ANCHOR
ANCHOR INTRO CG: KURTIS QUILLIN - @KURTISQUILLIN
AS THE CHRISTMAS
SPIRIT SITS STRONG
TONIGHT - WE TAKE A
MOMENT TO REALIZE
CHRISTMAS TAKES ON
A DIFFERENT MEANING
FOR SOME.
THERE ARE
FAMILIES
EVERYWHERE THAT
STRUGGLE WITH
SIMPLE THINGS LIKE
STAYING WARM THIS
WINTER.
WINTER. TONIGHT - AS WE CELEBRATE
CHRISTMAS - SPORTS
DIRECTOR NICK
CANIZALES SHOWS US
HOW A HIGH SCHOOL
COACH IN WACO IS
TRYING TO CHANGE
THAT.
ONE GIFT AT A TIME.
MUSIC FADE DOWN
AFTER 2-3 SEC
AS CHRISTMAS
DRAWS NEAR
SOCCER PLAYERS AND
J-R-O-T-C CADETS AT
UNIVERSITY HIGH
SCHOOL IN WACO
TEAM UP..
MONTELONGO: "I GET
TEARS.
I GET GOOSEBUMPS."
.TO BRIGHTEN UP
CHRISTMAS FOR
HUNDREDS OF
CHILDREN AROUND
THE DISTRICT.
FOR STUDENTS WHO
HAVE NOTHING, THIS
DAY MEANS
EVERYTHING....
1ST SGT.
LEONARD
MONTELONGO JR.
- SENIOR ARMY
INSTRUCTOR,
UNIVERSITY H.S.: "I
REMEMBER ONE
YEAR, ONE KID
WANTED A BIKE AND
THE BIKE SORT OF
SNUCK UP BEHIND
HER, SHE TURNED
AROUND, HER EYES
GOT AS LARGE AS
MELONS, SHE JUST
PUT HER HANDS OVER
HER MOUTH AND SHE
WAS JUST, I MEAN
YOU ARE MAKING A
KID HAPPY AND I
THINK WE ALL NEED
TO FOCUS ON IS
MAKING OUR NEXT
GENERATION OF
ADULTS HAPPY, THAT
WAY THEY CAN LEARN
TO GROW AND BE
PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS
THEMSELVES."
UNIVERSITY'S SOCCER
COACH MIKE
CHAPMAN HELPS
ORGANIZE THE MAKE
A WISH COME TRUE
PROGRAM IN WACO I-
S-D WHERE SELECT
STUDENTS ARE
AWARDED GIFTS,
BASED ON NEED.
MIKE CHAPMAN -
SOCCER COACH,
UNIVERSITY H.S.
"ELEMENTARY KIDS,
JUST LIKE OUR HIGH
SCHOOL KIDS, THEY
ARE ALWAYS THINKING
OF OTHER PEOPLE.
WE HAD TO INCLUDE
ON THE ESSAY FORM
WE SENT OUT, WE
HAD TO SPECIFICALLY
ASK WHAT WOULD
YOU WANT FOR
YOURSELF, BECAUSE
THEY NEVER ASK FOR
ANYTHING FOR
THEMSELVES."
KARMEN LOGAN -
PRINCIPAL, ALTA VISTA
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL:
"IT'S JUST AMAZING AS
WE LOOK THROUGH
THE LETTERS BEFORE
HAND AND WE CAN DO
THAT FOR ALL OF OUR
STUDENTS THAT JUST
SEE THAT NEED TO
GIVE AND READING
THOSE LETTERS, WE
CAN'T HARDLY GET
THROUGH THE
LETTERS BECAUSE OF
THE EMOTIONS AND
EVERYTHING THAT
COME OUT WITH THE
SWEETNESS AND
UNDERSTANDING AND
THE LOVE THAT THEY
HAVE FOR THEIR
FAMILIES AND JUST
THE HEART THEY
EVEN HAVE FOR OUR
COMMUNITY.
SOME OF THEM WERE
EVEN WANTING TO
REACH OUT TO THE
POOR IN OUR
COMMUNITY AND GET
FOOD AND THINGS
FOR THEM SO THAT'S
JUST AN AWESOME
THING TO DEVELOP,
THAT EMPATHY AT
SUCH A YOUNG AGE."
