Broad Creek Kroc, Recycle Norfolk Day & Sickle Cell Anemia

>> TODAY ON "NORFOLK PERSPECTIVES" WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 92,000 SQUARE FEET OF HOPE, FITNESS AND HEALTH IN BROAD CREEK KROC CTR. RECYCLE DAY IS COMING AND SEND THEM WHERE YOU CAN RECYCLE THEM. AND SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, WHAT YOU CAN DO RIGHT HERE ON "NORFOLK PERSPECTIVES." \M\M\M >> WELCOME TO "NORFOLK PERSPECTIVES" I AM BOB BATCHER. WE HAVE TWO VERY SPECIAL GUESTS WHO COME AS ONE, RIGHT, MEREDITHS. >> TWO FOR ONE. >> YOU TRAVEL TOGETHER ALL THE TIME, DON'T YOU? >> YES. >> WE MOVED TOGETHER AND TRAVEL IN SEPARATE CIRCLES BECAUSE WE GET A LOT DONE. >> BOY HAVE YOU GOTTEN A LOT DONE. MRS. MEREDITH, HAVE YOU HUNG PICTURES? >> I HAVE. I REHUNG THEM. >> WHEN DO YOU HAVE TIME? >> I HAVE REHUNG. >> SALVATION ARMY WORLDWIDE. NOW THE FOCAL POINT IS ON NORFOLK, WHY IS THAT? >> THERE IS GREAT VISION. PHENOMENAL THINGS GOD HAS ALLOWED A GREAT GIFT THROUGH JOAN AND RAY KROC. IT WAS THEIR MONEY THAT FUNDED THE CENTERS AROUND THE UNITED STATES. WE ARE ONE OF THE LAST ONES BUILT AND OPEN. WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT OF LESSONS FROM ALL THE OTHER ONES. WE TRIED TO INCORPORATE MOST OF THOSE LESSONS INTO THIS CENTER. WE HAVE HAD GREAT SUPPORTERS IN VICE MAYOR BERFIT AND TROY BRINKLY AND A LOT OF OTHER FOLKS. THEY HAVE BROUGHT US VISION AND WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN IN THIS COMMUNITY. >> LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO PHONE RINGS, YOU WERE WHERE? >> IN KERRVILLE, TEXAS. >> YOU COME HOME FROM WORK AND? >> I GOT UP, SHOWERED AND READY TO GO TO WORK. THEY CALL FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND SAY CAPTAINS MEREDITH, WE HAVE APPRECIATED THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE HERE IN TEXAS WE ARE FAREWELLING YOU TO HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA. >> YOUR COMMENT WAS? >> THAT IS A LONG WAY AWAY. >> YOU BRING EXPERTISE AS WELL AS RUNNING SALVATION ARMY, YOU STARTED KROC CTR. >> IT IS TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR A COMMUNITY. >> YOU GET THERE AND HAD? >> NOTHING. THERE WAS GRASS ON THE SITE. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING YOU HAVE TO PUT A LOT OF FILL. YEAH, WE KNOW. >> NEXT THING WAS AN ARIAL PHOTO OF SUPER STRUCTURE. OH MY GOSH, IT CAN'T BE THAT BIG. THE PICTURES DON'T DO IT JUSTICE, IT IS HUGE. YOU MADE A COMMENT YOU WEREN'T HEAR JUST FOR THE KROC CTR, YOU WERE HERE FOR THE ENTIRE MISSION OF THE SALVATION ARMY FOR NORFOLK, KROC CTR WAS JUST A PART OF IT, STILL TRUE? >> VERY TRUE. WE HAVE ADDED WOMEN'S DAY SERVICES IN GHENT AT 19TH STREET SHELTER WHICH ISN'T TOO FAR AND 12-BED TRANSITIONAL MEN'S PROGRAM ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AROUND US. KROC CTR IS JUST ONE ASPECT. >> WE HAVE A CHILDREN'S DAY CAMP THAT HAPPENED THIS SUMMER. >> FIRST TIME, DAY CAMP. >> AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE. >> AFTER SCHOOL OPENS IN A WEEK. >> THAT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LIFE LONG LEARNING THROUGH NORFOLK, PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THESE