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Speaker 1 (00:02):
You're listening to the Roy West Show here on News
Talk five six e k l v I. And folks,
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And I have cayleab Prudom with bid own this show today.
If we are talking how important attendance is for our kids. Yes,
and welcome back to the show.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Thank you, I'm glad to be here.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Well, you know, school year is well underway now, but
you know, everything is always changing, and getting kids to
school has certainly over the last several years, I guess
really since COVID has always been a little bit more challenging,
but yet it's very important.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Very much so.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Even now after COVID. You bring up a very valid
point where we saw school as we know it changed
a little bit. We went to online and virtual learning,
which was very different for many of our students, and
the post COVID we've seen where it's just a different
environment in education and attitudes toward education seem to be
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changing somewhat, but we want everyone to know that we
are here. We are still in the business of educating
our students and we are happy to have them, and
we want to work with them and provide them with
a pathworard success moving forward.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Well and pathways to success for our kids is what
b ISD does. And y'all have lots of resources to
help and sometimes you know, it may be that parents
or their care givers just aren't aware. And you know
it's always important to reach out to your school and
because there are resources, and also how important it is
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to the kids' educations.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
You said a monthful, there a couple of things that
were so important. You said, reach out to the school.
Communication is definitely the key. If your students are not
going to be able to attend for illness, injury, family emergencies,
stay in constant communication with your child's campus. Let them
know that they're not there. There are very various methods
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to do that. We have our parents self serve, which
is an online platform that can give you attendance information
in real time. Through self Serve, you can even email
the teacher and you can send a correspondence that way.
It happens to be the exact same platform that you
use to view grades as well as to do your
online registration at the beginning of the year. So that
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is not just a registration tool, it's a very very
good tool for parents to use. Send a note if
you go to the doctor, make sure that you return
with your doctor's excuse. If you have to write a
handwritten note, do that as well. But communication is definitely
one of the major factors if your child's not attending.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Well. And I know that I've been a business partner
with b ID for a number of years and I
love to visit the schools because you know, oftentimes we
live in a time now and it's always probably been
that time, but I think post COVID, you know, and
the world has changed that you know, kids are kids.
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You know, the world's different, there's technology, but it's always
refreshing to me. It's it's really for selfish reasons that
I go by the different campuses, whether it's high schools,
junior highs or elementary schools, because you know, it encourages
me because there are you know, the students of today
are incredible people, and I know that the world is
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in good hands, but the only way to know that
is by staying it. And as parents, you know you
it is. Are caregivers. It's your responsibility to help kids
understand that this time in life is shaping their future.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Definitely, I think you're trying to take all of my
answers here today because that was one of the things
that I also wanted to touch on.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Get involved with your child's school. Get involved through volunteer opportunities.
Participate that way.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
If the students see you being engaged with the campus,
that will encourage them to also be engaged with the campus.
Get involved with the school. Speak positive things about attendance
and about school. We also offer so many incentives throughout
the year on campus as well as large district wide incentives.
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We actually have one that's coming up on Monday in
partnership with Lamar University Men's basketball. We've done women's basketball Monday,
we'll do the men's basketball. It's an incentive, so we
want to encourage our students that not only are you
going to be rewarded with because of course, attendance encourages
our education, and students have to be present to receive
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what they need academically, but we do have in incentivized
or attendants, So there are things that are pleasant but
for your for your parents, if they get involved with
the campus, the student sees you there, the studentcies you
excited about participating. That will model or show them that
my mom's there, I want to be there, I want
to be involved with my family's there. So please participate,
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be engaged, engaged with your campus well, and.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
I think if you do, clearly adults are going to
get a lot more out of it than they even realize.
And I know life is busy, but you know, I've
learned that we we make time for those things that
are important. And whether it's our children or our loved ones,
the ones that we care for that are in school,
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or whether you're just reaching a season of life where
you have more availability, you know, showing up and helping
these kids really makes a difference.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
It does, It does, and if and again I want
to stress because we do have a high population of
grandparents and even great grandparents raising students in our district.
So if they can't come to the school, that doesn't
mean that their involvement is not going to be available.
They can still be involved. Again, like I said, we
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have the digital platforms to parents self serve. It will
notify you of a tend that you can look at.
It will give in real time information you can get notifications.
Can also use social media platforms to find out what's
going on with the campus. They have programs such as
the class Dojo where you can communicate. Even the least
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tech savvy of us, for the most part, can kind
of you know, hunt and pick and send a quick message.
And we still take handwritten notes. That's that's still available
as an option, you know. So we want to make
sure that we don't anyone that can't come to the
campus per se. We still have other methods for us
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to engage with those families.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Well, I know that b i FD works hard to
work with everyone to enhance all our kids' educations here
in Southeast Texas, and and certainly that includes the family
thereof And as you point out, you know, there's plenty
of grandparents and great grandparents that are are have taken
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over with helping raise the kids. And that's another reason
I think as a community we need to continue to
step up because being a grandfather, now I've got ten grandkids, myself.
You know, you know, you're not as young as you
once were, so it sure is helpful when the community
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steps in and provides that help. Because when kids are
at school and they run across volunteers, they know who's
not being paid if you will to be there. And
I've always been so warmly received by the kids, whether
it's high school, whether it's junior high, or whether it's
elementary school. You know, they enjoy the you know, they
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appreciate that you showed up. Sometimes they're curious why you
showed up. But you know, like I love going to
the high schools at lunchtime and walking through and talking
to them and because you know, they're really engaging and
they ask some really great questions.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Yes, I was going to say, they're curious, and they
do not mind asking if you're a new faith on campus.
They do not mind asking about you being on their campus.
And we are very thankful for our partners that we
have with the iss D, And as I spoke about
the incentives earlier, the partners have really given us opportunities
to provide an incentive and to support us in our
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efforts for students to attend school. We know that chronic
absenteeism will lead to learning laws as well as have
repercussions for our future of the students. So we are
grateful and we are thankful for those partners. And it does,
you know the old adages, it takes a village, and
we were grateful to have those individuals that step in
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and that help us and encouragement. You know, it's we
don't want to assume that everybody's home life is the same,
but there are mentoring programs. Those mentors are there that
can provide some encouragements for students. And like we said,
we've got grandparents and great grandparents and so it could
be someone that's offering just a different perspective than what
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the person who's in the home that's there. And we
are very very grateful to have those partners.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Well, I you know, I applaud you for the work
that you do and for what the school district does.
And I'm going to say from a volunteer standpoint, it's
super easy to volunteer. There's links online and it doesn't
take long and they will let you know once you've
been approved to be able to go on campus. But
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you get a lot more than you give, because you know,
what you offer the kids is important, but what they're
offering you is equally is important because there is you know,
I think being significant knowing why you're here. I mean,
I know why I'm here. I serve God every day,
but that involves serving people, and when you get to
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go into that it, you know, it's just meaningful to
get to be a part of it. So I like
to challenge people that are listening to volunteer and give
your time to the schools you know, whether it can
be a neighborhood school close by, or any of the
campuses that you want. And I think you're going to
be really warmly received.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Yes, it's a labor of love. We also have tips
for parents. We're here for our volunteers, for our parents.
If you need assistance, again, communicate with your campus. We
can provide some tips for you here in our Office
of Student Services. They can reach out to me. I've
talked to many parents over the years and every day
really and we're here to just routine. It's so important
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for our students and we can give you some tips
and do what we can. Perhaps you need some help
with transportation, perhaps you've moved, you need us to help
you you know, change your address, whatever it is, reach
out communication and we really want to stress that and
we're here to help you.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Well, we are out of time. Thank you so much
for coming on the show. And I really appreciate you
and the district and and I look forward to talking
to you again soon.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Thank you again for this opportunity.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
We are back with the Roy West Show here on
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as Apple podcast, Android podcasts, Spotify and all those platforms.
