>> AN EVENT HAPPENING IN SOUTH COUNTY TODAY IS HELPING NOT JUST PEOPLE IN NEED, BUT ALSO. >> PAT SAYS, WELL, YEAH, FOX'S TIM EZELL IS THERE WITH MORE ON HOW YOU CAN HELP AND TIM AND LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE STARTING TO FILL TRUCK UP THIS MORNING. >> THEY ARE STARTING TO FEEL THE TRUCK PLENTY OF WORK BEING DONE HERE. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE STOP BY AND SAY, HEY, IT'S GOT HERE.
GOT TO FEEL THAT VILLA GOVERNMENT STARTED IS BACK WHEN THE PANDEMIC FIRST WAS HITTING US AND YOU SAW A NEED DECIDED LET'S MOVE TO THE RIGHT. YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY FELT THE SAME WAY IT WAS IN MAY OF 2020'S WHEN WE HELD OUR FIRST DRIVE >> WE RALLY TO A BUNCH OF SUBDIVISIONS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE METRO AREA. PEOPLE REALLY SORT OF GRAVITATED THE IDEA RABBIT RUN GET GRAVITATED TO THE IDEA OF HELPING THE WORK. THEY WERE STRUGGLING, FOOD SECURITY. SO IT WAS REALLY JUST A GREAT A GOODWILL GESTURE THAT THAT PEOPLE WERE RALLYING AROUND BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS AND THE MIC AND WHAT YOU DECIDE TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? >> WE HAD A LOT YOUTH GROUPS PARTICIPATED IN THIS AND IN OUR PREVIOUS RIGHT.
I THINK IT WAS A SORT OF A NATURAL EVOLUTION. THE LARGE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SCHOOLS LIKE SCHOOL DISTRICTS MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THIS. >> THAT WAS REALLY IT SAW WHO WAS WHO WAS PARTICIPATING IN THE PAST. AND IT FELT LIKE A NATURAL SORT OF EVOLUTION TO SEE IF A SCHOOL DISTRICT BE INVOLVED AS THE PRINCIPAL AT A ELEMENT RE SCHOOL. WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOUR SCHOOL TO BE INVOLVED IN AN EVENT LIKE THIS? WELL, OAK ELEMENTARY HAS A STRONG, LONG HISTORY OF WANTING TO HELP OUR LARGER COMMUNITY. AND SO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR PARENTS ARE WONDERFUL. OUR KIDS ARE GREAT AND THEY ALWAYS ARE LEARNING. >> HOW TO HELP THE COMMUNITY AROUND THEM. SO IT'S EXCITING FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. IT HAS BEEN A LEARNING EXPERIENCE ALSO FOR THE CONSERVATIVE FAMILY CAME IN AT THE WE'VE GOT MAX AND BRODY HERE AS WELL. >> I MEAN, WAS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO TEACH YOUR KIDS THAT THERE'S A NEED OUT THERE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US NOT TO JUST HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS WHILE WE'RE HAVING DINNER YOU KNOW, OPENING A SNACK, BUT TO ACTUALLY BRING OUR CHILDREN OUT TO PHYSICALLY DO SOMETHING AND BE HELPING THE COMMUNITY >> SO THAT THEY CAN LINK THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO ACTUAL TO SUPPORT OUR OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR SCHOOL. I LOVE IT AND IS TAKING PLACE THROUGH FRIDAY. YOU CAN DONATE AT THE GAME. THE BIG GAME IS OVER MOUNT BIG RIVALRY, BUT THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER FOR THIS EVENT. THE TRACK WILL BE SET UP OUT HERE IN FRONT OF PET SUPPLIES. PLUS, ON TELEGRAPH RIGHT BILL, TODAY, YOU MAKE A DONATION THERE. ALSO. >> PET SUPPLIES AS WELL. YOU'RE LOOKING TO MEET THAT NEED AS WELL. A LOT OF PEOPLE WE ARE UNABLE TO FEED THEMSELVES ALSO ARE UNABLE TO FEED THEIR PETS. SO PET FOOD ALSO WELCOME HERE AS WELL COMBINED. SAM MAKE A DONATION AND HELP FILL UP THE PICK UP THE GREAT EVENTS. GREAT WORK. THANK YOU YOU