May 12, 2025 • 60 mins
KCAA: I Love San Bernardino County with Robert Porter on Mon, 12 May, 2025
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This is Robert Porter and it Beyonny Locker with the
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to have your back.
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Up, yon Nay.
Speaker 9 (06:03):
Good to be here, brother, Happy to be back.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Brother. Oh man, did you have a great time on
your trip?
Speaker 9 (06:08):
Well, you know, yeah, it was a wonderful time. I
had an opportunity to do to do my motivational realizations thing,
you know. And then as well as over.
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Oh yes, indeed, thank you, brother, and I had an
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I took over three thousand photos and whittled it down
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Man was a blessing, you know.
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Like you, I don't know, maybe you will be one
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lesson after doing about twenty of those. I'm like, no,
I look at every photograph after I take it.
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Yeh, that's good.
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That's that's you gotta say it second, right, Yeah.
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Good because it's a marketing tool. Yeah, and you wanted
to try to put the best image out there to capitalize.
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And you are putting great images out the brother.
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You know, I appreciate you and Antonio shouting that out
at the last show because you know, I usually watch
the shows the day after while I'm exercising, so I
appreciate the shadow and then having two photographers on there
talking about you know, photography and everything. I really appreciate
that conversation.
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Well you deserve it.
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Well, thank you, brother, You was Wilson.
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Yeah, I mean, well I can tell that they try
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because it's not easy to keep a pizza at seven
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they had to raise it because everything costs a little
bit more lately, you know, especially with but at least
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they're trying to keep it low key, you know, because
Sam Bernardino appreciates a good deal. Now. Now, don't forget pal.
Charter Academy is signing up right now for summer school.
So if you want to take a look at Robert
Porter on Facebook and uh I posted up there in
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these announcements and then also just a regular announcements here
or there on Robert Porter or I Love Sara Nandino
Instagram and it's it says in the number for the school,
so you can call nine O nine eight eight seven
seven zero zero two and get your kid into summer school.
Summer school is a different experience. It's not just for
kids that mess up. It's it's not just for Eric.
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What if I need to talk more than my Oh yeah,
all right, it's not just for Eric, but he did
good in summer school. You know. Summer school is to
help kids who might need a little bit more of
a foundation, or maybe they're bored during the summer, or
maybe you have to work.
Speaker 9 (10:15):
Or some students go to summer school to graduate early
to get ahead of the credits as and if you're a.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Parent, that can help you out too, if you got
hours that you need to go to work right or
get some sleep. But they also have a pal Charter
Academy has a middle school as well in a high school.
They're they're signing up for summer school, and they have
a lot of sports stuff and an auto shop, a chef.
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I mean, they're really and in the future I'm not
gonna ruin the surprise, but there may be a community guarden.
Speaker 9 (10:56):
Was that the surprise? Yeah?
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I'd like to mention our I love Sam Renadino. Stand
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up of the Week is Tina Lopez. Do you know Tina?
Speaker 3 (11:24):
You know?
Speaker 9 (11:26):
It doesn't I may have crosspath with her, but it
doesn't ring a bill right now.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
Well, that's because she never puts herself out in the forefront.
So if you meet Tina Lopez, you usually meet her
working at an event or in between helping somebody else
out right, And but she usually doesn't like credit for
herself and she stays back in the background. So like
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it even got past me. It took this long for
me to make hers down out of the week, which
I should have a long time ago. She did a
lot of stuff with the graduates during COVID. I'm making
sure they got a proper graduation type thing, balloons and
things like that, and uh, I forget what they call that,
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Sarahedino graduates or something like that, and she's still continuously
hooks people up like she's like a dot connector gets
uh couches or or or yeah yeah for people who
need these things, including clothing and stuff like that. So yeah,
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she's a she really helps a lot of people, and
I wanted to make sure that she gets the credit that.
Speaker 9 (12:40):
She deserves, Lopez for all the goodwill that you cultivate
throughout our community.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
And uh, she's currently now healing from a heart attack,
so I want to risk you know, you know, wisher
well and a speedy recovery. Of course, yeah, heart attacks
are no fun.
Speaker 9 (13:00):
Man Like, Yeah, there's something that we all have to
be conscious about taking care of our art. I like
to say temple by our mind, body, spirit and soul,
you know it. Surely think that allows us to exist
or experience this gift of life.
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You know.
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There we go.
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And sometimes it's hard. You know, it's hard for me
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And I mean that's a blessing because it's kind of
hard for me of you, of thinking of you sneaking
into any place in Samardino County.
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It does, It does happen. It does happen. And like,
actually of late a lot easier. And I disguise of
my mama, So my mama's in the front and I'm
in the back looking up, like but actually she's more
famous than I am. Now man, me going places, she's like,
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now's your mama. Yeah, Like I was at the headdress
ball and you know, dancing away doing my own build thing,
and then this guy comes up. He's like, oh, yeah,
I was your mama's therapist. I'm like, man, like, what
about me? Created a star? She's worthy, Yeah, totally worth it.
Speaker 10 (16:11):
I love your mam.
Speaker 9 (16:12):
Just want to say Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers, all.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
Of them out there, especially your mama.
Speaker 9 (16:17):
How she's doing, you know what, She's doing great. We
had a good time. I once a church with her
in the morning and then she accompanied me to a
manual praise fellowship in Rancho did she no, No? But
we end up going to was the Delhi over in
in off of Ontario, I think off of Archiball off
the two ten Freeway, but really good subs and everything
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like that. We were slated to go to Prohibition and Riverside,
but we started to day so early that we both
were a little bit tired. So we're gonna go there.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
It was probably a long wait wherever you went.
Speaker 9 (16:52):
Yeah, the Mother's Day, the restaurants are that's the most
frequent day of restaurants is on Mother's Day. And often
you're going to have an hour or more weight and
then some of the some of the restaurants they sometimes
they have a limited menu where you don't have the
whole menu out there. They just have a little menu,
so they get you get it out basically, that's it.
Get this money, happy Mother's they pay the check. You know.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
Well, I'd like to also mention, you know, you want
to make Samonnandino look better. And you see graffiti, you
see a light out, you see a pothole. So how
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or in on Friday. You can call from seven thirty
to four to thirty pm. Or you can get the
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app store, and then you get that app and like
you just open it up and put your picture in
there and type in the address of the pothole and
the GPS coordinates and they'll be out there in a
few days to fix it and send you a series
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send you the bill. Yes, let's let you know whether
they fixed it or not. Okay, online they do not
send you the bill. But but but in the grand
scheme of things, our sales tax pay for everything.
Speaker 9 (18:14):
That's true, so they do.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
Bill eventually comes our way in different ways. But you
can also go to sbcity dot org slash sb access
and fill it out that way.
Speaker 9 (18:27):
Awesome, awesome.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Uh, that's all I have for today, but I do
have a history tidbit. If you guys are down or
should I forgot it today? All right, we'll forego the
history tidbid. But next week we'll do devils.
Speaker 9 (18:44):
Definitely. Definitely. Well, you know, thank you Robert always always,
And we have some amazing guests here today, and I'll
let the guests introduce theirselfs starting with miss Store to
my right hand side.
Speaker 13 (18:55):
Good evening, listeners. My name is Kyris Stewart. I am
the executive director of Family Service Association of Redlands.
Speaker 10 (19:03):
HI. My name is Evelin Martin. I'm part of S.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
Mardino Behavior Health and Behavior Health Ministry prevention program bringing
awareness of mental health amen.
Speaker 9 (19:16):
And it is mental health month this May.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
Yes, mental health or mental health awareness is the month
of May.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
And that doesn't mean you're just crazy either. Mental health
is a broad spectrum different exact health problems and not
always problems. Sometimes things you can work through, yes, yes,
yes so uh. Like for example, I have anxiety, right
and it's hard for me to get rid of it,
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but I can do some things that help with yes,
And that's what Mental Health Awareness Month is all about.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
Yess making awareness. As as the supporters say that it's
it's not about it's not about just being crazy, it's
mental health is a wide range anxiety, depression, suicide, and
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it's just making people aware of it. It's okay to
say that you're not okay. It's it's okay for you
to say it's not okay. But what we need to
do is be aware of it. We need to learn
to talk about it. We need to find someone that
we can trust, someone that we can believe in, that
will listen to you.
Speaker 10 (20:32):
And talk about it.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
Not talking about it makes it worse for you, makes
the anxiety kick in, it makes the thoughts.
Speaker 10 (20:42):
Of not wanting to go on, and so what we
try to do.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
It's okay to ask for help.
Speaker 10 (20:48):
It's okay to ask for help.
Speaker 9 (20:52):
M hm.
Speaker 3 (20:53):
It's better to ask for help. We were. The awareness
that I encourage everyone is to ask for help. If
you have if you have a friend, you know your
friend pretty good, you know you're feelings pretty good, and
you actually are you okay? They say, yeah, I'm okay,
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but you know there's something different.
Speaker 10 (21:16):
About them. Then you should you should make them talk
about it.
Speaker 3 (21:20):
You should make them talk about it, take them somewhere
where they can talk with someone.
Speaker 10 (21:25):
We have hot lines.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
We have hot lines that you can talk with people
and they'll connect you in the Riverside County and of
SA Marandino County.
Speaker 10 (21:38):
Those numbers are.
Speaker 9 (21:39):
I know two one one is one organ two one
one dot org is a number you can call or
you could go to the website to find resources not
just pertaining to mental health, but a spectrum of resources
throughout Sambardino County.
