednesday.
So, but when I wasn't working Iwas there like a majority of my
time.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
What's it like for you to go back on Wednesday?
Speaker 3 (10:10):
On Wednesday.
I mean, it's still the same,Like if I, if I want to go to a
group, um, they have some newgroups opening up some support
groups and it's anonymous and Ican go there and I can um see
the people that I, you know,seen in the winter time when I
was going.
Every day, some donuts, a lunch.
(10:33):
I can always talk to certainmembers there about what I have
going on.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
It's always, you know , a refresher.
How about the interactionbetween you and some of the
other neighbors?
Do you talk with some of theother neighbors about?
You know individually about,you know some of the challenges
that you faced and see where.
Here's where I am today becauseof Be Able.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
And do you find that maybe to be somewhat very
heartening for you to be able toshare your story with them?
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Yes, because some of my neighbors when I was actively
using they were actively usingand some of them got clean.
So it's easy to share my storyof what I've been through and
people to see that I'm actuallyliving.
You know it's, I'm not justtalking the talk.
You know I'm, I go there and Ifrequent with them and they see
me and I see them.
(11:29):
So it's not hard, it's.
It's like I haven't.
Even though I go once a week,it's not like I'm missing
anything, cause once I get there, it's like I haven't.
Even though I go once a week,it's not like I'm missing
anything, because once I getthere, it's like, hey, kia, how
you doing, everybody knows me,so yeah, it's got to make you
feel good when you walk in thedoor.
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
Did you feel good like that before you got
involved with Be Able?
Speaker 3 (11:50):
There really wasn't any community programs before Be
Able that I actually attended.
So no, I didn't really haveanywhere.
There wasn't no communitycenter that I can go to that I
knew about in Manhattan and I'vebeen here for 13 years, so no.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Yeah, by the way, thank you for your service.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
Thanks for sharing your story.
We're not done yet here.
We are all a work in progress.
What are some of your goals?
Speaker 3 (12:19):
My goal is to continue being a para and going
into the ministry of my calling.
That's my goal.
My ending goal to be a pastorsomewhere.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Got quite a story to share.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
You're going to be more about your story, though Do
you like hearing stories fromothers?
Speaker 3 (12:41):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
What kind of lessons do you feel like you get from
some of the other stories?
Speaker 3 (12:49):
It depends on what someone testimony to me like,
what they're sharing, what theyhave overcame Communication and
being able to be an activelistener is a great thing, and
to understand what everyonecomes from all walks of life and
have to, you know, accepteveryone.
(13:10):
So I mean it just depends onwhat they're sharing with me.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
You'll be at the upside down auction.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
I will be.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
Okay, looking forward to seeing you there.
I'll be the guy with themicrophone, okay.
Hang on here.
I got to turn your mic back on.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
Oh, you shut me off, I did okay okay, that's smart.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Yeah, so this is always.
This is I mean, it's our second, I can't say always, because
you know we haven't done it alot right but the upside down
auction.
This is why you know when youhear stories and this is one of
the things I love about when youguys come in and visit with us,
about, yeah, about be able, asyou bring a neighbor in to tell
their story and that's aseffective as anything you could
do.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
Oh, my goodness, yeah , uh, I could, I could say it,
um, so many times and it it.
You know it might either fallon deaf ears or that people have
heard it before, but, uh, tohear it straight from somebody
that has walked through the fireand the adversity, it means so
much more and there's so many,there's more diamonds that are
out there.
People are, they're beautiful,they're, they're diamonds.
(14:13):
Kia's eloquent and it just,just, you know, I'm honored to
be able to, you know, allow herto share her story and to
encourage her to, to have thestrength to to tell her story,
and that's a big component ofwhat we do is give people the
permission and the space to dothat.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Beablecommunitycom is where you can find out more
about the Upside Down Auction.
We encourage you to get inthere and get your name in.
Get your tickets, which arefree, but we do need a number
count.
It is going to be September25th, that's a Thursday night at
the Utopia Room at St ThomasMore Catholic Church.
I'm looking forward to seeing alot of wonderful friends there
again.
I think we're going to doanother great job of helping
(14:57):
raise money for people that arechanging lives.
Thanks for what you do, Scott.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
You betcha.
Thanks Dave, thanks Manhattan.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
Jared thanks for being quiet and Kia thanks for
sharing your story.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
We'll take a break when we come back.
We are going to get Jaina inhere and she's going to remind
us how to say her last name, andthen we'll get an update on
some of the other things thatare happening in the community
as well, here on the GMCFCommunity Hour on NewsRadio KMAN
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