September 28, 2025 • 29 mins
Segment 1: Pastor J.R. Camfield Memorial Service.
Amber Banda talks with Frank Bremerman, President and Pastor of Kings and Priests Motorcycle Ministry (non-profit).
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Amber and Frank talk about the different types of riding organizations in the biker community and about their upcoming annual event, the Pastor J.R. Camfield Memorial Service which is held every year to honor and memorialize those in the biker community who are no longer with us. Frank talks about how this memorial came to be, the importance of it in the biker community, and what actually goes on at this event. If you would like more information or to participate or donate, please contact Frank at (915) 276-4541. You can also find more information on the El Paso Motorcycle Coalition Page on Facebook.
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Segment 2: Thriving Kids Home Visiting of Southern, NM.
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If you have kids ages 0-5 and are in need of school readiness help, or you have a child of any age and need clothes and children items at low cost, or need to donate children's items, listen up! "Just Between Friends," El Paso's largest pop-up children's resale, is having another event to support Thriving Kids. Amber Banda talks with Claudia Trujillo, Program Manager for Thriving Kids, about the at-home visits and resources available to families in Southern NM. Amber also talks with Jennifer Quinn and Lyndsie Salcido, Sales Coordinators for "Just Between Friends." This pop-up market is so much more than being able to declutter your house and pick up bargains, this non-profit also helps organizations like "Thriving Kids" by donating items directly to the organzaition, as well as giving families the opportunity to get things free of charge.
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The re-sale event will take place Oct 22-26 at 750 Sunland Park Drive across from Academy Sports store, (formerly the Men's Dillards).
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If you would like to sell your items, donate items, or just have more questions, go to elpasolascruces.jbfsale.com. For more information on Thriving Kids, visit caasnm.org. You can also find them on Instagram and Facebook at ThrivingkidsNM, or JBF El Paso.
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Segment 3: El Paso (TX) Chapter, The Links, Incorporated - White Par-Tee on the Green
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Amber Banda interviews Avemaria Smart, President of the El Paso, (TX) Chapter, The Links, Incorporated. Avemaria talks about the role this organization plays in our community, the various facets of the programs for youth, how the organization was formed, and events they have for the community.
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They are having their 3rd Annual "White Par-Tee on the Green" Fundraiser event Oct 4th at Butterfield Trail Golf Club from 6pm-10pm. Tickets are $70 per person. Listen to the interview to hear how funds are used, dress code, and what to expect. This is an elegant event not to be missed! For more information go to eptxlinksinc.org
Amber Banda talks with Frank Bremerman, President and Pastor of Kings and Priests Motorcycle Ministry (non-profit).
.
Amber and Frank talk about the different types of riding organizations in the biker community and about their upcoming annual event, the Pastor J.R. Camfield Memorial Service which is held every year to honor and memorialize those in the biker community who are no longer with us. Frank talks about how this memorial came to be, the importance of it in the biker community, and what actually goes on at this event. If you would like more information or to participate or donate, please contact Frank at (915) 276-4541. You can also find more information on the El Paso Motorcycle Coalition Page on Facebook.
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Segment 2: Thriving Kids Home Visiting of Southern, NM.
.
If you have kids ages 0-5 and are in need of school readiness help, or you have a child of any age and need clothes and children items at low cost, or need to donate children's items, listen up! "Just Between Friends," El Paso's largest pop-up children's resale, is having another event to support Thriving Kids. Amber Banda talks with Claudia Trujillo, Program Manager for Thriving Kids, about the at-home visits and resources available to families in Southern NM. Amber also talks with Jennifer Quinn and Lyndsie Salcido, Sales Coordinators for "Just Between Friends." This pop-up market is so much more than being able to declutter your house and pick up bargains, this non-profit also helps organizations like "Thriving Kids" by donating items directly to the organzaition, as well as giving families the opportunity to get things free of charge.
.
The re-sale event will take place Oct 22-26 at 750 Sunland Park Drive across from Academy Sports store, (formerly the Men's Dillards).
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If you would like to sell your items, donate items, or just have more questions, go to elpasolascruces.jbfsale.com. For more information on Thriving Kids, visit caasnm.org. You can also find them on Instagram and Facebook at ThrivingkidsNM, or JBF El Paso.
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Segment 3: El Paso (TX) Chapter, The Links, Incorporated - White Par-Tee on the Green
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Amber Banda interviews Avemaria Smart, President of the El Paso, (TX) Chapter, The Links, Incorporated. Avemaria talks about the role this organization plays in our community, the various facets of the programs for youth, how the organization was formed, and events they have for the community.
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They are having their 3rd Annual "White Par-Tee on the Green" Fundraiser event Oct 4th at Butterfield Trail Golf Club from 6pm-10pm. Tickets are $70 per person. Listen to the interview to hear how funds are used, dress code, and what to expect. This is an elegant event not to be missed! For more information go to eptxlinksinc.org
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to El Paso Public Forum, a weekly half hour
public affairs presentation of iHeartRadio El Paso for over twenty years,
featuring local news and interviews of interest to our listeners
in West Texas and southern New Mexico. All views and
opinions expressed on this program are those of the host
and guest, and not necessarily those of iHeartRadio Management and
now El Paso Public Forum.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Welcome back to the al Paso Public Forum. I am
your host, Amber Banda, and today we have back Frank Bremerman.
He is the president and pastor of Kings and Priests
motor Cycle Ministry. Frank, thank you for talking with us today.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Oh thank you for having me Amber, of course.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
So you know, for people that are not familiar with
the motorcycle community, they may have never heard of the
term motorcycle ministry. Can you explain to the audience a
little bit about what that is.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Yeah, there are several ministries here in town.
Speaker 4 (00:52):
There's four or five of us, and we all work
together to share the true gospel of Jesus Christ with
the Apoustal Motorcycle Coalition, which is about sixty clubs and independents.
So we just make our sales available, to be out
there for their charity work and hospital visits and just
whatever we can do to support them in course, you know,
(01:15):
to minister to them.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
You guys really are an integral part of the motorcycle community.
And just to let the listening audience know, Kings and Priests,
they are a five oh one. They are a nonprofit
and today we're going to be talking about an annual event. Frank,
how long has this event been going on? Before we
get into it.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
This is our fifteenth year.
Speaker 5 (01:36):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Okay, so this is the fifteenth year of the Pastor JR.