Speaker 10 (21:51):
And so.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
We have an eight five five four, four, five three,
eight nine eight five numbers which is a overall behavior
health and mental health hotlines number for the in the Empire,
which is Riverside County, Sanbergdino County that we encourage everyone
to use if possible. I also have we also have
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b h M p P Behavior Health and Ministry Prevention
Program where you can email E. Martin two zero one
two six three at gmail dot com that we would connect.
It's a faith based, faith based mental health program where
we're trying to get people to understand that you know, it's.
Speaker 10 (22:36):
Okay, it's okay. There's people here.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
That's that's willing to talk with you, intervene any kind
of way that we can to assist you of getting
the help that you want to, to help you with
deal with your your anxiety, to deal with depression, to.
Speaker 10 (22:52):
Deal with this.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
And you give us an example, so.
Speaker 10 (22:56):
Yeah, I can give you a very good example.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
So myself, I have been a mental health client since
nineteen ninety eight, being diagnosed, wouldn't talk to people you
were and.
Speaker 10 (23:14):
Wouldn't talk to.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
People congratulations, allow people to know that.
Speaker 3 (23:21):
I knew I was different, something was going on, something
was wrong, and.
Speaker 10 (23:24):
Would just wouldn't talk about it. But then started getting depressed,
suicidal people don't you know, and you know.
Speaker 3 (23:37):
Talking about depression, you know, it's depression is a wide
range because you get, you get, you get have lost
and greased and a lot of the a lot of
things that go on in your life.
Speaker 10 (23:53):
It just when you have a lot of.
Speaker 3 (23:55):
Disappointments in life, you slip into depression or you find
yourself sitting withdrawing from everyone, and it's just put you
in the mind of depression. And so what we encourage
you to do is not to not just sit by yourself,
not just keep it in not just hold it in myself.
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I got let myself get overwhelmed at one time, just
the beginning of the year, I just got overwhelmed and
I was so busy in the community that I forgot
about me. That's to do so a lot of self
that's a way to cope. A lot of self care,
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a lot of self care, and and and and remembering
to take care of yourself. It's the most important thing
that I tell people in mental health. Remember to take
care of yourself first.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
And take breaks once in a while, because you're using
the community to get the anxiety feeling the way. Yeah,
and sometimes that can be an addiction, exactly.
Speaker 3 (25:04):
And so we have to remember to take a step
back and take a minute and take time.
Speaker 10 (25:09):
For yourself, going to nature, you know, so you know,
just your your mental health is important. And even though
May is Mental Health.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
Awareness Month, it's a reminder to everyone that mental health
is an everyday thing and it affects It affects every family,
no matter what. Rather it's yourself or a loved one,
a friend. Just remember. But let you know, as I said,
I share everybody. You know your friends, you know your friends,
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you know your family, you know yourself and you know yourself,
and so when you know, when you know it's okay
not to be okay, yes, And you need to remember
that and you need to talk about what's going on
with you.
Speaker 10 (26:00):
Don't hold it in.
Speaker 3 (26:01):
You have find just someone that you can trust, trust
and talk about it.
Speaker 9 (26:07):
Well said. Well said on that question of balance and
self care. What is one of your outlets as far
as self care is concern? What do you do to
help an outlet that you funnel yourself into?
Speaker 2 (26:20):
Incredible?
Speaker 9 (26:21):
There, thank you.
Speaker 3 (26:24):
But my thing is my thing is to just take
a take time out for myself, just relax, relax and
do something I like me myself.
Speaker 10 (26:35):
I enjoy bowling. There you go, So I find I.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
Find myself just going out and just bowl and go
out and have fun and bowl or day with some
friends or something just just to relax. We have to
remember that we have to take time and relax. You
have to take time for yourself, relax, do something that
you like, go out, go to the park and just
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sit and enjoy the fresh air and and and the
breeze and the beautiful things to the Really, the water
is very peaceful.
Speaker 10 (27:17):
I've learned that.
Speaker 3 (27:19):
So he was acting about self care, and but I've
learned that I love fish aquariums.
Speaker 10 (27:26):
The fish.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
Just watching the fish swim around in the in the
aquarium is.
Speaker 10 (27:31):
So relaxing and peaceful.
Speaker 3 (27:33):
So the beach, going to the beach and just being
out there with the water, watching the water and just
sitting and being in the open freshness of the of
nature is awesome.
Speaker 9 (27:46):
Definitely, thank you, Thank you, miss Martin. And before I.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
Would like to add to that, so we were mentioned
water and the fish aquarium. Water is so important for
someone who has anxiety, and it is a release. Turn
the water on, go take a bath, take a shower,
go water the plants out front, even out of a picture,
watching water and listening to it, going to a stream,
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those things really will help your anxiety, especially if you're
having a deep anxiety attack and you don't want to
call nine one one, right, So I say, go out
front and water. So when does this happen to me?
You know, maybe I smoked a super big joint.
Speaker 10 (28:31):
Shouldn't have done.
Speaker 2 (28:32):
That, and I got some anxiety about it, real anxiety, man,
I'm serious.
Speaker 9 (28:38):
Like I should have done that.
Speaker 10 (28:39):
I realized I.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
Shouldn't have done it. So go outside water, you know,
instead of doing.
Speaker 9 (28:44):
Something, but you're actually standing on the roof and you're
throwing dirt.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
But that could have been induced because I was stressing
about bills and things like that and stuff like that. Right,
So it's important for you to keep your life in order, right,
But once that anxiety does come, you gotta do things
to offset. I took the pack, so for a while
I quit about ten years twelve, maybe fifteen years ago whatever.
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I did it after my father's suicide. But that stuff
took away all my emotions and I didn't like that.
So I did it and then took away the velociraptors
that were chasing me at night and the bad dreams
I was happening. But once I got better, I quit,
and now I take care of the body and the mind, right,
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so I don't get to that point where I have to, like,
because my mama's a hospitalization just now reset all of
those traumatic things for me, And now me and my
mam are working through them to try to because she
has her own things she's got to do too, so
we're working together to get better.
Speaker 10 (29:52):
And so Robert brings a good point, and I've really
need to make it known.
Speaker 3 (30:03):
Don't be scared to deal with your mental health. It's
not necessarily that you always have to take medication to
deal with your mental health.
Speaker 10 (30:13):
You need you the.
Speaker 3 (30:17):
Counsel the counseling, the counseling. There's counseling, there's there's there's workshops,
there's trainings. It's not always about the medication and the
stigma of it. The stigma with mental health is everybody.
No one wants to get help for mental health because
they think they are automatically going to be put on medication.
Speaker 10 (30:39):
And that's not true. I don't want people to.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
Think there's something wrong with them. No, no, no, no, you
want to it, yeah, or guide it the right way,
deal with it, talk about.
Speaker 9 (30:54):
It as we as we get ready to transition over
to Miss Steward and the Family Service Association of and
just wanted to know what did you do for Mother's Day,
Miss Martin. How did you celebrate your mom and how
did your children celebrate you?
Speaker 3 (31:06):
My kids, So, my kids put together this colorful Mother's
Day thing where all the mothers were given a certain
color and then we had to make a basket with
just that color in it and wear that color. And
they put this big event together that we celebrated out
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at the park. It was very overwhelming, but it was
so beautiful. It's a mother's day.
Speaker 9 (31:32):
I won't forget Amen.
Speaker 3 (31:34):
I am so proud of my kids. It was the
best mother's day I can. I couldn't ask for anything better.
Speaker 9 (31:40):
Definitely, shot out to the kids and transferring over to
Miss Stewart. How were you. How did you celebrate Mother's Day?
Speaker 11 (31:47):
Oh?
Speaker 14 (31:48):
Just relaxed.
Speaker 13 (31:49):
I went to the pool, to the lake, speaking of water,
laid out, got some sun, went swimming and watch TV.
And my little boy bought me a coffee out of
his own money Starbucks. Love Amen for a thirteen year old,
that's expensive for he holds on to every dollar he
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shared yesterday.
Speaker 9 (32:16):
Amen. Well definitely. How is your experience as the executive
director of Family Services of Redlands And before you answer that,
I just want to say congratulations. Was so awesome seeing
FSA Redlands Family Service Association Redlands being recognized by Senator
Elouise rays And we're praying for you, miss Senator Rayes.
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We love you, God bless you as well. How was
that experience?
Speaker 4 (32:39):
That was awesome?
Speaker 13 (32:40):
Thank you?
Speaker 14 (32:41):
Yeah, so you were there? It was wonderful.
Speaker 13 (32:46):
Family Service Association of Redlands just celebrated one hundred and
twenty seven years of history to the community.
Speaker 2 (32:53):
Very historic.
Speaker 13 (32:54):
Yes, we're located in Redlands, but we have other service areas,
so we service Central and E Valley of San Bernardino
County with two overarching goals of fighting hunger and homelessness.
And over the past three years we've grown, grown, grown,
Our staff is growing, programs growing, and needs are growing.
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Sea housing just skyrocketing, working families can't afford their rent,
food prices skyrocketing, inflation and now probably tariffs which means
products and so families are struggling. And we're a safety
net human service agency that provides clothing and food and
emergency rental assistance and move in deposits and motel vouchers
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as opposed to sending someone to shelter. If the shelters
are full, they can come to Family Service so long
as they have children and qualify for a motel voulcher.
Speaker 14 (33:53):
And so the organization.
Speaker 13 (33:56):
I've been there eleven years as the executive director and
it's been quite a journey.
Speaker 10 (34:02):
It's a if.
Speaker 13 (34:03):
Yanni joined the board last year, so thank you. Actually
this year, it seems like it's been long. So he's
a new board member and already doing so much work
for us, So thank you for that. But yeah, so
we're very well governed. We have twenty four board members
at any given moment, and.
