September 12, 2025 • 28 mins
Terry Ames – Real Estate Broker, The Ames Team | Episode 31 | Sudbury Interviews | September 12, 2025 | Host: Dani Star (Canadian Idol, Season 5) | Find us on Sudztown and join the conversation | If you would like to be a guest on the show, please reach out | Listen on: Sudztown | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | iHeart Radio | Pocket Casts | Amazon Music | Audacy | Audible | Listen Notes | Overcast | RSS Feed| Website: https://sudztown.com/show/
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Hi, everyone, welcome to SudburyInterviews.
Today we have Terry Ames and Terry is a real estate broker
and also a member of the Amos team, real estate team here in
Sudbury. Before we begin, you can find us
on Sudstown and join the conversation.
If you would like to be a guest on the show, please reach out.
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Hey, Terry, thanks for coming on.
Oh. Thanks for having me, Danny.
What a pleasure. So you guys have the the draw
going on right now with the truck?
Yeah, we're, we're down to the the final stretch.
We, we started back in July and we are down to the final few
weeks. And I'm not gonna lie, I'm in a
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little bit of panic mode. We're not quite at the break
even point. We, we, we're getting there, but
we're, we're at a crucial stage where once, once the, the, you
know, all the prizes are paid for, then it's, it's like every
dollar goes back to help the local families that we help.
So that's why it's, it's so important to, for us in this
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final stretch to, to really, well, I like to make $100,000 in
three weeks. No, that's what I need to do.
Yeah. That sounds great.
You're, you're a hard worker. I, I remember seeing you over
the years, you know, really devoted to the community and
with all your initiatives and things.
So Congrats to you guys for sure.
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Yeah, Thank you so much. Yeah, we, I mean it, it kind of,
I mean, I've been part of, you know, the, the community for
many years. And, you know, I started in the
golf industry and really got to be involved with a lot of golf
tournaments and charity events. And then when I got sick, you
know, back in 2007, kind of had a rally from Sudbury and the
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golf courses and, and people connected to us, rallied around
us and, you know, ran a couple of golf tournaments help support
our our journey with cancer. And and so when that, when I was
declared cancer free, you know, we, we recognize that, you know,
we had a real unique opportunityto, to give back and, and to
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kind of pass the torch off to, you know, helping families like
the way we were helped. How did you get in the real
estate business? Well, it's a family affair.
We, my, my mother has been in real estate since 1989.
And when I, so when I got sick, you know, and then I was cancer
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free back in 2011, We recognize that we need a bit of a change.
And, and, and my mom had been doing it.
We always had, and we, you know,being in a family of Realtors or
having a mother that's a realtor, the discussions around
the dinner table always revolvedaround real estate.
I mean, everybody loves to talk about real estate.
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And so it was really a natural thing to, you know, to join my
mom and and we started the Ames team and, and then from there,
Jen was working, you know, support as a support staff and
then she became a realtor. And then and then we, you know,
expanded from there and had a couple more realtor join us and
then a couple support staff. And so, yeah, I guess it was we
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came my parents, he stolen CedarGreen years ago.
And then, so I was in the golf industry and then and then from
there I went into real estate. And then you don't know we've
yeah, we've got the the Ames team now.
I didn't know your parents ownedthat golf course.
That's amazing. Yeah, we grew up, grew up at
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Cedar Green and that was our life, you know, from a very
young age to, you know, to, you know, and then I left the
industry and then my parents sold the course and then was out
of it for a couple years. And then then we I realized how
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much I missed it. So I went to school that to be a
golf course manager and, and came back to Sudbury.
I was actually went out to school in BC and I came back to
Sudbury and worked at different golf courses and ended up
managing golf Sudbury. And that's kind of where, you
know, where we kind of left our our my golf career.
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Wow, so you must be an expert golf cart driver.
Yeah, because everybody thinks I'm a great golfer, but I'm I'm
good at everything else but golf.
I've been golfing all my life, but I I still not very good.
But I have a twin brother. He's a lot better than me so.
Oh yeah, I played a show there on Canada Day at Cedar Green.
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Oh wow. OK.
Yeah, yeah. It was kind of a last minute
thing and neat. So I also noticed you have like
a magazine that you're publishing now.
Yeah, we've got lots of things on the go.
So we back, you know, there was a, there was a book called the
Real Estate book and a lot of different Realtors would, you
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know, put their ads in there. And then I always, you know, we,
we, we do quite a few listings and I always wanted my own
magazine. And I just thought what, what a
great way to do all of our listings and promote our, our
listings at a just for level than than really anybody else
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does. And now that magazine, I mean,
we just printed 8000 magazines and, and mail some out.
We have them at some of the grocery stores and TD Bank and
Smith's Market and people still like paper.
And you know, so it's, it's advertises our, our listings.
We have a little ask the Ames team section with just a little
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knowledge from our team and, andthis year and we have, you know,
sometimes some market stats and it's just a good information,
but it's a it's a great, it's a great way to to get our listings
out there to, you know, to people.
Well, you know, I was. I was sitting in my car one day
looking at your magazine and I, I read that you have a moving
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trailer that you offer to anyonewho buys a house or sells a is
that sells a house, buys a house.
And I thought that's such a great idea.
Like you make an investment, youbuy a trailer, that's a great
idea. So tell us about that.
You know, yeah. So I, I mean, you know, again,
when we see a need, it's like, you know, and, and I learned
from my mom, like we, when we say we're full service, we're
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full service. Like my mom was never afraid to,
you know, someone needed their house cleaned or mulch, put it
in the front yard. She was there and she was, you
know, she created those kind of relationships with people.
