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WELCOME TO, IT'S HAPPENING IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
I'M GEORGIA CLEMSON, AND WE HAVE A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TODAY.
YOU KNOW, FEBRUARY HAS LOTS OF GREAT EVENTS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS, AND ONE OF THEM A VERY IMPORTANT ONE IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
SO WE WELCOME THE PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP OF GRAND PRAIRIE, MISS ANGELA.
UM, COUNCILWOMAN OF GEORGIA, CLEMSON.
HAPPY TO BE HERE ON YOUR SHOW TODAY AND TO TALK ABOUT BLACK HISTORY.
WHAT A GREAT MONTH AND WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, SO, UM, I KNOW YOU KNOW THE ROPES HERE IN THE STUDIO, BUT IT IS A NEW STU STUDIO.
THE STUDIO JUST LOOKED FANTASTIC.
NOW, ANGELA, I KNOW OUR VIEWERS WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS PLANNED FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE? WELL, WE'RE EXCITED, UM, THE GRAND PRAIRIE NAACP.
WE DO HAVE A CALENDAR EVENTS THAT'S PLANNED.
ONE OF THEM THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT IS THE ANCESTRY, THE ANCESTRY, DNA.
UM, WE'RE CALLING THE THE CAMP DAY WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY COME OUT TO THE GRAND PRAIRIE LIBRARY OVER AT THE BETTY WOMACK LIBRARY AND YOU CAN, UM, GET ON THE COMPUTER WITH US AND YOU CAN SEARCH AND DO YOUR DNA.
AND AFTER THAT WE WILL BE HAVING A LUNCH TO BE ABLE TO EXPLORE AND TALK WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT THEIR DNA AND SEE HOW THE FAMILIES CONNECT HERE, UM, IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED.
WE ALSO HAVE A FAMILY NIGHT OF, OF AFRICAN AMERICAN, UM, HISTORY THAT'S SIGNIFICANT TO GRAND PRAIRIE, WHERE INDIVIDUALS HAVE CREATED THEIR OWN MONOPOLY GAMES.
SO WE WOULD HAVE THOSE BOARD GAMES OVER AT THE CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY THE 21ST THAT WOULD BE THERE.
AND SO, AND THAT STARTS AT 7:00 PM IT'S ABSOLUTELY FREE.
WE'RE ENCOURAGING FAMILIES TO BRING THEIR CHILDREN OUT JUST TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION OF BLACK HISTORY OF BLACK FAMILIES, UM, ROOTED HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
AND ANGELA, IS EVERYBODY WELCOME TO THAT? OH, MOST DEFINITELY.
UM, IT'S FREE TO THE PUBLIC AND IF YOU HAVE A BOARD GAME AND IF YOU HAVE SOME INFORMATION, WE'RE ENCOURAGING YOU TO BRING YOUR INFORMATION OUT, UM, AS WELL WHY WE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO RECORD A PART OF OUR HISTORY.
AND THAT WILL BE AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
UH, A FUN WAY TO LEARN ABOUT HISTORY.
NOW WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR US? AND ALSO, UM, WITH OUR GRAND PRAIRIE HISTORICAL, UH, BUILDING, UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HAND ON HAND WITH THEM, WITH GETTING HISTORICAL MARKERS, YOU KNOW, THAT ANTIOCH LIFE PARK CEMETERY, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE MARKER THERE.
SO OFFICIALLY IT'S NOW A HISTORICAL CEMETERY, AND SO WE WILL BE DOING A EVENT THAT WE'RE CALLING GRANDMAS OF, UM, OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND SO GRANDMAS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, IT IS A DIVERSE GROUP AND WE WANT ALL THE GRANDMOTHERS TO COME OUT TO, TO BE, TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT GRANDMA STORIES.
AND WE'RE DOING IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF HISTORY.
WE WANT TO KNOW AND SHARE THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PASSED DOWN TO US FROM OUR GRANDMOTHERS.
AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE OVER AT THE HISTORICAL BUILDING, GRAND PRAIRIE HISTORICAL BUILDING.
AND, UM, THEY'RE WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT.
UM, STEPHANIE, UM, MARINO, YES, I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HER ABOUT OTHER HISTORICAL INFORMATION AND I WOULD BE PULLING HER IN, UM, THE PROJECT AS WELL.
BUT SHE HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL, UM, TO OUR ORGANIZATION WITH EVEN RESEARCHING AND OBTAINING AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY.
YES, SHE'S A GREAT HISTORIAN ALONG WITH THE OTHERS OUT THERE, UH, AT THE MUSEUM, AND WE APPRECIATE THEM SO MUCH.
AND, UM, YOU REALLY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION WITH THE LIBRARY WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ANCESTRY AND THE DNA.
TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT EVENT.
OKAY, SO THAT EVENT RIGHT THERE, AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE DO NOT CHARGE YOU, UM, TO, UM, GET ON ANCESTRY.
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THAT MANY HAVE TO PAY FOR AT THE LIBRARY.THAT SERVICE IS ACT ACTUALLY PROVIDED FREE, UM, TO THE PUBLIC DURING COID.
UM, THE CITY ACTUALLY ALLOWED THE CITIZENS TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR RESEARCH IN THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY WERE GIVING OUT THE PASSWORD TO ALLOW YOU TO CONTINUE YOUR RESEARCH.
SO WITH THAT EVENT, YOU'RE ABLE TO COME ON, IT'S ABSOLUTELY FREE.
ALL OF OUR COMPUTERS, YOU GET ON, YOU GET ON ANCESTRY, AND WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GUIDE YOU ALONG.
YOU ARE ABLE TO PRINT YOUR FINDINGS AS WELL.
ONE THING ABOUT THE ANCESTRY, MAYBE YOU WERE LOOKING FOR A DEATH CERTIFICATE OR YOU WAS LOOKING FOR MILITARY RECORD, YOU WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT ABOUT YOUR FAMILY THAT YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU CAN GET ON ANCESTRY AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED ALL THE HISTORICAL DATA AND, AND, AND PICTURES OF LOVED ONES AND FAMILY MEMBERS THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE THAT YOU'D BE ABLE TO PRINT THAT DAY.
I THINK THAT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT.
YOU KNOW, UM, BEFORE IT WAS DIGITIZED, I REMEMBER MY MOTHER HAD FILES AND FILES AND FILES AND PEOPLE HAD TO RESEARCH AND GO TO THE COURTHOUSE AND DIG ALL THOSE THINGS UP.
BUT NOW IT'S AVAILABLE TO US AND I'M SO GLAD YOU TOLD ME.
I ALWAYS WANT TO JOIN THAT, BUT I DON'T WANNA PAY A MONTHLY FEE.
AND, UM, AGAIN, LIKE WITH YOUR MOTHER, UM, OUR LATE RUTHIE JACKSON, UM, WELL, OUR FORMER MAYOR PRO TEM RUTHIE JACKSON, UM, THAT SERVED GRAND PRAYER FOR A LONG TIME.
AND, AND WHEN IT CAME TO THIS PARTICULAR MONTH, AFRICAN AMERICAN, UH, MONTH, BLACK HISTORY MONTH, SHE WAS VERY, UH, EXCITED.
AND SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN STARTING THE GRAND PRIX, SOUTH DALWORTH HISTORIC SOCIETY.
SHE ACTUALLY PRESENTED A $500 PERSONAL CHECK AND SHE WAS SO HAPPY TO GET THAT UP AND GOING ALONG WITH MS. SALLY MOORE.
UM, JUST THE NAME, YOU KNOW, TO MENTION.
BUT THAT ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED, UM, WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF YOUR MOTHER.
AND IT'S STILL IN EXISTENCE, STILL, STILL EXISTING.
WELL, THAT IS EXCITING, ANGELA.
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING A LITTLE FURTHER OUT.