And I have with Ni Sabrina with the Artisan Farmers Market,
welcome back to the show.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
Thanks for having me, Merlet.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
It's a pleasure. And if you would let people know
what the Artisan's farmer Mark Farmers Market.
Speaker 5 (12:49):
Is sure, So we are Southeast Texas's one and only online.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
Artisan farmers market.
Speaker 5 (12:58):
So you can hop on line at www dot the
Artisanfarmers Market dot com and shop from local vendors. We
have produce, meat products, tallow home decoor, baked goods, can goods, fresh.
Speaker 4 (13:13):
Cut flowers, a lot of options.
Speaker 5 (13:15):
It's great for gifting, especially as we're coming up to
the holiday season. It's kind of nice to give something
not so generic but something more unique and at the
same time supporting your community and your small businesses.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
Well, I love it, and you know, it's with technology,
so comes some new creative ideas. And of course part
of this is more new for Southeast Texas than this
necessarily in the rest of the world. But you've done
something that uses the Internet, but also to be able
to buy local.
Speaker 4 (13:52):
Correct, yes, and so people can go on. You can
buy from.
Speaker 5 (13:55):
The individual vendors, see what products they have, each of
them all for various options, pick up, delivery or shipping
some of them, even ship nationwide if you want to
send a gift to a family member outside of the state,
or for maximum convenience, if you think you're going to
be ordering from.
Speaker 4 (14:13):
Multiple vendors a variety of the vendors.
Speaker 5 (14:16):
We have another category called our multi vendor Order, so
you can order from multiple vendors, do one checkout, and
then we meet with the vendors pick up all the products,
and we'll deliver everything to your home or place of
work Wednesday afternoons in the Southeast Texas area.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
That's incredible. And you know we the Artisanfarmers Market dot
com and you can google it too, and you're not
going to have any trouble finding it. We're doing this online,
so I'm able to do that as we talk. And also,
you know, besides offering being able to shop local and
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get this information, you know this this is an opportunity
for other vendors to be involved too.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
Correct.
Speaker 5 (15:06):
Yes, So we actually we've been getting quite a bit
of traffic on our site, anywhere from five thousand to
seven thousand views per month. So we've actually launched a
new program to kind of also tie in and help
local businesses kind of shine a spotlight and showcase their work.
(15:27):
So we do have a new program called the Local
Business Partnership Program, and you can always reach out to
learn more or go on the website and find that program.
But basically, we're able to put other local businesses logo
on our site on different pages and a link at
your website or your Facebook page link to your business
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and try and help each other kind of cross promote
small business keeping it lowal and we do a lot
of pop up events so we can also bring out
any of those businesses flyers and help share their information
with our local customer base as well.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
Well. You know, I just want to applaud you on
your ingenuity and being able to bring this about because
this took quite a commitment from you and you know
the heart to do it too. I mean, you know
you've got to, you know, because I imagine your return
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on investment has been a little slow getting started here.
Speaker 5 (16:35):
Yes, it's definitely taking some time, you know, because there's
so many phases to building a platform, rolling it out,
raising awareness, and right now it's it's a one woman show.
Speaker 4 (16:48):
So but we're getting there. I definitely have a lot
of great supporters.
Speaker 5 (16:53):
And vendors that really believe in the concept and the process,
and they're starting to see the traction in the foot traffic.
Speaker 4 (17:01):
So it's really exciting.
Speaker 5 (17:03):
And again, when other people believe in what you're doing,
it just makes that makes it rewarding alone, so it
keeps you moving forward, and again we can get so
creative with so many things that we can do with it. Actually,
our flower vendor Ice Moon Farms up in Silsby they
wanted to host.
Speaker 4 (17:21):
A bloom and mingle an evening or an event where people.
Speaker 5 (17:24):
Could come and put together flower arrangements and enjoy some
food and drinks. So they actually sold tickets for the
event on the platform. So it's not just products and whatnot. Again,
the vendors is created as they want to get. I'm
open to it to come up with ideas and different
ways that we can use the platform and website again
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to build local community events, shopping all of it.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
Well, and you know, for today's world, I'm sitting here thanking.
This is a lot like a local Amazon, and you
may not have all the different products that you do
on Amazon, but this is about about being able to
specifically shop local. Sometimes people say, well, you know, I've
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loved the shop local, but I don't know where to
get this. So there are two components of it is.
First of all, go to the artists and farmers market
dot com and you might find exactly what you're looking
for or something that you weren't even aware that you
were looking for that you had loved. And secondly, if
you're a vendor or you want to be a vendor,
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this is a great chance to get involved because all
of a sudden, you're reaching a lot more people.
Speaker 4 (18:40):
Yes, exactly. And the other great thing right Teria Food Hut.
Speaker 5 (18:52):
So it's more than just a farmer's market. We're actually
able to help vendors connect with other local consumers right
of you know, with our multi vendor order and.
Speaker 4 (19:08):
Delivery service that helps us distribute.
Speaker 5 (19:10):
Their products and get the items, the fresh local products
out to the community. We're also supporting these small farmers
and makers by giving them the tools and the reach
and the customers they need to find other avenues to thrive.
And another component of being a USDA Regional Food Hub
is that we're strengthening our local economy. We're giving healthier
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choices to our community. Fresh options available and again you know, we.
Speaker 4 (19:40):
Are sort fin where the products are coming from. We
do verify.
Speaker 5 (19:46):
You know, all the vendors are either growing their own
products or making them in their home. They have their
proper certifications because safety is important too, and we want
to know the products that are coming on and what
we're selling to our community.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
Well, again, I just want to applaud you and here
we got the holidays right before, so this is a
great time for people to get on because you may
know what you're looking for, but there's going to be
ideas that you perhaps didn't think of. And so that's
another great component of this. So if you're a vendor
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and you think, hey, I might want to get involved
in this, what would that look like? What would they
need to expect from that?
Speaker 5 (20:33):
Sure, so they can go online on the website and
read more about it, and then you just sign up,
create an account and choose become a setting up your storefront.
There's different options depending how many.
Speaker 4 (20:49):
People much involvement you want.
Speaker 5 (20:52):
You can always reach out, email or call me if
you have questions before you choose the package that's best
for you, and then we'll get to your products up
and set up your shipping, pickup or delivery options and
start promoting your goods on social media and UH with
our customer base.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Well again, UH, and your website is really fabulous and
there is a phone number on there, as you've alluded to,
because sometimes on the online world you can't ever get
to a person, but you can and UH Sprina's numbers
right there on it as well as UH. You know,
but a very thorough website is that helps you. It's
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very easy to navigate and I just want to applaud
you for the work that you've done and you know,
I know you've got lots of success ahead.
Speaker 4 (21:44):
Thank you, thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
All Right, folks, we're about out of time here, but
again here it is a holiday season. Go to the
artisansfarmers market dot com to get more information about products
and also if you're considering being a vendor and you
may not know what you need, you can go there
and find out. Sabrina, thank you so much for coming on.
Speaker 5 (22:06):
Yes, thanks for having me again, Mary West, and I
appreciate your time.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
We are back with the Roy West Show here on
News Talk five sixty k LBI, and folks, we always
have the best show. But today, right now, I've got
henry Etta Savoy of bid and she has been making
a difference in kids lives for a number of years
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now and she's been a friend of mine for quite
some time. And first of all, welcome to the show, Henrietta.
