1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,968 We're thinking about doing a blooper show at some point down the line. 2 00:00:01,968 --> 00:00:03,303 Oh, are we on? 3 00:00:03,303 --> 00:00:07,507 Hey, welcome, welcome, welcome to another edition of What's Good 4 00:00:07,507 --> 00:00:09,509 with Jon and Joyce. Joyce, good to see you again. 5 00:00:09,509 --> 00:00:11,111 As always. 6 00:00:11,111 --> 00:00:12,579 You as well. You as well. 7 00:00:12,579 --> 00:00:15,648 And we have, with us today, a really special guest, 8 00:00:16,016 --> 00:00:19,119 a gentleman I had a chance to meet back in 2013. 9 00:00:19,819 --> 00:00:23,590 He came up to me and asked, would you like to host an event called Woodstock? 10 00:00:24,057 --> 00:00:27,627 And so what he say is kind of like a Woodstock for animals. 11 00:00:28,228 --> 00:00:31,498 He had me it animals, anything to do with helping the animals. 12 00:00:31,798 --> 00:00:35,268 And I couldn't help but like, this guy has got such a likable way about him. 13 00:00:35,635 --> 00:00:37,537 He always has that infectious smile. 14 00:00:37,537 --> 00:00:39,172 He has a kind word for everybody, 15 00:00:39,172 --> 00:00:41,975 which we're going to get into this campaign called Please Be Kind, 16 00:00:41,975 --> 00:00:43,543 but I don't want to get too far ahead of myself. 17 00:00:43,543 --> 00:00:46,546 But, one of the kindest individuals I've ever met, Joyce, 18 00:00:46,846 --> 00:00:49,349 and he really kind of embodies what we're all about with the show. 19 00:00:49,349 --> 00:00:50,950 What's good with John and Joyce? 20 00:00:50,950 --> 00:00:53,119 I'd like to introduce, Ken Engelman. 21 00:00:53,119 --> 00:00:55,088 Ken, welcome to What's Good. 22 00:00:55,088 --> 00:00:57,824 You so thank you so much for coming on our show, 23 00:00:57,824 --> 00:01:01,895 because I saw your sign, you know, way back. 24 00:01:02,429 --> 00:01:05,265 And I thought your is up there. 25 00:01:05,265 --> 00:01:07,500 This is what we need. 26 00:01:07,500 --> 00:01:10,503 That is in here, in the park here he is in the flesh. 27 00:01:10,703 --> 00:01:15,842 Tell us what made you start putting signs up and how many have you put up? 28 00:01:16,476 --> 00:01:17,977 Well, first, thank you for having me. 29 00:01:17,977 --> 00:01:20,113 I'm honored to be here. I'm proud 30 00:01:21,448 --> 00:01:21,781 of this. 31 00:01:21,781 --> 00:01:26,686 I love your show healthy, and I see so many people benefiting from your show. 32 00:01:26,686 --> 00:01:31,291 So I expect it to continue to grow and prosper and thrive. 33 00:01:31,891 --> 00:01:35,028 Well, of course, with you on here, it's going to blow right up. 34 00:01:35,028 --> 00:01:38,031 I mean, come on, Ken. 35 00:01:39,999 --> 00:01:41,067 Yes. 36 00:01:41,067 --> 00:01:44,637 So how it all started was, to please be kind signs. 37 00:01:45,205 --> 00:01:47,440 We live in an interesting times. 38 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:51,478 And when I first started to be kind program, I had noticed 39 00:01:51,478 --> 00:01:55,014 that a lot of people were becoming frustrated with each other very quickly, 40 00:01:55,348 --> 00:01:58,818 and there were less communication and more, 41 00:01:59,752 --> 00:02:01,855 pushing thoughts on others. 42 00:02:01,855 --> 00:02:06,159 And I work in media, and I noticed that a lot of major 43 00:02:06,159 --> 00:02:09,596 media were promoting clickbait type of stuff. Yes. 44 00:02:10,096 --> 00:02:12,866 And they weren't really deep. 45 00:02:12,866 --> 00:02:16,236 They weren't they didn't include a lot of substance, and not a lot of people were 46 00:02:16,970 --> 00:02:20,907 learning the details of the stories that were being promoted. 47 00:02:21,341 --> 00:02:25,245 So angst, I experienced angst, I felt angst, 48 00:02:25,245 --> 00:02:30,150 and I wanted to be a part of bringing people together and inspiring 49 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:34,354 kindness and inspiring community and kindness. 50 00:02:34,354 --> 00:02:38,825 Obviously, I didn't create the word kindness or be kind or please be kind. 51 00:02:39,826 --> 00:02:42,829 It kind of came together through an advertising campaign 52 00:02:42,862 --> 00:02:45,865 because it is a public service announcement campaign. 53 00:02:45,999 --> 00:02:48,768 And so when I started to sculpt it, 54 00:02:48,768 --> 00:02:51,771 I wanted to originally have the words, 55 00:02:52,238 --> 00:02:55,375 if you have the chance to make someone smile, do it. 56 00:02:55,842 --> 00:02:58,144 The world needs more of that. 57 00:02:58,144 --> 00:03:02,448 It was a meme that I happened to see on social media, and it connected with me, 58 00:03:03,149 --> 00:03:05,785 and I then wanted to write that out 59 00:03:05,785 --> 00:03:09,856 on a repurposed political lawn sign like the one behind me. 60 00:03:09,856 --> 00:03:11,824 Yeah, I think it's fine. 61 00:03:11,824 --> 00:03:14,127 And you were too many words. 62 00:03:14,127 --> 00:03:17,096 So a friend of mine said, just be kind. 63 00:03:17,163 --> 00:03:19,399 And I said three words. 64 00:03:19,399 --> 00:03:20,967 That's perfect in media. 65 00:03:20,967 --> 00:03:25,038 It grabs attention, and then I just change it up to please be kind. 66 00:03:25,271 --> 00:03:27,006 But I added the exclamation point 67 00:03:27,006 --> 00:03:30,343 just to be a little bit more assertive to the please be kind 68 00:03:30,543 --> 00:03:34,480 and please has kind of a softer, less demanding tone to it. 69 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:36,082 Correct? It definitely does. 70 00:03:36,082 --> 00:03:39,085 And it's something that resonated with a lot of people. 71 00:03:39,085 --> 00:03:42,488 And I started to I had this created 72 00:03:42,488 --> 00:03:46,793 by a friend of mine who works at Home Depot in East Haven, and she's a crafter, 73 00:03:46,793 --> 00:03:49,796 and she just drew out the letters, cut it out for me. 74 00:03:50,129 --> 00:03:52,899 And this is the original stencil that I used 75 00:03:52,899 --> 00:03:56,002 over 700 times to create over 700. 