we visit with Jenny Floria, Communications and Engagement Director at Crescent Cove. We discuss the role that many Minnesota Twins legends have had on the development of this wonderfully magical place for children and their families.
we visit with Jenny Floria, Communications and Engagement Director at Crescent Cove. We discuss the role that many Minnesota Twins legends have had on the development of this wonderfully magical place for children and their families.
Welcome to the Kindness Chronicles, where we hope to inject the world with a dose of the Minnesota nice that it desperately needs. It's a cold one out there today, but it's warm here with my buddy Steve. Hello and KG in his home office. Snuggled up with a good book. No, you don't read books, do you? No books are overrated. I'm snugging up with a couple of good little puppies, probably start barking in the background. Oh yeah, that'll be big fun. So I'm sure kg we're gonna have with us later today a woman named Jenny Flora, who works for, uh, Crescent Cove. And, uh, Crescent Cove is an organization that provides, uh, hospice and respite care for children. I think it's the only one of its kind in the, uh, in the state of Minnesota, but, uh, that oughta be fun. Let's catch up. Kg, uh, big, big week for you. You were traveling with the wild and you had a hockey day, Minnesota in White Bear Lake. How was that? Well, you guys are East side guys. I mean, you knew, you knew White Bear Lake would come through and they did. They, they put out a, a spectacular show. It was really, um, all about the, uh, the crowds, which were as big as I've seen for this event. Oh good. It was chilly like it is now, but they nailed it. They must have 8,000 people there for that Hillary White Bear game. No, a. Yeah, the marquee game in the middle of the afternoon, and, and John, your alma mater broke the hearts of the home crowd with a three, two, a thriller in overtime. I saw that. Yeah. Steve and I felt really bad about that for the, actually, we didn't I saw some, uh, some the recaps of that. And what a, what did a cool event like I'm, I'm so surprised how many people go out there, how many vendors, all the teams. That's a huge undertaking. Yeah, it's, it's really grown each and every year. And, uh, the food trucks, the village now, the live music, the vi, I mean, it's, it's unlike anything I ever think anybody saw coming. Like when we started this thing in oh seven. In conjunction with the wild, I think it was just all about just getting outside and playing some outdoor hockey and letting the kids go, go back to their roots. But now it's, it's turned into a big old week. Yeah. It's become long festivity, it's become like an industry. It's like punk satani. Punk. S Phil. Yes. That's what it's like. I didn't see my shadow, so we got, we got at least two more months of this brutal winter. Yeah. Um, any highlights from the, uh, from the, the. Game day, Minnesota event. Uh, I would say, Outside of the, um, you know, the overtime game there, there were fireworks on display, which I thought was pretty cool. Taco in a bag, which I took, uh, parted in between games and I gotta tell ya, that's who truck was my favorite. Um, I'm a sucker for taco in a bag really. And then, you know, The wild game that night, you know, going back to St. Paul and, you know, the Minnesotas had so much success on hockey day. They win a, a really cool game where, where they win in a shootout. So the shootout, it really wasn't one little thing, it was a bunch of little things that made up a, a really big day that turned out to be really kind of just perfect. And uh, were you able to stay warm cuz it was pretty cold? That's bleachers. And were there heaters or anything? Well, we had a booth set up for the broadcast. You know, when, when you're working with Anthony and La Panta, you get, you get the best of the best with the panther and it was, you know, low sixties in that booth. And when you went out to do some of your work outside by the rink, you felt it. And I was glad I didn't have to sit out there for more than 10, 15 minutes. But, uh, yeah, it just, the taco truck, it was cold. Yeah. How long were the lines at the taco truck? That's the big question. Well, the lines were a lot longer at the Caribou truck. Oh, you know, that was a brilliant truck to have, uh, on, on there. I wish I had a, a cut of that revenue cuz the line was 20 deep to get a hot cup of coffee or hot chocolate at the caribou truck. There was probably five or six deep at the, at the taco in a bag truck. And the guy that I was working with for the first game was a young kid by the name of Connor. He