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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Sixty three.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Listen, you guys, You guys sure know how to make
a guy in his thirties feel special. And I can't
wait to celebrate with a nice mushroom and Swiss from
Harty's a Shelbyville Row, not Shellbyville Road, Shelbyville, Kentucky. Come
on by, say hi, my buddy, Matt. You're in the
head roe, big geez. USA Cares And I gotta say
thank you first and foremost for all that USA Care does,
(00:23):
because not only have I educated myself on the organization,
but I've actually seen it in action twice and it's
quite amazing what you all do for so many. First
of all, talk about USA Care. You've heard it in
our words, put it in your words.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
You know. It's it's one of those things where it's
it's people coming together to love on other people. And
when you've got a veteran family who's kind of at
that rock bottom moment, they don't know where to turn.
Maybe they're battling some PTSD issues, some traumatic brain injury issues,
and then that eviction notice comes along. That's often the
thing that kind of pushes over the edge. Right, So
(01:01):
we're gonna step in there. We're gonna bridge them through.
We're gonna start making mortgage payments, we're gonna start making
rent payments, car payments, whatever we have to do to
get them through that moment, and then we'll get them
into some follow up services after to make sure the
family stays together and stays stable.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
And that's well and good, But let's talk about the
financial need because these things do not take care of them,
so they do not. Ye, Let's talk about request versus
finances when it comes, because man, it's it's so uneven
and if there were a way to level that out
where we.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Can meet every need, what a great show that would be.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
It would be incredible.
Speaker 4 (01:34):
But let's talk about supply versus demand.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Right now, we're getting about two hundred to two hundred
and fifty requests a week.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
Yeah, oh my gosh.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
And now that's at an average about four thousand dollars
per yeah, right, so we can't keep up with the
demand right now. And you think, well, we're not in
a military conflict, you know, why is it so high?
But there's so many issues with the silent killers, right
the PTSD issues, and we're gonna meet every need we can,
but we can't do it alone. And that's where things
(02:02):
like this Stars for Hero's program comes in and where
we can raise some of the support and really rally
the whole community around it.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
My father was a veteran.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
My father is also a statistic of a veteran suicide.
And you mentioned PTSD. We knew so very little about
PTSD for so long, and I reference this. A really
dear friend of mine is a Vietnam veteran, which by
the way, it has been fifty years since Vietnam this year,
and he suppressed all these feelings for quite some time,
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and he thought he had no problem until later in life.
Sometimes it takes later in life. About three years ago
he contacted me and he said, as PTSD is starting
to manifest in anger and depression, and thank god he
took the necessary steps.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
But some people are just now seeing PTSD in their
elder years.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
It takes a while.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
It really does take a while for people to hit
and sometimes they don't even notice it. Maybe their spouse notices,
but how many times is our wife noticed something about us,
so we didn't notice in ourselves. And they'll often call
in and say, my husband's having this issue. We're gonna
be in trouble if somebody doesn't help us out, and
then we'll jump in.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
And but it does. It takes a long time, and
and it's hard.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
And I think we're getting to the point where people
are getting better asking for help, but we're still not
great at it, especially as guys.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Right, yeah, yeah, our wives don't hesitate to tell us
when something's wrong. No, no, no, yeah, so USA cares. We've
been doing this for several years. You have grown. Great job, man,
And again there's a reason why you sound like Greg Brady.
Sorry about the boy. The boy a little cut the
grass yesterday. Yeah, that's right, Yeah, okay, it was a
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sunny day where the surgical mask when you cut the grass.
I'm learning, okay, yeah, or just a hate or chief.
But you guys have done a good job in the
last couple of years of coming on the show. It
is grown. Frankfurt's helped a little, they've helped a lot.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Two million dollars in the last budget. I mean, it's
amazing to see how you know, that was one thing
that they wanted to accomplish. We're going to support our veterans.
And it wasn't just one side or the I mean
it was. It was everybody really rallying.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
But the important point is there are a lot of
veterans operations. We we discussed so many, we get a
lot of calls. Yeah, for Frankfurt to make decision that
yours was important to see to say, you know what
I'm saying, I'm not saying no, I get it. And
I think it's because we're complete. Did you hear that squeak?
You know the voice is getting out here, Thank.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
You, John Wayne's our gush.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
So I think it's because we're so transparent. You know,
we put everything out there. So Charity Navigator rated us.
They're very top rating, top two percent of all charities
across the country get this, and we're one of those.
And so they know the money's going where it needs
to go, and that's helping the people that we say
it's going to help.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Let's talk about where the money goes. Let's give an example,
if you will. I hate to piss you on the spot, okay,
but right now, if you could give us a real
world example, you could you know, omit the names whatever
you need to change the names, sure, whatever that is,
but give us a real world example of what you
as they cares because I've witnessed you all firsthand with
my dear friend Greg get your yep and uh. For
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those that haven't witness at firsthand, give us an example.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
You know a lot of it right now has been unfortunately,
even helping a widow after a suicide, and so.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
We'll step in.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
We've got we've got a family that we helped in
eastern Kentucky where the widow is left behind with the kids,
stay at home, mom, doesn't have a job. Where are
they gonna go right? What are they gonna do? And
if we don't help them, who's gonna help them? And
I think that's where we thrive is in that moment
when they don't know what else to do, and we've
got such a compassionate team who can jump in, who
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can We'll we'll throw in our resources, but we're also
going to match them up with other nonprofits and other
groups that can help as well.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
And let's talk about maybe, for example, someone is getting
ready to be foreclosed on, or let's shut off the lights.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
They've had too many Lgene Brown Bill.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
How does the process work?
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Yeah, the process is you all won't give the veteran
the money you pay it on their behalf exactly.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
So it's a very quick process and it's a very
thorough process. So we'll verify that the people are who
they say they are, that the situation is what they
said it is, and then a lot of times we
can get that taken care of in twenty four hours
or less. So it's very very quick, and we, like
you said, we make the payment on their behalf. We
always want to make sure the money is getting where
we say it's going to go, so we're gonna step
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in there and pay it.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
And that was kind of my point was if you're
looking for an organization to donate to and you say, hey,
I want this to actually go to the cost, this
is it.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
There's not gonna be any.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Waste where they paid such and such this and they
went out and did whatever with it.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
This actually takes care of the veterans. Like it or not.
For the veterans, they're gonna be taken care of.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Not that anybody would ever try to scam, but there
are scammers out there, but there is a real world need.
Speaker 4 (06:47):
What was your budget last year?