And, and we're kind of the same way.
And, and so, you know, we, I bought the first trailer and I
just saw what a great idea. And then it got so popular.
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It's like, Oh my God, this, thistrailer is always booked.
So we need another trailer. So anyway, we're up to 4
trailers. We have two enclosed trailers
and two open trailers. And then we bought a tractor
when it was partially for, for use around my place.
And then also, you know, for ourclients.
And, you know, it's amazing. It's been out all summer helping
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people to do their driveways, todo a little landscaping.
And so, yeah, kind of a neat thing.
And in fact, I'm, I, you know, or even at this time of year,
our trailers kind of so bucked up and sometimes, well, if
someone's getting their house ready, they don't need the
trailer maybe for moving, but they might need to just
declutter the house, put put something in the in the trailer
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for a couple weeks while we takephotos and start showings.
And so it's nice to have that. So we're, we're, we're kind of
talking, maybe we need one more trailer.
So we'll see. We'll see.
You have 4. I can't believe that you have 4
trailers that you offer to your clients.
Yeah, yeah. That's amazing.
So yeah, I'm really lucky. We, we, where we are, we, we
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bought a house and ridden New Sudbury around the border of new
Sudbury and Garson and, and we have a couple acres.
And so we took a house that was built in the 50s and just re re
made the whole house and, and built the whole basement as an
office. So the whole team operates out
of the basement. But it's really nice because I
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actually have room to park all these trailers and kind of like
out of sight, you know, and I couldn't do that if I lived in
in a regular subdivision. Yeah.
Yeah, so. So what about there was that
gig, that or that event that youhad every year teed up for
Terry? Yeah, so we so teed up for Terry
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started the 1st 2 actually started as it was a fundraiser
for me. So when I was, I was, you know,
going through cancer and, and you know, I had, you know, I was
off work and needed some more support.
And then we were, we were travelling and doing different
things. And, and so they, the 1st 2G
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tournaments were for me. And then when at the second golf
tournament, I said when we, whenI'm cancer free, we're going to
come back and we're going to have a celebration.
So, so two years later we had the third teed up for Terry and,
and it was exactly that. And I and I told everyone the
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story of, of the moment I was told I was cancer free.
And, and I, I saw the impact that that had to that room and
to the people. And, and so we, we recognize
that this is something that we have to, to carry forward.
And, and so we started the Terriens Care Fund.
We wrote my first book, you know, beating cancer, my
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survival guide. And, and that became a a
fundraiser and then the golf tournament became a fundraiser.
And then, and we haven't had a golf tournament in a couple of
years, but we're planning one. My cancer free day is July 20th
and so in next and we always do it on a Monday.
It's just because the golf course is very generous and
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gives us a golf course basicallyfor free.
But we need to do on an off day,which is always a Monday.
And so next Monday next, next year in 2026, July 20th happens
to fall on a Monday. So I'm like, Oh my God, we have
to do another golf tournament. So so stay tuned for that.
We'll, I forget where we're at around 9 tournament 8 or 9 that,
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that we've done so, but you know, looking forward to that.
But anyway, so then, you know, we, we ran these golf
tournaments and then the demand.So the charity was set up to
help local families and going through cancer.
So we, you know, I saw all the support we got and we and me and
my wife recognize that not everybody has that kind of
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support. So we, we started this fund to
basically help people pay their bills, help pay mortgage,
heating bills, you know, cost ofsupplements.
Sometimes there's some treatmentthat's not covered.
Sometimes people are, you know, have to get some, maybe some
dental work that's not covered related to their, to their
cancer. So we set up this fund as a
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simple way to give money directly to people that needed
financial support so they could focus on on beating cancer.
And and then, you know, we're doing the golf tournaments and,
and some of the other the book. We just weren't able to meet the
the demand, the money that we needed.
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So we said, let's let's try something New South.
In 2015 we started the Cancer Support drop and through
Crosstown Chevrolet, we, we, we got a 2015 Chevy Colorado and,
and got out there with paper tickets and, and worked it
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worked it and we ended up makingaround $65,000 of profit for,
for, for the charity, which was great and a lot of work.
But there was, you know, it was the most money we'd made for
from any event. So, so and then so this year,
this is our sixth draw and the 10 year anniversary and back in
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2023, we do it every two years. That's just simply too much work
to do every year. So in 2023 we did it and we
raised 101,000. Yeah.
So it was like every year we do about 65 to 68,000 and last year
with, with, with a lot of support from HSN Foundation.
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We, we, we got over that, you know, there's just over that
100,000. So, so which was amazing and,
and, and, you know, and again, the, the, the fun has grown in
popularity and, and the need, and of course the cost of living
has gone up and, and so people need that, that support even
more. And you know what people don't
realize when someone's off work for cancer, it's, you know, to,
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you know, the spouses off work or mum and dad are off taking
time off work and, you know, thebills keep coming, you know,
they don't stop, you know, just because you're sick.
So it's, you know, like I said, the demand has grown and, and we
basically made a commitment to, to the, you know, to the cancer
centre that we would keep, you know, keep it going and keep,
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keep bringing in more money. And that's what we're trying to
do. So just to be clear, like you
guys raffle off a brand new truck, people buy a 5050 ticket
there you. Yeah, it is.
So there's a there's a ton of prizes.
