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Speaker 1 (00:02):
You're listening to the roy West Show, heard every Sunday
from noon to one pm. And folks always have great
guests from across the community. And Kaylee Henry is one
of those guests who's been on many times before. She's
here with girls Haven. Welcome back to the show.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Yes, thank you so much for having me. Always a
pleasure being on the Royal Question.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
It's a pleasure having you and girls Haven continues to
be life changing for a lot of young ladies. And
you know, many people. I can't imagine anybody in Beaumont
for any length of time at all that isn't familiar
with girls Haven, But I always like to kind of
do a recap of what girls Haven is and and
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it's been here a long time in the success that
y'all had.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Yes, So if you don't know, girls Haven is a
farster home for girls between the ages of six and eighteen,
and so they live here on campus with us, and
we not only offer basic care to the girls which
would be their shelter, their clothing, food, but also therapeutic care.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
So we have our licensed counselor that's on staff.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
We have case managers, we have twenty four hour staff
and so we have that, and then we.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Also offer education.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
So our board actually started Earhart Charter School, which is
here in Beaumont. It's right next door to us, and
it was started for our girls, but it's since been
expanded and open to other low income.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Students in the area, and so we have that as well.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
So we have full wrap around service with basic care, therapy,
and education.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Well, and it's all of it has had tremendous success
and tremendous support from the community because this is a
five or one C three and you know, foster care
for falseter parents, so they certainly realize that this isn't
just about room and board and education. This is about
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a foundational youth life for these young ladies because some
of them may spend a short amount of time, but
but a lot of them spend a whole lot of
time there.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Yeah, so we you know, it depends.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Some girls can stay for a few weeks, some can
stay for several years, and that tends to be more
of the case is several months up to several years.
So you know, whenever they're here, we try to give
them the most homelike environment that we can. Obviously, you know,
this is a very hard situation for them to go through,
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and so you know, we're here. We give them therapy
because they obviously need therapy and need help with what
they've been through. But we also you know, we take
them shopping, and although we get a lot of donations
from the community, which is amazing, sometimes you know, a
young girl, a teen girl in a to go and
go shopping and have that experience and go and get
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their hair done and their nails done and all of
those things that help them to feel you know, more
normal and help to boost their confidence, which is you
know huge for any team girl, but especially a girl
who's in foster care who's been through the level of
trauma that they have, you know, helping to build their
confidence is extremely crucial and important.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
And then also you know, giving them their therapy.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
And what a lot of people don't realize is that,
you know, our girls, you know, they were raised by
the same people who lost rights to have them. So
a lot of times, you know, we're having to help,
you know, teach them manners and teach them, you know,
all of these basic things that people learn, you know,
as they grow and they make him in at fourteen,
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fifteen years old and we're having to teach them these things,
and so it's you know, we you know, try to
give them the most homelike environment that we can while
also doing all of these other things.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
But you know, we love what we do and we're very.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
Happy to offer them all the services that we do.
And I think the education and having ear heart, like
I said, it was for the girls when it initially started.
And so they go to your Heart and they get
this small classroom environment, this one on one service, and
we're very close with the teachers, with the superintendent, and
so you know, we know what's going on and they
know what's going on.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
So we're all on the same page and can give
the girls.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
You know, the treatment that they deserve and the patience
and the time that they deserve as well well.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
And y'all had been a part of the you know,
because the state has continued to revamp the foster care
system and the challenges because as you did such a
great job of explaining, these are these these these kids,
these children, these young ladies. You know, they're just a
victim of circumstance, you know, of whether it was their
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parents' grandparents or other caregivers. But they couldn't keep them
any longer. And sometimes it's because the state intervened, or
it can be a variety of issues, I'm sure, But
with that comes a lot of baggage and a lot
for a young person, any person, to be able to
unpack and deal with in life. And then you know,
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many people have had the benefit of growing up in
that in a family. Whatever that family may look like,
you know it is it is if you will their security.
So you're creating this new family and this new security
and also preparing them not just meeting today's needs, which
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are really important, but also to prepare them for tomorrow
so that they can have that tomorrow that all our
young people deserve to have an opportunity. Yet, but it
doesn't just happen. It takes It takes a village, and
it takes money, and it takes education, all of the
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things that y'all are aware of and meet. But but
you need help with that from the community, because it
happens with the community.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Yes, yeah, we're so blessed because you know, so many
people rally around Girls Haven and help us and support
us in so many different ways. And we have really
fun fundraisers which I'll talk about today.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Our Gumbo Festival coming up.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
But there's so many ways to get involved and people
do our community, as you know, we have so many
amazing supporters who help continue to make our mission happen
because if we didn't have the community, you know, we
wouldn't be able to exist. So this is something that
people are helping us to give the girls this homelike environment,
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give the girls the therapy, the education. You know. It's
because of community members that we're able to do this
and keep this going. And so yeah, we're very blessed
to have that. And then, like I said, we have fundraisers,
so I'll talk about our Gumbo Cookoff. It's coming up
on December sixth, so if you haven't been, it's so
much fun. We've had it many many years, so we'll
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have it again this year at Park Delle Mall from
eleven to five. It's a free community event, so we'll
have live entertainment all day. Supa is going to be mceing,
which he does a lot of events in the area.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
He's so fun.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
We have a children's midway, there's going to be a
petting zoo, and all of that's free for the community.
And so you can come out and you can try
some gumbo which is put on. You know, we have
a bunch of different teams who do the gumbo in
the area and they compete for the best gumbo. So
you can do seafood, you can do chicken and sausage,
you can do combination, and you know, we have restaurants
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that come out businesses and they put in teams and
they just get so excited and hyped up and they
compete against each other. And so we also have best booths,
so you get to decorate your booth really fun. So
we have all that going on. Del Papa is going
to be doing a beer garden, so we'll have that
going on. So it's just going to be a ton
of fun. And then it's at parked O Mall, so
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it's just right there, kind of in the center of Beaumont,
so you can get over there, do some Christmas shopping
and then pop over and get you some gumbo on
the way out and have a blast. And we can
still take you know, it's still a good ways out,
so we're still taking teams. You can put in a team.
It's as low as one hundred dollars to put in
a team. So you know, it's a really fun thing
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to do. And then everything that you do gives back
to the girls and gives back to our missions.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
So it's a two for one. You get to go out,
have really good time, cook some gumbo.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Maybe win, and then also your money gives back to
a mission that means a lot to us and means
a lot to people in Southeast Sexes.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Well, and it shows and all that you do. And
you know, right now, y'all have a big project going on.
And you know, when we sit here and talk and
spend our ten or twelve minutes talking about it, and
we're already at the nine minut it mark. We got
three minutes more. But you know, it takes a lot
of work and investment, and y'all are in the midst
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of making an investment right now.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Yes, yeah, So we have been talking about it for
several years, but we decided to create another Girls Haven facility.
So it's just two lots down, three lots down from
where we're at right now, and they are building it.
The Duplesses with M three Ranger are building it and
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they are incredible.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
They are making.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Sure that we're getting in in a.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Very timely way.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
They will have us in hopefully in December of this year,
and it's looking amazing. Mister Penlin has been just so
involved and so incredible with the project, and so we're
actually doing a capital campaign for that as well, so
uh simultaneously, we're you know, raising funds to help us
to be able to move into that facility.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
And we decided to create that facility.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
Because we want in more of a homelike environment and
more of a therapeutic environment for the girls. So we
actually have our therapists has been helping to create the facility.
We've asked CPS workers, you know, what would be best
for the girls and how to set it up, and
so you know, we've had so many hands involved to
make sure that the structure of the building is the.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
Best for the girls. And they already know about it.
They're so excited.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
And so we'll be moving into that facility and then
our facility, the girls having campus that we're currently in
is going to be taken over by Earhart once we
move out, and they will be pre K through twelfth grade,
so they'll be able to right now their kindergarten through
ninth so they'll be able to open up and expand
through pre K through twelfth and so that means that
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our girls when they come into the facility, you know
right now, they may start in eighth grade, they make friends,
and then ninth grade they have to leave schools because
you know that we only have up until ninth grade.
