Welcome to Twin Falls here.
It's a nice morning.
Actually this morning we drove
out with pretty dry roads.
There was some snow and rain,
but nothing too serious.
So no reason for you not to come on
out and see us at the Twin Falls.
Fred Meyer on Blue Lakes Blvd. And.
We are having a lot of fun right now.
We've got so many good people down.
Yes. And people, the the donations
already starting to trickle in.
And it's just so beautiful to see
everyone come together for sure. Yeah.
We just had a couple drop off,
quite a bit of food and that
was a wonderful thing to see.
But we want you to meet Michelle Wynn.
She's the store manager of
the Fred Meyer store here.
Now, Brenda was out here with the
shopping spree a couple of days ago.
Should have quite a mess in
the Toy department, didn't
she? She did, you know.
But we were so lucky to have Todd Kammeyer,
the president of Fred Meyer
actually was here for that event,
and he bet money on Brenda there.
She was going to. Take the show.
So we're super glad that we were
able to give that to the Salvation
Army and really help the community.
Well, Justin tells me she claimed
victory whether she won or not.
That's fine, because the kids
were the real winners, weren't
they? They absolutely were.
Absolutely they had.
Carts and carts full of toys
that we were able to donate.
How much did it total?
$2500 that Fred Meyer
gave to the community, so
wonderful and Fred Meyer has always
been such a partner with seven cars,
Idaho shares and other
things throughout the year.
We have the coat drives, we have the
toy drives and those kinds of things.
Why is Fred Meyer so much,
I mean in involved and invested
in these kinds of things.
Fred Meyer is such a great company.
They love to give back to the community
that supports us in really making a
partnership with that community so that
we can better the Community for everyone.
Well, because everybody who works here at
this store is part of the community too.
And so the things that we're collecting
today are going to benefit the folks that
are neighbors of those who are giving.
Absolutely. It's part of our
purpose and our promise to
uplift everyone to ensure that
everybody gets what they need.
So that's fantastic.
I'm super proud of this company.
Michelle, thank you so much.
We appreciate everything Fred Meyer
has done because you've always made
your facilities available to us for
all of these different things and
been such a such a generous part.
Of of seven carries, Idaho shares.
Awesome. Our pleasure for sure.
Thank you very much.
Thank you so much, Michelle.
And I mean, another
person that we really want to talk to this
morning is Salvation Army. Amy, if we can
have you over here. Patty.
Oh, Patty, I'm so sorry.
Hi, Patty. Very nice to see you.
Well, I know we've been
talking about the Salvation
Army all morning long,
but we're in Twin Falls.
So tell us a little bit of, you know,
what do you guys do out here?
Oh, we do a lot.
We we hand out food from food boxes.
We have a community line.
Where we hand out food to the community
Monday through Thursdays and they can
come in and every day if they need to,
whatever they need,
we hand out transient bags to
those that have no way to cook.
They're homeless.
And so they're they get things that they
can eat that they don't have to cook.
And we're doing Christmas now and
we got families out there that are
just going to be totally blessed.
Starting next week,
we start handing those things out to them.
Well, Speaking of that then, I mean,
donations are coming in already.
For those who are still at
home waiting to come on by,
can you give us a little
bit of that background?
What should they bring out here?
You know what we need a lot of canned fruits
is good because we go through them so,
so fast.
Things that also like maybe tunas
that you can pop open because that
helps in our bags for the homeless
because they don't have can openers.
So if you think of things like,
hey, what can I do to open this can,
think of those things that
you can pop open that helps a
lot of people that don't have.
And openers and that are
actually leaving on the street.
And I mean,
you mentioned this isn't
your first rodeo here.
I mean, you've done this for so many years.
What does this mean to you?
Umm.
I'm not going to cry,
but it means a lot because our
community here in Twin Falls,
there's such a giving.
And I don't even know if they see how
much they're helping other people.
But just one can just just a
little makes a lot for all of us.
And if everybody does a little bit,
it helps those people that really are
in need and I get to see their faces.
And and so I thank you all here
in Twin Falls because you guys.
Might not get to see their results
but it's it's happening to people
that are in need that are on the
streets and kids that are are
not getting Christmas this year
and you're you're blessing them.
Yeah. Well thank you for it.
Thank you so much for being
here with us this morning.
And we want to see all those donations and
all the Community support just pour in.
It's just really beautiful
to see that for sure.
And of course we're going to be
on that Blue Lakes Blvd here.
So everyone come out here
and we love we love to see the families
come down and and bring a few donations
but the kids bring their piggy banks.
Sometimes a drop off,
that change here in the collection bin.
We wanna fill this thing up today.
So come on Magic Valley,
support us here for seven cares Idaho shares.