Camfield Memorial Service. Now, before we get into what's going
to actually happen the details of the event, how did
this event get its name Pastor j R. Camfield Memorial Service.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Well, Jr.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
He was a local pastor here and he also rode
in the Motorcycle Beauty and you know, he was him
and his wife Carolyn, they have a motorcycle ministry and JR.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Was very like, we were right there. We did this together.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
And of course all the other ministries help out, but
it was Jr and myself and we were very tight
and worked together putting this on. So when he went
home to be with Jesus. A few years ago I
talked to Carolyn, I said, you know, I would like
to honor Jr.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
And name the.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
Memorial service after him. So I guess it was four
years ago we passed JR.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
Camfield Memorial Service.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
I love it. And so this memorial service is going
to be Wednesday, October eighth. Can you tell the listening
audience about, you know a little bit about the schedule,
what's going to happen at this memorial service.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
At seven o'clock we will serve dinner and to Grace
Gardens which is at sixty seven O one Westside Drive
the Upper Valley. We purchased dinners from them, and so
if you are interested in having dinner, will be served
at seven. It's ten dollars a plate and then you
can pay at the registration cable. And at eight o'clock
(03:08):
about eight fifteen, we will start our service in where
we give across to the family that lost the loved
one within the motorcycle community. And so we have roll
call and family member will escort them up and we
will present them across and honor their loved one.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
That's wonderful, Yes, honoring the fallen brothers and sisters of
the motorcycle community of al Paso. Frank, what kind of
impact have you seen this have on people that attend.
What kind of stories can you tell the listening audience
to kind of explain how important this is to honor
people that have passed within the motorcycle community.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
Well, a lot of the stories we hear is from
the independence, the non patch holders and the family members.
They did not know that what really went on in
the motorcycle commun or the depth, if I can say
it that way. They knew that their their family member
rode uh say and did certain things, but they didn't
(04:09):
know that as when things happened like this, the motorcycle
community comes together, yeah, and and supports each other. When
when when fallen brother or sister, you know, yeah, and
so they they are very overwhelmed by it. They said, Wow,
we didn't know that this you all did this, and
(04:31):
we don't we see the unity.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
We just never pictured it.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
Especially during the year of the shutdown the COVID Oh yes,
some of them, some of them.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
That was the only service they had.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Oh and it's kind of like you know, when someone
loses a loved one to a certain type of cancer
or a certain type of addiction. Bringing together people that
have had that, you know, that loss, you see that
there's other people that are going through that as we well,
and it helps, you know, it helps you feel less alone.
(05:03):
And you know, seeing other families that have lost a
loved one that are in the motorcycle community. It's all
of it is a loss, but there's still differences that
when you get together, it does make a difference to
know that you all have something similar like that. And Frank,
I mean I've been to one of these. You know,
there was a cross that was presented to my husband.
(05:23):
My husband and I are both part of a motorcycle
organization and he had lost his grandmother a couple of
years ago, and so he was presented with a cross.
It was very emotional. He had no idea what was
going to happen. So a lot of times these crosses
are presented as a surprise and it can be very
overwhelming in a good way. And could you just explain
(05:44):
to the listening audience, like what happens? You know, you
for those that maybe aren't a part of the motorcycle
community but want to help, want to honor want to
pay the respects you. You know, you get there at
seven o'clock or a little bit earlier, and then what
happens from there just kind of walk them through the event.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
Yah know seven o'clock.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
You know, you don't have to eat, but if you
eat dinner, we'll give you an hour to eat. And
then you know, we'll bring the families up. There's a
family member that will be receiving across. They have a
special section that they sit in and and and then
I will get up and I will share some things
for about five minutes or so, and then Caroline Canfield
(06:22):
does a song and then we'll go into a roll
call where we will pronounce the name and the family
member will be escorted up to the front and uh.
And so we have all the families lined up to
receive across and then they are presented the cross and
we and we tell them that, you know, when we
(06:43):
present the cross to them, this is an honor of
your loved one, brought to you by the Motorcycle Coalition
of El Paso. So with us sort of Ramroden, you
know the show. I mean, we have a lot, we
have those nations that come in from different clubs and
we have the Christian clubs help out and you know,
people ask me you take donations on this I said,
(07:05):
you know, yes, we're five on one C three and
if you would like to be part of helping us
to honor a fallen rider, yes, you know, and of
course they said how and where? Of course I give
him my name and so forth and the address of
the ministry. And you know, people they have they've they've
they've come up and they've donated and they were blessing
(07:27):
to us.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Yeah, so Kings and Priest Motorcycle Ministry. If you do
want to donate to this event, the Pastor Jr. Camfield
Memorial Service Wednesday, October eighth at Grace Gardens six seven
zero one West Side Drive. You can find the flyer
on Facebook at the Alpasso Motorcycle Coalition. You can also
contact Frank at nine one five two seven six four
(07:51):
five four one. And of course this information will be
posted on pou O two Sunday ninety nine point nine
and ninety six point three Ky Country, Instagram and Facebook,
and if you're listening as a podcast, the information will
be there on the free iHeart app as well. Frank,
thank you for everything that you do with this memorial service.
For continuing it. I know it's a lot of work,
but definitely worth it. And thank you for talking with
(08:13):
us today.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
Thank you, Amber for having me, and thank you for
helping us get the word out.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Welcome back to the al Paso Public Forum. I am
your host, Amber Banda, and today we are going to
be talking about a nonprofit from Anthony, New Mexico, Thriving
Kids Home Visiting of Southern New Mexico. I'm talking right
now with Claudia Trujillo. She is the program manager. Claudia,
thank you for being here with us today.
Speaker 6 (08:40):
Good morning, Thank you for having me, of.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Course, and we also have two sales coordinator. We'll talk
about why they're connected a bit, but we have here
Jennifer Quinn, sales coordinator for the Just Between Friends pop
up children's resale. Jennifer, thank you for being here with
me today.
Speaker 5 (08:57):
Thank you for having us Amber, of course.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
And we also have Lindsay Seals, those sales coordinator as well. Lindsay,
thank you for talking with us today.
Speaker 7 (09:04):
Good morning, Thank you for having us.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Of course. So I'm going to defer to you first, Claudia,
I have not heard of this nonprofit Thriving Kids Home
Visiting of Southern New Mexico. Can you tell us what
is this organization and what does what does it do
for the community?
Speaker 6 (09:19):
So thriving Kids. We are a home visiting program under
the umbrella of Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico
and Las Cruises. We serve Donia, Anna and Ottero Counties
the southern part of New Mexico and we serve about
three hundred and forty two families. We support families with
their children's development resources, which this is one of the
(09:42):
great resources that we have.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
And when it comes to doing the home visits, how
does that like? First of all, how much does the
service cost for the families. We're a nonprofit.
Speaker 6 (09:52):
The families you only need to be either pregnant to
the age of five. We have the family join our program.
