St Paul's Essential Needs Drive

Voice Over: This is Good Morning, San Diego. 

Allie Wagner: Good morning, San Diego. I'm Allie Wagner, and for more infiny 

Paul Rudy: I'm Paul Rudy. Today is Thursday, November 18th. Happy nine o'clock Allie.

Allie Wagner: Yes, definitely. And coming up in this nine o'clock hour of good morning, San Diego. We're gonna start, Uh.

Paul Rudy: I believe the last name is pronounced Lapadula, Kelly Lapadula from St. Paul Senior Services. It will complete the trifecta of my senior care services live shots. We're going to be talking about how they are hosting a, an essential needs drive for local seniors in need and it all starts tomorrow at is 18th today? 

Allie Wagner: Today's the 18th.

Paul Rudy: So it starts tomorrow and runs through December 17th. We will have that conversation. I've lost track. 

Allie Wagner: You just said the date.

Paul Rudy: I know I'm not listening in case. Essential needs are being collected for local seniors in need the St. Paul's PACE program, annual drive kicks off tomorrow. Join us to talk more about it is the kizzy event coordinator, Kelly Lapadula from St. Paul Senior Services. Kelly, how you doing? 

Kelly Lapadula: Good morning, Paul. Good to see you. How are you? 

Paul Rudy: I am well, did I get the last name proper? 

Kelly Lapadula: You got it. Lapadula! 

Paul Rudy: All right, Kelly, let's talk a little bit about, you know, I've been wanting to ask this question of a lot of people. We've been doing stories like yours now, four times a day, every day. And. It's a double-edged sword. There are a lot of people that want to help, but then you're all competing to get donations and, you know, blood food goods of all from, from the same group of people. I mean, there's a, there's a real, uh, competition to get people to donate to your causes that are not. 

Kelly Lapadula: Well, there may be some competition, but I think there's a lot of more people out there that want to help because they know how many people in San Diego are in need. Um, and people's hearts, um, reach out to different communities. So ours, the seniors, and there's a lot of people out there that want to support seniors. 

Paul Rudy: Well that is very cool. Could you talk specifically about what starts tomorrow? 

Kelly Lapadula: Yes! So tomorrow we're starting our St. Paul's Essential Needs Drive, which we do this annually every year. It goes throughout the whole holiday season, but tomorrow is our kickoff event, which will be happening at St Paul's conference center. And we will have all these, um, items that people can donate everything from canned goods, they can donate, um, new, we ask for new or unused clothing, um, new blankets. We asked for hygiene products. And these items will go to our St. Paul's PACE Seniors. PACE stands for Program of All inclusive Care for the Elderly and this program, we serve some of San Diego's most frail and low income seniors, and many of them do not have access to essential need items that they need, um, on a daily basis. And some of these items might be the only gift that they really get around the holiday season.

Paul Rudy: So, um, well I was just going to buzz through some of the items, food gift cards, dry non perishable, canned goods, cleaning supplies, laundry detergent, fabric, softener, dish sponges, and blankets, socks, sweatshirts, dental, clean denture cleaners, eyeglass cleaners, handbag, purse, wallet, heater, or fan toilet, paper, paper towels, facial tissue, hygiene, uh, shampoo, body wash toothbrushes,