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EACH AND EVERY YEAR, JEFFERSON PARISH TRANSIT PARTNERS WITH TOYS FOR TOTS US MARINES TO DONATE TOYS BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE CHILDREN, EVERYONE AND ANYONE THAT'S IN NEED AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS NOT TRANSIT, YOU KNOW, FOCUSED OR RELATED, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL GET TOGETHER EVERY YEAR AND, AND DO THIS TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
THIS YEAR I THOUGHT TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND WE CAME UP WITH A THEME ACTIVITY, TOYS, TO GET KIDS OUTTA THE HOUSE AND, AND FIGHT OBESITY.
WE HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF BIKES THIS YEAR.
YOU'VE GOT SKATEBOARDS, SCOOTERS, THIS WONDERFUL FRATERNITY FROM LSU, ACAIA FRATERNITY.
THESE BOYS GATHER ROUND EVERY YEAR FROM LSU AND THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.
THEY TAKE THE TIME TO COLLECT MONEY, GO TO WALMART IN DIFFERENT STORES, SHOP, AND THEN THEY BRING ALL THE TOYS HERE.
WE DO WHAT'S CALLED ACACIA CLAUSE, WHICH IS OUR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TOY DRIVE.
I THINK WE GOT ABOUT LIKE 400, 500 TOYS, A LOT OF MONEY, UH, DONATED.
WE'RE JUST A BUNCH OF, BUNCH OF GUYS WHO, UH, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED, AND THAT'S JUST WHAT WE TRY TO DO.
UH, MAKE SOME LITTLE KIDS CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR.
WE JUST WANNA DO OUR PART AND MAKE, MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
WE WON'T BE THERE TO SEE THEM OPEN ANY OF THESE GIFTS, BUT WHAT WE, WE ALL HAVE, YOU KNOW, IMAGINATIONS TO THINK THAT FOR A MOMENT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMEBODY OUT THERE, A CHILD IS GONNA BE ABLE TO GET A BIKE THIS CHRISTMAS THAT MAYBE THEIR PARENTS WEREN'T ABLE TO AFFORD, OR, YOU KNOW, THAT SKATEBOARD THEY'VE BEEN WANTING OR THAT SCOOTER THEY'VE BEEN WANTING.
AND IT'S GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
IT'S GONNA MAKE THAT, THAT MOMENT, THAT DIFFERENCE.
AND, AND THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN GO TO SLEEP WITH, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAKE UP WITH, WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE.
AND I THINK IT MAKES ME TEAR UP.
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