1 00:00:13,013 --> 00:00:15,849 Kind of awkwardly trying to pull away because, I mean, 2 00:00:15,849 --> 00:00:17,050 I don't know what to do with myself, 3 00:00:17,050 --> 00:00:20,420 and he just would not let go of my hand and eventually did. 4 00:00:20,420 --> 00:00:21,021 And we left. 5 00:00:21,021 --> 00:00:26,326 And I mean, man, the scene in that car afterwards was. 6 00:00:26,493 --> 00:00:29,662 I don't think people really realize, you know, 7 00:00:29,662 --> 00:00:33,133 what these things do for people that have nothing. 8 00:00:33,633 --> 00:00:36,736 And I mean, those kids probably in the foster care system now, 9 00:00:38,605 --> 00:00:41,608 but they they had one day, 10 00:00:41,975 --> 00:00:45,445 you know, just one day where they didn't have to worry about anything. 11 00:00:45,445 --> 00:00:47,113 And, oh. 12 00:00:47,113 --> 00:00:51,117 And now America's Healthcare Advocate, Cary Hall. 13 00:00:52,052 --> 00:00:52,786 Hello, America. 14 00:00:52,786 --> 00:00:55,855 Welcome to America's Healthcare Advocate show broadcasting coast 15 00:00:55,855 --> 00:00:59,526 to coast across the USA here on the HIA Radio Network. 16 00:00:59,726 --> 00:01:01,928 You can find out more about us by going to our website, 17 00:01:01,928 --> 00:01:06,733 AmericasHealthcareAdvocate.com and all of our podcast platforms. 18 00:01:06,733 --> 00:01:08,034 There are 16 of them. 19 00:01:08,034 --> 00:01:09,903 Our YouTube channel, 20 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:13,440 all of the all of our shows are posted up there for everybody to listen to. 21 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,443 After we do them, they are posted up on those sites. 22 00:01:16,943 --> 00:01:17,710 Here's some news. 23 00:01:17,710 --> 00:01:22,048 We're at 605,000 views thanks to Mr. 24 00:01:22,082 --> 00:01:24,984 Dave Thiessen, our producer behind the cameras, and Mr. 25 00:01:24,984 --> 00:01:29,389 Garner Cowdrey who records all these shows here in the studio at Cumulus. 26 00:01:29,389 --> 00:01:32,826 And I couldn't believe it and didn't he told me, we're at 605,000. 27 00:01:32,992 --> 00:01:35,695 That's a tribute to all of you who listen to this show. 28 00:01:35,695 --> 00:01:38,531 Go to the website, go to the podcast, go to YouTube. 29 00:01:38,531 --> 00:01:39,199 Thank you. 30 00:01:39,199 --> 00:01:40,567 We appreciate all of you out there 31 00:01:40,567 --> 00:01:43,303 and really appreciate the opportunity to bring this show to you. 32 00:01:43,303 --> 00:01:46,239 Or we think we hope, we educate and inform. 33 00:01:46,239 --> 00:01:47,874 And that's the purpose of these shows. 34 00:01:47,874 --> 00:01:51,778 If you are chronologically challenged or looking for an ACA Obamacare plan, 35 00:01:52,078 --> 00:01:55,682 you need to give Carolee Steele over at RPS Benefits by Design, 36 00:01:55,682 --> 00:01:58,885 a call (877) 385-2224. 37 00:01:58,885 --> 00:02:01,121 (877) 385-2224. 38 00:02:01,121 --> 00:02:03,923 Anywhere in the country, she can help you. She is happy to do so. 39 00:02:03,923 --> 00:02:06,926 Also, if you are an employer facing one of these big 40 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,662 premium increases coming through on your group plan 41 00:02:09,662 --> 00:02:13,066 need talk to Maria Ahlers at RPS Benefits by Design. 42 00:02:13,233 --> 00:02:15,802 She's got some pretty amazing plans she can offer you. 43 00:02:15,802 --> 00:02:18,838 And here's the thing about her she was a human resource director 44 00:02:18,838 --> 00:02:21,841 for 15 years, so she knows both sides of the equation. 45 00:02:22,008 --> 00:02:25,145 The side of the equation from the employer and employee standpoint 46 00:02:25,378 --> 00:02:26,546 as well as the broker. 47 00:02:26,546 --> 00:02:28,081 And she's got access someplace. 48 00:02:28,081 --> 00:02:33,453 Other people don't have her urge you to call her at (877) 385-2224. 49 00:02:33,453 --> 00:02:35,021 If you're getting one of those renewals. 50 00:02:35,021 --> 00:02:37,357 So in studio today with me, John Massey 51 00:02:37,357 --> 00:02:40,660 is the president and one of the founders of Zuzu's Petals. 52 00:02:40,860 --> 00:02:42,228 This is a charity, 53 00:02:42,228 --> 00:02:44,764 and we've been doing this show every year for, what, five years? 54 00:02:44,764 --> 00:02:46,432 Just about. Yeah, I think I think so. 55 00:02:46,432 --> 00:02:48,168 Fifth one now 56 00:02:48,168 --> 00:02:51,404 these are this is a group of young men that I just think are a tribute 57 00:02:51,871 --> 00:02:54,974 to what young men in this country should be kind of like Charlie Kirk, 58 00:02:54,974 --> 00:02:58,344 if you will, from the standpoint of who they are, what they do. 59 00:02:58,978 --> 00:02:59,312 You know, 60 00:03:00,847 --> 00:03:02,415 they're Christian men 61 00:03:02,415 --> 00:03:06,419 in the Catholic faith, and they created this whole thing by themselves 62 00:03:06,719 --> 00:03:09,589 because they saw a need out there for families at Christmas 63 00:03:09,589 --> 00:03:13,293 who didn't have the money or the wherewithal to provide Christmas 64 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,062 for their children. So let's just go right to this. 65 00:03:16,062 --> 00:03:18,164 This is the fifth year we've been doing this. 66 00:03:18,164 --> 00:03:23,503 I always enjoy hearing how many kids got served last year and how this year. 67 00:03:23,503 --> 00:03:26,372 Let's just do that first, because I love hearing this every year 68 00:03:26,372 --> 00:03:29,275 because it just keeps growing exponentially. Yes, sir. 69 00:03:29,275 --> 00:03:30,743 Well, that was a heck of an introduction. 70 00:03:30,743 --> 00:03:32,645 I'm very grateful. It’s fact. 71 00:03:32,645 --> 00:03:33,046 Yeah. 72 00:03:33,046 --> 00:03:36,783 So last year we were able to help 208 kids, 73 00:03:37,450 --> 00:03:40,386 which came to 71 whole families service. 74 00:03:40,386 --> 00:03:45,058 So we try to approach our services as we're providing this to a family 75 00:03:45,058 --> 00:03:46,526 rather than an individual child, 76 00:03:46,526 --> 00:03:50,496 because we believe that family is the foundation of society. 77 00:03:50,530 --> 00:03:50,763 Right. 78 00:03:50,763 --> 00:03:54,701 And that's what we're trying to bring, bring joy and happiness to at that 79 00:03:54,701 --> 00:03:58,638 very important time of year, when want I think is most, most keenly felt. 80 00:03:59,439 --> 00:04:01,274 So that was a record for us. 81 00:04:01,274 --> 00:04:04,143 And then we're out there to break it again this year. We've already got, 82 00:04:05,111 --> 00:04:05,812 I believe it's 83 00:04:05,812 --> 00:04:09,782 230 kids in the hopper at the moment, and it's October, 84 00:04:09,782 --> 00:04:12,752 so that number is just going to keep on climbing and climbing. 85 00:04:13,152 --> 00:04:15,054 Especially after this show airs. 86 00:04:15,054 --> 00:04:16,723 Yeah. Well yeah, absolutely. 87 00:04:16,723 --> 00:04:18,958 So well I mean we're excited. 88 00:04:18,958 --> 00:04:20,460 We're beyond grateful. 89 00:04:20,460 --> 00:04:23,663 We've been very blessed with how the community has gotten behind it so far, 90 00:04:24,197 --> 00:04:26,099 and we can't wait to see where it goes every year. 91 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:27,533 Just gets a little more serious. 92 00:04:27,533 --> 00:04:30,470 And yeah, I mean, we're along for the ride for sure. 93 00:04:30,470 --> 00:04:34,474 So tell the audience what you do, because this is the part that I think 94 00:04:34,474 --> 00:04:35,575 is really quite amazing. 95 00:04:35,575 --> 00:04:38,011 What they do is very, very different. 96 00:04:38,011 --> 00:04:39,779 It's like turnkey Christmas. 97 00:04:39,779 --> 00:04:41,514 It's really quite remarkable. 98 00:04:41,514 --> 00:04:44,550 So describe what do you do for these families. 99 00:04:44,917 --> 00:04:45,551 Absolutely. 