Speaker 14 (34:21):
You can just tell that by the collective history.
Speaker 13 (34:24):
We also have an office in u Kaipa, a satellite office,
and we're looking to maybe expand in the near future
into the city of San Bernardino, which is exciting. Yes,
we like to hear so growth, growth, growth, awesome.
Speaker 9 (34:39):
Yeah, it's amazing. It's amazing. I know that last year
because you guys offer breakfast in the morning, and I
know that you shared the numbers at the last meeting.
I believe over twenty two thousand meals were served last
year in the morning.
Speaker 13 (34:55):
Yes, so every day Monday through Friday, at ten o'clock
six twelve Lawton Street in the City of Redlands, a
hot meal or nutritious meal is served to the community.
And last year we served twenty two thousand meals out
of our kitchen. Every day, we're serving more than one
hundred meals and that comes in through donors and volunteers
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that help us serve and that program has grown exponentially
over the years.
Speaker 9 (35:23):
So yeah, big numbers, amazing, amazing, and that's not even
talking about like your food distribution. I believe you do
those once a month or what. I had an opportunity
of volunteering at a few of those last year. And
you know, I think Redlands is such a beautiful city
and beautiful community, right, it has that like really quaint
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kind of hometown kind of feel. But often people don't
think that there are people in need in Redlions and
but there are great needs throughout the Inland Empire, and
Family Service Association of Redlands does an amazing job addressing
that needs.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
Don't fellow city boundaries.
Speaker 13 (36:02):
That's right, that's right, absolutely, I.
Speaker 9 (36:04):
Love that statement. Yeah, you know, so I know that
you got to do so much in the community and
you need support. So I know that you have a
number of fundraisers and different engagement opportunities and volunteer opportunities
if you can kind of share a few of those
things with us.
Speaker 13 (36:19):
Absolutely. Obviously, in order to run these programs, we rely
on a lot of contracts and government funding, and with
that you also need cash flow. So for cash flow,
three times a year we have three events. One is
coming up on Saturday, June seventh at the University of Redlands.
It's called the Redlands Hunger Walk and Run. It's a
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family friendly five k event hosted on the campus of
the beautiful University of Redlands at seven forty five in
the mornings again Saturday, June seventh, and it is a
wonderful event.
Speaker 14 (36:56):
This is the eleventh year doing it.
Speaker 13 (36:58):
It started the first year I as a brainchild of
a former board president, Jerry Bean, and also wonderful supporter,
and it raises about between forty and fifty thousand dollars
a year to help purchase the food for the nutrition
program as well as the food box program, support salaries
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and support all of the program supplies that go into
serving twenty two thousand meals per year.
Speaker 14 (37:24):
So for forty.
Speaker 13 (37:25):
Five dollars, pretty low cost and pretty affordable, and it's
a great way to give back and make impact. So
that's coming up and then in the fall, the last
Saturday in September, September twenty seventh, we are hosting our
annual signature fundraiser, which is Dinner in the Grove. That's
twenty one years running, mainly ran by board members who
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lead all the planning efforts.
Speaker 2 (37:51):
The prestigious.
Speaker 13 (37:53):
Yes, yes, it's an amazing event tucked away in an
orange grove literally have dinner with a wonderful auction. We
have about four hundred people who attend and that's coming up.
And then we just are fresh off of our Redlands
Pup Crawl, which you work and.
Speaker 14 (38:13):
That you were at.
Speaker 10 (38:14):
We have the bars.
Speaker 2 (38:20):
I heard the Taverner. The tavern has a new owner too.
Speaker 13 (38:23):
There's a yeah, the falcon the Falconer, Yes, that's where
I was at.
Speaker 9 (38:27):
That's where I was. That was my station.
Speaker 10 (38:29):
Yes.
Speaker 9 (38:29):
And the Fried Chip the fry fish and chips are
some of the best.
Speaker 2 (38:34):
That was your station.
Speaker 10 (38:37):
Station.
Speaker 14 (38:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 13 (38:40):
So we do a crawl and we get ten to
twelve bars. Local bars engage. It's a good time for
them to promote their business and basically people buy tickets
and we organized the event along with the King and
Queen Court. So that's the money maker, right. We have
local kind of like local celebrities, right, they get their
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name out there, it raise money with their friends and
whoever gets the most votes wins the King and Queen
and there's an actual crowning that occurs at the event.
So three big events that help support our work. So
that we're not too lenient on government contracts. We know
that that could be an issue in the future.
Speaker 9 (39:21):
I was wondering, has that affected you thus far?
Speaker 13 (39:24):
Goodness, it's something that we're keeping our eyes on. Fortunately,
two of our biggest contracts are with the State of
California and we're safe. But we do have one federal
contract that has not funded us yet, and they normally
do so we're waiting hoping that that comes through, but
it doesn't look like it will. And all of our
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clients who are on Section eight have already received letters,
I understand, preliminary letters saying that their payments through housing
Authority will either be cut or eliminated. In the spring
of twenty twenty, s SI had some clients bring those
letters in already, which is really scary because that's the
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most vulnerable.
Speaker 2 (40:07):
There was a whole bunch of programs associated with that
that they cut.
Speaker 15 (40:11):
It's unfortunate. It's just like curting the people that need
help the most. To me, it is it is it's
really going to go there.
Speaker 2 (40:22):
That's the bottom wrong.
Speaker 9 (40:24):
That's the safety there. That's what happens when you fall
through the safety that you know, you end up.
Speaker 2 (40:30):
In the park.
Speaker 9 (40:31):
House.
Speaker 2 (40:33):
You end up in your families as long as they
can hold.
Speaker 9 (40:36):
You right, as long as that will is there.
Speaker 2 (40:38):
But you have a family, that's true.
Speaker 9 (40:40):
That's another dynamic, right, you.
Speaker 2 (40:42):
Don't always have family to fall back on. I don't know,
I don't know.
Speaker 9 (40:47):
No, it's it's it's unfortunate situation. I think that. I
think what's going to have to happen is us as
community starting to get back to loving one another, supporting
one another, helping one another, being there to be that
villain as we need to be the village of humanity.
Speaker 2 (41:02):
Seems like your organization will be at the forefront of this.
So what are your plans to deal with a loss
of federal funding? One more events.
Speaker 13 (41:14):
And more private donors. And we're hoping that there is
a trend for all of the nonprofits in the region,
or most of the nonprofits who are eligible to apply
for private foundation and corporation grant.
Speaker 2 (41:27):
What's what's Vizos's ex wife's name? What's her name? Like?
Hit her up time for change to get some money
from them.
Speaker 14 (41:36):
Yeah, let's go big.
Speaker 9 (41:39):
Yeah hear Melinda Gates whatever Melinda Gates in the last
name is, you know, Bill Gate's former wife you know,
hit her up yea, to.
Speaker 13 (41:48):
Start looking at social enterprise opportunities and other ways to
bring in revenue.
Speaker 2 (41:54):
Definitely, definitely, Well it's possible because it's been over one
hundred years and yeah, I mean you're depression, that's all
kinds of things. So if you can leave through all those.
Speaker 9 (42:06):
Right, the organization we don't, but.
Speaker 2 (42:10):
I just see that just shows me that their strength
there and then it's easier to ask for grants when
you have viability.
Speaker 9 (42:17):
Yeah, yeah, capacity, And that's one thing I'll say that's
very unique to me about the city of Redlands is
the history of philanthropy and that that kind of support
you find throughout the community where some people Ezri's there,
you know, so blessed to have one of the leading
companies for GIS Global Information Systems in the world. It's
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nice to have them house in your backyard and they
do a lot of stuff. So it's a lot of
people throughout the community. When you think about the Burgess
Mansion and Kimberly Crest and there's some people the Smiley Brothers, right,
you know, and the contributions that they've given to the region,
and that many continue that tradition in the city of Redlands,
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and it spills out to the surrounding cities as well
into the Inland Empire Sambardino County, I should say, and
it's a beautiful thing. I wish we had more of
that kind of love flowing throughout all of our cities,
throughout throughout the Inland Empire.
Speaker 2 (43:12):
But what has the resurgences onto it?
Speaker 9 (43:14):
Amen? Speaking as we wanted to be? There? You go? There,
you go? What has been outside of outside of the
leadership in what you do with the Family Service Association
of realtanves. How do you take care of yourself, your
mental health, you're well being? How do you stay how
do you stay balanced and keep yourself uplifted? Because I
know that the work can be very demanding. You're hearing
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all kinds of stories that affect you emotionally, Like I
know it's a roller coaster, But how do you take
self care for you?
Speaker 2 (43:42):
Well?
Speaker 13 (43:42):
You know that's a journey because, like you were saying,
when you're kind of an anxious person or a goal
oriented person, you do overwork. You tend to overwork and
set big goals. And so for many years I never
had work life balance until you realize if I don't
do something, there will be no more means right, or
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you'll spiral. So I've only really learned what that means.
And I still don't believe that there really is such
a thing as work life balance.
Speaker 14 (44:15):
I do not believe.
Speaker 13 (44:17):
That that's true. I think you do your best to
find balance. But anyone who can really obtain it, acquire it,
manage it, and keep it that way is a genius.
So if you find the formula, let me.
Speaker 2 (44:31):
Knowaire, Yeah, I mean you know, finding that formula stressful.
Speaker 14 (44:38):
Right, right, exactly?
Speaker 13 (44:40):
All the tips and tools for self care.
Speaker 14 (44:42):
But I love to.
