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And we are back. Just as a reminder, this is
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a public affairs program shedding the light on the interests, issues,
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and concerns of the greater Pittsburgh area. My name is
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Johnny Hartwell, your host. Our next topic is Partners for Quality,
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a nonprofit management agency that supports subsidiaries providing services for
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individuals with developmental, intellectual, and behavioral health issues. Let's say
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good morning to an old friend, Tammy Rippey, head of
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storytelling and shenanigans.
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How are you?
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Hello, Johnny.
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And Greg Jenna, executive director of Brand and Buzz. Good morning.
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Is that proper titles for you guys?
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Yes.
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Brand, Buzz, Beatles, anything with a B.
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You are a Beatles fan. We always talk Beatles.
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Yeah, big time.
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Good to see you guys.
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Good to see you.
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I always get excited when you guys are stopping by
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the studio, and it's always good to see you guys.
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You guys do such phenomenal work here in Pittsburgh, but
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you are just awesome people.
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Oh, thanks.
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We think you're all right, too. Now, I've got an
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issue with your CEO, Maggie, but apparently she's under the weather.
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Maggie's a little under the weather this morning, so we're
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giving her a pass, and Sending her best wishes to
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feel better.
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She's just scared to get up this early on a
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Sunday morning, isn't it?
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Well, and she says your hugs are so tight she
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can't even breathe.
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She is huggable. She is huggable, I swear to God.
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All right, so we're going to be talking about your organization,
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but you have something coming up. In November, Tuesday, November 17th,
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it's Brews and Beats, and it benefits Partners for Quality.
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Tell us everything we need to know about Brews and Beats.
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So I assume it has something to do with beer.
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Yes, and not beats that we all do not like,
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but beats with music and See the Summer, a local
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legend Pittsburgh band. But this is a new event for
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us this fall slash winter. As you said, November 17th
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at Mike's Beer Bar. on Federal Street in the North Shore.
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It's right across from PNC Park, right?
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Correct, that is. And Mike Sukich from Mike's Beer Bar
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and North Shore Tavern, which is also his, which is
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our presenting sponsor for the Steel City Duck Derby.
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They do so much charity work.
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They are so good to us, so very good to us.
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So that is our venue for the evening. And it
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involves three local brewers, who are also great partners for us,
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and food from Chef Susie at Mike's Beer Bar. Pairing,
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so it's tasting.
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What is this food that goes with this beer?
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That's what you're going to find out, Johnny.
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Oh, what food pairing? I don't know. I'm not that sophisticated.
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Exactly.
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That way when you're home and you're watching the Steeler
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game and you need a perfect food to pair with
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a beer, now you'll know what to do.
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Okay. All right.
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Okay.
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Yes. So Guy Junker is our host.
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Oh, Guy Junker. That's awesome.
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And the event is from 6 to 9. We will
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have a happy hour with the band again. It's called
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See the Summer. See the Summer. And it's a local
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three-person band. They're all school teachers out of Bethel Park.
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They're wonderful. And they will do a happy hour from
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6 to 7, 7 to 8. We will have our
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three local brewers, one from 11th Hour Brewing Company out
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of Lawrenceville, Allegheny City Brewing Company up on the north side,
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and Lynx Brewing Company from Carnegie. They will supply two
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beers each, all different flavors. And then again, Chef Susie
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will provide the food pairings. We will hear why it's
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great together, and hear a lot from the birds.
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And do you
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have like raffles and things like that
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as well?
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And then the band will finish the last hour.
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Awesome.
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And raffle tickets throughout. No ducks are involved though, right? Oh,
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there's always ducks involved.
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Wait a minute. Where's my duck? I've had this duck.
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One of your ducks in my studio.
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The duck bag is right behind him right now.
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I have a big bag here with a lot more
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for you.
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Okay.
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That's coming up next May.
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Yeah. Are we going to talk a little bit about that? Sure,
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we can.
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Okay.
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But let's talk a little bit about your organization because
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it's kind of, it's tough to explain because you guys
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do so much, but you're kind of the back end
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to a lot of serious charities, right?
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Correct. So Partners for Quality basically is a non-profit management agency.
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And we have five subsidiaries, one of which is the
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foundation where Tammy works. And I'll talk about those others
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in a second. But what we do at Partners for
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Quality is provide all the back-end management, which lets our
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subsidiaries focus on their most important goal, which is the
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people they support. So we provide HR and staff training
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and fiscal oversight and communications, which is what I do, IT.
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So they don't have to worry about any of that.
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They don't have to worry about putting their budgets together
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or hiring people. They focus day to day on the
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people they support and the lives they improve. And we're
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privileged to be able to be part of all of that.
