[0:00] (gentle music) [0:01] - Lotion, soap, mouthwash, we have it all. [0:03] My name is Tynika Smith, we're at my house. [0:06] I'm a Bloomington resident. [0:07] I have been for maybe about 12 years now. [0:10] We have hoodies on top of hoodies [0:12] that a business donated. [0:14] Seven years ago, it started little [0:16] with one of the big, big encampments [0:18] before I got demolished over south. [0:20] And I seen people standing there. [0:21] I'm like, "Hmm, maybe they can use this." [0:23] And once I did that, it just went from there. [0:26] Every year, it's gotten bigger and bigger and bigger. [0:29] I have four kids. [0:30] All of my kids reside in Bloomington schools. [0:33] I have four jobs and I juggle it. [0:36] Even while I'm sleeping, my head is still going. [0:38] My mind is still going on [0:39] what I can do, who I can reach out to, what can we get done? [0:42] Put one of each thing in there. Yep, go ahead. [0:44] I wanted to get them involved [0:45] because it teaches them not to judge. [0:47] They're just like us. They're just down on their luck. [0:50] A lot of people are one incident away from being homeless. [0:53] They're one accident away. [0:55] I started getting a community involved [0:57] that started making posts like, [0:58] okay, some people have stuff that they're no longer using. [1:01] So all my donations come from the community. [1:04] I'm very strategic with it [1:05] and I like it to be almost perfect [1:07] just because my name is on it. [1:09] I don't have any big corporations behind me, it's just me. [1:12] I'm gonna put this separate. [1:13] I am working on becoming a 501C3, that's in the works. [1:16] So then we're done with that one. [1:17] So everything's moving in the right direction. [1:19] The next project I am working on is Mother's Day. [1:22] They're still mothers, they're still women. [1:24] Just to get that little gift back, [1:25] that little oomph with makeup and hair ties [1:27] and stuff to make them feel cute and pretty. [1:29] And after that is one of my bigger events is Father's Day. [1:32] Last year I did do Father's Day in the park. [1:34] It was a big hit. I think we served 76 people. [1:37] I was nominated. Didn't even know. [1:39] A lot of people nominate me for stuff [1:40] and I have no idea until they sent me the email. [1:42] It was Bloomington Changemaker Award last year. [1:44] No idea about it. It was awesome. [1:46] You want put that one in there? I've always been a giver. [1:48] I've always been the one that watches over others [1:51] and if they need it, I've always been that person. [1:53] I don't know what it is, [1:55] but watching other people smile to keep that same smile. [1:57] I love smiling, I like laughing. [1:59] So to have another person have that smile, [2:01] it just, it, I don't know, it just warms me. [2:03] And when you love doing what you do, [2:05] it just comes natural.