* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:09] WELCOME TO, IT'S HAPPENING IN GRAND PRAIRIE. I'M GEORGIA CLEMSON, AND WE HAVE THE BEST PROGRAM FOR YOU TODAY WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH OUR FIRST GUEST, MONTY WETSTONE, WITH THE PARKS, ARTS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT OF GRAND PRIX, TEXAS. WELCOME. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS GEORGIA, FOR HAVING ME ON THE SHOW. OF COURSE. NOW, MONTY, IS THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE BEEN ON OUR SHOW? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME EVER BEING ON THE SHOW. UM, FIRST TIME EVEN SEEING THE STUDIO, THE STUDIO, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS EVEN AROUND, SO I THOUGHT YOU WERE AT SOME BIG GRAND PLACE THAT YOU KNOW. WELL, WE ARE IN SOME BIG GRAND PLACE AND YOU'RE HERE WITH US, AND WE'RE SO EXCITED BECAUSE FEBRUARY IS HERE AND FEBRUARY IS A VERY SPECIAL MONTH IN GRAND PRAIRIE FOR MANY REASONS. BUT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH. YES, MA'AM. YES, YES, MA'AM. AND MONTY, UM, I KNOW THERE ARE MANY THINGS GOING ON IN GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, BUT WHAT DOES THE CITY REALLY FOCUS ON FOR AN ACTIVITY FOR US? YES, MA'AM. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE REALLY PRIDE OURSELVES ON IN THE CITY, UH, WITH OUR PARKS, ARTS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS OUR HOOPS FOR HISTORY EVENT. THIS EVENT IS AN EVENT THAT CELEBRATES AND CULMINATES NOT JUST BLACK HISTORY, BUT BLACK HISTORY IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. AND AS WE ALL KNOW, OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY IS THE DALWORTH PARK COMMUNITY, A HISTORICAL, A PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. AND SO WHAT HAPPENS FOR THAT EVENT IS WE HAVE THIS BIG BASKETBALL GAME BETWEEN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND WE'RE PLAYING AGAINST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO IT DOES TWO THINGS. NUMBER ONE, IT'S, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND JUST ENJOY TIME TOGETHER, BUT THEN ALSO IT GIVES PEOPLE A CHANCE TO SEE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT. UM, AND I THINK THAT THIS GAME IS ONE THAT WE'VE USED OVER THE YEARS TO JUST BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM, ONE OF THE OTHER BIG THINGS THAT HAPPENS WITH THIS EVENT IS WE GET TO CELEBRATE THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO WE ALWAYS TAKE TIME AND TAKE OUT A LITTLE MOMENT TO CELEBRATE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE, UH, GEORGIA OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEARS, HAVE BEEN PEOPLE LIKE OMA GATES. OH, YES. PATY RAY. OH, THOSE ARE WONDERFUL. YES. WONDERFUL LADIES'. PRESTON DIXON. YES. REVEREND EARL HORTON. AND JUST THE LIST GOES ON TRINA JAMES. YES. OUTSTANDING CITIZENS. YES, MA'AM. AND SO WE TAKE OUT TIME TO CELEBRATE OUR VERY OWN AND JUST ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THAT THEY HAVE DONE, UM, TO JUST SERVE IN THE CITY AND TO SERVE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. NOW, MONTY, IS THIS OPEN TO ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO COME SEE THAT? YES, MA'AM. THAT IS THE GREATEST THING ABOUT THIS EVENT IS A COMPLETELY FREE EVENT. YAY. WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS IT'S GONNA BE THE BASKETBALL GAME, BUT THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE VENDORS AVAILABLE. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME PERFORMANCES FROM SOME OF THE LOCAL SCHOOLS OR FROM SOME OF OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. THERE'S GONNA BE FREE FOOD. EVERYBODY LIKES FREE FOOD. YES. AND SO JUST EXPECT FOR A GOOD EVENING OF FUN AND, AND FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENTS. THAT IS AT THE DALWORTH REC CENTER, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. THE DALWORTH RECREATION CENTER, WHICH IS AT 2012 SPIKE STREET, RIGHT HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE. AND YOU HAVE A LITTLE HISTORY THERE YOURSELF, DON'T YOU? YES, MA'AM. SO I WAS BLESSED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEARS TO, TO SERVE AT THAT REC CENTER, UM, FROM 2014, UH, TO 2023. UH, I WAS A RECREATION SPECIALIST, A RECREATION COORDINATOR, AND THEN I BECAME THE SUPERVISOR OF THAT CENTER. SO, UM, BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO JUST SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY IN VARIOUS WAYS AND, UH, TO ENCOURAGE, UM, THE YOUTH THROUGH THAT REC CENTER, SUPPORT OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS THROUGH THAT REC CENTER AND JUST BUILD A LOT OF LONG LASTING RELATIONSHIPS. YES. I THINK THAT IS SO WONDERFUL HOW YOU DO BUILD THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YES, MA'AM. AND, UH, OF COURSE THOSE ARE LIFETIME RELATIONSHIPS. OH, YES MA'AM. BUT YOU DID MOVE OVER. YOU'RE STILL WITH US IN THE REC CENTERS? YES, MA'AM. WHERE ARE YOU NOW? I'M AT THE CHARLIE TAYLOR RECREATION CENTER. I GOT A PROMOTION. YES. SO I'M OFFICE OUT OF THE CHARLIE TAYLOR RECREATION CENTER, BUT MY OFFICIAL TITLE IS THE PARKS DIVISION MANAGER OF RECREATION. IT'S A, IT'S A MOUTHFUL. I KNOW. YES. AND IT'S EXCITING TO ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I LIKE SPENDING A LITTLE TIME IN THE RECREATION CENTERS. YES, YOU DO. AND I DON'T MIND, UH, PLAYING A LITTLE PICKLEBALL WHEN I GET AN OP OPPORTUNITY. YOU DON'T MIND AT ALL, . AND YOU DON'T MIND CHECKING IN TO MAKE SURE WE GOT PICKLEBALL GOING ON EITHER. THAT'S RIGHT. YES, MA'AM. WELL, MONTY, THAT SOUNDS EXCITING. I KNOW BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS GOING TO BE, UM, THERE'LL BE [00:05:01] MANY ACTIVITIES. YES, MA'AM. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY CITY SPONSORED, BUT IF THEY WANT TO GO ON, UH, THE WEBSITE, THEY COULD FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER ACTIVITIES. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. THERE ARE, THERE ARE COUNTLESS ACTIVITIES GOING ON THAT ARE BEING HOSTED BY SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES HERE IN THE CITY. UM, AND THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY, TOO MANY EVENTS TO NAME AT THIS TIME, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY, SO YES, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE CHECK OUT THE, UH, WEBSITE AND CHECK IN FOR THOSE EVENTS. THERE'S, THERE'S THINGS HAPPENING LITERALLY ALMOST WEEKLY AND SOMETIMES THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS IN ONE WEEK HAPPENING. A LOT OF, A LOT OF EVENTS TAKING PLACE. YES. I KNOW THAT THERE'S ONE CALLED THE BLACK EXPERIENCE. IS THAT MA'AM? CORRECT, YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. SO THEY COULD GET INFORMATION ON THAT. AND I KNOW THERE'S ONE AT, UH, THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM. YES, MA'AM. UH, SO TO GET ALL THE SPECIFICS AND THE TIMES AND THE DATES, THEY JUST GO TO THE WEBSITE. JUST GO TO THE WEBSITE. YES, MA'AM. AND THEN THEY CAN ALSO CHECK IN FOR THE HOOPS FOR HISTORY. THEY CAN CHECK IN ON THAT, ON THAT, UH, EVENT AT THE D WORTH RECREATION CENTER. YES. I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT HOOPS FOR HISTORY. THAT IS ALWAYS SO MUCH FUN. YES, MA'AM. AND IT'S JUST A GREAT ACTIVITY TO COME WATCH AND, UH, CHEER YOUR TEAM ON BOTH TEAMS. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. AND REMIND US THE DATE ONE MORE TIME. THE DATE IS FEBRUARY 26TH. THAT'S A THURSDAY. AND THE DOORS WILL OPEN FOR THE EVENT AT FIVE 30. AND AGAIN, THAT'S AT THE D WORTH RECREATION CENTER, 2012 SPIKE STREET, RIGHT HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE. EXCELLENT. I CAN'T WAIT. IT'LL SO CAN'T WAIT. IT'S GONNA BE FUN. YES, MA'AM. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US, MONTE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE A GREAT GUEST AND A, A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR, OUR GRAND CITY. YES, MA'AM. THANK LOVE YOU SO MUCH. WE LOVE YOU TOO. THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE OFFERS ALERT GP, A HIGH SPEED COMMUNICATION SERVICE FOR EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS. RECEIVE ALERTS FROM THE GRAND PRAIRIE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM BY GOING TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND FOLLOWING THE SIGNUP INSTRUCTIONS ALERT. GP CAN NOTIFY A LOT OF PEOPLE IN A SHORT TIME. IT TARGETS THE ENTIRE CITY OR SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE CRITICAL COMMUNITY ALERTS ARE NECESSARY. IF WE CAN'T REACH YOU, WE CAN'T ALERT YOU. VISIT GPTX.ORG/ALERT GP AND SIGN UP TODAY. WELCOME BACK AND WELCOME TO OUR NEXT TWO FABULOUS GUESTS. WE LOVE TO HAVE THEM IN THE STUDIO, WE HAVE ALINA HARRIS AND SARAH DELIC. WELCOME. THANK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. AND YES. AND WE GET TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS. I'M SO EXCITED ALREADY. THE BIG EVENT. THE BIG EVENT. YAY. YES. THAT'S SO EXCITED. AND ALINA, YOU'VE BEEN HEADING THIS UP FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO TELL US THE, FIRST OF ALL, TELL US WHAT IT IS. WHAT IS THE BIG EVENT? SO THE BIG EVENT IS A ONE DAY CITYWIDE, UM, EVENT WHERE WE CONNECT VOLUNTEERS WITH PROJECTS TO DO, UH, BASICALLY SPRING CLEANING, WHICH, YOU KNOW, COMING AFTER THE WEATHER WE'VE HAD, UM, AND THE ICE STORMS AND EVERYTHING. I KNOW EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FORWARD TO SPRINGTIME AND, YOU KNOW, UM, FLOWER BED, CLEAN OUTS AND ALL OF THAT. YES. SO THE BIG EVENT IS, IS THERE TO DEFINITELY FILL THAT GAP AND HELP SOME PEOPLE OUT IN GRAND PRAIRIE. YES. WHEN THE PEOPLE MAYBE CANNOT DO IT BECAUSE THEY'RE ELDERLY OR, UM, THEY HAVE HEALTH ISSUES OR SOMETHING AND THEY SO NEED TO GET THEIR TREES TRIMMED OR THEIR FLOWERS PLANTED. JUST GENERAL THINGS LIKE THAT. AND, UM, WHAT DATE IS THAT GOING TO BE ALINA? SO IT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE, UM, ON MARCH 28TH, SATURDAY FROM EIGHT TO ONE. UH, WE GONNA MEET FROM EIGHT TO NINE FOR THE KICKOFF AT THE EPIC CENTRAL, WHERE WE JUST GONNA HAVE A VERY NICE CELEBRATION. YES. UH, WE HAVE SOME DONATIONS FROM OUR SPONSORS, WHICH THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT AND WE'RE VERY, UM, THANKFUL FOR THAT. UM, WE HAVE A BITE, WE HAVE SOMETHING TO DRINK, WE'RE ALL CELEBRATE, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO, UH, THE PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA BE, UM, FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS. YES. THAT WILL BE SO MUCH FUN. I LOVE THINKING ABOUT THAT, ELENA. JUST THE KICKOFF ITSELF IS FUN, RIGHT THERE AT EPIC CENTRAL WHERE WE GET TO GET TOGETHER AND EVERYBODY'S SO EXCITED AND WE HAVE SOMETIME HAVE THE DRUM LINE THERE. AND, UM, IT'S JUST A GREAT GATHERING, GETTING PEOPLE TOGETHER, BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO DO GOOD THINGS FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE. HOW DO I SIGN UP IF I NEED HELP IN MY YARD, OR IF MY NEIGHBOR NEEDS HELP IN YOUR, MY YARD, OR IF SOMEBODY IN MY CHURCH NEEDS HELP, HOW DO I GET SIGNED UP? ABSOLUTELY. YOU CAN GO ON, UH, OUR CITY'S WEBSITE, UH, UNDER THE BIG EVENT. AND, UH, YOU CAN SIGN ON AS A VOLUNTEER OR YOU CAN SIGN OUT A PROJECT THAT YOU HAVE WHERE YOU CAN HELP A NEIGHBOR. LIKE WE LIKE TO SAY TO SAY, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS. YES. YOU CAN NOMINATE [00:10:01] SOMEBODY AND YOU CAN ALSO HELP BY SPONSORING. SO ON THE WEBSITE, IT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA FIND ALL THE INFORMATION. OH. SO WE GET OPTIONS THERE. WE CAN EITHER SIGN UP THAT WE NEED HELP