So now they'll be able to stay with us through
twelfth grade at Earhart and we provide them the full
education and hopefully in the next few years we'll be
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able to hand girls their diploma whenever they graduate, which
is going to be the most incredible thing.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
So another really great project we have going on.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Another reason to get involved, and you know that's something
that we're going to have.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
For many, many many years. So it's really cool to
be involved, you know, from the ground up.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Well, and we are in the last thirty seconds. I
want you to share your website your contact number so
that people can be involved and also donate.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
Yes, so, our website is girls Haveninc. Dot org.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
You can find us on Facebook, all the social media
LinkedIn Instagram, girls Haven Inc. We're constantly sharing about what
we do in our mission. So reach out through any
of those platforms. You can message I'll message you back.
I'm the one on the social media, so we'd love
to hear from you.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
Well, thank you so much. We're out of time, but again,
girls haven making a difference here in Beaumont and Southeast Texas.
Talk to you soon.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (12:12):
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right now, I have Mellie Bellavakua and she is the
executive director I believe.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
That's the title of the Foundation of Southeast Texas.
Speaker 5 (12:56):
And welcome to the show, Millie.
Speaker 6 (12:59):
Thank you, and I'm so excited to be here.
Speaker 7 (13:01):
I love your show.
Speaker 4 (13:03):
Well, and I love you and the work that you
do and the organization and all the people that are involved.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
And if you would you know, sometimes when people hear
the word foundation or you know, they think okay, you know,
that's for rich people.
Speaker 4 (13:21):
That's not something I could be a part of. Tell
people what the Foundation of Southeast Texas does.
Speaker 8 (13:27):
So, the Foundation for Southeast Texas is a community foundation,
and we are a five ZHO one C three nonprofit
organization that exists to support financially support local nonprofits and beyond.
We also support young people with scholarships for education. But
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we believe at the Foundation that everyone can be a philanthropist.
And I believe that myself. Every single gift matters, whether
it it is a ten dollars one time gift to
honor a friend or remember a loved one who has passed,
or you know, if you wanted to give a larger
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gift monthly or one time. We have giving circles, we
have donor advice funds, we have endowed funds. Lots of
different things going on over here at the Foundation for
Southeast Texas. But we do believe that there's a place
for everyone here and that's what's so great about this
community foundation. A lot of communities have community foundations. They
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are supports Harden, Jefferson and Orange County. So work for
all of Southeast Texas, not just BA want. I think
that's important to remember, but we do financially support the
nonprofits in our area. But that is only because of
the people, the individuals who support the Foundation for Southeast Texas.
Speaker 5 (14:57):
Well.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
You know, this is something that some you know people,
I think a lot.
Speaker 4 (15:04):
Of people like to help others. But how you can
go about doing that then can become a you know,
a challenge and how you do it effectively, and that
is one of the that is one of the reasons
they we have community foundations, and certainly the Foundation of
Southeast Texas exists. You with a group of friends, you
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as an individual, you with a family, you can create
your own group within the foundation that you don't have
to manage that you don't have to learn a whole
bunch of stuff about that you don't you know, that's
because there's layers to everything. And also y'all provide direction
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because y'all also do some vetting. You know, y'all know what,
you know who needs what and why, and that they're
safeguards in place to make sure that things are being
done and that funds are being used effectively.
Speaker 8 (16:04):
That's right, So every gift that comes to the Foundation
is invested. That's important to know. We're here for the
long term. We're not just an in and out kind
of a place, more of like a savings account instead
of a checking account. So when you make a gift
roy today for twenty five dollars to the Foundation, it's
going to be immediately invested and then that money is
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going to earn interest, and that interest will be gifted
every year. So you mentioned, you know, getting together with
a group of friends, We've got a giving circles that
will come together. They'll make a one time gift each year,
and then once a year they'll get together for a
little party and they'll make a decision on who they
want to support. And every year they're giving number one.
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But that money's invested and a percentage is being paid out.
So the first year gift could be, you know, in
one thousand dollars gift to one nonprofit, and then the
next year they were able to do like a twenty
five hundred dollars gift gift to a nonprofit, and so
each year it becomes bigger and bigger. And that's what's
so great about the Foundation for Southeast Texas. You can
make your one time gift and it's invested, so your
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gift isn't just mattering today, it's mattering years from now,
and it's making an impact years from now. And that's
what is so great about this foundation and other community foundations.
It's not just a one time thing. We also, like
I said, do scholarships and donor advised funds. It's important
to mention that you can get together with your family
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or your friends, or your business can do something. It's
an immediate tax benefit for the donor. So we are
a five OHO one C three and you are getting
a tax benefit when you make a donation to the foundation.
And so one thing that people love is to maybe
make a one time gift here that's invested, but they
don't have to give that gift, they don't have to
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direct it immediately. So if they set up a donor
advised fund, make a one time gift to the Foundation
for South these Texas, let's say for ten thousand dollars,
we're going to invest it immediately.
Speaker 6 (18:04):
They may come.
Speaker 8 (18:04):
Back later, like a month from mel say Mellie, I
want to give a gift to the art museum, or
I want to give a gift to some other place.
And so they direct us on where their gifts are
going to go, but they don't have to make that
decision right when they make the gift to the foundation.
Speaker 7 (18:19):
So that's an important thing that we do.
Speaker 8 (18:21):
And donor advice funds are very popular because of the
tax benefit that the donor gets at the time of
the gifts, but they're not required right then to make
the distributions, and so it's kind of it's nice for them.
They don't have to be rushed to decide, Oh my gosh,
where do I want to give my money today? Like
I can think about it and I can you know,
give it out when.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
It's time, and you you can let that build for
a period of time so that you can make a
larger gift that would make a bigger.
Speaker 5 (18:51):
Impact, but you know, and with time.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (18:55):
The other really cool thing about this is that, you know,
especially there's people like me that get white here, but
it's certainly before people that get white here is you know,
you'll most people want to lead places better than when
they found them, and this is a way to help
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do that. You know, this is something that can be
sustained for if you will forever, because you know, if
you're just using interest and you can and you've continue
to put into it. It's just like our retirement accounts
or savings accounts. They grow and there can be a
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benefit that can live well beyond our lives that can
continue to impact people.
Speaker 8 (19:43):
That's right, and that's what I think a lot of
families love about this foundation is that they can set
something up today, they can contribute to it and get
the tax benefit, and then when they're ready, their children
or their grandchildren can make distributions from that fund. And
it's a legacy. They're not only you know, they are
leaving their mark here in our community and making an
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impact on as many nonprofits as they wish to, but
they're also teaching their children and their grandchildren about philanthropy
and the importance of giving back and supporting the community
that gives you so much. I mean, we're in Southeast
Texas and we love this community and we want this
community to thrive, and so it's so important for families
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to talk about that at the dinner table. You know,
what are we going to do to support this community
that's always supported us?
Speaker 6 (20:32):
And so we do.
Speaker 8 (20:34):
We want to be a part of that, and we're
here for that. So the Foundation for Southeast Texas is
honored to be able to help leave your mark here
in Southeast Texas.
Speaker 5 (20:46):
Well.
Speaker 4 (20:46):
Tell people we're about a minute and a half out.
How do people connect with y'all? How do people get information?
I know you have a website, y'all have an office.
Tell people about that.
Speaker 8 (20:57):
Okay, So we are at seven hundred North Street. We've
got a beauty full building that is right off of
iten and right on it and so it's easy on,
easy off.
Speaker 7 (21:05):
You can come visit me anytime.
Speaker 8 (21:07):
We own the building here and we rent to local nonprofits.
So we're a building full of nonprofits and we are
available through our website. As you mentioned, we have a
beautiful website. It's cf SE t X dot org. You
can google Foundation for Southeast Texas and you can find
us there. Our website is a place where you can
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go for information on what we do in the community
them out. We give back our annual reports there, but
you can also give through our website and we have
a beautiful giving page also. I'm available by phone four
O nine eight three three five seven seven five. I
would love to visit with anybody that's interested in being involved.
