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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Shannon I lepal Cast says we had a partly thoughty
day to day with a high of eighty six, just
a few clouds over night sixty seven, be low tomorrow
eighty eight with sunny sky, clear skies over night sixty eight,
and a dry Saturday going up to ninety degrees sixty
seven degrees. Now, let's get a traffic update.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
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Americans waiting on an organ transplant from multicultural communities.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
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between Buttermilk and Downtown. It's due to an accident just
above Azer Charles. That's over on the right hand side
of the ramp of the proms in Charles.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Now right lanes are open to gift.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Chuck Ingram on fifty five KRC the talk station.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
It's seven nineteen now fifty five krsit talk station. I'm
trying to make it a happy Thursday in studio. Brian
Ibol from Help Squad wonderful charity to help Squad describe
itself is a self described rather Christian faith collaborative helping
struggling working families in West side neighborhoods Shitvy At, Colerain,
Dell High and Green townships. So if you know someone
who's in, you know, really struggling need and maybe a
(01:12):
temporary situation, Brian Ibold is there to help, and he
and his team are doing wonderful things. Brian, how long
has it been since she's launched the Help Squad?
Speaker 4 (01:20):
So started in twenty twenty when I retire, So we're
going about five years now, no kidding, Yeah, wow, I
can't believe that much time has flown the Help Squad
since he with a wide dot comms where you find
them online.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Give my listeners a couple of illustrations of what you've
been able to do for folks of late, you know,
the situation that led any given person to your doorstep
and your lending support.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Oh yeah, I mean how much time we got you know.
I mean we've turned on utilities for people that didn't
have water and gas and elector. We've done that, and
I when we do that weekly. We've we've fixed repaired
cars for single moms that couldn't get to work. That
happens quite often. Yeah, we've given I think this is
the last time I've been on here, we've probably gifted
(02:03):
four cars.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
I mean people will donate cars. That's wonderful.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
We take it to Broken Foles right behind Ward Way
Fuels over there in the heart of Green Township and
they fix the cars for free up to ten thousand
dollars a year. That's what Matt Broken Foles does. So
if you're a car fix go to Matt Brogan and
Broken Foles because they give, I mean they give, They
give ten grand. Now could you imagine if five other
service stations in Green Township or Dala High if they
(02:27):
gave ten grand to we even never spend a penny
on fixing a car, and that would save us money
to give to more people. See, that's our visions called
out exactly. Come well, I'm easy to find in this.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
In this sixtent is more broadly because you've helped folks
with you know, issues inside their homes. So like contractors, carpenters, electricians, plumbers,
lotty dotty, everybody, we need everybody.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
This is we're not going to pull this.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
Off b ourselves, me, me, Sam Jasper and our crew
or our board members aren' gonna be able to pull
this off. We need everybody involved, you know, and that's
our visions. Try to get the entire community together, and
that's part of my job, and that's one of the
reasons I was doing an interview with Channel five yesterday
with Shari, and that's one of the reasons I'm here today.
And we're gonna keep going until we get to the
(03:12):
right person who wants to do something. You know, just real, quil,
what we're talking about the city. You know, there are
fifty two neighborhoods in the city. Do you know how
many of those that the Help Squad covers?
Speaker 3 (03:22):
None?
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Do you think that there's anybody in these fifty two
neighborhoods that need the same type of help that we
give four places or four areas in Hamilton County?
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Of course there is. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
So you know what would be a great idea, What
about a meeting with the mayor? This is we give
hope and we give healing to a city that really
needs some right now. Could you imagine if we had
to help Squad Ammondale, help Squad Evanston, to help Squad Madison,
help Squad Westwood. There are people struggling. Do you know
ever since we've had probably ten requestss the interview yesterday,
(03:56):
they're all in the city. Like, we can't help the
people in the city.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
You're limited in your ability because of limited funding, limited resources, manpower,
if you want to call it that, right, So that's
why you've chosen the West Side communities to focus on.
That's where you're from, and you know there is need there.