OR WE CAN VOLUNTEER TO HELP, OR WHAT WITH OH, WE CAN SPONSOR. ABSOLUTELY. YES. NOW THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT PAID FOR BY THE CITY. IT'S PAID FOR BY VOLUNTEERS. RIGHT. SPONSOR BY SPONSORS. YES. YES. WITHOUT SPONSORS, THIS EVENT WOULD JUST NOT BE THE SAME. SO WE ENCOURAGE, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL OUR NEW BUSINESSES, WHICH WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW BUSINESSES IN GRAND PRAIRIE THAT REALLY LIKE TO BE PART OF THIS, UM, EITHER HAVE A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS OR SPONSORS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WONDERFUL. SO WONDERFUL. BECAUSE WE HAVE CHURCHES THAT BRING LARGE GROUPS TO HELP. AND WE HAVE BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE, UM, ROTARY CLUB OR VARIOUS CLUBS LIKE THAT MM-HMM . SO THAT IS, THAT IS FABULOUS. AND, UM, SARAH, COULD YOU GIVE US A LITTLE HISTORY ON IT? HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN DOING THIS? YES. SO THIS YEAR, WE'LL MARK OUR NINTH YEAR. SO, UH, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE NINE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS. MM-HMM. BUT, UM, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN EVENT THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE FOR CONSIDERATION. AND, UM, IT STARTED BACK AT TEXAS A AND M WHEN YOUR GRANDSON, BLAKE WAS, UM, A STUDENT THERE. MM-HMM . AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CAMPUS DID. AND AT THAT TIME, IT WAS ONLY COLLEGE CAMPUSES THAT DID BIG EVENTS, AND IT ORIGINATED AT A AND M AND IT WAS, IT WAS BASICALLY THE SAME THING. YOU KNOW, STUDENTS GOING OUT INTO THEIR COMMUNITY OF THEIR, YOU KNOW, OUT INTO THEIR COLLEGE TOWNS AND HELPING THEIR, UH, RESIDENTS THERE AND STUFF. AND SO YOU BROUGHT THAT SAME MODEL TO GRAND PRAIRIE. AND ACTUALLY WE ARE THE FIRST MUNICIPALITY TO HOST BIG EVENT. SO IT'S KIND, KIND OF OUR SIGNATURE EVENT NOW. AND, UM, SINCE THEN, OTHER CITIES HAVE JUMPED ON BOARD AND, AND THEY DO IT AS WELL. I KNOW WACO WAS ONE, UH, MCKINNEY WAS ONE THAT REACHED OUT AND SAID, HEY, HOW DO Y'ALL DO THIS? AND HOW DO Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? AND, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY IS, Y'ALL MENTIONED THE CHURCHES AND THE, THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND STUFF, BUT THEY REALLY ARE THE HEROES THAT, UM, PROVIDE THE, THE BULK OF OUR VOLUNTEERS. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA ON, ON IMPACT, I PULLED SOME FIGURES TOGETHER. 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE TRACK EVERYTHING. AND SO, UM, IN EIGHT YEARS, DO YOU KNOW THAT, UM, THROUGH OUR VOLUNTEERS AND THROUGH THIS ONE DAY EVENT, WE'VE COLLECTED, UM, MORE THAN 190 TONS OF TRASH, WHETHER THAT'S FLOWER BED STUFF OR HELPING PEOPLE CLEAN OUT THEIR GARAGE OR TRIM TREES AND BUSHES AND ALL OF THAT. UM, IT'S, THAT'S A LOT OF TRASH. IT IS A LOT OF TRASH. AND IT'S AMAZING THAT THE VOLUNTEERS ARE DOING THAT. AND THIS YEAR WE MIGHT PASS 200 TIMES. YES. WE, WE MOST DEFINITELY ARE. THAT'S OUR GOAL IS, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL BE OUR, OUR NINTH YEAR, BUT NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE DOING THE BIG EVENT FOR A DECADE. AND SO IT'LL BE EXCITING TO SEE WHAT THOSE UPDATED NUMBERS ARE. AND THEN OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, WE'VE HOSTED ALMOST 11,000 VOLUNTEERS. WOW. AND, UM, WE'RE JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR THOSE VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US FROM DAY ONE AND CONTINUE TO, TO, TO VOLUNTEER. I MEAN, YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S, IT'S JUST A HALF DAY ON A SATURDAY FOR THEM, BUT IT MAKES SUCH A HUGE IMPACT. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE THAT, UH, RECEIVE THE BENEFIT OF THE BIG EVENT GROUP COMING TO THEIR HOUSE, UM, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S CHANGING LIVES. IT'S NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS, IT'S BUILDING UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S SUCH A GREAT EVENT AND WE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, PRAY FOR GREAT WEATHER. YES. SO WE'LL START PUTTING THAT OUT NOW FOR MARCH 28TH. WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE GREAT WEATHER. 'CAUSE WE NEVER WANNA CANCEL. IN FACT, WE NEVER HAVE CANCELED EXCEPT FOR THAT ONE YEAR, YOU KNOW, WHEN COVID WAS AROUND. RIGHT. BUT EVEN AFTER THAT, WE STILL HAD VOLUNTEER GROUPS AFTER THAT CLEARED, WENT AND SAID, HEY, WE STILL WANNA HELP. AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST WONDERFUL. LIKE, THIS IS SUCH A GIVING COMMUNITY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE EIGHT YEARS WE'VE DONE ALMOST 700 JOBS AND THIS IS 700 JOBS AT RESIDENCE HOMES. SO THESE ARE PEOPLE IN GRAND PRAIRIE THAT ARE RECEIVING THE BENEFIT OF THESE VOLUNTEERS COMING IN TO HELP. AND, UM, SO IT'S DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, BIG EVENT IS MAKING A BIG IMPACT IN GRAND PRAIRIE, AND WE JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN NINE YEARS. SO WE'RE MOST DEFINITELY STILL, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS. MARCH 1ST IS THE MAGIC DATE FOR SIGN UP. SO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THE PORTAL'S OPEN ON THE WEBSITE, MAKE SURE YOU SIGN UP BY MARCH 1ST. YOU KNOW, WE USUALLY BANK ON ABOUT A THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS HELPING US OUT THAT DAY. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP, PLEASE DO. BUT THEN ALSO WE'RE REALLY PUSHING FOR, FOR JOBS, FOR PROJECTS. SO DEFINITELY, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOK IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEE WHO IS THAT NEIGHBOR THAT MIGHT, CAN USE SOME HELP. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO SOCIOECONOMIC OR BAR OR ANY REQUIREMENTS, UM, FOR THE BIG EVENT. LIKE, WE HELP WHOEVER NEEDS HELP. SO, RIGHT. [00:15:01] UM, YOU KNOW, LOOK IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SEE WHO MIGHT COULD USE A HELPING HAND, UM, WITHIN YOUR CHURCH CONGREGATION, NOMINATE SOMEBODY, UM, WITHIN YOUR, YOUR CHURCH FAMILY THAT COULD USE SOME HELP AND LET BIG EVENT, YOU KNOW, BE A BLESSING TO THEM ON MARCH 28TH. YES. I LOVE THE WAY YOU SAID, IT'S A BLESSING. IT'S A BLESSING TO THE ONES WHO GET THE HELP, BUT IT'S A HUGE BLESSING TO THE ONES WHO GIVE THE HELP AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S, UH, THERE'S SO MUCH, UH, JOY AND SATISFACTION IN KNOWING THAT YOU'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE. THERE IS. AND, YOU KNOW, TO, TO SUBMIT A GROUP, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAVE TO BE 18. HOWEVER, UM, YOU CAN STILL BRING YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR TEENAGERS TO HELP CLEAN OUT SOMEBODY'S FLOWER BED. AND IT'S, IT'S SUCH A TEACHABLE MOMENT AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BUILDING THAT PHILANTHROPY AND GIVING BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND HELPING OTHERS. THAT'S SUCH A GREAT LESSON FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TOO. SO THAT'S SO EXCITING. THANK YOU LADIES FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. I KNOW THE BIG EVENT IS JUST ONE THING FOR, UH, MANY OF, MANY TIMES THAT YOU ALL ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND DOING GREAT THINGS. SO THANK YOU AND YOU ALL ARE A BLESSING AND WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH. WELL, THANK YOU, . THANKS FOR BRINGING BIG EVENT TO US. YES, EXACTLY. , IT'S MY PLEASURE. MY PLEASURE. AND WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. I'M GEORGIA CLEMSON REMINDING YOU THAT IT'S HAPPENING IN GRAND PRAIRIE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.