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Ahoy! Minnetonka: S3 E4: Connecting through Volunteering, Celebrating Service

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[0:08] Ohoy Minnitankaka. I'm Jackie Getty, [0:10] executive director of communications for [0:12] Minnitonka schools and host of season 3 [0:14] of our district podcast, AOY Mitaka. One [0:17] of the many areas where our students and [0:19] staff excel is in how they serve their [0:21] communities and contribute to the [0:22] greater good of society. Joining me [0:24] today are two students, Brooklyn and [0:26] Jane, who have made volunteering in [0:28] their community a huge priority in their [0:30] lives, and our coordinator of Tonka [0:32] Serves, who helps to connect students [0:33] with volunteer and service learning [0:35] opportunities, Sarah Johnson. Thank you [0:38] to each of you for being here. We'd love [0:40] to hear a little bit more about each one [0:41] of you. Sarah, do you want to start? [0:43] >> Sure, I'd love to start. Again, my name [0:44] is Sarah Johnson and I am the community [0:46] service specialist for Minnitaka Public [0:48] Schools. This is my fifth year in the [0:51] role. Um but much of my history in work [0:54] has been in nonprofit um oriented work. [0:58] Um bringing that history to working with [1:01] students and families and kind of acting [1:04] as a resource um for them to get [1:07] connected to volunteer opportunities. Um [1:10] I've lived in the district for 20 years. [1:12] Uh I've have two children who have [1:14] graduated from the Mitaka public [1:16] schools. Was always a really active [1:18] parent as well. So, it's been a [1:20] wonderful way for me to have the [1:21] perspective of a par as a parent, as [1:23] somebody who's worked in nonprofit um [1:26] events, development, and um volunteer [1:29] work, and then coordinating such great [1:32] resources and opportunities here at [1:34] Mitaka Public Schools. [1:35] >> We're really lucky to have you, and [1:37] we'll dig into more of your role kind of [1:39] as we as we talk today. Thanks, Sarah. [1:42] Uh Jane. [1:43] >> Yeah, so I'm Jane Kuslick. I'm a junior [1:45] here at Minnotonka and I'm one of the [1:48] co-presidents of Interact Club. I'm also [1:50] involved. I play softball for the high [1:52] school team in the spring and I've gone [1:55] to Minnotonka my whole life starting [1:57] kindergarten. Um and my sister graduated [2:00] last year. She's now at Gustavis and [2:03] yeah, I've just always been part of the [2:05] community. [2:06] >> Fantastic. Brooklyn. [2:07] >> Yeah. So, I'm Brooklyn Duca. I'm a [2:09] junior and like Kane said, I'm also the [2:11] co-president of Interact. I've been in [2:13] Minnetonka since kindergarten, so I've [2:15] really been a part of the community. And [2:17] also my sister, she just graduated two [2:19] years ago and she's at the University of [2:20] Iowa. So yeah. [2:22] >> Well, thanks ladies for being here, all [2:24] of you. Recently, Sarah, the district [2:26] held its celebration of service, which I [2:27] know you spearhead every year. It is a [2:29] lot of work. Um, it's an event where we [2:31] honor students and the adults with the [2:32] thousands of hours of service work that [2:34] they do in our communities. Um, can you [2:36] tell us some of the highlights of the [2:38] program? [2:39] >> Sure. It's such a wonderful annual [2:41] event. Um, as you said, it's a way for [2:43] us to acknowledge and recognize some [2:46] wonderful work that's being done out in [2:48] the community. Uh, we have students, uh, [2:51] as young as five, six years old each [2:54] year being recognized upwards to the [2:57] adults and groups that are being [2:58] recognized. Um, the event kind of [3:01] focuses on recognizing two different [3:02] awards that we give out to folks. Uh, we [3:05] have the President's Volunteer Service [3:06] Award, which is a national award that we [3:08] recognize. Uh and again that award lets [3:12] us recognize individuals as young as [3:14] five years old uh and then through [3:16] adulthood. We also recognize the varsity [3:19] letter winners um that are actually the [3:22] varsity letter winners in community [3:24] service here at Minnetonka High School. [3:26] So that's a unique program to our [3:28] school. Not many high schools offer [3:29] that. But that that uh those are the two [3:32] awards that we look at and look at [3:34] recognizing during the event. We've had [3:36] so many wonderful um stories come out of [3:39] these events just looking at the [3:41] thousands as you say thousands of hours [3:43] of service that students and their [3:45] parents give to the community in the [3:47] world. Um and lots of great um great [3:50] ways that they've given back. Um and you [3:53] know we've got young young folks that [3:56] have been spending hours every week. I [3:59] mean we had one student this year who's [4:01] not even 10 years old that goes to a [4:03] senior residence every week. helps with [4:05] bingo and acts as the candyman. Um gives [4:08] out candy to the winners of bingo. Just [4:11] so fantastic. [4:13] >> Lots of students doing work out in, you [4:15] know, packing food, food for those who [4:18] are food insecure, which we'll talk [4:20] about, I'm sure, later. Um and then just [4:23] working as tutors, working in healthc [4:26] care centers. There's lots of ways that [4:28] our students are giving back. So, it's [4:29] just a fantastic evening. wonderful way [4:31] for us to highlight that and such a [4:34] privilege to be a part of it. [4:35] >> What does it take to to letter in [4:37] community service? [4:38] >> You know, lettering in community service [4:40] is um really it is pretty extensive. Uh [4:44] and one of the ways that we look at this [4:47] is, you know, acknowledging servitude in [4:50] the varsity letter is really kind of [4:52] comparing it to the kind of depth that [4:54] we would look at any varsity letter. Um, [4:57] and one of the things that I love about [4:58] this district is that we are recognizing [5:01] outside of just athletics and music um [5:04] ways that people are contributing [5:05] because it takes a huge commitment to [5:07] meet those requirements and also in [5:10] servitude it does too. So um few [5:14] different things that we look at uh in [5:16] terms of the requirements we look at the [5:17] hours of service students who are [5:19] interested in that need to have [5:21] accumulated 150 hours uh within a year's [5:25] time. um they need to have 75% of those [5:28] hours kind of related to a certain topic [5:31] or an area. So maybe it's working with [5:33] children or maybe it's food insecurity, [5:36] you know, it's something it's up to [5:37] them. It's about their passion and [5:39] what's drawing them to volunteer work. [5:41] >> The kind of focused [5:43] >> Yes, a focused service work. We require [5:45] two recommendations from individuals who [5:48] have had connections with them while [5:50] they're doing their service work. And we [5:52] also require a reflection project. So, [5:54] the reflection project really is about [5:56] um really highlighting the ways that [5:58] you've grown when you've been [6:00] volunteering uh and maybe challenges [6:02] you've had, skills that you've learned. [6:05] Um and so students can write papers, [6:08] they can develop projects, or they can [6:09] interview with me, and that's a [6:11] wonderful way for me to kind of get a [6:13] sense of what they've done. And just a [6:15] fabulous way to get to know students. [6:18] Um, I learn so much when I get to to [6:20] meet them. But again, fabulous way to [6:23] acknowledge students who have really [6:25] committed a lot of time to serving the [6:28] greater good. [6:28] >> Do we have a lot of students that letter [6:30] each year? [6:30] >> We do. We have about 40 students at [6:33] least um sometimes upwards of 60. So, [6:36] you know, that's a lot of students [6:38] giving a lot of hours. 150 hours is a [6:40] lot of time. So, [6:41] >> it absolutely is. [6:43] >> So, and then again that has to be [6:44] accumulated within one year. So, [6:46] >> thank you. Yeah, [6:47] >> Brooklyn and Jame, you are both super [6:49] active volunteers. Um, as members of the [6:51] Interact Club at the school, and I [6:53] understand that's a service club. Can [6:55] you talk a little bit more about what [6:57] Interact is? Yeah, so Interact, we are [6:59] volunteer-based club. Um, and if you [7:02] ever heard of Rotary International, we [7:04] are the high school division of that. [7:05] So, Rotary is a worldwide um [7:07] volunteer-based club for adults. And so, [7:10] Interact is just the high school [7:11] division of that. So on Thursday [7:13] mornings we host various um volunteer [7:16] opportunities um where we usually have [7:18] around 30 plus kids come and we'll do [7:21] activities such as tie blankets or um [7:25] packing activity packs for the Ronald [7:27] McDonald House and um every spring we [7:30] also do we make sandwiches for the [7:32] sandwich man that is handed out to [7:34] people um that are need in need of food [7:36] just around the cities. [7:37] >> What is tie blankets? So that's uh you [7:41] get like the fabric and um so two sheets [7:44] of fabric and then you cut little slits [7:46] and then um you tie them together and we [7:48] make blankets and I think we just gave [7:50] them to uh children's hospital, right? [7:53] Yeah, [7:54] >> just a couple weeks ago. [7:55] >> Oh, that's neat. So have you been [7:56] involved with this your whole time in [7:58] high school or when did Interact [7:59] Interact come to be? [8:01] >> So um our