UH, IN JUNE, WHAT'S COMING UP? WELL, UM, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT MARCH ON MARCH, UM, THE 11TH.
MARCH THE 11TH FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM OVER AT PRAIRIE LAKES GOLF COURSE.
WE WILL BE HAVING A MIXER AT CROWN'S BARBECUE.
AND THE MIXER AGAIN, UM, IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
IT'S A NETWORKING, UM, MIXER TO ALLOW, UM, BUSINESS.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY PACIFIC CATER TOWARD BUSINESS OWNERS.
AND SO THIS EVENT WILL BE A NETWORKING FOR BUSINESS OWNERS OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO MANY BUSINESS GO UP EVERY DAY, AND IF WE'RE NOT OUT AND ABOUT, WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM.
SO WE'RE ALLOWING THEM TO COME OUT, UM, TO THE MIXER AND SHARE THEIR INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S ON A MONDAY, IT'S MARCH THE 11TH, AND IT'S FROM SIX TO EIGHT AT PRAIRIE LAKES GOLF COURSE INSIDE OF THE CROWN'S BARBECUE.
I GREW UP EATING CROWN'S BARBECUE.
WELL, LET'S WRAP IT UP WITH TALKING ABOUT YOU.
ON JUNE 14TH, WE HAVE A JUNETEENTH MEMORIAL CELEBRITY SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT IN THE MEMORY OF CHARLIE TAYLOR.
WE'RE GONNA TEE OFF AT SEVEN 30 THAT MORNING.
UM, I'M WORKING WITH BERT, UM, WALKER ON THIS EVENT.
AND, UM, AGAIN, UM, COUNCILMAN KURT JOHNSON IS A BIG AVID GOLFER.
AND SO HE'S ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT'S HELPING US ALSO PUT THIS EVENT TOGETHER.
BUT WE'RE EXCITED BECAUSE WITH THE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AND THE MEMBER OF CHARLIE TAYLOR, WHEN MR. TAYLOR WAS ALIVE, HE WOULD COME BACK TO GRAND PRAIRIE AND HE WOULD ATTEND ALL THE GOLF TOURNAMENTS BECAUSE HE WAS EXCITED TO COME HOME.
AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, HE'S MY COUSIN.
HE WAS EXCITED TO COME HOME AND ACTUALLY BE THERE TO BE ABLE TO HELP MANY CHILDREN WITH RAISING SCHOLARSHIP DOLLARS, UM, FOR GRAND PRAIRIE STUDENTS.
I LOVE THAT YOU'RE REVIVING THAT, RIGHT? YES MA'AM.
AND THAT IS SO COOL BECAUSE CHARLIE TAYLOR WAS A BIG DEAL AND STILL IS.
HIS MEMORY IS, AND I LOVE PLAYING PICKLEBALL AT CHARLIE TAYLOR REC CENTER.
BUT THAT WILL BE SO NICE THAT YOU'RE REVIVING THAT AND BE ANOTHER WAY TO HONOR HIM.
AND I WANNA MENTION TOO, UM, OUR LATE, UM, FORMER MAYOR PRO TIM RUTHIE JACKSON, UM, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUR CHARLIE TAYLOR GOLF TOURNAMENT, SHE WAS THERE.
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NOT MISS A GOLF TOURNAMENT.SHE DID THE PROCLAMATION, UM, TO MR. CHARLIE TAYLOR.
WE JUST WANNA BRING THAT FUN, THAT FUN TIME, THAT FUN MOMENT BACK.
AND I HOPE I'LL GET INVITED TOO, BECAUSE I'D LOVE TO BE THERE.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY BRING THE PROCLAMATION.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M, I LOOKED FOR PHOTOS OF HIM WITH MOTHER AND I REALLY DIDN'T EVER RUN ACROSS ANY, BUT I HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH ALL OF HER PHOTOS BECAUSE SHE HAD MANY.
BUT I'M GLAD YOU REMINDED US OF THAT MEMORY.