76 00:03:56,469 --> 00:03:59,005 Wow. And placed them around, 77 00:03:59,005 --> 00:04:02,041 80 plus towns around Connecticut in 2024. 78 00:04:02,141 --> 00:04:04,077 So this is you, December. 79 00:04:04,077 --> 00:04:07,113 This is really, really just, you know, rocketed as it and from just 80 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:12,018 a shoreline area now to statewide and regional and hopefully national. 81 00:04:12,819 --> 00:04:15,154 We had it in front of Russell, you know, in Short Beach. 82 00:04:15,154 --> 00:04:18,224 Branford, Joe and Lisa were like, absolutely. 83 00:04:18,224 --> 00:04:21,127 Please put it up in front on Short Beach Road. 84 00:04:21,127 --> 00:04:24,364 And then another neighbor said, hey, where'd you get can I get one? 85 00:04:24,364 --> 00:04:27,867 And they contacted me and then I made five. 86 00:04:28,268 --> 00:04:30,803 I put one in front of Starbucks over by that. 87 00:04:30,803 --> 00:04:32,171 Just a Walmart. 88 00:04:32,171 --> 00:04:32,705 Absolutely. 89 00:04:32,705 --> 00:04:34,007 Put it out front. 90 00:04:34,007 --> 00:04:36,476 And then it just snowballed from there. 91 00:04:36,476 --> 00:04:38,011 People wanted to sign. 92 00:04:38,011 --> 00:04:40,013 And so I said, you know what? I'm onto something here. 93 00:04:40,013 --> 00:04:43,082 Let me continue because of the positive response. Yes. 94 00:04:43,650 --> 00:04:46,286 And as a volunteer, as a community 95 00:04:46,286 --> 00:04:49,856 caring person, I like to inspire others to be inspired. 96 00:04:49,856 --> 00:04:54,560 Like I was like when I met you, John, and when I met Eunice Masala from Branford. 97 00:04:54,794 --> 00:04:58,398 And there's other kind community, caring people that inspired me. 98 00:04:58,531 --> 00:05:00,900 So I'm just passing it along. 99 00:05:00,900 --> 00:05:02,902 I'm just sharing what I've learned, 100 00:05:02,902 --> 00:05:06,205 and I'm inspiring others to do the same because I believe in a ripple effect. 101 00:05:06,339 --> 00:05:11,978 Yes, and I've heard such positive responses from educators, 102 00:05:12,345 --> 00:05:17,817 health care professionals, police, fire officials, community leaders, 103 00:05:18,785 --> 00:05:19,619 all different types of 104 00:05:19,619 --> 00:05:22,622 people telling me that this message is simple, 105 00:05:22,689 --> 00:05:27,026 yeah, has resonated in a way that makes them feel not alone. 106 00:05:27,327 --> 00:05:30,930 If they're going through difficult times that other people might not know about, 107 00:05:31,497 --> 00:05:34,100 or if they're depressed or not 108 00:05:34,100 --> 00:05:38,104 feeling themselves, they connect to kindness. Yes. 109 00:05:38,137 --> 00:05:41,140 As opposed to connecting to the opposite. 110 00:05:41,441 --> 00:05:41,774 Yeah. 111 00:05:41,774 --> 00:05:44,610 And the opposite can make some people feel alone. 112 00:05:44,610 --> 00:05:47,647 And so this is bringing people together and bridging, 113 00:05:48,381 --> 00:05:52,018 two different places and bringing them together, uniting 114 00:05:52,018 --> 00:05:55,555 people based on kindness, which we all learn from a young age. 115 00:05:55,788 --> 00:05:56,889 Be kind and canny. 116 00:05:56,889 --> 00:05:58,725 We all know. And, Joyce, we talked about this before. 117 00:05:58,725 --> 00:05:59,559 You're a therapist. 118 00:05:59,559 --> 00:06:02,328 You work with a lot of clients. Loneliness. 119 00:06:02,328 --> 00:06:04,964 I mean, loneliness is epidemic nowadays. 120 00:06:04,964 --> 00:06:08,468 I have to say, when I first saw your sign, Ken, 121 00:06:08,935 --> 00:06:13,206 I will never forget that moment because I became very emotional. 122 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:18,644 And I think that's what I felt like I wasn't alone. 123 00:06:18,811 --> 00:06:19,579 Yeah. 124 00:06:19,579 --> 00:06:21,647 Trying to get that message out. 125 00:06:21,647 --> 00:06:24,650 Let people just be kind. 126 00:06:24,984 --> 00:06:27,887 And that sign made me feel like, 127 00:06:29,322 --> 00:06:29,856 this is going 128 00:06:29,856 --> 00:06:33,693 to be, you know, something that read and, 129 00:06:33,693 --> 00:06:39,499 and and I took my grandson for a haircut and the chain of supercuts. 130 00:06:39,866 --> 00:06:43,970 They have it inside, you know, inside their little waiting area. 131 00:06:43,970 --> 00:06:45,838 It's the sign. 132 00:06:45,838 --> 00:06:49,776 And it's so, it's so powerful. 133 00:06:50,276 --> 00:06:54,447 But another thing I want to say to you is being kind 134 00:06:55,481 --> 00:06:57,517 is courageous. 135 00:06:57,517 --> 00:06:59,952 It's very it's not. 136 00:06:59,952 --> 00:07:02,955 I don't want people to think I hate this 137 00:07:03,556 --> 00:07:06,526 because they politicize the word 138 00:07:06,526 --> 00:07:08,027 that, oh, just be kind. 139 00:07:08,027 --> 00:07:11,264 Just because I know it takes courage to be kind. 140 00:07:11,697 --> 00:07:16,135 Because at least listening, going back to what you spoke about the community, 141 00:07:16,469 --> 00:07:21,107 when people would meet as a community and have conversations, 142 00:07:22,008 --> 00:07:24,811 that's what brings peace. 143 00:07:24,811 --> 00:07:25,945 You're listening. 144 00:07:25,945 --> 00:07:27,113 You're talking. 145 00:07:27,113 --> 00:07:30,116 You're not just trying to get your point across. 146 00:07:30,183 --> 00:07:34,420 And I think that's what you're talking about by bringing a community together. 147 00:07:34,887 --> 00:07:36,856 Yes, exactly. Yes. 148 00:07:37,857 --> 00:07:39,992 It's is important to for all. 149 00:07:39,992 --> 00:07:42,762 And it helps improve the health and well-being of communities. 150 00:07:42,762 --> 00:07:44,230 But it's communication. 151 00:07:44,230 --> 00:07:47,300 It's talking things through and not just pushing opinions. 