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ANNOUNCER: YOU'RE WATCHING
FINAL SCORE WITH WESS MOORE ON
FOX 16.
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WESS: THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS IS GETTING
READY FOR A HUGE NIGHT THIS
THURSDAY. IT'S AN EVENING WITH
LOU HOLTZ. JOINING US NOW TO
TALK ABOUT THE BIG EVENT IS
PATRICK PRESLEY WITH THE BOYS
AND GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL
ARKANSAS. PATRICK, FIRST OF ALL,
LOU HOLTZ, MAN, HEY, WHAT A BIG
GET.
PATRICK: MAN, HOW AWESOME IS
THAT, WESS. I TELL YA WHAT, WE
ARE SO PROUD. AND WE'RE SO
MOTIVATED TO HAVE COACH HOLTZ
WITH US. THE ULTIMATE MOTIVATOR
ON MANY LEVELS. IF YOU'VE EVER
SEEN HIM TALK, YOU KNOW THAT'S
TRUE. BUT WE FEEL SO BLESSED
BECAUSE, YA KNOW, WHEN WE
INITIALLY REACHED OUT TO COACH,
AND THERE'S A PRETTY COOL LITTLE
RAZORBACK STORY OF HOW THAT
HAPPENED, BUT, WHEN WE REACHED
OUT TO COACH, WE KNOW HE'S VERY
BUSY, HE DID NOT HAVE TO SAY YES
TO TAKE A WHOLE NIGHT OUT OF HIS
SCHEDULE. BUT HE DID SO TO
BENEFIT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS
OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS. AND ON TOP
OF THAT, NEXT WEEK ON SEPTEMBER
24TH FROM 7:00 TO 8:00 P.M.,
MAN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME
UNBELIEVABLE EX-GREAT RAZORBACKS
AND ALL OF THEIR LOU HOLTZ
STORIES AS WELL WITH US.
WESS: NOW HOW WILL THE
PROGRAM LOOK DIFFERENT THIS
YEAR?
PATRICK: WELL THE MAIN THING,
AND REALLY THE ONLY THING IS IS
THAT IT'S GONNA BE A VIRTUAL
EVENT RATHER THAN YOU KNOW, LIKE
ALL OF US IN A ROOM TOGETHER.
TYPICAL, PANDEMIC STORY. WE
CAN'T GET TOGETHER. JUST LIKE
THIS INTERVIEW. UNFORTUNATELY,
WE CAN'T BE IN THE SAME STUDIO.
BUT, THE BEAUTY OF DOING IT
VIRTUAL, IS THAT SOMEONE LIKE
COACH HOLTZ COULD SAY YES TO
THIS AND BE RIGHT THERE FROM THE
COMFY CONFINES OF HIS OWN HOME
IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA WITHOUT EVER
LEAVING. AND IS GIVING US 2
HOURS OF HIS TIME NEXT THURSDAY
NIGHT, WHICH IS REALLY
ASTONISHING. HE HAS BEEN
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE TO WORK
WITH. AND I JUST WILL SAY THIS
TOO WESS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
I FOUND OUT FROM GETTING TO KNOW
AND WORK WITH COACH HOLTZ
THROUGH THIS, HE'S BEEN A BIG
BELIEVER AND SUPPORTER IN THE
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS FOR MANY,
MANY DECADES IN HIS CAREER.
WESS: SO HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
WHAT'S THE RAZORBACK STORY
BEHIND IT? HOW DID YOU GET COACH
HOLTZ TO AGREE TO DO THIS?
PATRICK: YEAH, I LOVE SHARING
THIS STORY BECAUSE IT'S-, IT
GOES WAY BACK. SO, IN 1978 WHEN
I WAS JUST 10-YEAR OLD KID, MY
TWIN BROTHER AND I WENT TO A
RAZORBACK FOOTBALL CAMP WITH LOU
HOLTZ WHEN HE WAS THE HEAD COACH
AT THE U OF A. AND FOR WHATEVER
REASON, COACH HOLTZ TOOK A SHINE
TO MY TWIN BROTHER. NOW MAYBE
BECAUSE WE WERE THE YOUNGEST
GUYS THERE AND THE ONLY TWINS
THERE. I DON'T KNOW. BUT ANYWAY,
FOR-, OUT OF THE KINDNESS AND
GOODNESS OF HIS OWN HEART, HE
WROTE US A LETTER ABOUT TWO
WEEKS AFTER THAT KIND OF
EXPLAINING HIS PHILOSOPHY ON
LIFE AND THE DO RIGHT RULES. THE
FAMOUS LOU HOLTZ DO RIGHT RULES.
WELL, I'VE KEPT THAT AND TRIED
TO LIVE BY THOSE MY WHOLE LIFE.
HE'S HAD AN ENORMOUS INFLUENCE
ON ME. DURING THAT WHOLE TIME,
MY HEROS AND MY CHILDHOOD IDOLS
WERE TWO RAZORBACKS, BOTH
QUARTERBACKS, RON CALCAGNI AND
KEVIN SKALLON, WHO I MET AS JUST
A YOUNG KID. WELL, WHEN THIS ALL
CAME ABOUT, AND I THOUGHT, YA
KNOW, I WONDER IF COACH HOLTZ
WOULD AGREE TO BE PART OF THIS
AND WOULD BE OUR LEADER OF THE
YEAR. SOMEONE WHO PERSONIFIES
MOTIVATING, INSPIRING AND
CHANGING YOUNG LIVES FOR THE
BETTER. SO, AFTER ALL THESE
DECADES, WESS, I REACHED OUT TO
RON CALCAGNI AND KEVIN SKALLON
WHO BECAME CO-CHAIRS OF THIS
EVENT. THEY HELPED ME REACH OUT
TO COACH HOLTZ. WE MADE THE
ASK-, ALL OF US TOGETHER, AND TO
MY WONDERFUL SURPRISE HE SAID,
WHEN DO YOU WANT ME? LET'S DO
THIS THING.