had never had taco in a bag. Now he's in his early twenties, but there's still no excuse for that kinda behavior. Yes, awful behavior. Walk down him straight, got him a little taco in a bag, and it's, it's the old school where they take the burritos. You know, individual bag? They Oh, the individual. So you're not using like the big family size bag of No, no. It's a little Dorito. Ok. It's like snack bag. A little Dorito bag. Yeah. They cut the sl, put the beef in the lettuce, the tomato, the sour cream. You mix it up and my God, it's so good. Jesus. It sounds like you're gonna have an accident over there, Geez. Did you watch any of the, uh, football on Sunday? You know, I did, I was, it was kind of disappointing. I thought, guys, you know, the first game was a clunker once San Francisco. Yeah. Couldn't feel the, a healthy quarterback in Philadelphia. Just really cruised. And the second game was ok. I thought the officiating was, um, oh. Left something to be desired, It was, it's like how many calls could have gone against Cincinnati? But on the Kindness Chronicles, we just, uh, we have to understand that's a very difficult job and we tip our hat to those officials. But if I lived in Cincinnati right now, woo. Yeah. I would imagine we can't be too happy. There might have been some naughty words on Twitter after that uh, some Unkindness Chronicle like, uh, behavior. Um, did you happen to see the couple of moments after the, the, the game, the, uh, the young man. Who, uh, who got the penalty pushing the guy outta bounds. Yeah. Yeah. And, uh, and, uh, what was your reaction to, uh, to to, to that poor guy sitting on the bench and he didn't look happy? He didn't look happy, but I thought it was, it was neat that, uh, you know, his teammates came over and were trying to, trying to lift him up, and both physically and spiritually. There you go. Did you see that Kevin? Well, yeah. You know, he's 22 years old and when it happened in real time, I'm like, come on man, what a donkey. And then you start to look at the replay and realize it's a fraction of a second. He's. Going full speed and he's trying his best and like a, you know, to see his teammates rally around him, and then the press conference in the locker room, uh, in his locker where he had to face the, uh, the media and his teammates there to make sure it goes okay and support him. Uh, that's, that's what this, you know, again, we love, you know, we, all three of us love getting together and talk about acts of kindness, but the way his teammates and coaching staff stood up for him and backed him up, uh, was another example. Try to make the world a little better place in a very adverse situation because in the world of social media and fans, you know, jumping off the, the bridge when something bad happens like that, it was good to see everybody, uh, kind of stick up for their guy. Yeah. And I didn't realize he was that young. 22 years old. Geez. Think about, yeah, think about when you're 22 and you have the world watching like that. I mean, that's completely understandable. You make a mistake and then you're emotional about it. Like that's just, ah, 22, that's not very old. It was nice to see the guys rally around him and support'em after the game. That was pretty cool. Um, I think what Cincinnati's been through too, you know, the DeMar Hamlin thing, uh, a month ago on Monday night Football. And, and that really hits you between the eyes with the reality of how dangerous life can be and how precious it can be. And then you can see this kid go through that, you know, they've, you know, between Buffalo and Cincinnati, they've kind of been through the emotional gauntlet. So, um, you know, you hope that kid will learn from it and, and clearly I think kill Appreci. what it means to have great teammates and coaches around because you need that. You know, all of us work jobs where, you know, you don't have everybody dissecting every move you make. We all make mistakes in every walk of life, but you know, when you got that many people watching and social media, it can be a lot to overcome for these kids. Yeah. Speaking of DeMar, um, Are you aware of some of the conspiracy theories out there regarding Dammar? I don't, I don't pay any attention. I think it's the most ridiculous thing. Isn't it crazy though? Like, tell me, I dunno about, I dunno. So tell me one, one of the, the conspiracy theories is that Dammar died on the field. And they have found a lookalike. Oh God. But it took him a coup, it took him like a week to find him. You know, the, they showed him at the, the, the, the game in Buffalo. But he was behind kind of