THIS TEAM DOESN'T
JUST WIN GAMES,
THEY WIN OVER
HEARTS
WHERE THESE KIDS
ARE IN A SURPRISE
FOR A LIFETIME....
MONTELONGO: "IT'S
VERY REWARDING
GIVING BACK TO
THESE KIDS."
THE TWO PROGRAMS
HAVE TEAMED UP TO
PUT THIS EVENT ON
NOW FOR TEN
YEARS.
AND FOR TEN YEARS
FIRST SERGEANT
LEONARD
MONTELONGO JUNIOR
UNIVERSITY'S
SENIOR ARMY
INSTRUCTOR HAS
FOUGHT BACK TEARS.
"99 PERCENT OF
THOSE LETTERS ARE
NOT ASKING
ANYTHING FOR
THEMSELVES.
MY GRANDMA IS SICK
AND I WOULD LIKE TO
BUY HER A PAIR OF
HOUSE SHOES.
WE NEED BLANKETS,
MY LITTLE SISTER HAS
A VERY LIGHT COAT
AND WE WANT TO
PROVIDE A BETTER
JACKET FOR HER."
CHAPMAN
"EVERYBODY IS NOT
AS FORTUNATE AS
EVERYBODY ELSE IS.
THESE KIDS, THEY'VE
GOT TO HAVE HOPE.
A LOT OF TIMES, THEY
ARE IN A SITUATION
THAT THEY HAVE NO
CONTROL OVER.
CHRISTMAS, THIS IS
THE BEST TIME OF
THE YEAR FOR US.
OUR SOCCER
PROGRAM AND JRTC
AND THAT WE GET TO
GO OUT AND GIVE THE
KIDS HOPE"
THE EVENT STARTED
OFF WITH HUMBLE
BEGINNINGS.
YEAR ONE THEY
HELPED NINE KIDS IN
WACO I-S-D HAVE A
BETTER CHRISTMAS.
IN 20-17 THEY HELPED
220 AND SET THE
GOAL FOR THIS YEAR
AT 240.
LOGAN
LOGAN
"THERE'S
"THERE'S REALLY NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE WHEN A CHILD IS UP
HERE TELLING US
ABOUT HIS MAKE A
WISH AND HIS UNCLE
HAS CANCER OR
FAMILIES THAT JUST
WANT AND KIDS WHO
WANT FOOD FOR
THEIR FAMILIES.
I KNOW ONE WHO
EVEN WANTED TO
SELL HER CLOTHES
TO HELP GIVE FOOD
FOR HER FAMILY.
IT REALLY JUST TEARS
AT YOUR HEART AND
JUST THINKS ABOUT
THE HEART AND THE
GIVING THAT THESE
CHILDREN HAVE EVEN
AT A YOUNG AGE."
AS WE CELEBRATE
CHRISTMAS IN 20-18
IT'S AFTER THIS VERY
PROGRAM HELPED
THREE HUNDRED
CHILDREN HAVE A
CHRISTMAS OF THEIR
OWN TO CELEBRATE.
MONTELONGO
"ANOTHER YEAR A KID
ASKED FOR A
CHRISTMAS TREE.
THE KID NEVER HAD A
CHRISTMAS TREE.
I MEAN HOW SAD IS
THAT.
MOST PRECIOUS DAY
OF THE YEAR AND THE
KID HAS NEVER BEEN
ABLE TO CELEBRATE
IT BECAUSE HE
HASN'T HAD A
CHRISTMAS TREE BUT
THINGS LIKE THAT,
THAT ARE VERY
TOUCHING, VERY
EMOTIONAL.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE
TIMES AGAIN THAT I
HAVE TEARS IN MY
EYES BUT IT'S VERY
REWARDING GIVING
BACK TO THESE KIDS."
AND STANDING IN THE
CAFETERIA ON A
CHILLY MONDAY
MORNING AT ALTA
VISTA ELEMENTARY
ONE LOOK OVER THE
CROWD AND YOU CAN
SEE SMILES THE SIZE
OF TEXAS.
SMILES BECAUSE THIS
YEAR CHRISTMAS
CHEER WILL BE
SPREAD.