So we, you know, the, the grand prize is a 2025 Chevy Colorado
from crosstown. We have a really cool hot tub
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from Maquicade. We have a nice gaming package
from Croonies. We had a couple early birds and
and one was was a package from Cuisine and Stack brewing a beer
for a year. We had a golf package from Golf
Sudbury. And then we had a really cool
griddle from Bianco's and then we had a like a $7000 E bike
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from Adventure 365, which was really cool.
And so we're, we're now we're down to the final, the grand
prize part of our draw, which is, you know, I mean, everybody
wants the truck. You know, it's a, you know,
basically a $65,000 truck. And that's, that's everybody
wants. But I do think, you know, we, we
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get a lot of support of people who, yeah, the prize is nice,
but I think they they recognize that, you know, when they buy a
ticket for $25.00, that $25 is going directly to help a family
going through cancer. And I think that's has been the
key to our success, no? Yeah, it looks good to me.
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I'm looking at your website. Actually it's Terry Ames,
carefund.com. Yes, very nice, very nice.
Yeah, yeah. You see, because some of the
things we've been doing and, and, and then the for the draw,
it's actually Cancer Support draw.com.
And so, yeah, so there's we're still, you know, we're starting
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even quite 40% of the tickets have sold.
So I mean, you know, it's, you know, the odds are really good
and, and basically the tickets are it's one for 25, three for
58 for 100. And there's a big package of 25
tickets for $250. That's a limited package.
And you know, we'll probably sell that one out.
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And yeah, like I said that, you know, every, every time that
from this point on is it's all, you know, the, the every penny
is going to help a family going through cancer.
And that's, you know, I think that's when people buy ticket.
It's really cool for the chance to win the truck.
But, and it's really cool truck,by the way, like I'm a call
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around. I have the exact same trucks and
people see me driving around. I've got a 2023 labeled up just
like the the new one, which is parked at cross town right now.
And it's it's a really dull leather or sunroof.
You know, it's, you know, it's, it's a great truck, a lot of fun
to drive. So I hope, you know, I always
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love delivering the truck and surprising people with the prize
and the reaction we got. It's it's it's it's really cool.
That's amazing. So you mentioned beer for a
year. Is that did anybody ever win
that before? I love that first time.
So Stack has been a great partner.
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Stack Brewing, you know, so it'sit's we call it actually call it
the local Kansas support draw. So I think people really
appreciate that they know when they're spending money.
It's, it's helping local families and, and our Cancer
Center supports Northern Ontario.
So local, you know, Sudbury, butit's also Espinola, Manitoulin.
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You know, any, you know, anywhere that people use our
Cancer Center most, most of the recipients are right here in
Sudbury. I would say probably 90%.
But it's, it's all about supporting the local businesses
because local businesses are supporting us.
So when you see like these little like stock brewing, you
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know, a local brewery, you know,Bianco's and, and Adventure 365
in Crosstown and, and these are the businesses that have stepped
up to help us and local familiesin our cancer centre.
And, you know, we, you know, we try and hammer it over and over
again. Like, you know, hey guys, you
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know, so important to help support these local businesses
because they're, they're all getting back and they're, they
give back till it hurts. And, and that's why it is so
important to, you know, that's why we call it the local Cancer
Support draw. But beer for a year?
Yeah, beer for a year. It was, it was the idea, the
owners at the stack. You thought of it and I mean, I
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love beer and I love stacked beer.
And so they, yeah, they, we cameup with the idea and so, yeah,
the that, that, that was one of the early bird draws and it's
already been drawn. And so basically they, they got
a, you know, a case of beer a month and they come in and just,
you know, mix and match and get the beer that they like.
So it's pretty cool. That's a.
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Great idea, Terry. It's.
Catchy too, right? Really was we started, it was
going to be a we're going to do a keg a month and then we're
like, then we got to get a keg fridge and then, you know, and
it's nice to have. I love variety.
I love trying different beers and, and stack has, I don't
know, like 8 or, you know, 9 different kinds of beer And, and
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you know, so I it's just nice togo and just try all the
different ones. I I think it's pretty cool.
Yeah. If we come back to real estate
for a minute, you guys take someextraordinary photos.
I'm just looking at your Facebook page here.
How do you who does that? Is that your wife or what?
Oh, no, we have, we have professionals, yeah.
We, we, you know, there's a lot of really great photographers
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and videographers in the city and we, we, we use a few
different ones and, and you know, the main one's a real
edge. And, and Hugo Media, some really
great companies and they, yeah, they, they, they, you know, they
do great work, you know, and, you know, and, you know, a lot
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of preparation goes into gettingthose houses ready, making sure
they, they're ready with the photos and, and the videos and,
and, but no, we have an amazing support stuff.
And then we have a full time marketing manager to make sure
everything is just right and, and, and are being so, you know,
just, it's just all about surrounding yourself with.
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With really good people and professional people.
Yeah, it's yeah. I wouldn't give myself or, or
Jen any credit for the photos. Yeah, we try and stay off camera
as much as possible because it'sall about the house or the
property that we're, you know, we're, we're trying to promote.
So we like to, we'll do an introand and an outro, but it's
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really it's all about the the house and showcasing the the
house. Well, I was walking down the
street the other day and I was thinking about the the house
prices and how they've gone up. And I was thinking.
That. If they went down, it would be
good for buyers but bad for sellers if somebody bought high
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and then it's like they would lose their shirt.
So what do you think about that?Do you think there's a chance
the price has ever come down again or?