WESS: THAT IS AWESOME. NOW
EVERYONE WATCHING TONIGHT, HOW
DO THEY WATCH ON THURSDAY NIGHT
AND GET INVOLVED WITH THE LEADER
OF THE YEAR?
PATRICK: YOU GOT-, AND
EVERYBODY OUT THERE. WE HOPE
YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE WITH
US. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH.
7:00 TO 8:00 P.M. NOW 6:00 TO
7:00 P.M. IS A WHOLE HOUR Q AND
A WITH COACH HOLTZ. THAT'S FOR
THE SPONSORS OF THE EVENT. 7:00
TO 8:00 IS FREE AND OPEN TO
EVERYBODY. HERE'S THE WAY YOU
CAN WATCH AND TAKE PART IN THIS.
THERE IS ON THE BOYS AND GIRLS
CLUBS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS
FACEBOOK SITE, YOU CAN JUST GO
ONTO OUR FACEBOOK SITE, IT'S
VERY EASY. YOU CAN WATCH THE
EVENT THERE. AND/OR TO OUR BRAND
NEW WEBSITE,
W-W-W-B-G-C-O-F-C-A-, THAT'S
B-G-C-O-F-C-A, LOG ON THERE,
CLICK ON EVENTS. IT WILL TAKE
YOU RIGHT TO ALL EVENT
INFORMATION AND YOU CAN ALSO
WATCH THE EVENT FROM THERE FREE
7:00 TO 8:00 P.M.
WESS: THAT'S GREAT THAT IT'S
FREE FOR EVERYBODY. BUT I KNOW
THAT THIS IS A BIG FUNDRAISER
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF
CENTRAL ARKANSAS. HOW CAN
PEOPLE-, ARE YOU ASKING PEOPLE
TO DONATE? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO
MAKE MONEY THIS YEAR?
PATRICK: THAT'S RIGHT, WE'VE
HAD AN INCREDIBLE RESPONSE FROM
OUR SPONSORS, LOTS OF SPONSORS,
RELIANCE BANK HAS BEEN
ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE. RELIANCE
BANK IS THE PRESENTING SPONSOR
FOR THE EVENT. WE'VE HAD SOME
OTHER GREAT SPONSORS LIKE
STEVENS INK, LEXICON, BAILEY
PROPERTIES, JOHN BAILEY'S BEEN
AMAZING. FRED ROBERSON. DAVID
BARNETT, SO MANY PEOPLE. BUT
RELIANCE BANK HAS ALWAYS STEPPED
UP AND HAVE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
SUPPORTER OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS
CLUBS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS. IF
YOU'RE NOT A SPONSOR ALREADY,
HERE'S HOW YOU CAN HELP. WHEN
YOU LOG ON TO OUR WEBSITE,
AGAIN, THAT'S B-G-C-O-F-C-A DOT
COM, YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO MAKE A DONATION AND SUPPORT.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS
WESS, WE APPRECIATE ANY DONATION
TO THIS EVENT. $25 DOLLARS, $50
DOLLARS, $100 DOLLARS GOES A
TREMENDOUSLY LONG WAY AND I'LL
SAY THIS, EVEN A $250 DOLLAR
DONATION, I WOULD LOVE FOR YOUR
VIEWERS TO KNOW WHAT THAT DOES,
$250 DOLLARS. THAT SPONSORS A
CHILD IN OUR CAREER LAUNCH
PROGRAM MATCHING A CHILD'S
PROFESSIONAL GOALS AND THEIR
DREAMS WITH A MENTOR IN THE
LOCAL COMMUNITY. SO, YOU CAN SEE
WHERE $25, $50, $100, $250
DOLLARS GOES A TREMENDOUSLY LONG
WAY.
WESS: I'VE HEARD A LOT OF
STORIES ABOUT COVID-19 AND I
MEAN, IT'S BEEN ROUGH. IT'S BEEN
TOUGH TIMES. WHAT'S IT DONE AS
FAR AS THE FUNDRAISING ASPECT
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF
CENTRAL ARKANSAS?
PATRICK: IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT.
IT'S BEEN A REAL CHALLENGE. I
WOULD SAY THIS, I THINK TO BE
QUITE HONEST, I WANT TO SAY A
SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR BOARD
CHAIR, DAVID STRASLEY. THE
PRESIDENT OF RELIANCE BANK, WHAT
THEY HAVE DONE HAS BEEN SIMPLY
REMARKABLE WESS. THEY HAVE
STEPPED UP IN WAYS THAT I CANNOT
EVEN-, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO
STRESS. WHENEVER WE HAVE LIKE SO
MANY NONPROFITS DEALT WITH SOME
PRETTY DIFFICULT ISSUES, CAN WE
KEEP CLUBS OPEN? ARE WE GONNA BE
ABLE TO DO IT? DAVID STRASLEY
AND RELIANCE BANK FROM DAY 1
STEPPED UP AND SAID, WE'RE
KEEPING CLUBS OPEN. WE'RE GONNA
SERVE OUR YOUTH. WE WILL FIND A
WAY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. WE WILL
ADAPT ON THE SPOT. AND WE'VE
BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT WITH
INCREDIBLE FOLKS SUPPORTING US
LIKE RELIANCE BANK AND OTHERS.