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BECAUSE OF AN INJURY.
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>> AND HUNDREDS OF HOMELESS WILL
BE TREATED TO A ONE OF A KIND
CHRISTMAS.
I'M LFF
GAME THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
>> VOLUNTEERS ARE HELPING
HUNDREDS OF HOMES MEN AND WOMEN
AND KIDS THIS CHRISTMAS EVE.
>> LATOYA IS LIVE AT THE OMNI
HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS WITH
ALL THE EXCITING DETAILS.
HI, LATOYA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, JENNY, GOOD MORNING TO
YOU AND TO YOU, DAN.
YES, THE HOMES WILL BE HERE IN
ABOUT AN HOUR AND THE VOLUNTEERS
ARE GETTING EADY TO SPEAK.
THEY ARE SETTING UP STUFF AND
THEY'VE EVEN DECORATED THE TREE
SINCE THE LAST TIME WE SAW YOU
GUYS SO THERE'S EVEN MORE TOYS
UNDERNEATH AND THIS WOULD NOT BE
MADE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE
GENEROUS HELP FROM THESE
VOLUNTEERS AND THEY HAVE 2500
PARTICIPATING.
ONE OF THEM IS JULIA PUTNAM.
IN FACT, THIS IS HER THIRD YEAR
PARTICIPATING IN THIS EVENT.
WHAT KEEPS YOU COMING BACK YEAR
AFTER YEAR JULIA.
>> THE LORD IS TO HELP US THAT
ARE HELPLESS AND, AND THIS IS
THE LEAST WE CAN DO TO HELP THE
VOLUNTEERS WHO COME HERE YEAR
AFTER YEAR, IT'S PRETTY AWESOME.
>> FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T HAD
THAT EXPERIENCE.
TELL ME WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU
SEE THE GUESTS COME IN AND THE
LOOK ON THEIR FACES WHEN THEY
SEE ALL THE HELP THAT YOU GUYS
ARE PROVIDING TO THEM.
>> IT'S PRETTY HUMBLING WE TAKE
SO MANY ADVANTAGE FOR LITTLE
THINGS BEING ABLE TO GET A CUP
OF COFFEE AND THE FACT SOMEBODY
WILL SHAKE OUR HANDS FOR JUST NO
REASON.
SO IT'S PRETTY HUMBLING FOR THEM
TO COME IN AND FEEL THE LOVE WE
TRY TO PUT ON THEM AND IT'S NOT
NEARLY ENOUGH BUT IT'S WHAT WE
CAN DO AND JESUS TELL US WE ARE
SERVERS OF EVERYONE.
IT'S PRETTY COOL TO BE HERE.
>> SHE'S HERE WITH SEVERAL
MEMBERS OF HER CHURCH.
THEY'RE FROM ARLINGTON; RIGHT,
CORRECT?
THEY'RE FROM ARLINGTON AND ALL
OF THEM CAME OUT AND HELP.
SHE SAID IT'S BEEN GROWING EVERY
YEAR.
SHE HEARD IT FROM WORD OF MOUTH
FROM MEMBERS OF HER CHURCH AND
PEOPLE.
AS I MENTIONED IN ABOUT AN HOUR
THAT'S WHEN THE GUESTS WILL BE
THERE.
IT WILL BE RED CARPET OUTSIDE
AND WHEN THEY COME UP THERE WILL
BE ANOTHER RED CARPET, WHEN THEY
GET TO THEIR ROOM THEY'LL HAVE
EVERYTHING THEY NEED.
NEW CLOTHES, TOILETRIES, YOU
NAME IT.
A SHOWER AND 12:00 THAT'S THE
PIECE DE RESISTANCE THAT'S WHEN
THEY HAVE THEIR BANQUET AND THE
HEADWAITER WILL BE THE MAYOR,
MIKE RAWLINGS AND HE'LL BE HERE
TO SERVE THEM.
JUST IMAGINE IF YOU HAVE NOTHING
AND THEN FOR ONE DAY, YOU HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A
CHRISTMAS.
TO HAVE PEOPLE WAIT ON YOU FOR A
CHANGE AND ACKNOWLEDGE YOU WHEN
PEOPLE SEE THE HOMELESS THEY DO
ONE OF THOSE.