Yeah, it's so hard to predict. I mean, we, we see lots of ups
and downs and you know, the market does fluctuate still,
and, but it's still overall kindof like the, the stock market is
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still always, you know, over the, over the long haul is still
increasing in, in, in, in Sudbury especially, we're very
much yeah, inventory. We're sensitive to the
inventory. So, and that applies everywhere,
but especially in Sudbury that seems to affect the, the, the
values even more. So, you know, if you're in a
situation where there's a reallylow inventory, that tends to
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push the prices up and, and we're now we're, you know, in a
healthier inventory. So which means that we're
approaching a more balanced market.
We're really depends on the price range you're looking at.
You know, if you're in a lower price range, it's still very
competitive, is still in the seller's market.
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You get into the more higher priced homes become more
balanced and in some cases it's a little bit of a buyer's market
in certain categories. But for the most part it's it's
just shifting to a more balancedmarket.
But yeah, it's hard when, you know, when, when people, when
things went up really quickly in, in 2120 and 21, you know,
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if, if someone was buying and, and selling within a couple
years, it was really hard for them to get out of that home
with a, with, with a surplus. And, you know, so it was
important for us to communicate to people in that heightened
market that you, you, you need to be a plan that you're going
to be in this house for five years, you know, to make sure
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that you're going to be able to see some equity grow in, in that
home. And for the most part, the, the,
you know, most people have a, a longer plan and sometimes stuff
comes up or, you know, unexpected babies are maybe
divorced or, you know, differentthings that come up to where it,
it kind of interrupts the plan. But you know, for the most part
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our clients were pretty stable and you know, stick, stick with
more of a long term plan. And I've just noticed that you
have your own beer. Do you have your own beer?
Come on. Oh my God, it's so good.
Yeah. It even seemed here.
Yeah, it's so funny. We it's you know, I I think you
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see it. We do kind of things a little
differently than most and we have a lot of fun doing it And
and love, love to visit our clients past and current and
just always looking for ways to interact with them.
So. So we had an idea last winter
about making our own beer. And so we stacked brewing
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partner was stacked brewing and they made made a beer for us.
And it started off as meant it was meant to be something for
our clients. And it turned out to be
something so much more. And we made a a bigger batch
than than expected. And so we ended up selling it
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at, at Golf Sudbury and, and, and then we also through Golf
Surbury. They, we, we, we started through
my charity. We started basically a dollar
from every can sold at Golf Surbury.
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I was going back to the charity.So it was kind of a neat idea.
You don't want to, you know, raise some more money for the
charity, have some fun with the beer and, and, you know, promote
a little bit the, the Ames team brand and then the Stack brewing
brand. And, and so, yeah, so it worked
out good. We, we, we had it available at
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the store for a limited time. And yeah, we'll probably put a
little fall push on the, on the beer and before we're out.
And I think we're down to the final 20 cases of beer.
So, and I, I, it's a really goodbeer.
I enjoy it and but yeah, it's just a fun thing for us.
So hopefully we'll we'll have some leftover for, for our
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clients for for Christmas. We'll see.
Well, you could just hide them in your garage somewhere and
keep them. Yeah.
Well and, and because I mean, SAC does everything without
preservatives. So it, it actually, it should
have, should be kept cool, you know so right.
But they have, they have a big walk in coolers there.
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So they keep the the stock therefor us.
So the next question, Terry, we got about 5 minutes left.
Here is the daily segment and I ask every guest the same
question, same words and everything.
The question is, what is one thing that you feel would make
Sudbury greater? What is one thing, boy?
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OK, 5 minutes. OK, I think Sudbury is great,
you know, I really do. And I think, you know, no matter
where you are, you have to have the right mindset to to, you
know, recognize where you are, are AT.
And, and I think people coming to Sudbury from Toronto and, and
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seeing the rat race of Toronto and, and seeing all the awesome
things here in Sudbury that to do and the lakes, I think I
think local people forget, you know, like what we've got, you
know, and there's there's there's a lot of, you know, bad
and there's a lot of stuff that's not good, you know, and
maybe our roads and, you know, but but there's so much really
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good stuff and good people and and and and and good restaurants
and and great activities and festivals.
And so I think, yeah, I guess they just, you know, look, look
what you got, you know, like this recognize all the good that
we've got. And I guess that's that's if
that's a good answer. That's a great answer.
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More beer for Terry or more Amesteam beer?
Yeah. Yeah, right on, man.
Well, thank you. I want to thank you for coming
on. And you've always been such a
strong community person since I've known you anyhow.
And I remember one time I was gigging downtown and you were
you were doing something in the community there on Cedar St. and
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you were standing there pretty much all day.
And it was beautiful. Like whatever he's doing is
very, very important. So thanks for being that person
for Sudbury. Yeah, well, you, you too,
Daniel. You, you've been, you support a
lot of my events and you've beenthere.
And I remember the one event that they held for me and my
family and I was, it was terminal at the time, right?
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And so it was, you were doing a fundraiser to send us to
Disneyland and, and, you know, and it was like, it's not
something that was, you know, it's, it wasn't an absolute, but
you know, it was, they recognized the state we were in.
And, and, and what a, what a great idea as, you know, to, to
give, give my family that boost and, and myself, you were there
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entertaining us and always with a smile.
And just so you're so talented. So we, you know, we appreciate
you and all that you do. So thank you for having me and,
and go to kansassupportdraw.com.Get your tickets.
We we got to raise some money here to help families, local
families right here in Sudbury. Thanks for your time today,
Terry. OK.
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Thanks, Danny. Bye, bye, bye.
Hi, everyone, welcome to SudburyInterviews.
Today we have Terry Ames and Terry is a real estate broker
and also a member of the Amos team, real estate team here in
Sudbury. Before we begin, you can find us
on Sudstown and join the conversation.