Speaker 3 (22:42):
Well, thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
Well, it's a pleasure having you. And first of all,
what you do every day is so important. Our kids
are our future, and right here in Bama, we've got
a public school system with what over fifteen thousand, five
hundred kids in school and their foundation is being laid
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in school. You know, that helps them determine the type
of future they can have. And with that, there's a
lot of programs that we as the public get to
participate in which blesses us, but it also blesses those kids.
And Henrietta, you run probably more things than I can count.
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But the Rarer Louder Program.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
Don't you, Yes, sir, yes, sir, I sure do.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
Well tell people about it, okay.
Speaker 6 (23:39):
So the RAR Reading Program is a district wide reading
initiative that's designed to help every student's grade two through
five read at a above grade level. And it's also
where we bring in community leaders, volunteers, theizations to come
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in and support our students.
Speaker 1 (24:05):
Well. And I've participated in this, but you know, I
know that, you know when you first made the first time.
You know, sometimes people get nervous coming on the radio show.
Sometimes people get nervous when they're going back to school
to volunteer because they think, what in the world am
I getting into? And but what an incredible blessing it
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is to get to do this and to give back
to your community and to young people's lives. But there's
no reason to be scared right of course.
Speaker 6 (24:41):
Now, because every camp is going to make you feel welcome.
The first thing you have to do, though, is always
fill your volunteer application on our district website at www
dot bmt ID And once you do that, I will
get your name and then I will set you up
with a camping and send you up with a student
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and we will welcome you with open ones.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Well, and y'all do make it so easy, and you
know that's another component because getting a first rate education
also helping young people grow into successful young adults, but
keeping them safe is really important. So for people that
are out there, then you know, it's not that every
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year I have to reapply as a volunteer. So don't
get your feelings hurt if you have to reapply every year,
because everybody has to. But it's all about keeping our schools,
our students safe. And you know, most people are going
to qualify. There's a few people that are excluded for
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some pretty obvious reasons.
Speaker 3 (25:52):
Exactly.
Speaker 6 (25:53):
And one good thing about it is that we just
got a new program, so it is so easy to
feel out your volunteer application. And yes, it expired every
year June thirty, So you only have to fill it
out once a year.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
Well, it couldn't be any easier than that, and it
doesn't take probably a minute and a half to do it,
and you do it online and if you have any
problems doing it online, you can always call up to
the district's office. I think Debbie Bridgman is over that
and they will help you in any way possible because
they know how important volunteering for the schools is, so
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they want to encourage you. And you know, I think
you mentioned earlier about how welcoming campuses are. You know,
that's another important component. You know, bisD loves their volunteers.
Speaker 6 (26:47):
Oh yes, by all means, because we can't do with
this work without them, so we need them. Whether it's
thirty minutes a day, whether it's ten minutes a day,
every volunteer makes a difference.
Speaker 1 (27:00):
Well, and so tell people too that why reading and
why this program is so important, and a little bit
about the success of the program.
Speaker 6 (27:11):
Okay, so the program is very important to our district,
to our community because first we have to remember that
education is not just a district responsibility, but it's the community.
And so with that being said, I've seen a lot
of success over the last year. We saw where every
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student that participated in the raw program, guess what they
grew And not only did they grow, but our volunteers
were so happy to know it, to know that they
played that part. They played a part to help our
students succeed. So that's very important.
Speaker 1 (27:52):
Well, it really is, and it's you know, it's important
for the student and it's also i think very important
for the volunteer and for the community because you know,
the success. You know, when you read about it, it's numbers,
but when you participate in it, it's real people. And
uh and you know, the kids just love to have
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volunteers come up there and either read to them or
getting to read to them in a classroom environment.
Speaker 6 (28:25):
You are absolutely right, especially with the one on one,
which is you know, a part of that ar portion.
Our students look forward to every single volunteer that comes.
They know, they know that today is Tuesday and I'm
getting my volunteer. They are always excited. So with that
being said, we always want our volunteers to make sure
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that they can commit, that they are consistent because it's
about building that relationship first. Once they build that relationship
that student will read to them, that's sooner will succeed.
And I've had volunteers pick their chests out because they think, oh,
I had a part to do with that, and they
did well.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
And I can tell you I was trying to figure
out when the first time I did it in the
first time I participated was at Carwood Elementary in the
Roar program. And you know, and in fairness, they told me, look,
once a week about thirty minutes, and you know, if
something comes up, because you know, I have a day
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job and you know, life happens, and they said, you know,
it's okay, just let us know so we can let
the kid know, you know, let the student know so
that they're not disappointed. And I will tell you I
had some work trips playing. I ended up changing my
schedule because as I was doing it, I enjoyed it
so much. But I also saw how important it was
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to the young man that was reading to me once
a week. Want to disappoint him, but you know it,
but I'm not gonna. I'm gonna tell you it bless
me probably as much or maybe more than it did him.
But you also got to see the improvement that he.
Speaker 6 (30:15):
Made and I think like to me, that's the most
important part. And I try to make sure that I
tell all of our volunteers that that you will see
the progress, you will see them growing and you feel
good about that. And I also like to share that
if volunteers don't have thirty minutes once a week, guess
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what they can take ten minutes once a month and
come and read to a class. So we have room
for all volunteers.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
I know you do, and Henrietta Savoy will certainly get
you plugged in. And folks, you know, we make time
for what's important, and our kids are so important and
when you show up for them, you're showing up for
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your community as well. You're making a difference in Beaumont
and you're certainly making a difference in these young people's lives.
So again, let's we got a minute left here. The
BIA Beaumont Independent School District websites couldn't be easier to find.
You can google it and then the application link is
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also right there for you.
Speaker 6 (31:30):
That's right, And if they have any problems with that,
they can always give me a call for zero nine
seven nine one zero six four eight.
Speaker 3 (31:38):
I would be more than happy.
Speaker 1 (31:40):
To help well. And when Henrietta Savoy says she's happy
to help, she is and she always I tell you, you
always make me feel welcome and you and you're a
constant encouragement and you do things all across the city,
providing tools for our kids to grow in their reading.
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And I just want to applaud you and thank you
for all that you do well.
Speaker 3 (32:05):
Thank you for having me today.
Speaker 1 (32:07):
Absolutely, and I'll have you back again soon.
Speaker 6 (32:10):
All right, thank you so much, and I look forward
to all of our new volunteers.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
We are back with the Roy West Show here on
News Talk five sixty k LV. Folks, here it is
the holiday season is upon us and Thanksgivings right around
the corner. And with Thanksgiving comes Turkey Trot, which is
quite the annual event here in Southeast Texas and certainly
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other parts of the country. I have Brandy with me
with Sea Realm Striders. Welcome to the show.
Speaker 3 (32:43):
Thank you for having us.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
Well, my pleasure and the turkey Trot. I've been but
I can't even tell people about how many people show
up for turkey Trot.
Speaker 7 (32:56):
Well, you figure about thirty percent typically does not show
for various Okay, last year we had a little over
twenty four hundred sign ups and we had over twenty
one hundred that towed the line, so we had a
lot of people there.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
It was a big it was a big day. And
so and it's a great way to start Thanksgiving because
Thanksgivings full of one thing that's eaten.
Speaker 7 (33:20):
Usually, yeah, burn it off before you eat, is what
we say.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
There you go, And so how do people sign up
for the Turkey Trot? And also tell people a little
bit about the Sea Realm Striders. And because y'all been
doing this for how many years now?
