WEBVTT 00:00.266 --> 00:03.334 align:start >>> A DECADE SINCE THE GREAT 00:03.337 --> 00:04.802 align:start RECESSION BEGAN, UNEMPLOYMENT IS 00:04.805 --> 00:05.970 align:start DOWN AND PROPERTY VALUES ARE UP 00:05.973 --> 00:07.939 align:start IN MANY PLACES. 00:07.942 --> 00:08.339 align:start BUT ARIZONANS ARE STILL 00:08.342 --> 00:10.274 align:start STRUGGLING. 00:10.277 --> 00:11.476 align:start >> IT'S JUST HARD TO MAKE IT. 00:11.479 --> 00:13.144 align:start YOU JUST GOT TO BE CAREFUL. 00:13.147 --> 00:14.512 align:start >> WE'LL VISIT A FOOD BANK IN 00:14.515 --> 00:17.782 align:start PHOENIX THAT DISTRIBUTES TENS OF 00:17.785 --> 00:18.082 align:start MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF FOOD EACH 00:18.085 --> 00:19.717 align:start YEAR. 00:19.720 --> 00:21.285 align:start >> TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE HELPING A 00:21.288 --> 00:22.820 align:start LOT OF PEOPLE, AND YOU DON'T 00:22.823 --> 00:24.288 align:start KNOW HOW FORTUNATE YOU ARE UNTIL 00:24.291 --> 00:24.655 align:start YOU SEE THOSE THAT ARE NOT 00:24.658 --> 00:25.857 align:start FORTUNATE. 00:25.860 --> 00:27.392 align:start >> PLUS GETTING INTO A NEW HOME 00:27.395 --> 00:27.759 align:start IN TUCSON WITH THE HELP OF THE 00:27.762 --> 00:30.795 align:start COMMUNITY. 00:39.939 --> 00:43.741 align:start >>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING 00:43.744 --> 00:45.109 align:start US. 00:45.112 --> 00:46.411 align:start I'M IN FOR LORRAINE RIVERA. 00:46.414 --> 00:48.012 align:start PHOENIX IS ONE OF THE FASTEST 00:48.015 --> 00:50.114 align:start GROWING CITIES IN THE NATION. 00:50.117 --> 00:52.250 align:start CONSTRUCTION IS BOOMING IN 00:52.253 --> 00:53.418 align:start DOWNTOWN, AND IN OTHER PARTS OF 00:53.421 --> 00:55.420 align:start THE METROPOLITAN AREA, BUT 00:55.423 --> 00:57.288 align:start POVERTY REMAINS A CHALLENGE. 00:57.291 --> 00:58.723 align:start FOR THREE DAYS EACH YEAR, THIS 00:58.726 --> 01:00.458 align:start AREA IN CENTRAL PHOENIX BECOMES 01:00.461 --> 01:02.360 align:start ONE OF THE BUSIEST NEIGHBORHOODS 01:02.363 --> 01:06.097 align:start IN THE STATE. 01:06.100 --> 01:06.798 align:start THERE ARE TRAFFIC BARRICADES, 01:06.801 --> 01:12.170 align:start EXTRA POLICE OFFICERS, AND A 01:12.173 --> 01:13.638 align:start TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS. 01:13.641 --> 01:15.606 align:start IT MAY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GETTING 01:15.609 --> 01:17.141 align:start READY FOR A POPULAR CONCERT OR 01:17.144 --> 01:18.643 align:start PERHAPS A FOOTBALL GAME, BUT ALL 01:18.646 --> 01:23.614 align:start OF THESE PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS 01:23.617 --> 01:26.084 align:start ARE MOTIVATED BY FOOD. 01:26.087 --> 01:28.486 align:start ST. MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE 01:28.489 --> 01:29.720 align:start DISTRIBUTES 12,000 TURKEYS AND 01:29.723 --> 01:31.389 align:start THANKSGIVING FIXINGS AHEAD OF 01:31.392 --> 01:33.024 align:start THE HOLIDAY. 01:33.027 --> 01:33.458 align:start >> WE HEARD ABOUT THIS ON THE 01:33.461 --> 01:34.392 align:start NEWS STATION. 01:34.395 --> 01:36.327 align:start THEY DO THIS EVERY YEAR. 01:36.330 --> 01:38.062 align:start THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR COMING 01:38.065 --> 01:40.398 align:start OUT BECAUSE WE'RE STRUGGLING, 01:40.401 --> 01:41.399 align:start AND WE REALLY NEED THE FOOD OR I 01:41.402 --> 01:42.333 align:start WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN -- I WOULDN'T 01:42.336 --> 01:45.303 align:start HAVE COME OUT HERE. 01:45.306 --> 01:47.605 align:start THE ONLY TIME I DO COME OUT HERE 01:47.608 --> 01:48.739 align:start IS WHEN I NEED FOOD. 01:48.742 --> 01:50.441 align:start IT'S NOT THE ECONOMY THAT IT 01:50.444 --> 01:53.478 align:start USED TO BE, SO YOU HAVE TO, YOU 01:53.481 --> 01:56.614 align:start KNOW, TAKE WHAT THE LORD AND 01:56.617 --> 01:59.383 align:start WHATEVER THEY GIVE YOU. 01:59.386 --> 02:00.118 align:start [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 02:00.121 --> 02:01.452 align:start >> Translator: I'VE BEEN 02:01.455 --> 02:02.520 align:start HOMELESS FOR THREE YEARS BUT I'M 02:02.523 --> 02:03.421 align:start GRATEFUL TO THE COMMUNITY IN 02:03.424 --> 02:04.355 align:start PHOENIX BECAUSE I'VE BEEN 02:04.358 --> 02:06.090 align:start GETTING ASSISTANCE. 02:06.093 --> 02:07.758 align:start I FOUND A PROGRAM WHICH HELPED 02:07.761 --> 02:08.025 align:start ME GIVE UP DRUGS EIGHT MONTHS 02:08.028 --> 02:09.327 align:start AGO. 02:09.330 --> 02:09.961 align:start NOW I WANT TO FIND A JOB AND 02:09.964 --> 02:11.929 align:start ORGANIZE MY LIFE. 02:11.932 --> 02:13.231 align:start I NEED TO GET OFF THE STREET. 02:13.234 --> 02:13.731 align:start >> THIS IS A BIG TIME OF YEAR 02:13.734 --> 02:15.299 align:start FOR US. 02:15.302 --> 02:16.634 align:start I WOULD TELL YOU THAT HUNGER IS 02:16.637 --> 02:18.369 align:start ALL YEAR-ROUND. 02:18.372 --> 02:20.238 align:start BUT WE MAKE AN EXTRA EFFORT THIS 02:20.241 --> 02:22.140 align:start TIME OF YEAR AND OUR DONORS HELP 02:22.143 --> 02:23.141 align:start US MAKE AN EXTRA EFFORT TO 02:23.144 --> 02:23.508 align:start FULFILL THE NEED IN OUR 02:23.511 --> 02:25.209 align:start COMMUNITY. 02:25.212 --> 02:25.576 align:start >> RIGHT NOW I'M DIRECTING 02:25.579 --> 02:27.912 align:start TRAFFIC. 02:27.915 --> 02:29.580 align:start LAST YEAR I ACTUALLY LOADED THE 02:29.583 --> 02:31.349 align:start CARS WITH THE TURKEYS AND ALL OF 02:31.352 --> 02:33.951 align:start THE OTHER FIXINGS. 02:33.954 --> 02:34.252 align:start SO DIFFERENT JOBS EACH TIME I 02:34.255 --> 02:35.119 align:start COME. 02:35.122 --> 02:37.288 align:start I THINK IT'S AMAZING. 02:37.291 --> 02:39.790 align:start I LOOK FORWARD TO IT EVERY YEAR. 02:39.793 --> 02:42.293 align:start IT'S REWARDING FOR ME, YOU KNOW, 02:42.296 --> 02:43.761 align:start TO SEE THE SMILES ON THE 02:43.764 --> 02:44.729 align:start PEOPLE'S FACES WHEN THEY GET 02:44.732 --> 02:45.263 align:start FOOD ON THEIR TABLE. 02:45.266 --> 02:46.597 align:start IT'S PRETTY COOL. 02:46.600 --> 02:47.298 align:start >> YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY 02:47.301 --> 02:48.466 align:start SATISFYING BECAUSE WE DON'T 02:48.469 --> 02:49.033 align:start REALLY KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE 02:49.036 --> 02:50.401 align:start GOING THROUGH. 02:50.404 --> 02:51.736 align:start AND IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 02:51.739 --> 02:53.905 align:start DO SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS 02:53.908 --> 02:55.139 align:start FEEDING SOMEONE, I THINK THAT IN 02:55.142 --> 02:56.440 align:start ITSELF IS POWERFUL, RIGHT? 02:56.443 --> 02:57.842 align:start NOT JUST THE FACT THAT THEY'RE 02:57.845 --> 02:59.877 align:start GETTING FOOD, BUT THAT THEY'RE 02:59.880 --> 03:01.679 align:start SEEING ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HERE 03:01.682 --> 03:03.214 align:start GIVING UP THEIR TIME TO MAKE 03:03.217 --> 03:07.418 align:start SURE THEIR TIME AND THEIR 03:07.421 --> 03:08.953 align:start HOLIDAYS ARE SPECIAL. 03:08.956 --> 03:10.254 align:start >> I'VE BEEN GETTING A BOX OF 03:10.257 --> 03:12.256 align:start FOOD EACH MONTH FOR ABOUT TWO 03:12.259 --> 03:13.791 align:start YEARS NOW, AND THIS IS THE 03:13.794 --> 03:15.159 align:start SECOND TIME I RECEIVED A 03:15.162 --> 03:16.127 align:start THANKSGIVING MEAL. 03:16.130 --> 03:17.995 align:start I'M 81 YEARS OLD, AND SOMEONE 03:17.998 --> 03:18.396 align:start RECOMMENDED I COME HERE FOR 03:18.399 --> 03:20.131 align:start ASSISTANCE. 03:20.134 --> 03:21.432 align:start I'M GRATEFUL BECAUSE WITH MY 03:21.435 --> 03:22.600 align:start SMALL SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK, 03:22.603 --> 03:23.768 align:start THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH MONEY TO 03:23.771 --> 03:25.236 align:start GO AROUND. 