Tom: IF YOU WANT TO GIVE
SOMEONE A GIFT THAT CAN AND
WILL LAST A LIFETIME THERE'S AN
ORGANIZATION HERE THAT YOU NEED
TO KNOW ABOUT.
WITH US TODAY WE HAVE PLAY IT
FORWARD.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
YOU BEEN AROUND FOREVER.
YEAH!
Tom: FOR FOLKS THAT MAY NOT
KNOW TELL THEM WHAT THIS IS
ABOUT.
OKAY.
I'M GOING TO KIND OF GO BACK
BECAUSE IT IS A NEAT STORY.
RICK -- WHO FOUNDED THE
SPRINGFIELD BEST, AND OTHER
BUSINESSES, HE CAME TO ME.
HE JUST LOVES TO PUT TOGETHER
THINGS GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND HE WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE
IN ST. LOUIS.
AND HER NAME WAS SAMANTHA.
AND THEY HAD PLAY IT FORWARD
ST. LOUIS LIKE FOR A DECADE.
AND HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH HER
AND CALLED ME UP AND SAID, YOU
KNOW BECAUSE AT THAT TIME THEY
WERE NOT PLAYING A LOT AND IT
WAS FOR THE TWO NEW ALBUMS AND
BEFORE WE STARTED PLAYING A LOT
MORE AND I WAS KIND OF JUST
CONTENT TO PLAY AND IN MY
STUDIO.
HE SAID YOU OUGHT TO DO THIS.
THIS FITS YOU.
AND YOU KNOW, IT DID.
I THOUGHT I DON'T KNOW, I'VE
DONE THAT KIND OF WORK I DON'T
KNOW IF I WANT YOU KNOW LIKE
ONCE I GOT INVOLVED WITH THAT
IT WAS GREAT.
Joy: SO THIS HOOKS UP WITH
YOUNG PEOPLE WITH INSTRUMENTS
AND PEOPLE.
THAT THEY OTHERWISE WOULD NOT
BE ABLE TO DO.
RIGHT.
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, LAST
YEAR, WE GIVE INSTRUMENTS TO 20
SOME ODD INSTRUMENTS, $30,000
WORTH TO SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
THIS YEAR WE ARE SERVICE AND
SURROUNDING SCHOOLS, IT'S TAKEN
ME A LOT LONGER.
YOU KNOW BUT WE JUST GAVE TWO
TROMBONES, TWO TRUMPETS, TWO --
AND SOMETHING ELSE TOO CLEVER.
AND WE HAVE GOT STUFF GOING ALL
AROUND.
Tom: AND NO ADDITIONAL
STRINGS ATTACHED.
ARE THERE ANY SPECIAL TYPE OF
INTIMACY LOOK FOR?
IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE VARIED.
THE ONE THAT WE LOCATE MOST
OR BAND AND ORCHESTRA.
AND BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE WE
WANT KIDS TO BE IMPACTED BY
MUSIC AND SCHOOL.
WE SERVE A LOT OF THAT.
WE ALSO SERVE A LOT OF KIDS YOU
KNOW THEY WANT TO PLAY THE
BANJO OR SOMETHING SO I DELIVER
THEM TO BOYS RANCHES, I HAVE
DELIVERED THEM TO JUVENILE
PLACE DOWNTOWN BY THE
COURTHOUSE.
I HAVE TAKEN GUITARS, WE HAVE
SERVED HOMELESS KIDS I MEAN YOU
KNOW, WE ACTUALLY TAKEN
INSTRUMENT AND BE GIVE A CHILD
WITH A HORRIBLE INSTRUMENT OR
NO INSTRUMENT, THE OPPORTUNITY
TO LEARN.
Joy: TO LEARN AND MAKE MUSIC
SO IF YOU WANT TO DONATE AN
INSTRUMENT OR IF YOU WANT TO
GET HANDS ON ONE WHERE DO YOU
GO?
LET ME BRIEFLY SAY THAT
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO THIS
NEXT YEAR, I WANT TO FOCUS ON
CASH DONATIONS MORE THAN
INSTRUMENT DONATIONS.
I DON'T WANT INSTRUMENTS TO
STOP.
BUT --
Joy: I SEE.
WHAT HAPPENS TO US A LOT IS
THAT WE GET A REALLY OLD WOODEN
CLARINET THAT IS WORTH A LOT OF
MONEY.
BUT IT NEEDS $400 WORTH OF --
Joy: YEAH.
OR IT HAS A CRACK.
THEN IT BECOMES EASIER JUST TO
BUY A GOOD STUDENT INSTRUMENT.
AND WE CAN DO THAT FOR TWO OR
$300.
Joy: OKAY.
Tom: WHERE DO PEOPLE NEED TO
GO TO GET INVOLVED?
WE HAVE OUR STANDALONE
WEBSITE.
PLAY IT FORWARD SWMO.ORG.
Joy: AND YOU HAVE A FACEBOOK
PAGE.
WE HAVE GOT TO WRAP IT UP BUT
THANK YOU, PLEASE COME AGAIN
SOON.
CHRIS AND MATT TELL MY, JILL
CHAPPELL, HAPPY VALENTINE'S
DAY.
Joy: HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
YOU ARE A GOOD MAN.
[LAUGHTER]