this, this, uh, foggy shroud window. Okay. And it was like, and he was in a suite. Yeah, he was in a suite, but it was like, because it was snowing, people are like, oh my God, that's all people need is a little confusion. Yeah. And so the guy that, the guy that, that, that gave the, the nice, uh, announcement or the, the, the thankful gratitude on Twitter, that was a, A, a stand-in for the man who passed away. Cuz you know, the nfl it's, it's all about the money. Yeah. Well, Elvis is still alive too. He is living as a Elvis impersonator somewhere in a Mexican restaurant somewhere. wouldn't, wouldn't, he's probably living the good life in Cabo or something. That's right. Like that. No, no, brother. So real quick, um, we have, uh, the, uh, this week in nice stuff, the, our twins notes this week in nice stuff in twins. Nice stuff. Twins. I like it. Um, Steve. Has clearly had too much time on his hands this week, because he's been, uh, hammering me with all kinds of wonderful, there's great stories out there. That's, that's just our, our, uh, kindest chronicles producers just gathering stuff and sending him to me's gathering. We got a whole fleet. There's a whole head office that's taking care of that stuff. The whole team behind the scenes. Yeah. It's not me. They're, they're delivering the info to the talent. That's what producers do. We are the talent. We are the talent. And, but there's one in particular. Yeah, he laughs There's one in particular that I think, uh, got me and, and, and I would suggest that people try and find this video. It's a picture or it's a video of a. Um, shaving the head of a woman who is going through chemotherapy treatments for cancer and he's shaving her head and you can see what an emotional, uh, event that this is for her. And, uh, After he gets done shaving her head, he gives her like this tight squeeze, this hug. He says, look in. Look at me. Look at me. Look at me. And he starts shaving his own head and no. Yes. And this is a guy who's got a nice head. It wouldn't be like you were me shaving our head. It would be like Steve Brown shaving his head. It was a true, as a got the good luck. Yeah, he's a good effort. It was a true effort of, uh, of humanity. Like amazing. Giving of, uh, someone's, you know, com complete compassion for somebody. It was pretty cool. So check's really cool. Check that one out. If you're, uh, gonna hit the Google, Google that one. Cancer patients surprised by hairdresser. That's all you gotta find. And you know, you'll be ready for a nice little jolt of oxytocin. Be absolutely Total goosebumps. All right, uh, we are gonna go to a break, and after the break we'll be back with, uh, Jenny Flo from Crescent Cove. And we're back joining us. We have a special guest. They're all special. This one's very special. from, Crescent Cove, Jenny Floria. Jenny, welcome to, uh, the Bunk Bedroom. Our studio's in a spare bedroom at my house and there's bunk beds. So Steve and I occasionally will take a little sn. That's weird. That's just weird. That's fantastic. I love it. It's, it's, uh, it's not a good visual So Jenny, uh, tell us a little bit about yourself. Tell us about Crescent Cove. What, uh, what kind of magic happens at Crescent Cove? Sure. Uh, well, I am the, uh, communications Engagement manager at Crescent Cove. I've been involved with the organization for over 10 years in various capacities. I volunteered on the fundraising committee early on, on the communications committee early on, and. Only recently, uh, took a position with them. It's honestly a bit of my, my dream job because it's such an incredible place and I'm really honored to be a part of it. Well, tell us about it. Tell us about Crescent Cove. Sure. What do you do there? Yeah, so. Crescent Cove is, uh, the third only children's hospice and respite home in the United States. Uh, there we provide care and support for children with shortened life expectancies and to their families who love them. So, uh, respite care is basically for children. They have complex medical conditions. Their child, their parents, excuse me, are providing 24 7. Medical care to them, um, just because of the disabilities and things that they've been diagnosed with. Uh, those parents can bring their children to Pres co. We will fully take over their care. We have nurses on site 24 7, and the parents can then take a break and do what they need to do to connect with other children in their house, connect with each other, take a vacation, recharge, and all of that kinda stuff. Um, the other thing that Crescent Cove does is provide end of life care for children as well. So we will create a sacred space