03:25.239 --> 03:31.142 align:start I SEE MANY OTHER PEOPLE IN 03:31.145 --> 03:33.144 align:start SIMILAR SITUATIONS. 03:33.147 --> 03:33.878 align:start >> ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING IN A 03:33.881 --> 03:35.446 align:start BOOMING METROPOLITAN AREA WHICH 03:35.449 --> 03:36.981 align:start IS GETTING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS 03:36.984 --> 03:37.915 align:start OF DOLLARS IN NEW INVESTMENTS 03:37.918 --> 03:39.450 align:start THROUGHOUT THE REGION. 03:39.453 --> 03:41.285 align:start ACCORDING TO RECENT FIGURES, 03:41.288 --> 03:42.453 align:start PHOENIX IS ONE OF THE NATION'S 03:42.456 --> 03:44.455 align:start FASTEST GROWING CITIES. 03:44.458 --> 03:45.356 align:start THAT'S INTERPRETED AS GOOD NEWS 03:45.359 --> 03:47.258 align:start FOR THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY AND 03:47.261 --> 03:47.658 align:start MANY OTHER BUSINESSES IN THIS 03:47.661 --> 03:50.161 align:start VALLEY. 03:50.164 --> 03:52.296 align:start STILL, NOT FAR AWAY FROM THE 03:52.299 --> 03:54.165 align:start CITY'S DOWNTOWN, THIS BUSY SCENE 03:54.168 --> 03:54.832 align:start REVEALS ANOTHER SIDE OF THE 03:54.835 --> 03:56.000 align:start FINANCIAL PICTURE. 03:56.003 --> 03:57.335 align:start >> WHETHER THE HOUSING MARKET IS 03:57.338 --> 03:58.803 align:start UP OR THE ECONOMY IS UP, YOU'RE 03:58.806 --> 04:00.004 align:start ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT 04:00.007 --> 04:01.806 align:start ARE IN NEED. 04:01.809 --> 04:02.940 align:start IT'S JUST -- IT'S LIFE, AND 04:02.943 --> 04:04.242 align:start PEOPLE STRUGGLE. 04:04.245 --> 04:05.576 align:start WHATEVER HAS GOT THEM INTO THAT 04:05.579 --> 04:07.278 align:start SITUATION OR, YOU KNOW, WHETHER 04:07.281 --> 04:09.213 align:start THEY LOST A JOB, IT'S GOING TO 04:09.216 --> 04:10.481 align:start HAPPEN, AND THEY NEED PEOPLE 04:10.484 --> 04:11.716 align:start AROUND, JUST LIKE ALL THESE 04:11.719 --> 04:13.517 align:start PEOPLE OUT HERE, HELPING OUT. 04:13.520 --> 04:14.752 align:start WE NEED TO HELP ONE ANOTHER OUT. 04:14.755 --> 04:16.420 align:start I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT 04:16.423 --> 04:16.721 align:start THING JUST IN LIFE, TO HELP EACH 04:16.724 --> 04:18.522 align:start OTHER. 04:18.525 --> 04:19.991 align:start >> HERE'S MORE OF OUR INTERVIEW 04:19.994 --> 04:22.460 align:start WITH TOM CURTIS, THE PRESIDENT 04:22.463 --> 04:22.827 align:start AND CEO OF ST. MARY'S FOOD BANK 04:22.830 --> 04:24.362 align:start ALLIANCE. 04:24.365 --> 04:26.163 align:start >> ST. MARY'S IS THE FIRST FOOD 04:26.166 --> 04:27.064 align:start BANK IN THE WORLD, FOUNDED BACK 04:27.067 --> 04:29.200 align:start IN 1967. 04:29.203 --> 04:31.068 align:start WE ARE BASICALLY A CONDUIT. 04:31.071 --> 04:33.838 align:start WE ARE A CONDUIT FROM WHERE 04:33.841 --> 04:34.572 align:start THERE'S EXCESS FOOD TO GET IT TO 04:34.575 --> 04:35.072 align:start PEOPLE WHERE THERE'S A SHORTAGE 04:35.075 --> 04:36.974 align:start OF FOOD. 04:36.977 --> 04:38.542 align:start THAT'S OUR JOB, HELP PEOPLE WHO 04:38.545 --> 04:40.311 align:start NEED FOOD BUT DO IT BY SAVING 04:40.314 --> 04:40.678 align:start FOOD THAT WOULD NORMALLY GO TO A 04:40.681 --> 04:42.213 align:start LANDFILL. 04:42.216 --> 04:42.580 align:start >> YOU'VE BEEN AT IT FOR 50 04:42.583 --> 04:43.981 align:start YEARS NOW. 04:43.984 --> 04:45.850 align:start CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE GROWTH 04:45.853 --> 04:47.418 align:start IN THE NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE 04:47.421 --> 04:49.420 align:start YOU'VE BEEN HELPING ALL ALONG? 04:49.423 --> 04:51.989 align:start >> ORIGINALLY THE FIRST YEAR 04:51.992 --> 04:53.591 align:start WHEN ST. MARY'S WAS FOUNDED,THY 04:53.594 --> 04:54.792 align:start DISTRIBUTED 250,000 POUNDS OF 04:54.795 --> 04:57.928 align:start FOOD THAT YEAR. 04:57.931 --> 04:58.996 align:start TODAY, WE DO 250,000 POUNDS 04:58.999 --> 05:01.899 align:start EVERY DAY. 05:01.902 --> 05:03.100 align:start SO WE'RE IMPACTING PEOPLE 05:03.103 --> 05:03.401 align:start SIGNIFICANTLY AND DOING A LOT 05:03.404 --> 05:05.536 align:start MORE. 05:05.539 --> 05:06.337 align:start LAST YEAR WE DID 87 MILLION 05:06.340 --> 05:08.706 align:start POUNDS OF FOOD DISTRIBUTED, 05:08.709 --> 05:09.307 align:start WHICH BREAKS DOWN TO ABOUT 80 05:09.310 --> 05:10.675 align:start MILLION MEALS. 05:10.678 --> 05:11.842 align:start >> AND WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT 05:11.845 --> 05:14.412 align:start ARE RECEIVING THE FOOD? 05:14.415 --> 05:15.846 align:start >> YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LARGE 05:15.849 --> 05:16.147 align:start GAMUT OF PEOPLE THAT RECEIVE THE 05:16.150 --> 05:17.782 align:start FOOD. 05:17.785 --> 05:18.082 align:start BUT GENERALLY IT'S THE WORKING 05:18.085 --> 05:19.250 align:start POOR. 05:19.253 --> 05:22.520 align:start THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT 05:22.523 --> 05:23.187 align:start THERE WHO ARE WORKING. 05:23.190 --> 05:24.255 align:start THEIR WAGES DON'T COVER ALL 05:24.258 --> 05:25.623 align:start THEIR EXPENSES, AND FOOD BECOMES 05:25.626 --> 05:27.024 align:start ONE OF THE AREAS THAT THEY CAN, 05:27.027 --> 05:29.694 align:start YOU KNOW, KIND OF BACK OFF OF 05:29.697 --> 05:30.695 align:start WHEN THEY GET INTO A BIND. 05:30.698 --> 05:31.929 align:start AND SO THAT'S GENERALLY THE 05:31.932 --> 05:37.134 align:start GROUP THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF. 05:37.137 --> 05:39.670 align:start BUT AS WELL AS SENIORS, 05:39.673 --> 05:40.104 align:start VETERANS, PARTICULARLY IMPACTED 05:40.107 --> 05:41.072 align:start ARE CHILDREN. 05:41.075 --> 05:41.505 align:start THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE RECEIVING 05:41.508 --> 05:43.207 align:start THE FOOD. 05:43.210 --> 05:45.276 align:start >> AS THE ECONOMY HAS IMPROVED, 05:45.279 --> 05:47.945 align:start IT HASN'T IMPROVED EQUALLY ON 05:47.948 --> 05:49.880 align:start ALL ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMY. 05:49.883 --> 05:53.784 align:start SO, YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES THE 05:53.787 --> 05:54.485 align:start PEOPLE ON THE LOWER END OF THE 05:54.488 --> 05:56.887 align:start SOCIOECONOMIC STRUCTURE, THEY 05:56.890 --> 05:59.457 align:start HAVEN'T SEEN THE INCREASES. 05:59.460 --> 06:00.825 align:start YOU KNOW, IN TODAY'S ECONOMY, 06:00.828 --> 06:01.959 align:start THEY'RE STILL LOW WAGE JOBS AND 06:01.962 --> 06:02.360 align:start PEOPLE HAVEN'T SEEN THE 06:02.363 --> 06:03.527 align:start IMPROVEMENT. 06:03.530 --> 06:05.563 align:start THE OTHER PIECE OF IT IS WE'VE 06:05.566 --> 06:08.399 align:start SEEN PIECES LIKE HOUSING VALUES 06:08.402 --> 06:09.033 align:start INCREASE OR PEOPLE'S 401(K)s AND 06:09.036 --> 06:10.768 align:start STOCK MARKET. 06:10.771 --> 06:13.104 align:start GENERALLY THERE'S PEOPLE AT THAT 06:13.107 --> 06:14.305 align:start END OF THE SPECTRUM DON'T OWN 06:14.308 --> 06:15.906 align:start THEIR HOUSE, AND THEY DON'T HAVE 06:15.909 --> 06:17.341 align:start STOCK OR 401(K)s. 06:17.344 --> 06:17.708 align:start THEY DIDN'T SEE THAT WEALTH 06:17.711 --> 06:18.809 align:start INCREASE. 06:18.812 --> 06:19.543 align:start IT'S TYPICALLY PEOPLE AT THE 06:19.546 --> 06:22.079 align:start HIGHER END OF THE SPECTRUM. 06:22.082 --> 06:23.247 align:start >> WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR THOSE 06:23.250 --> 06:24.515 align:start PEOPLE, THE WORKING POOR AND 06:24.518 --> 06:25.216 align:start OTHER PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE 06:25.219 --> 06:26.717 align:start BENEFITS HERE? 06:26.720 --> 06:29.286 align:start >> WE WORK REALLY HARD NOT JUST 06:29.289 --> 06:30.221 align:start TO FEED PEOPLE BUT ALSO TO TRY 06:30.224 --> 06:31.889 align:start TO SHORTEN THE LINE. 06:31.892 --> 06:36.327 align:start >> THERE'S A COUPLE THING WE DO 06:36.330 --> 06:39.730 align:start THAT WE THINK HAVE A BIG IMPACT. 