100 00:04:45,551 --> 00:04:51,891 So our broad goal is to enable families to create core memories 101 00:04:51,891 --> 00:04:54,027 that they get to take with them for the rest of their life. 102 00:04:54,027 --> 00:04:59,132 And for me, Christmas was always the happiest time of year for me. 103 00:04:59,132 --> 00:05:01,401 I mean, all of my happiest memories I have as a kid. 104 00:05:01,401 --> 00:05:02,402 I'm one of seven kids 105 00:05:03,703 --> 00:05:06,005 where all on Christmas Day, 106 00:05:06,005 --> 00:05:10,109 and what we want to do is use Christmas as a vehicle to help these families 107 00:05:10,109 --> 00:05:11,911 that are really struggling, really struggling. 108 00:05:11,911 --> 00:05:15,448 It's some, some really tough times of being in this experience out there. 109 00:05:15,448 --> 00:05:19,285 Use Christmas as a vehicle to create some memories that they can hold on to. 110 00:05:19,952 --> 00:05:23,556 And how we do that is through four major services. 111 00:05:24,090 --> 00:05:25,925 And every family receives all four. 112 00:05:25,925 --> 00:05:31,831 So the first service is almost like a Make-A-Wish for Christmas gifts. 113 00:05:32,231 --> 00:05:36,269 So what we do is when families approach us, they say, you know, I'm in need. 114 00:05:36,269 --> 00:05:39,272 I'm in such and such a financial situation. 115 00:05:39,939 --> 00:05:43,242 We will we'll ask them in the interviews that we have with all the families, 116 00:05:43,609 --> 00:05:46,779 you know, if this was your one opportunity to get your kids 117 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:50,283 whatever you wanted to get them, what would that be? 118 00:05:50,983 --> 00:05:53,786 And then we'll step in, you know, within the realms of what's reasonable. 119 00:05:53,786 --> 00:05:55,655 And we'll we'll. They’re not going to get a new car. 120 00:05:55,655 --> 00:05:57,990 Right, right. Right, right. As much as we'd love to get the car. 121 00:05:57,990 --> 00:05:59,425 Yeah, yeah. 122 00:05:59,425 --> 00:06:01,627 But we’ll fulfill those requests. 123 00:06:01,627 --> 00:06:04,297 Next, because once again, we're about family. 124 00:06:04,297 --> 00:06:06,466 We we're trying to think of ways 125 00:06:06,466 --> 00:06:10,002 to bring the family together, you know, later on on Christmas Day. 126 00:06:10,336 --> 00:06:11,270 And so we're like, well, 127 00:06:11,270 --> 00:06:14,273 all of my memories with my family were all around Christmas dinner. 128 00:06:14,307 --> 00:06:17,110 And so we step in and we provide them a dinner 129 00:06:17,110 --> 00:06:19,946 that they can come, come together as a family and enjoy. 130 00:06:19,946 --> 00:06:21,647 So that is courtesy of Brancato’s. 131 00:06:21,647 --> 00:06:25,017 Brancato’s Catering here in Kansas City and wonderful, amazing company. 132 00:06:25,017 --> 00:06:27,854 Yeah, we couldn't be more grateful for their support. 133 00:06:27,854 --> 00:06:31,424 And so every family gets, you know, Christmas dinner with all the fixin's 134 00:06:31,424 --> 00:06:37,530 I get turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potato pie, cranberry sauce. 135 00:06:37,530 --> 00:06:41,534 Like everything you ever had on Christmas Day as a family, 136 00:06:41,868 --> 00:06:43,503 these families are going to get. 137 00:06:43,503 --> 00:06:46,305 And that's brought to their door ready to eat. 138 00:06:46,305 --> 00:06:47,940 And by the way, Brancato’s 139 00:06:47,940 --> 00:06:51,477 are the folks that own the Brass Onion restaurant over on 135th. 140 00:06:51,477 --> 00:06:54,180 And I urge you, if you want to have a great meal, go in there. 141 00:06:54,180 --> 00:06:57,450 But these people do so much in this community nobody hears about. 142 00:06:58,050 --> 00:07:02,221 And they do this for Zuzu’s Petals and you know, having, beeing able 143 00:07:02,221 --> 00:07:06,159 to provide the entire meal and walk into the door is pretty special. 144 00:07:06,826 --> 00:07:07,260 Yeah. 145 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:10,263 And so in addition to that, 146 00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:14,100 what we also do is provide decorations for the family. 147 00:07:14,100 --> 00:07:16,335 So I mean just little things that you don't you 148 00:07:16,335 --> 00:07:18,337 I mean I'm sure we all take for granted here. 149 00:07:19,839 --> 00:07:22,208 A lot of these families don't have a Christmas tree you know. 150 00:07:22,208 --> 00:07:25,178 And so we get an a Christmas tree, we get them decorations for the tree 151 00:07:25,178 --> 00:07:26,145 so that they can, 152 00:07:26,145 --> 00:07:29,782 you know, the mom and the kids and dad, you know, can hang around the tree 153 00:07:29,782 --> 00:07:32,785 decorated, you know, listen to some Christmas music while they're doing it. 154 00:07:33,486 --> 00:07:36,489 And then the fourth part of the service, 155 00:07:36,489 --> 00:07:39,425 which is personally my favorite, is Santa's Workshop. 156 00:07:39,425 --> 00:07:42,195 So we rent out a house every year 157 00:07:42,195 --> 00:07:45,298 and we decorate it to the nth degree. 158 00:07:45,665 --> 00:07:48,668 We hire well, we don't hire a Santa Claus, Santa 159 00:07:48,668 --> 00:07:51,704 actually comes down from the North Pole with us for a day. 160 00:07:52,672 --> 00:07:56,042 And then all of the families get to bring in their kids 161 00:07:56,609 --> 00:07:59,078 to spend 30 minutes with Santa Claus. 162 00:07:59,078 --> 00:08:00,480 And I mean, Mrs. 163 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,683 Santa Claus is there as well, so she's the one that actually greets them. 164 00:08:04,016 --> 00:08:07,420 We have all sorts of activities for the families, like roasting marshmallows. 165 00:08:08,521 --> 00:08:10,423 They have hot chocolate. 166 00:08:10,423 --> 00:08:13,593 They have one on one meetings with Santa where Santa is like, now, 167 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,463 you know, I know that you were sticking gum and Jane's hair last week. 168 00:08:17,463 --> 00:08:20,366 Like, why are we doing that? Come on, we got to get beyond this. 169 00:08:20,366 --> 00:08:25,204 If you want anything for Christmas and they just get to have one magical 170 00:08:25,505 --> 00:08:26,539 like experience 171 00:08:26,539 --> 00:08:30,543 where Santa is talking to them and he knows who they are and he knows, 172 00:08:30,810 --> 00:08:35,281 you know, if they’ve been good or bad this year and, it's just so much fun. 173 00:08:35,348 --> 00:08:36,816 It it is so much fun. 174 00:08:36,816 --> 00:08:42,121 And so that that's what we try to bring families is just one, one experience, 175 00:08:42,588 --> 00:08:46,325 you know, through these services where no matter how hard life 176 00:08:46,325 --> 00:08:46,993 gets for them, 177 00:08:46,993 --> 00:08:50,029 and a lot of the time it's heartbreaking what these families are going through 178 00:08:50,429 --> 00:08:53,799 that they just get to hold onto and say, there is good in the world 179 00:08:53,833 --> 00:08:56,469 that we got to experience. Yeah, it is. 180 00:08:56,469 --> 00:09:00,106 And you know, I the first time 181 00:09:00,106 --> 00:09:03,509 I heard about these guys, I was like, this is really quite remarkable. 182 00:09:03,509 --> 00:09:07,647 And every year I've done this show, they've added things, they've improved it. 183 00:09:07,980 --> 00:09:09,715 They've served more families. 184 00:09:09,715 --> 00:09:13,286 You know, they'll they'll they'll blow past 250 kids this year. 185 00:09:13,286 --> 00:09:14,520 I can almost guarantee it. 186 00:09:15,688 --> 00:09:16,522 For people would have, 187 00:09:16,522 --> 00:09:19,659 would have no Christmas if they didn't do what they're doing. 188 00:09:20,359 --> 00:09:24,297 So let's give out the website so that if folks want to get involved 189 00:09:24,597 --> 00:09:27,366 and they want to donate, they can donate money. 190 00:09:27,366 --> 00:09:28,834 There are other things they can donate. 191 00:09:28,834 --> 00:09:31,571 So let's give out the website and then the phone number. 