December 10, 2025 • 10 mins
Amanda wrote to us about her friend Jamie. She's a recently-single Mom, who's doing everything she can for her kids, but Christmas is in question... We're going to see if we can help.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's the John Jay and Rich Christmas Wish. It's time
for Christmas Wish. Amanda's in the studio. Good morning, Amanda,
Good morning. Tell us a little bit about Jamie.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Well, Jamie and I have worked together for about three
and a half years, and we have definitely become work besties.
She's a single mom of three amazing kids. But during
the last few years I watched her and the kids
go through a pretty difficult situation which thankfully they've been
able to.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Get through, like a divorce or something, or breakup.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Or relationship, no relationship okay, not positive environment for all
of them, okay. And this is what amazes me about
Jamie is her ability to push through in the midst
of hardship, putting her own needs aside to do what's
best for the kids. And this is just an addition
to her being such a kind, caring person who is
always there to help others and not asking for anything
(00:50):
in return for herself. But I'm really just honored to
call Jamie a friend and watch her be Mom of
the Year. Literally every day.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Where do you guys work, We'll let it work work for.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
On our health.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
We are in purchasing.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Oh is that when you work at on our Health,
are you actually at the hospital one of the hospitals
we are.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Remote most days and then we have like an admin
building that we go to a couple times a week.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
My sister in law as we speak, is it on
our Health right now? John Lincoln one, Okay, I think
we've got to remodel that.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Yeah, we have to rebottle. It seems like a pretty
old hospital purchasing. She's at the.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Ut like they're taking a person out of my sister
in law's room yesterday at the hospital and they're in
a bed and it's like the beds wider than the door,
Like I think ceilings are.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Kind of low. But now the staff is phenomenal.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Absolutely, it's a great team all around.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
On our Health is awesome. So we're okay, well we'll
glide you here.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Let's get her on the phone and see if she
has no idea you're client take good?
Speaker 4 (02:00):
All right, Let's see.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Hello.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Hi is Jamie there? Please? This is Jamie. Hey Jamie,
it's John, Jay and Rich. We're wondering if you will
talk to us on the radio for just a minute.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Please sure you know your friend your coworker, Amanda, I
do she wrote us a letter about you.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
We asked her to come in the studio and read
you the letter. Okay, all right, do you have a
second I do? Okay, Well, whenever you're ready, Amanda.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Okay, good morning Jamie, Hey girl, all right, I said,
dear John, Jay, and Rich, I would like to nominate
my coworker and friend, Jamie. She's a single mother of three,
two preteens and one teenager, and she amazes me every
day with how hard she work to provide for her children.
Despite facing many years of financial strain and personal challenges
(03:05):
that would discourage most people, Jamie gets up each day
determined to give her kids stability. She consistently puts her
own needs last so her children can have a safe home,
meals on the table, and a future to look forward to.
Money is incredibly tight for her, and Christmas is especially tough.
After paying rent, utilities, and basic necessities for three growing kids,
(03:26):
there is very little left for holiday activities, gifts, or
anything extra. Even then, Jamie somehow finds a way to
make her kids feel loved and supported. But I know
how much she quietly sacrifices behind the scenes. Jamie is
one of the most humble and carrying people I've ever known.
She goes out of her way to help coworkers, neighbors,
and friends, and her kids reflect that same resilience and gratitude.
(03:50):
Receiving this Christmas wish would bring so much joy and
relief to Jamie and her kids, and I would love
to see them get an extra special surprise this holiday
sees it. I love you, I.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Love you well, Jamie. We'd like to grant the Christmas
wish for you? Really, yes, So we.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Have some things for you and your family would like
to go over well for you. First of all, Jamie,
we got one hundred dollars gift card a Target.
Speaker 5 (04:28):
Awesome.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
We also got you a hundred dollars gift card for
a massage. Never had one. Get great. We also gotch
you a brand new laptop what.
Speaker 5 (04:44):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
It comes in a love Up laptop case carrier too. Yeah.