for them and their families together we will welcome, uh, any family member who wants to visit, comes to the home, and can spend time with a child and with other, uh, family members and make memories and, uh, create a special place to say goodbye. It's a, it is, it's a beautiful facility. Steve, uh, been Steve was there. I've been there. Yeah. He was there doing, A video shoot for us. Yeah, it was about a year ago, I think. Yeah, a little more than that. A little more than that. But yeah, it was a, it was a quite an incredible place and I, uh, it was pretty incredibly impressive. But I also remember what, as you're talking, just remembered, your nurses and your staff is so qualified. The, the complications some of these kids come in with, you can handle any type of need that's there. That's tell us about how, how you can, how can you do. Yeah. Well, and I, that's what we hear from a lot of families, which I love is. you know, so for these families, they feel sometimes really isolated and very alone of, you know, not having other people that they know going through this. They don't have a community of people, of kids with profound disabilities, and so they might look up and down the street of where they live and say, well, I'm the only one who has to deal with this. And they walk and the Cup Co for the first time. and the nurses approach their child and talk to their kids and learn all the intricacies of how unique each one of them are. Mm-hmm. and tend to them in those ways. Um, and they just, they're, they're floored because, you know, I'll, I'll go someplace else, so I'll go to. The pediatrician, and they've never seen a child like this before and they all just don't really know how to approach him. Yeah, yeah. And yet I come to Crescent Cove and you're all like, oh, well this is, this is our normal, this is what we see every day. It's a very warm and, you know Yeah. Very warm opening. Yeah. Welcoming kind of place. Beautiful. It was a beautiful place. Yeah. Well, Jenny, uh, this is Kevin. I just, um, I'm very impressed to hear some of these, um, ongoing stories and, and how the kids are and their families are taken care of. My question for you, how do you and your staff, um, deal with the emotions of such a, um, a tough situation? I think it's always so very difficult when kids are in that position, and I think the kids handle it better than the adults. And I Sure, I don't, I think parents are in such a bad spot. Right. And how, how are you guys able to handle those emotions? Yeah, that is a great question. Um, I would say when it comes to respite, We truly do focus on doing what our tagline says, which is making moments count. So I do know that our, our nurses feel like they are truly honored to be there to help these children create wonderful memories, do things they perhaps couldn't do if they weren't at Crescent Cove, like take a boat ride, or, um, do all these other things. Um, so when it comes to the respite care, they really feel like, you know, they're honored to be there, to be able to help support parents so that they can get. When it comes to end of life, that is a very different kind of situation, especially cause for many of these kids, uh, we've now, in this year, we've been open five years. A lot of kids now that they have been seeing ever since we opened in 2018. And then to get the call to say, this child is now here nearing end of life, and we wanna come to Crescent Co for end of life, there is a process by which we support our nurses and help create us an environment by which they can show up at work at their best in order to serve that family and then take the time that they need and have the support that they need afterwards to talk it through, to discuss it. Um, To process themselves. Crescent Cove has, been open for five years, but it has a much longer history. Dating back, uh, some time and as I understand it, were the Minnesota twins somehow involved. This is for you Kevin, cuz I know that, you know, we have to always, it always has to be about sports. come back around to sports. Is that the deal? It always has to go back to sports, but isn't there some relationship to Harmon Kibr or something? Can you tell us a little bit about that? Sure. So our founder, Katie Lindenfeld, is a music therapist and she actually, in her work as a music therapist, saw families in need where, you know, they had been told for, perhaps for the child who had been battling cancer, you know, there's no more treatment options for you. And so she saw these families struggling for a place to go at times for these children. So she was the one. Said, you know, we need to