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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's the John jay and Rich Christmas Wish.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
It's John Jayne Rich. It's time for Christmas Wish. We
have Kay in the studio.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
Hello. Okay, hi, Okay, you couldn't help yourself. He's been
doing that, like I'm sorry. That means for good. She's
used to stuff like this because she has brothers. But
I'm still sorry.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Oh yeah, gets all time, then every day, every day.
K Okay, it's not serious, serious stuff, Okay, serious.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Tell us a little bit about your friend Latria.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
My friend Latria. We've been friends since middle school, so
going on twenty years.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
And she's just a wonderful sister and daughter. She's amazing.
She continues to pull string from places that I'm not
sure where she gets it from, but she's gone through
a lot in the last few years. So I'm excited
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to do this for her.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Is she home, yes, Okay, we're gonna get her on
the phone. We're gonna try to do this.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Okay, Okay.
Speaker 4 (01:16):
The person you are trying to read is not accepting
calls at this time.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Oh can't do okay, Yeah, we have to call her
some special way, right.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
So she can only call on FaceTime. That's so wild. Right. Yeah,
is it only like connected to Wi Fi? Yeah, yeah,
that makes sense.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Let's get Jess on the phone and have Jess go
knock on the door really quick. Let's just get Jess
and we'll work.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Okay, Hello Jess, Hi, how are you?
Speaker 5 (01:52):
I'm great?
Speaker 3 (01:53):
How are you?
Speaker 2 (01:54):
So?
Speaker 1 (01:54):
This is Jess. You guys are wonderful? Elf.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
This is a different a little bit of a different
Christmas wish today because as we're calling for Latria, she
can only speak on FaceTime audio and we can't get through.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
So maybe you could go up to the door and
handle the phone.
Speaker 5 (02:09):
You can do that, Okay, I'm handing Latria the phone.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Yeah, okay, Like what is happening? So can you put
together what we're trying to do right now? Could you
got a vibe?
Speaker 4 (02:24):
I know, but it's.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
So, it's okay, it's okay.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
So Kay wrote us a letter about you, and Kay
is here in the studio and we want.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Her to read the letter to you best, my best Rich.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Yes, it's okay. Can you read the letter to her?
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Yes, dear John, jayme Rich, I am nominating my friend
Latria for a Christmas wish. Latria is a devoted mother,
guardian and caregiver who has shown extraordinary strength during an
incredibly challenging time. Despite facing long term medical issues that
has left her unemployed, she continues to provide unwavering care
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for her almost one year old son, as well as
her niece and nephew, for whom she is a guardian.
Her compassion and commitment to the one she loves makes
her truly deserving of assistance this holiday season. Supporting Latria
through this difficulty through this program would offer incredible relief
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enjoyed to someone who gives so much. She had asked
for so little.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
Oh my god, he could face like an angel my
whole life and I can't say how. This person is
so one. That's what she came so out today. Well,
sit with side, about to cry, and I was like, oh,
(04:06):
these strong kids. It's gonna be okay. Where's drama has
got this? I doa'm how, but let's just pray, just pray,
keep praying.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Well, you're gonna be You're gonna be okay. You're gonna
be okay because of the Angel K. The Angel K
is here and she wrote us about you, and let
me tell you something. We're gonna grant you a Christmas
wish Litria. I want to go over some things that
we're about to give you and your family to help
you Christmas better.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Okay, okay, hear me out here we go. The United
Food Bank is gonna make sure you have all you
need for the holiday. So like turkey rolls, produce, stuffing,
canned goods, and all the fixings for your whole family.
We're gonna give you a family sized farm box of
vegetables grown at Agritopia Farm and Gilbert courtesy of the
Arizona Urban Agricultural Foundation.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
Okay, always good.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Our friends at Schef Farm's are gonna give you eight
family admission tickets to the World of Train tickets to
Christmas at step Farms this holiday season.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
So that's some fun set.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
So we got we got some gifts for all the
kids in your family. So you got your niece. Let's
start off with your niece, Malia. She's twelve.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
Hey, yeah, she's twelve.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
We got her some JBL wireless noise canceling headphones. We
also got her a Canson nine x twelve sketch pad.
We got her a Harry Harry Potter nine piece beauty
set with a trunk. We got our Harry Potter three
piece blending sponge set. We got a Harry Potter lip gloss.
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We got our Hard Candy, neutral color eyeshadow kit, Shimmering
eyeshadow kit, and some clear intinted lip gloss.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
We also got a pen.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
A locking journal with a total piece jelpen set, seven
piece green Comfort Queen comforter set. We also got her
one hundred dollars a gift card to Coles and one
hundred dollars gift card dsw for some shoes.
Speaker 4 (06:04):
Oh my god, he's gonna he's gonna cry, just like
I am.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Your nephew. How old is he?
Speaker 4 (06:14):
He just turned twenty, had a birthday right before Thanksgiving. Well,
we're gonna give him a turkey baby.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
We're giving him a fifty dollars gift card to Amazon.