sisters actually started the [8:04] food shelf. So they graduated, my sister [8:06] graduated in 2024, hers in 2025. So they [8:10] kind of helped curate the food shelf and [8:11] that's kind of how we both got [8:13] introduced to the club through our [8:14] sisters. [8:15] >> So the food shelf, tell me about that [8:16] because I don't think we've mentioned [8:17] that yet. [8:18] >> So every Wednesday after school, a few [8:20] of our members gather at the food shelf [8:22] inside the high school and we pack food [8:24] for people in need and we have an [8:26] anominous system um where you can fill [8:29] out a Google form and that way um it [8:32] keeps it very discreet. Um, so they fill [8:35] out the food and then we go in the food [8:36] shelf and we pack it and then every [8:38] Thursday morning they come to pick it up [8:40] at the main entrance. [8:41] >> So the Interact students run the food [8:43] shelf in the high school. [8:44] >> Yes. Yeah. [8:45] >> And is that all on your own or is there [8:47] a larger food shelf that you're [8:48] connected to or how does this work? [8:50] >> Well, we are a division of ICA. So we [8:53] can get um a food shipped to us if we [8:56] are in need of it. But from funds we get [8:59] from grants and other places like the [9:01] booster club, we use that money to help [9:04] stock our food shelf, too. [9:06] >> And so if you get items donated to the [9:08] club that um need to be refrigerated or [9:10] that don't really fit the needs of [9:12] students and families that would [9:13] normally order food anonymously through [9:15] your site, um you circle back with ICA [9:18] food shelf. Is that how that works? And [9:20] then they'll come and pick it up. And [9:23] >> at our food shelf, we have like a little [9:25] truck outside that's an ICA truck. So [9:27] all the food that we don't use at the [9:29] food shelf goes to them. So yeah, [9:31] >> that's great. Well, we hear a lot about [9:32] food insecurity. We hear that there are [9:34] greater needs in our community. We've [9:35] heard that from ICA. Um we've heard that [9:37] from other food shelves in the area. Um [9:40] so you are having an upcoming event. [9:42] Talk about that. [9:43] >> So Saturday the 22nd from 10 to 1, we [9:47] are having a food drive um at the high [9:49] school. We'll be in the art center. Um, [9:51] so you'll drive around the main lot and [9:53] stop your car right outside the art [9:55] center doors and then we'll come out and [9:57] we'll grab the food from your car and [9:58] bring it inside. So it's easy. Just drop [10:01] it off if you're able to. Um, we'll be [10:03] there for 3 hours. Yep. [10:05] >> Yeah. Yeah. [10:06] >> What are the kinds of things that are [10:07] needed most right now? [10:09] >> So right now I would say like canned [10:11] chicken, canned tuna, definitely [10:13] proteins. I think like the rice and [10:15] noodle meal packs is really good. Um, [10:18] protein drinks are always good, too. Um, [10:21] >> that don't need to be refrigerated or [10:24] >> everything needs to be shelf stable. So, [10:26] cans are great. We love having hygiene [10:28] products available because we have a [10:30] section of that on our form, too. [10:32] >> So, not just food, right? [10:33] >> We do. Um, yeah, hygiene products, [10:35] cleaning products are great, too. We [10:37] would love sprays or disinfectant like [10:40] Clorox wipes. Um, we also take [10:42] batteries. That's helpful. Um, [10:44] >> paper products. Uh, not we do have paper [10:48] towels and toilet paper. So, yes. [10:50] >> And those are needs. [10:52] >> Yes. [10:52] >> What about like diapers or things for [10:54] babies? [10:55] >> Yes, we have baby wipes, diapers, [10:57] feminine products, all of those kind of [10:59] things, too. [11:00] >> Is this the first year of the food [11:01] drive? [11:02] >> Um, we've done food drives um I think [11:05] every couple a couple years in the past. [11:07] We did one last year that was very [11:09] successful. So, we've kind of got our [11:11] flow down, you know. Um, but we've been [11:14] able to be really successful with our [11:15] food drives. Oh, and we also love [11:17] getting backpacks too in our food drive [11:20] because one of the options on our form, [11:22] you can opt for a cardboard box, a [11:24] cardboard or paper bag or backpacks. So, [11:28] for students picking up food during the [11:31] school day to have a little more [11:32] confidentiality, they can opt for a [11:34] backpack option because no one's going [11:36] to question you if you have two [11:37] backpacks with you. So, just something [11:40] to keep it more private for them, too. [11:41] So backpacks are a great um donation we [11:44] accept too. [11:45] >> So you talked about confidentiality and [11:47] it being anonymous. You talked about [11:48] this