Speaker 7 (33:37):
So this is our thirty fifth annual Turkey Trot. We've
been going since the early nineteen seventies. We were officially
incorporated in nineteen seventy six, so we've been going for
a while.
Speaker 1 (33:48):
Y'all are about to celebrate fifty years, that's right. Yeah, well,
and so what's the best way to sign up for
Turkey Trot?
Speaker 7 (33:58):
The registration platform that use as run sign up dot com,
super easy to use, user friendly. We have the link
on our Facebook page also in our Facebook event, so
it's pretty easy to find. We also have a website,
Searoomstriders dot org that you can also find the link
on well.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
And so seam Striders has been around for what forty
eight years We've determined that. But this is mainly made
up of people that like to run and it kind
of creates a community within a community and also hosts
some races throughout the year.
Speaker 7 (34:33):
Oh yeah, this is our biggest event that we do.
It's our signature fundraiser event. Everything that we do is
free and open to the public throughout the year except
for Turkey Trot that keeps us going. So we have
fourteen other free events that we host. We host one
in January, one in the spring. We have a ten
ten night event series that we do call this a
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free Summer Run walk series, and then we have our
fall event, Turkey Trot, and then our jingle Bell event
that we do right after Turkey Trot to end out
the year.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
Well, it's a good way to end out the year
and begin a new year because most of the time
people are thinking about, well, I need to be healthier
this coming year now and sea realm Strids y'all are
also are y'all a community that you know you've got
to qualify to be a part of or just by
being interested? How do how do you become a part
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of it.
Speaker 7 (35:27):
So we do have membership. It's not required for anything
that we do. It's strictly for if you want to
earn shirts. Sometimes races give our members exclusive discounts. We
have we partner with different stores to get discounts for
our members. It's not a requirement, but you certainly can
do that throughout the year. You can get a membership
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with us. It's fairly easy. It's inexpensive, but yeah, anybody
can join us throughout the year. You don't have to
be in great shape what you would typically think of.
Encourage everyone to get off the couch and come. I
mean it's a free event and we do have food
and drink afterwards, so it's a win.
Speaker 4 (36:07):
Win, right.
Speaker 1 (36:09):
Well. It is a way to build community for people
that you know, they're thinking about making some lifestyle changes
or they want to be healthier at least surrounding yourself
with a group of people that also you know, like
to get out and exercise, and can you find people
with you know, I guess various levels of experience.
Speaker 7 (36:30):
Absolutely, we have people that are literally just beginning, just
starting our journey who have never been to any events
or may be very few, and then we have some
that are super fast and qualify for a Boston Marathon
and all those good big events. So we have a
wide variety of people that come to our events well,
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and I know.
Speaker 1 (36:51):
From prior events this takes a lot of people to
be able to put something like this on, just to
be able to manage a huge event like this, and
then you throw in the fact that it's right on Thanksgiving,
so y'all just try to make it as difficult as
possible because oftentimes you got people families coming in town,
so which can be a great event to bring people to,
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but in terms for volunteering, sometimes I imagine that can
get in the way of some people being able to
help out.
Speaker 3 (37:21):
It is tough.
Speaker 7 (37:22):
It's tough to find volunteers, especially on a holiday. We
have some awesome volunteers to come back and help us
every single year, so that's great, but we always need
some more help, especially breaking down the event. It's hard
to break it all down with a lot of us
that are breaking it down or ones that have been there
since three and four o'clock in the morning. So we
always encourage everyone to come out and help us break
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down the event or even set it up.
Speaker 3 (37:45):
We take all the help we can get for sure.
Speaker 1 (37:49):
Well, and so you can go to Facebook, you can,
and you could probably google it because I would think
it wouldn't be that hard to find.
Speaker 3 (38:00):
Hard to find it all.
Speaker 1 (38:02):
Well, and it's become quite the community event. I know,
you know, I like to walk since I've gotten over
my knees, don't like running. But you know I love
just going too because you get to see so many people.
Sometimes you get you know, it's just it brings the
community together. It's a great way to start a Thanksgiving Day.
Speaker 7 (38:24):
Yes, a lot of people have made this air traditions,
so come out and make it your tradition.
Speaker 1 (38:29):
Well, and you can get online. You have until what
time to get registered.
Speaker 7 (38:35):
So we cut off registration the night before at eight
o'clock at night, so you have two hours after we
close up packet pick up to still sign up and
be able to pick up your packet in the morning.
Speaker 1 (38:46):
Well, y'all just want to make it as difficult as
possible on y'all sales all the way up to the end.
But I know that it is super well organized, having
seen it in person several years. I know sometimes it's
probably simpler for you I guess depending on more hands
that you have than the experience that you have in
terms of helping get thing started. But it's always it's
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a great event. It's a great time for all of
Southeast Texas and people come from all over Beaumont. It's
at the event center again this year.
Speaker 3 (39:14):
Right event center again this year. Yep.
Speaker 7 (39:17):
Our key demographic is from Beaumont, Jefferson County, basically Harden County,
Orange County. We do get people coming from all counties
in Texas and we have a lot of out of
town ers too. They'll come in and visit family and
they'll want to.
Speaker 3 (39:32):
Be a part as well.
Speaker 7 (39:33):
So we get a lot of new people each year
because everybody comes in and out due to it being
a holiday.
Speaker 1 (39:39):
Well, and Brandy is somebody. We've got it just about
thirty seconds, but somebody. It's easy to sign up, but hey,
you how do you want to if you want to volunteer,
how would you go about doing that?
Speaker 3 (39:48):
You sign up to volunteer as well.
Speaker 7 (39:50):
It's on run sign up dot com. We do have
those links on our Facebook page as well as inside
the Facebook event, so you can find that pretty easy also.
Speaker 1 (40:00):
All right, Brandy, looking forward to it and I will
see you on Thanksgivin, have a great day. Thank you,
all right, talk to you soon.
Speaker 3 (40:08):
It's sir.
Speaker 1 (40:09):
We are back and we're wrapping up another Roy West
show here on News Talk five sixty KLV. Folks, you
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podcast and Spotify, so we make it easy for you
wherever you may want to be. And I want to
thank Ms Prudhom with bisD talking about attendance and volunteering
in the school because we all know how important that
is here in Southeast Texas, So thank you for what
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all bisD does and all the opportunities they offer the
general public to get involved help the students. Then I
was talking to Sabrina the founder of the Artesian Farmers Market,
which is online. You can google that locally, find it
on Facebook, get lots of great information. It's super easy
(41:14):
to be able to get more information. And then I
was talking to Henrietta Savoy with the bisD as well
about the roar Louder Program, which is a reading program
for adults to volunteer, whether they can go and have
kids read to them and then check to see how
they understand what they've read and to be able to
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help them. And then also can you can read to
just classrooms if you can't make a weekly commitment. So
there's lots of ways to give back. Then Brandy Hensley
with talking about Turkey Trot coming up with sea realm striders.
That's right around the corner, folks. Remember if you're buying
a long a house, give us a call at the
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And I have cayleab Prudom with bid own this show today.