To some of the moms, you know they need breastfeeding
support just you know they're going through so much through
their pregnancy. So we have even on site breastfeeding counselors,
oh wow, doulas, lactation yes, lactation consultants. Our home visitors
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will reach out to the families. They do two visits
per month with the families and they take activities. We're
very much about literacy, so we take a book once
a month. The activities will support the families, and we
also provide screenings for the families, so if a child
comes at risk, we do the early detection so that
(10:40):
we can send the families out and they can be
in within other programs that will support with that at risk.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
What ages do? What ages qualify for this program? Zero
to five zero two? Okay, So it is all about
school readiness like you said earlier. Yes, And if someone
wants to partake in these services, like how would they
start that process?
Speaker 6 (11:00):
There is a referral process and it's called am I
Eligible or a lot of our families honestly, they self
refer Okay, you know, we have families that have been
with us for five ten years already.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
They just keep either getting.
Speaker 6 (11:16):
Pregnant and wanting to have more children, and so we
just we have those families. We have community events though, okay,
a lot of our community events. That's where we will
get all our referrals. But usually usually it's self referral.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
And people can go to see AA dot org correct
that way if they want more information or if they
want to apply for these services they can do that.
They're correct. Okay, good. So again I'm talking here with
Claudia Trujillo. She's the program manager for Thriving Kids Home
Visiting of Southern New Mexico. Now you mentioned home visits,
you mentioned resources again helping families with children zero to
(11:53):
five years of age getting ready for school. And if
you're a new parent, you don't yet have a school
age child, you don't realize until maybe it's a little
too late, how important those years are and just preparing
yourself for school readiness. And part of that for a
lot of families is being able to afford things like clothing,
things for their families where maybe they aren't able to
(12:15):
focus on school readiness because they are so focused on
these other aspects of their life. So there is an
event coming up October twenty second through the twenty six
It is called It's from just between Friends al Passo
and Las Cruzis, and it's called the Alpasso's Largest Pop
Up Children's Resale. Now, this is more than just a
(12:35):
place where you can go and buy quality items for
your family at a much discounted rate. And I'm going
to have Jennifer, I'll call on you first this event.
Can you give us the details or Jennifer or Lindsay,
whoever wants to go first. You guys have it all
worked out. I see you scrambling over there. They're sharing
a mic everyone, so be patient with them. But there's
this event coming up. Can you tell us more first
(12:55):
the details? When is it, where is it, and what's
going to happen.
Speaker 7 (12:59):
Sure, we are going to be at seven fifty Sunland
Park in the vacant men's Dillard's location. It's across the
street from Academy Sports. We will be there from October
twenty second to the twenty sixth.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
Okay, and what is this event going to be?
Speaker 7 (13:14):
So we are a pop up resale event where local
families can come and sell the items that their children
have outgrown and the community gets to come and shop
from the twenty second to the twenty sixth. Everything is
fifty to ninety percent of retail. We inspect every item
that comes in the door for equality, for safety, for recalls,
and for pricing to make sure that everything we offer
(13:36):
is safe and affordable and high quality.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Awesome. So, as of the airing of this show, which
is today September twenty eighth, if you're listening to it live,
if you're listening on the app, you know you might
want to take that into consideration. But as of the
airing of this show, are you still accepting donations.
Speaker 7 (13:52):
So families can actually come they sell their items. Jen
and I have ten kids between the two of us,
so we know you accumulate a lot of stuff and
that stuff is super expensive. So this is a nice
way to declutter and get some money back for your items.
It's easier than marketplace and garage sales, than resale stores
that will give you pennies. The cool part is after
(14:14):
the sale is done, sellers can opt to either pick
up their unsold items or they can donate them, and
many of our sellers very generously donate their items to
the donations go to nonprofits like Thriving Kids. Our last sale,
we had over four six hundred items donated with a
JBF tag price of thirteen thousand dollars. So being that
(14:36):
we are fifty to ninety percent off retail, that's probably
close to thirty thousand dollars in donations. Yeah, able to
send over to very worthwhile causes.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Oh, that's awesome. So people can show up that day
with their items, so they prep ahead of time. Can
they get to do everything from home?
Speaker 7 (14:50):
They enter their items and their prices on our online system,
print tags, and show up with their items ready to sell.
They get to drop it off and leave. They don't
have to deal with people or crowds or booths or
anything like that. We run the full retail operation and
then after everything is done, we sort out what's left
and we have a really large donation. Oh wow, ready
to pick up.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
Yeah. I was talking to Claudia a little outside of
before our interview and she was just saying, what a
blessing you all have been to this organization. Now, Jen,
what would you like to say about this event and
about working with thriving kids home visiting of southern New Mexico.
Speaker 5 (15:24):
Well, we love thriving kids, but just between friends is
a great opportunity for families, any family. You know, whether
you are struggling or whether you know you have lots
of money, it doesn't really matter. But everything's fifty to
ninety percent off retail, so you can come and get
a pair of shoes for five bucks, a shirt for
a dollar. Saturday is also fifty percent off day, and
(15:48):
Sunday's seventy five percent off day, so we have families
come and fill our wagons full, spending one hundred dollars.
So if you have a lot of kids and you know,
want to save some money, you can get everything from
diapers all the way up to teens.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
We do love working with Thrive.
Speaker 5 (16:05):
They also what we do as well. The families that
have been generous to donate their items, We have them
give us a list of names, and these families can
come and fill a bag for free with the donates,
so instead of things being handed to them, you know,
it's one hundred and ten degrees outside and someone gives
them winter clothes, they can come and pick exactly what
(16:26):
their kids need. So that's my favorite part of the sale.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
Yeah, was it.
Speaker 5 (16:30):
Last sale that you guys sent us the family from
Houston who lost everything.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
It was beautiful. They were my gosh, I can imagine
they left crying.
Speaker 8 (16:39):
Yeah, oh, I can imagine.
Speaker 5 (16:41):
So again that was my that's my favorite part of
the sale. Oh yeah, My favorite part of the sale
too is you know I tagged my my daughter's lol
dollhouse and those are what two hundred bucks? Oh toys, Yeah,
twenty five dollars just because I want a family to go.
Oh my gosh, I could never afford this two hundred dollars,
but I can afford twenty five. And it's beautiful to
see these families so happy that they've been able to
(17:04):
get things. I mean, we had Jordans at our sale
for fifty bucks. Yeah, so families that can't afford Jordans,
they can come and get it at our sale.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
Awesome. And again this event happening October twenty second through
the twenty six seven fifty Sunland Park. It's formerly the
Men's Dillerds across from Academy Sports. If you want more information,
you can go to Alpassolas Crusis dot jbfsale dot com,
or you can also go to CAA dot org for
more information on thriving Kids home visiting of southern New Mexico.