being mostly focused for students [11:50] and for their families. How does it [11:52] work? Walk me through the process. I'm a [11:54] student. Um we have some food insecurity [11:56] at home. I'd like to bring home some [11:58] food items. What do I do? [12:00] >> So there are QR codes listed all around [12:02] the schools. I'm pretty sure there's one [12:03] in pretty much every classroom. So [12:05] students can scan that or just we have [12:08] like um posters at in like the hallways [12:10] as well. So, you can get information [12:12] that way. You scan it and then it takes [12:14] you directly to a Google form like I [12:16] mentioned. You can fill out the food and [12:18] at the end of the form you um have like [12:20] a six-digit number and we take that [12:22] number, we put it on a sticker and we [12:24] put on like the bag or the backpack. So, [12:25] that way they know their code and they [12:27] know which one is theirs and it keeps it [12:29] very seamless. [12:30] >> Yeah. So, you can essentially grocery [12:31] shop throughout the form. So, you'll [12:33] tell us a little about your family. So, [12:35] how many people are you [12:36] >> but not name? [12:37] >> No names. Correct. So, how many people [12:40] in your family, five plus, four, [12:42] whatever, the option of what bag you'd [12:44] like it in. Then we kind of go through [12:46] like canned fruits and vegetables, [12:47] meats, snacks, um hygiene products, [12:51] cleaning supplies, and you kind of work [12:53] your way down the um Google form and [12:55] just click out the ones you like. And [12:57] then we look at that in our order and we [12:59] grab out those items and put it into [13:00] their bags. [13:01] >> Yeah. [13:02] >> And then when do you pack it? When do [13:04] they pick it up? How do they know where [13:06] to pick it up? [13:07] Um, so we pack every Wednesday after [13:10] school and there is a location on the [13:13] Google form that tells you where to go [13:14] to pick up your food. Um, so you can [13:16] just stop by over there and grab your [13:18] food throughout the day. [13:19] >> You have a number and you find the [13:21] number on the bag [13:22] >> and it'll say like one of two, two of [13:24] two so that you make sure you get all [13:25] your bags and then in the summer we [13:28] change our location so that we can still [13:30] do the food shelf throughout the whole [13:32] year. [13:32] >> Right. Yeah. [13:33] >> Is this mostly geared to students then? [13:34] like students are the liaison to their [13:36] family. So if they I mean is this them [13:39] filling it out or do parents also fill [13:40] this out? [13:41] >> It's a mixture I would say. We [13:42] definitely have a few families that are [13:44] not connected to the school but in like [13:45] the greater community I would say and [13:47] then we do have some students but again [13:49] it's confidential so we don't really [13:50] know but it definitely I would say is a [13:52] mixture. [13:53] >> Yeah we get a mixture of backpack orders [13:55] and um bag orders every week. [13:57] >> So if it is a parent is it in a site [13:59] where they can come in and get it pretty [14:01] readily? [14:02] >> Yes. Yeah. [14:02] >> Do we ask if it's a student or a parent [14:04] or we don't? Yeah, [14:05] >> we have no information on that. [14:06] >> What a great process. And so, how many [14:08] families do you usually or I guess [14:10] customers do you serve each say week? [14:13] >> Sometimes it can range. So, sometimes [14:15] we'll have two to three orders. [14:16] Sometimes we can be anywhere to five or [14:19] more. Like last two weeks ago, I think [14:21] we had six orders. Um, but we usually [14:25] steady around the three to four mark [14:27] kind. [14:28] >> Yeah. Um, and any other details I think [14:31] that people should know about either the [14:33] Interact Club or the food drive? Are you [14:35] looking for members if you're talking to [14:37] the student body? Well, yeah, we'd [14:38] always [14:38] >> always looking for members. [14:40] >> And then is it all types of kids? Like [14:43] you don't have to do this every week. [14:45] It's when you can make it and [14:47] >> Yeah, there's no like huge commitment. [14:49] It's kind of show up when you can. We [14:51] would love to have you. Um, just [14:53] whenever it works for you. [14:55] >> It's a great way to get volunteer hours, [14:56] too. That's awesome. And Sarah, talking [14:59] back about volunteer hours, um how do [15:02] you find volunteer opportunities for [15:04] students? I I am serve in um [15:07] communications role. And so we meet [15:09] monthly as part of the PTO and PTA [15:11] leaders uh group and Sarah's always [15:13] there representing Tonka Service and [15:15] talks to the leaders all the time about [15:16] connecting high school