Speaker 13 (44:44):
Walk and I live near Lake Paris in Riverside County,
so have easy access to the lake. I love to
be by the pool. I love to spend time with family.
I have a little dog that I spend time with.
I love Netflix and Hulu and all of that stuff
for your mental health, yes, yes, so doing it.
Speaker 2 (45:03):
Notice all the good things around you, like, oh, that's
a pretty flower, not there's trash there. Oh, listen to
that bird sing, not there's a siren. You have to
that's Rightctice. It's not easy, and it doesn't it's not
given to you. You have to practice, right, that's right.
Happiness has to be earned.
Speaker 9 (45:25):
It's a practice, it's a mindset, it's a focus. It's
a nature focus.
Speaker 10 (45:30):
Nature.
Speaker 2 (45:31):
Nature is so good at bringing it out in you.
Speaker 9 (45:33):
Definitely, definitely. When you're in Redlands, what is one of
your favorite restaurants to go to? Do you have any
favorite spots?
Speaker 13 (45:43):
This is maybe with all the choices there by the way,
I can't wait to visit the Redlands Marketplace.
Speaker 9 (45:50):
I haven't been there yet.
Speaker 13 (45:52):
I want to make it, you know, my thing to
go there.
Speaker 14 (45:55):
But I love all of Avenue Market.
Speaker 13 (45:58):
I mean, I just love it there, love how quaint
it is, and it kind of captures the history and
the character. And we have the best and good sandwich.
Speaker 14 (46:09):
Yes, yes, but there's so many more.
Speaker 13 (46:11):
You put me on the spot for lunch because I'm
mainly there for lunch.
Speaker 14 (46:15):
So that's all about it.
Speaker 9 (46:16):
Obviously. We we appreciate all the the pub crawl. Those
are all our favorite bars.
Speaker 13 (46:22):
Absolutely, shout out Septembers, Falconer.
Speaker 9 (46:29):
Escape, Yes, Brew Rebellion, I think is that that's okay? Definitely, definitely, definitely.
Speaker 2 (46:35):
So what do you do to help when you're feeling
a little bit stressed or overwhelm?
Speaker 9 (46:42):
You know what, I pour myself into creativity. That seems
to be one of my one of my outlets. I'm
also a huge nerd, so when I if I get a
chance to spend the hour on the video games, that's
fun for me. My morning regiment is walking, exercising, right,
you know, focusing on the temple, mind, body, spirit, and soul.
I'm so big on exercising in the morning for me
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because to me, it sets the tone for your day,
you know what I mean. So I'm so big on that,
and I have to focus more because I plan on
running this event, you know what I mean. So I
want to do a little bit better than my last
five k that I did, even though our job probably two. Well,
the five k I did great, and then I did
the Turkey trot to ten k over there with shout
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out to the Alexander's you know, so I want to
do better. My best time when I used to run
ten miles a day was nine minute miles. So it'll
sub twenty seven minute time for a five k. But
you know, some of these Olympians and stuff, they're running
sub for a minute miles and that's that's just mind
boggling goals. Hey, I'm just happy with not because the
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twelve is still the kind of the standard of high school. Right.
So the fact that my last five k I was
just off for twelve minutes, I was under thirteen minutes,
so twelve minutes and like thirty one seconds, and you know,
I'm five years removed from high school. The fact that
I was still able to keep up at that face,
especially caring wait is a blessing, right, you know what
I mean, like for real, for real, by example, thank
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you for that question, and I want to throw it
back to you. What do you do, Robert Porter for
for self care, for your for your mental health or
well being?
Speaker 2 (48:19):
So lately, like my lone time is usually at night,
so it's like I'll try to do a little lone
time like watch news or something, because.
Speaker 9 (48:32):
That might not be helped, but it's an outlet for you.
Give you fo. My mom used to love that.
Speaker 2 (48:42):
Show episode it's a it's a great show. I love it,
but like I just do something different. Also, you know
the bomb like that really does help me.
Speaker 9 (48:56):
Hey, I know you're very transplanting.
Speaker 2 (48:58):
I don't drink, so like that's my that's my outlet,
and you know, hopefully that doesn't get taken away from me.
But also I like to eat like some fruit or
something else.
Speaker 9 (49:09):
I was gonna say, I'm surprised you haven't said it,
but gardening, I.
Speaker 2 (49:12):
Know that I'll go out in the backyard and just
put fruit right off, like right now. Low quats are
an abundance in my house, and I have about five
different varieties. So cut to the different trees and taste them.
And I don't know, they have different tastes. Most people
just eat it's sweet sour, right, But for me, I
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like to taste it and see, oh this is right
at this point, and that that really calms me. While
I'm probably watering them as well. Right, so when it
gets hot, you have to water at night or early
in the morning. But like, yeah, my mama is usually
I help my mama in the morning now, so it
probably be a lot of the night stuff. So try
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to water that stuff and that helps calm me a lot.
And then also noticing that there is later around you.
Like if you can't notice that there's good, if you're
always noticing the negative, that's what you're gonna always.
Speaker 9 (50:07):
Be seeing totally, you know, I say the same thing, man,
like if you're looking through the lenses of negativity. When
you looking at mere self reflection, all you're going to
see is the negativity. And when within yourself and then
wherever you look or wherever you cast your gaze, you'll
just see the negativity. But once you choose to take
off those glasses and put on the lenses of love
or the pot lids of positivity, you'll you'll see the
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positive aspects of your neque, gifts and blessings that you
that you have been given in this lifetime. And then
when you look around the world, you'll see the blessings,
the gifts, the beauty, the beauty of this gift of life, you.
Speaker 2 (50:42):
Know, because if you're not noticing that stuff, you're just
like on like batteries. I don't, yeah, like, And it's easy.
Speaker 9 (50:50):
To be that way.
Speaker 2 (50:51):
I catch myself all the time.
Speaker 9 (50:52):
We could get Yeah, I'll be really like, did I
just think four or five negative things in a row?
Speaker 3 (51:00):
Right?
Speaker 10 (51:01):
That's my fault. It's more coffee.
Speaker 2 (51:05):
Already coffee, Yeah, coffee, coffee in the morning.
Speaker 9 (51:15):
Well, definitely, definitely.
Speaker 3 (51:17):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (51:17):
I know we're circling towards towards home base, but we
have about nine minutes left and I wanted to answer you,
mis Stewart, is what's the future do you or what
are you working towards with the Family Service?
Speaker 13 (51:30):
Sure, sure, thank you for asking that great question. In
twenty twenty three, we did a really fantastic strategic plan
where we talked to our clients, we talked to our staff,
we interviewed volunteers, and then we got the board together
with all that information and a wonderful facilitator because you know,
there is an art to that facilitating conversation. And we
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set some goals for the agency for the next five years,
and we're already meeting those goals. And one of those
goals was to be the bridge between this housing shortage
that California is experiencing, affordable housing shortage, especially there's a
one million home deficit in comparison to low income families. Okay,
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So we decided, no matter how big or small, the
call to action was to fill that gap, one house
at a time. So we recently, with our own money,
our own money, not government money, purchased two homes in
Redlands and now we are rehabilitating those homes and we're
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working on a capital campaign and the goal is that
once the houses get rehabilitated. We are then going to
purchase some ADUs accessory dwelling units that are really hot
right now, the smaller homes, and have the ability to
house six families, slow income families with all private dollars,
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because if you take government funding, it's wonderful if you
can get it number one. Sometimes the requirements are so
stringent that you'll end up having to follow their service
population versus the service population that you have available or
that you normally serve. So in other words, it gives
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you flexibility. And we have a huge waitless our.
Speaker 14 (53:27):
Phones ring off the hook. It's really a tough.
Speaker 13 (53:31):
Situation when you hear the phone calls that come through
the agency. You know, single moms with disabled children sleeping
in cars.
Speaker 14 (53:41):
Put them in the motel.
Speaker 13 (53:42):
Program and they have a voucher, but they can't find
a landlord to rent to them three kids. I recently
ran into a woman who keep it all anonymous, but
she had three children, all school aged, a forty hour
a week job. She needed bridge housing because she was
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approved for an apartment, but she had been homeless, and
so there was this period of time where her and
her kids were literally sleeping in the vehicle tall, teenagers
in the back sleeping like this one in the front
with the seatback, and the mom.
Speaker 14 (54:22):
With the seat back.
Speaker 13 (54:23):
But she would get up every morning. This is the
beauty of a woman and the resiliency of a woman.
She would get up every morning, use water bottles to
wash her face and brush her teeth, get the kids
ready and take them to school and work her day
in the middle of all of that crisis, and her
employer never knew and the kids were making good grades.
Speaker 14 (54:47):
So when there's a will, there's a way.
Speaker 13 (54:49):
But that's just one example of hundreds of families that
we've provided services for who have been in that type
of crisis.
Speaker 9 (54:56):
Definitely, if you could share with our audience how they
can connect.
Speaker 13 (54:59):
With the yes Redlandsfamily Service dot org. So if you're
seeking services, go to Redlands Family Service dot org. There's
a sub menu where you can fill out a quick
form to see if you qualify or give us a
call at nine oh nine seven nine three two six
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Speaker 9 (55:17):
Definitely, definitely thank you so much for what you do,
the leadership that you are, you know, steering the Family
Service Association in Redlands towards a beautiful destination and just
another wishing you guys another one hundred and twenty seven
years of.
Speaker 14 (55:33):
Honor to be here.
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Thankmen.
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Definitely, Miss Martin, how can people connect with the bp.
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Email email E Martin to zero one two six three
at gmail dot com and one of our one of
our staff will get with you.