AND MATTER OF FACT, UM, WHEN WE AIR OFF, I'M GOING TO EMAIL YOU THE VIDEO WITH YOUR MOM PRESENTING, UM, LIVE AND SPEAKING AT THE GOLF TERM CHARLIE TAYLOR GOLF TOURNAMENT AT PRAIRIE LAKES.
SO I ACTUALLY HAVE A YOUTUBE VIDEO THAT I'M GONNA SEND TO YOU SO YOU CAN SCREEN SCREENSHOT ALL THE PHOTOS FROM DADDY.
AND BE ABLE TO HEAR HER, UM, IN ACTION TALKING ABOUT THE GOLF TOURNAMENT AND PRESENTING THAT PROCLAMATION TO CHARLIE TAYLOR.
AND ANGELA, WE'RE GONNA WRAP UP JUST TELLING US WE'VE GOTTEN ALL THE NAACP UH, PROJECTS AND THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
BUT TELL US JUST BRIEFLY YOUR HISTORY HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND IN THE DALWORTH COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY DALWORTH, UM, COMMUNITY IS MY HOME.
UH, MANY PEOPLE THINK LIKE, WHERE DOES SHE COME FROM? WELL, I'M STRAIGHT OUTTA GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, MY PARENTS, CHARLES AND UM, SHIRLEY HARRISON, UM, THEY GREW UP, UM, HERE IN THE DALWORTH COMMUNITY.
MY MOM WAS ACTUALLY FROM BUFFALO, TEXAS.
BUT UM, DALWORTH IS MY DAD'S, UM, HOMETOWN.
UM, HE WAS HERE, UM, BEFORE GOING TO CALIFORNIA.
MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER, IOLA RE WE CALL HER AUNTIE.
UM, SHE HAS A LOT, LOT OF HISTORY HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
THEY WAS HERE, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT MY FAMILY WAS ACTUALLY HERE IN THE LATE 18 HUNDREDS.
SO WHEN GRAND PRAIRIE HAD GOT INCORPORATED, MY FAMILY MEMBER WAS ACTUALLY ALREADY HERE BEFORE THE TOWN BECAME FORMED.
GRAND PRAIRIE, MY NATIVE FAMILY WAS SPREAD OUT FROM HERE TO GRAPEVINE AND JUST HAVE LIKE A RICH HISTORY.
I GRADUATED FROM SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE, UM, WHILE ATTENDING SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE, I WAS ON THE CHEYENNE AND ALSO YES, RAN TRACK.
JUST HAD A LOT OF, HAVE A LOT OF GREAT MEMORIES, UM, HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND SOME OF MY, UM, TEACHERS AND PRINCIPAL, UM, THE LATE DAVID DANIELS WAS MY, MY PRINCIPAL WHEN I ATTENDED DALWORTH ELEMENTARY IN THE FIRST GRADE.
AND SALLY MOORE, UM, WAS THERE WHEN I WAS OVER AT HEAD START FROM THREE TO FIVE YEARS OLD.
HE WAS IMPORTED IN YOUR LIFE, WASN'T HE? ALMOST DEFINITELY.
UM, AND HE STAYED, UM, WITH THE GREATER HEAD START, UM, CENTERS FOR OVER 44 YEARS.
AND THIS SPRING, UM, THEY WOULD BE NAMING THE GRAND PRAIRIE HEAD START HEAD, THE JOHN HARRIS HEAD START.
SO THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL AND ALSO BY THE BOARD OF THE DALLAS GREATER HEAD START.
SO I'M EXCITED THAT THAT IS TAKING PLACE.
UM, MY SISTERS, I HAVE THREE SISTERS, SHARON, UM, AND WELL, I HAVE TWO SISTERS, SHARON AND CAROLYN.
I HAVE, UM, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN NOW.
I HAD, I HAD TO REMEMBER FOUR GRAND-CHILDREN, ARIEL, UM, CAAIR, ZION, AND STEPHEN III.