That's the other There's certainly need.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
There's need everywhere, don't get me wrong, but I'm certain
there is need in these fifty two neighborshood neighborhoods, and
just real quick, just just for the numbers here. So
if you take a single mother and she has a
let's say her car breaks down, it's a five hundred
dollars car repair. What most people don't understand, these aren't
the people smoking weeds, sitting on their rear end and
playing Xbox all day. These are hard working Americans that
(04:36):
are trying to survive. They're making ends meet, their single
parents a lot or their families that are struggling. You know,
I grew up with a single mom. I saw at
firsthand how she struggled. Our lights were off at one time, Okay,
so these people, So let's say she has a five
hundred dollars car pant. She doesn't have the money to
fix that, her friends don't have money to fix it,
she don't Usually the people in this position don't have credit.
(04:57):
They can't put it on a credit card, they don't
have credit. So what happens is the mother who has
this five hundred dollars car repair, can't get it fixed,
can't get to work, doesn't make money, and gets evicted.
And now she becomes homeless. And she's part of the statistic.
Once she gets on this on government assistance, it's going
to cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars. If you
(05:19):
just would have gave me the five hundred dollars to
pay her car payment, we wouldn't be dealing with any
of this. It's a win win, win win for everybody.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Well, I mean, you've just decided to describe what the
original intent of social welfare programs was all about, to
provide a temporary bridge to get you, to get you
through the problems until you are capable of, you know,
going back into the workforce and contributing to society.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
You're exactly right.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Nobody can use the help squad as a permanent crutch.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
Absolutely not. And that's a perfect point to bring up.
So we helped seventy three families last year in twenty
twenty four, roughly fifty of those families had requested assistance
with rent to avoid eviction, which ultimately leads to homelessness.
My wife is a realer with hooting ridler. She tells me,
you do not want an eviction on your record because
nobody is going to ever again wants you to be
(06:09):
in their in their house, uh, you know, a rent
to you. So it's it's a it's a very big thing.
You don't want the the eviction uh to go forward,
you know. So we tried to prevent that. But out
of the fifty families that we helped and we paid
and we avoided eviction for them and we avoided the homelessness, uh,
less than ten requested help again, meaning we filled that
(06:32):
small financial gap to keep the fill that and to
keep them moving forward with their regular lives, making ends
meet and continuing forward. That's forty families. Man, do you
know what that would have cost the tax pairs? So
if you give it seriously, if let's just say, I'm
just throwing to figure out, you give us a million dollars,
we're gonna save you five million.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Does that make sense? Like it does.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
I'm banging my head against car to wards like no
one wants to listen to me. I've talked to some
of the county commit I've tried to get down to
the city hall. I don't know what it takes, you know,
to get someone to listen to us.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Well, I think you you vet those who are asking
for the resource. We certainly do you, unlike most government
programs who aren't interested in being accountable to the taxpayer dollar.
Because they get these budgets and they have the money already,
they don't have to be responsible, accountable for making sure
it goes to those truly in need and worthy of
(07:26):
it to get to pass this little hurdle, rather than
just giving to someone who intends to stay on the program. Yeah,
that's what makes your program efficient, that's what makes it
very successful, and I applaud your efforts in that regard.
We'll bring Brian back because they've got a couple of
events that you can help out with and help the organization.
Of course, if you're out there, you're in the trade.
You have your own automobile repair shop. You want to
(07:48):
help out Brian and the help squad over on the
West side. Of course, you're a resource that they would
love having available and you'll help fulfill this wonderful mission
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to day with a high of eighty six over night,
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Sunday tomorrow eighty eight for the high clear of a
night sixty eight and dry and ninety degrees.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
On Saturday, Hot one sixty eight. Now let's get a
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Speaker 2 (09:12):
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Speaker 1 (09:43):
Seven thirty on a Thursday and a happy one to you,
Ryan Eyebol from the Health Squad along with Sidekicked Westside
Jim Kiefer, who's remaining quiet. He's not feeling real well
today and that's why I asked my listeners to pray
for Jim. He's in remission with his cancer, but he's
struggling with some pain issues. So everyday occurrence and God
bless each and every cam suffer out there. We got
your back here in the morning show, Brian Ibold, you
got your back for folks in need. You did a
(10:05):
wonderful job explaining how how important your organization is and
how important it is for us to help those folks
get over those little speed bumps and likes so they
don't end up permanently affixed with the social welfare system.
So I applaud your efforts and thanks for all the
Thanks to you for all the folks that you've helped
out over the past five years the Help Squad. Since
you with thewy dot com or you can get details
(10:26):
on a couple of events that are coming up. Let's
briefly dress first, the Help Squad Annual golf fundraiser taking
place at Pebble Creek Golf Course, and Events Center that's
coming up on August sixteenth, fast approaching. Are there still
some slots available for that one?