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Can you say it again, I'm actually gonna write that, Okay.
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But yes, so that's E Martin to zero one two
six three at gmail dot com. And then one of
our staff will get in touch with you and we
will assist you in any way with it we can
to deal with your mental health.
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Definitely, congratulations on your journey all the way to the microphone.
Speaker 10 (56:27):
Thank you, Thank you for having.
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Me definitely right here. Thank you.
Speaker 9 (56:32):
We appreciate it. Thank you, no problem, brother, I appreciate you.
You know your commitment to the community and to to
our our.
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We wanted to say mister Joe Baka was supervisor, was
gonna come on, but he had a medical issue, so
he will be coming on June seconds, on Monday at
seven o'clock.
Speaker 9 (56:50):
Definitely definitely get well soon. And you know, I just
want to just take a moment to you know, just
raise up Senator Rayes and you know, for the as
I may not know. I'm not gonna you know, you
could search and find out, but just want to be
praying for her and her family, wishing her victory ahead,
you know. And she has done so much in our community.
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She's doing so much in our community and continues to
be a passionate leader. She has always been a bridge.
That's why I when I met them, when Frank and
her came knocking on my door in Fontana, even they
didn't know that I helped the previous as simply remember
when the seat right, so they had no clue who
I was. But speaking with them, engaging with them, you know,
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and so good people. They're solid peoples.
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Frank always checks now Frank rock solid dude. They're bridge,
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love to everybody in our community. And just you know,
just want to just say thank you and God bless
you and love you as well. You know.
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Good to be here, brother, Happy to be back.
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Well, you know, yeah, it was a wonderful time. I
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Oh yes, indeed, thank you, brother, and I had an
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Yeh, that's good.
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That's that's you gotta say it second, right, Yeah.
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Good because it's a marketing tool. Yeah, and you wanted
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You know, I appreciate you and Antonio shouting that out
at the last show because you know, I usually watch
the shows the day after while I'm exercising, so I
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talking about you know, photography and everything. I really appreciate
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Well, thank you, brother, You was Wilson.
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Was that the surprise? Yeah?
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It doesn't I may have crosspath with her, but it
doesn't ring a bill right now.
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So if you meet Tina Lopez, you usually meet her
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out right, And but she usually doesn't like credit for
herself and she stays back in the background. So like
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it even got past me. It took this long for
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I should have a long time ago. She did a
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sure they got a proper graduation type thing, balloons and
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hooks people up like she's like a dot connector gets
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she's a she really helps a lot of people, and
I wanted to make sure that she gets the credit that.
Speaker 9 (12:40):
She deserves, Lopez for all the goodwill that you cultivate
throughout our community.
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And uh, she's currently now healing from a heart attack,
so I want to risk you know, you know, wisher
well and a speedy recovery. Of course, yeah, heart attacks
are no fun.
Speaker 9 (13:00):
Man Like, Yeah, there's something that we all have to
be conscious about taking care of our art. I like
to say temple by our mind, body, spirit and soul,
you know it. Surely think that allows us to exist
or experience this gift of life.
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Just want to say Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers, all.
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Of them out there, especially your mama.
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How she's doing, you know what, She's doing great. We
had a good time. I once a church with her
in the morning and then she accompanied me to a
manual praise fellowship in Rancho did she no, No? But
we end up going to was the Delhi over in
in off of Ontario, I think off of Archiball off
the two ten Freeway, but really good subs and everything
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like that. We were slated to go to Prohibition and Riverside,
but we started to day so early that we both
were a little bit tired. So we're gonna go there.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
It was probably a long wait wherever you went.
Speaker 9 (16:52):
Yeah, the Mother's Day, the restaurants are that's the most
frequent day of restaurants is on Mother's Day. And often
you're going to have an hour or more weight and
then some of the some of the restaurants they sometimes
they have a limited menu where you don't have the
whole menu out there. They just have a little menu,
so they get you get it out basically, that's it.
Get this money, happy Mother's they pay the check. You know.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
Well, I'd like to also mention, you know, you want
to make Samonnandino look better. And you see graffiti, you
see a light out, you see a pothole. So how
do you do that? You call uh nine O nine
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or in on Friday. You can call from seven thirty
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you just open it up and put your picture in
there and type in the address of the pothole and
the GPS coordinates and they'll be out there in a
few days to fix it and send you a series
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send you the bill. Yes, let's let you know whether
they fixed it or not. Okay, online they do not
send you the bill. But but but in the grand
scheme of things, our sales tax pay for everything.
Speaker 9 (18:14):
That's true, so they do.
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Bill eventually comes our way in different ways. But you
can also go to sbcity dot org slash sb access
and fill it out that way.
Speaker 9 (18:27):
Awesome, awesome.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Uh, that's all I have for today, but I do
have a history tidbit. If you guys are down or
should I forgot it today? All right, we'll forego the
history tidbid. But next week we'll do devils.
Speaker 9 (18:44):
Definitely. Definitely. Well, you know, thank you Robert always always,
And we have some amazing guests here today, and I'll
let the guests introduce theirselfs starting with miss Store to
my right hand side.
Speaker 13 (18:55):
Good evening, listeners. My name is Kyris Stewart. I am
the executive director of Family Service Association of Redlands.
Speaker 10 (19:03):
HI. My name is Evelin Martin. I'm part of S.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
Mardino Behavior Health and Behavior Health Ministry prevention program bringing
awareness of mental health amen.
Speaker 9 (19:16):
And it is mental health month this May.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
Yes, mental health or mental health awareness is the month
of May.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
And that doesn't mean you're just crazy either. Mental health
is a broad spectrum different exact health problems and not
always problems. Sometimes things you can work through, yes, yes,
yes so uh. Like for example, I have anxiety, right
and it's hard for me to get rid of it,
(19:45):
but I can do some things that help with yes,
And that's what Mental Health Awareness Month is all about.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
Yess making awareness. As as the supporters say that it's
it's not about it's not about just being crazy, it's
mental health is a wide range anxiety, depression, suicide, and
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it's just making people aware of it. It's okay to
say that you're not okay. It's it's okay for you
to say it's not okay. But what we need to
do is be aware of it. We need to learn
to talk about it. We need to find someone that
we can trust, someone that we can believe in, that
will listen to you.
Speaker 10 (20:32):
And talk about it.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
Not talking about it makes it worse for you, makes
the anxiety kick in, it makes the thoughts.
Speaker 10 (20:42):
Of not wanting to go on, and so what we
try to do.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
It's okay to ask for help.
Speaker 10 (20:48):
It's okay to ask for help.
Speaker 9 (20:52):
M hm.
Speaker 3 (20:53):
It's better to ask for help. We were. The awareness
that I encourage everyone is to ask for help. If
you have if you have a friend, you know your
friend pretty good, you know you're feelings pretty good, and
you actually are you okay? They say, yeah, I'm okay,
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but you know there's something different.
Speaker 10 (21:16):
About them. Then you should you should make them talk
about it.
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You should make them talk about it, take them somewhere
where they can talk with someone.
Speaker 10 (21:25):
We have hot lines.
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We have hot lines that you can talk with people
and they'll connect you in the Riverside County and of
SA Marandino County.
Speaker 10 (21:38):
Those numbers are.
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I know two one one is one organ two one
one dot org is a number you can call or
you could go to the website to find resources not
just pertaining to mental health, but a spectrum of resources
throughout Sambardino County.
Speaker 10 (21:51):
And so.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
We have an eight five five four, four, five three,
eight nine eight five numbers which is a overall behavior
health and mental health hotlines number for the in the Empire,
which is Riverside County, Sanbergdino County that we encourage everyone
to use if possible. I also have we also have
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b h M p P Behavior Health and Ministry Prevention
Program where you can email E. Martin two zero one
two six three at gmail dot com that we would connect.
It's a faith based, faith based mental health program where
we're trying to get people to understand that you know, it's.
Speaker 10 (22:36):
Okay, it's okay. There's people here.
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That's that's willing to talk with you, intervene any kind
of way that we can to assist you of getting
the help that you want to, to help you with
deal with your your anxiety, to deal with depression, to.
Speaker 10 (22:52):
Deal with this.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
And you give us an example, so.
Speaker 10 (22:56):
Yeah, I can give you a very good example.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
So myself, I have been a mental health client since
nineteen ninety eight, being diagnosed, wouldn't talk to people you
were and.
Speaker 10 (23:14):
Wouldn't talk to.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
People congratulations, allow people to know that.
Speaker 3 (23:21):
I knew I was different, something was going on, something
was wrong, and.
Speaker 10 (23:24):
Would just wouldn't talk about it. But then started getting depressed,
suicidal people don't you know, and you know.
Speaker 3 (23:37):
Talking about depression, you know, it's depression is a wide
range because you get, you get, you get have lost
and greased and a lot of the a lot of
things that go on in your life.
Speaker 10 (23:53):
It just when you have a lot of.
Speaker 3 (23:55):
Disappointments in life, you slip into depression or you find
yourself sitting withdrawing from everyone, and it's just put you
in the mind of depression. And so what we encourage
you to do is not to not just sit by yourself,
not just keep it in not just hold it in myself.
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I got let myself get overwhelmed at one time, just
the beginning of the year, I just got overwhelmed and
I was so busy in the community that I forgot
about me. That's to do so a lot of self
that's a way to cope. A lot of self care,
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a lot of self care, and and and and remembering
to take care of yourself. It's the most important thing
that I tell people in mental health. Remember to take
care of yourself first.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
And take breaks once in a while, because you're using
the community to get the anxiety feeling the way. Yeah,
and sometimes that can be an addiction, exactly.