(17:35):
Just make sure you get on out there. Of course,
we'll have the information of ail on power Sonny and Khy,
Instagram and Facebook. Jennifer, Lindsay and Claudia, thank you so
much for being here with me today.
Speaker 6 (17:44):
Thank you, thank you for having us.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
Welcome back to the al Pasol Public Forum. I am
your host, Amburbanba and today in person. Now We've spoken
before on Zoom, but I have the honor of having
Avid Maria Smart, president of the El Paso, Texas Chapter
the Links Incorporated, here at the station. Avid Maria, thank
you for being here with us today.
Speaker 8 (18:08):
I am Bert.
Speaker 9 (18:09):
Thank you so much for offering this opportunity for us
to come out and also to meet you face to face.
Speaker 8 (18:15):
Thank you of course.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
So we're going to be talking about the al Paso,
Texas Chapter of the Links Incorporated first and then second
half we'll get into a really fun event that I'm
excited to talk about. But Avid Madia tell us about
this organization.
Speaker 9 (18:32):
Our organization is a chapter of the main organization is
the Links Incorporated. They were started over seventy six years
ago and it was started by over nine professional women.
They wanted to get back to the community and they
gathered together and came up with a long range way
(18:56):
of doing this because at that time there was civil
rights issue. People needed help and they just wanted to
do their part, you know, to help their community. And
we are one of the chapter of the current number.
We have two hundred and ninety nine chapter that came
from that initial group and our chapter is They'll passo
(19:16):
Texas Chapter.
Speaker 8 (19:17):
And how long have you been in al Paso myself?
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Well, the Alpasto Texas Chapter, Yeah, al.
Speaker 9 (19:25):
Paso Texas Chapter was started in September seventeen, nineteen seventy seven.
We're coming up on our forty eighth year of chartering
and it was started by twenty wonderful women that took
the same kind of focus as our original founders and
they wanted to do their part to help our community
(19:46):
at different levels with students, with the senior citizen, and
would bring community awareness.
Speaker 8 (19:52):
And we've been doing that for the last forty seven years.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
Yeah, we've spoken, you know, the last conversation we had
was about a event that you had at Basset Center.
So you've been doing a lot of things for the
community and the focus is for people of African American descent.
Speaker 9 (20:07):
Am I correct, Yes, it is, it is, but you know,
at this point in our world, we have diversity, we
have blending, so we try and incorporate anyone that we
can help that finds this as an important part of
our need. Students, we we have about three percent population
of African American, so therefore it's very limited as far
(20:31):
as getting you know, that kind of grouping, so we're
we have families that are blended so they become part
of our community. So we're community. I mean we focus
on what is the community need?
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Yeah okay, oh yeah definitely, Like with the helfare that
you all had when we talk last, it was for
the community. Yes, so you know that's amazing. So what
kind of projects or events do you have for people
that are involved in this organization?
Speaker 9 (20:58):
Okay, we have our activities and projects broken down into
We have five we call them facets. Five particular areas.
One has to do with services to youth, as it
says it relates to youth. The other one has to
do with national trends and services. What is going on
(21:19):
in our nation regarding voting rights, making sure people come
out to vote, when we have diversity with like black
lives matters, issues to do with just trying to lose
a homelessness and feeding the hungry that's part of our
national Then we have the international trends and services that
(21:44):
basically we can cover. We are a border areas, so
we do get traffic of international folks, but we also
spread out our wings to areas like Jamaica. We've been
having a project with them for over three years. We
help a youth group in Jamaica, provide them with fresh water,
and we also provide them with tablets and other features
(22:07):
to help them to be more able to delve into
their creativity. Give them some of these technology tools so
they can get a better opportunity to tap into their creativity.
Speaker 8 (22:19):
So that's one, and then.
Speaker 9 (22:20):
We have the Health and Human services that focuses on what.
Speaker 8 (22:27):
We did at the Bassett Center.
Speaker 9 (22:30):
We focus on areas like chronic kidney disease, which is
a prevalent problem in African American culture over thirty five percent.
But you know we're in El Paso and this border area.
The Hispanic population also has a high prevalence of diabetes,
so I mean, I'm sorry, kidney disease which is a
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derivative or a second step down from diabetes and high
blood pressure, so we also help with that, and we
also focus on mental health. When COVID came in, we were,
you know, sequestered. Everybody couldn't get out or for whatever reason,
whether they had COVID or not. So we provided ways
to help people to lift themselves up, ways to do
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things that they could do at home, tap into some
of the resources from technology. We had health care specialists
talking about how to handle stress. We tapped into NAMI.
We we got training from them as members, but we
also was able to have them share their insight with
our community. And so that's how we help with that.
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And we we also help with screening healthcare, screening for
high blood pressure, for diabetes because that's something that's prevalent
in our community. We focus on what is prevalent in
our community. So it's it's very community focus. And I
think I've covered out five.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
Oh yeah, you've covered a lot. You all do a lot.
Again if you're just tuning in. We have Avid Maria Smart,
president of the al Paso Texas Chapter the Links Incorporated.
Now I know one of your members, Audrina. I've known
her for years, so I'm very well aware of everything
that you all do for the community and it's amazing.
So I'm glad you're here to talk about this event
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that's going to be the annual fundraiser for the al
Paso Texas Chapter the Links Incorporated. It's open to the community.
It's the third annual White Party on the Green. Ave Maria,
can you tell us more about this event?
Speaker 8 (24:32):
Oh yeah, we got the idea a mont Blanc.
Speaker 9 (24:37):
It's an event that folks do and I think in France,
and they dress up in white and just have an
outdoor picnic.
Speaker 8 (24:45):
So we took that idea from that.
Speaker 9 (24:47):
And besides, one of our outfit is white and you know,
so we decided to use that as our theme. So
this is our third year of doing that. And yes,
it's open to the public and we provide music. You
get a wonderful atmosphere. The landscape that we're at the
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Butterfield Trail Golf Club. It's a beautiful setting, especially after
after this when the sun is getting ready to go down,
it's beautiful. But we also have like a picnic setting,
but you have dining tables, you don't sit on the
grass or anything, and we'll have chance for you to
have a photo boots session. We'll have music. Last year
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we had a band and the previous year, but this
time we're gonna change it up a little bit and
have a DJ.
Speaker 8 (25:35):
But yeah, and the food.
Speaker 9 (25:37):
Each person that uh you know, is responsible for their
table provide the meal for their guests. So we have
that and then we're gonna have other sideways for our
guests to have things to snacking, and of course there's
areas for them to have nourishment, liquids and all that.