We welcome you know, not only donations monetarily, but we
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also welcome volunteers and people in the community that want
to get involved with the foundation. So we've got a
great board from Harden Jefferson in Orange County. So anyways,
we're excited to be here.
Speaker 4 (22:08):
Well, Mellie, I want to thank you for being on
the show today and for all the work that you
do in the community and that everybody that's involved in
the foundation. So we'll talk again soon. And God bless you.
Speaker 7 (22:21):
Thank you, Roy, God bless you. Have a good day.
Speaker 4 (22:28):
You're listening to the Roy West Show and we are
back at folks Man. It is so much fun hosting
this show because I get to talk to people that
are changing lives right here in Beaumont, Texas, Southeast Texas.
Brook McDaniel, who is the director at Henry's Place over
one of the services some other place offers, and she
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is doing a phenomenal job at Brooke welcome on the
radio show today.
Speaker 6 (22:57):
Thank you, thank you for having me today. It's such
a pleasure.
Speaker 4 (23:00):
Well, it's a pleasure having you, and I just thank
you for I've gotten acquainted with Brooke and the work
that she does and the impact that she's having in
working with the homeless community and the positive impact it
has on their lives, but also in the city of
Beaumont and Brook. Tell people about Henry's Place if you
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would so.
Speaker 9 (23:24):
Henry's Place is our homeless day center for some other
place here. We provide a mailing address for un house
members in our community, which is very vital in making
sure that they have access to their mail, benefits and
ability to contact the outside world. We give them a
phone so that they can do things like that a computer.
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We also provide them with shower and laundry services, crucial
in helping them transition and be presentable for interviews, doctor's appointments,
keeping up with their basic hygiene needs. We do a
small breakfast here at our Face facility in the mornings
as well. We offer a lot of case management in
the forms of mental health mhm R resources through Spindle Talk.
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The Southeast Texas Food Bank Parker partners with us to
do food stamps and Medicaid Medicare. We also have can
come out once a month to do regular screenings and
blood testing and stuff for our clients. Lots of resource auctions,
case management to help them gather their identification documents, IDSIR certificate,
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solid security cards, all very important in helping them transition
out of the situation that they're currently in. All around,
we just do the best that we can to help
navigate this crisis, situation, whatever that may look like for.
Speaker 6 (24:49):
Them at that moment.
Speaker 4 (24:52):
Well, and you know, you've spent a minute and a
half talking about things that in some cases takes weeks
to actually execute with people. And uh and as you
pointed out, the people that are often in some type
of crisis, whether it's mental health crisis, or it's just
a crisis that's occurred in their life, or this is
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something that has been ongoing. And I and I know
a large part of everything that you're talking about is
with the idea that you help them be able to
transition back to having a place of their own, having
a job, or being able to function in a more
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traditional way. And you know, y'all, as you pointed out
the services, it's somewhat of a one stop shop for
I mean, there are services they have to go other
places for, but y'all help, y'all collaborate and y'all help
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coordinate that.
Speaker 6 (26:02):
Absolutely.
Speaker 9 (26:03):
That's the general idea is that it is a one
stop shop for them to navigate this situation.
Speaker 6 (26:10):
Homelessness, it wears many, many masks. It's not just mental illness,
it's not just addiction. Most Americans are one paycheck.
Speaker 9 (26:18):
Away from being in these types of situations if they
don't have a support system or family someone to catch
them when they fall. It could be the family breadwinner
who got injured and isn't able to get workmen's comp
or didn't have good medical insurance, and things like It
can literally happen to anyone, and we're here to help
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them navigate what services are available in this community. So
we always want to have that partnership with other resources
around town, but here on site where when they come
through this store, we can talk to them, figure out
what services that they need, what they qualify for, and
be able to immediately.
Speaker 6 (27:01):
Take action on that and say, well, we have Spindletop
on site.
Speaker 9 (27:05):
You do not have to go off premises to get
mental health services.
Speaker 6 (27:09):
You do not have to leave to get some medical services.
Speaker 9 (27:14):
We can offer them the ability to get into rehabs
and facilities like that and do all of that over
the phone right here on site and already have a
plan established before they ever exit out of our door.
So that's really the general The goal is to have
a kind of one stop shop where all of these
resources are readily available and they're not having to navigate
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a very spread out broad factor of where they need
to go for X, Y, and z, it's here.
Speaker 6 (27:47):
This is a place that they can come and.
Speaker 9 (27:50):
Get all of those resources in one confined area well.
Speaker 4 (27:55):
And and one thing that oftentimes people that may be
listening to the show and I know for me it's
certainly been a learning process having the having the privilege
of being mayor, but also you know, uh, interacting with
your organization that makes such a difference in our community
and learning about the challenges of of helping the unhoused
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in our community. But you know, all of this takes resources,
and you know, y'all are not for profit organization, and
you get resources from a lot of different places, but
you know some other place, which is the mothership, if
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you will. It began by churches basically putting it together, saying, hey,
you can be a place that we can centralize our
services and uh and maybe be a little bit more
efficient and not you know, be too redundant and and so.
But so now you have volunteers from a lot of
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different organizations, not just churches. You have people and churches
and organizations, and you get grant funds to help fund this,
but I want you to tell people how if they're
listening out there and they have a heart to help,
whether it's with their resources or whether it's with their time,
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how can they best do that.
Speaker 9 (29:27):
So, yes, here we do rely heavily on the community
for support. We are pretty much funded through our local
churches and private individuals in this community, and without that
kind of support, we would not be able to help
as much as we are able to and do near
as much. So if anyone is interested in helping, they
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can always volunteer. That's a big part of it. We
do need volunteers. We always need people to come in
and help us. So you can always go to some
the place Belmont dot com and there is a sign
up to volunteer link where you can write a message.
You can be very specific in what programs you'd like
to help with, whether it's our special projects with the
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back to school, the Thanksgiving, the Christmas, whether it's our
emergency services department with food and clothing, our kitchen we
serve lunch there or here at Henry's Place where.
Speaker 6 (30:21):
We do have laundry and showers, a breakfast, a mail room.
Speaker 9 (30:26):
There are many different ways to volunteer and help within
the entire some other place facilities, and then of course donations,
whether it be monetary or actual household items and goods.
Some of our programs specifically do homeless prevention and low
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income families. Some of them do the actual home lists.
Here we often need things like shampoo, conditioner, towels. We
do showers and laundryry, so feminine products, any kind of
personal hygiene needs are always very welcomed. Clothing absolutely so
any items like that that can be donated we are
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more than grateful for. Whether it's actual physical help or
monetary or items.
Speaker 6 (31:16):
Either way, there are many ways to help us.
Speaker 9 (31:18):
We are located at the five to ninety Center Street
all the way to the eleven oh seven McFadden. All
of those buildings are us, so if anyone comes by.
Speaker 6 (31:28):
We will definitely navigate where they need to go to assist.
Speaker 5 (31:34):
Well.
Speaker 4 (31:34):
We've been talking to Brooke McDaniel, who is the director
at Henry's Place that is a day homeless shelter as
well as service provider, and bringing together a collaboration of
people in organizations from across the community definitely making a
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huge impact in the lives of people every day, helping
people transition out of their homeless situation and finding themselves
in a far better situation. And I know, as Beaumont
listeners out there, y'all always want to help.
Speaker 5 (32:14):
So check out some other place you can google them.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
You can find them on Facebook and brook God bless
you and continued success and all the work that you
do and thank you for all that you do.
Speaker 6 (32:29):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
We are back Southeast Texas and this is always I
love these guests that I'm having on because sometimes we're
talking about different charities having things, but also I like
to have businesses.
Speaker 5 (32:46):
That are a bit unique and people are.
Speaker 1 (32:50):
Aware of to some degree, but they need to be
more aware that we have this right here in Southeast Texas,
and I have Katie Brown and Hunter Davis with Blue
Jug Health Market.