Speaker 3 (25:04):
And so we have to remember to take a step
back and take a minute and take time.
Speaker 10 (25:09):
For yourself, going to nature, you know, so you know,
just your your mental health is important. And even though
May is Mental Health.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
Awareness Month, it's a reminder to everyone that mental health
is an everyday thing and it affects It affects every family,
no matter what. Rather it's yourself or a loved one,
a friend. Just remember. But let you know, as I said,
I share everybody. You know your friends, you know your friends,
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you know your family, you know yourself and you know yourself,
and so when you know, when you know it's okay
not to be okay, yes, And you need to remember
that and you need to talk about what's going on
with you.
Speaker 10 (26:00):
Don't hold it in.
Speaker 3 (26:01):
You have find just someone that you can trust, trust
and talk about it.
Speaker 9 (26:07):
Well said. Well said on that question of balance and
self care. What is one of your outlets as far
as self care is concern? What do you do to
help an outlet that you funnel yourself into?
Speaker 2 (26:20):
Incredible?
Speaker 9 (26:21):
There, thank you.
Speaker 3 (26:24):
But my thing is my thing is to just take
a take time out for myself, just relax, relax and
do something I like me myself.
Speaker 10 (26:35):
I enjoy bowling. There you go, So I find I.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
Find myself just going out and just bowl and go
out and have fun and bowl or day with some
friends or something just just to relax. We have to
remember that we have to take time and relax. You
have to take time for yourself, relax, do something that
you like, go out, go to the park and just
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sit and enjoy the fresh air and and and the
breeze and the beautiful things to the Really, the water
is very peaceful.
Speaker 10 (27:17):
I've learned that.
Speaker 3 (27:19):
So he was acting about self care, and but I've
learned that I love fish aquariums.
Speaker 10 (27:26):
The fish.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
Just watching the fish swim around in the in the
aquarium is.
Speaker 10 (27:31):
So relaxing and peaceful.
Speaker 3 (27:33):
So the beach, going to the beach and just being
out there with the water, watching the water and just
sitting and being in the open freshness of the of
nature is awesome.
Speaker 9 (27:46):
Definitely, thank you, Thank you, miss Martin. And before I.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
Would like to add to that, so we were mentioned
water and the fish aquarium. Water is so important for
someone who has anxiety, and it is a release. Turn
the water on, go take a bath, take a shower,
go water the plants out front, even out of a picture,
watching water and listening to it, going to a stream,
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those things really will help your anxiety, especially if you're
having a deep anxiety attack and you don't want to
call nine one one, right, So I say, go out
front and water. So when does this happen to me?
You know, maybe I smoked a super big joint.
Speaker 10 (28:31):
Shouldn't have done.
Speaker 2 (28:32):
That, and I got some anxiety about it, real anxiety, man,
I'm serious.
Speaker 9 (28:38):
Like I should have done that.
Speaker 10 (28:39):
I realized I.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
Shouldn't have done it. So go outside water, you know,
instead of doing.
Speaker 9 (28:44):
Something, but you're actually standing on the roof and you're
throwing dirt.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
But that could have been induced because I was stressing
about bills and things like that and stuff like that. Right,
So it's important for you to keep your life in order, right,
But once that anxiety does come, you gotta do things
to offset. I took the pack, so for a while
I quit about ten years twelve, maybe fifteen years ago whatever.
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I did it after my father's suicide. But that stuff
took away all my emotions and I didn't like that.
So I did it and then took away the velociraptors
that were chasing me at night and the bad dreams
I was happening. But once I got better, I quit,
and now I take care of the body and the mind, right,
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so I don't get to that point where I have to, like,
because my mama's a hospitalization just now reset all of
those traumatic things for me, And now me and my
mam are working through them to try to because she
has her own things she's got to do too, so
we're working together to get better.
Speaker 10 (29:52):
And so Robert brings a good point, and I've really
need to make it known.
Speaker 3 (30:03):
Don't be scared to deal with your mental health. It's
not necessarily that you always have to take medication to
deal with your mental health.
Speaker 10 (30:13):
You need you the.
Speaker 3 (30:17):
Counsel the counseling, the counseling. There's counseling, there's there's there's workshops,
there's trainings. It's not always about the medication and the
stigma of it. The stigma with mental health is everybody.
No one wants to get help for mental health because
they think they are automatically going to be put on medication.
Speaker 10 (30:39):
And that's not true. I don't want people to.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
Think there's something wrong with them. No, no, no, no, you
want to it, yeah, or guide it the right way,
deal with it, talk about.
Speaker 9 (30:54):
It as we as we get ready to transition over
to Miss Steward and the Family Service Association of and
just wanted to know what did you do for Mother's Day,
Miss Martin. How did you celebrate your mom and how
did your children celebrate you?
Speaker 3 (31:06):
My kids, So, my kids put together this colorful Mother's
Day thing where all the mothers were given a certain
color and then we had to make a basket with
just that color in it and wear that color. And
they put this big event together that we celebrated out
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at the park. It was very overwhelming, but it was
so beautiful. It's a mother's day.
Speaker 9 (31:32):
I won't forget Amen.
Speaker 3 (31:34):
I am so proud of my kids. It was the
best mother's day I can. I couldn't ask for anything better.
Speaker 9 (31:40):
Definitely, shot out to the kids and transferring over to
Miss Stewart. How were you. How did you celebrate Mother's Day?
Speaker 11 (31:47):
Oh?
Speaker 14 (31:48):
Just relaxed.
Speaker 13 (31:49):
I went to the pool, to the lake, speaking of water,
laid out, got some sun, went swimming and watch TV.
And my little boy bought me a coffee out of
his own money Starbucks. Love Amen for a thirteen year old,
that's expensive for he holds on to every dollar he
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shared yesterday.
Speaker 9 (32:16):
Amen. Well definitely. How is your experience as the executive
director of Family Services of Redlands And before you answer that,
I just want to say congratulations. Was so awesome seeing
FSA Redlands Family Service Association Redlands being recognized by Senator
Elouise rays And we're praying for you, miss Senator Rayes.
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We love you, God bless you as well. How was
that experience?
Speaker 4 (32:39):
That was awesome?
Speaker 13 (32:40):
Thank you?
Speaker 14 (32:41):
Yeah, so you were there? It was wonderful.
Speaker 13 (32:46):
Family Service Association of Redlands just celebrated one hundred and
twenty seven years of history to the community.
Speaker 2 (32:53):
Very historic.
Speaker 13 (32:54):
Yes, we're located in Redlands, but we have other service areas,
so we service Central and E Valley of San Bernardino
County with two overarching goals of fighting hunger and homelessness.
And over the past three years we've grown, grown, grown,
Our staff is growing, programs growing, and needs are growing.
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Sea housing just skyrocketing, working families can't afford their rent,
food prices skyrocketing, inflation and now probably tariffs which means
products and so families are struggling. And we're a safety
net human service agency that provides clothing and food and
emergency rental assistance and move in deposits and motel vouchers
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as opposed to sending someone to shelter. If the shelters
are full, they can come to Family Service so long
as they have children and qualify for a motel voulcher.
Speaker 14 (33:53):
And so the organization.
Speaker 13 (33:56):
I've been there eleven years as the executive director and
it's been quite a journey.
Speaker 10 (34:02):
It's a if.
Speaker 13 (34:03):
Yanni joined the board last year, so thank you. Actually
this year, it seems like it's been long. So he's
a new board member and already doing so much work
for us, So thank you for that. But yeah, so
we're very well governed. We have twenty four board members
at any given moment, and.
Speaker 14 (34:21):
You can just tell that by the collective history.
Speaker 13 (34:24):
We also have an office in u Kaipa, a satellite office,
and we're looking to maybe expand in the near future
into the city of San Bernardino, which is exciting. Yes,
we like to hear so growth, growth, growth, awesome.
Speaker 9 (34:39):
Yeah, it's amazing. It's amazing. I know that last year
because you guys offer breakfast in the morning, and I
know that you shared the numbers at the last meeting.
I believe over twenty two thousand meals were served last
year in the morning.
Speaker 13 (34:55):
Yes, so every day Monday through Friday, at ten o'clock
six twelve Lawton Street in the City of Redlands, a
hot meal or nutritious meal is served to the community.
And last year we served twenty two thousand meals out
of our kitchen. Every day, we're serving more than one
hundred meals and that comes in through donors and volunteers
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that help us serve and that program has grown exponentially
over the years.
Speaker 9 (35:23):
So yeah, big numbers, amazing, amazing, and that's not even
talking about like your food distribution. I believe you do
those once a month or what. I had an opportunity
of volunteering at a few of those last year. And
you know, I think Redlands is such a beautiful city
and beautiful community, right, it has that like really quaint
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kind of hometown kind of feel. But often people don't
think that there are people in need in Redlions and
but there are great needs throughout the Inland Empire, and
Family Service Association of Redlands does an amazing job addressing
that needs.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
Don't fellow city boundaries.
Speaker 13 (36:02):
That's right, that's right, absolutely, I.
Speaker 9 (36:04):
Love that statement. Yeah, you know, so I know that
you got to do so much in the community and
you need support. So I know that you have a
number of fundraisers and different engagement opportunities and volunteer opportunities
if you can kind of share a few of those
things with us.
Speaker 13 (36:19):
Absolutely. Obviously, in order to run these programs, we rely
on a lot of contracts and government funding, and with
that you also need cash flow. So for cash flow,
three times a year we have three events. One is
coming up on Saturday, June seventh at the University of Redlands.