open a children's hospice. United States two were in existence and we needed to run in Minnesota. She actually reached out to the Harmon Foundation because she knew that Harmon had a deep place in his heart for children with disabilities. And throughout his life, he also had two near death experiences and understood the importance of hospice care in a person's life. Um, so she reached out to his foundation, ironically, about the time she was reaching out to the found. Um, the news had just come out that he had been diagnosed with esophageal cancer and he himself was entering hospice care. Oh, wow. So, um, yeah, so people think that he reached, she reached, she got harm and she actually, sadly dismissed him because he had just passed. Um, but she had sent an email to the, the foundation in two or three days after his passing. His, um, widow Nita called Katie. And said, Katie, I just saw your email. You know, you obviously sent it some time ago, but I just saw it today and it feels like the universe is speaking to me seriously. It feels like Carmen is here in the room because I think this is something he absolutely would've wanted to do, and how can I help you? And it was truly Nita who opened her address book and called the General Manager for the twins and called Paul Mo and called all these people and called Tony Levin and said, help me support this. Well folks, there's your dose of oxytocin for the day. Go. That'll give you the goosebumps It really, uh, the, I was not aware. I knew that there was some connection, but, uh, wasn't completely aware. And as I understand it, the twins, many of the twins continue to be very supportive of Crescent Cove. Yes, they are. The Minnesota twins has, um, uh, advisory council that a lot of the legends are on it. So Tony Oliva is on there. Justin Orno. Joe Maer now is on there. He is now. I think he's gonna be in the Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame, which is fantastic. Yeah, I heard that. Ooh, yeah. And um, many others are part of this too, Jack Morris as well. I have been to, a couple of events at Crescent Cove. And there is, uh, an unusual amount of star power at your events. Chad Greenway was mm-hmm. there. Mm-hmm. And I mean, could there be a nicer guy than tr Chad Greenway? Oh, he's the best, the best. Uh, you know it, and that's some of the names you rattled out. They're, you know, a great position with their time and with their finances to make an impact. If our listeners, Jenny, want to get involved and support Crescent, how can they do? Yeah, the I, the best way to start would be to go to our website, crescent cove.org. You can learn a little bit more about what we do and then under the how can I help area. Um, there's all kinds of different ways. Uh, donating is a huge thing for us because we are not, our services are not covered by insurance. Um, we don't get reimbursement for end of life care, so we are very heavily reliant on donations for our home to. We also rely on volunteers, which helps reduce our cost of operating cause they do things like help us clean the home and bake meals and create meals for the families so that when we have families stay, um, all of their meals are, are provided for and clean the house and all kinds of things. Very cool. I was just, uh, uh, just typing in crescent cove.org and uh, it auto. It went to crescent roll.com, which, uh, somebody says somebody, somebody's been looking, we really made you crescent rolls. I dunno. Recipes, Oh, that all works. They're delicious. So I have to ask of the people, Jenny, that you've worked with, we love talking about the celebrities, is there one that, that just immediately goes top of mind we love the kindness stories. Oh my gosh. Well, doesn't have to be, doesn't have to be a celebrity. I prefer it was a celebrity. Ok man. ok. Has to be a celebrity. Alright, Um, the one person I could talk to for a very, very long time is Tony. Oh yeah. He is such a great storyteller and he's so funny cause he loves to tell stories. He loves talking to people. I, I appreciate that. You just ask him a single question and he gives you just the most wonderful story. And he paints the tapestry of how things were, how a situation unfolded. And his wife go, God bless. She's so accustomed to him telling his stories, she. Stands there in inside and kinda waits for him to tell a story. And you know, I'm sure she's heard them a million times, but um, they're always so fascinating to hear and he. Truly just a very genuinely kind man. He's just wonderful. Well, let me tell you, my Tony will leave a story real quick. I was okay walking out of Southdale Mall. The