Speaker 2 (06:49):
Well, I don't know if you want to discuss there, okay,
but what are the goals for USA Cares financially. I
mean it has to be unlimited to take care of
it everything, Oh my gosh. Yeah, but there has to
be goals. You know, without a goal, it's just a wish.
It's exactly right.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
You know. Our our goal this year is six point
one million dollars.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
If I to meet the total need of everything coming
in right now, I need about twenty five million dollars.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
So we got a long way to go.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
But but Frankfurt's helping us, out State of Texas helping
us out a little bit, and all those things are
coming together. But you know, since twenty eleven, c Kee Restaurants,
Hardy's Carls Junior has come together and they have donated
more than six million USA Cares and it's it's been
so cool, and it's translated into the assistance for more
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than fifty five hundred veteran families. That's life saving help. Yeah,
you know, that's that's that's doing something. It's practical. It's
hands on, let's do it. Dwi study his part with
the which one?
Speaker 4 (07:45):
Which one?
Speaker 1 (07:45):
He liked? The Swiss home.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Oh you just yeah, you just keep buying. Yeah, yeah,
listen to go. If you're looking for a good stock
to buy. By the way, invest in mushroom is switch looks.
I gotta tell you, I'll be taking a bunch.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
Of them to go.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
But no, but let's okay, let's I want to talk
about the good Hearty's has done, because that's a real
world of example. If you're a corporate citizen out there,
maybe you're CEO, maybe you're a CFO, and you really
want some genuine goodwill for your company, how about USA
Cares because we have so many great corporate citizens.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Here well and human And people don't understand is some
corporations have a half matching will Massie and they don't
even know it. Like Jackie didn't even realize her own
company did that until about four years ago. She goes,
oh my gosh, my company matches half of what I donate.
That's exactly right now.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
Actually, if you want to know if your company matches
or not, you can go to our website USA cares
dot org. Go to the donation page and you can
look up your own company and tell you if they
have an all bingo.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
Well here, let me look up for what there? You go,
all right.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
I will encourage people because we do a lot of
events right, and sometimes the dinners, like you go to
dinner after dinner and you get sissed up and you're
just like, what's going on at this dinner? Half the
I always say when I am ce these that are like,
let me tell you half the why you're here, because
they just get invited and they go or someone said
can you fill a seat? I will say, I will
(09:11):
encourage you that. Jackie and I have been to this
about five times. Your all's dinner that you do is
I don't how many times it's choosing a jacket.
Speaker 4 (09:20):
Cried, It's unreal.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
My wives cried all through the most of the events.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
I may have cried a little bit, but I always cry, well.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Whatever the house. But no, seriously, I did cry, but
also laughed. And here's why. And I'm going to wreck
this story. That's great, But you all had one of
the one of the speakers, there was a disabled American
veteran that had taken on an I ed and I
believe if I had this backwards, just correct me on this.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
Yeah. Uh, he had his legs.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
His both his legs and one arm triple.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
So so it was two years ago, so he's a
triple ampute one arm both legs, right, and he tells
this story about after that happened. He's in the hospital
and there's a guy with a legs but no arms exactly,
and they decide, hey, we right right, yeah, So they decide, hey, together,
we could probably drive a car.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
They were so sick of being in the hospital. They're
getting out of here. They wanted to go out.
Speaker 4 (10:26):
They wanted to have drinks.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
So this guy with no legs, he steers.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
The car with his one hand. The guy with with.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
No legs was Pittings.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
He was the gas and he was he was communicating
more gas, okay, break more gas, and he said he
took him forever. But eventually they made it to town.
They had a great time. They come back and they
get stopped at the gate.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
It stopped and the.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
Guard figures, you know what, they made it this far,
We're gonna let him go.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
But my point is there's nothing like it.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Cry the people get I'm telling you right now. Louisville, Shelbyville,
go to this gala. We go to a lot of events.
This is our favorite all year. That's no bia, I
love it. July nineteenth at the Gold House in Louisville.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
This is gonna be This is gonna be probably the
biggest one we've ever had. We're looking at over seven
hundred people cramming into the room.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
It's gonna be awesome.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
And but yeah, you can go to usa cares dot
org find out more about it.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
But it is. You get those stories, you get.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
Kind of the pageantry of it a little bit. It's
really a unique experience.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
And by the way, the dinner is really good. Oh man,
Like most of the time dry this or drive that,
that was not.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
The case, you know, Dwight.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
I think what's cool is that this community is just
so giving and they just really rally around us.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
They rally around veterans.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
It just had somebody walk in and buy a hat,
a pernal sausage hat. Pernel is helping us today and
gave a hundred bucks, you know, and.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Just they love to give.
Speaker 4 (11:51):
That's off. That's awesome.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
They told us to turn it down. We're over modulating. Okay, yes,
don't laugh so loud.
Speaker 4 (11:58):
I can't help it.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
With he being louder. Am I No, you're fine. Oh okay, right,
we're allowed. Now we're allowed. I think it's Matt, it's
probably me. I think it's mad yes.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Well, at least he's not cussing this time listening. I'm
trying to pay so seriously, Matt, USA Cares. Uh, this
organization is so needed. And the finances yeah, every year,
they just they need to grow and grow and grow.
Speaker 4 (12:21):
What could people do to help?
Speaker 3 (12:23):
Yeah, I mean the first thing is obviously USA cares
dot org.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Check out USA cares dot org.
Speaker 3 (12:28):
Learn about the situation, learn about you know, what what
veterans are going through right now. Once you start realizing
the difficult position that a lot of these families are in,
you're gonna want to get involved. You're gonna want to help.
Then reach out to our team. We got a fantastic team.
We're a national organization based in Louisville, and uh, we're
helping in all fifty states. So you can donate, it's
the most direct way to do it. Uh, but also
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get involved with our chapters, volunteer some time.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Yeah, there's so many ways you can give back.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Can I ask you a question, Maybe you do this,
maybe you don't. Maybe you know when organization does this,
maybe they don't. But there's a lot of veterans are
just warehoused in nursing homes. Yeah, or maybe even shut
in by themselves. And that's that. It could be because
they're out of family. It could because they have family,
just don't give a damn about them. Is there an
organization that people can join to go out and visit
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veterans and give them a little bit metal relief?
Speaker 4 (13:17):
If not, maybe we work on something.
Speaker 3 (13:19):
I mean, I think I think that's something we need
to work on. It is so needed, it is so
needed because they yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, it's right. Thank
you Matt for coming at USA.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Thank you RG.