Speaker 4 (10:38):
There are, there's a couple. There's some slots for golfers,
and more importantly, there's some spots for some sponsorship opportunities.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Sponsors.
Speaker 4 (10:47):
Yeah, check us out. You know, they got the website.
We certainly could use to help with that. And just
just to reitererate. You know, one hundred percent of every
donation goes to wards helping people. I don't get paid,
our board don't get paid. We're doing this for free,
very important part. Yeah, you know, and that's what really
really irks me. You know, like you think United Way,
(11:07):
like all I'm going to have part of a paycheck
go United Way. And they may do some wonderful things,
but their overhead is massive.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
Yeah, I mean salaries that they pay.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
And you know, it's like you're lucky if you get
what seventy five cents on the dollar that you donate
to go actually for charitable work with you, it's one
hundred percent. You're not taking anything out of the till.
Speaker 4 (11:25):
No, now you give me what one of those guys make,
I'll change the entire landscape of the West.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Side is a good one.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Pride, I hold, all right, But you got something else
going on with my friend Tom Brenneman, who's currently speaking
on over at seven hundred. I don't want to have
to give him promotion because I don't want listeners to
turn off the radios. But Tom is an outstanding guy,
I'll tell you, dude, and he's helping you out as well.
Speaker 4 (11:51):
He is so so on August twenty thirds, it's a Saturday,
from nine am to eleven am, Tom is going to
come out and speak at Bucketheads. That's my favorite place
in the world to go. And he's coming to Bucketheads
and we're gonna have coach Michelle from the UC baseball team.
He's going to kind of host it, and then Tom's
going to speak, and well that's cool, yeah, And I'll
(12:14):
mc it a little bit. Maybe I'll write up some
new material, some comedy stuff, maybe try to make some
people laugh.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Probably won't happen, but.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Typical Westsiders he's got a running video sort of like
web series. There you go, the Typical Westsiders, which is very,
very funny. Brian's behind that effort, and you do record
that at Bucketheads too.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we do a lot bucket you know.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
So, like I said, we started about five years ago
with the help squad, and Tom Scott of the owner
of Bucketheads, has just been man.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
He has been our number one supporter.
Speaker 4 (12:44):
It was our first fundraiser there, I think we made,
you know, five hundred bucks and we were going to
save the world with five hundred dollars, and you know,
and just to see the advancement of the progress we've
made in the last four and five years. You know,
it started out, hey, let's help a few people here
and there, and this is a corporation. This has become
a forty hour work week, not for just myself, but
(13:04):
even for Sam. You know, Sam's been on here many times.
I'm fortunate I'm retired, yeah, you know, and I can
put my thirty five forty hours in a week of
doing this. Sam works for the full time job. Sam's
doing like seventy hours a week, and so is Carrie.
We have a carry went on our team. She works
full time and she's doing this like eighty hours a week.
I don't know, you know, So everybody's put in a
(13:25):
lot of effort for others. You know that we're not
getting anything out of this. Accept the reward and being
the hands of feet of Jesus Christ. Well, and you know,
isn't that important Because I've always said about my charity,
it's okay for you to feel good personally for helping
someone out. That's kind of the reward that you get
from being charitable. You're fulfilling God's mission. If this, if
you're a person of Christian faith or maybe other faiths,
(13:47):
feel the same way. Helping out folks that are on
life's margins get over their struggles, maybe encourage them to
pursue the faith themselves. Considering where your charitable motivation came from,
it's like prostlytizing. It's a foot in the door toward
perhaps them getting some enlightenment.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
And I know that's part of your goal, Brian, and
I think it's a laudable goal.
Speaker 3 (14:08):
I appreciate that. You know, I have.
Speaker 4 (14:10):
I have a few tattoos, and uh, if you know,
people see with the tattoos, they immediately long hair and tattoos,
they're become intimidated. But if if someone just take the few,
well I do look a little odd. But if you
took the time and just looked some of the tattoos,
they're all Christian, you know, I know Christian tattoos. And
it says here, and this is the one I always
refer to the most, especially with the Help Squad stuff.