It's very very relaxed, very relaxed, and that with that
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kind of setting at that time of evening, it's a
very good way for people to get together. We've had
a pretty full turnout for the last couple of years,
so we look forward to the same thing this year.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
Yeah, the Butterfield Trail Golf that where that dining area is.
I've seen them set up the way you're talking about
for a wedding. It is gorgeous, especially on sundown, and
it's going to be a really neat event. I've never
heard of this type of I've heard of that term
mom blanc, yes, but I've never actually experienced one. So
that's where you get the white party on the green.
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So if you want to go golf, stay nearby, or
if you live nearby, go home, you know, change gussy up,
and then come come back and enjoy yourself. It's going
to be October fourth at Butterfield Trail Golf Club from
six pm to ten pm. So it is an evening
event and it's going to benefit the al Paso Texas Chapter.
The links Incorporated Avid Mario. The funds that are being
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raised at this event, do they what do they use for?
Speaker 9 (26:59):
Well, primarily we use them to help with scholarship. We
give back to the community. We identify youth. We are
female professional organization, so we identify a young lady and
we provide them accorder to their criteria for the scholarship
and according to their grade point average, they get the
scholarship for their time. And so we've given back even
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to the point where one of the scholarship recipient end
up becoming one of our member years later, and so
we feel that that's a good way to help to
lift up our community. We also help with feeding people
like with the hunger We associate with some organization like
I Eat, You Eat and we help to provide food
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or we also provide our service. So it helps us
to do that for our community. And we also have
one of our program up the fastest that dimensioned services
to youth. It's a STEAM program meaning Science, Technology, Engineering
Art and they added art. So we also provide that
resource for our students in our area that become part
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of that team to be able to engage in activity.
So we provide them with the activity items and and
all that to get them to be able to tap
into their you know, creativity at a very young age,
from six on upa Sometimes we you know, we think
that you have to be h you know, like, uh,
look at a teenager before you can start tapping into stuff.
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But kids are already doing things at three and four
and so on. Sometimes they even bring their little brother
or little sister along, you know. So it's it's that's
what we use the money for.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
So don't worry. The money is going to to the
local community to help out here and again, if you
are interested in more information, you can go to ep
t X links i NC dot org. You can also
find them on Facebook at al Paso Texas Chapter the
Links Incorporated, or Instagram al Paso Texas Chapter Underscore the
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Links on Pauno two Sunday ninety nine point nine and
ninety six point three, k Hey Country our Instagram and Facebook.
That information will also be there, along with the picture
of our guests, Ave Maria Smart and the flyer for
the event. So Avid, Maria, thank you so much for
being here with me today.
Speaker 9 (29:16):
Thank you so much, Amber, thank you very much for
this opportunity.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
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Speaker 2 (00:21):
Welcome back to the al Paso Public Forum. I am
your host, Amber Banda, and today we have back Frank Bremerman.
He is the president and pastor of Kings and Priests
motor Cycle Ministry. Frank, thank you for talking with us today.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Oh thank you for having me Amber, of course.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
So you know, for people that are not familiar with
the motorcycle community, they may have never heard of the
term motorcycle ministry. Can you explain to the audience a
little bit about what that is.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Yeah, there are several ministries here in town.
Speaker 4 (00:52):
There's four or five of us, and we all work
together to share the true gospel of Jesus Christ with
the Apoustal Motorcycle Coalition, which is about sixty clubs and independents.
So we just make our sales available, to be out
there for their charity work and hospital visits and just
whatever we can do to support them in course, you know,
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to minister to them.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
You guys really are an integral part of the motorcycle community.
And just to let the listening audience know, Kings and Priests,
they are a five oh one. They are a nonprofit
and today we're going to be talking about an annual event. Frank,
how long has this event been going on? Before we
get into it.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
This is our fifteenth year.
Speaker 5 (01:36):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Okay, so this is the fifteenth year of the Pastor JR.
Camfield Memorial Service. Now, before we get into what's going
to actually happen the details of the event, how did
this event get its name Pastor j R. Camfield Memorial Service.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Well, Jr.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
He was a local pastor here and he also rode
in the Motorcycle Beauty and you know, he was him
and his wife Carolyn, they have a motorcycle ministry and JR.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Was very like, we were right there. We did this together.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
And of course all the other ministries help out, but
it was Jr and myself and we were very tight
and worked together putting this on. So when he went
home to be with Jesus. A few years ago I
talked to Carolyn, I said, you know, I would like
to honor Jr.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
And name the.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
Memorial service after him. So I guess it was four
years ago we passed JR.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
Camfield Memorial Service.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
I love it. And so this memorial service is going
to be Wednesday, October eighth. Can you tell the listening
audience about, you know a little bit about the schedule,
what's going to happen at this memorial service.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
At seven o'clock we will serve dinner and to Grace
Gardens which is at sixty seven O one Westside Drive
the Upper Valley. We purchased dinners from them, and so
if you are interested in having dinner, will be served
at seven. It's ten dollars a plate and then you
can pay at the registration cable. And at eight o'clock
(03:08):
about eight fifteen, we will start our service in where
we give across to the family that lost the loved
one within the motorcycle community. And so we have roll
call and family member will escort them up and we
will present them across and honor their loved one.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
That's wonderful, Yes, honoring the fallen brothers and sisters of
the motorcycle community of al Paso. Frank, what kind of
impact have you seen this have on people that attend.
What kind of stories can you tell the listening audience
to kind of explain how important this is to honor
people that have passed within the motorcycle community.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
Well, a lot of the stories we hear is from
the independence, the non patch holders and the family members.
They did not know that what really went on in
the motorcycle commun or the depth, if I can say
it that way. They knew that their their family member
rode uh say and did certain things, but they didn't
(04:09):
know that as when things happened like this, the motorcycle
community comes together, yeah, and and supports each other. When
when when fallen brother or sister, you know, yeah, and
so they they are very overwhelmed by it. They said, Wow,
we didn't know that this you all did this, and
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we don't we see the unity.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
We just never pictured it.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
Especially during the year of the shutdown the COVID Oh yes,
some of them, some of them.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
That was the only service they had.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Oh and it's kind of like you know, when someone
loses a loved one to a certain type of cancer
or a certain type of addiction. Bringing together people that
have had that, you know, that loss, you see that
there's other people that are going through that as we well,
and it helps, you know, it helps you feel less alone.
(05:03):
And you know, seeing other families that have lost a
loved one that are in the motorcycle community. It's all
of it is a loss, but there's still differences that
when you get together, it does make a difference to
know that you all have something similar like that. And Frank,
I mean I've been to one of these. You know,
there was a cross that was presented to my husband.
(05:23):
My husband and I are both part of a motorcycle
organization and he had lost his grandmother a couple of
years ago, and so he was presented with a cross.