Speaker 4 (13:29):
Get the details on the geala again.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
Yeah, July nineteenth, the Goldhouse. Go to USA cares dot
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Speaker 1 (13:42):
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Speaker 2 (14:01):
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Speaker 4 (14:10):
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Speaker 2 (14:11):
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Speaker 2 (14:43):
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Speaker 1 (15:03):
Today live from Hardy's in Shelbyville. Come on, buy USA Cares,
get a sausage biscuit, hang out with us, or eat
a Swiss whatever, sandwich.
Speaker 4 (15:10):
Mushrooms, dam get it.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Right all the time. We love the people in Shelbyville.
People have been popping by all day long. It's kind
of crowdy here. I love it, so come by and
see us here on news radio eight forty.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
Hey, USA Cares talk about organization that you can give
to and trust that it's going to the right places.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
This is it.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
There's a place called Charity Navigator, the only report the
top two percent of charities. These guys are in here,
but they're consistently.
Speaker 4 (15:39):
Year after year after year after year. USA Cares is
in here.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
They're the ones that were if a veteran has they
can't make their payment on their apartment, maybe they can't
make their note on their house. Maybe they're lgne, they're
getting the brown bill, getting really get shut off. That
is where these guys and gals step in at USA
Cares and Susan Tyler Witting, you were part of the
all part of the General Assembly that helped fund this
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a little bit, right.
Speaker 5 (16:07):
You absolutely. I mean it's it's not always as easy
to get things included in our budget.
Speaker 4 (16:12):
Absolutely.
Speaker 5 (16:13):
This this was about a year ago, and I'm proud
to be one of the legislators that fought really hard
for the two million dollars UH to to be to
be included in in the budget.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
Well deserved.
Speaker 5 (16:26):
We've we've heard so much about charities that there's waste,
fraud and abuse in other places, and I'm thrilled to
say that, you know, USA Cares is not is not
one of those as as you all talked about earlier.
They're there, you can see where the money goes and
and it's used exactly how.
Speaker 4 (16:47):
Yeah, thanks for listening, Tony. Charity navigating.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Charity navigators they only they don't report to port the
top two percent of charities, and USA Cares they are
in Charity Navigator year after year after year after year.
Speaker 4 (17:04):
But yeah, thank you, Well done to the General Assembly.
I thank you guys and gals.
Speaker 5 (17:08):
Did And USA Cares is right in the middle of
my district, so I had a personal you know, a
personal you know, stories about it and and I've gotten
to know the guys and gals there, and it's it's
never been more important to to UH to support our veterans,
and USA Cares does just that.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
So it is. Here's the most important question is Blanken Baker,
Middletown or J Town?
Speaker 4 (17:33):
Where are we at J Town? It's J Town?
Speaker 1 (17:37):
Okay, that's the most important question. That's the most because
people are like when they say Jay Town are going blank.
Speaker 2 (17:43):
We might we might need to get Matt on here
in a little bit and find out who he likes
working with most.
Speaker 4 (17:49):
Which witt does he like working with most? Susan Tyler Whittener.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
No, well it's going to be Susan lawmaker money. No, No,
think it's yes, yes, I don't know.
Speaker 4 (18:00):
We'll find out.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
We'll find out, all right, all right, Susan, We're gonna
kick you out for one minute and bring you back.
We're gonna get Don on here, Don Pey, Are you
ready to go? Yeah, come on here, don.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
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hot tubs.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
Baby. Listen, you want a vacation right there in your
own backyard. You got it? Now, you're staying. I can't
afford a hot tub, Yes, you can.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
Hot tubs as low as sixty five dollars a month.
Blessed they have over one hundred and fifty tubs ready
for immediate delivery. And by the way, so the couple
of hot tubs has twelve months, same as.
Speaker 4 (18:33):
Coming with me seventy five. Oh Wae Preston Highway.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
Hello, don Hello, how are you? I'm well? How are
y'all good? How are you connected? And we're gonna get
second set of headphones here because this is a dual.
Paula is with you. How are you all? How are
you connected? With what? He cares you? USA Cares Sure,
So I am the veteran.
Speaker 6 (18:51):
I came through the Senior Leader's Fellowship program here with
USA Cares, which is a program that takes exiting Army
officers in senior enlistedman and puts them into currently Corporate
America and is a program that allows us to then
also train with Corporate America for you know, six to
eight weeks prior to exiting as well to then help
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that transition go a little bit smoother.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
That's actually huge too, because let's say, well, for example,
you go in there and you're part of this program
more times than not. I don't know this to be
fact or not, but I'm guessing more times than not,
after that veteran has been in that organization, they've trained, they.
Speaker 4 (19:31):
Thought, you know what, let's just hire him or her.
Is that pretty common or not?
Speaker 1 (19:36):
That is that is common?
Speaker 6 (19:37):
So I got the lovely opportunity to work for RenEEL
By Anderson of Kentucky and Southern Indiana, and you know,
and they kind of took a shot, you know, because
again typically we kind of go towards large organizations, and
so we got the opportunity to go to a small
business this time, in a local business this time, and really,
you know, got the opportunity to see a business grow
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significantly over time, which was awesome.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
Paul Is with his follow how are you yeah?
Speaker 7 (20:07):
Can you hear me?
Speaker 3 (20:11):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (20:11):
I want to say thank you for getting my She's
got Marty Philim and eyes. I said, nobody gets the joke.
And then God love Paula. She looked at me and
she said, I got it.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
Let's let's talk about us A Cares in this program,
because it's quite brilliant if you ask me. And by
the way, if there's a corporate citizen out there that says,
you know what, we're constantly looking to bring people, good
qualified people in here, and we don't know if we're
going to hire them or not. This is a good
way for these companies, these corporate citizens of Louisville, Kentucky,
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are anywhere that's listening. Because USA Cares is nationwide, this
is a good opportunity for them to say, you know what,
let's get into this. How do companies and corporations tie
into this and and talk about what he just said.
Speaker 7 (21:00):
Great, it's a great opportunity for any organization, all industries.
We've got a lot of skills, different skill sets that
come out of the military. We've got a memorandum of
agreement with the Department of Defense where we manage the
program for them, and we don't own the program, but
we manage it. And it's an eight week fellowship program
where I've got a great colleague, Todd. He works with
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them on a day to day basis and and does
resume reviews and really makes the service member understand their
skill set and the importance and the value that they
can bring to organizations. And like I said, it's all industries,
all different skill sets. But so we work with them
and then they go through an eight week fellowship program.
We just yep, done did an eight week fellowship program?
Speaker 1 (21:45):
We plus I hope.