"UNTIL YOU ARE
THERE AND ACTUALLY
SEE THE LOOKS ON
THEIR FACE, THE
EMOTIONS, YOU
KNOW NOT ONLY
FROM KIDS BUT FROM
PARENTS, YOU DON'T
REALLY GET A GOOD
PERSPECTIVE UNTIL
YOU ARE ACTUALLY
THERE AND ACTUALLY
SEE IT IN PERSON."
THAT KIND OF
HOLIDAY SPIRIT
THAT POSITIVE
ATTITUDE TOWARD
HELPING THEIR
NEIGHBORS HAS AN
EFFECT ON EVERY
STUDENT HELPING
OUT.
CHAPMAN
OUT. CHAPMAN "THEY WILL GO OFF
AND GO TO COLLEGE
OR START THEIR
CAREERS AND CALL
US BACK AND SAY
THEY WANT TO
DONATE.
OUR JRTC PROGRAM,
WE WERE ABLE TO
HELP OUT ONE OF
THEIR KIDS AND NOW
THEY ARE GIVING
BACK TO US.
SOCCER WE HAVE
THEM CALL US SAYING
HEY CAN WE COME
BACK AND BE APART
OF MAKE A WISH.
CAN WE COME BACK
AND BE APART OF
MEALS ON WHEELS
THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT LETS US KNOW
WHAT WE ARE DOING,
IF THEY ARE IN THE
COMMUNITY AND IT
DOES HAVE AN
EFFECT ON OUR JRTC
KIDS AND OUR
SOCCER KIDS."
MONTELONGO
"IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
TO THEM BECAUSE
THE MISSION
STATEMENT OF ROTC
IS TO MOTIVATE
YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE
BETTER CITIZENS AND
WHAT BETTER WAY TO
TEACHING THEM
ABOUT SELFLESS
SERVICE THROUGH
COMMUNITY SERVICE
AND MAKING A
CHANGE
CHANGE IN
CHANGE IN SOMEONE'S LIVES. SOME YEARS AGO, I
HAD A FORMER
STUDENT WHO
RECEIVED ONE, A
FORMER CADET AND
LAST YEAR I RECEIVED
A LETTER THAT I
SHARED WITH COACH
CHAPMAN AND IT SAYS
YOU GUYS MADE OUR
CHRISTMAS ONE
YEAR.
WE HAD NOTHING AND
BECAUSE OF WHAT
YOU DID, WE WERE
ABLE TO HAVE
SOMEWHAT OF A NICE
CHRISTMAS AND NOW
THEY ARE GIVING
BACK SO AGAIN,
THAT'S THE
TESTIMONIAL OF IF
YOU GIVE, YOU
RECEIVE, NOT
PERSONALLY BUT TO
THE PROGRAM AND
MAKE A WISH
PROGRAM."
SO WHEN THE NEW
YEAR ARRIVES AND
UNIVERSITY HIGH'S
J-R-O-T-C CADETS IS
OFF TO
COMPETITION..
AND WHEN THE
TROJANS' SOCCER
TEAM TAKES TO THE
PITCH
MUSIC FADING UP
IT WILL BE WITH
WARM HEARTS FILLED
WITH LOVE FOR
THOSE WHO NEED IT.
MUSIC FULL VOLUME
ANCHOR TAG
COACH CHAPMAN
AND FIRST SERGEANT
MONTELONGO ARE
ALREADY PLANNING
NEXT YEAR'S MAKE-
A-WISH COME TRUE.
FROM OUR FAMILY
TO YOURS MERRY
CHRISTMAS - THAT'S IT
FOR SPORTS TONIGHT
- CHANNEL SIX NEWS
WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
THREE
THREE SHOT
TONIGHT:
TONIGHT: A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS, MAINLY
BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
MOSTLY CLOUDY,
WITH A LOW AROUND
59.
SOUTHEAST WIND 10
TO 15 MPH, WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 20
MPH.
WEDNESDAY: A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND
THUNDERSTORMS,
AND THUNDERSTORMS, THEN SHOWERS AND
POSSIBLY A
THUNDERSTORM
AFTER NOON.
HIGH NEAR 67.
SOUTHEAST WIND 15
TO 20 MPH, WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25
MPH.
CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION IS 90%.