@WakeUpCall –2nd Annual Winter Holiday Market

Amy talks with the founder and executive director of HIT Living Foundation Heather Crowe about their 2nd annual Winter Holiday Market.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's say good morning now to the CEO and co
founder of the Hit Living Foundation, Heather Crow.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
Good morning Heather, Good morning Amy.

Speaker 1 (00:09):
So we've got something really fun for you to do
with your pup this weekend to get them into the
mood for the holidays and maybe get you in the
mood too. So please tell us about the second annual
Winter Holiday Market.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
Oh, I would be delighted to It's going to be
so much fun. There are so many markets, not just
in LA but nationwide that are specifically curated for people,
and unfortunately, dogs aren't even allowed to most of them.
This is an event incredibly special because it is a

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dog forward, dog centric market for dog lovers and those
who believe in and want to support our mission. It's
about dogs for the dogs and through and through. It's
really a community event to help kick off the holiday season.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
Okay, and where is it happening.

Speaker 2 (01:07):
It is happening this Sunday, November twenty third at Santa
Monica Brewerks from twelve to three pm.

Speaker 1 (01:14):
Okay, so brewworks.

Speaker 3 (01:16):
So it's at a brewery.

Speaker 2 (01:18):
It is, yep, the Santa Monica Brewerks.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
Okay, great, Yeah, So tell us about this winter wonderland
for dogs and their humans.

Speaker 2 (01:28):
This might be my favorite question of the whole interview.
My team and I have been incredibly thoughtful about the
curation of this holiday market since our first holiday market
back in twenty twenty four. Guests can expect a holiday
centric market where activities are for the dogs and our

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vendors are for the dogs and their families. It's going
to be fun for all ages and guests can expect
to see a variety of local La vendors retailing every
thing from high quality pet accessories and grooming products, organic
dog treats. We'll have an award winning pet portrait studio.

(02:09):
There will actually have a local La coffee roaster, Unbound Bruce,
who we partnered with to launch our own coffee label
called Coffee, which is a one hundred percent organic blend. Yes,
we love a good dog ton plus much more and
of course our hit holiday market activities. Guests can expect

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to see Santa. Of course there will be photos with Santa.
We'll have a tree covered in cookies from Cookie Goods
of Santa Monica, a ball pit just for the dogs,
toys and more all for the dogs.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
Okay, so can the dogs go in one at a
time to the ballpit or is it like a is
it like a dog park and they all just go
and jump in.

Speaker 2 (02:58):
Oh, it's one at a time. We will actually have
extra volunteers stationed at the dog pit, so our volunteer
can either photograph your dog while you're throwing the balls
and playing with your dog, or our volunteer can toss
the balls while you're taking all the photographs to get

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those perfect ballpit shops.

Speaker 3 (03:22):
Okay, and then.

Speaker 1 (03:23):
That sounds like so much fun. Heather Now tell us
that this is not only for fun for you and
your pet, it's also to help out your organization, the
Hit Living Foundation. Tell us what you guys do to
save animals?

Speaker 2 (03:36):
Of course, Yeah. We are a rescue started back in
twenty eighteen, and we work with local shelters. We pull
at risk dogs from euthanasia. We pull a lot of
extreme medical cases and we provide them some of LA's
best medical care possible. So it's for us, it's really

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about ask you rehabilitation and being very thoughtful about our
adoption applicants and making sure that we're matchmaking our dogs
with the right homes and of course vice versa.

Speaker 1 (04:12):
And being an animal lover. I know that it's so
important that we get these animals out of shelters. Bill Handle,
I can see him right now, he's holding his new DOXI.

Speaker 3 (04:21):
So we love the pets.

Speaker 1 (04:24):
Yeah, we love the pets here, and we love that
what you're doing is not only going to be fun,
but it's also for a good cause. Heather, Is there
somewhere they can go to get more information about the
Winter Holiday Market?

Speaker 2 (04:34):
Of course, Yes, they can go directly to our website
Hit Livingfoundation dot org.

Speaker 1 (04:39):
Hit Living Foundation, We'll see go ahead dot org.

Speaker 2 (04:44):
Yes, and they'll see a link to OURSVP to our
market this weekend for free.

Speaker 1 (04:49):
Okay, perfect. I love it. Heather, Thank you so much
for sharing your information about the second annual Winter Holiday Market,
happening this Sunday noon to three at Santa Monica Work.

Speaker 2 (05:00):
Sounds like a lot of fun. Have a great day, Heather,
it will be thank you you as well.

Speaker 1 (05:04):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. New
allegations of surfaced over the Palisades fire.

Speaker 4 (05:11):
A legal complaint has been filed against the state, alleging
that a state park official may have hindered lafd's operations
to mop up the Lochman burnscar area that reignited into
the deadly Palisades fire. The La Times reports an attorney
claims LAFD could not bring a bulldozer to the area
to cut a line around the fire and could not
dig up around native plant species. Lawyers representing victims of

(05:31):
the Palisades fire are working to depose LA firefighters who
address the allegations, and have yet to provide direct evidence
that park officials interfered with firefighting efforts. Ailing Gonzalez, k
if I news.

Speaker 1 (05:40):
The La County DA's offices it's investigating potentially fraudulent claims
of sex abuse.

Speaker 3 (05:45):
Thousands of claims have been filed against La County, which
settled for four billion dollars. LA County DA Nathan Hofkman
says he'll prosecute anyone who filed a fake claim.

Speaker 2 (05:54):
We're going to go after that. We're going to go
after them aggressively.

Speaker 3 (05:59):
We're going to go after them to put them behind bars.
An investigation by The La Times found some claimants admitting
that they were paid by a law firm to say
they were abused by county employees. The claims in the
case stretch over decades. Michael Monks KFI News.

Speaker 1 (06:14):
The passage of a state law has been celebrated by
officials in LA for expanding protections for victims and witnesses
to crimes. Assembly Woman Pivar sorry Chavo says the victim