It says, I am my brother's keeper. I didn't put
(14:32):
that on my skin just as a joke. We are
our brother's keeper. You how do I sleep at night
sound knowing that they're a family h enchiviot with a
single mom and three kids are sleeping on the floor.
How do you do that? You know, I don't think
you're human if you can do that. And that's the
stuff we're doing every day, all day of the week.
You know, that's what the Help Squad is. And it's
(14:54):
just such a rewarding feeling and we're not going away.
Someone's going to have to We're gonna have to get
some sort of spot sponsorship from, you know, some big companies,
because let me tell you something, the days of playing
split the pot and raffle baskets, that's about over for us.
Like it's time to either or get off the pot.
I mean, something has to really, we're gonna need some
(15:14):
big sponsors here coming up, or we're gonna have to
figure out some other things.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
Well.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
On that happy note, I'll remind folks the Help Squad
since you with the y dot com, there are all
kinds of opportunities for you to help out. If you're
in the trades, help out by dedicating some time for
some folks, you know, fix up projects that they deal with.
If you have a check in your hand, or you
have an opportunity financially to donate, of course you can
easily do that on the website as well. And maybe
you have some just free time to help out in
(15:41):
some way. I'm sure they'll accept your help. So volunteer work,
cash contributions, sponsorships, whether it's maybe for the annual golf
fundraiser or just being a sponsor of the Help Squad.
Generally speaking, corporate sponsors are all welcome. And thanks to
all those folks who have stepped up, which you have
on your website, so like Broken Folds you mentioned, you
got link to the buckettheads there and all these other
(16:02):
organizations that have helped you out, And thanks to all
of them for doing so. If only more people would
step up, we'd have a lot fewer problems, right.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
We could change this. I guarantee it we could change it. Well.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
Keep up the great work, Brian, you've done wonderful work
so far. And all to the team over at the
help Squad, thank you very much. And Jim Keefer, I
know you've been quiet today. It's good scene, real quiet. Sorry,
good scene anyway.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
Man.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Well you know, maybe we've got some prayers coming your
way next time I see you have a big smile
on your face, free of pain. Let's hope that's something
he's praying for too. It's seven thirty seven right now.
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Fifty five KRC. Think of a single
Shannon I lepal Cast says we had a partly thoughty
day to day with a high of eighty six, just
a few clouds over night sixty seven, be low tomorrow
eighty eight with sunny sky, clear skies over night sixty eight,
and a dry Saturday going up to ninety degrees sixty
seven degrees. Now, let's get a traffic update.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
From the UC how Traffic Center. Nearly sixty percent of
Americans waiting on an organ transplant from multicultural communities.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Give the Gift of life.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Become an organ donor or explore living donation at UC
health dot com. Slash transplant northbound seventy five break lifes
between Buttermilk and Downtown. It's due to an accident just
above Azer Charles. That's over on the right hand side
of the ramp of the proms in Charles.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Now right lanes are open to gift.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Chuck Ingram on fifty five KRC the talk station.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
It's seven nineteen now fifty five krsit talk station. I'm
trying to make it a happy Thursday in studio. Brian
Ibol from Help Squad wonderful charity to help Squad describe
itself is a self described rather Christian faith collaborative helping
struggling working families in West side neighborhoods Shitvy At, Colerain,
Dell High and Green townships. So if you know someone
who's in, you know, really struggling need and maybe a
(01:12):
temporary situation, Brian Ibold is there to help, and he
and his team are doing wonderful things. Brian, how long
has it been since she's launched the Help Squad?
Speaker 4 (01:20):
So started in twenty twenty when I retire, So we're
going about five years now, no kidding, Yeah, wow, I
can't believe that much time has flown the Help Squad
since he with a wide dot comms where you find
them online.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Give my listeners a couple of illustrations of what you've
been able to do for folks of late, you know,
the situation that led any given person to your doorstep
and your lending support.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Oh yeah, I mean how much time we got you know.