If you would like to be a guest on the show, please reach out.
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Hey, Terry, thanks for coming on.
Oh. Thanks for having me, Danny.
What a pleasure. So you guys have the the draw
going on right now with the truck?
Yeah, we're, we're down to the the final stretch.
We, we started back in July and we are down to the final few
weeks. And I'm not gonna lie, I'm in a
(00:42):
little bit of panic mode. We're not quite at the break
even point. We, we, we're getting there, but
we're, we're at a crucial stage where once, once the, the, you
know, all the prizes are paid for, then it's, it's like every
dollar goes back to help the local families that we help.
So that's why it's, it's so important to, for us in this
(01:04):
final stretch to, to really, well, I like to make $100,000 in
three weeks. No, that's what I need to do.
Yeah. That sounds great.
You're, you're a hard worker. I, I remember seeing you over
the years, you know, really devoted to the community and
with all your initiatives and things.
So Congrats to you guys for sure.
(01:25):
Yeah, Thank you so much. Yeah, we, I mean it, it kind of,
I mean, I've been part of, you know, the, the community for
many years. And, you know, I started in the
golf industry and really got to be involved with a lot of golf
tournaments and charity events. And then when I got sick, you
know, back in 2007, kind of had a rally from Sudbury and the
(01:47):
golf courses and, and people connected to us, rallied around
us and, you know, ran a couple of golf tournaments help support
our our journey with cancer. And and so when that, when I was
declared cancer free, you know, we, we recognize that, you know,
we had a real unique opportunityto, to give back and, and to
(02:11):
kind of pass the torch off to, you know, helping families like
the way we were helped. How did you get in the real
estate business? Well, it's a family affair.
We, my, my mother has been in real estate since 1989.
And when I, so when I got sick, you know, and then I was cancer
(02:36):
free back in 2011, We recognize that we need a bit of a change.
And, and, and my mom had been doing it.
We always had, and we, you know,being in a family of Realtors or
having a mother that's a realtor, the discussions around
the dinner table always revolvedaround real estate.
I mean, everybody loves to talk about real estate.
(02:57):
And so it was really a natural thing to, you know, to join my
mom and and we started the Ames team and, and then from there,
Jen was working, you know, support as a support staff and
then she became a realtor. And then and then we, you know,
expanded from there and had a couple more realtor join us and
then a couple support staff. And so, yeah, I guess it was we
(03:23):
came my parents, he stolen CedarGreen years ago.
And then, so I was in the golf industry and then and then from
there I went into real estate. And then you don't know we've
yeah, we've got the the Ames team now.
I didn't know your parents ownedthat golf course.
That's amazing. Yeah, we grew up, grew up at
(03:44):
Cedar Green and that was our life, you know, from a very
young age to, you know, to, you know, and then I left the
industry and then my parents sold the course and then was out
of it for a couple years. And then then we I realized how
(04:05):
much I missed it. So I went to school that to be a
golf course manager and, and came back to Sudbury.
I was actually went out to school in BC and I came back to
Sudbury and worked at different golf courses and ended up
managing golf Sudbury. And that's kind of where, you
know, where we kind of left our our my golf career.
(04:29):
Wow, so you must be an expert golf cart driver.
Yeah, because everybody thinks I'm a great golfer, but I'm I'm
good at everything else but golf.
I've been golfing all my life, but I I still not very good.
But I have a twin brother. He's a lot better than me so.
Oh yeah, I played a show there on Canada Day at Cedar Green.
(04:52):
Oh wow. OK.
Yeah, yeah. It was kind of a last minute
thing and neat. So I also noticed you have like
a magazine that you're publishing now.
Yeah, we've got lots of things on the go.
So we back, you know, there was a, there was a book called the
Real Estate book and a lot of different Realtors would, you
(05:13):
know, put their ads in there. And then I always, you know, we,
we, we do quite a few listings and I always wanted my own
magazine. And I just thought what, what a
great way to do all of our listings and promote our, our
listings at a just for level than than really anybody else
(05:35):
does. And now that magazine, I mean,
we just printed 8000 magazines and, and mail some out.
We have them at some of the grocery stores and TD Bank and
Smith's Market and people still like paper.
And you know, so it's, it's advertises our, our listings.
We have a little ask the Ames team section with just a little
(05:56):
knowledge from our team and, andthis year and we have, you know,
sometimes some market stats and it's just a good information,
but it's a it's a great, it's a great way to to get our listings
out there to, you know, to people.
Well, you know, I was. I was sitting in my car one day
looking at your magazine and I, I read that you have a moving
(06:18):
trailer that you offer to anyonewho buys a house or sells a is
that sells a house, buys a house.
And I thought that's such a great idea.
Like you make an investment, youbuy a trailer, that's a great
idea. So tell us about that.
You know, yeah. So I, I mean, you know, again,
when we see a need, it's like, you know, and, and I learned
from my mom, like we, when we say we're full service, we're
(06:41):
full service. Like my mom was never afraid to,
you know, someone needed their house cleaned or mulch, put it
in the front yard. She was there and she was, you
know, she created those kind of relationships with people.
And, and we're kind of the same way.
And, and so, you know, we, I bought the first trailer and I
just saw what a great idea. And then it got so popular.
(07:02):
It's like, Oh my God, this, thistrailer is always booked.
So we need another trailer. So anyway, we're up to 4
trailers. We have two enclosed trailers
and two open trailers. And then we bought a tractor
when it was partially for, for use around my place.
And then also, you know, for ourclients.