Speaker 5 (33:02):
Welcome to the show.
Speaker 7 (33:03):
Thank you.
Speaker 10 (33:04):
We're glad that you chose to highlight our business our
unique services that we offer.
Speaker 7 (33:10):
We greatly appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
Well, it's a pleasure tell people about what Blue Jug
Health does here in Southeast Texas and Boba.
Speaker 7 (33:21):
We have mobile ivy infusion therapy.
Speaker 10 (33:25):
We also have a storefront in Neederlan that services Neederland,
but on the mobile side of things, we service all
of Southeast Texas. So we focus a lot on the
health market because we do holistic and natural therapies and
treatments to help the body. If it's eel, for example,
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and you've had a stomach bug, then obviously you know
IVY fluids does magic to rehydrate, but also things like
our salt therapy for any cough, congestion, cold asthma. So
we have many modalities that help the body get back
and balance, and you know, we can go through each
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of those or however you would like to go for.
Speaker 1 (34:13):
I would love kind of a high level view so
that people can know what services and then we can
talk about how to access the services and as well
as how you know, how far out. Usually you have
to be planning because sometimes when it's a health related issue, it.
Speaker 10 (34:30):
Happens quick right it needs more immediate or urgent attention.
Speaker 7 (34:35):
So generally speaking, on the.
Speaker 10 (34:37):
IVY therapy, if you needed a visit for that, it's
mostly same day or next day. So we do keep
in mind that you know, if you're home with the
stomach bug and you're miserable. You want treatment and rapid
recovery very quickly, So we do offer those normally same day,
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but most often you can have it for sure next
day with no problems. And saying that, we also do
the vitamin drips in store and mobile. If you're getting
ready for a big event or you're going to be traveling,
you need an immune boost just to strengthen your immune system.
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Those drips usually have a high level of vitamin C
and zinc, and oftentimes people understand the value of vitamin
C and zinc because we went through COVID and everybody
was on zinc and everybody was on vitamin C, so
a lot of people don't understand, especially when you receive
an infusion IV, that vitamin C also is an anti viral,
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so if you're dealing with a virus, it literally will
shorten the duration of that illness, and that's where you
get that bounce back, that recovery so much faster. And
then the vitamins also will give you that energy back
after you've felt the you know, extreme fatigue with the
illness that finding.
Speaker 7 (35:58):
Some of the new things we started storefront.
Speaker 10 (36:01):
We have halo therapy, which is a medical grade salt therapy.
You inhale deeply the salt. It provides minerals, but it
also treats things like cough and congestion, sinuses.
Speaker 7 (36:17):
If you had Southeast Texas croud.
Speaker 10 (36:18):
I think we've all understand in Southeast Texas what that means.
If you've had allergies, a recent illness that's produced a cough, productive,
non productive.
Speaker 7 (36:31):
It helps with those type things.
Speaker 10 (36:33):
So it'll dry naturally treat and help to dry up
and clear the infection. It's also very beneficial to things
like psoriasis, eczema. We have a lot of that in
Southeast Texas. Again with all the toxins that we're exposed
to and the allergies foods, so oftentimes we'll have it's
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safe for kids, dogs, and adults.
Speaker 7 (36:57):
We've had kids in here with conditions of the skin that.
Speaker 10 (37:00):
It's helped to treat and lessen the severity of the
symptoms and or you know, really significantly improve the skin overall.
We have the IVY ozone therapy that's relatively new, well,
I guess I would say about we've been offering that
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as a service probably.
Speaker 7 (37:23):
Six to eight months now.
Speaker 10 (37:25):
The unique thing about the ozone therapy is it's a
natural therapy to treat things like autoimmune which we have
a lot of autoimmune in our community. Inflammation, a lot
of that going around to and it helps the body
to fight off infections, bacterial infections, fungal infections, viral infections.
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It's a medical grade gas that is mixed and blended
in with the patient's blood and then reinfused in. The
infusion takes probably about an hour, so you would have
to consider that when you're booking your appointment. We have
a really unique, state of the art medical grade metabolic assessment.
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It is called PINOI PNOE. It is very unique in
tailored to the person. It's very customized to that person's biology.
So it measures twenty three biomarkers of the person of
the individual gives back measurable data on their metabolic system.
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So if you have someone who's you know, we've had
this scenario many times, men and women coming in.
Speaker 7 (38:43):
I've been doing everything.
Speaker 10 (38:45):
I've been meal planning, I've been working out, I've been
you know, counting carbs, I've been counting macros. I've done
everything and I'm not budging. My weight will not go down.
This particular assessment will give you insight at a sell
your level, at a metabolic level of how your body
burns fats burns, carbs, burn protein, and it can help.
Speaker 7 (39:09):
It gives an it's an implementation.
Speaker 10 (39:12):
Of how you correct those imbalances as well, So it's
not just here's the problem, but it also says, here's
the solution. And this is customized to you, and your
report would not look like anybody else's report because it's
so customized to that person.
Speaker 5 (39:28):
Right, well, we're coming up, we're in the last minute.
Speaker 1 (39:32):
I want people to know y'all have got a great
website that lets people know about everything we've been talking about,
and as well, it has your phone number, but let's
share that with people here.
Speaker 11 (39:44):
Yeah, so the website is just a blue jug of
Niedlin dot com and then our phone number is four
zero nine seven to two zero eight zero eight one.
We also put a lot of information in explanation on
all those on our Facebook as well.
Speaker 5 (40:02):
Well.
Speaker 1 (40:03):
Like I say, I'm looking at the at your web
page right now, and I am aware of y'all's Facebook page.
But for people that are intrigued, besides Colin, which is
certainly appropriate, if you just have questions, you can get
online and you can book them as well as get
a lot of information about all the different services, and
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we weren't able to touch them all.
Speaker 7 (40:26):
Right, yeah we had any more outstanding.
Speaker 1 (40:30):
Well, we'll have you back, and I sure want to
thank y'all for being on today.
Speaker 7 (40:34):
Thank you, we appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (40:37):
You were back with the Roy West Show and folks,
we are wrapping up another awesome show. And man, what
a privilege it is to get to host these these
interviews weekly because I get to talk to people that
are really helping bonebut be better, changing lives and in
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some cases I inform you about new businesses that exist
that sometimes that I think are important to the community.
This week, in the first segment, we were talking to
Kaylee Henry with the Girls Haven and there is the
Gumbo cookof coming December sixth, so that's a great event.
Speaker 1 (41:17):
Be sure to put that on your calendar. And also
Girls Haven has such an important significance hearing at Beaumont
and provides so much important support to young ladies. They
always need support financially and they need volunteers. Then I
talked to Melly Bellovakua with the Foundation of Southeast Texas,
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which is an organization that anybody can be a part
of in terms of making contributions and then direct them
or allow them to direct them that it is tax
deductible and that money stays here in Southeast Texas, so
be sure to check them out.
Speaker 5 (41:57):
Foundation of Southeast Texas.
Speaker 4 (41:59):
Then I talked to the director Brook McDaniel with Henry's Place,
the daytime homeless shelter for some other place, and I
certainly think the job that they do, thank them for
in the collaboration of services that they offer throughout the community.
Then I had Katie Powell with Ivy's Solutions, the Blue
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jug and they come to your home and they also
have a site there in Needle And where they can
come and give you ivs and medical treatments at your home. Folks,
we're about out of time, but until we talk again,
God bless you all.