So that's the courtesy of Love Up. Congratulations.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
Our friends at Schneppe Farms are going to give you
eight family admission tickets to the World of Illumination train
tickets at Christmas at the Schnepp Farms this holiday season,
which is a fun event. You're also getting a family
size farm box of vegetables grown an Agritopia farm in
Gilbert Curtiy, the Arizona Urban Agricultural Foundation, our friends at Kroger.
(05:16):
They've donated for you a two hundred and fifty dollars
Fries gift card and United Food Bank is making sure
you have everything you need for your holiday mail, turkey, rolls, produce, stuffing,
can goods, all the fixings.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
That's amazing.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
For your ten year old daughter, Penny, we are going
to set her up pretty big time with a two
hundred and seventy two piece drawing kit, a forty eight
piece yarn kit, two Premier yarn bundles.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
I hope she's into yarning, crafting.
Speaker 5 (05:54):
She crochets and crafts like nobody's business.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Her twenty seven piece kids Cookie in bake wear set,
a journal, a seven piece self care set with Fragrance
body spraise. We're also giving her a Samsung tablet, a
brand new tablet, oh and one hundred dollars to Cole's,
a gift card donated by Christmas wishlessers Jeff Butler and
Kinder Hunt and one hundred dollars gift card, a DSW
(06:19):
and a pink cozy blanket.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
That's all for Penny, thank you. And for Eve she's thirteen.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Yeah, we're getting her a black Soundcore wireless noise canceling headphones. Oh,
a journal pressed on nail art kit, Polaroid Go Generation
two Mini Instant camera and film bundle, a letter E
makeup and cosmetic bag, Midnight Bliss body Care, one hundred
(06:50):
bucks to Hot Topic, oh one hundred bucks, hundred bucks
to dsw for new boots, and a gray cozy blank
First for Oliver, he's fifteen, he is, we get him
the Polaroid Go Generation too many Instant Cameron film bundle,
(07:13):
a brand new Franklin Baseball Club.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Is he a baseball player?
Speaker 2 (07:17):
He is?
Speaker 3 (07:18):
Hey, we're getting in Easton Baseball bat and nine ish
practice Baseball's one hundred dollars gift card to Cole's, one
hundred dollars gift card to DIX and a gray cozy
blanket in Axe body spray and Saquon Old Spice body wash.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
That's all for Oliver.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Oh wow, And since he is a baseball fan, we
kind of let the Arizona Diamondbacks know about you guys,
so they've donated a trip to Chase Field for your
whole family to watch the Diamondbacks play during the twenty
twenty sixth season. It includes great seats for the whole family,
the opportunity to meet some of the players while watching
the Diamondbacks take batting practice from the field parking, and
one hundred dollars in concessions.
Speaker 5 (07:58):
Oh my gosh, that's incredible.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
So Merry Christmas, Jamie.
Speaker 5 (08:08):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
I'm a big fan of the show. By the way.
Oh hey, hey, how much is your rent? Just under
seventeen hundred?
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Well the Love Up Foundation, I'd like to take care
of one month's rent for you as well.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
No way, Oh, that's going to home so much.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
Well, Merry Christmas to you.
Speaker 5 (08:40):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
And are you home right now here? I am If
you open your door, we have a little elf. Her
name is Jess. She's outside your house. Jess, Jess, are
you there?
Speaker 2 (08:52):
I am.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Hello. You want to open the door there, Jamie, Hello.
Speaker 5 (08:59):
Hi, good morning, very Christmas, Happy Holidays. I'm here with Lashanda.
I'm just it's so good to see you. My God,
surprise so much. Oh my gosh, I got all your
stuff right here. I've got all your gift cards in
this couch and you get to go shop and treat
(09:20):
your kiddows and yourself this holiday season. And we're so
stoked to do this for you. Thank you so much.
Of course, it's so good to see you and finally
meet you.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
Merry Christmas, Jamie, thank you so much.
Speaker 5 (09:36):
Of deep breath happening. Oh my gosh, Merry Christmas. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
We'll help you load it all into your house. Nice time, friend.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
God.
Speaker 5 (09:51):
I know, I'm sure that was like a lot.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
And I think I'm good to hang up. Okay, don't
hang up everything.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
I'm this kidding, just kidding, all right, have a great day.
Mery Christmas to you and your family. Thanks for listening.