If we are talking how important attendance is for our kids. Yes,
and welcome back to the show.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Thank you, I'm glad to be here.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Well, you know, school year is well underway now, but
you know, everything is always changing, and getting kids to
school has certainly over the last several years, I guess
really since COVID has always been a little bit more challenging,
but yet it's very important.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Very much so.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Even now after COVID. You bring up a very valid
point where we saw school as we know it changed
a little bit. We went to online and virtual learning,
which was very different for many of our students, and
the post COVID we've seen where it's just a different
environment in education and attitudes toward education seem to be
(01:34):
changing somewhat, but we want everyone to know that we
are here. We are still in the business of educating
our students and we are happy to have them, and
we want to work with them and provide them with
a pathworard success moving forward.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Well and pathways to success for our kids is what
b ISD does. And y'all have lots of resources to
help and sometimes you know, it may be that parents
or their care givers just aren't aware. And you know
it's always important to reach out to your school and
because there are resources, and also how important it is
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to the kids' educations.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
You said a monthful, there a couple of things that
were so important. You said, reach out to the school.
Communication is definitely the key. If your students are not
going to be able to attend for illness, injury, family emergencies,
stay in constant communication with your child's campus. Let them
know that they're not there. There are very various methods
(02:39):
to do that. We have our parents self serve, which
is an online platform that can give you attendance information
in real time. Through self Serve, you can even email
the teacher and you can send a correspondence that way.
It happens to be the exact same platform that you
use to view grades as well as to do your
online registration at the beginning of the year. So that
(03:01):
is not just a registration tool, it's a very very
good tool for parents to use. Send a note if
you go to the doctor, make sure that you return
with your doctor's excuse. If you have to write a
handwritten note, do that as well. But communication is definitely
one of the major factors if your child's not attending.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Well. And I know that I've been a business partner
with b ID for a number of years and I
love to visit the schools because you know, oftentimes we
live in a time now and it's always probably been
that time, but I think post COVID, you know, and
the world has changed that you know, kids are kids.
(03:46):
You know, the world's different, there's technology, but it's always
refreshing to me. It's it's really for selfish reasons that
I go by the different campuses, whether it's high schools,
junior highs or elementary schools, because you know, it encourages
me because there are you know, the students of today
are incredible people, and I know that the world is
(04:09):
in good hands, but the only way to know that
is by staying it. And as parents, you know you
it is. Are caregivers. It's your responsibility to help kids
understand that this time in life is shaping their future.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Definitely, I think you're trying to take all of my
answers here today because that was one of the things
that I also wanted to touch on.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Get involved with your child's school. Get involved through volunteer opportunities.
Participate that way.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
If the students see you being engaged with the campus,
that will encourage them to also be engaged with the campus.
Get involved with the school. Speak positive things about attendance
and about school. We also offer so many incentives throughout
the year on campus as well as large district wide incentives.
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We actually have one that's coming up on Monday in
partnership with Lamar University Men's basketball. We've done women's basketball Monday,
we'll do the men's basketball. It's an incentive, so we
want to encourage our students that not only are you
going to be rewarded with because of course, attendance encourages
our education, and students have to be present to receive
(05:28):
what they need academically, but we do have in incentivized
or attendants, So there are things that are pleasant but
for your for your parents, if they get involved with
the campus, the student sees you there, the studentcies you
excited about participating. That will model or show them that
my mom's there, I want to be there, I want
to be involved with my family's there. So please participate,
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be engaged, engaged with your campus well, and.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
I think if you do, clearly adults are going to
get a lot more out of it than they even realize.
And I know life is busy, but you know, I've
learned that we we make time for those things that
are important. And whether it's our children or our loved ones,
the ones that we care for that are in school,
(06:18):
or whether you're just reaching a season of life where
you have more availability, you know, showing up and helping
these kids really makes a difference.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
It does, It does, and if and again I want
to stress because we do have a high population of
grandparents and even great grandparents raising students in our district.
So if they can't come to the school, that doesn't
mean that their involvement is not going to be available.
They can still be involved. Again, like I said, we
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have the digital platforms to parents self serve. It will
notify you of a tend that you can look at.
It will give in real time information you can get notifications.
Can also use social media platforms to find out what's
going on with the campus. They have programs such as
the class Dojo where you can communicate. Even the least
(07:10):
tech savvy of us, for the most part, can kind
of you know, hunt and pick and send a quick message.
And we still take handwritten notes. That's that's still available
as an option, you know. So we want to make
sure that we don't anyone that can't come to the
campus per se. We still have other methods for us
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to engage with those families.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Well, I know that b i FD works hard to
work with everyone to enhance all our kids' educations here
in Southeast Texas, and and certainly that includes the family
thereof And as you point out, you know, there's plenty
of grandparents and great grandparents that are are have taken
(07:57):
over with helping raise the kids. And that's another reason
I think as a community we need to continue to
step up because being a grandfather, now I've got ten grandkids, myself.
You know, you know, you're not as young as you
once were, so it sure is helpful when the community
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steps in and provides that help. Because when kids are
at school and they run across volunteers, they know who's
not being paid if you will to be there. And
I've always been so warmly received by the kids, whether
it's high school, whether it's junior high, or whether it's
elementary school. You know, they enjoy the you know, they
(08:41):
appreciate that you showed up. Sometimes they're curious why you
showed up. But you know, like I love going to
the high schools at lunchtime and walking through and talking
to them and because you know, they're really engaging and
they ask some really great questions.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Yes, I was going to say, they're curious, and they
do not mind asking if you're a new faith on campus.
They do not mind asking about you being on their campus.
And we are very thankful for our partners that we
have with the iss D, And as I spoke about
the incentives earlier, the partners have really given us opportunities
to provide an incentive and to support us in our
(09:20):
efforts for students to attend school. We know that chronic
absenteeism will lead to learning laws as well as have
repercussions for our future of the students. So we are
grateful and we are thankful for those partners. And it does,
you know the old adages, it takes a village, and
we were grateful to have those individuals that step in
(09:41):
and that help us and encouragement. You know, it's we
don't want to assume that everybody's home life is the same,
but there are mentoring programs. Those mentors are there that
can provide some encouragements for students. And like we said,
we've got grandparents and great grandparents and so it could
be someone that's offering just a different perspective than what
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the person who's in the home that's there. And we
are very very grateful to have those partners.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Well, I you know, I applaud you for the work
that you do and for what the school district does.
And I'm going to say from a volunteer standpoint, it's
super easy to volunteer. There's links online and it doesn't
take long and they will let you know once you've
been approved to be able to go on campus. But
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you get a lot more than you give, because you know,
what you offer the kids is important, but what they're
offering you is equally is important because there is you know,
I think being significant knowing why you're here. I mean,
I know why I'm here. I serve God every day,
but that involves serving people, and when you get to
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go into that it, you know, it's just meaningful to
get to be a part of it. So I like
to challenge people that are listening to volunteer and give
your time to the schools you know, whether it can
be a neighborhood school close by, or any of the
campuses that you want. And I think you're going to
be really warmly received.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Yes, it's a labor of love. We also have tips
for parents. We're here for our volunteers, for our parents.
If you need assistance, again, communicate with your campus. We
can provide some tips for you here in our Office
of Student Services. They can reach out to me. I've
talked to many parents over the years and every day
really and we're here to just routine. It's so important
(11:38):
for our students and we can give you some tips
and do what we can. Perhaps you need some help
with transportation, perhaps you've moved, you need us to help
you you know, change your address, whatever it is, reach
out communication and we really want to stress that and
we're here to help you.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Well, we are out of time. Thank you so much
for coming on the show. And I really appreciate you
and the district and and I look forward to talking
to you again soon.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Thank you again for this opportunity.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
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(12:28):
as Apple podcast, Android podcasts, Spotify and all those platforms.