Speaker 4 (21:54):
So, but it's.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
That what is the that's sort of what does that
eight weeks include? What do you do? Oh?
Speaker 6 (22:04):
So so for us, what the first thing it starts
with is well, what do you do now?
Speaker 3 (22:09):
Right?
Speaker 6 (22:09):
Because it's because it's different, and so first thing is
is going to be setting yourself up for a transition
out of a very much more probably disciplined organization into
something that's sometimes a little bit more morphous, something that
where hierarchy may not be as readily apparent. So that's
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kind of the first thing is trying to prepare yourself
culturally for that exit, right, and also just make sure
that you kind of maybe some maybe not have a
veterans moment on someone you know where you.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
Which could happen. Right. And then the next thing that.
Speaker 6 (22:42):
Paula then starts perferring us for is professionally right, and
so that's resume writing. That's starting to then link us together.
And then also it's support amongst your other uh fellowship
classmates I don't I don't know participants as well, because
you know, we're all exiting and looking for something different, right,
and so we have guys that are exiting at twenty
years and then you have folks like me that were
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exiting at ten years right, which is also a kind
of an unusual place to exit r right right. But
you know, we my wife and I made a decision
to let her kind of have her her time in
the sun as well, so, you know, and then you
have folks that are exiting early career. And so the
great thing about Paula is that she's able to take
all of those people, regardless of where they are in
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their exit right and start to find somewhere that's great
for them to work, and then also take and start
structuring a program in regimen to prepare them for a
successful life out idea in their corporate way.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
It really is awesome.
Speaker 4 (23:38):
And what would you say the percentage would be?
Speaker 2 (23:40):
You get somebody, they get in a fellowship program, their veteran,
this company takes them on, they show them the rope,
show how everything's done.
Speaker 4 (23:48):
If you ask me, if they've been there eight weeks,
why not hire them?
Speaker 7 (23:51):
Right?
Speaker 4 (23:52):
What are the percentages of the veteran get him or
her getting hired?
Speaker 7 (23:56):
It's a great question. So according to our memory and
of agreement, we have to have a ninety percent offer
rate for individuals that are going through the program.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
Wow, So exactly is there exactly is there any industries
that are on your wish list? We wish we had
this industry, but all we have is this. Is there
any that you all have target that you haven't had
any success with?
Speaker 1 (24:18):
You?
Speaker 7 (24:18):
You know, we've got a lot right now. We've got
some IT people coming out of the military, so it
would be great to have some organizations that are looking
for IT opportunities and experiences. But you know, we just
signed on Norton Healthcare, huge for us, which is great
because they are able to showcase what they can, you know,
how they can help some of our do.
Speaker 4 (24:40):
Get an IT company.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
We let me know because my wife goes to the
worst websites, would not believe these things, and now I've
got a virus.
Speaker 4 (24:47):
On my computer.
Speaker 7 (24:48):
So we're looking for all types of industries large, small,
but we really need more more participation.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
Than that community. Don how did you find them?
Speaker 4 (24:58):
Again?
Speaker 6 (24:59):
You might have answered that, So for me it was gosh,
I think it was just through word of mouth in
all honesty, like within peers that are exciting, like hey,
have you heard about Have you heard about this program?
It's a really excellent opportunity to do so and believe
it or not. So again, the world is small. I
was the EXO for a organization on Fort Knox. My
(25:21):
old boss that works for USA Cares is Hell and
he is my old boss. He's here and he's absolutely I.
Speaker 4 (25:31):
Think for boss. Well no, no, he's no longer your boss.
Let's call him mode while.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
We have job. I did not. But Fort Knox is
a huge and so it was for Campbell. I mean,
I'm sure they are. To the Commonwealth. Absolutely, it's a
twelve thirteen billion dollar industry between the two. Absolutely, way
bigger than Bourbon and in the bris just want to mention, uh,
but yeah, so that is a great connection, and you
just sort of word of mouth, Well, we're going to
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do better than.
Speaker 4 (25:59):
The Let's let's let you talk right now.
Speaker 2 (26:02):
If you're a corporateces and if you're a CEO, if
you're a CFO, maybe a general manager, whatever it might be,
you're in human resources, let's talk to these companies right now.
Give them a pitch on what USA Cares can do
for them while they help veterans.
Speaker 7 (26:17):
By the way, great first of all hiring a veteran,
you know, we're helping our military community. You will get
a you won't get a better disciplined individual skill sets.
You know, just because it's not on the resume, it
doesn't mean they don't have that skill set. So make
sure you look at all of the you know, have
these conversations with our veterans, and you're helping our community
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as far as putting these veterans to work. They served
our country and it's up to us to take care
of them after after they get out. And what a
better way to do that than to to employ them
and help them, you know, with their transition. You know,
it's it's very easy to hire a veteran and the
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vet themselves and Dodd can be attest to this. You know,
they're looking for opportunities. They don't know how to how
their skill sets translate. So I always encourage anybody talk
to the veteran, whether it's on the resume or not.
But USA Cares can help you connect with veterans. And again,
all industries all different types of skill sets, and we
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need to take care of our veterans because if we
don't hire our veterans, then you know, USA Cares helps
individuals and assist individuals that cannot pay their bills. And
so if they don't, if we can't find jobs for them,
then they are going to be calling us for assistance.
We want to make sure that we as we help
them and we're proactive in stopping these evictions and kin
(27:45):
repossessions and so with them having a job, that should
stop some of these factors that can.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
If you're a business owner, if you're a CEO, CFO,
human resources, whatever it might be, USA Cares dot org,
USA care dot org, I promise you you will not
regret this.
Speaker 1 (28:03):
Your business will be better. Uh Don, thank you for
your service and great great spokesman for USA Cares. I
appreciate you. Thank you again, thank you for your trying
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Speaker 1 (30:02):
All right, folks. Coming up next, we're going to talk
to a guy that is from Louisville. He plays in
a band called One Iris Schwrover. It's a Van Morrison
tribute band.
Speaker 4 (30:11):
As much as.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
Pat Garvey, I'm not trying to out Van Morrison, please
don't do that. And he's going to be part of
the Saint Matthew seventy fifth anniversary that's coming up on
June seventh from ten am or ten pm, yeah, I'm sorry,
noon to ten pm at Brown Park June seventh, they
have the basically the Concert that Never was Huey Lewis
Tribute band that's a motown going on, beatles going on,
(30:35):
with the Rigbs. It's gonna be a lot of fun.