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And our agencies, I'll give you a real quick rundown
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so you know who's who. Allegheny Children's Initiative, which is
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based on the South Side, serves young people and their families.
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These are kids that have behavioral health issues. whether it
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be in school or at home. They work with the
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whole family to
make that situation better. You can learn
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more about them at AlleghenyChildrens.org. Citizen Care, which basically serves
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western Allegheny County, supports people with intellectual disabilities and autism.
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It might be through job training, residential components where they
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help them live on their own, and help them develop
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the social and living skills they need for a better life. CitizenCarePA.org.
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Exceptional Adventures, we call that kind of our fun party
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subsidiary because Exceptional Adventures provides social gatherings and trips and
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vacations for people with disabilities. I think they're going to
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be doing a Disney cruise sometime this fall.
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Because you want them to lead a normal life.
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Yeah, we call it everyday lives, right? So we want
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the people that are supported by our agencies to have
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the same opportunities and the same lives that you and
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I have. They want to make their own decisions about
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what they want to wear every day, where they want
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to go to eat, what their favorite foods are to
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buy at the grocery store, what have you.
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And you've brought some of the individuals here in the
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studio to see, you know, Lori and things like that. Yeah,
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Lori's a big fan of yours. She is. And I'm
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a big fan of Lori. She is awesome. She is awesome.
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See that sign?
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Oh, yeah.
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That's right. That's right.
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I remember that. I lost your duck, but if that
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sign ever disappears, oh, Johnny would get really upset. All right.
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So that was Exceptional Adventures. I kind of interrupted your explanation.
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No, that's okay. And like I said, Exceptional Adventures, they
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help form friendships because these people get together for fun events,
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whether it's a tour of Accra Shore Stadium or a
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visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, you
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name it. They do a lot of fun things. And
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then there's Milestone. Milestone kind of serves eastern Allegheny County.
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And they not only support people with intellectual disabilities, but
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also with behavioral health challenges. And if I can take
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a second, I have a really cool story to share
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about Milestone. On September 12th, Milestone held its third annual
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Once Upon a Prom event. And this was the brainchild
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of a director at Milestone named Caitlin Swartz. who realized
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that a lot of the people that they support probably
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didn't have that opportunity when they were in high school
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to attend their prom. So they put this together. It
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takes place at Lobby Hall in Freeport. If you've ever
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been there, it is a beautiful venue. And there's the
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whole nine yards. Everybody comes dressed up. The guys have
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tuxes on and suits and ties. The girls have their
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prettiest dresses. It's catered with delicious food. There's a DJ.
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There's dancing. There's photos.
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Cookie table.
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And there's a traditional cookie table like you see at
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the weddings. And believe me, every cookie is gone by
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the end of the night.
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Well, it's Pittsburgh. Oh, absolutely. Cookies and cookie tables, seriously.
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And Maggie donated a bunch of cookies. I have to
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give her props since she's not here. But that prom
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is such a wonderful event. The smiles you see on
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the faces. They're out on the dance floor dancing and
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having fun. And it really makes a difference for every
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single person that comes. We had a couple hundred people there.
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When we held that. Did I ever tell you about
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my Kevin? I, my first caller was a guy named Kevin.
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He used to call and he would say, Hey Johnny,
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do you want to go out to lunch? And I
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was like, you know, I didn't know who it was
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and it was a little weird. I was like, maybe
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someday Kevin. And after a while he called every day.
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I was like, yeah, we're going, let's go. And he would,
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I would take him out the subway and it was
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a simple thing. And then one day he, he said, um, Johnny,
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can I borrow some money? And I'm like, okay, how
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much do you need? He goes, $ 50. I was like, wow, okay,
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what's going on? He goes, I want to ask a
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girl out. And I was like, how much do you need?
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Let's go shopping. What do you want? Let's get some
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nice pair of pants, a nice shirt, get some flowers
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or whatever. Because, you know, this is an opportunity to
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live your dreams and live life in a normal way. Yeah.
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Everyday lives, right? Everyday lives.
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And you made a difference in his life.
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And he took her out to a little restaurant, and
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they had a great meal, and I was like, ah,
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that's awesome.
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That is fantastic.
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So anyway, what's the difference between Citizens Care and Milestone?
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Because you said Western PA, Eastern PA.
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Yeah, so Citizens Care and Milestone both serve people with
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intellectual disabilities and autism. It's just that they kind of
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have different service areas. Citizens Care basically kind of serves
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the western half of Allegheny County. Milestone serves the eastern
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half of Allegheny County. So the whole county has support
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from our agencies. It just kind of depends on where
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you live. And Milestone also has that behavioral health component
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where they do outpatient counseling for people with mental health.