152 00:07:47,667 --> 00:07:50,403 And this message I've learned 153 00:07:50,403 --> 00:07:53,539 from people reaching out to me, thanking me for doing it. 154 00:07:53,539 --> 00:07:55,208 But there's nothing to thank me for. 155 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:59,078 It's just, a vehicle for sharing a message 156 00:07:59,078 --> 00:08:02,114 utilizing different media that I understand how it works because 157 00:08:02,114 --> 00:08:05,618 I've worked in advertising marketing throughout my whole career. 158 00:08:06,118 --> 00:08:10,857 So I'm just using tools that already exist to spread the message. 159 00:08:11,190 --> 00:08:16,095 Yeah, and the message is to please be kind or be kind, which another group uses. 160 00:08:16,429 --> 00:08:19,832 It doesn't matter as long kindness and kind is a part of it. 161 00:08:20,933 --> 00:08:25,004 We can all promote kindness and be happier individuals, 162 00:08:25,705 --> 00:08:28,975 happier workplaces, happier families. 163 00:08:29,008 --> 00:08:30,943 Right? So we're communication. 164 00:08:30,943 --> 00:08:34,313 How many times with people going down the street and saw the sign 165 00:08:34,514 --> 00:08:37,650 and they were thinking about giving that signal to somebody 166 00:08:37,650 --> 00:08:40,887 in the car, and maybe that was a reminder, please be kind. 167 00:08:40,887 --> 00:08:41,587 Right. 168 00:08:41,587 --> 00:08:44,790 Because and you see and you see those subtle, subtle reminders everywhere. 169 00:08:44,790 --> 00:08:46,225 I mean, I'm out in the middle of 170 00:08:46,225 --> 00:08:49,962 Connecticut, like Woodstock, Connecticut, and I see a sign there on a side road. 171 00:08:50,162 --> 00:08:53,165 It's like, wow, this thing really is getting out there. 172 00:08:53,165 --> 00:08:55,701 And and it's a universal reminder. 173 00:08:55,701 --> 00:08:56,435 Like you said, Joyce, 174 00:08:56,435 --> 00:08:59,438 it does take courage because we have to get away from ourselves 175 00:08:59,705 --> 00:09:03,276 and put our own feelings aside and realize it's not just about us, it's 176 00:09:03,276 --> 00:09:06,279 about the whole community that we talk about all the time. 177 00:09:06,412 --> 00:09:08,714 We can be a good human being, good human. 178 00:09:08,714 --> 00:09:11,284 It's not hard. No, no. 179 00:09:11,284 --> 00:09:14,687 And this is what one doctor, Wayne Dyer, said this. 180 00:09:14,687 --> 00:09:18,925 I don't know if it's the origin of this, but he would say it 181 00:09:20,693 --> 00:09:24,764 when you have the choice to be oh so right. 182 00:09:25,531 --> 00:09:26,966 So kind. 183 00:09:26,966 --> 00:09:29,335 Always choose kind. Yeah. 184 00:09:29,335 --> 00:09:32,305 And I remember that when we. 185 00:09:34,807 --> 00:09:35,541 I said nope 186 00:09:35,541 --> 00:09:39,245 nope this is not the time to tell you why I'm right. 187 00:09:39,445 --> 00:09:40,379 Like look at this. 188 00:09:40,379 --> 00:09:44,383 It's a time to listen and it's time to show kindness. 189 00:09:44,383 --> 00:09:50,890 And then it's like throwing a bucket of water on a hot fire, right? 190 00:09:50,890 --> 00:09:54,493 When you're kind to someone because you're not stirring the pot. 191 00:09:55,928 --> 00:09:58,664 And sometimes you're better off just today, let let them be right now. 192 00:09:58,664 --> 00:10:01,367 I'm going to be happy. 193 00:10:01,367 --> 00:10:02,501 Let them be right. 194 00:10:02,501 --> 00:10:03,469 I'm going to be happy. 195 00:10:03,469 --> 00:10:05,471 But you know, when somebody has an opposing view. 196 00:10:05,471 --> 00:10:08,541 I've learned over the years, I just practice the pause and I 197 00:10:08,541 --> 00:10:11,544 listen to what they have to say, and I'm going to be respectful. 198 00:10:11,877 --> 00:10:15,047 I'm not going to try to get my, you know, ideology or whatever, I think. 199 00:10:15,081 --> 00:10:17,016 But I'm going to listen to what you have to say. 200 00:10:17,016 --> 00:10:18,150 And I could be persuaded, 201 00:10:19,185 --> 00:10:21,454 you know, I'm not so, like rock solid about things. 202 00:10:21,454 --> 00:10:23,255 I have my principles. We all do. 203 00:10:23,255 --> 00:10:25,925 But I can't be persuaded and I'll listen to you. 204 00:10:25,925 --> 00:10:28,561 But if anything, just be respectful, 205 00:10:28,561 --> 00:10:28,961 you know? 206 00:10:28,961 --> 00:10:33,065 You know, you're right about the word respectful, right? 207 00:10:33,265 --> 00:10:35,868 They go there. Do they do. 208 00:10:35,868 --> 00:10:38,037 So can you trademark this? 209 00:10:38,037 --> 00:10:42,675 You know, people have asked me that and I'm sure I could, but I don't want to, 210 00:10:43,643 --> 00:10:47,013 just like all the other volunteer initiatives that I implement 211 00:10:47,013 --> 00:10:50,016 and I offer to nonprofits, 212 00:10:50,116 --> 00:10:52,852 I think it should be free for everybody. 213 00:10:52,852 --> 00:10:57,657 And I don't want to own something that should be beneficial for everybody. 214 00:10:57,890 --> 00:11:00,459 And so anyone can create their own signs. 215 00:11:00,459 --> 00:11:03,462 People can use these words or other words like it. 216 00:11:03,596 --> 00:11:06,298 And, riding my motorcycle around the state, I've seen, 217 00:11:07,366 --> 00:11:07,700 whether 218 00:11:07,700 --> 00:11:10,770 it's a coincidence or not, I've seen other signs that are similar pop 219 00:11:10,770 --> 00:11:14,040 up with their own messages, and I think it's fantastic. 220 00:11:14,340 --> 00:11:15,074 That's great. 221 00:11:15,074 --> 00:11:18,477 So I don't want to I think it should be free for everybody. 222 00:11:18,477 --> 00:11:23,049 Yeah, because it's not about me and I should not profit or benefit from this. 223 00:11:23,215 --> 00:11:25,384 It's just, sharing a message. 224 00:11:25,384 --> 00:11:27,820 Well, I was just wondering if, 225 00:11:27,820 --> 00:11:32,224 if you did have a trademark on it, and then you can go to other states with it 226 00:11:32,758 --> 00:11:35,461 and, and do campaign 227 00:11:35,461 --> 00:11:38,197 that way I can and that's I'm glad you brought that up. 228 00:11:38,197 --> 00:11:43,703 So after Guilford High School commencement speech last year, 229 00:11:44,203 --> 00:11:46,839 the superintendent had mentioned, please 230 00:11:46,839 --> 00:11:49,842 be kind in his commencement speech. 