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ON THE RHODE SHOW!
THIS MORNING, LIVE OVEN THE
ROAD, TO DUNKIN' DONUTS.
MICHAELA JOHNSON IS LIVE WITH
MORE.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, WILL.
THAT IS RIGHT.
WE ARE LIVE INSIDE DUNKIN'
DONUTS ON NORTH MAIN STREET IN
ATENBORO, A LOT OF GENEROUS
CUSTOMERS IN LOCAL DUNKIN'
DONUTS AROUND THE STATE AND INTO
MASSACHUSETTS.
JOINING SOME GREAT MESSAGE,
OPERATION.
JOINING US IS MARK B-EDO.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
OPERATION TRIBUTE, WHAT IS
IT?
WE ARE A NON-PROFIT PROGRAM.
WHAT WE DO, WE PAY TRIBUTE TO
THE CHILDREN OF MILITARY
FAMILIES.
IF YOU THINK BACK ABOUT, WHEN
YOU WERE IN SCHOOL, YOU KNOW,
YOU LISTEN TO THIS, THE TEACHER
ALL OF THE TIME.
TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS
AND WONDERING WHAT YOU WERE
GOING TO DO WHEN YOU GOT HOME.
OR WHAT SNACK YOUR MOM WOULD
HAVE READY FOR YOU WHEN YOU GOT
HOME.
DIFFERENT FOR THE LIFE OF A
CHILD OF MILITARY FAMILIES.
THEY WONDER AT THAT PARTICULAR
MOMENT, IF PARENTS ARE IN
IMMEDIATE HARM'S WAY.
WHEN THEY GET HOME, WHETHER THEY
RECEIVE WORD WHATEVER CHANGED
THEIR LIVES.
THEY SACRIFICE ON A DAILY BASIS
AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT.
HOW EXACTLY HAVE YOU PARTNERED
UP WITH DUNKIN' DONUTS.
WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERING WITH
DUNKIN' DONUT FORCE THREE YEARS.
WE HAVE A FANTASTIC PROGRAM.
IT BASICALLY THAT CUSTOMERS CAN
COME IN AND MAKE A DOLLAR
DONATION AND MAKE IT A COUPON
FOR A FREE MEDIUM OR HOT COFFEE
THEY USE IN JANUARY.
IT IS A GREAT WAY TO USE A
STOCKING STUFFER, ETC.
IT IS GREAT WAY FOR PEOPLE TO
COME IN.
HELP SUPPORT OUR ORGANIZATION
THIS A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE.
ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR,
EVERYONE IS LOOKING TO BUY
GIFTS.
PROVIDING FOR A FAMILY IS SO
IMPORTANT.
WELL, ABSOLUTELY.
IT CERTAINLY IS.
LAST YEAR, WE ENDED UP
DISTRIBUTING 34,000 GIFTS.
IN 2007.
WE DISTRIBUTED OVER 100,000
GIFTS.
TAKE CARE OF THESE KIDS.
FOR HOW LONG WILL THIS
DONATION PROCESS BE GOING ON
FOR.
ALL RIGHT.
GOING ON THROUGH SUNDAY.
COME ON DOWN NOW.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF THING, WHERE
WE ARE TOTALLY ALL VOLUNTEER
ORGANIZATION.
WE DEPEND ON CORPORATE DONORS
SUCH AS DUNCAN.
WE DON'T GET STATE OR FEDERAL
FUNDS.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY
HAVE DONE AND APPRECIATE THE
CUSTOMERS THAT COME IN AND HELP
US OUT.
WHICH DUNKIN' DONUTS ARE
PARTICIPATING?
CURRENTLY OVER 500 DUNCANS,
ALL THROUGHOUT RHODE ISLAND AND
MAINE ARCHED VERMONT AND NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
HOW WILL WE BE ABLE TO KNOW
IF OUR LOCAL ONE IS ACCEPTING?
ON LINE TO FIGURE THAT OUT?
YOU A IT IS PRETTY MUCH ALL OF
THE ONES IN RHODE ISLAND.
THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.
COME IN.
STOP BY AND SEE IF THEY ARE.
AND, WE TAKE IT FROM THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
GREAT.
WE HOPE THAT WE RAISE EVEN MORE
MONEY THIS YEAR FOR OPERATION
TRIBUTE.
WE HAVE OUR PIN ON.
REPRESENTING PROUD.