06:39.733 --> 06:43.300 align:start ONE OF OUR PROGRAM TAKES PEOPLE 06:43.303 --> 06:44.735 align:start WHO HAVE BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT 06:44.738 --> 06:46.470 align:start AND TEACH THEM CULINARY SKILL SO 06:46.473 --> 06:47.371 align:start THEY CAN GET A JOB AND GET BACK 06:47.374 --> 06:48.005 align:start ON THEIR OWN TWO FEET. 06:48.008 --> 06:49.974 align:start THAT'S ONE AREA. 06:49.977 --> 06:51.709 align:start NUMBER TWO IS WE INVEST A LOT IN 06:51.712 --> 06:52.910 align:start CHILDREN'S FEEDING PROGRAMS. 06:52.913 --> 06:54.845 align:start OUR THOUGHT PROCESS IS CHILDREN 06:54.848 --> 06:56.447 align:start WHO ARE HUNGRY AND GO TO SCHOOL 06:56.450 --> 06:56.747 align:start CAN'T CONCENTRATE AND CAN'T 06:56.750 --> 06:58.883 align:start LEARN. 06:58.886 --> 07:00.584 align:start SO WE HELP TO FEED THEM SO THAT 07:00.587 --> 07:02.019 align:start THEY CAN FOCUS AT SCHOOL. 07:02.022 --> 07:03.487 align:start THEY CAN LEARN AND EVENTUALLY 07:03.490 --> 07:04.688 align:start THEY BECOME -- YOU KNOW, THEY 07:04.691 --> 07:06.190 align:start GRADUATE FROM SCHOOL AND BECOME 07:06.193 --> 07:07.491 align:start CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. 07:07.494 --> 07:09.026 align:start WE THINK THAT REALLY HELPS TO 07:09.029 --> 07:10.394 align:start WHAT WE CALL SHORTEN THE LINE 07:10.397 --> 07:10.694 align:start AND GET PEOPLE BACK ON THEIR 07:10.697 --> 07:12.463 align:start FEET. 07:12.466 --> 07:16.600 align:start ON TOP OF THAT, WE ALSO INVEST 07:16.603 --> 07:18.636 align:start IN A LOT OF OUR AGENCIES, AGENTS 07:18.639 --> 07:20.337 align:start LIKE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS, 07:20.340 --> 07:22.106 align:start THOSE ARE DESIGNED TO HELP 07:22.109 --> 07:22.373 align:start PEOPLE GET BACK ON THEIR FEET 07:22.376 --> 07:24.041 align:start TOO. 07:24.044 --> 07:25.075 align:start WE SUPPORT THOSE TYPE OF 07:25.078 --> 07:25.976 align:start AGENCIES WE BELIEVE WILL HELP 07:25.979 --> 07:27.678 align:start PEOPLE GET BACK ON THEIR FEET 07:27.681 --> 07:28.078 align:start AND BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF 07:28.081 --> 07:30.448 align:start THEMSELVES. 07:30.451 --> 07:31.882 align:start >> NOW WE TRAVEL TO THE STATE'S 07:31.885 --> 07:33.117 align:start SECOND LARGEST COUNTY WHERE 07:33.120 --> 07:34.752 align:start THERE'S ALSO SIGNIFICANT NEED. 07:34.755 --> 07:36.320 align:start JOINING US IS MICHAEL McDONALD, 07:36.323 --> 07:37.188 align:start THE CEO OF THE COMMUNITY FOOD 07:37.191 --> 07:38.689 align:start BANK OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA, WHICH 07:38.692 --> 07:39.990 align:start IS BASED IN TUCSON. 07:39.993 --> 07:40.291 align:start THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING 07:40.294 --> 07:41.058 align:start HERE. 07:41.061 --> 07:42.526 align:start >> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. 07:42.529 --> 07:43.761 align:start >> WHAT ABOUT THE HISTORY? 07:43.764 --> 07:45.029 align:start LET'S BEGIN WITH THE HISTORY OF 07:45.032 --> 07:45.362 align:start THE COMMUNITY FOOD BANK IN THIS 07:45.365 --> 07:47.631 align:start AREA. 07:47.634 --> 07:48.532 align:start >> WE'VE BEEN OPERATING ABOUT 40 07:48.535 --> 07:49.767 align:start YEARS IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA. 07:49.770 --> 07:52.770 align:start ALL VOLUNTEER-RUN INITIALLY. 07:52.773 --> 07:54.171 align:start IT WAS AROUND PUBLIC POLICY TO 07:54.174 --> 07:55.606 align:start MAINTAIN FEDERAL LEGISLATION, 07:55.609 --> 07:56.240 align:start SAFETY NET PROGRAMS FOR THE 07:56.243 --> 07:57.675 align:start WORKING POOR. 07:57.678 --> 07:58.876 align:start SO AT THAT TIME IT WAS CALLED 07:58.879 --> 07:59.510 align:start FOOD STAMPS WHERE NOW IT'S 07:59.513 --> 08:01.645 align:start CALLED SNAP. 08:01.648 --> 08:02.546 align:start SO WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE 08:02.549 --> 08:03.914 align:start UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE THE FOOD 08:03.917 --> 08:06.116 align:start BANK IS THERE TO SERVE NEIGHBORS 08:06.119 --> 08:08.552 align:start IN NEED, AND LAST YEAR ABOUT 60 08:08.555 --> 08:10.187 align:start MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD WE GOT 08:10.190 --> 08:13.190 align:start OUT, THAT'S FANTASTIC CHARITY. 08:13.193 --> 08:15.092 align:start IT'S INSUFFICIENT TO THE NEED OF 08:15.095 --> 08:16.293 align:start POVERTY AND THE LACK OF ECONOMIC 08:16.296 --> 08:17.428 align:start OPPORTUNITY IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA. 08:17.431 --> 08:18.395 align:start >> WE WERE SPEAKING AHEAD OF 08:18.398 --> 08:19.563 align:start THIS INTERVIEW, AND YOU 08:19.566 --> 08:20.664 align:start MENTIONED THAT MANY OF THE 08:20.667 --> 08:22.500 align:start PEOPLE THAT RECEIVED SERVICES 08:22.503 --> 08:23.667 align:start FROM THE COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ARE 08:23.670 --> 08:24.835 align:start ACTUALLY WORKING FULL-TIME. 08:24.838 --> 08:29.206 align:start >> THEY ARE. 08:29.209 --> 08:30.107 align:start IN PIMA COUNTY ALONE, IT'S ABOUT 08:30.110 --> 08:32.443 align:start 145,000 UNDUPLICATED OR UNIQUE 08:32.446 --> 08:33.878 align:start INDIVIDUALS, 200,000 IN OUR 08:33.881 --> 08:35.679 align:start FIVE-COUNTY SERVICE AREA. 08:35.682 --> 08:37.915 align:start 80% OF WHOM HAVE A JOB. 08:37.918 --> 08:40.417 align:start THE PROBLEM IS NOT THAT PEOPLE 08:40.420 --> 08:41.719 align:start ARE LAZY OR THEY DON'T WANT TO 08:41.722 --> 08:42.820 align:start BE SELF-SUFFICIENT AND GET AHEAD 08:42.823 --> 08:44.555 align:start FOR THEIR FAMILY. 08:44.558 --> 08:45.990 align:start THE PROBLEM IS INSUFFICIENT 08:45.993 --> 08:48.959 align:start INCOME AND LACK OF ASSETS. 08:48.962 --> 08:51.462 align:start SO IF YOU'RE WORKING A MINIMUM 08:51.465 --> 08:52.563 align:start WAGE JOB OR BELOW OR YOU'RE 08:52.566 --> 08:54.098 align:start STRUGGLING WITH, YOU KNOW, YOU 08:54.101 --> 08:55.132 align:start GO BACK AND FORTH, IN AND OUT OF 08:55.135 --> 08:56.033 align:start EMPLOYMENT, YOU JUST CAN'T MAKE 08:56.036 --> 08:58.168 align:start ENDS MEET. 08:58.171 --> 08:59.103 align:start YOU CAN'T PAY YOUR RENT, BUY 08:59.106 --> 08:59.570 align:start FOOD, CHILD CARE, 08:59.573 --> 09:00.938 align:start TRANSPORTATION. 09:00.941 --> 09:02.139 align:start >> WE HAVE A HIGH POVERTY RATE, 09:02.142 --> 09:02.973 align:start I WOULD IMAGINE, HERE IN 09:02.976 --> 09:04.074 align:start SOUTHERN ARIZONA AND THE REST OF 09:04.077 --> 09:07.311 align:start THE STATE, RIGHT? 09:07.314 --> 09:08.979 align:start >> IT'S ABOUT 15%, PLUS OR 09:08.982 --> 09:09.647 align:start MINUS, DEPENDING ON THE COUNTY. 09:09.650 --> 09:09.980 align:start THAT'S 1 MILLION PEOPLE IN 09:09.983 --> 09:11.282 align:start ARIZONA. 09:11.285 --> 09:11.815 align:start THAT'S THE FEDERAL POVERTY 09:11.818 --> 09:14.451 align:start LEVEL. 09:14.454 --> 09:17.021 align:start SO THAT'S ABOUT 25,000 AND 09:17.024 --> 09:18.589 align:start CHANGE FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR. 09:18.592 --> 09:20.691 align:start WHO CAN MAKE ENDS MEET FOR A 09:20.694 --> 09:20.991 align:start FAMILY OF FOUR ON $25,000 A 09:20.994 --> 09:21.992 align:start YEAR? 09:21.995 --> 09:23.894 align:start >> AND WHERE ARE YOU GETTING 09:23.897 --> 09:25.362 align:start MOST OF YOUR DONATIONS? 09:25.365 --> 09:26.897 align:start DOES IT COME FROM VERY DIFFERENT 09:26.900 --> 09:27.932 align:start SOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY? 09:27.935 --> 09:29.500 align:start >> THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. 09:29.503 --> 09:29.833 align:start IT'S TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 09:29.836 --> 09:31.402 align:start PEOPLE. 09:31.405 --> 09:31.769 align:start IT'S NEIGHBORS HELPING 09:31.772 --> 09:32.937 align:start NEIGHBORS. 