It's called the Redlands Hunger Walk and Run. It's a
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family friendly five k event hosted on the campus of
the beautiful University of Redlands at seven forty five in
the mornings again Saturday, June seventh, and it is a
wonderful event.
Speaker 14 (36:56):
This is the eleventh year doing it.
Speaker 13 (36:58):
It started the first year I as a brainchild of
a former board president, Jerry Bean, and also wonderful supporter,
and it raises about between forty and fifty thousand dollars
a year to help purchase the food for the nutrition
program as well as the food box program, support salaries
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and support all of the program supplies that go into
serving twenty two thousand meals per year.
Speaker 14 (37:24):
So for forty.
Speaker 13 (37:25):
Five dollars, pretty low cost and pretty affordable, and it's
a great way to give back and make impact. So
that's coming up and then in the fall, the last
Saturday in September, September twenty seventh, we are hosting our
annual signature fundraiser, which is Dinner in the Grove. That's
twenty one years running, mainly ran by board members who
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lead all the planning efforts.
Speaker 2 (37:51):
The prestigious.
Speaker 13 (37:53):
Yes, yes, it's an amazing event tucked away in an
orange grove literally have dinner with a wonderful auction. We
have about four hundred people who attend and that's coming up.
And then we just are fresh off of our Redlands
Pup Crawl, which you work and.
Speaker 14 (38:13):
That you were at.
Speaker 10 (38:14):
We have the bars.
Speaker 2 (38:20):
I heard the Taverner. The tavern has a new owner too.
Speaker 13 (38:23):
There's a yeah, the falcon the Falconer, Yes, that's where
I was at.
Speaker 9 (38:27):
That's where I was. That was my station.
Speaker 10 (38:29):
Yes.
Speaker 9 (38:29):
And the Fried Chip the fry fish and chips are
some of the best.
Speaker 2 (38:34):
That was your station.
Speaker 10 (38:37):
Station.
Speaker 14 (38:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 13 (38:40):
So we do a crawl and we get ten to
twelve bars. Local bars engage. It's a good time for
them to promote their business and basically people buy tickets
and we organized the event along with the King and
Queen Court. So that's the money maker, right. We have
local kind of like local celebrities, right, they get their
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name out there, it raise money with their friends and
whoever gets the most votes wins the King and Queen
and there's an actual crowning that occurs at the event.
So three big events that help support our work. So
that we're not too lenient on government contracts. We know
that that could be an issue in the future.
Speaker 9 (39:21):
I was wondering, has that affected you thus far?
Speaker 13 (39:24):
Goodness, it's something that we're keeping our eyes on. Fortunately,
two of our biggest contracts are with the State of
California and we're safe. But we do have one federal
contract that has not funded us yet, and they normally
do so we're waiting hoping that that comes through, but
it doesn't look like it will. And all of our
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clients who are on Section eight have already received letters,
I understand, preliminary letters saying that their payments through housing
Authority will either be cut or eliminated. In the spring
of twenty twenty, s SI had some clients bring those
letters in already, which is really scary because that's the
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most vulnerable.
Speaker 2 (40:07):
There was a whole bunch of programs associated with that
that they cut.
Speaker 15 (40:11):
It's unfortunate. It's just like curting the people that need
help the most. To me, it is it is it's
really going to go there.
Speaker 2 (40:22):
That's the bottom wrong.
Speaker 9 (40:24):
That's the safety there. That's what happens when you fall
through the safety that you know, you end up.
Speaker 2 (40:30):
In the park.
Speaker 9 (40:31):
House.
Speaker 2 (40:33):
You end up in your families as long as they
can hold.
Speaker 9 (40:36):
You right, as long as that will is there.
Speaker 2 (40:38):
But you have a family, that's true.
Speaker 9 (40:40):
That's another dynamic, right, you.
Speaker 2 (40:42):
Don't always have family to fall back on. I don't know,
I don't know.
Speaker 9 (40:47):
No, it's it's it's unfortunate situation. I think that. I
think what's going to have to happen is us as
community starting to get back to loving one another, supporting
one another, helping one another, being there to be that
villain as we need to be the village of humanity.
Speaker 2 (41:02):
Seems like your organization will be at the forefront of this.
So what are your plans to deal with a loss
of federal funding? One more events.
Speaker 13 (41:14):
And more private donors. And we're hoping that there is
a trend for all of the nonprofits in the region,
or most of the nonprofits who are eligible to apply
for private foundation and corporation grant.
Speaker 2 (41:27):
What's what's Vizos's ex wife's name? What's her name? Like?
Hit her up time for change to get some money
from them.
Speaker 14 (41:36):
Yeah, let's go big.
Speaker 9 (41:39):
Yeah hear Melinda Gates whatever Melinda Gates in the last
name is, you know, Bill Gate's former wife you know,
hit her up yea, to.
Speaker 13 (41:48):
Start looking at social enterprise opportunities and other ways to
bring in revenue.
Speaker 2 (41:54):
Definitely, definitely, Well it's possible because it's been over one
hundred years and yeah, I mean you're depression, that's all
kinds of things. So if you can leave through all those.
Speaker 9 (42:06):
Right, the organization we don't, but.
Speaker 2 (42:10):
I just see that just shows me that their strength
there and then it's easier to ask for grants when
you have viability.
Speaker 9 (42:17):
Yeah, yeah, capacity, And that's one thing I'll say that's
very unique to me about the city of Redlands is
the history of philanthropy and that that kind of support
you find throughout the community where some people Ezri's there,
you know, so blessed to have one of the leading
companies for GIS Global Information Systems in the world. It's
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nice to have them house in your backyard and they
do a lot of stuff. So it's a lot of
people throughout the community. When you think about the Burgess
Mansion and Kimberly Crest and there's some people the Smiley Brothers, right,
you know, and the contributions that they've given to the region,
and that many continue that tradition in the city of Redlands,
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and it spills out to the surrounding cities as well
into the Inland Empire Sambardino County, I should say, and
it's a beautiful thing. I wish we had more of
that kind of love flowing throughout all of our cities,
throughout throughout the Inland Empire.
Speaker 2 (43:12):
But what has the resurgences onto it?
Speaker 9 (43:14):
Amen? Speaking as we wanted to be? There? You go? There,
you go? What has been outside of outside of the
leadership in what you do with the Family Service Association
of realtanves. How do you take care of yourself, your
mental health, you're well being? How do you stay how
do you stay balanced and keep yourself uplifted? Because I
know that the work can be very demanding. You're hearing
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all kinds of stories that affect you emotionally, Like I
know it's a roller coaster, But how do you take
self care for you?
Speaker 2 (43:42):
Well?
Speaker 13 (43:42):
You know that's a journey because, like you were saying,
when you're kind of an anxious person or a goal
oriented person, you do overwork. You tend to overwork and
set big goals. And so for many years I never
had work life balance until you realize if I don't
do something, there will be no more means right, or
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you'll spiral. So I've only really learned what that means.
And I still don't believe that there really is such
a thing as work life balance.
Speaker 14 (44:15):
I do not believe.
Speaker 13 (44:17):
That that's true. I think you do your best to
find balance. But anyone who can really obtain it, acquire it,
manage it, and keep it that way is a genius.
So if you find the formula, let me.
Speaker 2 (44:31):
Knowaire, Yeah, I mean you know, finding that formula stressful.
Speaker 14 (44:38):
Right, right, exactly?
Speaker 13 (44:40):
All the tips and tools for self care.
Speaker 14 (44:42):
But I love to.
Speaker 13 (44:44):
Walk and I live near Lake Paris in Riverside County,
so have easy access to the lake. I love to
be by the pool. I love to spend time with family.
I have a little dog that I spend time with.
I love Netflix and Hulu and all of that stuff
for your mental health, yes, yes, so doing it.
Speaker 2 (45:03):
Notice all the good things around you, like, oh, that's
a pretty flower, not there's trash there. Oh, listen to
that bird sing, not there's a siren. You have to
that's Rightctice. It's not easy, and it doesn't it's not
given to you. You have to practice, right, that's right.
Happiness has to be earned.
Speaker 9 (45:25):
It's a practice, it's a mindset, it's a focus. It's
a nature focus.
Speaker 10 (45:30):
Nature.
Speaker 2 (45:31):
Nature is so good at bringing it out in you.
Speaker 9 (45:33):
Definitely, definitely. When you're in Redlands, what is one of
your favorite restaurants to go to? Do you have any
favorite spots?
Speaker 13 (45:43):
This is maybe with all the choices there by the way,
I can't wait to visit the Redlands Marketplace.
Speaker 9 (45:50):
I haven't been there yet.
Speaker 13 (45:52):
I want to make it, you know, my thing to
go there.
Speaker 14 (45:55):
But I love all of Avenue Market.
Speaker 13 (45:58):
I mean, I just love it there, love how quaint
it is, and it kind of captures the history and
the character. And we have the best and good sandwich.
Speaker 14 (46:09):
Yes, yes, but there's so many more.
Speaker 13 (46:11):
You put me on the spot for lunch because I'm
mainly there for lunch.
Speaker 14 (46:15):
So that's all about it.
Speaker 9 (46:16):
Obviously. We we appreciate all the the pub crawl. Those
are all our favorite bars.
Speaker 13 (46:22):
Absolutely, shout out Septembers, Falconer.
Speaker 9 (46:29):
Escape, Yes, Brew Rebellion, I think is that that's okay? Definitely, definitely, definitely.
Speaker 2 (46:35):
So what do you do to help when you're feeling
a little bit stressed or overwhelm?