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Like I said, you guys do so much, so it's
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hard to kind of explain exactly everything you do. So
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I really appreciate you coming in. And then, of course,
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the foundation.
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The foundation, you know, Tammy can talk, but the foundation
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is that bridge that... it raises really important funds because
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a lot of what takes place at our agencies is
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funded either through Medicare or government funding. So all the
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basic needs are met, right? But the foundation provides extra
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funds so we can go above and beyond the for
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the people we support.
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And you get creative. That's why I gave her the
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title of, you know, the head of shenanigans. Oh, absolutely.
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You know, because the Duck Derby is turned into one
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of my favorite events. It is such an amazing event.
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And hopefully, Brews and Beats turns into something similar. Exactly.
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We're always trying to get something new and bring more
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people in to meet us and learn all about us.
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You've had a comedy clubs and things like that. So
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you always try to be creative. So The foundation, that
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provides the extra income that you need to maybe fund
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some of the cracks, the things that need to be funded.
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That is correct. Every dollar that is spent at these events,
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whether you're buying a ticket to the Brews and Beats,
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which we'll talk about, whether you attend the Still City
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Duck Derby, you golf in our Bob Pompeiani Golf Classic,
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you come to our comedy show, whatever, all that money raised...
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is put into a pot called Difference Maker Grants. And
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every entity, organization within our organization is allowed to apply
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for that for one of the individuals. And again, as
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Greg mentioned, the government gives us so much money that
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they do for their everyday needs.
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And funding is probably more difficult year after year.
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Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, depending on the climate and everything, you're
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always working hard to get that funding and keep it going.
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And so the fundraising arm of Partners for Quality that
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brings in all the money, say there's an individual that
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has an interview for a job at one of our
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get-go's or Michael's. If they need a new outfit, that
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could go to them. If a family out of Allegheny
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Children's Initiative, they want to take swimming lessons or something
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that's going to bring, going to Kennywood to bring the
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family together that they've had problems with. that's a Difference
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Maker Grant. If someone's moving into a new apartment on
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their own, just got married to one of our other
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individuals and they're moving into a new apartment and needs
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a couch or a table, that's a Difference Maker Grant.
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If they want to go on an exceptional adventure trip,
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that's a Difference Maker Grant. So we have all kinds
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of items that, again, every dollar that you're putting towards
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our organization through our fundraising events go to Difference Maker Grants.
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And the staff at our agency's really play a big
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part in that because they identify these needs for the
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people we support and they get the idea, oh, you know,
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Joe over there, I'm going to apply a Difference Maker
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grant for him or Jane, I'm going to apply one
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for her because they see what the passions are of
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the people we support. And Jane may want to take
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art classes or photography classes where otherwise she wouldn't be
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able to.
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That gives them voice of what they need. So they
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may be reluctant to ask. And then a caregiver comes
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in and says, hey, would you like to go through
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our classes? Right. Yeah, let's try to do that.
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One of our individuals does stained glass, and she actually,
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through a Difference Maker grant, has a little studio. Oh, cute. Yeah,
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and she can sell them. So it's wonderful, and they're beautiful.
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Oh, she does a beautiful job.
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Yeah, so there's so many different things that just.
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I don't want to get too far without mentioning the
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fundraising event. Of course, it's Brews and Beats to Benefit
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Partners for Quality. It's Tuesday night, November 17th, starting at
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6 o'clock at Mike's Beer Bar, right across from PNC Park.
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Once again, Tammy, tell us all the shenanigans you have planned.
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Oh, yes.
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Well, the ticket to get to purchase and come into
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the event is $ 75, which will include tasting of three
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different breweries so you'll get six different tastings six different
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pours paired with six different food items along with a
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raffle ticket upon entry you can buy more there and
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then get to listen to the brewers get to listen
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to the chef listen to see the summer band so
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it's a night of fun bites brews entertainment beats yes
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everything you can get a ticket at pfq.org on our
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website or through our social.
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Media, available at the door as well.
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Depends on if it's sold out or not. Mike, there's
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a cap at Mike's a limit.
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So yeah, keep watch because it's going to be a
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hot ticket.
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All right. And once again, the, uh, the website again
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is pfq.org to buy your tickets. And it's hosted by
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Pittsburgh legend, guy junker. That's quite a get.
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Oh, yeah. He's a great guy. He's a lot of fun.
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He loves, like you, telling stories and just very personable.
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Guy has been a part of our Celebrity Bartender event
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at Mike's in North Shore Tavern as well. And he
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treats us real well. We love working with Guy. Fantastic
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guy that he is.
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Good. Guy. Guy's a good guy.
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See what I did there?