You're listening to the roy West Show, heard every Sunday
from noon to one pm. And folks always have great
guests from across the community. And Kaylee Henry is one
of those guests who's been on many times before. She's
here with girls Haven. Welcome back to the show.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Yes, thank you so much for having me. Always a
pleasure being on the Royal Question.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
It's a pleasure having you and girls Haven continues to
be life changing for a lot of young ladies. And
you know, many people. I can't imagine anybody in Beaumont
for any length of time at all that isn't familiar
with girls Haven, But I always like to kind of
do a recap of what girls Haven is and and
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it's been here a long time in the success that
y'all had.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Yes, So if you don't know, girls Haven is a
farster home for girls between the ages of six and eighteen,
and so they live here on campus with us, and
we not only offer basic care to the girls which
would be their shelter, their clothing, food, but also therapeutic care.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
So we have our licensed counselor that's on staff.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
We have case managers, we have twenty four hour staff
and so we have that, and then we.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Also offer education.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
So our board actually started Earhart Charter School, which is
here in Beaumont. It's right next door to us, and
it was started for our girls, but it's since been
expanded and open to other low income.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Students in the area, and so we have that as well.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
So we have full wrap around service with basic care, therapy,
and education.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Well, and it's all of it has had tremendous success
and tremendous support from the community because this is a
five or one C three and you know, foster care
for falseter parents, so they certainly realize that this isn't
just about room and board and education. This is about
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a foundational youth life for these young ladies because some
of them may spend a short amount of time, but
but a lot of them spend a whole lot of
time there.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Yeah, so we you know, it depends.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Some girls can stay for a few weeks, some can
stay for several years, and that tends to be more
of the case is several months up to several years.
So you know, whenever they're here, we try to give
them the most homelike environment that we can. Obviously, you know,
this is a very hard situation for them to go through,
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and so you know, we're here. We give them therapy
because they obviously need therapy and need help with what
they've been through. But we also you know, we take
them shopping, and although we get a lot of donations
from the community, which is amazing, sometimes you know, a
young girl, a teen girl in a to go and
go shopping and have that experience and go and get
(03:04):
their hair done and their nails done and all of
those things that help them to feel you know, more
normal and help to boost their confidence, which is you
know huge for any team girl, but especially a girl
who's in foster care who's been through the level of
trauma that they have, you know, helping to build their
confidence is extremely crucial and important.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
And then also you know, giving them their therapy.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
And what a lot of people don't realize is that,
you know, our girls, you know, they were raised by
the same people who lost rights to have them. So
a lot of times, you know, we're having to help,
you know, teach them manners and teach them, you know,
all of these basic things that people learn, you know,
as they grow and they make him in at fourteen,
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fifteen years old and we're having to teach them these things,
and so it's you know, we you know, try to
give them the most homelike environment that we can while
also doing all of these other things.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
But you know, we love what we do and we're very.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
Happy to offer them all the services that we do.
And I think the education and having ear heart, like
I said, it was for the girls when it initially started.
And so they go to your Heart and they get
this small classroom environment, this one on one service, and
we're very close with the teachers, with the superintendent, and
so you know, we know what's going on and they
know what's going on.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
So we're all on the same page and can give
the girls.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
You know, the treatment that they deserve and the patience
and the time that they deserve as well well.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
And y'all had been a part of the you know,
because the state has continued to revamp the foster care
system and the challenges because as you did such a
great job of explaining, these are these these these kids,
these children, these young ladies. You know, they're just a
victim of circumstance, you know, of whether it was their
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parents' grandparents or other caregivers. But they couldn't keep them
any longer. And sometimes it's because the state intervened, or
it can be a variety of issues, I'm sure, But
with that comes a lot of baggage and a lot
for a young person, any person, to be able to
unpack and deal with in life. And then you know,
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many people have had the benefit of growing up in
that in a family. Whatever that family may look like,
you know it is it is if you will their security.
So you're creating this new family and this new security
and also preparing them not just meeting today's needs, which
(05:41):
are really important, but also to prepare them for tomorrow
so that they can have that tomorrow that all our
young people deserve to have an opportunity. Yet, but it
doesn't just happen. It takes It takes a village, and
it takes money, and it takes education, all of the
(06:02):
things that y'all are aware of and meet. But but
you need help with that from the community, because it
happens with the community.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Yes, yeah, we're so blessed because you know, so many
people rally around Girls Haven and help us and support
us in so many different ways. And we have really
fun fundraisers which I'll talk about today.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Our Gumbo Festival coming up.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
But there's so many ways to get involved and people
do our community, as you know, we have so many
amazing supporters who help continue to make our mission happen
because if we didn't have the community, you know, we
wouldn't be able to exist. So this is something that
people are helping us to give the girls this homelike environment,
(06:45):
give the girls the therapy, the education. You know. It's
because of community members that we're able to do this
and keep this going. And so yeah, we're very blessed
to have that. And then, like I said, we have fundraisers,
so I'll talk about our Gumbo Cookoff. It's coming up
on December sixth, so if you haven't been, it's so
much fun. We've had it many many years, so we'll
(07:09):
have it again this year at Park Delle Mall from
eleven to five. It's a free community event, so we'll
have live entertainment all day. Supa is going to be mceing,
which he does a lot of events in the area.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
He's so fun.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
We have a children's midway, there's going to be a
petting zoo, and all of that's free for the community.
And so you can come out and you can try
some gumbo which is put on. You know, we have
a bunch of different teams who do the gumbo in
the area and they compete for the best gumbo. So
you can do seafood, you can do chicken and sausage,
you can do combination, and you know, we have restaurants
(07:45):
that come out businesses and they put in teams and
they just get so excited and hyped up and they
compete against each other. And so we also have best booths,
so you get to decorate your booth really fun. So
we have all that going on. Del Papa is going
to be doing a beer garden, so we'll have that
going on. So it's just going to be a ton
of fun. And then it's at parked O Mall, so
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it's just right there, kind of in the center of Beaumont,
so you can get over there, do some Christmas shopping
and then pop over and get you some gumbo on
the way out and have a blast. And we can
still take you know, it's still a good ways out,
so we're still taking teams. You can put in a team.
It's as low as one hundred dollars to put in
a team. So you know, it's a really fun thing
(08:28):
to do. And then everything that you do gives back
to the girls and gives back to our missions.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
So it's a two for one. You get to go out,
have really good time, cook some gumbo.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Maybe win, and then also your money gives back to
a mission that means a lot to us and means
a lot to people in Southeast Sexes.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Well, and it shows and all that you do. And
you know, right now, y'all have a big project going on.
And you know, when we sit here and talk and
spend our ten or twelve minutes talking about it, and
we're already at the nine minut it mark. We got
three minutes more. But you know, it takes a lot
of work and investment, and y'all are in the midst
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of making an investment right now.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Yes, yeah, So we have been talking about it for
several years, but we decided to create another Girls Haven facility.
So it's just two lots down, three lots down from
where we're at right now, and they are building it.
The Duplesses with M three Ranger are building it and
(09:32):
they are incredible.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
They are making.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Sure that we're getting in in a.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Very timely way.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
They will have us in hopefully in December of this year,
and it's looking amazing. Mister Penlin has been just so
involved and so incredible with the project, and so we're
actually doing a capital campaign for that as well, so
uh simultaneously, we're you know, raising funds to help us
to be able to move into that facility.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
And we decided to create that facility.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
Because we want in more of a homelike environment and
more of a therapeutic environment for the girls. So we
actually have our therapists has been helping to create the facility.
We've asked CPS workers, you know, what would be best
for the girls and how to set it up, and
so you know, we've had so many hands involved to
make sure that the structure of the building is the.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
Best for the girls. And they already know about it.
They're so excited.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
And so we'll be moving into that facility and then
our facility, the girls having campus that we're currently in
is going to be taken over by Earhart once we
move out, and they will be pre K through twelfth grade,
so they'll be able to right now their kindergarten through
ninth so they'll be able to open up and expand
through pre K through twelfth and so that means that
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our girls when they come into the facility, you know
right now, they may start in eighth grade, they make friends,
and then ninth grade they have to leave schools because
you know that we only have up until ninth grade.