231 00:11:49,842 --> 00:11:50,609 I didn't know about it. 232 00:11:50,609 --> 00:11:54,714 I wasn't there in the audience was a couple from Texas, 233 00:11:55,114 --> 00:11:58,751 and they heard it on their way back to the airport. 234 00:11:58,751 --> 00:12:03,289 They saw my signs, and he saw the digital billboard that I had up on 95 East even. 235 00:12:03,856 --> 00:12:07,359 And all the way back they had talked about this Please Be Kind campaign. 236 00:12:07,827 --> 00:12:10,463 They googled me, they found me. 237 00:12:10,463 --> 00:12:11,063 He called me up. 238 00:12:11,063 --> 00:12:14,066 He said, wow, that's great. 239 00:12:14,233 --> 00:12:18,270 I want to do this program down here. 240 00:12:18,838 --> 00:12:19,572 Can I pay you? 241 00:12:19,572 --> 00:12:22,608 I said, no, I have to send you a stencil. 242 00:12:23,008 --> 00:12:24,977 So the marker, the paint and. 243 00:12:24,977 --> 00:12:26,645 Yeah, exactly how I did. 244 00:12:27,613 --> 00:12:30,249 Please go help yourself. 245 00:12:30,249 --> 00:12:32,818 And so, just north of Dallas, he implemented 246 00:12:32,818 --> 00:12:35,821 a campaign with his children down there to spread the word down there. 247 00:12:36,589 --> 00:12:39,091 I have signs in many different states. 248 00:12:39,091 --> 00:12:43,496 I had a friend who I met in Gilford bring one over to Portugal. 249 00:12:43,662 --> 00:12:46,665 Wow. Did it and held it up. 250 00:12:46,799 --> 00:12:49,802 There's that sign in Lisbon. 251 00:12:49,969 --> 00:12:53,072 Wow. That's fabulous. 252 00:12:53,105 --> 00:12:54,006 It's really exciting. 253 00:12:54,006 --> 00:12:57,276 Yes, but it resonates on such a simple level 254 00:12:57,276 --> 00:13:00,546 that we all share, which comes from our community, right? 255 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:04,683 It transcends communities and languages, much like music in so many ways to. 256 00:13:05,050 --> 00:13:05,251 Yeah. 257 00:13:05,251 --> 00:13:09,688 To show you that the innate part of us is so good. Yes. 258 00:13:09,889 --> 00:13:13,526 I think we're all too tired of the angry. 259 00:13:14,727 --> 00:13:17,062 Tired of that might be simply clickbait. 260 00:13:17,062 --> 00:13:17,396 Right. 261 00:13:17,396 --> 00:13:20,399 And it's it's just people. 262 00:13:20,666 --> 00:13:22,434 Yeah. Who's out there anyway. 263 00:13:22,434 --> 00:13:23,602 So I don't want to waste my time 264 00:13:23,602 --> 00:13:27,540 being angry with people or having grudges or things of that nature. 265 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:29,341 I just want to let that go. 266 00:13:29,341 --> 00:13:30,176 It eats away. 267 00:13:30,176 --> 00:13:31,677 You just better to forgive that person. 268 00:13:31,677 --> 00:13:32,678 If anything, you know 269 00:13:32,678 --> 00:13:37,283 it eases on you because so many times you you have a grudge against somebody else. 270 00:13:37,283 --> 00:13:40,586 They're not even thinking about you, or they've already forgotten about you 271 00:13:40,586 --> 00:13:44,957 and you're letting them rent real estate in your head like we talked about before. 272 00:13:45,191 --> 00:13:48,194 So you just take the high road, be kind, see people smile. 273 00:13:48,527 --> 00:13:51,096 Everything is going to work out just the way it should. 274 00:13:51,096 --> 00:13:53,532 Absolutely. You're absolutely right. 275 00:13:53,532 --> 00:13:54,567 And we've had this conversation. 276 00:13:54,567 --> 00:13:59,572 Yes, we have and in a way, this campaign has been therapy for me 277 00:13:59,738 --> 00:14:04,844 to change my mindset away from what I might get caught up in, right. 278 00:14:04,844 --> 00:14:09,148 Or allow someone or situation to have real estate in my head. 279 00:14:09,415 --> 00:14:14,920 So I would then take that energy and repurpose it, and I would then 280 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:20,559 create these signs or create other types of communication signs with the message, 281 00:14:21,727 --> 00:14:24,363 and go out into the world and share it. 282 00:14:24,363 --> 00:14:25,865 And so it helped me. 283 00:14:25,865 --> 00:14:28,000 And then I learned it was helping other people. 284 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,237 So it's all positive going in the right direction. 285 00:14:31,337 --> 00:14:33,772 And he push back on this at all. 286 00:14:33,772 --> 00:14:36,508 You told me a story once about a person on the steps in the capital 287 00:14:36,508 --> 00:14:40,679 New in New Haven or something, and I found that really interesting. 288 00:14:40,946 --> 00:14:41,213 I mean, 289 00:14:41,213 --> 00:14:44,516 I know how anybody can oppose this, but there's always somebody in the crowd. 290 00:14:44,817 --> 00:14:47,786 There's always someone, luckily, is not very, Yeah. 291 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:49,822 The first person was, it was interesting. 292 00:14:49,822 --> 00:14:51,190 We were doing an interview with, 293 00:14:51,190 --> 00:14:54,460 one of the local news stations, and, they saw somebody walking by. 294 00:14:54,460 --> 00:14:56,328 Now, excuse me, sir, what do you think about this? 295 00:14:56,328 --> 00:14:59,265 Please be kind. Well, I don't have time for that. 296 00:14:59,265 --> 00:14:59,665 I just 297 00:15:01,033 --> 00:15:02,968 wish, I wish yeah, yeah, yeah. 298 00:15:02,968 --> 00:15:04,536 Photographer and camera. 299 00:15:04,536 --> 00:15:07,539 Right now. 300 00:15:07,773 --> 00:15:10,109 But that was one of two. 301 00:15:10,109 --> 00:15:14,513 The only other was, there was a person in our community 302 00:15:14,513 --> 00:15:18,450 that spray painted my signs on the color 303 00:15:18,450 --> 00:15:22,721 black and had a different message spray painted over my please be kind message. 