So we'll talk to him next broadcasting live from the
Harty's here in Shelbyville and of course with USA Care,
So come on by and say hi back after this
on news Radioy forty wh
Sixty three.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Listen, you guys, You guys sure know how to make
a guy in his thirties feel special. And I can't
wait to celebrate with a nice mushroom and Swiss from
Harty's a Shelbyville Row, not Shellbyville Road, Shelbyville, Kentucky. Come
on by, say hi, my buddy, Matt. You're in the
head roe, big geez. USA Cares And I gotta say
thank you first and foremost for all that USA Care does,
(00:23):
because not only have I educated myself on the organization,
but I've actually seen it in action twice and it's
quite amazing what you all do for so many. First
of all, talk about USA Care. You've heard it in
our words, put it in your words.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
You know. It's it's one of those things where it's
it's people coming together to love on other people. And
when you've got a veteran family who's kind of at
that rock bottom moment, they don't know where to turn.
Maybe they're battling some PTSD issues, some traumatic brain injury issues,
and then that eviction notice comes along. That's often the
thing that kind of pushes over the edge. Right, So
(01:01):
we're gonna step in there. We're gonna bridge them through.
We're gonna start making mortgage payments, we're gonna start making
rent payments, car payments, whatever we have to do to
get them through that moment, and then we'll get them
into some follow up services after to make sure the
family stays together and stays stable.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
And that's well and good, But let's talk about the
financial need because these things do not take care of them,
so they do not. Ye, Let's talk about request versus
finances when it comes, because man, it's it's so uneven
and if there were a way to level that out
where we.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Can meet every need, what a great show that would be.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
It would be incredible.
Speaker 4 (01:34):
But let's talk about supply versus demand.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Right now, we're getting about two hundred to two hundred
and fifty requests a week.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
Yeah, oh my gosh.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
And now that's at an average about four thousand dollars
per yeah, right, so we can't keep up with the
demand right now. And you think, well, we're not in
a military conflict, you know, why is it so high?
But there's so many issues with the silent killers, right
the PTSD issues, and we're gonna meet every need we can,
but we can't do it alone. And that's where things
(02:02):
like this Stars for Hero's program comes in and where
we can raise some of the support and really rally
the whole community around it.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
My father was a veteran.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
My father is also a statistic of a veteran suicide.
And you mentioned PTSD. We knew so very little about
PTSD for so long, and I reference this. A really
dear friend of mine is a Vietnam veteran, which by
the way, it has been fifty years since Vietnam this year,
and he suppressed all these feelings for quite some time,
(02:32):
and he thought he had no problem until later in life.
Sometimes it takes later in life. About three years ago
he contacted me and he said, as PTSD is starting
to manifest in anger and depression, and thank god he
took the necessary steps.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
But some people are just now seeing PTSD in their
elder years.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
It takes a while.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
It really does take a while for people to hit
and sometimes they don't even notice it. Maybe their spouse notices,
but how many times is our wife noticed something about us,
so we didn't notice in ourselves. And they'll often call
in and say, my husband's having this issue. We're gonna
be in trouble if somebody doesn't help us out, and
then we'll jump in.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
And but it does. It takes a long time, and
and it's hard.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
And I think we're getting to the point where people
are getting better asking for help, but we're still not
great at it, especially as guys.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Right, yeah, yeah, our wives don't hesitate to tell us
when something's wrong. No, no, no, yeah, so USA cares. We've
been doing this for several years. You have grown. Great job, man,
And again there's a reason why you sound like Greg Brady.
Sorry about the boy. The boy a little cut the
grass yesterday. Yeah, that's right, Yeah, okay, it was a
(03:39):
sunny day where the surgical mask when you cut the grass.
I'm learning, okay, yeah, or just a hate or chief.
But you guys have done a good job in the
last couple of years of coming on the show. It
is grown. Frankfurt's helped a little, they've helped a lot.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Two million dollars in the last budget. I mean, it's
amazing to see how you know, that was one thing
that they wanted to accomplish. We're going to support our veterans.
And it wasn't just one side or the I mean
it was. It was everybody really rallying.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
But the important point is there are a lot of
veterans operations. We we discussed so many, we get a
lot of calls. Yeah, for Frankfurt to make decision that
yours was important to see to say, you know what
I'm saying, I'm not saying no, I get it. And
I think it's because we're complete. Did you hear that squeak?
You know the voice is getting out here, Thank.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
You, John Wayne's our gush.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
So I think it's because we're so transparent. You know,
we put everything out there. So Charity Navigator rated us.
They're very top rating, top two percent of all charities
across the country get this, and we're one of those.
And so they know the money's going where it needs
to go, and that's helping the people that we say
it's going to help.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Let's talk about where the money goes. Let's give an example,
if you will. I hate to piss you on the spot, okay,
but right now, if you could give us a real
world example, you could you know, omit the names whatever
you need to change the names, sure, whatever that is,
but give us a real world example of what you
as they cares because I've witnessed you all firsthand with
my dear friend Greg get your yep and uh. For
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those that haven't witness at firsthand, give us an example.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
You know a lot of it right now has been unfortunately,
even helping a widow after a suicide, and so.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
We'll step in.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
We've got we've got a family that we helped in
eastern Kentucky where the widow is left behind with the kids,
stay at home, mom, doesn't have a job. Where are
they gonna go right? What are they gonna do? And
if we don't help them, who's gonna help them? And
I think that's where we thrive is in that moment
when they don't know what else to do, and we've
got such a compassionate team who can jump in, who
(05:38):
can We'll we'll throw in our resources, but we're also
going to match them up with other nonprofits and other
groups that can help as well.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
And let's talk about maybe, for example, someone is getting
ready to be foreclosed on, or let's shut off the lights.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
They've had too many Lgene Brown Bill.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
How does the process work?
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Yeah, the process is you all won't give the veteran
the money you pay it on their behalf exactly.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
So it's a very quick process and it's a very
thorough process. So we'll verify that the people are who
they say they are, that the situation is what they
said it is, and then a lot of times we
can get that taken care of in twenty four hours
or less. So it's very very quick, and we, like
you said, we make the payment on their behalf. We
always want to make sure the money is getting where
we say it's going to go, so we're gonna step
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in there and pay it.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
And that was kind of my point was if you're
looking for an organization to donate to and you say, hey,
I want this to actually go to the cost, this
is it.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
There's not gonna be any.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Waste where they paid such and such this and they
went out and did whatever with it.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
This actually takes care of the veterans. Like it or not.
For the veterans, they're gonna be taken care of.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Not that anybody would ever try to scam, but there
are scammers out there, but there is a real world need.