I mean we've turned on utilities for people that didn't
have water and gas and elector. We've done that, and
I when we do that weekly. We've we've fixed repaired
cars for single moms that couldn't get to work. That
happens quite often. Yeah, we've given I think this is
the last time I've been on here, we've probably gifted
(02:03):
four cars.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
I mean people will donate cars. That's wonderful.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
We take it to Broken Foles right behind Ward Way
Fuels over there in the heart of Green Township and
they fix the cars for free up to ten thousand
dollars a year. That's what Matt Broken Foles does. So
if you're a car fix go to Matt Brogan and
Broken Foles because they give, I mean they give, They
give ten grand. Now could you imagine if five other
service stations in Green Township or Dala High if they
(02:27):
gave ten grand to we even never spend a penny
on fixing a car, and that would save us money
to give to more people. See, that's our visions called
out exactly. Come well, I'm easy to find in this.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
In this sixtent is more broadly because you've helped folks
with you know, issues inside their homes. So like contractors, carpenters, electricians, plumbers,
lotty dotty, everybody, we need everybody.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
This is we're not going to pull this.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
Off b ourselves, me, me, Sam Jasper and our crew
or our board members aren' gonna be able to pull
this off. We need everybody involved, you know, and that's
our visions. Try to get the entire community together, and
that's part of my job, and that's one of the
reasons I was doing an interview with Channel five yesterday
with Shari, and that's one of the reasons I'm here today.
And we're gonna keep going until we get to the
(03:12):
right person who wants to do something. You know, just real, quil,
what we're talking about the city. You know, there are
fifty two neighborhoods in the city. Do you know how
many of those that the Help Squad covers?
Speaker 3 (03:22):
None?
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Do you think that there's anybody in these fifty two
neighborhoods that need the same type of help that we
give four places or four areas in Hamilton County?
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Of course there is. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
So you know what would be a great idea, What
about a meeting with the mayor? This is we give
hope and we give healing to a city that really
needs some right now. Could you imagine if we had
to help Squad Ammondale, help Squad Evanston, to help Squad Madison,
help Squad Westwood. There are people struggling. Do you know
ever since we've had probably ten requestss the interview yesterday,
(03:56):
they're all in the city. Like, we can't help the
people in the city.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
You're limited in your ability because of limited funding, limited resources, manpower,
if you want to call it that, right, So that's
why you've chosen the West Side communities to focus on.
That's where you're from, and you know there is need there.
That's the other There's certainly need.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
There's need everywhere, don't get me wrong, but I'm certain
there is need in these fifty two neighborshood neighborhoods, and
just real quick, just just for the numbers here. So
if you take a single mother and she has a
let's say her car breaks down, it's a five hundred
dollars car repair. What most people don't understand, these aren't
the people smoking weeds, sitting on their rear end and
playing Xbox all day. These are hard working Americans that
(04:36):
are trying to survive. They're making ends meet, their single
parents a lot or their families that are struggling. You know,
I grew up with a single mom. I saw at
firsthand how she struggled. Our lights were off at one time, Okay,
so these people, So let's say she has a five
hundred dollars car pant. She doesn't have the money to
fix that, her friends don't have money to fix it,
she don't Usually the people in this position don't have credit.
(04:57):
They can't put it on a credit card, they don't
have credit. So what happens is the mother who has
this five hundred dollars car repair, can't get it fixed,
can't get to work, doesn't make money, and gets evicted.
And now she becomes homeless. And she's part of the statistic.
Once she gets on this on government assistance, it's going
to cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars. If you
(05:19):
just would have gave me the five hundred dollars to
pay her car payment, we wouldn't be dealing with any
of this. It's a win win, win win for everybody.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Well, I mean, you've just decided to describe what the
original intent of social welfare programs was all about, to
provide a temporary bridge to get you, to get you
through the problems until you are capable of, you know,
going back into the workforce and contributing to society.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
You're exactly right.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Nobody can use the help squad as a permanent crutch.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
Absolutely not. And that's a perfect point to bring up.
So we helped seventy three families last year in twenty
twenty four, roughly fifty of those families had requested assistance
with rent to avoid eviction, which ultimately leads to homelessness.
My wife is a realer with hooting ridler. She tells me,
you do not want an eviction on your record because
nobody is going to ever again wants you to be
(06:09):
in their in their house, uh, you know, a rent
to you. So it's it's a it's a very big thing.