304 00:15:23,255 --> 00:15:26,258 And that turned out to be a little bit of thing, but that. 305 00:15:26,759 --> 00:15:29,762 But everyone else has completely embraced it. 306 00:15:29,828 --> 00:15:34,667 And this program was from January of 2024 to December 24th. 307 00:15:35,267 --> 00:15:39,872 And now I'm working with national trade 308 00:15:39,872 --> 00:15:44,743 publication for pizza restaurants and pizza industry. 309 00:15:45,010 --> 00:15:51,717 And I'm speaking with the editor about inspiring pizza boxes to have. 310 00:15:51,717 --> 00:15:55,587 Please be kind written on the, 311 00:15:55,587 --> 00:16:00,326 because the numbers are staggering for the amount of people who purchase pizza. 312 00:16:00,359 --> 00:16:03,362 Sure. Yeah. Pick it up, bring it home. 313 00:16:03,629 --> 00:16:04,763 And if we could have. 314 00:16:04,763 --> 00:16:06,432 Please be kind on the pizza box. 315 00:16:06,432 --> 00:16:11,870 Is that message again and again and again for millions upon millions of people, 316 00:16:12,871 --> 00:16:13,839 it's going to have a ripple 317 00:16:13,839 --> 00:16:16,842 effect and it's going to start to and it seeps in. 318 00:16:17,977 --> 00:16:19,945 And it's a reminder to be nice to that person. 319 00:16:19,945 --> 00:16:22,081 If they're a few minutes late with that pizza 320 00:16:22,081 --> 00:16:24,917 when they're going at your door, please be kind. Right? 321 00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:26,285 I me think about that. 322 00:16:26,285 --> 00:16:28,620 You know, there's also another message for that. 323 00:16:28,620 --> 00:16:31,290 Whether it's the delivery person, it could be a little bit late. 324 00:16:31,290 --> 00:16:35,527 Or I remember seeing at the beginning of this campaign, in a pharmacy 325 00:16:35,527 --> 00:16:39,098 here in town at the pharmacy counter, there was a sign, 326 00:16:39,465 --> 00:16:42,468 please be respectful to our staff. 327 00:16:43,068 --> 00:16:44,937 And I was like, seriously? Right. 328 00:16:44,937 --> 00:16:47,373 It needs to be. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Right. 329 00:16:47,373 --> 00:16:51,010 And so this was a while ago at the beginning of the campaign, but 330 00:16:51,643 --> 00:16:54,146 people wanted this. 331 00:16:54,146 --> 00:16:56,548 And so businesses, parents, it's 332 00:16:56,548 --> 00:16:59,618 a teaching moment with with students and with children. 333 00:16:59,952 --> 00:17:01,120 What's with the signs. 334 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:06,158 Why they're please behind signs let alone that repurposing on the political lawn. 335 00:17:07,526 --> 00:17:09,461 Were designed for long. 336 00:17:09,461 --> 00:17:10,129 Yeah. Yeah. 337 00:17:10,129 --> 00:17:13,932 After their their campaigns instead of throwing them out in the dump 338 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:17,069 I asked if they could donate it to my nonprofit. 339 00:17:17,069 --> 00:17:18,570 And so I had a stack. 340 00:17:18,570 --> 00:17:20,906 That's awesome. 341 00:17:20,906 --> 00:17:23,909 And I saw it working in advertising and media. 342 00:17:24,076 --> 00:17:25,544 There are many billboards. 343 00:17:25,544 --> 00:17:28,781 Let's repurpose them, keep them from the trash and the town dump 344 00:17:29,214 --> 00:17:30,783 and turn them into kind of science. 345 00:17:30,783 --> 00:17:33,786 Yeah, and I think you see them a lot more. 346 00:17:34,353 --> 00:17:38,057 Are you driving the side roads then a billboard which is on the highway? 347 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:40,592 Yes. The billboard was beautiful, by the way. 348 00:17:40,592 --> 00:17:42,061 It really was. Yeah. 349 00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:45,264 But this when you're driving by, you're at a stoplight. 350 00:17:45,297 --> 00:17:47,533 Yeah. And it's looking right at you. 351 00:17:47,533 --> 00:17:49,001 Yeah. Powerful. 352 00:17:49,001 --> 00:17:53,739 It really is one of the really fun parts about the evolving of this 353 00:17:53,739 --> 00:17:56,742 campaign was with our town of Branford. 354 00:17:56,975 --> 00:17:59,445 The high school sports colors is red. 355 00:17:59,445 --> 00:18:02,114 So the very first signs that I had that were donated 356 00:18:02,114 --> 00:18:05,117 by a friend of mine, Ray, were red. 357 00:18:05,117 --> 00:18:09,221 And so I had the white letters over the red backdrop. 358 00:18:10,022 --> 00:18:14,226 But with Guilford High School sports colors being green, I wanted to 359 00:18:14,726 --> 00:18:18,697 change them to green with white letters to personalize it to that community. 360 00:18:18,797 --> 00:18:21,733 Customize? Sure that to each community. 361 00:18:21,733 --> 00:18:25,871 So Branford was red, Guilford was green, North Branford was purple. 362 00:18:26,071 --> 00:18:29,074 So I spray painted purple white letters. 363 00:18:29,308 --> 00:18:33,278 North Branford and a friends of mine up there volunteered to help me 364 00:18:33,278 --> 00:18:38,517 spread the message with Mike, Frieda, and, residents of North Branford. 365 00:18:39,051 --> 00:18:40,953 And that's a maroon, a darker red. 366 00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:44,890 So then each town had their own colored signs 367 00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:48,327 which brought people within their own community. 368 00:18:49,261 --> 00:18:50,596 It was a microcosm of the 369 00:18:50,596 --> 00:18:53,599 whole national deal or the regional deal that you're doing right there. 370 00:18:53,699 --> 00:18:54,633 I love it, 371 00:18:54,633 --> 00:18:57,803 it's all spread out in your garage, in your backyard, and you're spraying. 372 00:18:57,803 --> 00:18:58,871 What do you what are you doing? 373 00:18:58,871 --> 00:19:01,874 It's a great question. My front lawn, 374 00:19:01,940 --> 00:19:04,943 my front lawn is so colorful. 