And I have with Ni Sabrina with the Artisan Farmers Market,
welcome back to the show.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
Thanks for having me, Merlet.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
It's a pleasure. And if you would let people know
what the Artisan's farmer Mark Farmers Market.
Speaker 5 (12:49):
Is sure, So we are Southeast Texas's one and only online.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
Artisan farmers market.
Speaker 5 (12:58):
So you can hop on line at www dot the
Artisanfarmers Market dot com and shop from local vendors. We
have produce, meat products, tallow home decoor, baked goods, can goods, fresh.
Speaker 4 (13:13):
Cut flowers, a lot of options.
Speaker 5 (13:15):
It's great for gifting, especially as we're coming up to
the holiday season. It's kind of nice to give something
not so generic but something more unique and at the
same time supporting your community and your small businesses.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
Well, I love it, and you know, it's with technology,
so comes some new creative ideas. And of course part
of this is more new for Southeast Texas than this
necessarily in the rest of the world. But you've done
something that uses the Internet, but also to be able
to buy local.
Speaker 4 (13:52):
Correct, yes, and so people can go on. You can
buy from.
Speaker 5 (13:55):
The individual vendors, see what products they have, each of
them all for various options, pick up, delivery or shipping
some of them, even ship nationwide if you want to
send a gift to a family member outside of the state,
or for maximum convenience, if you think you're going to
be ordering from.
Speaker 4 (14:13):
Multiple vendors a variety of the vendors.
Speaker 5 (14:16):
We have another category called our multi vendor Order, so
you can order from multiple vendors, do one checkout, and
then we meet with the vendors pick up all the products,
and we'll deliver everything to your home or place of
work Wednesday afternoons in the Southeast Texas area.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
That's incredible. And you know we the Artisanfarmers Market dot
com and you can google it too, and you're not
going to have any trouble finding it. We're doing this online,
so I'm able to do that as we talk. And also,
you know, besides offering being able to shop local and
(14:57):
get this information, you know this this is an opportunity
for other vendors to be involved too.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
Correct.
Speaker 5 (15:06):
Yes, So we actually we've been getting quite a bit
of traffic on our site, anywhere from five thousand to
seven thousand views per month. So we've actually launched a
new program to kind of also tie in and help
local businesses kind of shine a spotlight and showcase their work.
(15:27):
So we do have a new program called the Local
Business Partnership Program, and you can always reach out to
learn more or go on the website and find that program.
But basically, we're able to put other local businesses logo
on our site on different pages and a link at
your website or your Facebook page link to your business
(15:53):
and try and help each other kind of cross promote
small business keeping it lowal and we do a lot
of pop up events so we can also bring out
any of those businesses flyers and help share their information
with our local customer base as well.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
Well. You know, I just want to applaud you on
your ingenuity and being able to bring this about because
this took quite a commitment from you and you know
the heart to do it too. I mean, you know
you've got to, you know, because I imagine your return
(16:32):
on investment has been a little slow getting started here.
Speaker 5 (16:35):
Yes, it's definitely taking some time, you know, because there's
so many phases to building a platform, rolling it out,
raising awareness, and right now it's it's a one woman show.
Speaker 4 (16:48):
So but we're getting there. I definitely have a lot
of great supporters.
Speaker 5 (16:53):
And vendors that really believe in the concept and the process,
and they're starting to see the traction in the foot traffic.
Speaker 4 (17:01):
So it's really exciting.
Speaker 5 (17:03):
And again, when other people believe in what you're doing,
it just makes that makes it rewarding alone, so it
keeps you moving forward, and again we can get so
creative with so many things that we can do with it. Actually,
our flower vendor Ice Moon Farms up in Silsby they
wanted to host.
Speaker 4 (17:21):
A bloom and mingle an evening or an event where people.
Speaker 5 (17:24):
Could come and put together flower arrangements and enjoy some
food and drinks. So they actually sold tickets for the
event on the platform. So it's not just products and whatnot. Again,
the vendors is created as they want to get. I'm
open to it to come up with ideas and different
ways that we can use the platform and website again
(17:46):
to build local community events, shopping all of it.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
Well, and you know, for today's world, I'm sitting here thanking.
This is a lot like a local Amazon, and you
may not have all the different products that you do
on Amazon, but this is about about being able to
specifically shop local. Sometimes people say, well, you know, I've
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loved the shop local, but I don't know where to
get this. So there are two components of it is.
First of all, go to the artists and farmers market
dot com and you might find exactly what you're looking
for or something that you weren't even aware that you
were looking for that you had loved. And secondly, if
you're a vendor or you want to be a vendor,
(18:34):
this is a great chance to get involved because all
of a sudden, you're reaching a lot more people.
Speaker 4 (18:40):
Yes, exactly. And the other great thing right Teria Food Hut.
Speaker 5 (18:52):
So it's more than just a farmer's market. We're actually
able to help vendors connect with other local consumers right
of you know, with our multi vendor order and.
Speaker 4 (19:08):
Delivery service that helps us distribute.
Speaker 5 (19:10):
Their products and get the items, the fresh local products
out to the community. We're also supporting these small farmers
and makers by giving them the tools and the reach
and the customers they need to find other avenues to thrive.
And another component of being a USDA Regional Food Hub
is that we're strengthening our local economy. We're giving healthier
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choices to our community. Fresh options available and again you know, we.
Speaker 4 (19:40):
Are sort fin where the products are coming from. We
do verify.
Speaker 5 (19:46):
You know, all the vendors are either growing their own
products or making them in their home. They have their
proper certifications because safety is important too, and we want
to know the products that are coming on and what
we're selling to our community.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
Well, again, I just want to applaud you and here
we got the holidays right before, so this is a
great time for people to get on because you may
know what you're looking for, but there's going to be
ideas that you perhaps didn't think of. And so that's
another great component of this. So if you're a vendor
(20:25):
and you think, hey, I might want to get involved
in this, what would that look like? What would they
need to expect from that?
Speaker 5 (20:33):
Sure, so they can go online on the website and
read more about it, and then you just sign up,
create an account and choose become a setting up your storefront.
There's different options depending how many.
Speaker 4 (20:49):
People much involvement you want.
Speaker 5 (20:52):
You can always reach out, email or call me if
you have questions before you choose the package that's best
for you, and then we'll get to your products up
and set up your shipping, pickup or delivery options and
start promoting your goods on social media and UH with
our customer base.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Well again, UH, and your website is really fabulous and
there is a phone number on there, as you've alluded to,
because sometimes on the online world you can't ever get
to a person, but you can and UH Sprina's numbers
right there on it as well as UH. You know,
but a very thorough website is that helps you. It's
(21:34):
very easy to navigate and I just want to applaud
you for the work that you've done and you know,
I know you've got lots of success ahead.
Speaker 4 (21:44):
Thank you, thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
All Right, folks, we're about out of time here, but
again here it is a holiday season. Go to the
artisansfarmers market dot com to get more information about products
and also if you're considering being a vendor and you
may not know what you need, you can go there
and find out. Sabrina, thank you so much for coming on.
Speaker 5 (22:06):
Yes, thanks for having me again, Mary West, and I
appreciate your time.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
We are back with the Roy West Show here on
News Talk five sixty k LBI, and folks, we always
have the best show. But today, right now, I've got
henry Etta Savoy of bid and she has been making
a difference in kids lives for a number of years
(22:35):
now and she's been a friend of mine for quite
some time. And first of all, welcome to the show, Henrietta.