Macy's at Southdale Mall right before Christmas, and I think Tony had just found out that he got inducted into the Hall of Fame, or maybe it was after Christmas. I don't know. It was cold out cuz he was wearing stories. He, he was on the, oh, you told the story. But no, you gotta go, you gotta keep going. Oh, I have told the story. He a long time ago. We're passing by each other. And, you know, I didn't want to be that guy. You know, don't be that guy that you know, that's, Hey, Tony Weaver. I just said, Hey, congratulations on, uh, on the Hall of Fame. And he stopped and wanted to engage in conversation. I thought, what a guy. Yes. Most people would just say, Hey, thanks, and they'd roll on. This guy was like, let's talk about it. He's excited. He wasn't excited. Kg, you've probably met some of those guys. What's your experience been like with some of those, those, uh, twins, legends? Well, I had one afternoon in particular, this is going back four or five years where we had a rain delay and I got to sit outside the twins clubhouse and it was Rod Caru and Tony Oliva, two of my heroes as a kid. And they just sat there and told stories and I just got to be a fly on the wall and listen. And, you know, they knew I was there. They knew I was a a twins fan as a kid, and they were talking about being roommates and spring training and practical jokes and who had a better swing and it was just, You know, kind of one of those unplugged situations where we had time to kill and they just let loose. And I gotta tell you, I, I, I had to pinch myself. It was so much fun. Mm-hmm. That's great. Now, Jenny, this past weekend you had your big gala. How did that go? We did, it went so well. Uh, it was so wonderful to see so many in person again, as. You still grappling with the pandemic, but coming outta a pandemic, we had a hundred, I'm sorry, we had 500 people in attendance and over a hundred online. Watching online was wonderful. Good. Yeah, that's, that's a good, yeah, it was great. And um, it was a lot of fun. We had a very large auction. We had a very active live auction that was completely and utterly entertaining, and a couple of families who told their stories of their experience with Crescent Cove that were very, very moving and really helped people understand the, the services that were doing that helped these families. and I understand, uh, was Joe Maer, did he make, uh, some big matching grant announcement at Toward the end? He did. Yes. Uh, so Joe and Matt Maer made a, um,$25,000 matching gift and challenged people in the room to give at least 25$1,000 gift to match that. Did you get to 25? We got to 43 Holy cow. It was amazing. I was seriously completely overwhelmed watching this unfold in front of me, and we were incredibly grateful to them for their generosity and everyone in the room who chose to meet that moment. Yeah, I understand that there was, uh, I was out of town for a work function, but I know that there were some people there from Masonic Charities that, uh, That, uh, claim to have had a, uh, pretty good time at the event, so. Oh, that's so good. Yeah. So I, I just wanted to say I, aside from hearing about your place and, and you know, asking people to get involved, I, I just think it's important for people to understand that your place exists. I know it's been five years you've been there, you've established it, but what a, what amazing place for a cer certain kind of families that need it. So, and where is it? In Brooklyn? Yeah, where is it? Brooklyn. Center. Center. Well, yeah. We are right on the shores of Twin Lake. Twin Lakes. A very, very long, narrow lake. Yeah, it's, and we're right at the very northern tip of it. It's a very, it's a beautiful spot. Yeah, it really is. So, I, I hope people, um, get the word out, uh, aside from jumping in, volunteering over there, get the word out and let families know that have these kind of needs. That it's, it's there and it's an amazing place that people are incredible. You, you. You guys are incredible, Chad. Yeah, and I'm, I'm proud of the fact that Masonic Charities, uh, we discovered Crescent Cove probably five or six years ago. And, uh, just so grateful that we've been able to connect with your organization and done, uh, our little part in, in helping, uh, Make ends meet there at the, uh, at the space. I know it's gotta be expensive to run. So congratulations on a, uh, successful event and, uh, and we're so appreciative of Masonics Charities support. It truly, like I said, we're 70 of our revenues are actually donations is where does the other, where does the other 24% come from? We have a very small amount where