Speaker 4 (06:47):
What was your budget last year?
Speaker 2 (06:49):
Well, I don't know if you want to discuss there, okay,
but what are the goals for USA Cares financially. I
mean it has to be unlimited to take care of
it everything, Oh my gosh. Yeah, but there has to
be goals. You know, without a goal, it's just a wish.
It's exactly right.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
You know. Our our goal this year is six point
one million dollars.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
If I to meet the total need of everything coming
in right now, I need about twenty five million dollars.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
So we got a long way to go.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
But but Frankfurt's helping us, out State of Texas helping
us out a little bit, and all those things are
coming together. But you know, since twenty eleven, c Kee Restaurants,
Hardy's Carls Junior has come together and they have donated
more than six million USA Cares and it's it's been
so cool, and it's translated into the assistance for more
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than fifty five hundred veteran families. That's life saving help. Yeah,
you know, that's that's that's doing something. It's practical. It's
hands on, let's do it. Dwi study his part with
the which one?
Speaker 4 (07:45):
Which one?
Speaker 1 (07:45):
He liked? The Swiss home.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Oh you just yeah, you just keep buying. Yeah, yeah,
listen to go. If you're looking for a good stock
to buy. By the way, invest in mushroom is switch looks.
I gotta tell you, I'll be taking a bunch.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
Of them to go.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
But no, but let's okay, let's I want to talk
about the good Hearty's has done, because that's a real
world of example. If you're a corporate citizen out there,
maybe you're CEO, maybe you're a CFO, and you really
want some genuine goodwill for your company, how about USA
Cares because we have so many great corporate citizens.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Here well and human And people don't understand is some
corporations have a half matching will Massie and they don't
even know it. Like Jackie didn't even realize her own
company did that until about four years ago. She goes,
oh my gosh, my company matches half of what I donate.
That's exactly right now.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
Actually, if you want to know if your company matches
or not, you can go to our website USA cares
dot org. Go to the donation page and you can
look up your own company and tell you if they
have an all bingo.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
Well here, let me look up for what there? You go,
all right.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
I will encourage people because we do a lot of
events right, and sometimes the dinners, like you go to
dinner after dinner and you get sissed up and you're
just like, what's going on at this dinner? Half the
I always say when I am ce these that are like,
let me tell you half the why you're here, because
they just get invited and they go or someone said
can you fill a seat? I will say, I will
(09:11):
encourage you that. Jackie and I have been to this
about five times. Your all's dinner that you do is
I don't how many times it's choosing a jacket.
Speaker 4 (09:20):
Cried, It's unreal.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
My wives cried all through the most of the events.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
I may have cried a little bit, but I always cry, well.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Whatever the house. But no, seriously, I did cry, but
also laughed. And here's why. And I'm going to wreck
this story. That's great, But you all had one of
the one of the speakers, there was a disabled American
veteran that had taken on an I ed and I
believe if I had this backwards, just correct me on this.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
Yeah. Uh, he had his legs.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
His both his legs and one arm triple.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
So so it was two years ago, so he's a
triple ampute one arm both legs, right, and he tells
this story about after that happened. He's in the hospital
and there's a guy with a legs but no arms exactly,
and they decide, hey, we right right, yeah, So they decide, hey, together,
we could probably drive a car.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
They were so sick of being in the hospital. They're
getting out of here. They wanted to go out.
Speaker 4 (10:26):
They wanted to have drinks.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
So this guy with no legs, he steers.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
The car with his one hand. The guy with with.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
No legs was Pittings.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
He was the gas and he was he was communicating
more gas, okay, break more gas, and he said he
took him forever. But eventually they made it to town.
They had a great time. They come back and they
get stopped at the gate.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
It stopped and the.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
Guard figures, you know what, they made it this far,
We're gonna let him go.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
But my point is there's nothing like it.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Cry the people get I'm telling you right now. Louisville, Shelbyville,
go to this gala. We go to a lot of events.
This is our favorite all year. That's no bia, I
love it. July nineteenth at the Gold House in Louisville.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
This is gonna be This is gonna be probably the
biggest one we've ever had. We're looking at over seven
hundred people cramming into the room.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
It's gonna be awesome.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
And but yeah, you can go to usa cares dot
org find out more about it.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
But it is. You get those stories, you get.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
Kind of the pageantry of it a little bit. It's
really a unique experience.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
And by the way, the dinner is really good. Oh man,
Like most of the time dry this or drive that,
that was not.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
The case, you know, Dwight.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
I think what's cool is that this community is just
so giving and they just really rally around us.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
They rally around veterans.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
It just had somebody walk in and buy a hat,
a pernal sausage hat. Pernel is helping us today and
gave a hundred bucks, you know, and.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Just they love to give.
Speaker 4 (11:51):
That's off. That's awesome.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
They told us to turn it down. We're over modulating. Okay, yes,
don't laugh so loud.
Speaker 4 (11:58):
I can't help it.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
With he being louder. Am I No, you're fine. Oh okay, right,
we're allowed. Now we're allowed. I think it's Matt, it's
probably me. I think it's mad yes.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Well, at least he's not cussing this time listening. I'm
trying to pay so seriously, Matt, USA Cares. Uh, this
organization is so needed. And the finances yeah, every year,
they just they need to grow and grow and grow.
Speaker 4 (12:21):
What could people do to help?
Speaker 3 (12:23):
Yeah, I mean the first thing is obviously USA cares
dot org.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Check out USA cares dot org.
Speaker 3 (12:28):
Learn about the situation, learn about you know, what what
veterans are going through right now. Once you start realizing
the difficult position that a lot of these families are in,
you're gonna want to get involved. You're gonna want to help.
Then reach out to our team. We got a fantastic team.
We're a national organization based in Louisville, and uh, we're
helping in all fifty states. So you can donate, it's
the most direct way to do it. Uh, but also
(12:50):
get involved with our chapters, volunteer some time.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Yeah, there's so many ways you can give back.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Can I ask you a question, Maybe you do this,
maybe you don't. Maybe you know when organization does this,
maybe they don't. But there's a lot of veterans are
just warehoused in nursing homes. Yeah, or maybe even shut
in by themselves. And that's that. It could be because
they're out of family. It could because they have family,
just don't give a damn about them. Is there an
organization that people can join to go out and visit
(13:15):
veterans and give them a little bit metal relief?
Speaker 4 (13:17):
If not, maybe we work on something.
Speaker 3 (13:19):
I mean, I think I think that's something we need
to work on. It is so needed, it is so
needed because they yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, it's right. Thank
you Matt for coming at USA.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Thank you RG.