You don't want the the eviction uh to go forward,
you know. So we tried to prevent that. But out
of the fifty families that we helped and we paid
and we avoided eviction for them and we avoided the homelessness, uh,
less than ten requested help again, meaning we filled that
(06:32):
small financial gap to keep the fill that and to
keep them moving forward with their regular lives, making ends
meet and continuing forward. That's forty families. Man, do you
know what that would have cost the tax pairs? So
if you give it seriously, if let's just say, I'm
just throwing to figure out, you give us a million dollars,
we're gonna save you five million.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Does that make sense? Like it does.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
I'm banging my head against car to wards like no
one wants to listen to me. I've talked to some
of the county commit I've tried to get down to
the city hall. I don't know what it takes, you know,
to get someone to listen to us.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Well, I think you you vet those who are asking
for the resource. We certainly do you, unlike most government
programs who aren't interested in being accountable to the taxpayer dollar.
Because they get these budgets and they have the money already,
they don't have to be responsible, accountable for making sure
it goes to those truly in need and worthy of
(07:26):
it to get to pass this little hurdle, rather than
just giving to someone who intends to stay on the program. Yeah,
that's what makes your program efficient, that's what makes it
very successful, and I applaud your efforts in that regard.
We'll bring Brian back because they've got a couple of
events that you can help out with and help the organization.
Of course, if you're out there, you're in the trade.
You have your own automobile repair shop. You want to
(07:48):
help out Brian and the help squad over on the
West side. Of course, you're a resource that they would
love having available and you'll help fulfill this wonderful mission
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Seven thirty on a Thursday and a happy one to you,
Ryan Eyebol from the Health Squad along with Sidekicked Westside
Jim Kiefer, who's remaining quiet. He's not feeling real well
today and that's why I asked my listeners to pray
for Jim. He's in remission with his cancer, but he's
struggling with some pain issues. So everyday occurrence and God
bless each and every cam suffer out there. We got
your back here in the morning show, Brian Ibold, you
got your back for folks in need. You did a
(10:05):
wonderful job explaining how how important your organization is and
how important it is for us to help those folks
get over those little speed bumps and likes so they
don't end up permanently affixed with the social welfare system.
So I applaud your efforts and thanks for all the
Thanks to you for all the folks that you've helped
out over the past five years the Help Squad. Since
you with thewy dot com or you can get details
(10:26):
on a couple of events that are coming up. Let's
briefly dress first, the Help Squad Annual golf fundraiser taking
place at Pebble Creek Golf Course, and Events Center that's
coming up on August sixteenth, fast approaching. Are there still
some slots available for that one?
Speaker 4 (10:38):
There are, there's a couple. There's some slots for golfers,
and more importantly, there's some spots for some sponsorship opportunities.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Sponsors.
Speaker 4 (10:47):
Yeah, check us out. You know, they got the website.
We certainly could use to help with that. And just
just to reitererate. You know, one hundred percent of every
donation goes to wards helping people. I don't get paid,
our board don't get paid. We're doing this for free,
very important part. Yeah, you know, and that's what really
really irks me. You know, like you think United Way,
(11:07):
like all I'm going to have part of a paycheck
go United Way. And they may do some wonderful things,
but their overhead is massive.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
Yeah, I mean salaries that they pay.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
And you know, it's like you're lucky if you get
what seventy five cents on the dollar that you donate
to go actually for charitable work with you, it's one
hundred percent. You're not taking anything out of the till.
Speaker 4 (11:25):
No, now you give me what one of those guys make,
I'll change the entire landscape of the West.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Side is a good one.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Pride, I hold, all right, But you got something else
going on with my friend Tom Brenneman, who's currently speaking
on over at seven hundred. I don't want to have
to give him promotion because I don't want listeners to
turn off the radios. But Tom is an outstanding guy,
I'll tell you, dude, and he's helping you out as well.
Speaker 4 (11:51):
He is so so on August twenty thirds, it's a Saturday,
from nine am to eleven am, Tom is going to
come out and speak at Bucketheads. That's my favorite place
in the world to go. And he's coming to Bucketheads
and we're gonna have coach Michelle from the UC baseball team.
He's going to kind of host it, and then Tom's
going to speak, and well that's cool, yeah, And I'll
(12:14):
mc it a little bit. Maybe I'll write up some
new material, some comedy stuff, maybe try to make some
people laugh.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Probably won't happen, but.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Typical Westsiders he's got a running video sort of like
web series. There you go, the Typical Westsiders, which is very,
very funny. Brian's behind that effort, and you do record
that at Bucketheads too.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we do a lot bucket you know.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
So, like I said, we started about five years ago
with the help squad, and Tom Scott of the owner
of Bucketheads, has just been man.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
He has been our number one supporter.