We're giving him an Acts three piece Apollo gift set
with deodorant, body wash, air freshener, and he's getting a
Phillips Narlco Electric shaver.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
He's been getting pretty hairy lately. It happens.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
Just tell that you're grown, young man. You got a
beard coming.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
In we're getting We're also got him a great reversible
Queen comforter set. We got him one hundred dollars gift
card to Cole's, one hundred dollars gift card to Nike,
and a hundred dollars gift card to Dick Sporting Goods.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
Whoa wow, you're on your one.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Year old son, Oryan.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
He has all right. He has a birthday in a
beauty we got him.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
We got him a Mickey Mouse stuffed animal. We got
him one hundred and twenty piece box of crayons. We
got him the Blue Color Sticker Book. We got him
a blue coloring activity book, a spider Man Spider Man
color book, and a blue themed blanket and Meet Blue
Friends picture book. We got him Numbers of Shapes puzzle.
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We got him a leap frog, which is cool.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
Oh, he's gonna love everybody. He loves blue. Oh my god,
this is so beautiful.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
We got him a hundred dollars gift card to the
Navy or the Gap and one hundred dollars gift card
to Carter's or Oh gosh that stuff.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
Oh, oh my god, this is just stunny. Really, I
just I just always vision a lot. I'm like, what
is happening? You know how to pause it.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Well, there's more to process, Lytria. We also got you
one hundred for you. For you, we got you a
hundred dollars gift card to Shell for gas.
Speaker 4 (08:11):
Gosh, it's okay.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
We also got you one hundred dollars gift visa gift card.
Maybe you could treat yourself to a SPA day or something.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
Oh no, I was just telling my son that yesterday
I go we should go somewhere to get massages.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Awesome, we need.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
We got you a seventh piece bed suret Green Sage
King bed Comfort. Okay, So, speaking to Bez, we had
this friend of ours, Aubrey Gonzalez, at the award winning
mattress company Brooklyn Bedding. They ordered you a new copper
Flex bro hybrid mattresses. Here's what we're going to give you.
One full size mattress for Malia, a queen mattress for
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your son, and a new king sized mattress for you.
Speaker 4 (08:56):
Oh my god, you know how long I wish I
could get to that achita, Like my dad's getting a
little kind of Oh my god, are you serious?
Speaker 1 (09:04):
So you guys all get new beds?
Speaker 4 (09:07):
Oh my god, bitches, Oh my god. I'm just my
friends like, what's probing me?
Speaker 1 (09:13):
Okay? So also, uh do you know you are you
familiar with the brand name Kroger, Kroger Kroger.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Yes, okay, they own Fries and they they've donated to
you five hundred dollars give card to Fries for any
extra groceries you need.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
Okay, So Merry Christmas to you.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
Oh my god, Oh my gosh. I can't even express
how super grateful I am in a bar in my heart.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
You know what I forgot to tell you. I forgot
to tell you something. Can you hear me?
Speaker 4 (09:57):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (09:59):
So, the Love Up Foundation is gonna take care of
your car payment.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
What We're gonna take care of that for you? How
much is your phone bill?
Speaker 4 (10:08):
I was so embarrassed to talk to this Bella is
just like my phone bill was like almost seven hundred.
Speaker 6 (10:14):
Okay, we'll take care of it. We're gonna take care
of that for you. We're gonna pay your phone bill.
We're gonna pay your phone bill for you too. Okay,
one more thing and then we can let Jess bring
everything in if it's already there. We also would like
to pay your rent for the month.
Speaker 4 (10:31):
Oh my gosh, are you serious.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
M h.
Speaker 4 (10:37):
I am super grateful and the prayers that you've that
you guys have answered, and the things that I was
trying to tell my kids.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
I can't get this.
Speaker 4 (10:45):
Just give me some time. Just give me some time.
Let me let me take care of me, Let me
take care of Bells. And the way that I raised
him and took them in they grew up only the
found they're taking care of me.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Okay, now listen, here's here's what you need you do.
It's normally we have you open the door and there's
our elf with everything. But if you turn around in
your living room, now is just our elf with everything
we talked about?
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Is she there?
Speaker 5 (11:13):
We are, we are all, We're just we're barging in
with everything. We've got Kim here, who did all of
our shopping. We've got Dale from United Schoo bangalshad who's
been with me the last few weeks, and we are
dropping everything off. And she, I mean, Latria seems just
as amazing as Kay painted her to be. Fun to
finally meet her.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Good Okay, you guys, Merry Christmas to you and your
beautiful family.
Speaker 4 (11:39):
Oh my God, and the depths of my soul, my heart,
everything I'm so grateful for everything got comes in and
I was not expecting to thank you, thank you and
thank you, and it's gonna take time. So I'm like,
it's a shaming, you know what.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
I'm thank you guys, Christmas.
Speaker 4 (11:59):
Thank you, My Merry Christmas to you too, and Kane, everybody,
everybody else there. There's always hope, there's always prayers, and
I just want everybody to be happy. It's gonna be okay.