we can get reimbursement from Medicaid for respite care. Okay. Okay. Um, but it's only on a portion of our kids and for a portion of the actual cost. Right. The rest of it's Tony Oliva. Yeah. Tony Oliva and Joe Maer, I think. Joe Maer. Yeah. That's, uh, that's very neat. Kg Uh, before we leave, speaking of Joe Maer, do you think Joe's gonna make it into the Hall of Fame? Boy, that's a great question. I, uh, that's why I asked it you know, I, I leaned towards Yes, because of the numbers he put up, uh, when he was a catcher, you know, when he moved to first base and they moved to Target field, those numbers probably cost some confirmation with the Twins fans. But if you look at his numbers and the one he had before Target Field when he was a full-time catcher, um, then you, you have to say yes, it's, I think it's a, it's a coin. Listening to people in the know and, and, you know, the, the pundits across Major League baseball and in the media. But I, I would say slightly lean towards, yes. And obviously we all hope he gets in there. He couldn't find a nicer young man. I mean, he's always been that guy just so down to earth. Such a good dude. And I know he just lost his dad here in the last, uh, few weeks, which. Not expected. So he's been through a lot. So the Hall of Fame thing with the twins is great. Maybe that all spoke a little cheddar to get him into the, uh, the Baseball Hall of Fame as well. Well, it, and it sounds like he would certainly be in the, uh, Minnesota Kindness Hall of Fame, so Sure. We'll put him there. That's for sure. We'll put him there for sure. As well as Jenny along with, as well as Jenny. Jenny. Thank you so much, Jenny, for sure. Kg Oh, that would be such an honor, Jenny. Thank you. KG will let you go. I understand that you've got a date at Uh, crisp and greens and taco truck. Yeah. And, uh, clearly my, uh, my better half selected that. So the, the question is, how many restaurants that you would prefer will you be driving by before you get to Crisp and Green? Will you count'em for us? Don't get me wrong, I love crisp and. But we are gonna be going by a Chipotle, and that is gonna be very difficult for me. That's all I'm gonna say. Will you have like your face up against the window? like smudging the window with a smudging. The window. She'll be, she'll be pulling me into the salad joint and I'll be like reaching for Chipotle and it'll be the love eye lock. I would imagine that there's a Culvers or two on the on the way as well, so. Well, yeah, you're right there. There's one like just. The block from where we live, but we're gonna fly right on by that. Trust me, she's driving so, uh, my hands are tied tonight. All right, well thank you Jenny, and thank you Kevin. Yeah, thank you. And, uh, say hi to Chrissy and go CREs and cove and go Chris and Green. Yeah. All right. Bye-bye. Bye. Bye-bye. And we're back So yeah, we've mentioned that we would like to put a little scientific twist on. What we're presenting, you know, it's not just a couple of guys talking about stories that make him cry, you know, alone in the dark. There's more to it than that. Yeah, there is more, more to it than that. And you have been a busy boy this last, uh, this last week. So Dr. Brown, why don't you tell us what you've, uh, discovered this week? Well, me and my team of producers put together some interesting information. You're into those producers. Every, every week I'd like to have something to to talk about, and I found this interesting thing from Dr. David R. Hamilton. He is. A doctor that studied placebo effects on humans and was fascinated with what the mind can do with the power. And he wrote a bunch of books and one of the books was, um, the Five Side Effects of Kindness. Oh. And he, he breaks it down to these five points. I didn't obviously read the book in a week, but No, I don't read books. Takes a lot. I'm more of a tv. Is it on YouTube? Yeah. I gotta watch the, the videos for it. But, uh, number one, kindness makes us Happi. So if, if it actually makes you feel good, um, being good makes you feel happier. There's the oxytocin, right? For sure. Kindness is good for your heart. So oxytocin releases, um, all kinds of enzymes or health effects. Yeah. Uh, helps with inflammation, helps all theses enzymes. I don't know what I'm talking about. Free radicals, I don't know. Yeah, free radicals. Yeah, free radicals. That kind of stuff helps, but it helps your heart. It literally helps your heart, okay? All those kind of endorphins and releases stuff. Kindness slows aging, so oxytocin. Um, it, it does all this kinda stuff. A a as well as reduces your, uh, heart issues. It