So now they'll be able to stay with us through
twelfth grade at Earhart and we provide them the full
education and hopefully in the next few years we'll be
(11:10):
able to hand girls their diploma whenever they graduate, which
is going to be the most incredible thing.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
So another really great project we have going on.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Another reason to get involved, and you know that's something
that we're going to have.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
For many, many many years. So it's really cool to
be involved, you know, from the ground up.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Well, and we are in the last thirty seconds. I
want you to share your website your contact number so
that people can be involved and also donate.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
Yes, so, our website is girls Haveninc. Dot org.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
You can find us on Facebook, all the social media
LinkedIn Instagram, girls Haven Inc. We're constantly sharing about what
we do in our mission. So reach out through any
of those platforms. You can message I'll message you back.
I'm the one on the social media, so we'd love
to hear from you.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
Well, thank you so much. We're out of time, but again,
girls haven making a difference here in Beaumont and Southeast Texas.
Talk to you soon.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (12:12):
We are back with the Roy Wentz Show here on
News Talk five sixty KLV. And folks, remember, if you're
driving down the road and you're about to get out
of your car the free iHeartRadio app, you can download it,
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if you miss any part of the show, you can
always listen to our podcast of this show and all
(12:34):
our shows on iHeart, on Apple, podcasts, on Android, podcast
on Spotify and all those little platforms all over. But today,
right now, I have Mellie Bellavakua and she is the
executive director I believe.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
That's the title of the Foundation of Southeast Texas.
Speaker 5 (12:56):
And welcome to the show, Millie.
Speaker 6 (12:59):
Thank you, and I'm so excited to be here.
Speaker 7 (13:01):
I love your show.
Speaker 4 (13:03):
Well, and I love you and the work that you
do and the organization and all the people that are involved.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
And if you would you know, sometimes when people hear
the word foundation or you know, they think okay, you know,
that's for rich people.
Speaker 4 (13:21):
That's not something I could be a part of. Tell
people what the Foundation of Southeast Texas does.
Speaker 8 (13:27):
So, the Foundation for Southeast Texas is a community foundation,
and we are a five ZHO one C three nonprofit
organization that exists to support financially support local nonprofits and beyond.
We also support young people with scholarships for education. But
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we believe at the Foundation that everyone can be a philanthropist.
And I believe that myself. Every single gift matters, whether
it it is a ten dollars one time gift to
honor a friend or remember a loved one who has passed,
or you know, if you wanted to give a larger
(14:12):
gift monthly or one time. We have giving circles, we
have donor advice funds, we have endowed funds. Lots of
different things going on over here at the Foundation for
Southeast Texas. But we do believe that there's a place
for everyone here and that's what's so great about this
community foundation. A lot of communities have community foundations. They
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are supports Harden, Jefferson and Orange County. So work for
all of Southeast Texas, not just BA want. I think
that's important to remember, but we do financially support the
nonprofits in our area. But that is only because of
the people, the individuals who support the Foundation for Southeast Texas.
Speaker 5 (14:57):
Well.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
You know, this is something that some you know people,
I think a lot.
Speaker 4 (15:04):
Of people like to help others. But how you can
go about doing that then can become a you know,
a challenge and how you do it effectively, and that
is one of the that is one of the reasons
they we have community foundations, and certainly the Foundation of
Southeast Texas exists. You with a group of friends, you
(15:26):
as an individual, you with a family, you can create
your own group within the foundation that you don't have
to manage that you don't have to learn a whole
bunch of stuff about that you don't you know, that's
because there's layers to everything. And also y'all provide direction
(15:47):
because y'all also do some vetting. You know, y'all know what,
you know who needs what and why, and that they're
safeguards in place to make sure that things are being
done and that funds are being used effectively.
Speaker 8 (16:04):
That's right, So every gift that comes to the Foundation
is invested. That's important to know. We're here for the
long term. We're not just an in and out kind
of a place, more of like a savings account instead
of a checking account. So when you make a gift
roy today for twenty five dollars to the Foundation, it's
going to be immediately invested and then that money is
(16:27):
going to earn interest, and that interest will be gifted
every year. So you mentioned, you know, getting together with
a group of friends, We've got a giving circles that
will come together. They'll make a one time gift each year,
and then once a year they'll get together for a
little party and they'll make a decision on who they
want to support. And every year they're giving number one.
(16:49):
But that money's invested and a percentage is being paid out.
So the first year gift could be, you know, in
one thousand dollars gift to one nonprofit, and then the
next year they were able to do like a twenty
five hundred dollars gift gift to a nonprofit, and so
each year it becomes bigger and bigger. And that's what's
so great about the Foundation for Southeast Texas. You can
make your one time gift and it's invested, so your
(17:09):
gift isn't just mattering today, it's mattering years from now,
and it's making an impact years from now. And that's
what is so great about this foundation and other community foundations.
It's not just a one time thing. We also, like
I said, do scholarships and donor advised funds. It's important
to mention that you can get together with your family
(17:32):
or your friends, or your business can do something. It's
an immediate tax benefit for the donor. So we are
a five OHO one C three and you are getting
a tax benefit when you make a donation to the foundation.
And so one thing that people love is to maybe
make a one time gift here that's invested, but they
don't have to give that gift, they don't have to
(17:53):
direct it immediately. So if they set up a donor
advised fund, make a one time gift to the Foundation
for South these Texas, let's say for ten thousand dollars,
we're going to invest it immediately.
Speaker 6 (18:04):
They may come.
Speaker 8 (18:04):
Back later, like a month from mel say Mellie, I
want to give a gift to the art museum, or
I want to give a gift to some other place.
And so they direct us on where their gifts are
going to go, but they don't have to make that
decision right when they make the gift to the foundation.
Speaker 7 (18:19):
So that's an important thing that we do.
Speaker 8 (18:21):
And donor advice funds are very popular because of the
tax benefit that the donor gets at the time of
the gifts, but they're not required right then to make
the distributions, and so it's kind of it's nice for them.
They don't have to be rushed to decide, Oh my gosh,
where do I want to give my money today? Like
I can think about it and I can you know,
give it out when.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
It's time, and you you can let that build for
a period of time so that you can make a
larger gift that would make a bigger.
Speaker 5 (18:51):
Impact, but you know, and with time.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (18:55):
The other really cool thing about this is that, you know,
especially there's people like me that get white here, but
it's certainly before people that get white here is you know,
you'll most people want to lead places better than when
they found them, and this is a way to help
(19:15):
do that. You know, this is something that can be
sustained for if you will forever, because you know, if
you're just using interest and you can and you've continue
to put into it. It's just like our retirement accounts
or savings accounts. They grow and there can be a
(19:36):
benefit that can live well beyond our lives that can
continue to impact people.
Speaker 8 (19:43):
That's right, and that's what I think a lot of
families love about this foundation is that they can set
something up today, they can contribute to it and get
the tax benefit, and then when they're ready, their children
or their grandchildren can make distributions from that fund. And
it's a legacy. They're not only you know, they are
leaving their mark here in our community and making an
(20:05):
impact on as many nonprofits as they wish to, but
they're also teaching their children and their grandchildren about philanthropy
and the importance of giving back and supporting the community
that gives you so much. I mean, we're in Southeast
Texas and we love this community and we want this
community to thrive, and so it's so important for families
(20:26):
to talk about that at the dinner table. You know,
what are we going to do to support this community
that's always supported us?
Speaker 6 (20:32):
And so we do.
Speaker 8 (20:34):
We want to be a part of that, and we're
here for that. So the Foundation for Southeast Texas is
honored to be able to help leave your mark here
in Southeast Texas.
Speaker 5 (20:46):
Well.
Speaker 4 (20:46):
Tell people we're about a minute and a half out.
How do people connect with y'all? How do people get information?
I know you have a website, y'all have an office.
Tell people about that.
Speaker 8 (20:57):
Okay, So we are at seven hundred North Street. We've
got a beauty full building that is right off of
iten and right on it and so it's easy on,
easy off.
Speaker 7 (21:05):
You can come visit me anytime.
Speaker 8 (21:07):
We own the building here and we rent to local nonprofits.