And, you know, it's amazing. It's been out all summer helping
(07:24):
people to do their driveways, todo a little landscaping.
And so, yeah, kind of a neat thing.
And in fact, I'm, I, you know, or even at this time of year,
our trailers kind of so bucked up and sometimes, well, if
someone's getting their house ready, they don't need the
trailer maybe for moving, but they might need to just
declutter the house, put put something in the in the trailer
(07:46):
for a couple weeks while we takephotos and start showings.
And so it's nice to have that. So we're, we're, we're kind of
talking, maybe we need one more trailer.
So we'll see. We'll see.
You have 4. I can't believe that you have 4
trailers that you offer to your clients.
Yeah, yeah. That's amazing.
So yeah, I'm really lucky. We, we, where we are, we, we
(08:08):
bought a house and ridden New Sudbury around the border of new
Sudbury and Garson and, and we have a couple acres.
And so we took a house that was built in the 50s and just re re
made the whole house and, and built the whole basement as an
office. So the whole team operates out
of the basement. But it's really nice because I
(08:29):
actually have room to park all these trailers and kind of like
out of sight, you know, and I couldn't do that if I lived in
in a regular subdivision. Yeah.
Yeah, so. So what about there was that
gig, that or that event that youhad every year teed up for
Terry? Yeah, so we so teed up for Terry
(08:55):
started the 1st 2 actually started as it was a fundraiser
for me. So when I was, I was, you know,
going through cancer and, and you know, I had, you know, I was
off work and needed some more support.
And then we were, we were travelling and doing different
things. And, and so they, the 1st 2G
(09:17):
tournaments were for me. And then when at the second golf
tournament, I said when we, whenI'm cancer free, we're going to
come back and we're going to have a celebration.
So, so two years later we had the third teed up for Terry and,
and it was exactly that. And I and I told everyone the
(09:37):
story of, of the moment I was told I was cancer free.
And, and I, I saw the impact that that had to that room and
to the people. And, and so we, we recognize
that this is something that we have to, to carry forward.
And, and so we started the Terriens Care Fund.
We wrote my first book, you know, beating cancer, my
(09:59):
survival guide. And, and that became a a
fundraiser and then the golf tournament became a fundraiser.
And then, and we haven't had a golf tournament in a couple of
years, but we're planning one. My cancer free day is July 20th
and so in next and we always do it on a Monday.
It's just because the golf course is very generous and
(10:20):
gives us a golf course basicallyfor free.
But we need to do on an off day,which is always a Monday.
And so next Monday next, next year in 2026, July 20th happens
to fall on a Monday. So I'm like, Oh my God, we have
to do another golf tournament. So so stay tuned for that.
We'll, I forget where we're at around 9 tournament 8 or 9 that,
(10:45):
that we've done so, but you know, looking forward to that.
But anyway, so then, you know, we, we ran these golf
tournaments and then the demand.So the charity was set up to
help local families and going through cancer.
So we, you know, I saw all the support we got and we and me and
my wife recognize that not everybody has that kind of
(11:06):
support. So we, we started this fund to
basically help people pay their bills, help pay mortgage,
heating bills, you know, cost ofsupplements.
Sometimes there's some treatmentthat's not covered.
Sometimes people are, you know, have to get some, maybe some
dental work that's not covered related to their, to their
cancer. So we set up this fund as a
(11:29):
simple way to give money directly to people that needed
financial support so they could focus on on beating cancer.
And and then, you know, we're doing the golf tournaments and,
and some of the other the book. We just weren't able to meet the
the demand, the money that we needed.
(11:51):
So we said, let's let's try something New South.
In 2015 we started the Cancer Support drop and through
Crosstown Chevrolet, we, we, we got a 2015 Chevy Colorado and,
and got out there with paper tickets and, and worked it
(12:12):
worked it and we ended up makingaround $65,000 of profit for,
for, for the charity, which was great and a lot of work.
But there was, you know, it was the most money we'd made for
from any event. So, so and then so this year,
this is our sixth draw and the 10 year anniversary and back in
(12:35):
2023, we do it every two years. That's just simply too much work
to do every year. So in 2023 we did it and we
raised 101,000. Yeah.
So it was like every year we do about 65 to 68,000 and last year
with, with, with a lot of support from HSN Foundation.
(12:56):
We, we, we got over that, you know, there's just over that
100,000. So, so which was amazing and,
and, and, you know, and again, the, the, the fun has grown in
popularity and, and the need, and of course the cost of living
has gone up and, and so people need that, that support even
more. And you know what people don't
realize when someone's off work for cancer, it's, you know, to,
(13:18):
you know, the spouses off work or mum and dad are off taking
time off work and, you know, thebills keep coming, you know,
they don't stop, you know, just because you're sick.
So it's, you know, like I said, the demand has grown and, and we
basically made a commitment to, to the, you know, to the cancer
centre that we would keep, you know, keep it going and keep,
(13:40):
keep bringing in more money. And that's what we're trying to
do. So just to be clear, like you
guys raffle off a brand new truck, people buy a 5050 ticket
there you. Yeah, it is.
So there's a there's a ton of prizes.
So we, you know, the, the grand prize is a 2025 Chevy Colorado
from crosstown. We have a really cool hot tub
(14:03):
from Maquicade. We have a nice gaming package
from Croonies. We had a couple early birds and
and one was was a package from Cuisine and Stack brewing a beer
for a year. We had a golf package from Golf
Sudbury. And then we had a really cool
griddle from Bianco's and then we had a like a $7000 E bike
(14:25):
from Adventure 365, which was really cool.