192 00:09:31,571 --> 00:09:32,238 Absolutely. 193 00:09:32,238 --> 00:09:36,342 So our website is zuzus-petals.org. 194 00:09:36,342 --> 00:09:40,980 That's zuzus-petals.org. 195 00:09:41,981 --> 00:09:45,551 Some of the ways you can support us is one I mean donations are the obvious one. 196 00:09:45,551 --> 00:09:47,420 You know these services cost money. 197 00:09:47,420 --> 00:09:50,823 They're expensive, but you know that we're trying to create 198 00:09:51,123 --> 00:09:53,893 very unique experiences for these families. 199 00:09:53,893 --> 00:09:55,695 So please donate. 200 00:09:55,695 --> 00:09:58,764 We also take hard donations like gifts, decorations. 201 00:09:58,764 --> 00:10:01,067 So please send those to us. 202 00:10:01,067 --> 00:10:03,836 You can attend our annual gala 203 00:10:03,836 --> 00:10:07,873 and then also support us by buying some of our merch. 204 00:10:07,873 --> 00:10:10,876 Our Christmas sweater has officially been released for the year 205 00:10:11,177 --> 00:10:13,879 and any of our additional merch’s So is their hat. 206 00:10:15,181 --> 00:10:17,383 So these are all things you can do. 207 00:10:17,383 --> 00:10:19,285 I will going to be right back after break with you. 208 00:10:19,285 --> 00:10:21,087 We'll talk about this gala. What's involved. 209 00:10:21,087 --> 00:10:23,556 Why you might want to go and get involved. 210 00:10:23,556 --> 00:10:26,492 You're listening to America's Healthcare Advocate broadcasting 211 00:10:26,492 --> 00:10:30,463 here on the HIA Radio Network coast to coast across the USA. 212 00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:30,896 Stay there. 213 00:10:30,896 --> 00:10:33,899 We're going to be right back with more. 214 00:10:42,842 --> 00:10:43,476 Welcome back. 215 00:10:43,476 --> 00:10:46,879 You're listening to America's Health Care Big show Broadcasting coast 216 00:10:46,879 --> 00:10:50,583 to coast across the USA here on the HIA Radio Network. 217 00:10:50,850 --> 00:10:55,321 I want to give a little shout out today to KGOZ 101.7, in Trenton 218 00:10:55,521 --> 00:10:56,989 and Gallatin, Missouri. 219 00:10:56,989 --> 00:11:00,292 I think it's our oldest affiliate in the system. 220 00:11:00,826 --> 00:11:05,431 They have been with us since we started this show, Dave tells me 20 years ago. 221 00:11:05,431 --> 00:11:08,801 So I've kind of lost track, but we want to thank those folks up there. 222 00:11:09,068 --> 00:11:11,103 They do a wonderful job for having us on the air. 223 00:11:11,103 --> 00:11:12,138 All the years that were up there. 224 00:11:12,138 --> 00:11:14,106 We were on the air Saturday. 225 00:11:14,106 --> 00:11:18,878 I think it's around 8 or 9:00 there on KGOZ 101.7. 226 00:11:19,178 --> 00:11:19,445 All right. 227 00:11:19,445 --> 00:11:23,683 So let's let's talk a little bit about this Gala story. 228 00:11:24,016 --> 00:11:25,618 Because this happens every year. 229 00:11:25,618 --> 00:11:28,788 Country club Christian, it's on December 12th this year. 230 00:11:28,788 --> 00:11:31,257 Talk about the time and what's going to happen. 231 00:11:31,257 --> 00:11:32,024 Absolutely. 232 00:11:32,024 --> 00:11:36,796 So this is by far with all of the calendar events that I have every year. 233 00:11:36,796 --> 00:11:37,797 This is my favorite. 234 00:11:37,797 --> 00:11:40,933 So Country Club Christian church, you know that 235 00:11:40,933 --> 00:11:44,270 beautiful gothic gorgeous home church on Ward Parkway. 236 00:11:44,570 --> 00:11:46,338 We rent that out. 237 00:11:46,338 --> 00:11:49,608 And then starting at 5:30pm we have a Christmas party. 238 00:11:50,409 --> 00:11:55,281 There's a silent auction with all of this awesome Chiefs memorabilia. 239 00:11:55,281 --> 00:11:58,017 You graciously donated some last year, which. 240 00:11:58,017 --> 00:12:00,319 We’ll donate more this year. And thank you. 241 00:12:00,319 --> 00:12:02,354 Thank you raised us some really great money. 242 00:12:02,354 --> 00:12:06,258 There's live music during the party, and it's just a really wonderful 243 00:12:06,659 --> 00:12:08,394 sort of festive environment 244 00:12:08,394 --> 00:12:10,863 where a bunch of people that don't know each other are hanging out, 245 00:12:10,863 --> 00:12:13,632 you know, which I think is something that we probably need nowadays, 246 00:12:13,632 --> 00:12:14,734 you know, and, and. 247 00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:18,838 Doing something that everybody can enjoy and get their arms around 248 00:12:18,838 --> 00:12:21,207 and it's something good. Absolutely, absolutely. 249 00:12:21,207 --> 00:12:24,744 So people that have never met before are talking, making connections. 250 00:12:25,411 --> 00:12:28,981 And then at 7:00pm everyone adjourns into the main hall 251 00:12:29,882 --> 00:12:31,584 where you will 252 00:12:31,584 --> 00:12:34,687 I mean, if you are even remotely into Christmas music 253 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,890 at all, it is the best thing you will ever experience. 254 00:12:37,890 --> 00:12:41,594 We have a choir of almost 50 members. 255 00:12:41,594 --> 00:12:46,298 There's a a full orchestra and we just we play music. 256 00:12:46,298 --> 00:12:47,233 We tell stories. 257 00:12:47,233 --> 00:12:49,969 Christmas stories that you would have heard growing up 258 00:12:49,969 --> 00:12:51,837 that we, you know, dramatize a little bit. 259 00:12:51,837 --> 00:12:54,974 But to some music it is everything you could want to do. 260 00:12:55,141 --> 00:12:56,709 It’s a theater production is what it really is. 261 00:12:56,709 --> 00:12:57,910 Yeah. Yeah. Basically. Yeah. 262 00:12:57,910 --> 00:12:59,845 So I mean, bring your family. 263 00:12:59,845 --> 00:13:02,581 It's a, it's a wonderful family event 264 00:13:02,581 --> 00:13:05,885 and you know, as, as to give the expression but 265 00:13:05,885 --> 00:13:09,188 as warm and fuzzy as you could ever hope a Christmas event to be. 266 00:13:09,722 --> 00:13:10,956 How do they sign up for that. 267 00:13:10,956 --> 00:13:12,458 How do they find out about that. 268 00:13:12,458 --> 00:13:16,862 So you can go to our website at zeus-pedals.org like we said before, 269 00:13:16,862 --> 00:13:19,865 and you can purchase tickets through our website. 270 00:13:20,299 --> 00:13:23,402 There are family packages because I know when you try 271 00:13:23,402 --> 00:13:26,405 and bring your whole family to something, things can get a little expensive. 272 00:13:26,906 --> 00:13:29,909 But please, you know, come and just 273 00:13:29,909 --> 00:13:32,912 help us get the word out there for what we're trying to do. 274 00:13:33,245 --> 00:13:34,480 In the Kansas City community. 275 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:36,882 Yeah, it's they really make a difference. 276 00:13:36,882 --> 00:13:38,951 It's really quite remarkable what they do. 277 00:13:38,951 --> 00:13:43,756 And so let's talk a little bit about if you would like to donate at Christmas 278 00:13:43,756 --> 00:13:47,827 time to help these young men put these packages together that include, 279 00:13:48,060 --> 00:13:52,832 you know, the gifts the kids get to pick, the food, the trees, 280 00:13:54,300 --> 00:13:54,934 all of the 281 00:13:54,934 --> 00:13:58,404 decorations, and then the different events they put on for the kids and the family. 282 00:13:58,404 --> 00:14:00,739 So let's just talk about that. Donate. 283 00:14:00,739 --> 00:14:02,908 Well, how do they do that when they go to the website. 284 00:14:02,908 --> 00:14:05,911 So there is a donate page on the website. 285 00:14:06,579 --> 00:14:08,247 We are a 501C3. 286 00:14:08,247 --> 00:14:10,816 So we are completely tax deductible. 287 00:14:10,816 --> 00:14:13,819 And then what I'll also say is we don't have any paid employees. 288 00:14:14,286 --> 00:14:17,289 So all of the all volunteers correct. 289 00:14:17,356 --> 00:14:18,157 Correct. 290 00:14:18,157 --> 00:14:20,392 There may be a time in the future when we get so big 291 00:14:20,392 --> 00:14:23,395 that we have to hire paid employees, but for right now, 292 00:14:23,662 --> 00:14:26,999 all of the money that you donate will go directly to the families. 