Speaker 5 (10:04):
Thank you so much. Thank you, Amanda.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
You're welcome.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
Merry Christmas.
It's the John Jay and Rich Christmas Wish. It's time
for Christmas Wish. Amanda's in the studio. Good morning, Amanda,
Good morning. Tell us a little bit about Jamie.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Well, Jamie and I have worked together for about three
and a half years, and we have definitely become work besties.
She's a single mom of three amazing kids. But during
the last few years I watched her and the kids
go through a pretty difficult situation which thankfully they've been
able to.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Get through, like a divorce or something, or breakup.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Or relationship, no relationship okay, not positive environment for all
of them, okay. And this is what amazes me about
Jamie is her ability to push through in the midst
of hardship, putting her own needs aside to do what's
best for the kids. And this is just an addition
to her being such a kind, caring person who is
always there to help others and not asking for anything
(00:50):
in return for herself. But I'm really just honored to
call Jamie a friend and watch her be Mom of
the Year. Literally every day.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Where do you guys work, We'll let it work work for.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
On our health.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
We are in purchasing.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Oh is that when you work at on our Health,
are you actually at the hospital one of the hospitals
we are.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Remote most days and then we have like an admin
building that we go to a couple times a week.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
My sister in law as we speak, is it on
our Health right now? John Lincoln one, Okay, I think
we've got to remodel that.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Yeah, we have to rebottle. It seems like a pretty
old hospital purchasing. She's at the.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Ut like they're taking a person out of my sister
in law's room yesterday at the hospital and they're in
a bed and it's like the beds wider than the door,
Like I think ceilings are.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Kind of low. But now the staff is phenomenal.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Absolutely, it's a great team all around.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
On our Health is awesome. So we're okay, well we'll
glide you here.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Let's get her on the phone and see if she
has no idea you're client take good?
Speaker 4 (02:00):
All right, Let's see.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Hello.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Hi is Jamie there? Please? This is Jamie. Hey Jamie,
it's John, Jay and Rich. We're wondering if you will
talk to us on the radio for just a minute.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Please sure you know your friend your coworker, Amanda, I
do she wrote us a letter about you.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
We asked her to come in the studio and read
you the letter. Okay, all right, do you have a
second I do? Okay, Well, whenever you're ready, Amanda.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Okay, good morning Jamie, Hey girl, all right, I said,
dear John, Jay, and Rich, I would like to nominate
my coworker and friend, Jamie. She's a single mother of three,
two preteens and one teenager, and she amazes me every
day with how hard she work to provide for her children.
Despite facing many years of financial strain and personal challenges
(03:05):
that would discourage most people, Jamie gets up each day
determined to give her kids stability. She consistently puts her
own needs last so her children can have a safe home,
meals on the table, and a future to look forward to.
Money is incredibly tight for her, and Christmas is especially tough.
After paying rent, utilities, and basic necessities for three growing kids,
(03:26):
there is very little left for holiday activities, gifts, or
anything extra. Even then, Jamie somehow finds a way to
make her kids feel loved and supported. But I know
how much she quietly sacrifices behind the scenes. Jamie is
one of the most humble and carrying people I've ever known.
She goes out of her way to help coworkers, neighbors,
and friends, and her kids reflect that same resilience and gratitude.
(03:50):
Receiving this Christmas wish would bring so much joy and
relief to Jamie and her kids, and I would love
to see them get an extra special surprise this holiday
sees it. I love you, I.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Love you well, Jamie. We'd like to grant the Christmas
wish for you? Really, yes, So we.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Have some things for you and your family would like
to go over well for you. First of all, Jamie,
we got one hundred dollars gift card a Target.
Speaker 5 (04:28):
Awesome.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
We also got you a hundred dollars gift card for
a massage. Never had one. Get great. We also gotch
you a brand new laptop what.
Speaker 5 (04:44):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
It comes in a love Up laptop case carrier too. Yeah.
So that's the courtesy of Love Up. Congratulations.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
Our friends at Schneppe Farms are going to give you
eight family admission tickets to the World of Illumination train
tickets at Christmas at the Schnepp Farms this holiday season,
which is a fun event. You're also getting a family
size farm box of vegetables grown an Agritopia farm in
Gilbert Curtiy, the Arizona Urban Agricultural Foundation, our friends at Kroger.