ARE THE PROGRAMS I HAVE GOTTEN USED TO WITH THE SALVATION ARMY, I SAW YOU ON THAT OTHER CHANNEL, CHANNEL 13. YOU HAVE BEEN DOING HUMAN SERVICES. >> SALVATION ARMY LOOKS AND ACTS DIFFERENTLY IN EVERY COMMUNITY. IN THIS COMMUNITY, WE TRY TO BE THE GLUE THAT MAKES EVERYTHING WORK FOR PEOPLE IN PARTICULARLY FAMILIES IN NEEDS. >> I WANT TO GO BACK FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO, VICE MAYOR, I KNOW WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO CALL IT KROC CTR. >> SALVATION ARMY RAY AND JOAN KROC CTR. HE HAS THIS VISION IT WASN'T EASY COMING HERE, WAS IT? >> NO. IT WASN'T EASY ANYWHERE IN PLACES LIKE LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY AND CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA INITIALLY SELECTED AND HAD TO BOW OUT OF THE PROCESS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS. ONE IS RAISING THE FUNDS NECESSARY TO BUILD THE ENDOWMENT A WAY WE WERE ASKED TO DO IT. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS CALLED KROC BECAUSE THEY GAVE ALL THE MONEY? >> IT IS A MYTH. IT IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW JOAN KROC GAVE A THIRD OF A MONEY TO CONSTRUCTION AND A THIRD TO ENDOW THE CENTER AND LOCAL COMMUNITY HAD TO PUT SKIN IN THE GAME AND RAISE A THIRD OF THE MONEY. WE WERE FORTUNATE, WHEN WE ARRIVED BUDGET WENT FROM 28 MILLION TO BUILD THE BUILDING. THE TERRITORY, OUR SUPERVISION SAID WE WANT THIS PROJECT TO BE JUST WHAT YOU THINK IT NEEDS TO BE, THE BUDGET IS NOW 40 MILLION. THEY DIDN'T MAKE US RAISE THE ENDOWMENT ANOTHER 12 MILLION. THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DOABLE. >> A FEW WEEKS AGO I WENT TO THE BUILDING. A LOT OF METAL STUDS, DEFINITELY TOP CLASS. >> IT IS, THE ARMY HAS TAKEN THE PERSPECTIVE AS JOAN DID IN HER WILL, TO BUILD CENTERS, 50-YEAR CENTERS. THIS CENTER IS GOING TO BE IN THIS COMMUNITY A LONG TIME. >> I WAS AFRAID YOU WOULD SHOW UP IN SWEATS. [LAUGHTER]. IT IS GOING TO HAVE A FITNESS CENTER, STATE-OF-THE-ART? >> STATE-OF-THE-ART. >> THE MACHINES WILL DO ALL THE WORK? >> I WISH THAT WERE THE CASE. I WENT THIS MORNING TO THE YMCA AND HAD MY WORKOUT. THEY DON'T DO THE WORKOUT FOR YOU. >> I WAS LOOKING FOR A POOL, YOU DON'T HAVE JUST A POOL COMING TO THIS PLACE. YOU WANT TO DESCRIBE IT? >> IT IS A WATER PARK. AN IN-DOOR WATER PARK. >> WE HAD OUR NIECES AND NEPHEWS THEY SAID AUNT CHRISTY HAS A POOL UNCLE BRETT HAS A WATER PARK. [LAUGHTER]. >> A LOT IS OVER LESSONS SALVATION ARMY HAS LEARNED. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE LAP LANES, 25-METER LAP LANES FOR THE HARD CORE FOLKS. THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART. MY SON HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THOSE. FOR FAMILIES, WE NEED TO HAVE PLAY STRUCTURES AND FUN WATER. WE HAVE DONE THAT. THERE IS A LAZY RIVER IN IT. SO IN THE MORNING BEFORE THE KIDS GET TO THE CENTER. THAT WILL BE OPEN FOR WATER WALKING CLASSES AND WALK AGAINST THE CURRENT FOR SENIOR CITIZENS TO HELP WITH FITNESS. >> NOT JUST FITNESS, YOU HAVE THE THEATRE STATE-OF-THE-ART. AND A COMMUNITY ROOM. YOU ARE BUILDING THIS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT? >> THE