293 00:14:26,999 --> 00:14:29,034 And we can guarantee that. 294 00:14:29,034 --> 00:14:31,637 And then as far as like hard donations. 295 00:14:31,637 --> 00:14:34,306 So if you've got a Christmas tree that you don't use anymore, 296 00:14:34,306 --> 00:14:36,342 or you've got some gifts that you'd like to donate, 297 00:14:37,343 --> 00:14:39,311 we have a contact us page on 298 00:14:39,311 --> 00:14:43,616 our website as well where you can shoot us an email, you know, give me a text. 299 00:14:43,916 --> 00:14:46,085 We'll be giving out my phone number here, so please. 300 00:14:46,085 --> 00:14:46,518 I mean, 301 00:14:46,518 --> 00:14:49,922 I know that sounds a little bit crazy, but my my cell phone number out there. 302 00:14:49,922 --> 00:14:53,759 But that's how passionate we are about this reach out to us 303 00:14:53,759 --> 00:14:56,929 and we would be grateful for anything that you're able to donate. 304 00:14:56,962 --> 00:15:01,367 I mean, I was working a pop up event just the other week, and this lady writes 305 00:15:01,367 --> 00:15:02,101 children's books, 306 00:15:02,101 --> 00:15:05,371 and she asked if we'd like to take some of their children's books 307 00:15:05,371 --> 00:15:06,572 that she's written. 308 00:15:06,572 --> 00:15:08,707 And we said, heck yes, you know, send them on over. 309 00:15:08,707 --> 00:15:11,744 So anything that anyone's able to give. 310 00:15:11,844 --> 00:15:12,912 Maybe you'd be thinking, well, 311 00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:15,314 I've got this or I've got that, or I got access to this or that, 312 00:15:15,314 --> 00:15:16,882 but they're probably not going to want that. 313 00:15:16,882 --> 00:15:18,417 Don't do that. Okay. 314 00:15:18,417 --> 00:15:21,420 Go up on the on the website if you want to do it that way. 315 00:15:21,620 --> 00:15:26,792 zeus-pedals.org. 316 00:15:26,792 --> 00:15:29,028 Or you can call John. 317 00:15:29,028 --> 00:15:31,230 Very simply he's going to give his phone out here. 318 00:15:31,230 --> 00:15:34,233 (816) 977-1955. 319 00:15:34,900 --> 00:15:38,203 (816) 977-1955. 320 00:15:39,138 --> 00:15:42,908 If you've got something that you want to donate, I'm sure they'd love to have it. 321 00:15:43,609 --> 00:15:45,744 Give them a call or go online. 322 00:15:45,744 --> 00:15:47,646 If you want to donate, you can certainly do that. 323 00:15:47,646 --> 00:15:52,351 And you know that this gala is is for the family. 324 00:15:52,351 --> 00:15:54,853 And if you want, obviously, if you're an empty nester or whatever, 325 00:15:54,853 --> 00:15:57,690 and you just want to enjoy the memories or Christmas or what it's all about. 326 00:15:58,891 --> 00:16:01,694 Country Club Christian is an absolutely gorgeous church. 327 00:16:01,694 --> 00:16:04,430 It's a big church, holds a lot of people. 328 00:16:04,430 --> 00:16:05,864 So that's December 12th. 329 00:16:05,864 --> 00:16:07,900 What a great way to start the Christmas holiday. 330 00:16:07,900 --> 00:16:08,400 You know, 331 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,537 maybe you go to this church or that church and they have a Christmas concert. 332 00:16:11,537 --> 00:16:12,404 Whatever. 333 00:16:12,404 --> 00:16:15,507 It's not going to be quite like this is going to be, hey, yeah, this. 334 00:16:15,507 --> 00:16:18,510 They've got a full symphony, a huge choir. 335 00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:20,279 It's like it's a theater production. 336 00:16:20,279 --> 00:16:21,380 It really is what it is. 337 00:16:21,380 --> 00:16:23,515 And it's well worth, 338 00:16:23,515 --> 00:16:26,685 you know, taking your family to and just enjoying and really kind of set 339 00:16:26,685 --> 00:16:27,753 the tone for the season. 340 00:16:27,753 --> 00:16:29,989 So I absolutely urge you if, 341 00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:33,559 if you have an opportunity to go to that gala, enjoy it and 342 00:16:33,692 --> 00:16:37,129 really get in the spirit of Christmas once again, that website is 343 00:16:37,296 --> 00:16:41,500 zeus-pedals.org, zeus-pedals.org 344 00:16:41,700 --> 00:16:44,703 or (816) 977-1955. 345 00:16:45,037 --> 00:16:47,306 You know, when we come back to the break, I'm going to ask John. 346 00:16:47,306 --> 00:16:48,841 We do this every year. 347 00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:51,810 To tell a couple of stories about because you 348 00:16:51,810 --> 00:16:55,247 you listen to this and you, you know, you're yeah, you know people 349 00:16:55,681 --> 00:17:00,185 when you actually hear what happens to people in this situation, 350 00:17:00,452 --> 00:17:03,822 you know what it means to them, what it's like when they open the door. 351 00:17:04,056 --> 00:17:07,593 And there's John and his people standing there with the meal. 352 00:17:07,893 --> 00:17:10,429 You know how they get the how they get the gifts. 353 00:17:10,429 --> 00:17:12,331 We'll talk about that in a minute. How they do the gifts. 354 00:17:12,331 --> 00:17:15,868 So the kids don't know that they're getting the gifts from Zuzu’s Petals. 355 00:17:15,968 --> 00:17:17,770 They think they're coming from the parents. 356 00:17:17,770 --> 00:17:22,107 This thing is so well done and so well organized, it’s just very, very different 357 00:17:22,641 --> 00:17:23,375 in the way they do. 358 00:17:23,375 --> 00:17:26,245 It's all, as John, to tell some of those stories when we come back 359 00:17:26,245 --> 00:17:29,481 and we can personalize this a little bit and let you actually understand, 360 00:17:29,848 --> 00:17:30,649 you know what they do. 361 00:17:30,649 --> 00:17:32,818 They definitely need donations. 362 00:17:32,818 --> 00:17:35,387 They're going to do, they think 70 families this year. 363 00:17:35,387 --> 00:17:36,722 I have a funny feeling 364 00:17:36,722 --> 00:17:39,024 they're going to do over 90 this year the way things are looking. 365 00:17:39,024 --> 00:17:41,260 So they're gonna need money, they're going to need money 366 00:17:41,260 --> 00:17:43,529 and they're going to need gifts and all of that. 367 00:17:43,529 --> 00:17:46,532 So if you want to get involved once again, 816 368 00:17:46,832 --> 00:17:52,504 is if you want to call John (816) 977-1955 or zeus-pedals.org. 369 00:17:52,905 --> 00:17:53,772 Go up on the website. 370 00:17:53,772 --> 00:17:56,608 There's a contact them page they'll be happy to reach out to you. 371 00:17:56,608 --> 00:17:58,210 If you've got something you want to talk about, 372 00:17:58,210 --> 00:18:00,312 maybe you've got something you want to donate and 373 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:02,748 you don't know whether they're going to want or not. 374 00:18:02,748 --> 00:18:04,283 What column okay. 375 00:18:04,283 --> 00:18:06,985 Or go up on the website and send them a quick email. 376 00:18:06,985 --> 00:18:09,121 They'll get right back to you. They're very good about this. 377 00:18:09,121 --> 00:18:11,657 They know exactly what they're doing and be happy to do it. 378 00:18:11,657 --> 00:18:13,058 So when we come back from the break, 379 00:18:13,058 --> 00:18:15,294 we're going to get into some of these personal stories. 380 00:18:15,294 --> 00:18:17,329 I think you're going to enjoy this, 381 00:18:17,329 --> 00:18:20,699 and it'll give you some insight into what you know, what they do 382 00:18:20,866 --> 00:18:22,434 and what a difference they can make and why. 383 00:18:22,434 --> 00:18:26,271 This is really in my mind, a tribute to these young men and what they've 384 00:18:26,271 --> 00:18:29,475 created out of whole cloth, because literally they created this thing. 