375 00:19:06,879 --> 00:19:09,581 Yeah, we had a lot of fun with that. 376 00:19:09,581 --> 00:19:11,216 In the garage, there's too much spray paint. 377 00:19:11,216 --> 00:19:12,484 The smell of spray paint. 378 00:19:12,484 --> 00:19:14,386 Yeah. So outside was better. 379 00:19:14,386 --> 00:19:17,956 And, I went through so many cans of spray paint. 380 00:19:18,490 --> 00:19:22,528 And, Home Depot was very kind and very gracious and helped me out 381 00:19:22,528 --> 00:19:26,665 with, making some donations to this nonprofit initiative. 382 00:19:26,798 --> 00:19:27,032 Yeah. 383 00:19:27,032 --> 00:19:30,736 So appreciative of them and everyone else that stepped up to help out or said, yes, 384 00:19:30,736 --> 00:19:31,436 you know what? 385 00:19:31,436 --> 00:19:35,340 You can put this sign on my front lawn or the business owner saying, 386 00:19:35,507 --> 00:19:38,410 yes, you can put it in my window. I have 387 00:19:39,678 --> 00:19:41,980 with over 700 signs, maybe 388 00:19:41,980 --> 00:19:44,983 five people would say had said no, 389 00:19:45,117 --> 00:19:47,452 really, or two examples that we shared. 390 00:19:47,452 --> 00:19:50,856 The other three would be just, I don't want to be involved 391 00:19:50,856 --> 00:19:53,859 with anything that could be considered political. 392 00:19:53,959 --> 00:19:54,960 Please be kind. 393 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,963 Being considered political, that's a head scratcher. 394 00:19:58,063 --> 00:19:59,331 Okay. 395 00:19:59,331 --> 00:20:02,267 I will respect where they're coming from. 396 00:20:02,267 --> 00:20:03,001 Yeah, yeah. 397 00:20:03,001 --> 00:20:05,571 You're listening to me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. 398 00:20:05,571 --> 00:20:08,574 I didn't charge anybody anything, and it was just 399 00:20:08,574 --> 00:20:11,343 my enjoyment, 400 00:20:11,343 --> 00:20:15,581 of giving back and seeing, I have had veterans. 401 00:20:16,248 --> 00:20:19,218 Yes. Elderly people think 402 00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:22,254 there's a person and stop and shop that once tapped me on the shoulder. 403 00:20:22,254 --> 00:20:24,990 And I was waiting to speak with the general manager, who's wonderful. 404 00:20:24,990 --> 00:20:28,393 She actually allowed me to put one of these in the cash 405 00:20:28,393 --> 00:20:31,396 register conveyor belt between. 406 00:20:31,530 --> 00:20:33,365 Wow, that's huge. 407 00:20:33,365 --> 00:20:34,833 To remind me. Yes. 408 00:20:34,833 --> 00:20:36,935 So is this new you? 409 00:20:36,935 --> 00:20:39,438 I've had this, for about six months now. 410 00:20:39,438 --> 00:20:42,608 Can I offer to any business that has a conveyor belt that wants to. 411 00:20:42,708 --> 00:20:45,544 Yeah. Remind people what it is. 412 00:20:45,544 --> 00:20:46,812 And, gentlemen, 413 00:20:47,779 --> 00:20:48,347 are you the 414 00:20:48,347 --> 00:20:51,717 gentleman is the, elderly man that's doing this size. 415 00:20:51,717 --> 00:20:52,517 And I said, yes. 416 00:20:52,517 --> 00:20:56,989 And he said, on the way here, I was cut off, and boy, was I angry. 417 00:20:56,989 --> 00:21:00,158 But I saw your sign and it reset me. 418 00:21:00,158 --> 00:21:03,161 Yes, I, I had the choose. Yes. 419 00:21:03,362 --> 00:21:04,763 That's what I almost had. 420 00:21:04,763 --> 00:21:05,764 Tears in my eyes. 421 00:21:05,764 --> 00:21:08,500 Yeah, yeah. 422 00:21:08,500 --> 00:21:11,436 So when you're having a really tough day, a frustrating day, 423 00:21:11,436 --> 00:21:14,773 you remember those comments and it makes it all worthwhile, doesn't it? 424 00:21:14,773 --> 00:21:16,842 Yes, it sure does. 425 00:21:16,842 --> 00:21:20,779 Again, just this past weekend down in Estonia, 426 00:21:20,779 --> 00:21:23,782 a friend of mine was playing acoustic guitar out in a place, 427 00:21:23,915 --> 00:21:26,885 one of the restaurants, and I'm on the patio 428 00:21:27,052 --> 00:21:29,988 and I'm at a table of four chairs, and I'm by myself 429 00:21:29,988 --> 00:21:33,158 just watching my friend play, and it's starting to get crowded. 430 00:21:33,158 --> 00:21:36,161 And, two ladies came in and he couldn't find a place to sit. 431 00:21:36,428 --> 00:21:37,796 So they speaking with the manager. 432 00:21:37,796 --> 00:21:40,799 So I'm like, you know, if you want, you can sit over here. 433 00:21:40,999 --> 00:21:41,933 I'm just by myself. 434 00:21:41,933 --> 00:21:45,604 And he said, at first and then they're like, really? 435 00:21:45,604 --> 00:21:46,738 We can sit with you. 436 00:21:46,738 --> 00:21:48,674 Absolutely. We're just enjoying the music. 437 00:21:48,674 --> 00:21:49,408 Yeah. You like that? 438 00:21:49,408 --> 00:21:53,045 So kind of you, yeah. 439 00:21:53,045 --> 00:21:54,680 Right. Right, right. 440 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:58,317 And they wanted to keep talking like, oh, the world needs more people like you. 441 00:21:58,317 --> 00:21:59,318 And it's not me. 442 00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:01,586 It's about just people being right. 443 00:22:01,586 --> 00:22:03,055 It's not about me. 444 00:22:03,055 --> 00:22:04,122 And I was. 445 00:22:04,122 --> 00:22:05,590 We got into this nice conversation. 446 00:22:05,590 --> 00:22:09,628 They sat down, so they said, have you ever seen these? 447 00:22:09,628 --> 00:22:10,896 Please be kind sides. 448 00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:16,435 And just the warmth that I felt knowing. 449 00:22:16,435 --> 00:22:19,438 And I'm like, well, actually, you might not just shake their hand. 450 00:22:22,074 --> 00:22:22,774 Right, right. 451 00:22:22,774 --> 00:22:25,777 Yeah. These signs all over. Wow. 452 00:22:26,011 --> 00:22:28,046 Well that's great. I'm happy that they're still up. 453 00:22:28,046 --> 00:22:31,917 And the smiles that they had and the positive 454 00:22:31,917 --> 00:22:35,287 communal conversation about kindness, community. 455 00:22:35,287 --> 00:22:37,989 Yeah. Unity continued. 