Speaker 3 (22:42):
Well, thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
Well, it's a pleasure having you. And first of all,
what you do every day is so important. Our kids
are our future, and right here in Bama, we've got
a public school system with what over fifteen thousand, five
hundred kids in school and their foundation is being laid
(23:08):
in school. You know, that helps them determine the type
of future they can have. And with that, there's a
lot of programs that we as the public get to
participate in which blesses us, but it also blesses those kids.
And Henrietta, you run probably more things than I can count.
(23:30):
But the Rarer Louder Program.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
Don't you, Yes, sir, yes, sir, I sure do.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
Well tell people about it, okay.
Speaker 6 (23:39):
So the RAR Reading Program is a district wide reading
initiative that's designed to help every student's grade two through
five read at a above grade level. And it's also
where we bring in community leaders, volunteers, theizations to come
(24:01):
in and support our students.
Speaker 1 (24:05):
Well. And I've participated in this, but you know, I
know that, you know when you first made the first time.
You know, sometimes people get nervous coming on the radio show.
Sometimes people get nervous when they're going back to school
to volunteer because they think, what in the world am
I getting into? And but what an incredible blessing it
(24:30):
is to get to do this and to give back
to your community and to young people's lives. But there's
no reason to be scared right of course.
Speaker 6 (24:41):
Now, because every camp is going to make you feel welcome.
The first thing you have to do, though, is always
fill your volunteer application on our district website at www
dot bmt ID And once you do that, I will
get your name and then I will set you up
with a camping and send you up with a student
(25:02):
and we will welcome you with open ones.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Well, and y'all do make it so easy, and you
know that's another component because getting a first rate education
also helping young people grow into successful young adults, but
keeping them safe is really important. So for people that
are out there, then you know, it's not that every
(25:27):
year I have to reapply as a volunteer. So don't
get your feelings hurt if you have to reapply every year,
because everybody has to. But it's all about keeping our schools,
our students safe. And you know, most people are going
to qualify. There's a few people that are excluded for
(25:49):
some pretty obvious reasons.
Speaker 3 (25:52):
Exactly.
Speaker 6 (25:53):
And one good thing about it is that we just
got a new program, so it is so easy to
feel out your volunteer application. And yes, it expired every
year June thirty, So you only have to fill it
out once a year.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
Well, it couldn't be any easier than that, and it
doesn't take probably a minute and a half to do it,
and you do it online and if you have any
problems doing it online, you can always call up to
the district's office. I think Debbie Bridgman is over that
and they will help you in any way possible because
they know how important volunteering for the schools is, so
(26:34):
they want to encourage you. And you know, I think
you mentioned earlier about how welcoming campuses are. You know,
that's another important component. You know, bisD loves their volunteers.
Speaker 6 (26:47):
Oh yes, by all means, because we can't do with
this work without them, so we need them. Whether it's
thirty minutes a day, whether it's ten minutes a day,
every volunteer makes a difference.
Speaker 1 (27:00):
Well, and so tell people too that why reading and
why this program is so important, and a little bit
about the success of the program.
Speaker 6 (27:11):
Okay, so the program is very important to our district,
to our community because first we have to remember that
education is not just a district responsibility, but it's the community.
And so with that being said, I've seen a lot
of success over the last year. We saw where every
(27:32):
student that participated in the raw program, guess what they
grew And not only did they grow, but our volunteers
were so happy to know it, to know that they
played that part. They played a part to help our
students succeed. So that's very important.
Speaker 1 (27:52):
Well, it really is, and it's you know, it's important
for the student and it's also i think very important
for the volunteer and for the community because you know,
the success. You know, when you read about it, it's numbers,
but when you participate in it, it's real people. And
uh and you know, the kids just love to have
(28:16):
volunteers come up there and either read to them or
getting to read to them in a classroom environment.
Speaker 6 (28:25):
You are absolutely right, especially with the one on one,
which is you know, a part of that ar portion.
Our students look forward to every single volunteer that comes.
They know, they know that today is Tuesday and I'm
getting my volunteer. They are always excited. So with that
being said, we always want our volunteers to make sure
(28:48):
that they can commit, that they are consistent because it's
about building that relationship first. Once they build that relationship
that student will read to them, that's sooner will succeed.
And I've had volunteers pick their chests out because they think, oh,
I had a part to do with that, and they
did well.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
And I can tell you I was trying to figure
out when the first time I did it in the
first time I participated was at Carwood Elementary in the
Roar program. And you know, and in fairness, they told me, look,
once a week about thirty minutes, and you know, if
something comes up, because you know, I have a day
(29:32):
job and you know, life happens, and they said, you know,
it's okay, just let us know so we can let
the kid know, you know, let the student know so
that they're not disappointed. And I will tell you I
had some work trips playing. I ended up changing my
schedule because as I was doing it, I enjoyed it
so much. But I also saw how important it was
(29:56):
to the young man that was reading to me once
a week. Want to disappoint him, but you know it,
but I'm not gonna. I'm gonna tell you it bless
me probably as much or maybe more than it did him.
But you also got to see the improvement that he.
Speaker 6 (30:15):
Made and I think like to me, that's the most
important part. And I try to make sure that I
tell all of our volunteers that that you will see
the progress, you will see them growing and you feel
good about that. And I also like to share that
if volunteers don't have thirty minutes once a week, guess
(30:36):
what they can take ten minutes once a month and
come and read to a class. So we have room
for all volunteers.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
I know you do, and Henrietta Savoy will certainly get
you plugged in. And folks, you know, we make time
for what's important, and our kids are so important and
when you show up for them, you're showing up for
(31:05):
your community as well. You're making a difference in Beaumont
and you're certainly making a difference in these young people's lives.
So again, let's we got a minute left here. The
BIA Beaumont Independent School District websites couldn't be easier to find.
You can google it and then the application link is
(31:28):
also right there for you.
Speaker 6 (31:30):
That's right, And if they have any problems with that,
they can always give me a call for zero nine
seven nine one zero six four eight.
Speaker 3 (31:38):
I would be more than happy.
Speaker 1 (31:40):
To help well. And when Henrietta Savoy says she's happy
to help, she is and she always I tell you, you
always make me feel welcome and you and you're a
constant encouragement and you do things all across the city,
providing tools for our kids to grow in their reading.
(32:01):
And I just want to applaud you and thank you
for all that you do well.
Speaker 3 (32:05):
Thank you for having me today.
Speaker 1 (32:07):
Absolutely, and I'll have you back again soon.
Speaker 6 (32:10):
All right, thank you so much, and I look forward
to all of our new volunteers.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
We are back with the Roy West Show here on
News Talk five sixty k LV. Folks, here it is
the holiday season is upon us and Thanksgivings right around
the corner. And with Thanksgiving comes Turkey Trot, which is
quite the annual event here in Southeast Texas and certainly
(32:37):
other parts of the country. I have Brandy with me
with Sea Realm Striders. Welcome to the show.
Speaker 3 (32:43):
Thank you for having us.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
Well, my pleasure and the turkey Trot. I've been but
I can't even tell people about how many people show
up for turkey Trot.
Speaker 7 (32:56):
Well, you figure about thirty percent typically does not show
for various Okay, last year we had a little over
twenty four hundred sign ups and we had over twenty
one hundred that towed the line, so we had a
lot of people there.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
It was a big it was a big day. And
so and it's a great way to start Thanksgiving because
Thanksgivings full of one thing that's eaten.
Speaker 7 (33:20):
Usually, yeah, burn it off before you eat, is what
we say.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
There you go, And so how do people sign up
for the Turkey Trot? And also tell people a little
bit about the Sea Realm Striders. And because y'all been
doing this for how many years now?