students back [15:18] with the elementarymentaries. So talk [15:19] about that too like how do projects come [15:21] in and then how do you connect them with [15:22] students? [15:23] >> Sure. You know, I can talk first about [15:26] how I work with partners, nonprofit [15:28] partners. And one of my jobs really is [15:31] to make connections with them regularly [15:34] so I know if they have needs, they have [15:36] special events they need help with. [15:38] There's some acute need where they [15:40] really could use a few volunteers to [15:42] come in. Uh so I'm I'm talking with them [15:44] all the time, emailing, visiting, and [15:47] they know they have my contact [15:49] information. And so on a weekly basis, [15:50] I'm getting two or three different leads [15:53] on some new opportunities. [15:55] >> Is it usually like I need one volunteer [15:57] or I need a whole group? [15:58] >> Real, you know, it's it varies. So, you [16:00] know, depending on the ask, I will reach [16:03] out to students versus schooly um in [16:06] email form. I will reach out to clubs [16:09] and let them know about an opportunity [16:11] if it's a big group of people that they [16:13] need. Uh so I'm constantly working with [16:15] nonprofit partners. Uh we have volunteer [16:18] fairs twice a year too. So we bring in [16:20] 30 plus volunte uh volunteer [16:22] organizations or nonprofits to be face [16:25] toface with students um at at MHS. And [16:29] then after that I usually take all of [16:31] the information that I've gathered. I [16:33] put it into different um forms formats [16:36] that really speaks to uh age appropriate [16:39] kind of groups of students. So kind of [16:41] communicate communicating that [16:42] information [16:44] to elementary students and their [16:46] families, middle school and then high [16:49] school students. [16:49] >> So why do you think service learning is [16:52] so important? Why is that such an [16:53] important tenant for Minnotonka schools [16:55] and as a parent of kids that were in the [16:58] district as now a staff member [17:00] overseeing this work? [17:02] >> Yeah, I mean I know that volunteering is [17:05] so important, right? Um it is a part of [17:10] being a good citizen. It's a part of [17:12] learning, growing, um maturing and being [17:16] um in a community, right? So I am so [17:19] blessed here to have a community within [17:22] the public school district that values [17:24] that and has for years. I mean creating [17:27] this role to make sure that students [17:30] learn how to give back to understand how [17:32] to be um empathetic um to be a good [17:36] citizen. So there are so many benefits [17:41] to volunteering. So we already know that [17:44] you develop confidence, new skills, you [17:47] know you're part of a community. Uh so [17:49] those are definitely the benefits of [17:51] volunteering and I try to express that [17:53] as much as I can and I think students [17:54] know that once you start [17:56] >> you really learn that that almost [17:58] immediately what the benefits are. You [18:00] know you feel better about yourself, you [18:02] feel better about what you're doing [18:04] >> uh for the community. So um certainly [18:07] the value is there um and the district [18:10] realizes that. So coordinating those [18:13] kinds of efforts and the resources and [18:15] making the connections for students is [18:17] such a gift um to me but also I think [18:21] students see the benefit right away. [18:24] >> Ladies, you must be very proud carrying [18:26] on the legacy that your sisters started [18:28] together um and that you get to continue [18:31] on. Um Sarah talked a lot about some of [18:33] the benefits that she sees and we see it [18:35] from an adult perspective as students [18:37] actively involved in this kind of work. [18:39] Um what are the benefits? What are the [18:41] things that you just feel good about or [18:43] that you get to experience or that [18:44] you've made connections with? [18:46] >> I think for me, I just really like being [18:48] able to see something I'm doing is [18:50] helping someone else. So, for when I [18:52] pack my food shelf orders, I get to see [18:54] that the next week I come back, they [18:56] were gone and they were picked up by [18:57] someone, which makes me feel so good [18:59] about myself. And it also makes me feel [19:01] good when I get to start my day off on [19:03] for our Thursday meetings and we're [19:05] starting our day off doing something [19:07] good. It just puts you in a good mind [19:09] space for the rest of the day. [19:10] >> Yeah. Kind of what Jane said, I really [19:12] just like being a part of the community. [19:14] And when you like start your day doing [19:16] something good, I think it sets you up [19:17] for the rest of your day. It makes you [19:19] feel