VISION JOAN HAD WAS FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN ON LEVEL GROUND NO MATTER WHAT THEIR BACKGROUND WAS TO BRING A LOT OF SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS TOGETHER SO WE COULD LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. ONLY WAY IS TO HAVE COMMUNITY AND ENGAGEMENT. >> WHEN A RESIDENT COMES IN, WILL WE BE INUNDATED WITH SALVATION ARMY? >> I DON'T THINK SO. >> HOW DOES THAT WORK? >> YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A SHIELD. THE FACT IS, SALVATION ARMY IS THE OPERATOR OF THE FACILITY. WE WANT IT TO BE A FAMILY ORIENTED FACILITY. WHAT YOU ARE INUNDATED WITH IS THINGS THAT APPEAL TO FAMILY AND TO BE ENJOYABLE. WE WANT IT TO BE A PLACE WHERE YOU BRING YOUR KIDS AND GRAND KIDS AND KNOW YOU ARE SAFE. YOU KNOW IT IS FUN AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT IT IS JUST AN ENJOYABLE PLACE TO COME. GOOD MEMORIES. DISNEY WORLD HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OVER 50 YEARS TEACHING PEOPLE THAT MAKING MEMORIES IS IMPORTANT. THEY BUILD A WHOLE BUSINESS MODEL AROUND IT. THESE CENTERS ARE NOT UNLIKE THAT BECAUSE WE MAY NOT ALL BE ABLE TO GO TO DISNEY WORLD. FACT IS YOU CAN MAKE GREAT MEMORIES WITH YOUR FAMILY AT HOME. >> YOU HAVE AN AWESOME VISION, THINGS A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID WOULDN'T BE DONE. THE BIG QUESTION IS: IS IT ON TIME? >> IT IS ON TIME, MARCH 18TH. WE'LL RECEIVE THE KEYS AND TRUST WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OPEN APRIL 25, 2014. >> YOU ARE ON CAMERA. >> I KNOW, IT WILL COME BACK TO ME WE HAVE DONE OUR HOMEWORK IT WILL BE READY APRIL 25TH. >> YOU ARE BRINGING IT ALIVE AS WE SPEAK. ONE WHOLE SECTION WE PUT UP ALL THE DRY WALL. NOW THEY ARE BIG THINGS HAPPENING. >> WHAT DIDN'T I ASK YOU YOU REALLY WISHED I HAD? >> YOU HAVE PRETTY MUCH COVERED IT, BOB. WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW IT IS AN ASSET FOR HAMPTON ROADS. EVERYBODY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO GREAT WOLF LODGE, BUT YOU CAN BRING YOUR FAMILY AND BE PART OF IT EVERYDAY. >> I AM SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE. YOU ARE BRINGING KROC CTR TO OUR REGION. WHEN WE COME BACK, RECYCLING, WE WANT IT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, STAY TUNED. >> WELCOME BACK TO "NORFOLK PERSPECTIVES," DURING PRETAPE I DISCOVERED I AM CLEANING HOUSE, YOU ARE GOING TO FIND OUT WHY. DANIELLE CRONIN FROM GOODWILL, HOW ARE YOU? >> GREAT. >> AND KRISTI RINES. QUWANIA JEFFERSON, BEAUTIFUL, HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> I AM DOING GREAT. >> IT HAS BEEN SO COOL OVER THE LAST YEAR. >> ABOUT A YEAR. >> THIS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CITY OF NORFOLK AND TFC AND GOODWILL HAS BROUGHT SENSE TO GET RID OF YOUR STUFF. QUWANIA JEFFERSON, WHAT ARE YOU DOING SEPTEMBER 7TH. >> WE ARE COMING TOGETHER TO OFFER THE SUSTAINABLE TRILOGY. >> SAY THAT AGAIN, SUSTAINABLE TRILOGY? >> YES. IT IS A PARTNERSHIP. WE MAKE IT MAKE SENSE FOR RESIDENTS. THIS EVENT IS ALL -- PEOPLE CAN BRING RECYCLABLES FROM HOME, UNWANTED CLOTHES, SHOES, HOUSE HOLD