It was very emotional. He had no idea what was
going to happen. So a lot of times these crosses
are presented as a surprise and it can be very
overwhelming in a good way. And could you just explain
(05:44):
to the listening audience, like what happens? You know, you
for those that maybe aren't a part of the motorcycle
community but want to help, want to honor want to
pay the respects you. You know, you get there at
seven o'clock or a little bit earlier, and then what
happens from there just kind of walk them through the event.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
Yah know seven o'clock.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
You know, you don't have to eat, but if you
eat dinner, we'll give you an hour to eat. And
then you know, we'll bring the families up. There's a
family member that will be receiving across. They have a
special section that they sit in and and and then
I will get up and I will share some things
for about five minutes or so, and then Caroline Canfield
(06:22):
does a song and then we'll go into a roll
call where we will pronounce the name and the family
member will be escorted up to the front and uh.
And so we have all the families lined up to
receive across and then they are presented the cross and
we and we tell them that, you know, when we
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present the cross to them, this is an honor of
your loved one, brought to you by the Motorcycle Coalition
of El Paso. So with us sort of Ramroden, you
know the show. I mean, we have a lot, we
have those nations that come in from different clubs and
we have the Christian clubs help out and you know,
people ask me you take donations on this I said,
(07:05):
you know, yes, we're five on one C three and
if you would like to be part of helping us
to honor a fallen rider, yes, you know, and of
course they said how and where? Of course I give
him my name and so forth and the address of
the ministry. And you know, people they have they've they've
they've come up and they've donated and they were blessing
(07:27):
to us.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Yeah, so Kings and Priest Motorcycle Ministry. If you do
want to donate to this event, the Pastor Jr. Camfield
Memorial Service Wednesday, October eighth at Grace Gardens six seven
zero one West Side Drive. You can find the flyer
on Facebook at the Alpasso Motorcycle Coalition. You can also
contact Frank at nine one five two seven six four
(07:51):
five four one. And of course this information will be
posted on pou O two Sunday ninety nine point nine
and ninety six point three Ky Country, Instagram and Facebook,
and if you're listening as a podcast, the information will
be there on the free iHeart app as well. Frank,
thank you for everything that you do with this memorial service.
For continuing it. I know it's a lot of work,
but definitely worth it. And thank you for talking with
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us today.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
Thank you, Amber for having me, and thank you for
helping us get the word out.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Welcome back to the al Paso Public Forum. I am
your host, Amber Banda, and today we are going to
be talking about a nonprofit from Anthony, New Mexico, Thriving
Kids Home Visiting of Southern New Mexico. I'm talking right
now with Claudia Trujillo. She is the program manager. Claudia,
thank you for being here with us today.
Speaker 6 (08:40):
Good morning, Thank you for having me, of.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Course, and we also have two sales coordinator. We'll talk
about why they're connected a bit, but we have here
Jennifer Quinn, sales coordinator for the Just Between Friends pop
up children's resale. Jennifer, thank you for being here with
me today.
Speaker 5 (08:57):
Thank you for having us Amber, of course.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
And we also have Lindsay Seals, those sales coordinator as well. Lindsay,
thank you for talking with us today.
Speaker 7 (09:04):
Good morning, Thank you for having us.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Of course. So I'm going to defer to you first, Claudia,
I have not heard of this nonprofit Thriving Kids Home
Visiting of Southern New Mexico. Can you tell us what
is this organization and what does what does it do
for the community?
Speaker 6 (09:19):
So thriving Kids. We are a home visiting program under
the umbrella of Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico
and Las Cruises. We serve Donia, Anna and Ottero Counties
the southern part of New Mexico and we serve about
three hundred and forty two families. We support families with
their children's development resources, which this is one of the
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great resources that we have.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
And when it comes to doing the home visits, how
does that like? First of all, how much does the
service cost for the families. We're a nonprofit.
Speaker 6 (09:52):
The families you only need to be either pregnant to
the age of five. We have the family join our program.
To some of the moms, you know they need breastfeeding
support just you know they're going through so much through
their pregnancy. So we have even on site breastfeeding counselors,
oh wow, doulas, lactation yes, lactation consultants. Our home visitors
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will reach out to the families. They do two visits
per month with the families and they take activities. We're
very much about literacy, so we take a book once
a month. The activities will support the families, and we
also provide screenings for the families, so if a child
comes at risk, we do the early detection so that
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we can send the families out and they can be
in within other programs that will support with that at risk.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
What ages do? What ages qualify for this program? Zero
to five zero two? Okay, So it is all about
school readiness like you said earlier. Yes, And if someone
wants to partake in these services, like how would they
start that process?
Speaker 6 (11:00):
There is a referral process and it's called am I
Eligible or a lot of our families honestly, they self
refer Okay, you know, we have families that have been
with us for five ten years already.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
They just keep either getting.
Speaker 6 (11:16):
Pregnant and wanting to have more children, and so we
just we have those families. We have community events though, okay,
a lot of our community events. That's where we will
get all our referrals. But usually usually it's self referral.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
And people can go to see AA dot org correct
that way if they want more information or if they
want to apply for these services they can do that.
They're correct. Okay, good. So again I'm talking here with
Claudia Trujillo. She's the program manager for Thriving Kids Home
Visiting of Southern New Mexico. Now you mentioned home visits,
you mentioned resources again helping families with children zero to
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five years of age getting ready for school. And if
you're a new parent, you don't yet have a school
age child, you don't realize until maybe it's a little
too late, how important those years are and just preparing
yourself for school readiness. And part of that for a
lot of families is being able to afford things like clothing,
things for their families where maybe they aren't able to
(12:15):
focus on school readiness because they are so focused on
these other aspects of their life. So there is an
event coming up October twenty second through the twenty six
It is called It's from just between Friends al Passo
and Las Cruzis, and it's called the Alpasso's Largest Pop
Up Children's Resale. Now, this is more than just a
(12:35):
place where you can go and buy quality items for
your family at a much discounted rate. And I'm going
to have Jennifer, I'll call on you first this event.
Can you give us the details or Jennifer or Lindsay,
whoever wants to go first. You guys have it all
worked out. I see you scrambling over there. They're sharing
a mic everyone, so be patient with them. But there's
this event coming up. Can you tell us more first
(12:55):
the details? When is it, where is it, and what's
going to happen.
Speaker 7 (12:59):
Sure, we are going to be at seven fifty Sunland
Park in the vacant men's Dillard's location. It's across the
street from Academy Sports. We will be there from October
twenty second to the twenty sixth.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
Okay, and what is this event going to be?