THEY DON'T EVEN WANT TO PAY
ATTENTION TO IT AND THAT'S WHY
THEY DO THIS BECAUSE THEY WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROBLEM AND
HOMING OF HAVING MAYBE MORE
PEOPLE WHO COME HERE SAY, MAYBE
I CAN DO THAT NEXT YEAR OR MAYBE
I SHOULD DO SOMETHING NOT JUST
ON CHRISTMAS BUT THE DAY AFTER
AND THE DAY AFTER THAT AND THE
DAY AFTER THAT.
AND SO IT'S EVEN BEEN A SOURCE
OF HOPE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO COME
HERE AND RECEIVE THE HELP.
IN FACT, WE WERE TOLD BY THE
SOUP MOBILE THEY MET A MAN WHO
SAID I WAS HERE LAST YEAR, THIS
YEAR I HAVE A JOB.
THIS PROPELLED ME, YOU KNOW,
WHAT?
PEOPLE REALLY DO CARE ABOUT US.
THIS IS ABOUT HELP, RECOGNITION
AND IT'S JUST A WAY TO PAY IT
FORWARD AND YOU SAW JULIA, WHAT
JOY IT BROUGHT TO HER TO BE ABLE
TO BE ACHIP.
>> IT IS 7:33 ON YOUR TUUSDAY
MORNING.
>> HUNDREDS OF HOMELESS MEN AND
WOMEN ARE GETTING AN EARLY
CHRISTMAS GIFT AND EARLY
CHRISTMAS EXPERIENCE REALLY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND KIDS TOO, LATOYA LIVE AT THE
OMNI HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS
WITH DETAILS.
>> OH, YEAH, THE SPIRIT OF
CHRISTMAS IS DEFINITELY IN THE
AIR HERE AT THE OMNI.
OUR GUESTS HAVE NOT ARRIVED YET
BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
SHOW YOU THIS TREE.
BECAUSE THIS TREE HAS BEEN
CHANGING BY THE MINUTE.
VOLUNTEERS AS THEY ARRIVED
THEY'VE BEEN FILLING IT UP WITH
TOYS GALORE AND THOSE CUTE
LITTLE TEDDY BEARS FOR THE
CHILLREN WHO WWLL BE HERE.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S SO SAD FOR
PEOPLE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU
THINK OF THE HOMELESS YOU MAY
NOT THINK OF THE FACT THAT
CHILDREN -- SMALL CHILDREN EVEN
ARE HOMELESS.
THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO
AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO HELP THEM
AND CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS THAN TO
GIVE THEM A PLACE TO STAY AND TO
TREAT THEM, YOU KNOW, LIKE HUMAN
BEINGS BECAUSE THAT'S THE
DIGNITY THING THAT SOMETIMES IS
MISSING WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE
WITH NOTHING BUT THE CLOTHES ON
YOUR BACK AND JOINING US NOW TO
TALK MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT IS
LAWN BREAKER WHO'S THE CHAIRMAN
OF CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AND I'LL
TELL YOU YOU SEE THE VOLUNTEERS,
EVERYONE HAS A SMILE ON THEIRR
FACE THEY'RE JUST READY TO POUR
INTO THESE FOLKS WHO ARE COMING
HERE SOON.
>> THEY ARE, ISN'T IT JUST
AMAZING, LATOYA.
WE HAVE 500 HOMELESS PEOPLE
COMING TO THE SOUP MOBILE JESUS
CHRISTMAS GALA HERE AT THE OMNI.
IT'S OUR NINTH ANNUAL AND WE'LL
HAVE OVER 2,000 PEOPLE HERE
HELPING AS VOLUNTEERS PUT ON
THIS EVENT.
>> AND THESE VOLUNTEERS -- I WAS
TALKING TO THEM EARLIER AND THEY
SAY THEY GET JUST AS MUCH AS
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GIVING TO
THE GIFTS THEY'RE COMING.
>> WE DO.
WE HEAR SOME GREAT STORIES.
THIS IS THEIR FAMILY TRADITION.
THEY COME HERE THE MORNING OF
DECEMBER 24th.
THEY HELP US WELCOME OUR
HOMELESS GUESTS.
IT'S ALL ABOUT SHOWING HOPE AND
LOVE TO THE HOMELESS, LETTING
THEM KNOW THAT THEY CARE AND
THEN THEY GO ABOUT THEIR IPS
WITH THE REST OF THEIR FAMILIES
KNOWING THAT THEY DID SOMETHING
GOOD.
IT'S JUST A GREAT WAY TO START
THEIR CHRISTMAS.
>> AND YOU GUYS HELP THEM
YEAR-ROUND SO WE WANT TO POINT
THEM OUT.