ITEMS, COMPUTERS, TELEVISION SETS, SO MANY THINGS THEY CAN BRING TO THIS EVENT BECAUSE OF THIS PARTNERSHIP WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER SUCH AN EVENT. I HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE JOURNEY OF RECYCLING, I GET CONFUSED. I GO IN CIRCLES. THEN I LOOK UP STAIRS AND I HAVE COLLECTED THREE TELEVISIONS UP IN MY ATTIC TOO BIG AND GIANT BLOCKS. YOU'LL TAKE THOSE? >> YOU CANNOT PUT THAT IN THE RECYCLING CENTER, CORRECT. AT THESE TYPES OF EVENTS, RECYCLING NORFOLK DAY, YOU CAN BRING THOSE THREE TV'S WITH THE VCR CASSETTES. >> I HAVE LOST 35 POUNDS IN MY FITNESS PROGRAM. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> I HAVE SEVERAL SUITS IN THE CLOSET I REFUSE TO EVER WEAR AGAIN. >> YOU CANNOT PUT THOSE IN YOUR CURB? >> I CAN GIVE THEM TO YOU? >> THERE IS THE TRILOGY? >> YES. >> WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THEM? >> WELL, THANKS TO GOODWILL'S MOTTO AND WHAT WE LIKE TO RAISE AWARENESS. WHEN YOU THINK RECYCLE, YOU SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT REPURPOSING AND REUSING ITEMS, A LIFE EXTENSION TO ITEMS, VERY TRENDY, NOW AS WE ARE ALL GETTING TO KNOW. SO GOODWILL IS ABLE TO ACCEPT DONATIONS AND ACCEPT THEM. GOODWILL LOCATIONS AND THAT GENERATES MONEY FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT SERVICE PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT, TRANSITIONING VETERAN, SOMEONE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITY, A MOM RETURNING TO THE WORK FORCE AND THE LATEST TECHNIQUES OF BUILDING A RESUME, NETWORKING AND SOCIAL MEDIA. >> IT PUTS A WHOLE NEW LENS ON RECYCLING. WHEN IT COMES THROUGH YOUR PLACE, WHERE DOES IT GO? >> TFC COLLECTS RECYCLABLES, WE'LL HAVE A CONTAINER ON SITE SO PEOPLE IN APARTMENT COMPLEXES, TOWN HOMES DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE THE CURB SIDE CART, THEY CAN BRING IT TO OUR SITE. IT IS REPURPOSED, RECYCLED INTO SOMETHING NEW. >> THOSE PLASTIC BOTTLES GO TO THE LANDFILL AND NEVER DISAPPEAR? >> THAT'S RIGHT. YOU CAN RECYCLE THAT WITH THE CAPS ON. >> WITH THE -- HOW DID YOU KNOW I AM GOING TO ASK THAT? [LAUGHTER] I NOW HAVE A RECYCLING CAN AND HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO THROW THE CAP IN THE TRASH CAN. >> YOU CAN LEAVE THE CAP ON. YOU DON'T NEED TO SMASH IT, LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS, EMPTY OF FLUIDS. [LAUGHTER] WE DO HAVE OBSTACLE SORTERS THAT RECOGNIZE THE SHAPE OF THE BOTTLE. BEING IN THE SHAPE OF THE BOTTLE IS IMPORTANT. I APPRECIATE YOUR DOING THAT. >> THE REASON I TAKE THE CAP OFF BECAUSE I CAN'T SMASH IT WITH IT ON. >> IT IS A STRESS RELIEVER. WHAT KIND OF ELECTRONICS ARE YOU TAKING? >> WE'LL ACCEPT ANYTHING THAT TOOK ELECTRICITY TO OPERATE IT. >> IF YOU PLUG IT IN, YOU CAN BRING IT? DOESN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY WORK? >> NO. >> WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT STUFF? >> GOODWILL HAS A STAFF OF VOLUNTEERS ON SITE. >> WE HAVE THE RECONNECT PROGRAM. GOODWILL HAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH DELL COMPUTERS. WE HAVE HAD THAT PROGRAM LOCALLY SINCE 2008. THAT ALLOWS US TO OFFER RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT HAMPTON ROADS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST BE A NORFOLK RESIDENT TO DONATE COMPUTERS, PERIPHERALS, CELL PHONES, ANYTHING THAT STORES DATA. WE TAKE THAT AND WE WILL EITHER RECYCLE OR RESTORE IT TO ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER SETTING OR RESELL TO GENERATE IT. >> COOL, SEPTEMBER 7TH. ODU PARKING LOT? >> 5200 HAMPTON BOULEVARD. >> BY THE WHRO STUDIOS? PLENTY OF PLACES TO PULL UP. >> THAT IS ON A SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH. >> 10:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M. >> COOL. I AM GOING TO CLEAN HOUSE. OUGHT TO GET GOING. THANKS A LOT. WHEN WE COME BACK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SICKLE CELL ANEMIA AND A WALK YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN, STAY TUNED. \M\M\M >> WELCOME BACK TO "NORFOLK PERSPECTIVES." WE HAVE THREE VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE ON THE SOFA, JUDY ANDERSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SICKLE CELL ANEMIA ASSOCIATION, HOW ARE YOU? >> JUST FINE, THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT COMING UP, BEFORE THAT WHAT IS SICKLE CELL ANEMIA? >> SICKLE CELL ANEMIA IS A GENETIC TO HAVE ABNORMAL GENE PASSED ON FROM PARENTS TO THE CHILD. OFFSPRING BORN WITH THE DISEASE. THEY WILL HAVE IT ALL OF THEIR LIVES. >> THREE DIFFERENT TYPE? >> THREE DIFFERENT MAJOR TYPES IN HAMPTON ROADS AREA, OVER 600 VARIATIONS. >> WHOA. >> WE KNOW ABOUT HAMPTON ROADS AREA, SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, SICKLE C DISEASE AND SICKLE THALASTHEMIA. >> MARIE JACKSON HORN, YOU ARE A PARENT OF A DAUGHTER THAT HAS SICKLE CELL ANEMIA? >> YES. I AM. >> WHAT ARE HER SYMPTOM? >> SHE GOES THROUGH PAIN CRISES. PAIN IN HER ARMS OR LEGS. SOMETIMES SHE HAS BACK PAIN. BASICALLY, A LOT OF SICKLING WHICH CAUSES BLOOD TO, NOT TO FLOW AS EASY. THERE IS A LOT OF PAIN. >> IT IS CALLED SICKLE CELL ANEMIA FOR FAIRLY OBVIOUS REASONS, WHY? >> BECAUSE OF THE INSTRUMENT -- DOCTORS BACK IN 1910, IDENTIFIED SHAPE OF THE CELLS LOOK LIKE A SICKLE. KIDS AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH A INSTRUMENT USED TO CUT TALL GLADES OF GRASS. IT AFFECTS RED BLOOD CELLS. >> YOUR DAUGHTER IS 20 YEARS OLD. >> YES. >> SHE IS BORN. WHAT DID THE DOCTOR TELL YOU? >> DOCTORS TOLD ME THEY TESTED AT BIRTH FOR SICKLE CELL ANEMIA AND TESTED POSITIVE. SHE STAYED IN THE POSITIVE MAYBE FIVE DAYS WITH JAUNDICE. SHE WAS KIND OF YELLOW. SHE NEEDED A LOT OF SUN. THEY GAVE HER SOME HEAT. AT THAT POINT, I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. I DIDN'T HAVE SYMPTOMS OR ANYTHING. IT HAS BEEN A LEARNING EXPERIENCE, I ALWAYS TRY TO FIND OUT ALL THE INFORMATION I NEED TO KNOW WHEN SHE GOES TO THE DOCTOR, SHE TRIED TO KEEP HERSELF HEALTHY. >> LISA, THAT WAS A GOOD SEGWAY. >> I WAS SIX MONTHS OLD WHEN I WAS, MY PARENTS DISCOVERED I HAD SICKLE CELL DISEASE. THEY WERE TOLD I SHOULDN'T LIVE PASSED AGE OF 18. SO I AM 49. >> RUDE OF ME TO ASK, WOW. >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE DOCTORS AT EVMS FOR KEEPING ME HEALTHY. >> YOU HAD PART TO PLAY? >> AS A YOUNG