Speaker 4 (12:44):
It was our first fundraiser there, I think we made,
you know, five hundred bucks and we were going to
save the world with five hundred dollars, and you know,
and just to see the advancement of the progress we've
made in the last four and five years. You know,
it started out, hey, let's help a few people here
and there, and this is a corporation. This has become
a forty hour work week, not for just myself, but
(13:04):
even for Sam. You know, Sam's been on here many times.
I'm fortunate I'm retired, yeah, you know, and I can
put my thirty five forty hours in a week of
doing this. Sam works for the full time job. Sam's
doing like seventy hours a week, and so is Carrie.
We have a carry went on our team. She works
full time and she's doing this like eighty hours a week.
I don't know, you know, So everybody's put in a
(13:25):
lot of effort for others. You know that we're not
getting anything out of this. Accept the reward and being
the hands of feet of Jesus Christ. Well, and you know,
isn't that important Because I've always said about my charity,
it's okay for you to feel good personally for helping
someone out. That's kind of the reward that you get
from being charitable. You're fulfilling God's mission. If this, if
you're a person of Christian faith or maybe other faiths,
(13:47):
feel the same way. Helping out folks that are on
life's margins get over their struggles, maybe encourage them to
pursue the faith themselves. Considering where your charitable motivation came from,
it's like prostlytizing. It's a foot in the door toward
perhaps them getting some enlightenment.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
And I know that's part of your goal, Brian, and
I think it's a laudable goal.
Speaker 3 (14:08):
I appreciate that. You know, I have.
Speaker 4 (14:10):
I have a few tattoos, and uh, if you know,
people see with the tattoos, they immediately long hair and tattoos,
they're become intimidated. But if if someone just take the few,
well I do look a little odd. But if you
took the time and just looked some of the tattoos,
they're all Christian, you know, I know Christian tattoos. And
it says here, and this is the one I always
refer to the most, especially with the Help Squad stuff.
It says, I am my brother's keeper. I didn't put
(14:32):
that on my skin just as a joke. We are
our brother's keeper. You how do I sleep at night
sound knowing that they're a family h enchiviot with a
single mom and three kids are sleeping on the floor.
How do you do that? You know, I don't think
you're human if you can do that. And that's the
stuff we're doing every day, all day of the week.
You know, that's what the Help Squad is. And it's
(14:54):
just such a rewarding feeling and we're not going away.
Someone's going to have to We're gonna have to get
some sort of spot sponsorship from, you know, some big companies,
because let me tell you something, the days of playing
split the pot and raffle baskets, that's about over for us.
Like it's time to either or get off the pot.
I mean, something has to really, we're gonna need some
(15:14):
big sponsors here coming up, or we're gonna have to
figure out some other things.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
Well.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
On that happy note, I'll remind folks the Help Squad
since you with the y dot com, there are all
kinds of opportunities for you to help out. If you're
in the trades, help out by dedicating some time for
some folks, you know, fix up projects that they deal with.
If you have a check in your hand, or you
have an opportunity financially to donate, of course you can
easily do that on the website as well. And maybe
you have some just free time to help out in
(15:41):
some way. I'm sure they'll accept your help. So volunteer work,
cash contributions, sponsorships, whether it's maybe for the annual golf
fundraiser or just being a sponsor of the Help Squad.
Generally speaking, corporate sponsors are all welcome. And thanks to
all those folks who have stepped up, which you have
on your website, so like Broken Folds you mentioned, you
got link to the buckettheads there and all these other
(16:02):
organizations that have helped you out, And thanks to all
of them for doing so. If only more people would
step up, we'd have a lot fewer problems, right.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
We could change this. I guarantee it we could change it. Well.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
Keep up the great work, Brian, you've done wonderful work
so far. And all to the team over at the
help Squad, thank you very much. And Jim Keefer, I
know you've been quiet today. It's good scene, real quiet. Sorry,
good scene anyway.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
Man.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Well you know, maybe we've got some prayers coming your
way next time I see you have a big smile
on your face, free of pain. Let's hope that's something
he's praying for too. It's seven thirty seven right now.
More to talk about, Joel, open up the phone lines.
Maybe you got something to say, feel free to call.
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