456 00:22:37,989 --> 00:22:40,525 And so that happens quite often. 457 00:22:40,525 --> 00:22:44,896 I'm proud to say from, all the work that went into this program. 458 00:22:44,996 --> 00:22:46,865 Wow. Just a little, little, 459 00:22:46,865 --> 00:22:49,868 you know, meeting with those two ladies and just what has spawned. 460 00:22:49,935 --> 00:22:53,405 And you happened to be like, the impetus for this whole campaign. Wow. 461 00:22:53,772 --> 00:22:55,340 I didn't come up with. 462 00:22:55,340 --> 00:22:58,844 No, but you came up with the campaign itself, right. 463 00:22:58,844 --> 00:23:01,880 And I'm just utilizing different, communication 464 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,883 platforms, cash register. 465 00:23:05,484 --> 00:23:08,253 And I couldn't be in a better place than in the cash register. 466 00:23:08,253 --> 00:23:09,187 Or the people could be rude. 467 00:23:09,187 --> 00:23:12,491 The cashiers every now and then, or maybe more than every now and then. 468 00:23:13,525 --> 00:23:15,660 Yeah, exactly. Yes. 469 00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:17,596 Which can make them angry right now. 470 00:23:17,596 --> 00:23:19,698 Pizza boxes hopefully will be open. 471 00:23:19,698 --> 00:23:24,703 I love the idea of the pizza boxes out of people for the least investment possible. 472 00:23:25,137 --> 00:23:27,639 Could be these pizza boxes. Yeah. 473 00:23:27,639 --> 00:23:31,009 Are of the trade publication for pizza restaurant owners. 474 00:23:31,576 --> 00:23:33,712 He's engaged and this is real time. 475 00:23:33,712 --> 00:23:36,615 So this morning I sent him another email and he's like, I like it. 476 00:23:36,615 --> 00:23:39,351 Let's just figure this out. 477 00:23:39,351 --> 00:23:42,387 To launch it and inspire the pizza box 478 00:23:42,387 --> 00:23:45,991 companies, those that do the printing to include the message on box. 479 00:23:46,191 --> 00:23:46,825 But it is 480 00:23:46,825 --> 00:23:47,793 I mean it's a great message 481 00:23:47,793 --> 00:23:51,296 but it's also kind of self-serving for them to it help because you're asking 482 00:23:51,296 --> 00:23:54,266 please be kind to our people to our employees or team. 483 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:57,636 I know, your heart. 484 00:23:59,738 --> 00:24:01,373 Thank you for saying that. 485 00:24:01,373 --> 00:24:02,908 It's natural for me. 486 00:24:02,908 --> 00:24:07,078 And, it's a little bit awkward to be the person 487 00:24:07,078 --> 00:24:08,847 that's implementing a lot of this. 488 00:24:08,847 --> 00:24:11,817 One person has said that I'm in it for myself, 489 00:24:11,983 --> 00:24:15,353 and then I'll go on media because I'm trying to promote myself, 490 00:24:15,854 --> 00:24:20,492 and I'd rather hide behind the scenes and not be seen, not be heard, 491 00:24:20,759 --> 00:24:23,762 and just be sort of a producer of 492 00:24:24,496 --> 00:24:27,499 these programs because more of a creator 493 00:24:27,499 --> 00:24:31,703 in my strategic marketing career and I help my clients create, 494 00:24:32,537 --> 00:24:36,041 advertising campaigns, marketing community, engaging campaigns. 495 00:24:36,641 --> 00:24:39,377 So basically what I'm doing, which I learn from you, listen to you, 496 00:24:39,377 --> 00:24:43,748 John, long time ago, is to use my skills and abilities 497 00:24:44,516 --> 00:24:47,486 to help my neighbors. 498 00:24:47,486 --> 00:24:49,221 As a local nonprofit, 499 00:24:49,221 --> 00:24:52,624 started with the animal shelter, turned into senior center. 500 00:24:52,858 --> 00:24:54,960 We had our, you know, our Stony Creek, 501 00:24:55,961 --> 00:24:56,628 duck race. 502 00:24:56,628 --> 00:24:58,830 Yeah. Oh, that was a blast. 503 00:24:58,830 --> 00:24:59,130 Yeah. 504 00:24:59,130 --> 00:25:03,768 We had parking Lou out there when you go, carnival to Pine Orchard Yacht Club. 505 00:25:04,069 --> 00:25:08,940 So there's many different events that stem from the same theme. 506 00:25:08,940 --> 00:25:12,878 And that's just me donating my skills and abilities for my career 507 00:25:12,878 --> 00:25:16,915 that I give my clients to local nonprofits, to my neighbors in need. 508 00:25:17,449 --> 00:25:18,884 It's as simple as that. 509 00:25:18,884 --> 00:25:23,121 And then in 2020, we created, we were together having coffee 510 00:25:23,121 --> 00:25:27,225 and you might you, myself and Judy, we would receive 511 00:25:27,259 --> 00:25:29,895 Beacon Awards in the past. 512 00:25:29,895 --> 00:25:32,998 So I said, look at us three Beacon ears and and go, 513 00:25:32,998 --> 00:25:35,967 this is what we do, baby. 514 00:25:36,935 --> 00:25:38,270 There's something there. 515 00:25:38,270 --> 00:25:39,604 Yeah, yeah. 516 00:25:39,604 --> 00:25:40,705 Volunteer. It's what we do. 517 00:25:40,705 --> 00:25:44,910 Was born that advertising campaign just from a cup of coffee over it. 518 00:25:44,910 --> 00:25:47,279 Or, you know, local coffee. Coffee place. 519 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:48,613 Yeah. 520 00:25:48,613 --> 00:25:51,683 And then in 2020, I then created a Facebook group, 521 00:25:51,983 --> 00:25:55,587 and we have over 900 members in this Facebook group called Community 522 00:25:55,587 --> 00:25:57,222 Volunteers United. 523 00:25:57,222 --> 00:25:59,357 Hashtag Volunteers what we do. 524 00:25:59,357 --> 00:26:01,960 And then I started, 500 501 525 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,963 C3 nonprofit in 2022, 526 00:26:04,963 --> 00:26:07,966 which then became more of a mission 527 00:26:08,333 --> 00:26:11,336 with an actual mission statement 528 00:26:11,369 --> 00:26:14,406 to improve the health and well-being of communities from coast to coast. 529 00:26:14,406 --> 00:26:17,976 Yeah, inspiring young people to be matched 530 00:26:17,976 --> 00:26:20,979 with local nonprofits for a mutual benefit. 