Speaker 4 (13:29):
Get the details on the geala again.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
Yeah, July nineteenth, the Goldhouse. Go to USA cares dot
org and sign up today. All right, Maps security, go
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Speaker 1 (15:03):
Today live from Hardy's in Shelbyville. Come on, buy USA Cares,
get a sausage biscuit, hang out with us, or eat
a Swiss whatever, sandwich.
Speaker 4 (15:10):
Mushrooms, dam get it.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Right all the time. We love the people in Shelbyville.
People have been popping by all day long. It's kind
of crowdy here. I love it, so come by and
see us here on news radio eight forty.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
Hey, USA Cares talk about organization that you can give
to and trust that it's going to the right places.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
This is it.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
There's a place called Charity Navigator, the only report the
top two percent of charities. These guys are in here,
but they're consistently.
Speaker 4 (15:39):
Year after year after year after year. USA Cares is
in here.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
They're the ones that were if a veteran has they
can't make their payment on their apartment, maybe they can't
make their note on their house. Maybe they're lgne, they're
getting the brown bill, getting really get shut off. That
is where these guys and gals step in at USA
Cares and Susan Tyler Witting, you were part of the
all part of the General Assembly that helped fund this
(16:05):
a little bit, right.
Speaker 5 (16:07):
You absolutely. I mean it's it's not always as easy
to get things included in our budget.
Speaker 4 (16:12):
Absolutely.
Speaker 5 (16:13):
This this was about a year ago, and I'm proud
to be one of the legislators that fought really hard
for the two million dollars UH to to be to
be included in in the budget.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
Well deserved.
Speaker 5 (16:26):
We've we've heard so much about charities that there's waste,
fraud and abuse in other places, and I'm thrilled to
say that, you know, USA Cares is not is not
one of those as as you all talked about earlier.
They're there, you can see where the money goes and
and it's used exactly how.
Speaker 4 (16:47):
Yeah, thanks for listening, Tony. Charity navigating.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Charity navigators they only they don't report to port the
top two percent of charities, and USA Cares they are
in Charity Navigator year after year after year after year.
Speaker 4 (17:04):
But yeah, thank you, Well done to the General Assembly.
I thank you guys and gals.
Speaker 5 (17:08):
Did And USA Cares is right in the middle of
my district, so I had a personal you know, a
personal you know, stories about it and and I've gotten
to know the guys and gals there, and it's it's
never been more important to to UH to support our veterans,
and USA Cares does just that.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
So it is. Here's the most important question is Blanken Baker,
Middletown or J Town?
Speaker 4 (17:33):
Where are we at J Town? It's J Town?
Speaker 1 (17:37):
Okay, that's the most important question. That's the most because
people are like when they say Jay Town are going blank.
Speaker 2 (17:43):
We might we might need to get Matt on here
in a little bit and find out who he likes
working with most.
Speaker 4 (17:49):
Which witt does he like working with most? Susan Tyler Whittener.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
No, well it's going to be Susan lawmaker money. No, No,
think it's yes, yes, I don't know.
Speaker 4 (18:00):
We'll find out.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
We'll find out, all right, all right, Susan, We're gonna
kick you out for one minute and bring you back.
We're gonna get Don on here, Don Pey, Are you
ready to go? Yeah, come on here, don.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
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Blessed they have over one hundred and fifty tubs ready
for immediate delivery. And by the way, so the couple
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Coming with me seventy five. Oh Wae Preston Highway.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
Hello, don Hello, how are you? I'm well? How are
y'all good? How are you connected? And we're gonna get
second set of headphones here because this is a dual.
Paula is with you. How are you all? How are
you connected? With what? He cares you? USA Cares Sure,
So I am the veteran.
Speaker 6 (18:51):
I came through the Senior Leader's Fellowship program here with
USA Cares, which is a program that takes exiting Army
officers in senior enlistedman and puts them into currently Corporate
America and is a program that allows us to then
also train with Corporate America for you know, six to
eight weeks prior to exiting as well to then help
(19:13):
that transition go a little bit smoother.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
That's actually huge too, because let's say, well, for example,
you go in there and you're part of this program
more times than not. I don't know this to be
fact or not, but I'm guessing more times than not,
after that veteran has been in that organization, they've trained, they.
Speaker 4 (19:31):
Thought, you know what, let's just hire him or her.
Is that pretty common or not?
Speaker 1 (19:36):
That is that is common?
Speaker 6 (19:37):
So I got the lovely opportunity to work for RenEEL
By Anderson of Kentucky and Southern Indiana, and you know,
and they kind of took a shot, you know, because
again typically we kind of go towards large organizations, and
so we got the opportunity to go to a small
business this time, in a local business this time, and really,
you know, got the opportunity to see a business grow
(19:59):
significantly over time, which was awesome.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
Paul Is with his follow how are you yeah?
Speaker 7 (20:07):
Can you hear me?
Speaker 3 (20:11):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (20:11):
I want to say thank you for getting my She's
got Marty Philim and eyes. I said, nobody gets the joke.
And then God love Paula. She looked at me and
she said, I got it.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
Let's let's talk about us A Cares in this program,
because it's quite brilliant if you ask me. And by
the way, if there's a corporate citizen out there that says,
you know what, we're constantly looking to bring people, good
qualified people in here, and we don't know if we're
going to hire them or not. This is a good
way for these companies, these corporate citizens of Louisville, Kentucky,
(20:48):
are anywhere that's listening. Because USA Cares is nationwide, this
is a good opportunity for them to say, you know what,
let's get into this. How do companies and corporations tie
into this and and talk about what he just said.
Speaker 7 (21:00):
Great, it's a great opportunity for any organization, all industries.
We've got a lot of skills, different skill sets that
come out of the military. We've got a memorandum of
agreement with the Department of Defense where we manage the
program for them, and we don't own the program, but
we manage it. And it's an eight week fellowship program
where I've got a great colleague, Todd. He works with
(21:22):
them on a day to day basis and and does
resume reviews and really makes the service member understand their
skill set and the importance and the value that they
can bring to organizations. And like I said, it's all industries,
all different skill sets. But so we work with them
and then they go through an eight week fellowship program.
We just yep, done did an eight week fellowship program?
Speaker 1 (21:45):
We plus I hope.
Speaker 4 (21:54):
So, but it's.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
That what is the that's sort of what does that
eight weeks include? What do you do? Oh?
Speaker 6 (22:04):
So so for us, what the first thing it starts
with is well, what do you do now?
