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<v ->This morning we are at the Vadnais Heights</v>

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fire station, and a group from Comcast

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is putting together dresser drawers.

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Comcast donated 500 IKEA dressers,

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and so now employees are assembling them all

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to give away to these families.

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A lot of United Way partners will refer clients

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to Bridging to finish serving their needs.

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For example, if a woman leaves a domestic violence

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situation and leaves her home, she might need

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to furnish an entirely new apartment.

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<v ->Most folks who come to see us,</v>

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they're earning less than $15,000 a year.

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They just don't have the means to buy

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furniture and dishes and dressers.

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People now get recycle and reuse, and that's the good news.

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And when we started, people didn't get

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how to get rid of stuff and get it

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to the family who needs it.

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Do I really need three can openers?

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Do I really need to have the end table downstairs

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in the closet that I'm not using just sit there?

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So once someone's connected to

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how to get it to the person who needs it,

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so they don't have to go out and buy it,

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they're ready to jump on board and do more.

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And we actually serve over 80 homes a week,

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providing them everything they need to set up a home.

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Furniture, dishes, cookware, blankets,

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couches, beds, you name it.

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I love it when I can see, you know,

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we had a little girl who was holding up

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the instruction sheet so her dad could read on.

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It was her job to hold that, turn the pages,

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and make sure that Mom and Dad had what they needed.

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We've been working with Comcast

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for a number of years, actually, and we have

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stepped it up a notch, which is awesome.

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We've done this before, where volunteers

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have come to our warehouse and volunteered,

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but today we came out into the community.

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I want to thank the entire Comcast team

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that stepped up to help plan this,

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the Vadnais Fire Department, and any one of the volunteers

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that came out today to help us put those dressers together.

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<v Julie Ogunleye>Overall, I just want to thank</v>

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Comcast so much for being such a great partner

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to United Way and for really giving back

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to the community in so many different ways,

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and particularly in this great show

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of force this morning for Comcast Cares Day.

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It's really amazing to see a company

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give that kind of support and resources

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behind an effort in the community

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and really get their employees,

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and their employees' families, involved.