AND I'M A MOTHER OF THREE, BUT JUST I LOVE GRAND.
AND WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE AND DOING GREAT THINGS FOR GRAND PRIX.
AND WE DIDN'T MENTION THAT YOU'RE ALSO ON THE PARK BOARD NOW.
AND I KNOW THEY LOVE HAVING YOU ON THAT AND THAT YOU CONTRIBUTE MANY GOOD THINGS TO OUR CITY THROUGH MANY WAYS.
WE COULD TALK FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, COULDN'T WE? YES.
AND BEFORE YOU WRAP UP, I FORGOT TO MENTION WHEN I WAS MENTIONING MY DAD, MY DAD, UM, THROUGH THE DNA ANCESTRY THAT I'VE BEEN DOING AT GRAND PRAIRIE, I WAS ABLE TO FIND HIS 93-YEAR-OLD SISTER, AND SHE IS STILL LIVING.
AND SHE'S LI SHE LIVES IN CALIFORNIA.
SO MY DAD WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY TALK TO HIS SISTER.
HER BIRTHDAY'S ON, I BELIEVE FEBRUARY THE SECOND.
AND THEY'RE GONNA DO A ZOOM FOR HER BIRTHDAY, SO HE WILL GET TO SEE HIS SISTER.
SO I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE DNA, UH, AND, AND THE, THE FACT THAT GRANDPA HAD RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR US.
WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THE LIBRARY AND ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN, ANGELA, FOR BEING HERE.
AND I KNOW YOUR DAD HAS BEEN ILL.
SO WE, UM, SEND OUR BEST AND OUR LOVE TO HIM AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
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GRAND PRAIRIE IS CHANGING THE SCHEDULE FOR GARBAGE AND RECYCLING PICKUPS STARTING OCTOBER 2ND.GARBAGE PICKUPS NORTH OF WARRIOR TRAIL WILL BE ON TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.
GARBAGE PICKUPS SOUTH OF WARRIOR TRAIL WILL BE ON MONDAY AND THURSDAY.
AND RECYCLING PICKUPS WILL CHANGE TO WEDNESDAY FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW PICKUP SCHEDULE, VISIT GPTX.ORG.
WELCOME BACK AND WELCOME TO OUR NEXT TWO GUESTS.
WE LOVE HAVING THESE BEAUTIFUL LADIES HERE TODAY.
WE HAVE A ELENA HARRIS, WHO IS OUR VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRIX, AND SARAH D DELIC.
AND SARAH, WHAT IS YOUR ACTUAL TITLE? MY ACTUAL TITLE IS, UH, TOURISM MANAGER.
BUT OF COURSE I WEAR A FE LITTLE HATS
BUT WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE BOTH OF YOU HERE TODAY.
AND ALINA, WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SOMETHING REALLY BIG COMING ON THE HORIZON.
IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN WE'RE GETTING READY AGAIN FOR THE BIG EVENT, WHICH IS GONNA, UH, TAKE PLACE IN MARCH 23RD.
WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS SIGNING UP, WHICH IS EXCELLENT.
'CAUSE WE JUST OPENED THE PORTAL.
WE ALREADY START HAVING JOBS ALSO REQUESTED BY OUR RESIDENTS, WHICH IS OF COURSE A VERY GOOD THING.
SO, UM, THE BIG EVENT IS ONE DAY EVENT, UH, CITYWIDE EVENT.
IT'S, UH, A COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT THAT'S JUST PRETTY MUCH NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS.
UH, WE GATHER VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE HELPING, UM, RESIDENTS IN NEED FOR, UH, SOME SPRING CLEANING AROUND THE HOUSE.
IT'S JUST GONNA BE REALLY AROUND THE HOUSE, NOT INSIDE
AND WE'RE NOT USING, UM, POWER TOOLS.
UH, IT'S JUST GONNA BE, UH, YARD CLEANING, REPLANTING, UH, TAKING CARE OF FENCES, WHATEVER RESIDENTS, UH, NEED.