Speaker 3 (22:09):
Right?
Speaker 6 (22:09):
Because it's because it's different, and so first thing is
is going to be setting yourself up for a transition
out of a very much more probably disciplined organization into
something that's sometimes a little bit more morphous, something that
where hierarchy may not be as readily apparent. So that's
(22:29):
kind of the first thing is trying to prepare yourself
culturally for that exit, right, and also just make sure
that you kind of maybe some maybe not have a
veterans moment on someone you know where you.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
Which could happen. Right. And then the next thing that.
Speaker 6 (22:42):
Paula then starts perferring us for is professionally right, and
so that's resume writing. That's starting to then link us together.
And then also it's support amongst your other uh fellowship
classmates I don't I don't know participants as well, because
you know, we're all exiting and looking for something different, right,
and so we have guys that are exiting at twenty
years and then you have folks like me that were
(23:04):
exiting at ten years right, which is also a kind
of an unusual place to exit r right right. But
you know, we my wife and I made a decision
to let her kind of have her her time in
the sun as well, so, you know, and then you
have folks that are exiting early career. And so the
great thing about Paula is that she's able to take
all of those people, regardless of where they are in
(23:24):
their exit right and start to find somewhere that's great
for them to work, and then also take and start
structuring a program in regimen to prepare them for a
successful life out idea in their corporate way.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
It really is awesome.
Speaker 4 (23:38):
And what would you say the percentage would be?
Speaker 2 (23:40):
You get somebody, they get in a fellowship program, their veteran,
this company takes them on, they show them the rope,
show how everything's done.
Speaker 4 (23:48):
If you ask me, if they've been there eight weeks,
why not hire them?
Speaker 7 (23:51):
Right?
Speaker 4 (23:52):
What are the percentages of the veteran get him or
her getting hired?
Speaker 7 (23:56):
It's a great question. So according to our memory and
of agreement, we have to have a ninety percent offer
rate for individuals that are going through the program.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
Wow, So exactly is there exactly is there any industries
that are on your wish list? We wish we had
this industry, but all we have is this. Is there
any that you all have target that you haven't had
any success with?
Speaker 1 (24:18):
You?
Speaker 7 (24:18):
You know, we've got a lot right now. We've got
some IT people coming out of the military, so it
would be great to have some organizations that are looking
for IT opportunities and experiences. But you know, we just
signed on Norton Healthcare, huge for us, which is great
because they are able to showcase what they can, you know,
how they can help some of our do.
Speaker 4 (24:40):
Get an IT company.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
We let me know because my wife goes to the
worst websites, would not believe these things, and now I've
got a virus.
Speaker 4 (24:47):
On my computer.
Speaker 7 (24:48):
So we're looking for all types of industries large, small,
but we really need more more participation.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
Than that community. Don how did you find them?
Speaker 4 (24:58):
Again?
Speaker 6 (24:59):
You might have answered that, So for me it was gosh,
I think it was just through word of mouth in
all honesty, like within peers that are exciting, like hey,
have you heard about Have you heard about this program?
It's a really excellent opportunity to do so and believe
it or not. So again, the world is small. I
was the EXO for a organization on Fort Knox. My
(25:21):
old boss that works for USA Cares is Hell and
he is my old boss. He's here and he's absolutely I.
Speaker 4 (25:31):
Think for boss. Well no, no, he's no longer your boss.
Let's call him mode while.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
We have job. I did not. But Fort Knox is
a huge and so it was for Campbell. I mean,
I'm sure they are. To the Commonwealth. Absolutely, it's a
twelve thirteen billion dollar industry between the two. Absolutely, way
bigger than Bourbon and in the bris just want to mention, uh,
but yeah, so that is a great connection, and you
just sort of word of mouth, Well, we're going to
(25:58):
do better than.
Speaker 4 (25:59):
The Let's let's let you talk right now.
Speaker 2 (26:02):
If you're a corporateces and if you're a CEO, if
you're a CFO, maybe a general manager, whatever it might be,
you're in human resources, let's talk to these companies right now.
Give them a pitch on what USA Cares can do
for them while they help veterans.
Speaker 7 (26:17):
By the way, great first of all hiring a veteran,
you know, we're helping our military community. You will get
a you won't get a better disciplined individual skill sets.
You know, just because it's not on the resume, it
doesn't mean they don't have that skill set. So make
sure you look at all of the you know, have
these conversations with our veterans, and you're helping our community
(26:39):
as far as putting these veterans to work. They served
our country and it's up to us to take care
of them after after they get out. And what a
better way to do that than to to employ them
and help them, you know, with their transition. You know,
it's it's very easy to hire a veteran and the
(26:59):
vet themselves and Dodd can be attest to this. You know,
they're looking for opportunities. They don't know how to how
their skill sets translate. So I always encourage anybody talk
to the veteran, whether it's on the resume or not.
But USA Cares can help you connect with veterans. And again,
all industries all different types of skill sets, and we
(27:21):
need to take care of our veterans because if we
don't hire our veterans, then you know, USA Cares helps
individuals and assist individuals that cannot pay their bills. And
so if they don't, if we can't find jobs for them,
then they are going to be calling us for assistance.
We want to make sure that we as we help
them and we're proactive in stopping these evictions and kin
(27:45):
repossessions and so with them having a job, that should
stop some of these factors that can.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
If you're a business owner, if you're a CEO, CFO,
human resources, whatever it might be, USA Cares dot org,
USA care dot org, I promise you you will not
regret this.
Speaker 1 (28:03):
Your business will be better. Uh Don, thank you for
your service and great great spokesman for USA Cares. I
appreciate you. Thank you again, thank you for your trying
to Polo YouTube. Awesome man. All right, Uh, you have
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Speaker 1 (30:02):
All right, folks. Coming up next, we're going to talk
to a guy that is from Louisville. He plays in
a band called One Iris Schwrover. It's a Van Morrison
tribute band.
Speaker 4 (30:11):
As much as.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
Pat Garvey, I'm not trying to out Van Morrison, please
don't do that. And he's going to be part of
the Saint Matthew seventy fifth anniversary that's coming up on
June seventh from ten am or ten pm, yeah, I'm sorry,
noon to ten pm at Brown Park June seventh, they
have the basically the Concert that Never was Huey Lewis
Tribute band that's a motown going on, beatles going on,
(30:35):
with the Rigbs. It's gonna be a lot of fun.
So we'll talk to him next broadcasting live from the
Harty's here in Shelbyville and of course with USA Care,
So come on by and say hi back after this
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