And so we're, we're now we're down to the final, the grand
prize part of our draw, which is, you know, I mean, everybody
wants the truck. You know, it's a, you know,
basically a $65,000 truck. And that's, that's everybody
wants. But I do think, you know, we, we
(14:46):
get a lot of support of people who, yeah, the prize is nice,
but I think they they recognize that, you know, when they buy a
ticket for $25.00, that $25 is going directly to help a family
going through cancer. And I think that's has been the
key to our success, no? Yeah, it looks good to me.
(15:07):
I'm looking at your website. Actually it's Terry Ames,
carefund.com. Yes, very nice, very nice.
Yeah, yeah. You see, because some of the
things we've been doing and, and, and then the for the draw,
it's actually Cancer Support draw.com.
And so, yeah, so there's we're still, you know, we're starting
(15:29):
even quite 40% of the tickets have sold.
So I mean, you know, it's, you know, the odds are really good
and, and basically the tickets are it's one for 25, three for
58 for 100. And there's a big package of 25
tickets for $250. That's a limited package.
And you know, we'll probably sell that one out.
(15:52):
And yeah, like I said that, you know, every, every time that
from this point on is it's all, you know, the, the every penny
is going to help a family going through cancer.
And that's, you know, I think that's when people buy ticket.
It's really cool for the chance to win the truck.
But, and it's really cool truck,by the way, like I'm a call
(16:13):
around. I have the exact same trucks and
people see me driving around. I've got a 2023 labeled up just
like the the new one, which is parked at cross town right now.
And it's it's a really dull leather or sunroof.
You know, it's, you know, it's, it's a great truck, a lot of fun
to drive. So I hope, you know, I always
(16:37):
love delivering the truck and surprising people with the prize
and the reaction we got. It's it's it's it's really cool.
That's amazing. So you mentioned beer for a
year. Is that did anybody ever win
that before? I love that first time.
So Stack has been a great partner.
(16:58):
Stack Brewing, you know, so it'sit's we call it actually call it
the local Kansas support draw. So I think people really
appreciate that they know when they're spending money.
It's, it's helping local families and, and our Cancer
Center supports Northern Ontario.
So local, you know, Sudbury, butit's also Espinola, Manitoulin.
(17:20):
You know, any, you know, anywhere that people use our
Cancer Center most, most of the recipients are right here in
Sudbury. I would say probably 90%.
But it's, it's all about supporting the local businesses
because local businesses are supporting us.
So when you see like these little like stock brewing, you
(17:41):
know, a local brewery, you know,Bianco's and, and Adventure 365
in Crosstown and, and these are the businesses that have stepped
up to help us and local familiesin our cancer centre.
And, you know, we, you know, we try and hammer it over and over
again. Like, you know, hey guys, you
(18:01):
know, so important to help support these local businesses
because they're, they're all getting back and they're, they
give back till it hurts. And, and that's why it is so
important to, you know, that's why we call it the local Cancer
Support draw. But beer for a year?
Yeah, beer for a year. It was, it was the idea, the
owners at the stack. You thought of it and I mean, I
(18:26):
love beer and I love stacked beer.
And so they, yeah, they, we cameup with the idea and so, yeah,
the that, that, that was one of the early bird draws and it's
already been drawn. And so basically they, they got
a, you know, a case of beer a month and they come in and just,
you know, mix and match and get the beer that they like.
So it's pretty cool. That's a.
(18:48):
Great idea, Terry. It's.
Catchy too, right? Really was we started, it was
going to be a we're going to do a keg a month and then we're
like, then we got to get a keg fridge and then, you know, and
it's nice to have. I love variety.
I love trying different beers and, and stack has, I don't
know, like 8 or, you know, 9 different kinds of beer And, and
(19:11):
you know, so I it's just nice togo and just try all the
different ones. I I think it's pretty cool.
Yeah. If we come back to real estate
for a minute, you guys take someextraordinary photos.
I'm just looking at your Facebook page here.
How do you who does that? Is that your wife or what?
Oh, no, we have, we have professionals, yeah.
We, we, you know, there's a lot of really great photographers
(19:34):
and videographers in the city and we, we, we use a few
different ones and, and you know, the main one's a real
edge. And, and Hugo Media, some really
great companies and they, yeah, they, they, they, you know, they
do great work, you know, and, you know, and, you know, a lot
(19:58):
of preparation goes into gettingthose houses ready, making sure
they, they're ready with the photos and, and the videos and,
and, but no, we have an amazing support stuff.
And then we have a full time marketing manager to make sure
everything is just right and, and, and are being so, you know,
just, it's just all about surrounding yourself with.
(20:18):
With really good people and professional people.
Yeah, it's yeah. I wouldn't give myself or, or
Jen any credit for the photos. Yeah, we try and stay off camera
as much as possible because it'sall about the house or the
property that we're, you know, we're, we're trying to promote.
So we like to, we'll do an introand and an outro, but it's
(20:40):
really it's all about the the house and showcasing the the
house. Well, I was walking down the
street the other day and I was thinking about the the house
prices and how they've gone up. And I was thinking.
That. If they went down, it would be
good for buyers but bad for sellers if somebody bought high
(21:02):
and then it's like they would lose their shirt.
So what do you think about that?Do you think there's a chance
the price has ever come down again or?