better while benefiting benefiting [19:21] others. I think that's a really great [19:23] great thing to do. Yeah, [19:24] >> that's fantastic. Um, was volunteering [19:27] always a part of your families? Is this [19:28] something that was instilled in you from [19:30] a young age? [19:31] >> Well, my dad is part of Rotary, so he [19:33] joined um a few years ago. So that kind [19:36] of introduced me into the volunteering [19:38] aspect. I would go to the bell ringing [19:40] for Salvation Army with him, which I [19:42] always found so fun. So that was kind of [19:44] like my introduction into volunteering. [19:47] And I've also done a lot of volunteer [19:48] work with um the like MGSA little kid [19:52] softball association um where I've [19:55] helped with like hanging up banners for [19:56] the sponsorship. So I've always kind of [19:58] been around volunteering, but it's nice [20:00] that I'm in high school now. I can kind [20:02] of pick my organization I want to be a [20:04] part of and really see how it can grow. [20:06] >> Fantastic. Brooklyn, how about you? [20:08] >> Yeah, I've always done I've done FEMA [20:10] serving children with different teams. [20:12] My family has always helped out around [20:13] the holidays and year round and stuff [20:15] like that. But I would say definitely [20:17] having um a passion kind of in high [20:19] school really helped me um increase my [20:22] volunteer um experience I think and that [20:24] really helped um me to do that. [20:27] >> Fantastic. Sarah, what are um I mean [20:29] what are the interests that people have [20:31] to have to volunteer? I mean there you [20:33] can volunteer if you love pets, you can [20:34] volunteer if you love the outdoors. [20:37] >> Yeah. [20:37] >> Yeah. And kind of to speak to what you [20:39] just said is that for me when I'm [20:41] meeting with students I always talk [20:43] about what are you interested in? What [20:45] are your hobbies? What are the things [20:47] that really make you feel good or what [20:48] do you like to do? Is it nature? Is it [20:51] are are you passionate about the [20:53] environment or about animals? Um there [20:55] is something out there for everybody. [20:58] And um that's one of the fun parts about [21:00] my job because I sit down with high [21:01] school students a lot. Um to talk about [21:04] that, talk about gosh, you know, what [21:06] would be a good thing for me to do? Um [21:08] I'm interested in volunteering. I just [21:10] don't know where to start. You know, [21:11] that's where we usually start. We talk [21:13] about what your hobbies are, what you [21:14] like to do, um what you're willing to [21:17] try, you know, and a lot of times that's [21:18] also something like something new is can [21:21] be really rejuvenating for a lot of [21:22] students. So, and that goes with [21:24] families, too, because I have a lot of [21:26] conversations. Um, obviously, if you [21:29] have young children, you may not know, [21:31] gosh, what could I do with my kids when [21:34] they're five, six, and seven years old. [21:36] Um, and we talk a lot about, you know, [21:39] the things that you can do at home or [21:40] the things that you could, you know, tag [21:42] along with your your parent and ring the [21:45] bell or kind of do something in a [21:47] nonprofit or outdoor setting that might [21:49] be really helpful. So those that's the [21:51] way that I typically will lead [21:53] conversations, but it's always a rich [21:55] experience just because we get to learn [21:57] a lot about each other and kind of [21:59] connect with whatever your passion or [22:00] hobby is. [22:01] >> Uh and then one last plug for your food [22:03] drive before we go. We're kind of [22:05] running out of time, but um just one [22:07] more reminder from either one of you. [22:08] Time, place, and most needed items. [22:12] >> Yeah. So it's Saturday, November 22nd [22:14] from 10 to 1. And I would say most [22:16] needed things are definitely hygiene [22:19] products, um, canned goods and protein [22:22] drinks probably. And yeah, so please [22:24] come to that. And any nonrefrigerated [22:27] milk, almond milk, whatever you can [22:28] find. And any extras that we get from [22:31] our food drive will be going straight to [22:32] the A. So we would love as many [22:35] donations as possible. [22:36] >> We can fill up our cars. Fill up your [22:37] car. Bring it all [22:38] >> to the high school right in front of the [22:40] art center and a one on Saturday, [22:43] November 22nd. And there should be [22:45] posters kind of telling you where to go [22:47] to. [22:47] >> As we close, I want to thank each one of [22:49] you for the ways that you serve our [22:50] community. And to our listeners, thank [22:52] you for joining us. We'll see you on the [22:54] next episode of AOY Minnetonka.