So we're a building full of nonprofits and we are
available through our website. As you mentioned, we have a
beautiful website. It's cf SE t X dot org. You
can google Foundation for Southeast Texas and you can find
us there. Our website is a place where you can
(21:31):
go for information on what we do in the community
them out. We give back our annual reports there, but
you can also give through our website and we have
a beautiful giving page also. I'm available by phone four
O nine eight three three five seven seven five. I
would love to visit with anybody that's interested in being involved.
We welcome you know, not only donations monetarily, but we
(21:54):
also welcome volunteers and people in the community that want
to get involved with the foundation. So we've got a
great board from Harden Jefferson in Orange County. So anyways,
we're excited to be here.
Speaker 4 (22:08):
Well, Mellie, I want to thank you for being on
the show today and for all the work that you
do in the community and that everybody that's involved in
the foundation. So we'll talk again soon. And God bless you.
Speaker 7 (22:21):
Thank you, Roy, God bless you. Have a good day.
Speaker 4 (22:28):
You're listening to the Roy West Show and we are
back at folks Man. It is so much fun hosting
this show because I get to talk to people that
are changing lives right here in Beaumont, Texas, Southeast Texas.
Brook McDaniel, who is the director at Henry's Place over
one of the services some other place offers, and she
(22:52):
is doing a phenomenal job at Brooke welcome on the
radio show today.
Speaker 6 (22:57):
Thank you, thank you for having me today. It's such
a pleasure.
Speaker 4 (23:00):
Well, it's a pleasure having you, and I just thank
you for I've gotten acquainted with Brooke and the work
that she does and the impact that she's having in
working with the homeless community and the positive impact it
has on their lives, but also in the city of
Beaumont and Brook. Tell people about Henry's Place if you
(23:23):
would so.
Speaker 9 (23:24):
Henry's Place is our homeless day center for some other
place here. We provide a mailing address for un house
members in our community, which is very vital in making
sure that they have access to their mail, benefits and
ability to contact the outside world. We give them a
phone so that they can do things like that a computer.
(23:46):
We also provide them with shower and laundry services, crucial
in helping them transition and be presentable for interviews, doctor's appointments,
keeping up with their basic hygiene needs. We do a
small breakfast here at our Face facility in the mornings
as well. We offer a lot of case management in
the forms of mental health mhm R resources through Spindle Talk.
(24:10):
The Southeast Texas Food Bank Parker partners with us to
do food stamps and Medicaid Medicare. We also have can
come out once a month to do regular screenings and
blood testing and stuff for our clients. Lots of resource auctions,
case management to help them gather their identification documents, IDSIR certificate,
(24:33):
solid security cards, all very important in helping them transition
out of the situation that they're currently in. All around,
we just do the best that we can to help
navigate this crisis, situation, whatever that may look like for.
Speaker 6 (24:49):
Them at that moment.
Speaker 4 (24:52):
Well, and you know, you've spent a minute and a
half talking about things that in some cases takes weeks
to actually execute with people. And uh and as you
pointed out, the people that are often in some type
of crisis, whether it's mental health crisis, or it's just
a crisis that's occurred in their life, or this is
(25:16):
something that has been ongoing. And I and I know
a large part of everything that you're talking about is
with the idea that you help them be able to
transition back to having a place of their own, having
a job, or being able to function in a more
(25:39):
traditional way. And you know, y'all, as you pointed out
the services, it's somewhat of a one stop shop for
I mean, there are services they have to go other
places for, but y'all help, y'all collaborate and y'all help
(26:00):
coordinate that.
Speaker 6 (26:02):
Absolutely.
Speaker 9 (26:03):
That's the general idea is that it is a one
stop shop for them to navigate this situation.
Speaker 6 (26:10):
Homelessness, it wears many, many masks. It's not just mental illness,
it's not just addiction. Most Americans are one paycheck.
Speaker 9 (26:18):
Away from being in these types of situations if they
don't have a support system or family someone to catch
them when they fall. It could be the family breadwinner
who got injured and isn't able to get workmen's comp
or didn't have good medical insurance, and things like It
can literally happen to anyone, and we're here to help
(26:41):
them navigate what services are available in this community. So
we always want to have that partnership with other resources
around town, but here on site where when they come
through this store, we can talk to them, figure out
what services that they need, what they qualify for, and
be able to immediately.
Speaker 6 (27:01):
Take action on that and say, well, we have Spindletop
on site.
Speaker 9 (27:05):
You do not have to go off premises to get
mental health services.
Speaker 6 (27:09):
You do not have to leave to get some medical services.
Speaker 9 (27:14):
We can offer them the ability to get into rehabs
and facilities like that and do all of that over
the phone right here on site and already have a
plan established before they ever exit out of our door.
So that's really the general The goal is to have
a kind of one stop shop where all of these
resources are readily available and they're not having to navigate
(27:40):
a very spread out broad factor of where they need
to go for X, Y, and z, it's here.
Speaker 6 (27:47):
This is a place that they can come and.
Speaker 9 (27:50):
Get all of those resources in one confined area well.
Speaker 4 (27:55):
And and one thing that oftentimes people that may be
listening to the show and I know for me it's
certainly been a learning process having the having the privilege
of being mayor, but also you know, uh, interacting with
your organization that makes such a difference in our community
and learning about the challenges of of helping the unhoused
(28:21):
in our community. But you know, all of this takes resources,
and you know, y'all are not for profit organization, and
you get resources from a lot of different places, but
you know some other place, which is the mothership, if
(28:41):
you will. It began by churches basically putting it together, saying, hey,
you can be a place that we can centralize our
services and uh and maybe be a little bit more
efficient and not you know, be too redundant and and so.
But so now you have volunteers from a lot of
(29:02):
different organizations, not just churches. You have people and churches
and organizations, and you get grant funds to help fund this,
but I want you to tell people how if they're
listening out there and they have a heart to help,
whether it's with their resources or whether it's with their time,
(29:25):
how can they best do that.
Speaker 9 (29:27):
So, yes, here we do rely heavily on the community
for support. We are pretty much funded through our local
churches and private individuals in this community, and without that
kind of support, we would not be able to help
as much as we are able to and do near
as much. So if anyone is interested in helping, they
(29:48):
can always volunteer. That's a big part of it. We
do need volunteers. We always need people to come in
and help us. So you can always go to some
the place Belmont dot com and there is a sign
up to volunteer link where you can write a message.
You can be very specific in what programs you'd like
to help with, whether it's our special projects with the
(30:11):
back to school, the Thanksgiving, the Christmas, whether it's our
emergency services department with food and clothing, our kitchen we
serve lunch there or here at Henry's Place where.
Speaker 6 (30:21):
We do have laundry and showers, a breakfast, a mail room.
Speaker 9 (30:26):
There are many different ways to volunteer and help within
the entire some other place facilities, and then of course donations,
whether it be monetary or actual household items and goods.
Some of our programs specifically do homeless prevention and low
(30:48):
income families. Some of them do the actual home lists.
Here we often need things like shampoo, conditioner, towels. We
do showers and laundryry, so feminine products, any kind of
personal hygiene needs are always very welcomed. Clothing absolutely so
any items like that that can be donated we are
(31:10):
more than grateful for. Whether it's actual physical help or
monetary or items.
Speaker 6 (31:16):
Either way, there are many ways to help us.
Speaker 9 (31:18):
We are located at the five to ninety Center Street
all the way to the eleven oh seven McFadden. All
of those buildings are us, so if anyone comes by.
Speaker 6 (31:28):
We will definitely navigate where they need to go to assist.
Speaker 5 (31:34):
Well.
Speaker 4 (31:34):
We've been talking to Brooke McDaniel, who is the director
at Henry's Place that is a day homeless shelter as
well as service provider, and bringing together a collaboration of
people in organizations from across the community definitely making a
(31:57):
huge impact in the lives of people every day, helping
people transition out of their homeless situation and finding themselves
in a far better situation. And I know, as Beaumont
listeners out there, y'all always want to help.
Speaker 5 (32:14):
So check out some other place you can google them.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
You can find them on Facebook and brook God bless
you and continued success and all the work that you
do and thank you for all that you do.