AND, AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO DO THAT THEMSELVES, BUT THEY'RE JUST NOT ABLE TO PHYSICALLY, THEY'RE EITHER HAVE HEALTH ISSUES OR THEY'RE ELDERLY OR JUST HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO IT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOMEONE IN JUST TO GIVE THEM THAT LITTLE EXTRA HELP.
OUR GOAL IS TO GET, UM, A THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS AND TO COMPLETE A HUNDRED JOBS.
UM, WE ACTUALLY DID A LOT MORE LAST YEAR.
WE GOT, UH, 1,643 VOLUNTEERS, AND WE COMPLETED 110 JOBS AND WE COLLECTED 63 TONS OF TRASH.
NOW, THAT REALLY IS A BIG EVENT AND IT REALLY DOES TAKE A HUGE TEAM DOING THAT.
OH, IT, IT IS, IT IS A HUGE TEAM.
IT'S A A A LOT OF EFFORT PUTS FROM EVERYBODY, BUT EVERYBODY LOVES IT AND ENJOYS IT.
IT IS, IT'S JUST, YOU CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS
IT'S VERY REWARDING TO, I LIKE BEING ABLE TO GO IN AND YOU SEE A MESS AND THEN YOU SPEND SOME TIME AND EFFORT AND ENERGY WITH A TEAM, AND THEN YOU LOOK AT IT AND YOU SAY, OH, THAT LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER.
AND TO KNOW THAT YOU'VE HELPED SOMEBODY.
AND THE SMILES THAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND.
AND, UM, SARAH, WE'VE DONE THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, HAVEN'T WE? WE HAVE, THIS IS OUR SEVENTH YEAR OF HOSTING THE BIG EVENT IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF YOU IN TEXAS A AND M, YOUR GRANDSON ATTENDED THERE.
THAT'S WHERE THE IDEA CAME FROM.
AND SO YEAH, IN 2018 IS WAS OUR FIRST, AND KIND OF JUST SOME FUN FACTS THAT WE WERE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.
SO THE SEVENTH YEAR, SO WE'VE HOSTED MORE THAN 10,000 VOLUNTEERS IN THE SEVEN, YOU KNOW, THE SIX YEARS THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'VE HAD THIS PLUS, UM, HAVE HAULED AWAY MORE THAN 400 TONS OF TRASH.
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE, UH, WE HAVE SPONSORS THAT HELP US WITH THE COST BECAUSE THE CITY DOES NOT PAY FOR THIS.
THIS IS A, UM, TOTALLY SPONSORED FUNDED EVENT, UM, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT.
I MEAN, IT REALLY GIVES OUR BUSINESSES AND, UM, THINGS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO, YOU KNOW, UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY IS, IS KIND OF OUR WHOLE LITTLE TAGLINE THAT WE USE FOR IT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE REPUBLIC SERVICES.
THEY PLAY A HUGE PART IN HAULING AWAY THAT 63 TONS OR WHATEVER IT'S GONNA BE THIS YEAR.
AND THEN ALSO ASIA TIMES SQUARE IS ONE OF OUR SPONSORS.
FROST BANK, UH, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
UM, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE LOTS OF RECOGNITION TO THE SPONSORS THAT HELP FUND THIS EVENT ON THE WEBSITE.
AND OF COURSE, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE SPONSORS BECAUSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, YOU
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KNOW, IT, IT TAKES A LOT OF TRASH BAGS FOR A THOUSAND PLUS VOLUNTEERS AND A LOT OF PAIRS OF GLOVES AND A LOT OF SUPPLIES AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EQUIP ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS WITH THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO GET THE JOB DONE.AND, UM, ALINA, HOW DO WE GET SIGNED UP FOR THIS? IT'S ACTUALLY VERY EASY.
IT'S LIKE I MENTIONED, THE PORTAL IS OPEN RIGHT NOW.