ADULT, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND TOO MUCH ABOUT MY ILLNESS. AS I GREW OLDER AND GOT WITH THE SICKLE CELL ORGANIZATION, I LEARNED A LOT MORE ABOUT THE ILLNESS AND UM, I DO WHAT I AM SUPPOSED TO DO, I REST, I EAT THE CORRECT FOODS, DRINK PLENTY OF WATER, I AM NOT AS OUT THERE AS I USED TO BE. >> NOW YOU JUST TOLD ME IN PRETAPE YOU HAVE PASSED A MILESTONE? >> GRADUATED IN ODU IN 1999. >> HOT DIGITY DOG. YOUR DAUGHTER IS AT SCC. WHAT KIND OF SYMPTOMS DO YOU HAVE? >> WITH ME, IT WILL START WITH THE CHEST, REAL THROBBING PAIN IN MY CHEST AND COME UP FROM MY TOES TO MY LEGS AND MY ARMS AND IT IS UNDESCRIBABLE. IT IS THE WORST PAIN I HAVE EVER HAD. I THINK RIGHT NOW, I AM USED TO IT, YOU KNOW WITH MEDICATIONS, IT IS A LOT BETTER THAN IT USED TO BE. >> POTENTIAL REAL THREAT IS A STROKE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. WE STARTED BACK IN THE 80S, THEY STARTED A STUDY, BLOOD TRANSFUSION FOR PERSONS THAT HAD THE POTENTIAL OF STROKING SO A NUMBER OF OUR CHILDREN THOUGHT WITH BLOOD TRANSFUSION, WE KNOW THEY HAVE TO HAVE IT EVERY FOUR WEEKS. LISA HAS HAD THAT AS WELL. >> ON A ROUTINE BASIS. >> NOT LATELY. >> GOOD! >> THAT IS THE GOOD THING. I HAVE IRON OVERLOAD. I HAVE TOO MUCH IRON. I HAVE TOO TAKE MEDICATION TO DISPOSE OF THAT IRON. THERE ARE ALSO OTHER PROBLEMS SEPTIC NECROSIS, BONES IN MY HIP AREA ARE BECAUSE OF LACK OF BLOOD NEED A HIP REPLACEMENT. >> WHICH OF COURSE THAT LEADS TO OTHER ISSUES WHICH IS A DEMAND FOR BLOOD. BLOOD DRIVE COMING UP ON SEPTEMBER 21ST IS IMPORTANT. I AM SITTING HERE, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PAIN, I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT BEING STIFF FROM RUNNING TODAY. YOU WANT US TO WALK, RUN ON SEPTEMBER 14TH. >> WE CERTAINLY DO WANT PERSONS TO COME OUT AND JOIN US IN THE RUN/WALK. THESE FAMILIES HAVE RUN A RACE DAILY TO JOIN IN WITH FAMILIES. OUR SUPPORT FROM THESE KINDS OF EVENTS HELP FAMILIES IN AN ONGOING DAILY NEEDS. EVERYTHING FROM HELPING THEM TO STAYING IN HOUSING, TO WE GAVE SCHOLARSHIP TO OUR YOUNG PERSONS WHEN THEY ARE GOING OFF TO COLLEGE. THAT WAS UNHEARD OF IN YEARS BEFORE. WE WANT TO HELP THEM TO SURVIVE THE THINGS THEY ARE GOING THROUGH ON A DAILY BASIS. >> THAT IS SO COOL, DOING WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO, IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK, WHAT DO MOMS THINK? >> DEFINITELY EATING HEALTHY, NOT GETTING TOO COLD, TOO HOT, STAYING COMFORTABLE, KEEPING YOUR BODY WELL IS IMPORTANT. MY DAUGHTER, SHE HAS DONE EVERYTHING FROM TEE BALL TO SWIMMING TO BASKETBALL. I ENCOURAGED HER TO BE ACTIVE TO KEEP HER BLOOD FLOWING AND THAT HELPED HER A LOT. >> WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING THE WEB PAGE. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE VIEWER TO FIND OUT MORE, GET INVOLVED BY COMING OUT SEPTEMBER 14TH. BRING THE AWARENESS ALSO PARTICIPATE AND BE PART OF OUR LIVES. THANK YOU. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD 664-6510. IT IS A WONDERFUL TIME BEING IN NORFOLK BECAUSE OF YOU, YOU, AND YOU, THANK YOU. [CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY U.S. CAPTIONING COMPANY]