Speaker 7 (33:37):
So this is our thirty fifth annual Turkey Trot. We've
been going since the early nineteen seventies. We were officially
incorporated in nineteen seventy six, so we've been going for
a while.
Speaker 1 (33:48):
Y'all are about to celebrate fifty years, that's right. Yeah, well,
and so what's the best way to sign up for
Turkey Trot?
Speaker 7 (33:58):
The registration platform that use as run sign up dot com,
super easy to use, user friendly. We have the link
on our Facebook page also in our Facebook event, so
it's pretty easy to find. We also have a website,
Searoomstriders dot org that you can also find the link
on well.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
And so seam Striders has been around for what forty
eight years We've determined that. But this is mainly made
up of people that like to run and it kind
of creates a community within a community and also hosts
some races throughout the year.
Speaker 7 (34:33):
Oh yeah, this is our biggest event that we do.
It's our signature fundraiser event. Everything that we do is
free and open to the public throughout the year except
for Turkey Trot that keeps us going. So we have
fourteen other free events that we host. We host one
in January, one in the spring. We have a ten
ten night event series that we do call this a
(34:55):
free Summer Run walk series, and then we have our
fall event, Turkey Trot, and then our jingle Bell event
that we do right after Turkey Trot to end out
the year.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
Well, it's a good way to end out the year
and begin a new year because most of the time
people are thinking about, well, I need to be healthier
this coming year now and sea realm Strids y'all are
also are y'all a community that you know you've got
to qualify to be a part of or just by
being interested? How do how do you become a part
(35:26):
of it.
Speaker 7 (35:27):
So we do have membership. It's not required for anything
that we do. It's strictly for if you want to
earn shirts. Sometimes races give our members exclusive discounts. We
have we partner with different stores to get discounts for
our members. It's not a requirement, but you certainly can
do that throughout the year. You can get a membership
(35:47):
with us. It's fairly easy. It's inexpensive, but yeah, anybody
can join us throughout the year. You don't have to
be in great shape what you would typically think of.
Encourage everyone to get off the couch and come. I
mean it's a free event and we do have food
and drink afterwards, so it's a win.
Speaker 4 (36:07):
Win, right.
Speaker 1 (36:09):
Well. It is a way to build community for people
that you know, they're thinking about making some lifestyle changes
or they want to be healthier at least surrounding yourself
with a group of people that also you know, like
to get out and exercise, and can you find people
with you know, I guess various levels of experience.
Speaker 7 (36:30):
Absolutely, we have people that are literally just beginning, just
starting our journey who have never been to any events
or may be very few, and then we have some
that are super fast and qualify for a Boston Marathon
and all those good big events. So we have a
wide variety of people that come to our events well,
(36:50):
and I know.
Speaker 1 (36:51):
From prior events this takes a lot of people to
be able to put something like this on, just to
be able to manage a huge event like this, and
then you throw in the fact that it's right on Thanksgiving,
so y'all just try to make it as difficult as
possible because oftentimes you got people families coming in town,
so which can be a great event to bring people to,
(37:15):
but in terms for volunteering, sometimes I imagine that can
get in the way of some people being able to
help out.
Speaker 3 (37:21):
It is tough.
Speaker 7 (37:22):
It's tough to find volunteers, especially on a holiday. We
have some awesome volunteers to come back and help us
every single year, so that's great, but we always need
some more help, especially breaking down the event. It's hard
to break it all down with a lot of us
that are breaking it down or ones that have been there
since three and four o'clock in the morning. So we
always encourage everyone to come out and help us break
(37:43):
down the event or even set it up.
Speaker 3 (37:45):
We take all the help we can get for sure.
Speaker 1 (37:49):
Well, and so you can go to Facebook, you can,
and you could probably google it because I would think
it wouldn't be that hard to find.
Speaker 3 (38:00):
Hard to find it all.
Speaker 1 (38:02):
Well, and it's become quite the community event. I know,
you know, I like to walk since I've gotten over
my knees, don't like running. But you know I love
just going too because you get to see so many people.
Sometimes you get you know, it's just it brings the
community together. It's a great way to start a Thanksgiving Day.
Speaker 7 (38:24):
Yes, a lot of people have made this air traditions,
so come out and make it your tradition.
Speaker 1 (38:29):
Well, and you can get online. You have until what
time to get registered.
Speaker 7 (38:35):
So we cut off registration the night before at eight
o'clock at night, so you have two hours after we
close up packet pick up to still sign up and
be able to pick up your packet in the morning.
Speaker 1 (38:46):
Well, y'all just want to make it as difficult as
possible on y'all sales all the way up to the end.
But I know that it is super well organized, having
seen it in person several years. I know sometimes it's
probably simpler for you I guess depending on more hands
that you have than the experience that you have in
terms of helping get thing started. But it's always it's
(39:06):
a great event. It's a great time for all of
Southeast Texas and people come from all over Beaumont. It's
at the event center again this year.
Speaker 3 (39:14):
Right event center again this year. Yep.
Speaker 7 (39:17):
Our key demographic is from Beaumont, Jefferson County, basically Harden County,
Orange County. We do get people coming from all counties
in Texas and we have a lot of out of
town ers too. They'll come in and visit family and
they'll want to.
Speaker 3 (39:32):
Be a part as well.
Speaker 7 (39:33):
So we get a lot of new people each year
because everybody comes in and out due to it being
a holiday.
Speaker 1 (39:39):
Well, and Brandy is somebody. We've got it just about
thirty seconds, but somebody. It's easy to sign up, but hey,
you how do you want to if you want to volunteer,
how would you go about doing that?
Speaker 3 (39:48):
You sign up to volunteer as well.
Speaker 7 (39:50):
It's on run sign up dot com. We do have
those links on our Facebook page as well as inside
the Facebook event, so you can find that pretty easy also.
Speaker 1 (40:00):
All right, Brandy, looking forward to it and I will
see you on Thanksgivin, have a great day. Thank you,
all right, talk to you soon.
Speaker 3 (40:08):
It's sir.
Speaker 1 (40:09):
We are back and we're wrapping up another Roy West
show here on News Talk five sixty KLV. Folks, you
can hear us any Sunday from noon to one pm
right here on News Talk five sixty KL the Ie,
but you can hear us anytime on the free iHeartRadio app.
It is podcasts there as well as Apple podcasts, Android
(40:29):
podcast and Spotify, so we make it easy for you
wherever you may want to be. And I want to
thank Ms Prudhom with bisD talking about attendance and volunteering
in the school because we all know how important that
is here in Southeast Texas, So thank you for what
(40:53):
all bisD does and all the opportunities they offer the
general public to get involved help the students. Then I
was talking to Sabrina the founder of the Artesian Farmers Market,
which is online. You can google that locally, find it
on Facebook, get lots of great information. It's super easy
(41:14):
to be able to get more information. And then I
was talking to Henrietta Savoy with the bisD as well
about the roar Louder Program, which is a reading program
for adults to volunteer, whether they can go and have
kids read to them and then check to see how
they understand what they've read and to be able to
(41:35):
help them. And then also can you can read to
just classrooms if you can't make a weekly commitment. So
there's lots of ways to give back. Then Brandy Hensley
with talking about Turkey Trot coming up with sea realm striders.
That's right around the corner, folks. Remember if you're buying
a long a house, give us a call at the
(41:56):
roy West t mcgild mortgage at four nine eight six
six nineteen o one roywestem dot com And until next week.
God bless you all,
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