Welcome back to Great Day Live.
We are giving you a preview of e
big show coming up with the Crue
for Children on June the Third,
joined by host Terry Minors andy
McAllister who will be not only doing
the duties of the big show that night,
but back again. Guys,
thank you for being here this morning.
Am I, am I Terry or Shay today?
I can never remember. We changed around.
I will. It helps me when the nas
are underneath you all in the p.
I love working with her.
We we love the crusade for.
Of course. And to have this
thing move this year, it's prety
exciting. Oh, I
can't wait. I mean,
this facility is wonderful.
It is going to be such an exciting show.
We have huge acts to talk about and I
think everyone's just really exd
to be together on Saturday night again.
Yeah, there is something.
I feel like the venue, it just feels.
I don't know Let's just so cool and hip
and modern. It just like
there's this renewed energy
especially after the couple yeas
that we've had because I mean
shade this is what going to be.
I'm like losing track with COVI.
This is what year for
you is it three or four.
This will be my third year hosting with
Terry. It'll be my 7th crusade. Oh my
goodness how does it Co hosting with him.
This is my
38th year so so I'm I'm getting
starting to get the hang of it .
Well, when you think you know,
it kind of like took me back this year when
we started doing some previews of the show.
When I'm saying out loud 70 years, right?
Like that's just to me just seems like to
get my head around how remarkable that is.
It's just a beautiful
expression by the community.
Every year to people come out,
they know what this is for,
to help special needs children
throughout this whole area up in
Indiana and all throughout Kent.
And it's like everybody
comes together every year and
says this is what we needed,
this what we need to prioritizeo
you have a favorite memory? I m,
can you narrow it down? I mean,
there have been so many just
special kids and tell their
stories and and families that
I've seen elevated by the Crusa.
It just, it's every year there's
all kinds of lights at light and
I love every one of them. What
about you, Shay?
I think something that stands out to me
that's so special is Terry's connection
with so many of The Crusade kid.
I mean, I think about Emily evey
year waiting for the script.
You know, every year you give hr
a special piece of the script.
It's a tradition and it's so sw.
There's so many of those moments
that you almost don't even knowt
happened behind the scenes of te
crusade telethon every single y.
They're really what
I love about Emily, too.
It's Emily Stillwell.
She's a Down syndrome person
who just brings so much love
is she couldn't be here today
because she has a job. And
I love that she's a busy woman.
She's very serious about her jo.
So good for her. Yeah,
she's very sweet.
You know, I feel like,
say, this is just a really
special year for you, too.
Congratulations. You are now.
Now on the WHAS crusade for
Children Board of directors
applause everybody upon
can I mention the ice that's on
her hand. Let's show it to her.
And. And she got engaged.
Yeah, it is. It's a crazy
exciting year for me and I mean I love
this community so much that these steps
to just become even a deeper paf
it means so much to me when Don came.
To ask about the board,
I mean, I was, I was floored.
I was taken aback because it's
just as privilege, you know,
it's a very special honor
to be a part of that,
part of the crusade as well.
Oh yeah,
absolutely. And I feel like it'l
going to start up here with thoe
firefighters out on the streets.
I don't know, I get excited when
that starts. I
love the sounds of it,
all the energy every year.
And so now that we're able to do
it back at the station to have
the collections again and it's
just good that we're kind of
the families coming back home.
Let me talk about that a little bit more
because I think for people to realize,
because in years past, just recently,
they've been out at fire houses,
correct, because of COVID.
So what is it going to be like this year?
Well, you know,
we're going to do shows here.
You're going to talk about the
talent that's coming up in here.
That's unbelievable.
People giving their time,
they do it for free,
but they're incredible.
There's a magician and a band
and some other folks that are
dancers and performers that are,
they're all magnificent,
but on Sunday we just have the
fire trucks come through and
they bring money from all.
Throughout the area.
And it's grandpa's, grandma's,
their parents, their,
their kids and then their grand.
And it's so each generation
follows through and they just
keep the spirit of the crusade
rolling through all these decad.
It's a special time in downtown
because it does not look like
the downtown of every single da.
You know, the streets are close.
You have to have special permisn
to even come close to WH as all
the fire trucks, all the famili.
It's so festive. It's going
to be. I'm so glad you brought t
because there is like somethingo
special about just kind of being in those
blocked off streets and you hear those
trucks coming and you just get chills,
you know and the sound of every,
it's just special being back in the building.
It is. It's a privilege to be te
to to be part of this that is.
Such a special part of our community. And
then we have people that grill
food for us all day long and soe
of them include these Bratwurst
that I'm not allowed to eat.
But it's Crusade Sunday and my
wife's not there. So it's like
I'll have two please between
those in the Dilly bars, right?
We're setting the tone from PRP
of laying out the challenge.
You guys got a challenge for anybody.
It's the 70th anniversary,
so we love keying off of
that number if you can.
Donate 70 dollars, $700.00
thousand dollars, whatever. Whatever you
could do would be marvelous.
I love that. All right,
that's a challenge. $70.00.
Guys, thanks so much for getting up early.
You know, you have later shifts,
so thank you for being here.
Great. See you, Claudia.
As always with the OG, right?
The original WHAS Great
Day live host, right?
The old part is correct. All ri,
So to begin giving,
just go to WHA. Crusade.org.