09:32.940 --> 09:34.772 align:start SO THAT'S WHERE MOST OF OUR CASH 09:34.775 --> 09:38.275 align:start COMES FROM, AND WE USE THAT TO 09:38.278 --> 09:40.344 align:start BUY FOOD, TO BUY COOLING UNITS 09:40.347 --> 09:41.445 align:start AND TRUCKS AND STAFF TO WORK IN 09:41.448 --> 09:43.614 align:start THE FIVE COUNTIES. 09:43.617 --> 09:45.983 align:start THE FOOD, WHILE WE DO FOOD 09:45.986 --> 09:46.850 align:start DRIVES, I GOT TO TELL YOU, THE 09:46.853 --> 09:49.720 align:start RETAIL GROCERY STORE INDUSTRY 09:49.723 --> 09:51.121 align:start AND THE PRODUCE INDUSTRY OUT OF 09:51.124 --> 09:52.823 align:start MEXICO AND MANY FOOD 09:52.826 --> 09:54.525 align:start MANUFACTURERS AND BROKERS MAKE 09:54.528 --> 09:56.393 align:start IT POSSIBLE TO FEED FAMILIES IN 09:56.396 --> 09:57.328 align:start NEED. 09:57.331 --> 09:58.562 align:start >> SO IT DOES TAKE A 09:58.565 --> 09:59.396 align:start WIDE-RANGING EFFORT FROM MANY 09:59.399 --> 10:01.365 align:start DIFFERENT PARTICIPANTS. 10:01.368 --> 10:02.900 align:start >> IT TAKES THE VILLAGE TO FEED 10:02.903 --> 10:04.168 align:start THE VILLAGE, DEFINITELY. 10:04.171 --> 10:07.404 align:start >> WHAT ABOUT THE CONVERSATION 10:07.407 --> 10:08.372 align:start THAT'S COME UP OCCASIONALLY 10:08.375 --> 10:09.940 align:start ABOUT LET THE FAITH COMMUNITY 10:09.943 --> 10:10.741 align:start DEAL WITH IT, LET THE NONPROFITS 10:10.744 --> 10:12.376 align:start DEAL WITH IT. 10:12.379 --> 10:12.743 align:start GOVERNMENT DOES HAVEN'T TO GET 10:12.746 --> 10:14.945 align:start INVOLVED? 10:14.948 --> 10:15.346 align:start >> THAT IS AN ABSOLUTELY INSANE 10:15.349 --> 10:18.582 align:start ANSWER. 10:18.585 --> 10:20.484 align:start THERE IS NO WAY THAT CHURCHES, 10:20.487 --> 10:23.621 align:start SYNAGOGUES, CHARITIES CAN COVER 10:23.624 --> 10:24.722 align:start BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF SUPPORT 10:24.725 --> 10:26.457 align:start NATIONWIDE FOR THE SAFETY NET. 10:26.460 --> 10:27.491 align:start IT STARTED IN THE JOHNSON 10:27.494 --> 10:27.825 align:start ADMINISTRATION, THE WAR ON 10:27.828 --> 10:29.893 align:start POVERTY. 10:29.896 --> 10:31.228 align:start THAT'S WHEN WE CAME UP WITH 10:31.231 --> 10:32.930 align:start GREAT INTERVENTIONS LIKE FREE 10:32.933 --> 10:34.898 align:start AND REDUCED BREAKFAST AND LUNCH 10:34.901 --> 10:37.134 align:start FOR KIDS IN NEED. 10:37.137 --> 10:39.803 align:start MOST OF TUCSON NEEDS THAT. 10:39.806 --> 10:41.605 align:start SO IF THAT GOES AWAY OR SNAP, 10:41.608 --> 10:43.874 align:start FOOD STAMPS, GOES AWAY, HOW ARE 10:43.877 --> 10:44.208 align:start WE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ONE 10:44.211 --> 10:44.808 align:start ANOTHER? 10:44.811 --> 10:46.910 align:start WE'RE NOT. 10:46.913 --> 10:48.145 align:start AND WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD OUR 10:48.148 --> 10:50.280 align:start BUSINESS COMMUNITY, BUT NOT 10:50.283 --> 10:51.148 align:start EVERYONE IS PARTICIPATING IN 10:51.151 --> 10:52.783 align:start THIS ECONOMIC RECOVERY. 10:52.786 --> 10:55.119 align:start YOU JUST CAN'T MAKE ENDS MEET 10:55.122 --> 10:57.054 align:start WHEN YOU HAVE A MINIMUM WAGE JOB 10:57.057 --> 10:59.289 align:start OR YOU'RE IN AND OUT OF 10:59.292 --> 11:00.491 align:start EMPLOYMENT, OR YOU HAVE A MAJOR 11:00.494 --> 11:03.293 align:start MEDICAL SITUATION OCCUR. 11:03.296 --> 11:05.062 align:start AND WE'VE GOT ABOUT 25% OF OUR 11:05.065 --> 11:05.496 align:start CLIENTS ARE GRANDPARENTS RAISING 11:05.499 --> 11:06.563 align:start GRANDCHILDREN. 11:06.566 --> 11:08.666 align:start >> MOVING FORWARD, IS THERE A 11:08.669 --> 11:10.567 align:start SOLUTION TO THE POVERTY PROBLEM? 11:10.570 --> 11:12.002 align:start SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY WE'VE BEEN 11:12.005 --> 11:13.070 align:start AT IT FOR DECADES AND WE STILL 11:13.073 --> 11:14.672 align:start HAVE THESE HUGE NUMBERS. 11:14.675 --> 11:14.972 align:start WHAT COULD BE DONE, DO YOU 11:14.975 --> 11:17.174 align:start THINK? 11:17.177 --> 11:17.541 align:start >> THAT'S A COMPLICATED 11:17.544 --> 11:19.943 align:start QUESTION. 11:19.946 --> 11:20.911 align:start I THINK WE STILL HAVE 11:20.914 --> 11:25.382 align:start SIGNIFICANT RACISM IN THIS 11:25.385 --> 11:26.550 align:start COUNTRY, SEXISM, ALL THE ISMS, 11:26.553 --> 11:27.851 align:start THAT KEEP PEOPLE STRUCTURALLY OH 11:27.854 --> 11:29.920 align:start PRESSED IN THIS COUNTRY AND DO 11:29.923 --> 11:30.287 align:start NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE 11:30.290 --> 11:32.923 align:start RESOURCES. 11:32.926 --> 11:35.292 align:start WHERE YOU GREW UP, YOUR ZIP CODE 11:35.295 --> 11:36.360 align:start IS AN INDICATOR OF YOUR FUTURE 11:36.363 --> 11:37.728 align:start SUCCESS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES 11:37.731 --> 11:42.833 align:start THAT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU. 11:42.836 --> 11:45.035 align:start SO WE NEED TO FACE THESE ISMS, 11:45.038 --> 11:45.969 align:start AND OUR OBLIGATION TO FIX THOSE. 11:45.972 --> 11:48.138 align:start I THINK THAT'S ONE THING. 11:48.141 --> 11:50.140 align:start I THINK THE OTHER THING IS JUST 11:50.143 --> 11:51.241 align:start CONTINUE TO FOSTER 11:51.244 --> 11:53.243 align:start ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND WE HAVE A 11:53.246 --> 11:58.816 align:start LOT OF FOOD ENTREPRENEURS IN THE 11:58.819 --> 11:59.149 align:start CITY OF GAS TRONMY HERE IN 11:59.152 --> 12:00.884 align:start TUCSON. 12:00.887 --> 12:03.721 align:start SO HOW CAN WE PARTNER WITH 12:03.724 --> 12:05.723 align:start ENTREPRENEURS TO BREAK THROUGH 12:05.726 --> 12:06.023 align:start WITH SUCCESS THEY'RE DREAMING 12:06.026 --> 12:08.592 align:start ABOUT. 12:08.595 --> 12:10.561 align:start >> THANKS FOR JOINING US. 12:10.564 --> 12:11.729 align:start >>> FOOD BANKS PROVIDE MEALS TO 12:11.732 --> 12:12.830 align:start A DIVERSE GROUP OF RESIDENTS AND 12:12.833 --> 12:14.098 align:start THERE'S ANOTHER SERVICE IN 12:14.101 --> 12:15.566 align:start SOUTHERN ARIZONA THAT FOCUSES ON 12:15.569 --> 12:16.200 align:start THOSE WHO ARE HOME-BOUND AND 12:16.203 --> 12:19.703 align:start CANNOT MAKE THEIR WAY TO 12:19.706 --> 12:21.338 align:start DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. 12:21.341 --> 12:23.307 align:start THE KITCHEN AT TUCSON MEDICAL 12:23.310 --> 12:24.541 align:start CENTER IS A BUSY OPERATION THAT 12:24.544 --> 12:28.045 align:start PREPARES THOUSANDS OF MEALS 12:28.048 --> 12:28.479 align:start EVERY WEEK FOR THE PATIENTS IN 12:28.482 --> 12:30.147 align:start THIS HOSPITAL. 12:30.150 --> 12:31.515 align:start BUT IN ADDITION TO FEEDING THE 12:31.518 --> 12:33.650 align:start PEOPLE WHO ARE COVERING HERE, 12:33.653 --> 12:35.486 align:start THE STAFF MEMBERS AT TMC ALSO 12:35.489 --> 12:36.920 align:start MAKE LUNCHES AND DINNERS FOR 12:36.923 --> 12:38.255 align:start RESIDENTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE 12:38.258 --> 12:40.791 align:start COMMUNITY, EVEN IF THEY HAVE 12:40.794 --> 12:42.726 align:start NEVER VISITED THIS FACILITY. 12:42.729 --> 12:44.461 align:start TMC IS ONE OF SEVERAL COMMUNITY 12:44.464 --> 12:45.462 align:start PARTNERS WITH MOBILE MEALS OF 12:45.465 --> 12:46.330 align:start SOUTHERN ARIZONA, AN 12:46.333 --> 12:48.565 align:start ORGANIZATION THAT WAS 12:48.568 --> 12:49.166 align:start ESTABLISHED IN TUCSON NEARLY 50 12:49.169 --> 12:52.836 align:start YEARS AGO. 12:52.839 --> 12:56.039 align:start >> WE'RE ACTUALLY A LOCALLY 12:56.042 --> 12:58.742 align:start FOUNDED NONPROFIT, AND WE WERE 12:58.745 --> 13:00.677 align:start CREATED WITH ONE SIMPLE PURPOSE, 13:00.680 --> 13:02.646 align:start WHICH IS TO KEEP HOMEBOUND 13:02.649 --> 13:04.848 align:start ELDERLY AND DISABLED ADULTS IN 13:04.851 --> 13:05.149 align:start OUR COMMUNITY IN THEIR OWN 13:05.152 --> 13:08.485 align:start HOMES. 