UH, YOU CAN GO TO THE CD WEBSITE, UH, YOU CAN JUST CHECK FOR BIG EVENT AND IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU TO THE PAGE.
AND, UM, YOU CAN JUST CLICK WHATEVER YOU HAVE OTHER, YOU HAVE OPTIONS.
YOU CAN EITHER, UH, SIGN IN AS A VOLUNTEER WITH A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS, UH, OR INDIVIDUAL IF, IF YOU MM-HMM.
WANT TO, UM, WE CAN ALSO, OR YOU CAN GO IN AND REQUEST A JOB OR YOU CAN GO IN AND JUST PARTICIPATE AS A SPONSOR.
SO WE HAVE LOTS OF GOOD OPTIONS AND, UM, IT'S REALLY MORE FUN TO COME IN WITH A GROUP, ISN'T IT? LIKE A CHURCH GROUP OR WITH THE ROTARY OR WITH, UM, MAYBE ONE OF YOUR ORGANIZATIONS OR A FAMILY, LIKE A BIG, BIG FAMILY GROUP.
AND DO YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT DO THAT? YES.
WE ALREADY START HAVING QUITE A FEW GROUPS SIGN IN.
WE'RE HAVE INDIVIDUALS ALREADY SIGN IN, BUT WE HAVE GROUPS.
GROUPS LIKE FROM SCHOOLS OR ESPECIALLY CHURCHES AND UH, A LOT OF BUSINESSES IN TOWN.
AND DO YOU, CAN YOU REMEMBER ANY OF OUR OTHER SPONSORS? I THINK GATEWAY CHURCH IS A SPONSOR.
GATEWAY CHURCH, UH, IS ALWAYS A SPONSOR AND IT'S A LOT OF HELP.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ALWAYS ARE THERE FOR US AND QUITE A FEW.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE OUR CHURCHES.
UH, THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND TO SERVE.
AND I THINK IT'S SO NEAT THAT THEY SIGN UP AS A GROUP AND GET BIG GROUPS TOGETHER TO DO THIS ALWAYS.
AND NOT TO MENTION ALSO, UM, CITY EMPLOYEES.
THEY'RE ALWAYS HELPING THAT ARE JUST A, A, A BIG PART OF IT AS WELL.
AND YOU HAVE A GREAT UM, COM COMMITTEE THAT HELPS.
WE DO PUT THIS TOGETHER, RIGHT? WE DO, YES.
AND WE APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH.
WELL, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MOST ABOUT THIS THIS YEAR, SARAH? OH MY GOODNESS.
ONE OF THE BIG SPONSORS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY SPONSOR, BUT THEY CERTAINLY IN KIND SPONSOR AND THAT'S DALLAS COUNTY ROADS AND BRIDGES.
UM, EVERY YEAR THAT TEAM JUST COMES IN AND DOES SOME OF THE BIGGER JOBS FOR US AND JUST KNOCKS THOSE OUT.
THEY'VE GOT THE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT THE EQUIPMENT, THEY'VE GOT THE EXPERTISE TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THOSE BIGGER JOBS.
AND IT MAY OR MAY NOT EVEN HAPPEN ON MARCH 23RD, BUT DALLAS ROADS AND BRIDGES, LIKE, THEY'RE JUST SUCH A, A GREAT PARTNER WITH US.
UM, AND SOMETHING I WAS GONNA MENTION, UM, TO OUR VOLUNTEER GROUPS, IF YOU'RE A CHURCH OR SOMETHING AND YOU, AND YOU WANNA SIGN UP, YOU'RE A TEAM, BUT MAYBE YOU ALREADY HAVE A JOB THAT YOU WANNA DO THAT DAY, THEN ON THE PORTAL IT GIVES YOU THAT OPTION.
SO EITHER WE CAN MATCH YOU WITH THE JOB OR IF YOU ALREADY HAVE SOMEBODY IN MIND THAT YOU WANNA HELP, YOU KNOW, CLEAN UP THEIR YARD, OR MAYBE IT'S SOMEBODY IN YOUR CONGREGATION OR WHATEVER, YOU CAN TELL US THAT ON WHEN YOU SIGN UP.