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He's a good guy. All right. So we only have
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like five minutes left. So I do want to touch
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on one of my favorite events that you have, which
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is next year, the Duck Derby. How many years has
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it been?
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Six.
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Six annual.
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Number six?
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All right. Yeah. Always on the North Shore. It was
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in May last year. Do you have a date yet?
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Coming back in May. Okay. May 8th.
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May 8th. Okay.
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I think like, oh my goodness. And it is Lake
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Elizabeth Northside. It will be, once again, we're saying $ 10, 000,
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but you never know.
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Maybe more? It could be. So what they do is
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they dump these little rubber ducks into Lake Elizabeth, and
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it funnels down, and somebody wins a grand prize. I
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think it was $ 2, 000 worth of grand prize last year. And,
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you know, Pittsburgh has really embraced this. It's getting bigger
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and bigger and bigger every year. You have food trucks
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and lots of, you know, merchandise, ducks.
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Games.
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Free to attend.
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Buy a duck for $ 5 at stillcityduckderby.org.
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And, Johnny, you're there.
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You've seen it. The crowd that gathers around Lake Elizabeth
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to watch rubber ducks race.
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It's huge. I can't explain it, but for whatever reason,
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Pittsburgh is, has, we're fascinated with rubber ducks, big yellow ducks.
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And there's thousands of them. And so good luck with that. But, again,
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we only have like three minutes left, so let's kind of,
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Zero down in on the brews and beats. Once again,
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it's going to be November 17th. Now, you have raffle tickets.
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You have live music, food paired with beers. Do you
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have any sponsors that you want to talk about? You
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want to talk about the breweries that are going to participate?
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I'd love to, yes. Once again, at Mike's Beer Bar.
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And then our three breweries, Allegheny City Brewing on the
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north side, who also does a Still City Duck Derby
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beer for us each year. 11th Hour Brewing in Lawrenceville.
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Lynx Brewing in Carnegie, they both always help us at
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our Bob Pompiani Golf Tournament. So, wonderful people, wonderful brewers,
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and can't wait.
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And basically, if you like beer, and you like food,
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and you like to be entertained, it's going to be
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a great night.
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Well, that's just pretty much every Pittsburgh night. That's what
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we do. That's what we do. Beer and food. That's
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what we do. Um, but to get your tickets at pfq.org,
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that stands for, you know, partners for quality pfq.org. So
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it's easy website to remember Mike's beer bar right across
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from PNC park. Um, so did we cover everything? Is
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there anything that else we need to cover to make
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sure that, uh, you know, no, come.
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Get your tickets early.
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Come and visit us.
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Uh, I'm sure some of our individuals will be there
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to attend and help us. So please, please come.
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And a shout out to Mike and Tiffany. They've been
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great supporters of Partners for Quality. We really appreciate it.
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the partnership we have with them.
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And who are they?
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Mike and Tiffany are the owners of Mike's Beer Bar
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and North Shore Tavern.
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Okay, right. Do you have any other sponsors that you
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want to mention? Or do you have sponsorship opportunities for somebody?
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Well, this event, it's kind of like all of the breweries, self-contained,
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and at Mike's. So right now, we are.
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You do have sponsorship opportunities for other events.
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Correct. And that's it. If anybody's listening and would love
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to get involved with us, there's always... A chance for
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a sponsorship. And our next event will be the Steel
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City Duck Derby, which we are openly now selling ducks
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and also sponsorships.
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Now, you always had it in April, which the weather
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in April in Pittsburgh is always dicey. A little iffy.
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So now we moved it into May. Is it going
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to be a May tradition or is that?
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I think it's going to stay May with hope. Good
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weather and hopefully huge crowds.
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You never, any more in the spring, you never know. Rain, snow,
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who knows what's going to happen.
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And we love having you as.
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Our host of the event. It's always one of my
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favorite events. Guys, it's always great to see you. You
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guys do such a great job. You do a lot
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for the community, so thanks for everything.
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It's our privilege.
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Thank you. So again, Brews and Beats, get your tickets
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at pfq.org. Tuesday, November 17th, starting at 6 o'clock, Mike's
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Beer Bar. You got beer selections, food paired, live music.
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You get a raffle ticket. You can purchase additional raffle
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tickets as well the night of the event. Hosted by
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Pittsburgh legend Guy Junker. Greg, Tammy, always great to see you.
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Good luck with your event.
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Thank you for everything.
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Thanks, Johnny. Love being here.
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And hopefully we'll talk again before the Duck Derby, right? Absolutely.
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All right, guys, thank you so much. All right, once again.
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And once again, if you have any comments, a concern,
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or an idea for a future program, please email us
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from this radio station's website. I'm Johnny Hartwell. Thank you
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so much for listening.