13:08.488 --> 13:11.555 align:start MOBILE MEALS PROVIDES DAILY FOOD 13:11.558 --> 13:13.257 align:start THAT IS DELIVERED TO THEIR 13:13.260 --> 13:17.194 align:start HOMES, AND EACH MEAL IS PREPARED 13:17.197 --> 13:18.095 align:start TO MEET THEIR SPECIFIC DIETARY 13:18.098 --> 13:19.062 align:start NEEDS, WHICH MAKES THIS VERY 13:19.065 --> 13:21.431 align:start DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PROGRAMS IN 13:21.434 --> 13:21.765 align:start THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE 13:21.768 --> 13:23.467 align:start COUNTRY. 13:23.470 --> 13:25.469 align:start >> BY WORKING WITH THE MEDICAL 13:25.472 --> 13:26.870 align:start CENTER, MOBILE MEALS GETS A 13:26.873 --> 13:28.472 align:start LARGE KITCHEN AND STAFF ALONG 13:28.475 --> 13:32.776 align:start WITH THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS AND 13:32.779 --> 13:34.211 align:start EXPERTISE FOR THE FOOD THAT GOES 13:34.214 --> 13:36.747 align:start OUT. 13:36.750 --> 13:38.115 align:start THE FOOD AND NUTRITION PATIENT 13:38.118 --> 13:38.982 align:start SERVICES MANAGE IS A BOARD 13:38.985 --> 13:40.918 align:start MEMBER FOR MOBILE MEALS. 13:40.921 --> 13:42.219 align:start >> MOBILE MEALS SENDS US A LIST 13:42.222 --> 13:44.321 align:start EVERY WEEKS OF THE CLIENTS AND 13:44.324 --> 13:44.888 align:start ALL THEIR NEEDS, THEIR SPECIAL 13:44.891 --> 13:46.490 align:start DIETARY NEEDS. 13:46.493 --> 13:47.925 align:start WE COLLABORATE WITH OUR COOK TO 13:47.928 --> 13:50.460 align:start SEE WHAT THEY'RE MAKING ON THE 13:50.463 --> 13:53.197 align:start MENU, AND THEN WE MAKE A LITTLE 13:53.200 --> 13:54.131 align:start TICKET THAT HAS VERY DETAILED 13:54.134 --> 13:55.799 align:start INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLIENT AND 13:55.802 --> 13:56.400 align:start WHAT THEY CAN HAVE, WHAT THEY 13:56.403 --> 13:58.502 align:start CAN EAT. 13:58.505 --> 14:00.003 align:start >> ONCE THE FOOD IS READY TO GO, 14:00.006 --> 14:01.405 align:start A GROUP OF ESSENTIAL MOBILE 14:01.408 --> 14:02.940 align:start MEALS VOLUNTEERS IS IN CHARGE OF 14:02.943 --> 14:04.508 align:start THE DELIVERIES. 14:04.511 --> 14:06.210 align:start EACH HAS A SPECIFIC ROUTE AND 14:06.213 --> 14:09.213 align:start NUMBER OF CLIENTS. 14:09.216 --> 14:09.580 align:start >> THE OFFICE IS WONDERFUL FOR 14:09.583 --> 14:11.682 align:start ONE THING. 14:11.685 --> 14:12.015 align:start THE GIRLS ARE VERY, VERY 14:12.018 --> 14:12.950 align:start HELPFUL. 14:12.953 --> 14:13.350 align:start YOU JUST NEVER HAVE A PROBLEM 14:13.353 --> 14:15.485 align:start WITH THEM. 14:15.488 --> 14:16.854 align:start AND THE CLIENTS, CUSTOMERS, 14:16.857 --> 14:18.956 align:start FRIENDS, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO SAY 14:18.959 --> 14:19.556 align:start IT, THEY ARE ALWAYS SO EXCITED 14:19.559 --> 14:21.491 align:start TO SEE SOMEBODY. 14:21.494 --> 14:23.193 align:start I MEAN I COULD PROBABLY SHOW UP 14:23.196 --> 14:25.329 align:start WITHOUT A MEAL, AND THEY WOULD 14:25.332 --> 14:27.297 align:start STILL BE WANTING TO CHAT BECAUSE 14:27.300 --> 14:29.933 align:start SOMETIMES THAT'S THE ONLY PERSON 14:29.936 --> 14:32.269 align:start THEY SEE DURING THE DAY. 14:32.272 --> 14:32.803 align:start AND IT'S THE CONNECTION TO THE 14:32.806 --> 14:34.738 align:start OUTSIDE WORLD. 14:34.741 --> 14:36.974 align:start >> IT'S KIND OF HEARTWARMING IN 14:36.977 --> 14:40.410 align:start A WAY, YOU KNOW. 14:40.413 --> 14:41.178 align:start IT'S ALMOST SELFISH BECAUSE YOU 14:41.181 --> 14:42.980 align:start FEEL REALLY GOOD WHEN YOU'RE 14:42.983 --> 14:44.581 align:start DONE DOING YOUR DELIVERIES. 14:44.584 --> 14:46.817 align:start YOU FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT WHAT 14:46.820 --> 14:47.517 align:start YOU DID, AND YOU MAKE FRIENDS. 14:47.520 --> 14:49.152 align:start ANYBODY CAN DO IT. 14:49.155 --> 14:50.954 align:start LIKE I USUALLY TAKE MY LUNCH 14:50.957 --> 14:52.656 align:start BREAK AND THEN DO MY DELIVERIES. 14:52.659 --> 14:53.724 align:start I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF 14:53.727 --> 14:54.958 align:start MORE PEOPLE GOT INVOLVED. 14:54.961 --> 14:56.793 align:start I MEAN THEY DEFINITELY NEED IT. 14:56.796 --> 14:58.328 align:start >> CURRENTLY MOBILE MEALS SERVES 14:58.331 --> 15:00.297 align:start MORE THAN 200 RESIDENTS PER DAY, 15:00.300 --> 15:02.165 align:start AND FOR MOST OF THEM, THE 15:02.168 --> 15:02.532 align:start SUSTENANCE IS VITAL FOR THEIR 15:02.535 --> 15:03.500 align:start SURVIVAL. 15:03.503 --> 15:07.337 align:start >> THE MAJORITY OF CLIENTS THAT 15:07.340 --> 15:07.738 align:start ARE SERVED BY MOBILE MEALS ARE 15:07.741 --> 15:10.140 align:start LOW-INCOME. 15:10.143 --> 15:13.010 align:start IN FACT, RIGHT NOW, 93% OF OUR 15:13.013 --> 15:15.612 align:start CLIENTS ARE LOW-INCOME. 15:15.615 --> 15:18.782 align:start AND 50% OF OUR CLIENTS ARE 15:18.785 --> 15:21.251 align:start ACTUALLY EXTREMELY LOW-INCOME 15:21.254 --> 15:23.053 align:start WITH A MONTHLY INCOME OF LESS 15:23.056 --> 15:24.554 align:start THAN $900 A MONTH. 15:24.557 --> 15:28.258 align:start >> TUCSON RESIDENT CARL SAUNDERS 15:28.261 --> 15:30.627 align:start IS ONE OF THESE PEOPLE. 15:30.630 --> 15:32.529 align:start >> IF PEOPLE WERE WORKING AT A 15:32.532 --> 15:35.565 align:start NORMAL JOB DURING MY WORKING 15:35.568 --> 15:39.102 align:start YEARS, THEY WOULD BE MAKING $40 15:39.105 --> 15:40.737 align:start TO $50 A WEEK, AND THAT DON'T 15:40.740 --> 15:41.939 align:start LEAVE MUCH SOCIAL SECURITY 15:41.942 --> 15:43.140 align:start BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT PUTTING 15:43.143 --> 15:44.741 align:start HARDLY ANYTHING INTO IT. 15:44.744 --> 15:45.943 align:start >> SAUNDERS USED MUCH OF HIS 15:45.946 --> 15:47.678 align:start SAVINGS TO BUY A MOBILE HOME 15:47.681 --> 15:48.145 align:start WHEN HE MOVED TO ARIZONA A FEW 15:48.148 --> 15:50.013 align:start YEARS AGO. 15:50.016 --> 15:52.182 align:start HE DEPENDS ON A SOCIAL SECURITY 15:52.185 --> 15:56.787 align:start CHECK OF ABOUT $700 EACH MONTH 15:56.790 --> 16:00.457 align:start TO MAKE ENDS MEET. 16:00.460 --> 16:03.894 align:start >> I OWN THIS TRAILER, BUT JUST 16:03.897 --> 16:07.331 align:start FOR THE LOT RENTAL AND THE 16:07.334 --> 16:09.232 align:start UTILITIES, IT TAKES UP A LITTLE 16:09.235 --> 16:10.067 align:start BIT MORE THAN WHAT MY SOCIAL 16:10.070 --> 16:12.636 align:start SECURITY IS. 16:12.639 --> 16:14.204 align:start SO I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT LEFT IN 16:14.207 --> 16:16.807 align:start MY SAVINGS, AND THAT'S WHERE THE 16:16.810 --> 16:20.444 align:start EXTRA MONEY COMES FROM. 16:20.447 --> 16:21.044 align:start AND IT'S GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO 16:21.047 --> 16:24.147 align:start BEING GONE. 16:24.150 --> 16:25.549 align:start >> SAUNDERS IS A KOREAN WAR 16:25.552 --> 16:26.817 align:start VETERAN, SO HE IS GRATEFUL THAT 16:26.820 --> 16:27.851 align:start HIS MEDICAL COSTS ARE COVERS BY 16:27.854 --> 16:30.187 align:start THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION. 16:30.190 --> 16:31.588 align:start HE USED TO PREPARE MOST OF HIS 16:31.591 --> 16:32.756 align:start FOOD, BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND 16:32.759 --> 16:34.157 align:start DINNER, BUT NOW THAT HE CAN 16:34.160 --> 16:36.393 align:start HARDLY STAND UP, HE DISCOVERED 16:36.396 --> 16:38.729 align:start THE FOOD DELIVERY SERVICE. 16:38.732 --> 16:40.731 align:start HIS COST, 50 CENTS PER MEAL. 16:40.734 --> 16:41.932 align:start >> IT'S AS GOOD AS YOU CAN GET 16:41.935 --> 16:45.435 align:start IN ANY RESTAURANT THAN TOWN, 16:45.438 --> 16:50.874 align:start BETTER THAN A LOT OF THEM. 16:50.877 --> 16:51.808 align:start SO IT'S -- IT'S BEEN A LIFESAVER 16:51.811 --> 16:54.811 align:start REALLY. 16:54.814 --> 16:58.548 align:start >> I THINK TUCSON IS VERY 16:58.551 --> 17:00.384 align:start UNIQUE, PIMA COUNTY IS VERY 17:00.387 --> 17:00.984 align:start UNIQUE IN TERMS OF ITS ABILITY 17:00.987 --> 17:03.186 align:start TO RECOVER. 