385 00:18:29,475 --> 00:18:32,478 I remember the first year I did this, I think they did, what, 386 00:18:32,711 --> 00:18:34,980 20 or 30 families first year? 387 00:18:34,980 --> 00:18:35,881 okay, there you go. 388 00:18:35,881 --> 00:18:37,483 21 families, first year. 389 00:18:37,483 --> 00:18:39,651 And now we are at 70 last year. 390 00:18:39,651 --> 00:18:42,020 And as I said, I'm sure they're going to break 90 this year. 391 00:18:42,020 --> 00:18:45,691 So once again the website zuzus-petals.org if you want to learn more. 392 00:18:46,225 --> 00:18:47,192 And by the way, 393 00:18:47,192 --> 00:18:50,062 you know you want to tell somebody about this show or have them listen to, 394 00:18:50,062 --> 00:18:52,831 hey, maybe we should get involved. 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Go to the website 410 00:19:36,642 --> 00:19:40,112 AmericasHealthcareAdvocate.com in studio with me today. 411 00:19:40,112 --> 00:19:40,812 John Massey. 412 00:19:40,812 --> 00:19:43,882 He's the president and one of the founders of Zuzu's Petals. 413 00:19:44,249 --> 00:19:46,652 This group of amazing young men 414 00:19:46,652 --> 00:19:49,655 who is the oldest, the oldest guy in your group, 35. 415 00:19:50,322 --> 00:19:50,455 31 actually.. 416 00:19:50,455 --> 00:19:51,990 He’s about 417 00:19:51,990 --> 00:19:53,792 to marry my sister, FYI. 418 00:19:53,792 --> 00:19:54,426 Lord. 419 00:19:54,426 --> 00:19:57,563 Okay, but 31 years old. Okay. 420 00:19:57,563 --> 00:20:00,399 And they started this thing from scratch on their own. 421 00:20:00,399 --> 00:20:02,935 It's grown every year. It's remarkable what they've done. 422 00:20:02,935 --> 00:20:06,205 And every year we do this show for them, because it's the least we can do 423 00:20:06,705 --> 00:20:07,773 for the people that they help. 424 00:20:07,773 --> 00:20:11,777 And there are a lot of people out there need help, and the family's fortunate 425 00:20:11,777 --> 00:20:16,148 enough to be able to get help from Zuzu’s Petals and make the full Christmas. 426 00:20:16,148 --> 00:20:18,650 They don't have to do anything. It's all done. 427 00:20:18,650 --> 00:20:22,321 From food to gifts to a Christmas tree to ornaments. 428 00:20:22,321 --> 00:20:24,022 It's all there. Okay? 429 00:20:24,022 --> 00:20:27,025 Along with, you know, a Santa's house for them go and meet Santa. 430 00:20:27,125 --> 00:20:29,161 I mean, this thing is remarkable, 431 00:20:29,161 --> 00:20:30,963 what they've done and how they've put it together. 432 00:20:30,963 --> 00:20:33,799 And I urge you to get involved if you really want to do something, 433 00:20:33,799 --> 00:20:36,735 you know, you see these large charities and that's great. 434 00:20:36,735 --> 00:20:39,738 But if you want to reach out, and as they say, touch someone. 435 00:20:40,105 --> 00:20:43,308 Here's a chance, okay, to reach out and touch someone 436 00:20:43,642 --> 00:20:46,645 instead of 70 families this year it will probably be like 90. 437 00:20:46,979 --> 00:20:47,679 And I'm predicting 438 00:20:47,679 --> 00:20:51,750 they're going to have 250, 260 kids by the time they get done with this thing. 439 00:20:51,750 --> 00:20:57,422 So the website, zuzus-petals.org. 440 00:20:57,723 --> 00:20:59,992 You can get Ahold of John if you want to get involved. 441 00:20:59,992 --> 00:21:02,995 Maybe your church, your civic organization, 442 00:21:03,061 --> 00:21:04,329 maybe you personally, I don't know. 443 00:21:04,329 --> 00:21:06,298 Maybe you're maybe your workplace. Maybe. 444 00:21:06,298 --> 00:21:08,634 Maybe you guys would like to do something for Christmas Day think, 445 00:21:08,634 --> 00:21:09,901 What could we do? 446 00:21:09,901 --> 00:21:11,870 Well, this is something you could do that would make a big difference. 447 00:21:11,870 --> 00:21:16,341 Give John a call (816) 977-1955. 448 00:21:16,341 --> 00:21:19,111 (816) 977-1955. 449 00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:20,812 So every year I ask you to do this, 450 00:21:21,913 --> 00:21:22,381 there's one 451 00:21:22,381 --> 00:21:25,350 particular one that I want you to do this year where you 452 00:21:26,451 --> 00:21:28,887 showed up at this woman's house. 453 00:21:28,887 --> 00:21:29,788 She didn't have anything. 454 00:21:29,788 --> 00:21:32,791 She was the single mom had nothing for these kids. 455 00:21:32,791 --> 00:21:35,260 And you showed up at the house for Christmas. 456 00:21:35,260 --> 00:21:37,095 You just tell that story 457 00:21:37,095 --> 00:21:40,232 because that story from start to finish is one of my favorite stories. 458 00:21:40,265 --> 00:21:44,102 Yeah, I think it's interesting because when we started, 459 00:21:44,102 --> 00:21:48,273 I don't think we quite realized, you know, the depth of need 460 00:21:48,874 --> 00:21:52,711 and just how how rough it is out there for some families. 461 00:21:52,711 --> 00:21:55,681 I mean, the story that you're talking about. 462 00:21:56,548 --> 00:21:59,418 It was actually it was one of our first deliveries. 463 00:21:59,418 --> 00:22:02,688 It was on our first day of deliveries. 464 00:22:02,721 --> 00:22:03,422 Yeah. 465 00:22:03,422 --> 00:22:07,659 And I'd been in communication with this lady for a few weeks. 466 00:22:07,659 --> 00:22:11,229 You know, we like ran the interview with her in very, very nice and very up 467 00:22:11,229 --> 00:22:11,430 beat. 468 00:22:11,430 --> 00:22:14,733 Very, very grateful for what we were going to do for her. 469 00:22:15,701 --> 00:22:20,005 And we, called her when we were on our way to her house, 470 00:22:20,005 --> 00:22:23,041 letting her know that we'll be there in ten, 15 minutes, whatever it was. 471 00:22:23,475 --> 00:22:24,576 And she said, awesome. 472 00:22:24,576 --> 00:22:28,747 I just knock on the door when you get here and we'll let you in. 473 00:22:29,281 --> 00:22:33,852 So we pull up in what's, you know, obviously a pretty rough neighborhood. 474 00:22:33,852 --> 00:22:36,555 Most of these places that we go, 475 00:22:36,555 --> 00:22:39,524 you know, more difficult neighborhood. 476 00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:40,192 Yeah. 477 00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:43,228 They're they're not living in the suburbs and in million dollar homes. 478 00:22:43,261 --> 00:22:45,097 No, no, exactly. 479 00:22:45,097 --> 00:22:46,865 And so we go up, we knock on the door, 480 00:22:46,865 --> 00:22:49,868 we make sure the address is correct, we knock on the door, 481 00:22:50,102 --> 00:22:53,105 and I know we're probably waiting 20 or 30 seconds or so, 482 00:22:53,872 --> 00:22:56,141 and a young guy comes up 483 00:22:56,141 --> 00:22:59,077 to, the door, and it's one of her kids. 484 00:22:59,077 --> 00:23:00,178 And right off the bat, 485 00:23:00,178 --> 00:23:03,181 what kind of thinking will this defeats a lot of the purpose. 486 00:23:03,548 --> 00:23:05,050 You're not supposed to be here. 487 00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:09,521 Yeah, but then, what we found out shortly after is we walked in, 488 00:23:10,355 --> 00:23:14,393 and the lady that I'd been communicating with was actually 489 00:23:14,860 --> 00:23:17,796 lying in a bed in the living room, 490 00:23:17,796 --> 00:23:22,367 and she was in hospice, so she did not. 491 00:23:22,567 --> 00:23:25,070 Unfortunately, she's no longer with us, 492 00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:26,805 and she didn't 493 00:23:26,805 --> 00:23:29,808 have very long to live at that point. 494 00:23:30,008 --> 00:23:32,911 And it was like all she wanted was to just give her boys, 495 00:23:32,911 --> 00:23:36,047 her two boys that were there just one Christmas before she left. 496 00:23:37,215 --> 00:23:42,187 And that, I mean, that was a lot to take in when we this was my first day. 497 00:23:42,187 --> 00:23:45,190 We had no idea what to expect when we're going into these houses 498 00:23:45,724 --> 00:23:49,795 and we go in, you know, we try and bring some cheer in there as well. 499 00:23:49,795 --> 00:23:52,798 So, you know, we're all, yeah, we're really happy. 