531 00:26:21,146 --> 00:26:24,916 And, sadly, a friend of ours who sadly passed away last year, 532 00:26:25,550 --> 00:26:28,753 her and I sculpted a concept that I had, 533 00:26:28,954 --> 00:26:32,657 and we presented it to Branford High School principal, and he invited us 534 00:26:32,657 --> 00:26:37,996 into the library in April 2024 to implement this pilot program 535 00:26:37,996 --> 00:26:41,032 that matched students who need community service hours to graduate 536 00:26:41,433 --> 00:26:46,504 with all the local town nonprofits to find out the interests of the students, 537 00:26:47,005 --> 00:26:49,708 matched them with the local nonprofit services 538 00:26:49,708 --> 00:26:52,744 for mutual benefit, and introduced them to each other. 539 00:26:52,978 --> 00:26:57,549 But it also taught compassion into our community, thinking in the students. 540 00:26:57,983 --> 00:27:02,087 And it taught students that they don't have to volunteer with a nonprofit. 541 00:27:02,087 --> 00:27:04,823 You might not have interest in that service. 542 00:27:04,823 --> 00:27:07,759 There's over 3040 different nonprofits in Branford. And, 543 00:27:08,727 --> 00:27:09,394 yeah, because 544 00:27:09,394 --> 00:27:12,397 they can't afford to advertise, right, or promote themselves. 545 00:27:12,497 --> 00:27:14,633 So this gives them a voice 546 00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:17,736 to the students, which is our future adults and business leaders, 547 00:27:18,203 --> 00:27:23,141 and it gives a volunteer assistance to the local nonprofits for mutual benefit. 548 00:27:23,308 --> 00:27:24,042 Right. 549 00:27:24,042 --> 00:27:29,214 And it was, it was an easy concept to come up with, but everyone embraced it. 550 00:27:29,581 --> 00:27:32,217 The school embraced it, the town of Branford embraced it. 551 00:27:32,217 --> 00:27:36,221 And now I'm happy to say the town of Branford has a Branford volunteers.org, 552 00:27:36,688 --> 00:27:39,724 which is a website which is just like the Facebook group 553 00:27:39,724 --> 00:27:41,359 that I have that has volunteers. 554 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,228 Speaking about that, let me say, 555 00:27:43,228 --> 00:27:46,031 because people are listening from all over the world, listening 556 00:27:46,031 --> 00:27:49,768 and watching you get in touch with you to find out. 557 00:27:49,901 --> 00:27:52,637 How can I get started with something like this? 558 00:27:52,637 --> 00:27:55,173 What is the best way to go to your website? 559 00:27:55,173 --> 00:27:57,208 Yes, which is so exciting. 560 00:27:59,144 --> 00:28:01,179 Which is more than welcome to reach out to me. 561 00:28:01,179 --> 00:28:04,482 My name is Ken Engelman, and you can find me on Facebook. 562 00:28:04,482 --> 00:28:06,351 We have our website. 563 00:28:06,351 --> 00:28:11,356 Our URL is Dot Community Volunteers united.org. 564 00:28:11,389 --> 00:28:12,857 And we'll put that under. 565 00:28:12,857 --> 00:28:15,226 Yeah. This, 566 00:28:15,226 --> 00:28:18,229 and we'll get like a like well we'll do our crawl. 567 00:28:18,697 --> 00:28:21,666 Yeah Stephanie and Dave will take care of that, you know. 568 00:28:21,666 --> 00:28:23,401 Right Stephanie up there. 569 00:28:23,401 --> 00:28:26,404 Yeah okay okay. 570 00:28:26,571 --> 00:28:27,305 Yeah. Please. 571 00:28:27,305 --> 00:28:29,007 Anyone is welcome to reach out to me. 572 00:28:29,007 --> 00:28:33,578 If you have a nonprofit or if you have a, if you want to help your neighbors. 573 00:28:34,012 --> 00:28:37,982 I have endless ideas through my strategic marketing mindset 574 00:28:38,249 --> 00:28:40,985 that can help many different groups 575 00:28:40,985 --> 00:28:44,122 in their own communities, because a lot of these are like templates. 576 00:28:44,322 --> 00:28:48,760 Yes, and replicated by different groups of people anywhere in the world. 577 00:28:48,927 --> 00:28:50,995 You can play right in, you can plug right into a system. 578 00:28:50,995 --> 00:28:51,930 I love it. 579 00:28:51,930 --> 00:28:56,134 I think you tell people, one small end of this, which a big site 580 00:28:56,134 --> 00:29:01,072 that is that you can take these signs during, elections 581 00:29:01,406 --> 00:29:05,110 and after the election, you can go to them and say, hey, 582 00:29:05,577 --> 00:29:08,580 Ken, is it okay if I take these signs off your hands? 583 00:29:08,713 --> 00:29:11,516 Yes, it spray it input. Okay. 584 00:29:11,516 --> 00:29:13,218 Yes, yes. 585 00:29:13,218 --> 00:29:15,386 And that's easy because people in every single town, 586 00:29:15,386 --> 00:29:18,389 they have those signs and every single town could donate them. 587 00:29:19,090 --> 00:29:19,991 Exactly. 588 00:29:19,991 --> 00:29:23,495 Instead of going to the transfer station or to the town. 589 00:29:23,561 --> 00:29:26,397 Yeah. The garbage recycle them right 590 00:29:27,565 --> 00:29:28,933 turn kind of signs. 591 00:29:28,933 --> 00:29:32,771 Ken, it's been an absolute joy to have you on here, and I'm so glad 592 00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:35,507 that you decided to come to the forefront because you like I said, I'm 593 00:29:35,507 --> 00:29:36,808 a behind the scenes type guy. 594 00:29:36,808 --> 00:29:39,611 Your passion needs to be seen. 595 00:29:39,611 --> 00:29:41,012 It's infectious. 596 00:29:41,012 --> 00:29:44,282 You, the way you explain it, the way you communicate, the way you present yourself. 597 00:29:44,682 --> 00:29:47,252 It's an honor and privilege to call you a friend. 598 00:29:47,252 --> 00:29:49,821 An honor and privilege to have you here on what's good with John and Joyce. 599 00:29:49,821 --> 00:29:51,723 And we wish you continued success. 600 00:29:51,723 --> 00:29:54,425 Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you so, so much. 601 00:29:54,425 --> 00:29:57,862 And so thank you so much for listening and watching and or both. 602 00:29:59,164 --> 00:30:01,966 Subscribe subscriber on all the major streaming platforms. 603 00:30:01,966 --> 00:30:04,235 But go to YouTube, type in what's good with John. 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