17:03.189 --> 17:05.522 align:start WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN ONE OF 17:05.525 --> 17:08.258 align:start THE POOREST CITIES IN THE 17:08.261 --> 17:10.460 align:start COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, IN THE REST 17:10.463 --> 17:11.695 align:start OF THE COUNTRY, ONE IN FIVE 17:11.698 --> 17:13.563 align:start CHILDREN LIVE IN POVERTY. 17:13.566 --> 17:14.765 align:start HERE IN TUCSON, THAT NUMBER CAN 17:14.768 --> 17:16.366 align:start BE ONE IN THREE. 17:16.369 --> 17:16.666 align:start THAT GOES FOR OUR RESULTS AS 17:16.669 --> 17:19.770 align:start WELL. 17:19.773 --> 17:20.103 align:start WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT AS 17:20.106 --> 17:21.571 align:start MUCH. 17:21.574 --> 17:22.272 align:start >> I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE MORE 17:22.275 --> 17:23.807 align:start INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY. 17:23.810 --> 17:24.241 align:start I FIGURED THIS WOULD BE A GREAT 17:24.244 --> 17:26.276 align:start WAY. 17:26.279 --> 17:29.379 align:start THEN ALSO I THINK IT HELPS 17:29.382 --> 17:32.015 align:start INSPIRE OUR KIDS TO DO SOMETHING 17:32.018 --> 17:34.384 align:start FOR OTHERS AS WELL. 17:34.387 --> 17:36.219 align:start I ALWAYS TRY AND HAVE THEM HELP 17:36.222 --> 17:37.454 align:start NO MATTER WHEN OR WHAT. 17:37.457 --> 17:38.188 align:start IF THEY SEE SOMETHING, ALWAYS 17:38.191 --> 17:40.157 align:start TRY AND HELP SOMEBODY. 17:40.160 --> 17:41.992 align:start >> WHEN I DECIDED TO BECOME A 17:41.995 --> 17:43.193 align:start BOARD MEMBER, I DIDN'T KNOW 17:43.196 --> 17:43.960 align:start EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING TO 17:43.963 --> 17:45.395 align:start HAPPEN. 17:45.398 --> 17:46.997 align:start BUT IT'S BEEN -- I'VE BEEN ABLE 17:47.000 --> 17:48.165 align:start TO MEET A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE IN 17:48.168 --> 17:50.934 align:start THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE VERY 17:50.937 --> 17:53.503 align:start COMMITTED TO TUCSON AND WANT TO 17:53.506 --> 17:54.237 align:start SEE TUCSON PROSPER. 17:54.240 --> 17:54.538 align:start SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S REALLY ALL 17:54.541 --> 17:55.839 align:start ABOUT. 17:55.842 --> 17:56.773 align:start >> WE'VE HEARD ABOUT VERY LARGE 17:56.776 --> 17:58.508 align:start PROGRAMS THAT ARE FEEDING 17:58.511 --> 17:59.443 align:start RESIDENTS IN PHOENIX AND TUCSON, 17:59.446 --> 18:01.344 align:start AND NOW WE'LL LEARN ABOUT 18:01.347 --> 18:03.680 align:start ANOTHER FACILITY THAT FOCUSES ON 18:03.683 --> 18:04.247 align:start A NEIGHBORHOOD HERE IN THE OLD 18:04.250 --> 18:07.384 align:start PUEBLO. 18:07.387 --> 18:09.219 align:start JOINING US IS BRIAN FLAGG. 18:09.222 --> 18:11.088 align:start HE'S BEEN LIVING IN TUCSON FOR 18:11.091 --> 18:13.290 align:start MORE THAN THREE DECADES. 18:13.293 --> 18:14.024 align:start BRIAN, MANY PEOPLE HAVE HEARD OF 18:14.027 --> 18:16.460 align:start YOU AND CASA MARIA. 18:16.463 --> 18:20.097 align:start WHAT IS THIS FACILITY ALL ABOUT? 18:20.100 --> 18:21.031 align:start >> CASA MARIA IS THE WORKER 18:21.034 --> 18:22.265 align:start HOUSE IN TUCSON. 18:22.268 --> 18:24.968 align:start EVERY DAY WE SEEK TO PRACTICE 18:24.971 --> 18:25.469 align:start THE WORKS OF MERCY AND THE WORKS 18:25.472 --> 18:28.271 align:start OF JUSTICE. 18:28.274 --> 18:30.340 align:start THAT TURNS INTO US SERVING FOOD 18:30.343 --> 18:33.243 align:start EVERY SINGLE MORNING OF THE YEAR 18:33.246 --> 18:33.910 align:start EXCEPT THANKSGIVING AND 18:33.913 --> 18:37.214 align:start CHRISTMAS. 18:37.217 --> 18:39.249 align:start WE SERVE 450 BAG LUNCHES EVERY 18:39.252 --> 18:42.352 align:start DAY TO PEOPLE ALL MORNING LONG, 18:42.355 --> 18:44.588 align:start AND WE ALSO SERVE FAMILY FOOD 18:44.591 --> 18:46.256 align:start BAGS TO 150 FAMILIES THAT LIVE 18:46.259 --> 18:48.291 align:start MOSTLY IN THE SOUTH TUCSON AREA 18:48.294 --> 18:49.759 align:start WHERE WE'RE LOCATED. 18:49.762 --> 18:51.361 align:start AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE, IT 18:51.364 --> 18:54.364 align:start SEEMS TO ME, ARE FALLING INTO 18:54.367 --> 18:58.502 align:start THE RANKS OF POVERTY AND 18:58.505 --> 19:00.737 align:start HOMELESS AND ARE FACED WITH THE 19:00.740 --> 19:02.405 align:start NECESSITY OF GOING TO A SOUP 19:02.408 --> 19:04.174 align:start KITCHEN TO GET FOOD. 19:04.177 --> 19:06.309 align:start SOME PEOPLE SAY, OH, THAT'S 19:06.312 --> 19:07.544 align:start WONDERFUL, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT. 19:07.547 --> 19:09.980 align:start IT'S SAD. 19:09.983 --> 19:11.615 align:start IT'S INHERENTLY UNDIGNIFIED TO 19:11.618 --> 19:16.119 align:start GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN, TO REALLY 19:16.122 --> 19:16.486 align:start HAVE TO GO BEG IN ANY SOCIAL 19:16.489 --> 19:17.487 align:start SERVICES. 19:17.490 --> 19:19.890 align:start WE'RE THERE EVERY DAY AND TRY TO 19:19.893 --> 19:22.859 align:start KNOW PEOPLE AND SERVE PEOPLE AND 19:22.862 --> 19:26.229 align:start TALK TO THEM AND ORGANIZE, AND 19:26.232 --> 19:26.897 align:start WE SEEK TO CHANGE TUCSON, CHANGE 19:26.900 --> 19:28.632 align:start ARIZONA. 19:28.635 --> 19:30.233 align:start >> YOU MENTIONED TWO GROUPS OF 19:30.236 --> 19:31.501 align:start PEOPLE, FAMILIES AND HOMELESS. 19:31.504 --> 19:32.369 align:start LET'S BEGIN WITH THE FIRST ONE. 19:32.372 --> 19:33.870 align:start LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FAMILIES 19:33.873 --> 19:35.605 align:start AND THE CHILDREN THAT SHOW UP. 19:35.608 --> 19:36.740 align:start >> YEAH. 19:36.743 --> 19:37.941 align:start >> WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY 19:37.944 --> 19:38.341 align:start ABOUT THAT SEGMENT OF THE 19:38.344 --> 19:40.677 align:start POPULATION? 19:40.680 --> 19:42.512 align:start >> WHEN I FIRST CAME TO TUCSON 19:42.515 --> 19:43.046 align:start IN 1983, WE SERVED 90 PEOPLE, 19:43.049 --> 19:45.949 align:start MOSTLY SINGLE MEN. 19:45.952 --> 19:46.816 align:start THE NUMBERS HAVE GONE UP AND UP 19:46.819 --> 19:51.054 align:start AND UP. 19:51.057 --> 19:56.326 align:start SO IT'S BEEN MORE AND MORE AND 19:56.329 --> 19:57.694 align:start MORE FAMILIES THAT NEED TO COME. 19:57.697 --> 20:00.163 align:start PEOPLE CANNOT -- WITH THE AMOUNT 20:00.166 --> 20:02.332 align:start OF MONEY THAT THEY'RE PAID F 20:02.335 --> 20:02.632 align:start THEY FIND A JOB, LIKE MAKE ENDS 20:02.635 --> 20:04.801 align:start MEET. 20:04.804 --> 20:07.871 align:start AND IT'S REALLY NOT RIGHT. 20:07.874 --> 20:09.072 align:start SO WE'RE THERE TO FILL IN THE 20:09.075 --> 20:09.773 align:start SPOTS, YOU KNOW, AND ESPECIALLY 20:09.776 --> 20:12.175 align:start WITH FOOD. 20:12.178 --> 20:13.743 align:start WE ALSO HAVE A CLOTHES ROOM. 20:13.746 --> 20:16.279 align:start PEOPLE COME CUT HAIR. 20:16.282 --> 20:19.449 align:start WE HAD A LEGAL CLINIC THERE FOR 20:19.452 --> 20:20.984 align:start A YEAR, A RIO HOMELESS HEALTH 20:20.987 --> 20:21.618 align:start CARE CLINIC IS ON SITE TWO DAYS 20:21.621 --> 20:23.186 align:start A WEEK. 20:23.189 --> 20:24.521 align:start SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS 20:24.524 --> 20:26.022 align:start COME INTO PLAY THERE. 20:26.025 --> 20:28.358 align:start THE BUS RIDER UNION HAS COME OUT 20:28.361 --> 20:30.193 align:start OF THERE, AND THAT'S WHY PEOPLE 20:30.196 --> 20:31.761 align:start NEED TO COME TOGETHER, 20:31.764 --> 20:33.830 align:start ESPECIALLY PEOPLE OF FAITH TO 20:33.833 --> 20:34.631 align:start LIKE LIVE OUT THEIR VALUES AND 20:34.634 --> 20:35.665 align:start CHANGE THINGS. 20:35.668 --> 20:36.132 align:start THERE'S NO REASON IT SHOULD BE 20:36.135 --> 20:38.668 align:start THIS WAY. 20:38.671 --> 20:40.237 align:start THIS IS A WEALTHY COUNTRY, AND 20:40.240 --> 20:42.772 align:start THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY TO HAVE 20:42.775 --> 20:44.407 align:start DECENT HOUSING, TO HAVE FULL 20:44.410 --> 20:46.509 align:start EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE, TO HAVE 20:46.512 --> 20:47.611 align:start ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, 20:47.614 --> 20:49.713 align:start ALL THAT STUFF. 