500 00:23:52,864 --> 00:23:55,867 Give her a hug and her two boys 501 00:23:56,468 --> 00:23:59,738 sitting over on the couch, which once again is not ideal, 502 00:23:59,738 --> 00:24:02,741 but in this scenario, it is what it is. 503 00:24:03,275 --> 00:24:07,078 And so we we make the delivery, we say Merry Christmas, give her a hug. 504 00:24:07,078 --> 00:24:11,783 And I go over and I say, wish her boys Merry Christmas as well. 505 00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:14,419 From memory their ages were 14 and nine. 506 00:24:14,419 --> 00:24:15,387 Okay. 507 00:24:15,387 --> 00:24:19,991 And I shake the hand of the 14 year old and he was very gracious. 508 00:24:19,991 --> 00:24:23,161 And then I go and I shake the hand of the 19 year old 509 00:24:23,695 --> 00:24:24,763 and I say, hey bud, Merry Christmas. 510 00:24:24,763 --> 00:24:27,999 9 or 19? Nine, I'm sorry. Yeah. Nine. 511 00:24:30,001 --> 00:24:31,603 And I go shake his hand. 512 00:24:31,603 --> 00:24:33,538 I say, hey, like Merry Christmas. 513 00:24:33,538 --> 00:24:36,541 Hope you guys, I hope we're able to step in there for you 514 00:24:36,708 --> 00:24:39,578 and he he's staring right into my eyes 515 00:24:39,578 --> 00:24:42,581 and he will not let go of my hand. 516 00:24:42,848 --> 00:24:45,884 And there was this very kind of awkward, 517 00:24:45,884 --> 00:24:49,554 uncomfortable 10 to 15 seconds there where 518 00:24:50,222 --> 00:24:53,492 I'm kind of awkwardly trying to pull away because, I mean, 519 00:24:53,492 --> 00:24:54,693 I don't know what to do with myself, 520 00:24:54,693 --> 00:24:58,029 and he just would not let go of my hand and eventually did. 521 00:24:58,029 --> 00:24:58,663 And we left. 522 00:24:58,663 --> 00:25:02,634 And I mean, man, the scene in that car afterwards was, 523 00:25:03,568 --> 00:25:06,872 is I don't think people really realize, 524 00:25:06,872 --> 00:25:10,775 you know, what these things do for people that have nothing. 525 00:25:11,309 --> 00:25:14,379 And I mean, those kids probably in the foster care system now, 526 00:25:16,248 --> 00:25:19,251 but they they had one day, 527 00:25:19,651 --> 00:25:23,121 you know, just one day where they didn't have to worry about anything. 528 00:25:23,121 --> 00:25:23,788 And, you know, that. 529 00:25:23,788 --> 00:25:28,860 Was the memory with their mom that you created that they'll never lose. 530 00:25:28,894 --> 00:25:29,394 Yeah. 531 00:25:29,394 --> 00:25:31,029 And that that's what I mean 532 00:25:31,029 --> 00:25:34,733 by illustrating what they do and why it's so very, very different. 533 00:25:35,133 --> 00:25:40,639 You so but that particular you provided food, the tree. Yes. 534 00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:42,841 And the whole thing. The whole thing. 535 00:25:42,841 --> 00:25:43,742 The whole thing. 536 00:25:43,742 --> 00:25:45,610 The whole thing. And it was. 537 00:25:45,610 --> 00:25:45,877 Yeah. 538 00:25:45,877 --> 00:25:49,848 I mean that anyway, I think it was kind of fitting and obviously like divine 539 00:25:49,848 --> 00:25:53,451 intervention that that was the first one that we did or one of the first ones, 540 00:25:53,985 --> 00:25:57,289 because then you when you when you realize, 541 00:25:57,289 --> 00:26:01,293 I think the wants, that's out there, I mean, it makes everything else easy. 542 00:26:01,326 --> 00:26:03,261 You know, there was another one last year 543 00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:06,097 where the, the 544 00:26:06,097 --> 00:26:09,100 parents came to Santas workshop 545 00:26:10,335 --> 00:26:12,837 with the kids with the kids so the kids were with Santa. 546 00:26:12,837 --> 00:26:14,472 And we were. Like, that's where you get the. 547 00:26:14,472 --> 00:26:16,541 So when the parents, you separate kids from the parents 548 00:26:16,541 --> 00:26:18,143 and then you give the gift, right? Right. 549 00:26:18,143 --> 00:26:21,012 So they got put them in the car. The kids never see them. Correct. 550 00:26:21,012 --> 00:26:23,014 Which is for the audience that doesn't know it. 551 00:26:23,014 --> 00:26:26,585 That's part of the point is to let the parents be the heroes in this. 552 00:26:26,585 --> 00:26:30,689 Right now, we're not riding in on a on a white horse saying like, you know, yeah. 553 00:26:30,722 --> 00:26:31,256 Exactly. 554 00:26:31,256 --> 00:26:31,423 Right. 555 00:26:31,423 --> 00:26:34,426 Well, I mean, metaphorically not, 556 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:35,493 yeah. 557 00:26:35,493 --> 00:26:38,630 But yeah, we want the parents to participate 558 00:26:38,630 --> 00:26:41,733 in this, like we want them to share in the joy. 559 00:26:41,733 --> 00:26:44,135 We want them to be the ones that wake up on Christmas morning 560 00:26:44,135 --> 00:26:46,137 and see the joy in their their kids eyes. 561 00:26:46,137 --> 00:26:47,472 So what happened? 562 00:26:47,472 --> 00:26:51,142 So where, we’re were working with the parents, 563 00:26:51,142 --> 00:26:55,113 the kids are with Santa, we’re, taking the gifts to the car. 564 00:26:55,113 --> 00:26:55,981 And this dad, 565 00:26:57,315 --> 00:26:59,217 really, really nice guy. 566 00:26:59,217 --> 00:27:02,921 He's telling me how, you know, he lost his job, and, 567 00:27:03,355 --> 00:27:06,458 you know, he's he's never had to use a service like this before. 568 00:27:07,125 --> 00:27:09,794 And after we, you know, we take him through, we show him 569 00:27:09,794 --> 00:27:13,231 all of the items, make sure that that is what that he wanted. 570 00:27:13,832 --> 00:27:15,266 He starts crying. 571 00:27:15,266 --> 00:27:17,235 You know, this is a grown man, you know? 572 00:27:17,235 --> 00:27:19,871 Then it just starts getting very emotional. 573 00:27:19,871 --> 00:27:22,741 And where there are more like, hey, like, no worries. 574 00:27:22,741 --> 00:27:25,110 You know, we’re, we all get down on our luck sometimes. 575 00:27:25,110 --> 00:27:28,380 I mean, that's one of the reasons I wanted to do this is my family 576 00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:31,383 went through tough times when when I was a kid 577 00:27:31,516 --> 00:27:34,653 and he just said, I promise you, he looked at me and he said, I promise 578 00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:38,223 you, you know, when things improve for me, I'm going to do this for somebody else. 579 00:27:39,758 --> 00:27:42,961 And I was like, well then, man, I mean, God bless you. 580 00:27:43,161 --> 00:27:44,496 You know, like what? 581 00:27:44,496 --> 00:27:45,630 What else do you say to that? 582 00:27:45,630 --> 00:27:48,600 But, you know, you tip your cap to him wish him a merry Christmas. 583 00:27:48,967 --> 00:27:49,668 You know, that's the thing. 584 00:27:49,668 --> 00:27:50,735 It's I think a lot of people 585 00:27:50,735 --> 00:27:53,738 don't realize a lot of folks out there living paycheck to paycheck. 586 00:27:54,439 --> 00:27:56,341 They miss a couple of paychecks. 587 00:27:56,341 --> 00:27:57,709 They're on the street. 588 00:27:57,709 --> 00:27:58,009 Okay. 589 00:27:58,009 --> 00:28:02,414 I mean, it's rough and that for folks in that particular situation. 590 00:28:02,881 --> 00:28:05,550 So now you multiply that by Christmas. 591 00:28:05,550 --> 00:28:09,788 Well, if they've got enough money for rent wherever they're living, okay. 592 00:28:09,788 --> 00:28:12,791 And groceries, they probably don't have the money for gifts. 593 00:28:12,924 --> 00:28:15,260 And, and, and a really nice Christmas dinner 594 00:28:15,260 --> 00:28:16,995 and all the things that come with it. 595 00:28:16,995 --> 00:28:18,630 But that's what these folks do. 596 00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:22,500 That's why I asked John every year to tell a couple of these stories, because, 597 00:28:24,169 --> 00:28:27,172 again, there's lots of Christmas 598 00:28:27,872 --> 00:28:30,909 charities out there in this town, you know, all over the place. 599 00:28:31,309 --> 00:28:34,446 But if you really want to just reach out is, you know, 600 00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:37,982 there was an old commercial, I forget who it was and touch someone. 