We usually try to help
as many people as we can,
and it's a good feeling.
You know,
he's just the good neighbor.
You always wished you had.
Jeff is pretty close
to being a brother.
My last day on the job
and I walked out
and I walked down here
and I
said I was walking home
and he put his coat on
and said, I'm walking
with you, you know, and
and put his arm around me.
And, you know, that
meant an awful lot to me.
Anybody in business
in West Bend
who does any sponsorship
or anything would be lying
if they say
they didn't partner
with Jeff for something.
So every business
owner should do what
Jeff does, which is give
back to your community
that's made
you the business
that you are.
We care about the county.
We care about
the people in the county,
and we support everything.
Anybody that wants to do
something in Washington
County are more than willing
to help them with that.
When we can go out
there, we'll be there
as long as we can.
I'm at the store a lot, so I
do the ones I can,
but are else.
Jeff and my sister
are here all the time.
It's awesome.
I mean, people just
really come in here.
Everyone knows we give back.
Everyone knows
we're here for them.
If they need help
or if they need anything,
we usually try to help
as many people as we can
and it's a good feeling.
He is
just one of those people.
The first time you meet him,
you feel like you've
known him forever.
Jeff is a character.
He's very passionate
about his customers
and he cares
a lot about them
and will go out of his way
for them.
He's just a good neighbor.
You always wished you had.
Oh, I mean, you go to Jeff's
and you don't know
if you're going to be there
for 5 minutes or an hour.
You'd be hard pressed
to find the community event
that Jeff's name isn't on.
Jeff's an icon here
in West
Bend and a great asset
to Washington County
We're lucky to have him.
He does so many things
that people don't know about
and that's the best
thing about him.
Like he doesn't do it
to be known or seen.
He does it
to make a difference
in the community
and people's lives.
So if you were off
the top of our heads,
Jeff's been involved with
the Humane Society columns
and the School Foundation,
the Volunteer Center,
the Sunrise Road,
the Christmas Parade,
and the Jingle Bell
Open, Regner Park.
Steak fry 4th of July Parade
Classic for a cause, music
on main.
Boys and Girls Club.
The art museum is when we do
mention family promise
Casa Guadalupe, UW
Washington County Campus
Gingerbread House shop
with a top Washington County
Historical Society.
The Threshold Cabrini
Saint John's Holy Angels,
I believe
he was a contributor
to the renovation
of the downtown
theater in West Bend.
Parks and
Rec.
River Edge Nature Center.
Cathy Hospice, West
Bend School Foundation.
Your turn.
Yeah, I don't.
No.
Does he do anything
for Saint Patty's day?
West Bend dance,
West Bend Baseball,
United Way, Silverlake
Over Free Center.
West Bend Foundation.
Roots and Branches.
Taste of Washington County
Blue Lotus.
I could go on from there
and just keep going.
In a minute we go
and I'm sure we're
going to see something
that we're missing.
Something.
That's what you said, right?
We probably should have made
a whole list of it's
like, I'm telling you.
This guy is incredible.
I remember
being five, six years old
and having dance
practice on a Sunday
and my dad doing
father
daughter dances with me.
And then we would have
to go to the store
and like mop the floors
when he opened the business.
It was a lot of dinners
on the floor,
you know, that
we would come here
so we could see him
because he was here
from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m..
But I loved those moments.
It was great.
We learned a lot of
good values in life,
a lot of good
community service
and supporting the people.
Just treating everyone with
the most respect.
I don't know if you'll
find more generous
people in a community
than Washington County.
I think the West Bend
community is is awesome.
You know,
we have a lot of customers
that, you know, during the
holidays, they'll come in
and just do carry outs
like they have
never worked here,
they don't get paid.
But they love the atmosphere
in the community that
that the store brings,
especially during
the holidays.
And we'll have people
that are like, Oh,
I'll carry that out.
And they're like,
Do you work here?
And they're like,
No,
we're just here to hang out,
you know?
And a lot of friends,
everybody knows
everybody else.
If somebody is in trouble
or somebody needs something
or needs support,
they all pitch in.
I mean,
everybody comes in here.
We support them.
They support us.
And it's just a
great community.
You see the same
people week after week
and they just talk
and hang out and
it's a good time.
I've gotten to know
other people in the
community and enjoyed
having their kids
grow up here.
It's small town USA.
It's just a beautiful place
to live and grow
up and grow a family.