actually slows down in your aging process if only being kind, kindness. Cured baldness. Yeah. Kg. Oh, he's not on. No, he's not. We shouldn't talk about him like that. um, number four, kindness improves relationships. So by being kind and, and expressing kindness to each other, you bond that it builds your relationships. Well, I would think that it, it wouldn't take a doctor to tell me that kindness improves relationships. No, no, nothing. But studies helps figure this kind of stuff up. And the last one, kindness is contagious, which, Obvious. When you are kind, you create a ripple effect of kindness that passes on when someone buys you a coffee or whatever, you just keep passing around. It's a contagious, um, thing and it's a beautiful thing. Well, and, and you know who hasn't been in the McDonald's line when the person in front of you buys your beverage? And it was a dollar seven. And then you say, you know, I'll do it for the person behind me. It's a family of six and it's$34 But you know what? It happens, it happens and it feels good. Yep. Everybody wins. Yeah. So I would suggest look into David, Dr. David R. Hamilton. He's got all kinds of cool stuff. He's a a speaker. He's a, he's a Scottish gentleman. I believe. So. So what don't we, next week we've got a, we've got a big week next week and uh, yeah, I just. I wanna tee up one of the, uh, the events that we're gonna have next week is we are going to be visiting a school in White Bear Lake. Oh yeah. Uh, Willow Lane Elementary. Yep. And, uh, I had the privilege of being involved in a program called the Minnow Tank, which was similar to the Shark Tank television program. And there were, uh, 10 teams of fourth graders, four fourth graders per team. And each one of those teams were, uh, given the opportunity to present their case for support for a charity that they were interested in. Wow. That's your wheelhouse. It's my wheelhouse. That's cool. And my team, coincidentally, was very interested in. Making a gift to the Masonic Cancer Center did they know you were connected with the Well, what happened was is they wanted to do the cancer center and somebody from their school, Reached out. I just had a little gas attack there. I'll be okay. Yeah, it's, you know, it's radio. it's a podcast. Um, somebody from their school reached out to me and asked if I would be one of the, uh, the mentors or coaches for this thing. That's cool. And I had so much fun. the team did pretty well. And, uh, they're going to be presenting a check to Christie Flanagan, velar ah, and Dr. Rob Tki, who is the, uh, Masonic Chair for Cancer Causation at the Masonic Okay. Cancer Center. And we're gonna visit with those young people and, uh, get some insight into young minds about this. Podcast equipment, let's out there at the school. It's gonna be big fun. So Cool. What do you got some guests lined up for next week? I have, uh, two guests. I actually have three guests who try to figure out, holy cow, we fit them in. But we have a, uh, uh, Jessica Horton is a, uh, Uh, coach. A life coach. Life coach, amazing lady that I've known for a long time. She's gonna give us some tips on how to be kind to yourself. Oh. Which is, you know, kind of new thing. And also we're gonna revisit an old friend of mine who was a past guest. Oh yeah. Pete. Pete. Pete Gordon. Pete Gordon is a baseball historian. He's got some really good information for us. And good news. News. Update, some update. A really good, exciting update. He wants to talk, talk to us about, so he'll be back too. Wonderful. Yeah, he was a good. Yeah, he's a, he's a, we, we probably have to get him on the phone cuz I don't think he'll, he'll be too much energy for this room. Oh yeah. He office. He's, he needs decaf. There's no question. He's wild. He's an awesome guy. He's got, he's been very busy with his, uh, uh, John Donaldson network. So we'll see what he's got to talk about. And you also, uh, have done a little bit of pre-research, Dr. Brown. Well, next week we'll talk. There was a kindness study down in, in England. Oh. Um, and we'll see if it relates to, you know, Americans, but I'll, I'll read you the. What is it? Um, 10 things we learned from the world's largest kind of study. So it's some interesting facts about okay, what we learned. So it's just more, you know, more science than from my, my producer team that they're giving me more stuff to think about. So if you didn't get enough out of this week's episode, all you gotta do is wait a week and we're gonna hammer you with an oxytocin overdose. Same information. It's gonna be fantastic. It's all cool stuff. So, uh, until next week, off we go.