20:49.716 --> 20:51.214 align:start SO, YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN THE 20:51.217 --> 20:52.782 align:start MOMENT LIKE SERVING PEOPLE FOOD 20:52.785 --> 20:55.885 align:start TO KEEP THEM ALIVE TODAY. 20:55.888 --> 20:57.988 align:start BUT WE SEEK TO ORGANIZE PEOPLE 20:57.991 --> 20:59.689 align:start TO STAND, TO MAKE A MORE 20:59.692 --> 21:00.223 align:start DIGNIFIED WORLD, A MORE 21:00.226 --> 21:01.591 align:start DIGNIFIED SITUATION. 21:01.594 --> 21:03.059 align:start I HEAR ALL THESE REPORTS ABOUT 21:03.062 --> 21:03.927 align:start THE ECONOMY IS BETTER, THE 21:03.930 --> 21:05.996 align:start ECONOMY IS BETTER. 21:05.999 --> 21:06.763 align:start BUT I DON'T SEE IT IN MY 21:06.766 --> 21:08.698 align:start NEIGHBORHOOD AT ALL. 21:08.701 --> 21:10.767 align:start I SEE PEOPLE HAVING TO COME TO 21:10.770 --> 21:12.702 align:start THE SOUP KITCHEN TO GET FOOD TO 21:12.705 --> 21:14.604 align:start SURVIVE FOR THEM AND THEIR KIDS. 21:14.607 --> 21:16.306 align:start SO THE QUESTION IS, YEAH, THE 21:16.309 --> 21:16.606 align:start ECONOMY MIGHT BE BETTER, BUT FOR 21:16.609 --> 21:18.208 align:start WHOM? 21:18.211 --> 21:20.210 align:start I WOULD SAY IF YOU OWN STOCKS 21:20.213 --> 21:22.245 align:start AND BONDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, 21:22.248 --> 21:27.384 align:start IT'S GETTING BETTER FOR YOU. 21:27.387 --> 21:28.652 align:start BUT NOBODY JUST COMES TO THE 21:28.655 --> 21:29.386 align:start SOUP KITCHEN BECAUSE THEY WANT 21:29.389 --> 21:29.653 align:start SOUP KITCHEN BECAUSE THEY WANT 21:29.656 --> 21:30.387 align:start TO. 21:30.390 --> 21:30.654 align:start YOU COME THERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE 21:30.657 --> 21:31.454 align:start TO. 21:31.457 --> 21:32.088 align:start >> DO YOU DEPEND ON VOLUNTEERS 21:32.091 --> 21:32.689 align:start AND DONATIONS? 21:32.692 --> 21:34.157 align:start >> YEAH. 21:34.160 --> 21:36.159 align:start YOU KNOW, IT'S A BLESSING DOING 21:36.162 --> 21:40.530 align:start THIS WORK IN TUCSON BECAUSE 21:40.533 --> 21:41.898 align:start TUCSON IS A REALLY PROGRESSIVE 21:41.901 --> 21:44.067 align:start AND COMPASSIONATE PLACE. 21:44.070 --> 21:44.434 align:start WE EXIST ENTIRELY ON PRIVATE 21:44.437 --> 21:46.536 align:start DONATIONS. 21:46.539 --> 21:46.936 align:start WE DON'T GET ANY MONEY FROM THE 21:46.939 --> 21:49.172 align:start GOVERNMENT. 21:49.175 --> 21:51.808 align:start LIKE ALL CATHOLIC WORKER HOUSES. 21:51.811 --> 21:54.377 align:start SO WE DEPEND ON PEOPLE TO GIVE 21:54.380 --> 21:57.080 align:start US MONEY, TO BRING THEIR OLD 21:57.083 --> 21:57.414 align:start CLOTHES, TO HELP US IN THE SOUP 21:57.417 --> 22:00.317 align:start KITCHEN. 22:00.320 --> 22:01.551 align:start SO WE'RE ALWAYS IN NEED OF 22:01.554 --> 22:03.286 align:start VOLUNTEERS EVERY SINGLE MORNING 22:03.289 --> 22:05.789 align:start OF THE YEAR BUT THANKSGIVING AND 22:05.792 --> 22:07.757 align:start CHRISTMAS, 8:30 TO 11:30. 22:07.760 --> 22:08.958 align:start WE NEED PEOPLE TO COME AND HELP 22:08.961 --> 22:10.994 align:start US IN THE SOUP KITCHEN. 22:10.997 --> 22:13.063 align:start AND IF PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE WHAT 22:13.066 --> 22:14.397 align:start I'M SAYING ABOUT HOW BAD IT IS, 22:14.400 --> 22:17.033 align:start HOW MANY PEOPLE THERE ARE OR 22:17.036 --> 22:19.302 align:start HAVE QUESTIONS, WELL, COME DOWN. 22:19.305 --> 22:19.969 align:start 25th STREET AND 3rd AVENUE. 22:19.972 --> 22:21.171 align:start HELP US OUT. 22:21.174 --> 22:23.173 align:start TALK TO ME. 22:23.176 --> 22:25.342 align:start TALK TO EVERYBODY ELSE AROUND. 22:25.345 --> 22:27.043 align:start YOU KNOW, IT'S A STANDING 22:27.046 --> 22:30.747 align:start INVITATION TO THE COMMUNITY TO 22:30.750 --> 22:31.047 align:start COME AND GET INVOLVED IN OUR 22:31.050 --> 22:33.249 align:start PLACE. 22:33.252 --> 22:33.550 align:start >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING 22:33.553 --> 22:34.284 align:start HERE. 22:34.287 --> 22:36.119 align:start >> THANK YOU, TONY. 22:36.122 --> 22:37.554 align:start >>> A SHORTAGE OF FOOD IS JUST 22:37.557 --> 22:38.088 align:start ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AFFECTING 22:38.091 --> 22:39.322 align:start THE POOR. 22:39.325 --> 22:40.890 align:start AS PROPERTY VALUES CONTINUE TO 22:40.893 --> 22:42.559 align:start RISE, IT BECOMES INCREASINGLY 22:42.562 --> 22:43.293 align:start DIFFICULT FOR MANY PEOPLE TO 22:43.296 --> 22:45.628 align:start PURCHASE A HOME. 22:45.631 --> 22:48.031 align:start FOR MORE ON THAT, WE ARE JOINED 22:48.034 --> 22:50.834 align:start BY THE CEO OF HABITAT FOR 22:50.837 --> 22:53.203 align:start HUMANITY, TUCSON. 22:53.206 --> 22:55.071 align:start WITH HER IS A WOMAN WHO RECENTLY 22:55.074 --> 22:56.639 align:start MOVED INTO HER BRAND-NEW HOUSE. 22:56.642 --> 22:58.641 align:start >> IT WAS ESTABLISHED ABOUT FIVE 22:58.644 --> 22:59.309 align:start YEARS AFTER THE FIRST HABITAT 22:59.312 --> 23:01.778 align:start HOUSE WAS BUILT. 23:01.781 --> 23:02.412 align:start SO WE HAD AN AFFILIATE HERE 23:02.415 --> 23:05.849 align:start STARTING IN 1980. 23:05.852 --> 23:07.417 align:start SINCE 1980, WE'VE BUILT CLOSE TO 23:07.420 --> 23:08.852 align:start 450 HOUSES, INCLUDING THE HOUSES 23:08.855 --> 23:12.455 align:start WE HAVE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 23:12.458 --> 23:13.757 align:start IT TOOK US 29 YEARS TO BUILD OUR 23:13.760 --> 23:15.325 align:start FIRST 100 HOUSES, AND WE'VE 23:15.328 --> 23:15.759 align:start BUILT ALL THE REST IN THE LAST 23:15.762 --> 23:16.993 align:start 11 YEARS. 23:16.996 --> 23:18.728 align:start SO WE'RE DOING QUITE WELL. 23:18.731 --> 23:20.697 align:start >> HOW DOES THE PROGRAM WORK? 23:20.700 --> 23:22.165 align:start >> WE LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, 23:22.168 --> 23:22.465 align:start GREAT, YOU'RE GETTING A HABITAT 23:22.468 --> 23:24.868 align:start HOUSE. 23:24.871 --> 23:25.268 align:start OH, NO, YOU'RE GETTING A HABITAT 23:25.271 --> 23:26.903 align:start HOUSE. 23:26.906 --> 23:27.670 align:start HABITAT HOME BUYERS PURCHASE THE 23:27.673 --> 23:29.706 align:start HOUSE FROM US. 23:29.709 --> 23:30.740 align:start THEY PAY THE MARKET RATE OR THE 23:30.743 --> 23:32.942 align:start APPRAISED VALUE OF THE HOUSE. 23:32.945 --> 23:34.677 align:start BUT THEY BUY THE HOUSE WITH -- 23:34.680 --> 23:35.979 align:start THERE'S NO DOWN PAYMENT REQUIRED 23:35.982 --> 23:38.748 align:start ALTHOUGH THEY DO SAVE MONEY 23:38.751 --> 23:40.483 align:start WHILE THEY'RE IN THE PROGRAM, 23:40.486 --> 23:41.518 align:start AND SOME GET DOWN PAYMENT 23:41.521 --> 23:44.220 align:start ASSISTANCE THROUGH PROGRAMS. 23:44.223 --> 23:46.256 align:start AND THEN THEY PAY A ZERO PERCENT 23:46.259 --> 23:48.491 align:start MORTGAGE, AND THEY PAY THAT OVER 23:48.494 --> 23:49.392 align:start THE LIFE SPAN CALCULATED ON 23:49.395 --> 23:51.561 align:start ONE-THIRD OF THEIR INCOME. 23:51.564 --> 23:53.563 align:start SO IN MOST CASES, IT'S LESS THAN 23:53.566 --> 23:54.130 align:start THE RENTER PAYING ON A 23:54.133 --> 23:55.665 align:start SUBSTANDARD APARTMENT. 23:55.668 --> 23:57.100 align:start >> OKAY. 23:57.103 --> 23:57.567 align:start THAT'S REALLY NICE. 23:57.570 --> 23:58.001 align:start CONGRATULATIONS. 23:58.004 --> 23:59.335 align:start >> THANK YOU. 23:59.338 --> 23:59.636 align:start >> YOU GOT INTO YOUR HOUSE LAST 23:59.639 --> 24:01.104 align:start YEAR. 24:01.107 --> 24:02.605 align:start CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT HOW THAT 24:02.608 --> 24:06.176 align:start JOURNEY BEGAN FOR YOU, PLEASE? 