601 00:28:38,349 --> 00:28:40,151 This is a way to do it, okay? 602 00:28:40,151 --> 00:28:43,722 This is a way where you can walk in, make a donation, get involved. 603 00:28:43,922 --> 00:28:46,791 Go to the gala on December 12th. 604 00:28:46,791 --> 00:28:49,494 The Country Club Christian, great opportunity. 605 00:28:49,494 --> 00:28:51,162 Have a great time. 606 00:28:51,162 --> 00:28:54,766 You bring your whole family, bring your, if your a grandparent, bring grandkids. 607 00:28:55,133 --> 00:28:57,635 Have a great time and get in the mood for Christmas. 608 00:28:57,635 --> 00:29:00,105 But at the same time realize what you're doing here. 609 00:29:00,105 --> 00:29:02,040 You're really helping some people that need help. 610 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,542 The website, zuzus-petals.org. 611 00:29:04,542 --> 00:29:06,911 zuzus-petals.org. 612 00:29:06,911 --> 00:29:10,381 The phone number (816) 977-1955. 613 00:29:10,682 --> 00:29:13,618 (816) 977-1955. 614 00:29:13,618 --> 00:29:15,620 Stay tuned. We'll be right back after the break. 615 00:29:15,620 --> 00:29:16,955 You're listening to America's 616 00:29:16,955 --> 00:29:20,725 Healthcare Advocate Broadcasting here on the HIA Radio Network. 617 00:29:20,759 --> 00:29:24,162 Once again, that website is zuzus-pedals.org. 618 00:29:24,362 --> 00:29:26,931 You want to call John directly and get involved? 619 00:29:26,931 --> 00:29:30,201 (816) 977-1955. We'll be right back. 620 00:29:30,235 --> 00:29:30,735 Stay there. 621 00:29:38,042 --> 00:29:38,810 Welcome back. 622 00:29:38,810 --> 00:29:42,313 You're listening to America's Healthcare Advocate show, broadcasting coast to coast 623 00:29:42,614 --> 00:29:45,517 across the USA here on the HIA Radio Network. 624 00:29:45,517 --> 00:29:49,154 You can find out more about us, go on to the website or up on the podcast 625 00:29:49,154 --> 00:29:52,390 channels, or 16 of them, or once again on the YouTube channel. 626 00:29:52,390 --> 00:29:54,692 So this particular show. 627 00:29:54,692 --> 00:29:56,961 We're here talking to the folks and Zuzu's Petals. 628 00:29:56,961 --> 00:29:58,096 John Massey, 629 00:29:58,096 --> 00:30:01,499 president and founder of Zuzu’s Petals, along with the other gentleman 630 00:30:01,499 --> 00:30:02,967 that work with him. 631 00:30:02,967 --> 00:30:05,570 If your company wants to do something this year, 632 00:30:05,570 --> 00:30:07,739 it will make a difference where you literally 633 00:30:07,739 --> 00:30:09,774 are going to make a difference to a family. 634 00:30:09,774 --> 00:30:11,342 This might be the place to do it. 635 00:30:11,342 --> 00:30:15,513 It's zuzus-petals.org, zuzus-petals.org 636 00:30:15,780 --> 00:30:18,783 or (816) 977-1955. 637 00:30:19,017 --> 00:30:21,486 If you want to call John, he’ll come out and talk to you. 638 00:30:21,486 --> 00:30:22,754 Maybe you want to have come and talk 639 00:30:22,754 --> 00:30:25,924 to the HR director, the CEO, whatever the case may be, 640 00:30:26,624 --> 00:30:29,694 he’d be happy to have a chat with you, so feel free to get Ahold of him. 641 00:30:29,694 --> 00:30:33,798 They've got a huge gala coming up on December 12th at Country Club Christian. 642 00:30:34,999 --> 00:30:36,868 It’s a theater Production is what it really is. 643 00:30:36,868 --> 00:30:40,205 Okay, you've got a full orchestra, a 50 member choir. 644 00:30:40,505 --> 00:30:44,409 It's just a wonderful time, food, a great time for people to get together. 645 00:30:44,409 --> 00:30:47,412 And that church is beautiful up on Ward Parkway. 646 00:30:47,612 --> 00:30:49,981 So that's December 12th. What time is that? 647 00:30:49,981 --> 00:30:53,685 Party starts at 530PM and then the concert starts at 730PM. 648 00:30:53,685 --> 00:30:57,455 Okay, so 530PM it starts and then and the concert is at 730PM. 649 00:30:57,455 --> 00:30:58,990 So it's going to be a great time. 650 00:30:58,990 --> 00:31:00,625 All right. So what is it. 651 00:31:00,625 --> 00:31:04,329 So this is Dave's idea and we've done this before. 652 00:31:04,896 --> 00:31:06,364 How did all this just start. 653 00:31:06,364 --> 00:31:09,367 You know were there are five of you when you originally started or four? 654 00:31:09,901 --> 00:31:11,936 It was actually just three of us. 655 00:31:11,936 --> 00:31:12,837 One of the three of you. 656 00:31:12,837 --> 00:31:14,906 And you belong to Saint Vincent's Catholic Church. 657 00:31:14,906 --> 00:31:16,975 That's how you all know each other? Yep. Okay. 658 00:31:16,975 --> 00:31:19,110 And then one day. What? 659 00:31:19,110 --> 00:31:22,113 This just like you sit around drinking beer and trying to figure. 660 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:23,882 Yeah, it does. 661 00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:27,085 It started a long time ago, actually. 662 00:31:27,085 --> 00:31:28,820 So Christmas has always been. 663 00:31:28,820 --> 00:31:31,556 I've just had. Your favorite holiday. 664 00:31:31,556 --> 00:31:36,027 Well or it my parents always put such an intense amount of effort 665 00:31:36,027 --> 00:31:40,331 into making that day just the most magical experience 666 00:31:40,331 --> 00:31:42,867 any of my, my siblings could ever wish for. 667 00:31:44,002 --> 00:31:46,170 And as I got older, you know, 668 00:31:46,170 --> 00:31:50,308 I think I saw that not everyone had that. 669 00:31:51,009 --> 00:31:54,178 And I also saw that you know, like I mentioned earlier 670 00:31:54,178 --> 00:31:58,082 in the show that my family went through some tough times. 671 00:31:58,082 --> 00:31:58,483 Yeah. 672 00:31:58,483 --> 00:32:01,486 And I remember very specifically 673 00:32:01,953 --> 00:32:06,157 my parents being so stressed out about bringing Christmas. 674 00:32:06,658 --> 00:32:06,891 Right? 675 00:32:06,891 --> 00:32:09,894 Because times were tough, finances were tight. 676 00:32:10,261 --> 00:32:13,531 And at the time I'm kind of thinking, you know, like what? 677 00:32:13,531 --> 00:32:17,468 Like I I'm I'm fine, you know, like, I don't need a bike 678 00:32:17,468 --> 00:32:20,471 or I don't need that, but I think as I got older, 679 00:32:20,471 --> 00:32:23,474 what I realized was, is whether or not I needed it. 680 00:32:23,541 --> 00:32:25,043 It's kind of irrelevant. 681 00:32:25,043 --> 00:32:28,313 The point was, is that my parents wanted me to have something 682 00:32:28,313 --> 00:32:30,782 that they were worried they weren't going to be able to give to me. 683 00:32:30,782 --> 00:32:34,786 So anyway, later on, I'm obviously from Australia. 684 00:32:34,786 --> 00:32:37,121 I'm not I'm not from Kansas City, 685 00:32:37,121 --> 00:32:39,958 but my mom's from Kansas City, which is how I ended up here. 686 00:32:39,958 --> 00:32:42,694 And she's got she's got a massive, massive family. 687 00:32:42,694 --> 00:32:45,063 I've got a lot of cousins in the Kansas City area. 688 00:32:45,063 --> 00:32:49,067 I got very close with my cousin Danny from out here who you've met. 689 00:32:49,267 --> 00:32:50,969 He's been on the show on previous year, 690 00:32:52,170 --> 00:32:55,173 and we were both kind of at a point in our careers where we were trying 691 00:32:55,173 --> 00:32:58,142 to figure out, you know, what it was we wanted to do long term. 692 00:32:58,576 --> 00:33:01,579 And I'd bounced around, tried a couple of different things. 693 00:33:02,013 --> 00:33:05,016 And I remember being in a career interview 694 00:33:05,583 --> 00:33:10,288 with, with a mentor of mine who asked me very specifically, you know, like what? 695 00:33:10,288 --> 00:33:12,357 Yeah. What are you passionate about? 696 00:33:12,357 --> 00:33:15,093 Which I always hated that question, if I'm being honest, 697 00:33:15,093 --> 00:33:16,494 because I'm like, well, I don't know. 698 00:33:16,494 --> 00:33:18,730 I mean, football like. 699 00:33:18,730 --> 00:33:20,732 I'm drinking beer. Yeah, exactly. 