THIS IS NOT JUST A ONE TIME
EVENT HERE.
SOUU MOBILE TRIES TO HELP THE
HOMELESS.
THEY SAY THEY GIVE A HAND UP NOT
A HANDOUT AND SO THEY HELP THEM
WITH SHELTER AND FOOD YEAR-ROUND
BUT THIS IS THAT ONE SPECIAL
TREAT WHERE THEY GET TO STAY IN
THE OMNI.
THEY GET FREE CLOTHES AND HAVE A
CHRISTMAS LIKE NO OUT.
GET TREATED FOR CHRISTMAS THAT
SOME OF US MAY TAKE FOR GRANTED
OUR GUESTS IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING
THEM WILL BE HERE IN 77MINUTES
OR SO.
YOU SAW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED LAST YEAR BUT THIS YEAR
THEY'RE GOING TO HOPE THAT IT
WILL BE JUST THE SAME JUST AS
SPECIAL AS IT HAS BEEN IN ANY OF
THE OTHER 8 YEARS PREVIOUS.
END OF
LOVE FIELD.
>> WELL, AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR
WE MENTIONED A PLACE WHERE THE
SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS IS REALLY
ALIVE.
>> YEAH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
DOWNTOWN OMNI HOTEL AND LATOYA
IS LIVE AT THIS VERY SPECIAL
EVENT.
GOOD MORNING, AND MERRY
CHRISTMAS, LATOYA!
>> GOOD MORNING, MERRY CHRISTMAS
TO YOU.
AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE
WHO IS HOME AS WELL.
WE'RE STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE
OMNI BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS SANTA
HERE BUT WE HAVE THE KIDS HERE
FROM THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL AS
WELL AS ALL THE VOLUNTEERS,
THEY'RE READY FOR OUR GUESTS OF
HONOR.
THEY'RE EN ROUTE BUT IT'S LIVE
TELEVISION WE WERE HOPING THEY
WOULD BE HERE BY NOW BUT, OF
COURSE, SINCE THIS IS LIVE AND
THIS IS THE REAL WORLD THINGS
DON'T ALWAYS PAN OUT BUT
EVERYONE IS VERY EXCITED.
YOU WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW IT'S
FREEZING OUT HERE RIGHT NOW %
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SO EXCITED TO
BE A PART OF THIS EVENT AND YOU
CAN SEE ALL THEIR SMILES AND
THEN SANTA ON THE RED CARPET
GREETING THEM AS WELL.
NOW, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ONCE
THESE 500 HOMELESS MEN AND WOMEN
COME HERE THEY'RE GOING TO -- AS
YOU CAN SEE CHEER FOR THEM,
GREET THEM AND THEN THEY'RE
GOING TO GET OFF THE BUSES AND
BE ON THIS RED CAAPET THAT YOU
SEE HERE.
THEY HAVE ABOUT ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR BUSES -- OH, THERE'S A
SIXTH ONE THERE BRINGING IN THE
SNOW MACHINES.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A WINTER
WONDERLAND IF YOU WILL AND BE
TREATED LIKE WINTER GUESTS NOT
ONLY WILL THEY GET NEW TREES AND
TOILETRIES BUT THEY'LL BE TO A
ONE NIGHT STAY AT THE OMNI THERE
WILL BE A SPECIAL GALA AND THE
MAYOR MIKE RAWLINGS WILL BE THE
HEADWAITER FOR THIS EVENT THIS
IS TRULY A MOMENT FOR THEM TO
JUST REVEL IN THEECHRISTMAS
SPIRIT AND HAVE A SENSE OF
DIGNITY AND A HOPE AS WELL.
THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT AS WELL.
I REALLY HATE THAT YOU GUYS
CAN'T SEE WHAT THIS IS GOING TO
BE LIKE BECAUSE THERE'S
LITERALLY TEARS POURING DOWN
PEOPLE'S FACES WHEN THEY GET OFF
THE BUS BECAASE THEY FEEL SO
SPECIAL TO HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE
COMING OUT HERE FOR THEM.
OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE IT IN OUU
LATER NEWSCAST FOR YOU THIS
MORNING BUT
[CHEERING]
>> WELCOME BACK TO "GOOD DAY."
AND THERE IT IS.
A LIVE PICTURE FROM THE DOWNTOWN
OMNI HOTEL IN DALLAS.
[CHEERING]
>> HUNDREDS OF HOMELESS FOLKS
ARRIVING TO SPEND AN EVENING AT