Speaker 7 (13:14):
So we are a pop up resale event where local
families can come and sell the items that their children
have outgrown and the community gets to come and shop
from the twenty second to the twenty sixth. Everything is
fifty to ninety percent of retail. We inspect every item
that comes in the door for equality, for safety, for recalls,
and for pricing to make sure that everything we offer
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is safe and affordable and high quality.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Awesome. So, as of the airing of this show, which
is today September twenty eighth, if you're listening to it live,
if you're listening on the app, you know you might
want to take that into consideration. But as of the
airing of this show, are you still accepting donations.
Speaker 7 (13:52):
So families can actually come they sell their items. Jen
and I have ten kids between the two of us,
so we know you accumulate a lot of stuff and
that stuff is super expensive. So this is a nice
way to declutter and get some money back for your items.
It's easier than marketplace and garage sales, than resale stores
that will give you pennies. The cool part is after
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the sale is done, sellers can opt to either pick
up their unsold items or they can donate them, and
many of our sellers very generously donate their items to
the donations go to nonprofits like Thriving Kids. Our last sale,
we had over four six hundred items donated with a
JBF tag price of thirteen thousand dollars. So being that
(14:36):
we are fifty to ninety percent off retail, that's probably
close to thirty thousand dollars in donations. Yeah, able to
send over to very worthwhile causes.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Oh, that's awesome. So people can show up that day
with their items, so they prep ahead of time. Can
they get to do everything from home?
Speaker 7 (14:50):
They enter their items and their prices on our online system,
print tags, and show up with their items ready to sell.
They get to drop it off and leave. They don't
have to deal with people or crowds or booths or
anything like that. We run the full retail operation and
then after everything is done, we sort out what's left
and we have a really large donation. Oh wow, ready
to pick up.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
Yeah. I was talking to Claudia a little outside of
before our interview and she was just saying, what a
blessing you all have been to this organization. Now, Jen,
what would you like to say about this event and
about working with thriving kids home visiting of southern New Mexico.
Speaker 5 (15:24):
Well, we love thriving kids, but just between friends is
a great opportunity for families, any family. You know, whether
you are struggling or whether you know you have lots
of money, it doesn't really matter. But everything's fifty to
ninety percent off retail, so you can come and get
a pair of shoes for five bucks, a shirt for
a dollar. Saturday is also fifty percent off day, and
(15:48):
Sunday's seventy five percent off day, so we have families
come and fill our wagons full, spending one hundred dollars.
So if you have a lot of kids and you know,
want to save some money, you can get everything from
diapers all the way up to teens.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
We do love working with Thrive.
Speaker 5 (16:05):
They also what we do as well. The families that
have been generous to donate their items, We have them
give us a list of names, and these families can
come and fill a bag for free with the donates,
so instead of things being handed to them, you know,
it's one hundred and ten degrees outside and someone gives
them winter clothes, they can come and pick exactly what
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their kids need. So that's my favorite part of the sale.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
Yeah, was it.
Speaker 5 (16:30):
Last sale that you guys sent us the family from
Houston who lost everything.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
It was beautiful. They were my gosh, I can imagine
they left crying.
Speaker 8 (16:39):
Yeah, oh, I can imagine.
Speaker 5 (16:41):
So again that was my that's my favorite part of
the sale. Oh yeah, My favorite part of the sale
too is you know I tagged my my daughter's lol
dollhouse and those are what two hundred bucks? Oh toys, Yeah,
twenty five dollars just because I want a family to go.
Oh my gosh, I could never afford this two hundred dollars,
but I can afford twenty five. And it's beautiful to
see these families so happy that they've been able to
(17:04):
get things. I mean, we had Jordans at our sale
for fifty bucks. Yeah, so families that can't afford Jordans,
they can come and get it at our sale.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
Awesome. And again this event happening October twenty second through
the twenty six seven fifty Sunland Park. It's formerly the
Men's Dillerds across from Academy Sports. If you want more information,
you can go to Alpassolas Crusis dot jbfsale dot com,
or you can also go to CAA dot org for
more information on thriving Kids home visiting of southern New Mexico.
(17:35):
Just make sure you get on out there. Of course,
we'll have the information of ail on power Sonny and Khy,
Instagram and Facebook. Jennifer, Lindsay and Claudia, thank you so
much for being here with me today.
Speaker 6 (17:44):
Thank you, thank you for having us.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
Welcome back to the al Pasol Public Forum. I am
your host, Amburbanba and today in person. Now We've spoken
before on Zoom, but I have the honor of having
Avid Maria Smart, president of the El Paso, Texas Chapter
the Links Incorporated, here at the station. Avid Maria, thank
you for being here with us today.
Speaker 8 (18:08):
I am Bert.
Speaker 9 (18:09):
Thank you so much for offering this opportunity for us
to come out and also to meet you face to face.
Speaker 8 (18:15):
Thank you of course.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
So we're going to be talking about the al Paso,
Texas Chapter of the Links Incorporated first and then second
half we'll get into a really fun event that I'm
excited to talk about. But Avid Madia tell us about
this organization.
Speaker 9 (18:32):
Our organization is a chapter of the main organization is
the Links Incorporated. They were started over seventy six years
ago and it was started by over nine professional women.
They wanted to get back to the community and they
gathered together and came up with a long range way
(18:56):
of doing this because at that time there was civil
rights issue. People needed help and they just wanted to
do their part, you know, to help their community. And
we are one of the chapter of the current number.
We have two hundred and ninety nine chapter that came
from that initial group and our chapter is They'll passo
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Texas Chapter.
Speaker 8 (19:17):
And how long have you been in al Paso myself?
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Well, the Alpasto Texas Chapter, Yeah, al.
Speaker 9 (19:25):
Paso Texas Chapter was started in September seventeen, nineteen seventy seven.
We're coming up on our forty eighth year of chartering
and it was started by twenty wonderful women that took
the same kind of focus as our original founders and
they wanted to do their part to help our community
(19:46):
at different levels with students, with the senior citizen, and
would bring community awareness.
Speaker 8 (19:52):
And we've been doing that for the last forty seven years.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
Yeah, we've spoken, you know, the last conversation we had
was about a event that you had at Basset Center.
So you've been doing a lot of things for the
community and the focus is for people of African American descent.
Speaker 9 (20:07):
Am I correct, Yes, it is, it is, but you know,
at this point in our world, we have diversity, we
have blending, so we try and incorporate anyone that we
can help that finds this as an important part of
our need. Students, we we have about three percent population
of African American, so therefore it's very limited as far
(20:31):
as getting you know, that kind of grouping, so we're
we have families that are blended so they become part
of our community. So we're community. I mean we focus
on what is the community need?
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Yeah okay, oh yeah definitely, Like with the helfare that
you all had when we talk last, it was for
the community. Yes, so you know that's amazing. So what
kind of projects or events do you have for people
that are involved in this organization?