Speaker 6 (32:29):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
We are back Southeast Texas and this is always I
love these guests that I'm having on because sometimes we're
talking about different charities having things, but also I like
to have businesses.
Speaker 5 (32:46):
That are a bit unique and people are.
Speaker 1 (32:50):
Aware of to some degree, but they need to be
more aware that we have this right here in Southeast Texas,
and I have Katie Brown and Hunter Davis with Blue
Jug Health Market.
Speaker 5 (33:02):
Welcome to the show.
Speaker 7 (33:03):
Thank you.
Speaker 10 (33:04):
We're glad that you chose to highlight our business our
unique services that we offer.
Speaker 7 (33:10):
We greatly appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
Well, it's a pleasure tell people about what Blue Jug
Health does here in Southeast Texas and Boba.
Speaker 7 (33:21):
We have mobile ivy infusion therapy.
Speaker 10 (33:25):
We also have a storefront in Neederlan that services Neederland,
but on the mobile side of things, we service all
of Southeast Texas. So we focus a lot on the
health market because we do holistic and natural therapies and
treatments to help the body. If it's eel, for example,
(33:48):
and you've had a stomach bug, then obviously you know
IVY fluids does magic to rehydrate, but also things like
our salt therapy for any cough, congestion, cold asthma. So
we have many modalities that help the body get back
and balance, and you know, we can go through each
(34:09):
of those or however you would like to go for.
Speaker 1 (34:13):
I would love kind of a high level view so
that people can know what services and then we can
talk about how to access the services and as well
as how you know, how far out. Usually you have
to be planning because sometimes when it's a health related issue, it.
Speaker 10 (34:30):
Happens quick right it needs more immediate or urgent attention.
Speaker 7 (34:35):
So generally speaking, on the.
Speaker 10 (34:37):
IVY therapy, if you needed a visit for that, it's
mostly same day or next day. So we do keep
in mind that you know, if you're home with the
stomach bug and you're miserable. You want treatment and rapid
recovery very quickly, So we do offer those normally same day,
(34:58):
but most often you can have it for sure next
day with no problems. And saying that, we also do
the vitamin drips in store and mobile. If you're getting
ready for a big event or you're going to be traveling,
you need an immune boost just to strengthen your immune system.
(35:18):
Those drips usually have a high level of vitamin C
and zinc, and oftentimes people understand the value of vitamin
C and zinc because we went through COVID and everybody
was on zinc and everybody was on vitamin C, so
a lot of people don't understand, especially when you receive
an infusion IV, that vitamin C also is an anti viral,
(35:39):
so if you're dealing with a virus, it literally will
shorten the duration of that illness, and that's where you
get that bounce back, that recovery so much faster. And
then the vitamins also will give you that energy back
after you've felt the you know, extreme fatigue with the
illness that finding.
Speaker 7 (35:58):
Some of the new things we started storefront.
Speaker 10 (36:01):
We have halo therapy, which is a medical grade salt therapy.
You inhale deeply the salt. It provides minerals, but it
also treats things like cough and congestion, sinuses.
Speaker 7 (36:17):
If you had Southeast Texas croud.
Speaker 10 (36:18):
I think we've all understand in Southeast Texas what that means.
If you've had allergies, a recent illness that's produced a cough, productive,
non productive.
Speaker 7 (36:31):
It helps with those type things.
Speaker 10 (36:33):
So it'll dry naturally treat and help to dry up
and clear the infection. It's also very beneficial to things
like psoriasis, eczema. We have a lot of that in
Southeast Texas. Again with all the toxins that we're exposed
to and the allergies foods, so oftentimes we'll have it's
(36:54):
safe for kids, dogs, and adults.
Speaker 7 (36:57):
We've had kids in here with conditions of the skin that.
Speaker 10 (37:00):
It's helped to treat and lessen the severity of the
symptoms and or you know, really significantly improve the skin overall.
We have the IVY ozone therapy that's relatively new, well,
I guess I would say about we've been offering that
(37:21):
as a service probably.
Speaker 7 (37:23):
Six to eight months now.
Speaker 10 (37:25):
The unique thing about the ozone therapy is it's a
natural therapy to treat things like autoimmune which we have
a lot of autoimmune in our community. Inflammation, a lot
of that going around to and it helps the body
to fight off infections, bacterial infections, fungal infections, viral infections.
(37:51):
It's a medical grade gas that is mixed and blended
in with the patient's blood and then reinfused in. The
infusion takes probably about an hour, so you would have
to consider that when you're booking your appointment. We have
a really unique, state of the art medical grade metabolic assessment.
(38:16):
It is called PINOI PNOE. It is very unique in
tailored to the person. It's very customized to that person's biology.
So it measures twenty three biomarkers of the person of
the individual gives back measurable data on their metabolic system.
(38:38):
So if you have someone who's you know, we've had
this scenario many times, men and women coming in.
Speaker 7 (38:43):
I've been doing everything.
Speaker 10 (38:45):
I've been meal planning, I've been working out, I've been
you know, counting carbs, I've been counting macros. I've done
everything and I'm not budging. My weight will not go down.
This particular assessment will give you insight at a sell
your level, at a metabolic level of how your body
burns fats burns, carbs, burn protein, and it can help.
Speaker 7 (39:09):
It gives an it's an implementation.
Speaker 10 (39:12):
Of how you correct those imbalances as well, So it's
not just here's the problem, but it also says, here's
the solution. And this is customized to you, and your
report would not look like anybody else's report because it's
so customized to that person.
Speaker 5 (39:28):
Right, well, we're coming up, we're in the last minute.
Speaker 1 (39:32):
I want people to know y'all have got a great
website that lets people know about everything we've been talking about,
and as well, it has your phone number, but let's
share that with people here.
Speaker 11 (39:44):
Yeah, so the website is just a blue jug of
Niedlin dot com and then our phone number is four
zero nine seven to two zero eight zero eight one.
We also put a lot of information in explanation on
all those on our Facebook as well.
Speaker 5 (40:02):
Well.
Speaker 1 (40:03):
Like I say, I'm looking at the at your web
page right now, and I am aware of y'all's Facebook page.
But for people that are intrigued, besides Colin, which is
certainly appropriate, if you just have questions, you can get
online and you can book them as well as get
a lot of information about all the different services, and
(40:24):
we weren't able to touch them all.
Speaker 7 (40:26):
Right, yeah we had any more outstanding.
Speaker 1 (40:30):
Well, we'll have you back, and I sure want to
thank y'all for being on today.
Speaker 7 (40:34):
Thank you, we appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (40:37):
You were back with the Roy West Show and folks,
we are wrapping up another awesome show. And man, what
a privilege it is to get to host these these
interviews weekly because I get to talk to people that
are really helping bonebut be better, changing lives and in
(40:59):
some cases I inform you about new businesses that exist
that sometimes that I think are important to the community.
This week, in the first segment, we were talking to
Kaylee Henry with the Girls Haven and there is the
Gumbo cookof coming December sixth, so that's a great event.
Speaker 1 (41:17):
Be sure to put that on your calendar. And also
Girls Haven has such an important significance hearing at Beaumont
and provides so much important support to young ladies. They
always need support financially and they need volunteers. Then I
talked to Melly Bellovakua with the Foundation of Southeast Texas,
(41:40):
which is an organization that anybody can be a part
of in terms of making contributions and then direct them
or allow them to direct them that it is tax
deductible and that money stays here in Southeast Texas, so
be sure to check them out.
Speaker 5 (41:57):
Foundation of Southeast Texas.
Speaker 4 (41:59):
Then I talked to the director Brook McDaniel with Henry's Place,
the daytime homeless shelter for some other place, and I
certainly think the job that they do, thank them for
in the collaboration of services that they offer throughout the community.
Then I had Katie Powell with Ivy's Solutions, the Blue
(42:21):
jug and they come to your home and they also
have a site there in Needle And where they can
come and give you ivs and medical treatments at your home. Folks,
we're about out of time, but until we talk again,
God bless you all.
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