24:06.179 --> 24:08.011 align:start >> WELL, I WORK FOR HEAD START, 24:08.014 --> 24:09.045 align:start AND I WAS DOING A HOME VISIT 24:09.048 --> 24:10.713 align:start WITH ONE OF THE FAMILIES. 24:10.716 --> 24:13.183 align:start SHE JUST GOT A NEW HOME. 24:13.186 --> 24:13.983 align:start AND I ASKED HER, AND SHE SAID 24:13.986 --> 24:15.485 align:start THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE 24:15.488 --> 24:15.785 align:start BUILDING SOME HOMES BEHIND HER 24:15.788 --> 24:19.122 align:start HOUSE. 24:19.125 --> 24:20.089 align:start SO I DECIDED TO GO AND APPLY, 24:20.092 --> 24:21.524 align:start AND HERE I AM. 24:21.527 --> 24:25.228 align:start I GOT MY HOUSE. 24:25.231 --> 24:25.995 align:start AND I'M VERY HAPPY. 24:25.998 --> 24:27.697 align:start IT'S WONDERFUL. 24:27.700 --> 24:29.065 align:start I ENJOY BEING FROM. 24:29.068 --> 24:30.800 align:start >> SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR 24:30.803 --> 24:32.635 align:start YOU HAVING YOUR OWN HOME VERSUS 24:32.638 --> 24:34.571 align:start PERHAPS RENTING FOR THE REST OF 24:34.574 --> 24:35.672 align:start YOUR LIFE OR MAYBE GETTING A 24:35.675 --> 24:39.008 align:start VERY SUBSTANDARD HOUSE THAT YOU 24:39.011 --> 24:42.912 align:start COULD AFFORD? 24:42.915 --> 24:46.382 align:start >> I'M VERY HAPPY BECAUSE I CAN 24:46.385 --> 24:49.118 align:start PAY THE MORTGAGE, AND BEFORE I 24:49.121 --> 24:50.086 align:start WAS MOVING A LOT WITH MY TWO 24:50.089 --> 24:52.822 align:start DAUGHTERS. 24:52.825 --> 24:53.122 align:start AND I WAS LIVING IN A MOBILE 24:53.125 --> 24:57.327 align:start HOME. 24:57.330 --> 24:57.694 align:start IT WAS -- TO GET A HOUSE, IT'S 24:57.697 --> 24:59.562 align:start EXCITING. 24:59.565 --> 25:00.263 align:start I'M REALLY HAPPY, AND I'M REALLY 25:00.266 --> 25:01.464 align:start THANKFUL FOR THIS PROGRAM. 25:01.467 --> 25:03.800 align:start >> WHAT DID YOU THINK AS YOU 25:03.803 --> 25:05.368 align:start WERE HAMMERING AND WALKING 25:05.371 --> 25:07.570 align:start AROUND WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT, AND 25:07.573 --> 25:09.105 align:start I'M SURE THERE WERE A LOT OF 25:09.108 --> 25:09.939 align:start FIVE-GALLON BUCKETS INVOLVED IN 25:09.942 --> 25:10.707 align:start THE CONSTRUCTION. 25:10.710 --> 25:11.007 align:start WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR 25:11.010 --> 25:13.176 align:start MIND? 25:13.179 --> 25:15.245 align:start >> I DO A LOT OF LANDSCAPING, 25:15.248 --> 25:15.545 align:start AND NOW I PLANTED MY OWN CITRUS 25:15.548 --> 25:16.779 align:start TREES. 25:16.782 --> 25:20.183 align:start I HAVE LIKE FOUR OF THEM. 25:20.186 --> 25:23.720 align:start THEY'RE GROWING NOW, AND I'M 25:23.723 --> 25:26.556 align:start JUST EXCITED BECAUSE I LEARNED 25:26.559 --> 25:29.192 align:start HOW TO DO ALL OF THESE THINGS. 25:29.195 --> 25:30.660 align:start AND I'M NOT AFRAID TO PUT A NAIL 25:30.663 --> 25:32.228 align:start IN MY HOUSE. 25:32.231 --> 25:32.662 align:start >> YOU'RE FEELING A LOT OF 25:32.665 --> 25:34.364 align:start INDEPENDENCE. 25:34.367 --> 25:36.232 align:start >> YES, A LOT. 25:36.235 --> 25:38.601 align:start >> THEN FINALLY, MOVING FORWARD, 25:38.604 --> 25:39.602 align:start WE WERE TALKING AHEAD OF THIS 25:39.605 --> 25:41.504 align:start INTERVIEW, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT 25:41.507 --> 25:43.139 align:start TO FIND AFFORDABLE PROPERTIES IN 25:43.142 --> 25:44.541 align:start ORDER TO BUILD THE HOUSES 25:44.544 --> 25:46.643 align:start NOWADAYS BECAUSE, AS WE'VE BEEN 25:46.646 --> 25:48.111 align:start SAYING IN THIS SHOW, PROPERTY 25:48.114 --> 25:49.078 align:start VALUES ARE RISING AND MORE 25:49.081 --> 25:49.479 align:start PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN BUYING 25:49.482 --> 25:50.613 align:start A HOME. 25:50.616 --> 25:52.815 align:start >> YEAH, PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED 25:52.818 --> 25:53.283 align:start IN BUYING A HOME, AND RENTS ARE 25:53.286 --> 25:54.884 align:start GOING UP. 25:54.887 --> 25:57.687 align:start JUST THIS PAST YEAR, RENT HAS 25:57.690 --> 25:59.589 align:start GONE UP 4% ACROSS TUCSON, WHICH 25:59.592 --> 26:01.991 align:start MAKES THE HOUSING CRISIS EVEN 26:01.994 --> 26:04.160 align:start WORSE FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES 26:04.163 --> 26:05.461 align:start THAT HAD RELIED ON RENTAL 26:05.464 --> 26:08.798 align:start PROPERTIES IN THE PAST. 26:08.801 --> 26:09.866 align:start AND WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF LAND. 26:09.869 --> 26:10.533 align:start COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS ARE 26:10.536 --> 26:12.669 align:start RUNNING OUT OF LAND. 26:12.672 --> 26:15.738 align:start AS YOU KNOW, BUILDING HAS GONE 26:15.741 --> 26:17.407 align:start KIND OF NUTSO AGAIN IN TUCSON. 26:17.410 --> 26:19.075 align:start WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME 26:19.078 --> 26:21.244 align:start THAT HAPPENED. 26:21.247 --> 26:23.813 align:start WE'RE TRYING TO FIND LAND. 26:23.816 --> 26:26.182 align:start OF COURSE WE ALWAYS NEED 26:26.185 --> 26:27.684 align:start VOLUNTEERS AND DONATIONS. 26:27.687 --> 26:30.353 align:start IT'S SLIM PICKINGS OUT THERE. 26:30.356 --> 26:32.689 align:start THE HURRICANES HAVE HIT PEOPLE. 26:32.692 --> 26:34.190 align:start EARTHQUAKES HAVE HIT PEOPLE, AND 26:34.193 --> 26:36.025 align:start IT'S DIFFICULT FOR, YOU KNOW, 26:36.028 --> 26:38.328 align:start PEOPLE RELOCATING TO TUCSON. 26:38.331 --> 26:40.196 align:start WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE SNOWBIRDS, 26:40.199 --> 26:42.532 align:start AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND LAND 26:42.535 --> 26:43.466 align:start AND DIFFICULT TO FIND PLACES TO 26:43.469 --> 26:45.034 align:start MOVE FORWARD. 26:45.037 --> 26:45.935 align:start AT HABITAT TUCSON, WE DO OWN 26:45.938 --> 26:46.903 align:start SOME PROPERTIES. 26:46.906 --> 26:47.971 align:start WE'RE VERY PROUD OF A 26:47.974 --> 26:49.772 align:start COLLABORATION WE'RE DOING RIGHT 26:49.775 --> 26:51.107 align:start NOW WITH LITERACY CONNECTS. 26:51.110 --> 26:52.508 align:start WE'LL BE BUILDING EIGHT 26:52.511 --> 26:53.676 align:start TWO-STORY HOMES NEXT DOOR TO 26:53.679 --> 26:57.680 align:start THEM THIS COMING YEAR. 26:57.683 --> 26:58.781 align:start WE HAVE A FEW LAND HOLDINGS IN 26:58.784 --> 27:00.883 align:start MORE ANA. 27:00.886 --> 27:02.085 align:start BUT IT'S GETTING TIGHT OUT 27:02.088 --> 27:03.686 align:start THERE, AND WE'RE DOING THE BEST 27:03.689 --> 27:04.187 align:start WE CAN TO FIND THE RESOURCES WE 27:04.190 --> 27:05.288 align:start HAVE. 27:05.291 --> 27:06.422 align:start WE'RE CERTAINLY LOOKING FOR 27:06.425 --> 27:08.558 align:start ANYONE WHO WOULD WANT TO OFFER 27:08.561 --> 27:10.059 align:start US ANY PROPERTIES THAT THEY HAVE 27:10.062 --> 27:12.395 align:start OR FUNDING TO PURCHASE 27:12.398 --> 27:17.000 align:start PROPERTIES. 27:17.003 --> 27:17.400 align:start >> OKAY. 27:17.403 --> 27:18.301 align:start THANK YOU. 27:18.304 --> 27:19.068 align:start CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN. 27:19.071 --> 27:20.303 align:start ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS. 27:20.306 --> 27:22.572 align:start THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU FOR 27:22.575 --> 27:23.239 align:start BEING HERE. 27:23.242 --> 27:23.940 align:start >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. 27:23.943 --> 27:25.675 align:start >>> THAT'S OUR SHOW THIS WEEK. 27:25.678 --> 27:26.109 align:start BEFORE WE GO, A QUICK PROGRAM 27:26.112 --> 27:28.745 align:start ANNOUNCEMENT. 27:28.748 --> 27:30.680 align:start WE WILL DEBUT A NEW SHOW IN 27:30.683 --> 27:32.248 align:start JANUARY, "ARIZONA 360," AND WE 27:32.251 --> 27:32.949 align:start HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US. 27:32.952 --> 27:33.950 align:start THANKS FOR WATCHING AND HAPPY 27:33.953 --> 27:45.561 align:start HOLIDAYS.