Speaker 9 (20:58):
Okay, we have our activities and projects broken down into
We have five we call them facets. Five particular areas.
One has to do with services to youth, as it
says it relates to youth. The other one has to
do with national trends and services. What is going on
(21:19):
in our nation regarding voting rights, making sure people come
out to vote, when we have diversity with like black
lives matters, issues to do with just trying to lose
a homelessness and feeding the hungry that's part of our
national Then we have the international trends and services that
(21:44):
basically we can cover. We are a border areas, so
we do get traffic of international folks, but we also
spread out our wings to areas like Jamaica. We've been
having a project with them for over three years. We
help a youth group in Jamaica, provide them with fresh water,
and we also provide them with tablets and other features
(22:07):
to help them to be more able to delve into
their creativity. Give them some of these technology tools so
they can get a better opportunity to tap into their creativity.
Speaker 8 (22:19):
So that's one, and then.
Speaker 9 (22:20):
We have the Health and Human services that focuses on what.
Speaker 8 (22:27):
We did at the Bassett Center.
Speaker 9 (22:30):
We focus on areas like chronic kidney disease, which is
a prevalent problem in African American culture over thirty five percent.
But you know we're in El Paso and this border area.
The Hispanic population also has a high prevalence of diabetes,
so I mean, I'm sorry, kidney disease which is a
(22:50):
derivative or a second step down from diabetes and high
blood pressure, so we also help with that, and we
also focus on mental health. When COVID came in, we were,
you know, sequestered. Everybody couldn't get out or for whatever reason,
whether they had COVID or not. So we provided ways
to help people to lift themselves up, ways to do
(23:15):
things that they could do at home, tap into some
of the resources from technology. We had health care specialists
talking about how to handle stress. We tapped into NAMI.
We we got training from them as members, but we
also was able to have them share their insight with
our community. And so that's how we help with that.
(23:37):
And we we also help with screening healthcare, screening for
high blood pressure, for diabetes because that's something that's prevalent
in our community. We focus on what is prevalent in
our community. So it's it's very community focus. And I
think I've covered out five.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
Oh yeah, you've covered a lot. You all do a lot.
Again if you're just tuning in. We have Avid Maria Smart,
president of the al Paso Texas Chapter the Links Incorporated.
Now I know one of your members, Audrina. I've known
her for years, so I'm very well aware of everything
that you all do for the community and it's amazing.
So I'm glad you're here to talk about this event
(24:18):
that's going to be the annual fundraiser for the al
Paso Texas Chapter the Links Incorporated. It's open to the community.
It's the third annual White Party on the Green. Ave Maria,
can you tell us more about this event?
Speaker 8 (24:32):
Oh yeah, we got the idea a mont Blanc.
Speaker 9 (24:37):
It's an event that folks do and I think in France,
and they dress up in white and just have an
outdoor picnic.
Speaker 8 (24:45):
So we took that idea from that.
Speaker 9 (24:47):
And besides, one of our outfit is white and you know,
so we decided to use that as our theme. So
this is our third year of doing that. And yes,
it's open to the public and we provide music. You
get a wonderful atmosphere. The landscape that we're at the
(25:07):
Butterfield Trail Golf Club. It's a beautiful setting, especially after
after this when the sun is getting ready to go down,
it's beautiful. But we also have like a picnic setting,
but you have dining tables, you don't sit on the
grass or anything, and we'll have chance for you to
have a photo boots session. We'll have music. Last year
(25:29):
we had a band and the previous year, but this
time we're gonna change it up a little bit and
have a DJ.
Speaker 8 (25:35):
But yeah, and the food.
Speaker 9 (25:37):
Each person that uh you know, is responsible for their
table provide the meal for their guests. So we have
that and then we're gonna have other sideways for our
guests to have things to snacking, and of course there's
areas for them to have nourishment, liquids and all that.
It's very very relaxed, very relaxed, and that with that
(26:02):
kind of setting at that time of evening, it's a
very good way for people to get together. We've had
a pretty full turnout for the last couple of years,
so we look forward to the same thing this year.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
Yeah, the Butterfield Trail Golf that where that dining area is.
I've seen them set up the way you're talking about
for a wedding. It is gorgeous, especially on sundown, and
it's going to be a really neat event. I've never
heard of this type of I've heard of that term
mom blanc, yes, but I've never actually experienced one. So
that's where you get the white party on the green.
(26:33):
So if you want to go golf, stay nearby, or
if you live nearby, go home, you know, change gussy up,
and then come come back and enjoy yourself. It's going
to be October fourth at Butterfield Trail Golf Club from
six pm to ten pm. So it is an evening
event and it's going to benefit the al Paso Texas Chapter.
The links Incorporated Avid Mario. The funds that are being
(26:56):
raised at this event, do they what do they use for?
Speaker 9 (26:59):
Well, primarily we use them to help with scholarship. We
give back to the community. We identify youth. We are
female professional organization, so we identify a young lady and
we provide them accorder to their criteria for the scholarship
and according to their grade point average, they get the
scholarship for their time. And so we've given back even
(27:21):
to the point where one of the scholarship recipient end
up becoming one of our member years later, and so
we feel that that's a good way to help to
lift up our community. We also help with feeding people
like with the hunger We associate with some organization like
I Eat, You Eat and we help to provide food
(27:43):
or we also provide our service. So it helps us
to do that for our community. And we also have
one of our program up the fastest that dimensioned services
to youth. It's a STEAM program meaning Science, Technology, Engineering
Art and they added art. So we also provide that
resource for our students in our area that become part
(28:07):
of that team to be able to engage in activity.
So we provide them with the activity items and and
all that to get them to be able to tap
into their you know, creativity at a very young age,
from six on upa Sometimes we you know, we think
that you have to be h you know, like, uh,
look at a teenager before you can start tapping into stuff.
(28:30):
But kids are already doing things at three and four
and so on. Sometimes they even bring their little brother
or little sister along, you know. So it's it's that's
what we use the money for.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
So don't worry. The money is going to to the
local community to help out here and again, if you
are interested in more information, you can go to ep
t X links i NC dot org. You can also
find them on Facebook at al Paso Texas Chapter the
Links Incorporated, or Instagram al Paso Texas Chapter Underscore the
(29:00):
Links on Pauno two Sunday ninety nine point nine and
ninety six point three, k Hey Country our Instagram and Facebook.
That information will also be there, along with the picture
of our guests, Ave Maria Smart and the flyer for
the event. So Avid, Maria, thank you so much for
being here with me today.
Speaker 9 (29:16):
Thank you so much, Amber, thank you very much for
this opportunity.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
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