700 00:33:20,732 --> 00:33:22,300 I'm very passionate about drinking beer. 701 00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:23,101 What's that you're drinking? 702 00:33:23,101 --> 00:33:26,237 So, I'm really good at drinking beer. 703 00:33:26,871 --> 00:33:29,173 Yeah. Exactly, exactly. 704 00:33:29,173 --> 00:33:32,443 And what my answer at the time, and this was, like, 705 00:33:32,443 --> 00:33:34,912 supposed to be a serious interview so I couldn't say this, 706 00:33:36,147 --> 00:33:37,515 but my answer was Christmas. 707 00:33:37,515 --> 00:33:41,919 I mean, it's the one thing that I could think about work 708 00:33:41,919 --> 00:33:46,157 on 365 days a year and never, ever get sick of it. 709 00:33:46,858 --> 00:33:49,861 I didn't say that in the interview that later that night 710 00:33:50,695 --> 00:33:54,599 I was over Danny's house and we were just having a glass of scotch, 711 00:33:54,665 --> 00:33:57,435 and I was telling him about this, and we had a good laugh over, 712 00:33:57,435 --> 00:34:00,438 you know, what I wanted to say, but I couldn't stay. 713 00:34:00,438 --> 00:34:03,875 And that was followed by probably a 30 second silence. 714 00:34:04,675 --> 00:34:07,578 And then there was this what if, 715 00:34:07,578 --> 00:34:10,515 you know, like we both he grew up very similar to me. 716 00:34:10,515 --> 00:34:13,785 So he's one of 11 kids. 717 00:34:13,785 --> 00:34:17,055 And Christmas was always like a huge part of his life as well. 718 00:34:17,455 --> 00:34:21,292 And so we were like, well, if you were to take the concept of, 719 00:34:21,292 --> 00:34:25,196 say, Santa Claus and you were going to try and make that real, 720 00:34:26,497 --> 00:34:28,166 how would you do that? 721 00:34:28,166 --> 00:34:30,268 And this is what we came up with. 722 00:34:30,268 --> 00:34:33,271 So that's where that's why we started. 723 00:34:33,404 --> 00:34:35,206 That is how it all started. 724 00:34:35,206 --> 00:34:39,343 And I remember I had started working on this website 725 00:34:40,545 --> 00:34:45,583 on Wix.com, which I am the furthest thing from a developer that you will ever meet. 726 00:34:45,583 --> 00:34:48,853 I know nothing about it, but I built something that I was kind of proud of. 727 00:34:48,853 --> 00:34:49,220 Honestly. 728 00:34:49,220 --> 00:34:53,291 I worked on it for about six months and I was in my office at my day job. 729 00:34:53,591 --> 00:34:56,661 And then Mak who you've also met. 730 00:34:56,761 --> 00:34:58,362 That's the guy that's marrying my little sister in a couple of months. 731 00:34:58,362 --> 00:35:01,833 He was walking past my office and I didn't really know him at the time. 732 00:35:01,833 --> 00:35:05,002 I just knew he built websites for the company that I worked for, 733 00:35:05,837 --> 00:35:09,240 and I pull him in and I was like, so we're about to launch this, you know, 734 00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:11,175 could you take a look at it? And he's like, oh, yeah, sure. 735 00:35:11,175 --> 00:35:13,578 And I show it to him and he's just kind of looking at it. 736 00:35:13,578 --> 00:35:17,648 And within seconds he goes, I mean, what if I just built you 737 00:35:17,648 --> 00:35:20,852 one, which Mak’s this super nice guy? 738 00:35:20,852 --> 00:35:22,487 I later found out that that's Mak’s 739 00:35:22,487 --> 00:35:26,457 way of saying this stinks, and you should not do this ever again. 740 00:35:26,457 --> 00:35:27,825 Just let me do it for you. 741 00:35:27,825 --> 00:35:29,894 And I was like, hey, okay. 742 00:35:29,894 --> 00:35:31,829 And that's how he then became involved. 743 00:35:31,829 --> 00:35:34,365 And so he built us a website. 744 00:35:34,365 --> 00:35:38,402 And then it was Chiefs preseason football. 745 00:35:38,803 --> 00:35:41,305 This is five years ago now. 746 00:35:41,305 --> 00:35:45,610 4 or 5 years ago we were watching a really crappy game 747 00:35:46,110 --> 00:35:49,113 and we launched it. 748 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:54,185 And then that year we ended up servicing 21 families, 52 kids. 749 00:35:54,185 --> 00:35:58,823 I remember then the next year it was 127 kids or 45 families. 750 00:35:59,090 --> 00:36:01,492 Then last year it was 751 00:36:02,693 --> 00:36:05,696 208 kids, 72 families. 752 00:36:05,730 --> 00:36:09,767 And then this year, I mean, we've already got 80 families in the hopper, you know, 753 00:36:09,767 --> 00:36:13,237 and it's October, so like, that number is going to grow and grow and grow. 754 00:36:13,237 --> 00:36:14,972 And, you know, that's why we're here, 755 00:36:14,972 --> 00:36:16,941 trying to let people know what we're trying to do. 756 00:36:16,941 --> 00:36:20,011 And, you know, I do this show every year for a reason. 757 00:36:20,011 --> 00:36:21,646 Obviously, 758 00:36:21,646 --> 00:36:23,881 I've helped these guys every year. 759 00:36:23,881 --> 00:36:25,082 I've made donations to them 760 00:36:25,082 --> 00:36:28,052 to help them get this thing off the ground and do what it needs to do. 761 00:36:28,319 --> 00:36:30,488 Their remarkable in what they do, they're passionate about it. 762 00:36:30,488 --> 00:36:33,624 I think you can tell that if, again, as I said, 763 00:36:33,624 --> 00:36:36,627 if you want to help somebody a specific. 764 00:36:36,661 --> 00:36:40,164 So this is an opportunity where you can get involved with these folks 765 00:36:40,164 --> 00:36:42,800 and know that there is a single family out there 766 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:45,603 going to benefit from what you're doing, from the way you're helping them. 767 00:36:45,603 --> 00:36:48,606 People that wouldn't have a Christmas without what they're doing. 768 00:36:48,606 --> 00:36:50,641 Okay. Their remarkable young men. The website is 769 00:36:52,877 --> 00:36:54,512 zuzus-petals.org. 770 00:36:54,512 --> 00:36:58,449 If you want to call John once again, if your company wants to do something 771 00:36:58,449 --> 00:37:01,485 or your church or your civic group, you want to do something. 772 00:37:01,652 --> 00:37:04,622 (816) 977 1955 773 00:37:04,822 --> 00:37:08,192 the big gala is December 12th at Country Club Christian. 774 00:37:08,426 --> 00:37:12,230 Starts at 5 or 530, but at 530 okay, at Country Club 775 00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:15,233 Christian goes music in the theater start at seven. 776 00:37:15,566 --> 00:37:16,734 Bring the whole family. 777 00:37:16,734 --> 00:37:18,636 Kick your Christmas off 778 00:37:18,636 --> 00:37:21,606 with real music and people that really are going to enjoy Christmas. 779 00:37:21,606 --> 00:37:24,976 This is your opportunity, so I urge you to take the time 780 00:37:25,643 --> 00:37:28,646 to look into this to see if you can help these folks 781 00:37:28,713 --> 00:37:31,682 and make a difference out there for people that really need a difference. 782 00:37:32,483 --> 00:37:33,217 John Massey. 783 00:37:33,217 --> 00:37:35,586 Thank you once again for coming in here. Thank you, Cary. 784 00:37:35,586 --> 00:37:38,589 You can tell me other guys playing hooky, they better be here next year 785 00:37:39,357 --> 00:37:40,958 I will I'll give them a good ribbing. 786 00:37:40,958 --> 00:37:42,660 Yeah. You should okay. 787 00:37:42,660 --> 00:37:45,730 And now, ladies and gentlemen, I leave you with this thought from Albert Einstein. 788 00:37:46,097 --> 00:37:49,166 The one who follows the crowd they usually get no further than the crowd. 789 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:53,537 The one who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been. 790 00:37:53,804 --> 00:37:55,673 Remember, friends is a funny thing about life. 791 00:37:55,673 --> 00:37:59,610 If you refuse to accept anything but the very best, you most often get it. 792 00:37:59,977 --> 00:38:02,847 Thank you for listening to America's Healthcare Advocate Show, 793 00:38:02,847 --> 00:38:05,850 broadcasting coast to coast across the USA. 794 00:38:06,284 --> 00:38:07,618 Goodbye, America. 795 00:38:11,122 --> 00:38:17,695 You. You.