AND THEN THAT WAY WE'RE NOT MATCHING YOU.
YOU ALREADY, YOU'RE ALREADY BRINGING YOUR VOLUNTEER GROUP AND YOUR JOB THAT YOU'RE GOING TO COMPLETE THAT DAY.
I LOVE THAT WHEN SOMEBODY SIGNS UP AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN GROUP YES.
AND THEIR OWN JOB, MAYBE AS YOU SAID, WITHIN THEIR CHURCH CONGREGATION OR SOMETHING, THEY KNOW SOMEBODY THEY KNOW PERSONALLY, PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP.
NOW, UM, WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS, ALINA? ARE WE PRETTY OH, SPONSORS.
WE, WE DEFINITELY NEED SPONSORS.
ALWAYS NEED SOME MORE BECAUSE AS UH, SARAH SAID, THE TRASH BAGS, YES.
THE GLOVES AND THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT ARE USED FOR THIS PROJECT COST US MONEY.
SO, UM, YES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND UM, IF SOMEBODY JUST DOESN'T HAVE A COMPUTER AND THEY WANT TO, UH, GET INVOLVED, HOW WOULD THEY GET INVOLVED? THEY CAN ALWAYS CALL US AND WE CAN HELP THEM REGISTER.
AND WE HAVE A, AN EMAIL ADDRESS THAT'S BIG EVENT@GPTX.ORG.
UM, ALSO ON THE WEBSITE WHEN YOU GO TO GPTX SLASH BIG EVENT OR GPTX.ORG/BIG EVENT, UM, ALINA'S DIRECT NUMBER ON THERE
SO YOU CAN REACH OUT TO HER TO DIRECTLY AND YOU'LL TAKE CARE OF 'EM, WON'T YOU? I SURE WILL, OF COURSE.
NOW YOU GET TO WORK WITH A GREAT GUY TOO, MR. CHIP.
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YES.TELL US ABOUT A LITTLE ABOUT HIM.
WHAT IS HIS UH, TITLE? HIS TITLE IS UH, DOWNTOWN MANAGER.
AND UM, HE IS ALSO IN OUR TEAM IS THE DOWNTOWN, UH, COORDINATOR, UM, CAMERON THOMPSON, WHICH, UM, WE ALL HAVE A GOOD TEAM.
LIKE SARAH SAID IS JUST MORE HAT
AND, UM, THEY'RE LOOKING ACTUALLY TO BRING A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS DOWNTOWN.
THERE ARE A LOT OF SURPRISES COMING.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD NOW, THE NEXT BIG EVENT, MARCH 23RD.
MARCH 23RD, WHAT'S THE LATEST DATE THAT THEY CAN SIGN UP? THE DATE LIGHT IS MARCH 1ST, SO BE SURE PLEASE, EVERYTHING IS IN BY MARCH 1ST SO WE CAN HAVE TIME TO MATCH THE VOLUNTEERS WITH THE JOBS THAT, UH, THEY WERE REQUESTED.
SO IF OUR VIEWERS HAVE A NEIGHBOR OR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT NEED A LITTLE BIT OF HELP, THEY CAN POINT THEM IN THE DIRECTION OF THE BIG EVENT.
GLAD TO HAVE, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND YOU ALL DO SUCH A FABULOUS JOB WITH THIS, AND I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT IS REWARDING AND IT KEEPS GRAND PRIX BEAUTIFUL.
BIG EVENT HAS, YOU KNOW, WON SOME AWARDS WITH GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND SO, UM, IT REALLY IS VERY IMPACTFUL FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR MARCH 23RD DATE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, AND WE'LL SEE YOU THERE.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY.
I'M GEORGIA CLEMSON REMINDING YOU THAT IT'S HAPPENING IN GRAND PRAIRIE.