Yeah, it's so hard to predict. I mean, we, we see lots of ups
and downs and you know, the market does fluctuate still,
and, but it's still overall kindof like the, the stock market is
(21:23):
still always, you know, over the, over the long haul is still
increasing in, in, in, in Sudbury especially, we're very
much yeah, inventory. We're sensitive to the
inventory. So, and that applies everywhere,
but especially in Sudbury that seems to affect the, the, the
values even more. So, you know, if you're in a
situation where there's a reallylow inventory, that tends to
(21:46):
push the prices up and, and we're now we're, you know, in a
healthier inventory. So which means that we're
approaching a more balanced market.
We're really depends on the price range you're looking at.
You know, if you're in a lower price range, it's still very
competitive, is still in the seller's market.
(22:08):
You get into the more higher priced homes become more
balanced and in some cases it's a little bit of a buyer's market
in certain categories. But for the most part it's it's
just shifting to a more balancedmarket.
But yeah, it's hard when, you know, when, when people, when
things went up really quickly in, in 2120 and 21, you know,
(22:30):
if, if someone was buying and, and selling within a couple
years, it was really hard for them to get out of that home
with a, with, with a surplus. And, you know, so it was
important for us to communicate to people in that heightened
market that you, you, you need to be a plan that you're going
to be in this house for five years, you know, to make sure
(22:51):
that you're going to be able to see some equity grow in, in that
home. And for the most part, the, the,
you know, most people have a, a longer plan and sometimes stuff
comes up or, you know, unexpected babies are maybe
divorced or, you know, differentthings that come up to where it,
it kind of interrupts the plan. But you know, for the most part
(23:14):
our clients were pretty stable and you know, stick, stick with
more of a long term plan. And I've just noticed that you
have your own beer. Do you have your own beer?
Come on. Oh my God, it's so good.
Yeah. It even seemed here.
Yeah, it's so funny. We it's you know, I I think you
(23:34):
see it. We do kind of things a little
differently than most and we have a lot of fun doing it And
and love, love to visit our clients past and current and
just always looking for ways to interact with them.
So. So we had an idea last winter
about making our own beer. And so we stacked brewing
(23:55):
partner was stacked brewing and they made made a beer for us.
And it started off as meant it was meant to be something for
our clients. And it turned out to be
something so much more. And we made a a bigger batch
than than expected. And so we ended up selling it
(24:18):
at, at Golf Sudbury and, and, and then we also through Golf
Surbury. They, we, we, we started through
my charity. We started basically a dollar
from every can sold at Golf Surbury.
(24:40):
I was going back to the charity.So it was kind of a neat idea.
You don't want to, you know, raise some more money for the
charity, have some fun with the beer and, and, you know, promote
a little bit the, the Ames team brand and then the Stack brewing
brand. And, and so, yeah, so it worked
out good. We, we, we had it available at
(25:01):
the store for a limited time. And yeah, we'll probably put a
little fall push on the, on the beer and before we're out.
And I think we're down to the final 20 cases of beer.
So, and I, I, it's a really goodbeer.
I enjoy it and but yeah, it's just a fun thing for us.
So hopefully we'll we'll have some leftover for, for our
(25:23):
clients for for Christmas. We'll see.
Well, you could just hide them in your garage somewhere and
keep them. Yeah.
Well and, and because I mean, SAC does everything without
preservatives. So it, it actually, it should
have, should be kept cool, you know so right.
But they have, they have a big walk in coolers there.
(25:44):
So they keep the the stock therefor us.
So the next question, Terry, we got about 5 minutes left.
Here is the daily segment and I ask every guest the same
question, same words and everything.
The question is, what is one thing that you feel would make
Sudbury greater? What is one thing, boy?
(26:08):
OK, 5 minutes. OK, I think Sudbury is great,
you know, I really do. And I think, you know, no matter
where you are, you have to have the right mindset to to, you
know, recognize where you are, are AT.
And, and I think people coming to Sudbury from Toronto and, and
(26:29):
seeing the rat race of Toronto and, and seeing all the awesome
things here in Sudbury that to do and the lakes, I think I
think local people forget, you know, like what we've got, you
know, and there's there's there's a lot of, you know, bad
and there's a lot of stuff that's not good, you know, and
maybe our roads and, you know, but but there's so much really
(26:53):
good stuff and good people and and and and and good restaurants
and and great activities and festivals.
And so I think, yeah, I guess they just, you know, look, look
what you got, you know, like this recognize all the good that
we've got. And I guess that's that's if
that's a good answer. That's a great answer.
(27:15):
More beer for Terry or more Amesteam beer?
Yeah. Yeah, right on, man.
Well, thank you. I want to thank you for coming
on. And you've always been such a
strong community person since I've known you anyhow.
And I remember one time I was gigging downtown and you were
you were doing something in the community there on Cedar St. and
(27:39):
you were standing there pretty much all day.
And it was beautiful. Like whatever he's doing is
very, very important. So thanks for being that person
for Sudbury. Yeah, well, you, you too,
Daniel. You, you've been, you support a
lot of my events and you've beenthere.
And I remember the one event that they held for me and my
family and I was, it was terminal at the time, right?
(28:01):
And so it was, you were doing a fundraiser to send us to
Disneyland and, and, you know, and it was like, it's not
something that was, you know, it's, it wasn't an absolute, but
you know, it was, they recognized the state we were in.
And, and, and what a, what a great idea as, you know, to, to
give, give my family that boost and, and myself, you were there
(28:24):
entertaining us and always with a smile.
And just so you're so talented. So we, you know, we appreciate
you and all that you do. So thank you for having me and,
and go to kansassupportdraw.com.Get your tickets.
We we got to raise some money here to help families, local
families right here in Sudbury. Thanks for your time today,
Terry. OK.
(28:45):
Thanks, Danny. Bye, bye, bye.
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