(05:16):
They've donated for you a two hundred and fifty dollars
Fries gift card and United Food Bank is making sure
you have everything you need for your holiday mail, turkey, rolls, produce, stuffing,
can goods, all the fixings.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
That's amazing.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
For your ten year old daughter, Penny, we are going
to set her up pretty big time with a two
hundred and seventy two piece drawing kit, a forty eight
piece yarn kit, two Premier yarn bundles.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
I hope she's into yarning, crafting.
Speaker 5 (05:54):
She crochets and crafts like nobody's business.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Her twenty seven piece kids Cookie in bake wear set,
a journal, a seven piece self care set with Fragrance
body spraise. We're also giving her a Samsung tablet, a
brand new tablet, oh and one hundred dollars to Cole's,
a gift card donated by Christmas wishlessers Jeff Butler and
Kinder Hunt and one hundred dollars gift card, a DSW
(06:19):
and a pink cozy blanket.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
That's all for Penny, thank you. And for Eve she's thirteen.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Yeah, we're getting her a black Soundcore wireless noise canceling headphones. Oh,
a journal pressed on nail art kit, Polaroid Go Generation
two Mini Instant camera and film bundle, a letter E
makeup and cosmetic bag, Midnight Bliss body Care, one hundred
(06:50):
bucks to Hot Topic, oh one hundred bucks, hundred bucks
to dsw for new boots, and a gray cozy blank
First for Oliver, he's fifteen, he is, we get him
the Polaroid Go Generation too many Instant Cameron film bundle,
(07:13):
a brand new Franklin Baseball Club.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Is he a baseball player?
Speaker 2 (07:17):
He is?
Speaker 3 (07:18):
Hey, we're getting in Easton Baseball bat and nine ish
practice Baseball's one hundred dollars gift card to Cole's, one
hundred dollars gift card to DIX and a gray cozy
blanket in Axe body spray and Saquon Old Spice body wash.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
That's all for Oliver.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Oh wow, And since he is a baseball fan, we
kind of let the Arizona Diamondbacks know about you guys,
so they've donated a trip to Chase Field for your
whole family to watch the Diamondbacks play during the twenty
twenty sixth season. It includes great seats for the whole family,
the opportunity to meet some of the players while watching
the Diamondbacks take batting practice from the field parking, and
one hundred dollars in concessions.
Speaker 5 (07:58):
Oh my gosh, that's incredible.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
So Merry Christmas, Jamie.
Speaker 5 (08:08):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
I'm a big fan of the show. By the way.
Oh hey, hey, how much is your rent? Just under
seventeen hundred?
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Well the Love Up Foundation, I'd like to take care
of one month's rent for you as well.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
No way, Oh, that's going to home so much.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
Well, Merry Christmas to you.
Speaker 5 (08:40):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
And are you home right now here? I am If
you open your door, we have a little elf. Her
name is Jess. She's outside your house. Jess, Jess, are
you there?
Speaker 2 (08:52):
I am.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Hello. You want to open the door there, Jamie, Hello.
Speaker 5 (08:59):
Hi, good morning, very Christmas, Happy Holidays. I'm here with Lashanda.
I'm just it's so good to see you. My God,
surprise so much. Oh my gosh, I got all your
stuff right here. I've got all your gift cards in
this couch and you get to go shop and treat
(09:20):
your kiddows and yourself this holiday season. And we're so
stoked to do this for you. Thank you so much.
Of course, it's so good to see you and finally
meet you.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
Merry Christmas, Jamie, thank you so much.
Speaker 5 (09:36):
Of deep breath happening. Oh my gosh, Merry Christmas. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
We'll help you load it all into your house. Nice time, friend.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
God.
Speaker 5 (09:51):
I know, I'm sure that was like a lot.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
And I think I'm good to hang up. Okay, don't
hang up everything.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
I'm this kidding, just kidding, all right, have a great day.
Mery Christmas to you and your family. Thanks for listening.
Speaker 5 (10:04):
Thank you so much. Thank you, Amanda.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
You're welcome.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
Merry Christmas.
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