Speaker 9 (46:42):
You know what, I pour myself into creativity. That seems
to be one of my one of my outlets. I'm
also a huge nerd, so when I if I get a
chance to spend the hour on the video games, that's
fun for me. My morning regiment is walking, exercising, right,
you know, focusing on the temple, mind, body, spirit, and soul.
I'm so big on exercising in the morning for me
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because to me, it sets the tone for your day,
you know what I mean. So I'm so big on that,
and I have to focus more because I plan on
running this event, you know what I mean. So I
want to do a little bit better than my last
five k that I did, even though our job probably two. Well,
the five k I did great, and then I did
the Turkey trot to ten k over there with shout
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out to the Alexander's you know, so I want to
do better. My best time when I used to run
ten miles a day was nine minute miles. So it'll
sub twenty seven minute time for a five k. But
you know, some of these Olympians and stuff, they're running
sub for a minute miles and that's that's just mind
boggling goals. Hey, I'm just happy with not because the
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twelve is still the kind of the standard of high school. Right.
So the fact that my last five k I was
just off for twelve minutes, I was under thirteen minutes,
so twelve minutes and like thirty one seconds, and you know,
I'm five years removed from high school. The fact that
I was still able to keep up at that face,
especially caring wait is a blessing, right, you know what
I mean, like for real, for real, by example, thank
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you for that question, and I want to throw it
back to you. What do you do, Robert Porter for
for self care, for your for your mental health or
well being?
Speaker 2 (48:19):
So lately, like my lone time is usually at night,
so it's like I'll try to do a little lone
time like watch news or something, because.
Speaker 9 (48:32):
That might not be helped, but it's an outlet for you.
Give you fo. My mom used to love that.
Speaker 2 (48:42):
Show episode it's a it's a great show. I love it,
but like I just do something different. Also, you know
the bomb like that really does help me.
Speaker 9 (48:56):
Hey, I know you're very transplanting.
Speaker 2 (48:58):
I don't drink, so like that's my that's my outlet,
and you know, hopefully that doesn't get taken away from me.
But also I like to eat like some fruit or
something else.
Speaker 9 (49:09):
I was gonna say, I'm surprised you haven't said it,
but gardening, I.
Speaker 2 (49:12):
Know that I'll go out in the backyard and just
put fruit right off, like right now. Low quats are
an abundance in my house, and I have about five
different varieties. So cut to the different trees and taste them.
And I don't know, they have different tastes. Most people
just eat it's sweet sour, right, But for me, I
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like to taste it and see, oh this is right
at this point, and that that really calms me. While
I'm probably watering them as well. Right, so when it
gets hot, you have to water at night or early
in the morning. But like, yeah, my mama is usually
I help my mama in the morning now, so it
probably be a lot of the night stuff. So try
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to water that stuff and that helps calm me a lot.
And then also noticing that there is later around you.
Like if you can't notice that there's good, if you're
always noticing the negative, that's what you're gonna always.
Speaker 9 (50:07):
Be seeing totally, you know, I say the same thing, man,
like if you're looking through the lenses of negativity. When
you looking at mere self reflection, all you're going to
see is the negativity. And when within yourself and then
wherever you look or wherever you cast your gaze, you'll
just see the negativity. But once you choose to take
off those glasses and put on the lenses of love
or the pot lids of positivity, you'll you'll see the
(50:29):
positive aspects of your neque, gifts and blessings that you
that you have been given in this lifetime. And then
when you look around the world, you'll see the blessings,
the gifts, the beauty, the beauty of this gift of life, you.
Speaker 2 (50:42):
Know, because if you're not noticing that stuff, you're just
like on like batteries. I don't, yeah, like, And it's easy.
Speaker 9 (50:50):
To be that way.
Speaker 2 (50:51):
I catch myself all the time.
Speaker 9 (50:52):
We could get Yeah, I'll be really like, did I
just think four or five negative things in a row?
Speaker 3 (51:00):
Right?
Speaker 10 (51:01):
That's my fault. It's more coffee.
Speaker 2 (51:05):
Already coffee, Yeah, coffee, coffee in the morning.
Speaker 9 (51:15):
Well, definitely, definitely.
Speaker 3 (51:17):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (51:17):
I know we're circling towards towards home base, but we
have about nine minutes left and I wanted to answer you,
mis Stewart, is what's the future do you or what
are you working towards with the Family Service?
Speaker 13 (51:30):
Sure, sure, thank you for asking that great question. In
twenty twenty three, we did a really fantastic strategic plan
where we talked to our clients, we talked to our staff,
we interviewed volunteers, and then we got the board together
with all that information and a wonderful facilitator because you know,
there is an art to that facilitating conversation. And we
(51:54):
set some goals for the agency for the next five years,
and we're already meeting those goals. And one of those
goals was to be the bridge between this housing shortage
that California is experiencing, affordable housing shortage, especially there's a
one million home deficit in comparison to low income families. Okay,
(52:19):
So we decided, no matter how big or small, the
call to action was to fill that gap, one house
at a time. So we recently, with our own money,
our own money, not government money, purchased two homes in
Redlands and now we are rehabilitating those homes and we're
(52:41):
working on a capital campaign and the goal is that
once the houses get rehabilitated. We are then going to
purchase some ADUs accessory dwelling units that are really hot
right now, the smaller homes, and have the ability to
house six families, slow income families with all private dollars,
(53:03):
because if you take government funding, it's wonderful if you
can get it number one. Sometimes the requirements are so
stringent that you'll end up having to follow their service
population versus the service population that you have available or
that you normally serve. So in other words, it gives
(53:24):
you flexibility. And we have a huge waitless our.
Speaker 14 (53:27):
Phones ring off the hook. It's really a tough.
Speaker 13 (53:31):
Situation when you hear the phone calls that come through
the agency. You know, single moms with disabled children sleeping
in cars.
Speaker 14 (53:41):
Put them in the motel.
Speaker 13 (53:42):
Program and they have a voucher, but they can't find
a landlord to rent to them three kids. I recently
ran into a woman who keep it all anonymous, but
she had three children, all school aged, a forty hour
a week job. She needed bridge housing because she was
(54:04):
approved for an apartment, but she had been homeless, and
so there was this period of time where her and
her kids were literally sleeping in the vehicle tall, teenagers
in the back sleeping like this one in the front
with the seatback, and the mom.
Speaker 14 (54:22):
With the seat back.
Speaker 13 (54:23):
But she would get up every morning. This is the
beauty of a woman and the resiliency of a woman.
She would get up every morning, use water bottles to
wash her face and brush her teeth, get the kids
ready and take them to school and work her day
in the middle of all of that crisis, and her
employer never knew and the kids were making good grades.
Speaker 14 (54:47):
So when there's a will, there's a way.
Speaker 13 (54:49):
But that's just one example of hundreds of families that
we've provided services for who have been in that type
of crisis.
Speaker 9 (54:56):
Definitely, if you could share with our audience how they
can connect.
Speaker 13 (54:59):
With the yes Redlandsfamily Service dot org. So if you're
seeking services, go to Redlands Family Service dot org. There's
a sub menu where you can fill out a quick
form to see if you qualify or give us a
call at nine oh nine seven nine three two six
seven three.
Speaker 9 (55:17):
Definitely, definitely thank you so much for what you do,
the leadership that you are, you know, steering the Family
Service Association in Redlands towards a beautiful destination and just
another wishing you guys another one hundred and twenty seven
years of.
Speaker 14 (55:33):
Honor to be here.
Speaker 10 (55:34):
Thankmen.
Speaker 9 (55:35):
Definitely, Miss Martin, how can people connect with the bp.
Speaker 4 (55:40):
M P.
Speaker 3 (55:43):
Email email E Martin to zero one two six three
at gmail dot com and one of our one of
our staff will get with you.
Speaker 13 (55:55):
Can you say it again, I'm actually gonna write that, Okay.
Speaker 3 (56:02):
But yes, so that's E Martin to zero one two
six three at gmail dot com. And then one of
our staff will get in touch with you and we
will assist you in any way with it we can
to deal with your mental health.
Speaker 2 (56:21):
Definitely, congratulations on your journey all the way to the microphone.
Speaker 10 (56:27):
Thank you, Thank you for having.
Speaker 2 (56:29):
Me definitely right here. Thank you.
Speaker 9 (56:32):
We appreciate it. Thank you, no problem, brother, I appreciate you.
You know your commitment to the community and to to
our our.
Speaker 2 (56:40):
We wanted to say mister Joe Baka was supervisor, was
gonna come on, but he had a medical issue, so
he will be coming on June seconds, on Monday at
seven o'clock.
Speaker 9 (56:50):
Definitely definitely get well soon. And you know, I just
want to just take a moment to you know, just
raise up Senator Rayes and you know, for the as
I may not know. I'm not gonna you know, you
could search and find out, but just want to be
praying for her and her family, wishing her victory ahead,
you know. And she has done so much in our community.
(57:11):
She's doing so much in our community and continues to
be a passionate leader. She has always been a bridge.
That's why I when I met them, when Frank and
her came knocking on my door in Fontana, even they
didn't know that I helped the previous as simply remember
when the seat right, so they had no clue who
I was. But speaking with them, engaging with them, you know,
(57:32):
really it inspired me. It really did inspire me, you know,
and so good people. They're solid peoples.
Speaker 2 (57:40):
When I first met.
Speaker 9 (57:44):
Frank always checks now Frank rock solid dude. They're bridge,
I mean, and they they they show love and give
love to everybody in our community. And just you know,
just want to just say thank you and God bless
you and love you as well. You know.
Speaker 2 (57:58):
So right on it. And this is Robert Porter and
it be on a locker with the I Love Saraenielle
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