#77. The Boys and Girls Club of the Redwoods: Transforming Youth Through Mentorship

Scott Hammond: Ladies and gentlemen, friends and neighbors, it's Scott Hammond with the 100% Humboldt Podcast. Thanks for joining us. And today, my new best friends, Jessie James and Monica Rose from the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Redwoods here in Eureka, California. Hi.

Jessie James: How's it going?

Scott Hammond: Hi, Jessie.

Monica Rose: Good.

Scott Hammond: Hi, Monica.

Monica Rose: Hi.

Scott Hammond: We'll start with you. So you're the director?

Monica Rose: I am, yes.

Scott Hammond: Tell, tell us, uh, tell us your story, and then we'll get into the club, and about what your vision is there.

Scott Hammond: Where-

Monica Rose: My vision for the club?

Scott Hammond: No, where are you from?

Monica Rose: Oh.

Scott Hammond: I wanna hear about you.

Monica Rose: Well, I was born and raised here in Humboldt. Um, I was raised in Blue Lake for several years-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Monica Rose: … as a youngster, and then moved to Eureka, and I've been here ever since.

Scott Hammond: Okay.

Monica Rose: Graduated from Eureka High.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Went to Cal Poly Humboldt.

Scott Hammond: Oh, wow.

Monica Rose: And got a degree.

Scott Hammond: What'd you study?

Monica Rose: Elementary education.

Scott Hammond: Nice.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Recreation administration over here.

Monica Rose: Okay.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. My kids go, "So you majored in recess?" I go, "Well, a little bit. I got a good edumacation. I can spell things."

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: So it's good. Hi, Jessie. Tell us about you.

Jessie James: Well, I was born and raised here in Eureka-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Jessie James: … California, and went to Jefferson and to Zoe Barnum.

Scott Hammond: Mm.

Jessie James: Graduated from there.

Scott Hammond: All right.

Jessie James: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Zoe.

Jessie James: Been here my whole life.

Scott Hammond: Wow. So couple of Eureka people.

Jessie James: Yep.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: You might say 100% Humboldt.

Jessie James: Yeah.

Monica Rose: 100%.

Jessie James: And Jessie's an alumni of the club as well.

Monica Rose: I am, yes.

Scott Hammond: Oh, really? That's cool. That gives you a, a real connection to the club, the vision, the kids.

Jessie James: It does, yeah. Sometimes I go there and I'm like, "Hey, I feel-

Scott Hammond: Uh-huh

Jessie James: … I see those kids acting just the way I did when I was younger."

Scott Hammond: Right.

Jessie James: And it really hits you there in the heart to kind of get in there and help make things better.

Scott Hammond: I love it. So what do you do at the club? What's your role, your job, job duties description?

Jessie James: I am the board president.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Jessie James: So I hang out at a lot of board meetings.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Jessie James: And then I meet up with Ms. Monica once a week, and we kind of go over everything within the club and make sure everything's running as a whole-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Jessie James: … and pick up any little pieces that might have missed out.

Scott Hammond: Okay. So you… Is, is Philip Nicklas on the board, too?

Jessie James: He is, yeah.

Scott Hammond: Hey, Philip Nicklas, shout out to Phil. She looked right at her. Is he here?

Jessie James: Yeah, I did.

Scott Hammond: He, he was almost here.

Jessie James: Almost. Close.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. So board dir- so are you directly, uh, in the clubs and doing stuff with staff and kids and-

Jessie James: Mainly, like, the teen center location is-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Jessie James: … where you might find me, at a club site. Otherwise, not so much, no.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm. So teen center's over by the water tower?

Jessie James: Yes, on J Street.

Scott Hammond: That's your main campus?

Monica Rose: Yeah, our volunteer- our board members are all volunteers.

Scott Hammond: That's so awesome.

Monica Rose: So they're dedicating a lot of time to help support the club.

Jessie James: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Is Dale on the board, Dale Warmuth?

Monica Rose: He is, yeah.

Jessie James: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Did you see his podcast here? He has, had his crab hat and his crab claw.

Monica Rose: Yeah, I did see that one. He's pretty funny.

Scott Hammond: Dale, quit being so funny.

Monica Rose: Always.

Scott Hammond: He is pretty funny. I, I love Dale. He's, um, just a neat guy, does a lot. So tell us what your job is, Monica. What do you, what do you do?

Monica Rose: So my job is everything from fundraising, um, to operations-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Monica Rose: … hiring, training staff-

Scott Hammond: Wow

Monica Rose: … um, ensuring safety of the organization and that our programs are being

Monica Rose: ran.

Scott Hammond: Costco run.

Monica Rose: Every now and then, yep.

Scott Hammond: Gotta get groceries.

Monica Rose: Yep. Gotta do it all, you know?

Scott Hammond: Yep.

Monica Rose: We're a nonprofit, so.

Scott Hammond: I, I understand, yeah.

Monica Rose: Wear many hats.

Scott Hammond: Gotcha. So how long have you been with the club?

Monica Rose: Um, I've been with the club for just over 23 years.

Scott Hammond: Wow.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Wow. So you were there back when Liz was-

Monica Rose: Yep

Scott Hammond: … there and everything.

Monica Rose: Yep.

Scott Hammond: Wow. So you-

Monica Rose: Been there for a long time

Scott Hammond: … so you have all kinds of experience. Wow. So, uh, well, I'll just ke- kinda keep going back, but I'm gonna stay with you. So what's the vision of Boys & Girls Clubs? I mean, Denzel's the-

Scott Hammond: … national spokesperson still, right?

Monica Rose: Yeah, yeah. He's one of them.

Scott Hammond: He's magic, man.

Monica Rose: Right.

Scott Hammond: Denzel, just wanna say hi to you. If you're watch- when you watch, not if you're gonna watch.

Monica Rose: Right. We'll forward it for you.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. No, he's a man of integrity. He's, like, a cool dude.

Monica Rose: Yeah, absolutely.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. I like his… And he's a good actor. Let me tell you about his movies. Yeah, never mind.

Monica Rose: That'll be a long conversation, huh?

Scott Hammond: That, that would be a long one. So tell us, tell us about the club, uh, vision. What, what do you, how do you see it? And then we'll come to Jessie and ask her-

Monica Rose: Yeah

Scott Hammond: … her take on it as well.

Monica Rose: Well, you know, um, we're j- we're serving just over 300 kids a day. And, uh, we're a site-based organization-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Monica Rose: … so the kids are coming to us. And we really just wanna provide programs and activities that the kids learn, you know? They learn and they grow-

Scott Hammond: Mm

Monica Rose: … to become, uh, engaged citizens like, like us here.

Scott Hammond: Mm.

Monica Rose: Um, give them an opportunity to see something that they may never have

Monica Rose: seen.

Scott Hammond: Right.

Monica Rose: Um, we take them on field trips. We get them out of town.

Scott Hammond: Oh.

Monica Rose: Um, get them exposed to different things.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: So it's just really important to, uh, you know, expose them to a variety of options in life.

Scott Hammond: Right. So do you guys do, like, outdoor outings, like, to camp? Do you guys camp?

Monica Rose: Uh, we do an annual camping trip.

Scott Hammond: Oh, wow.

Monica Rose: Yeah, we take about 20 to 30 kids camping every year.

Scott Hammond: Nice.

Monica Rose: Um, it's something that they have to earn, so they have to attend our regular programs in order to, um, be qualified to do the camping

Monica Rose: trip.

Scott Hammond: That's cool. That's when everybody gets really acquainted, during the camping trip.

Monica Rose: Oh, lifetime memories.

Scott Hammond: Oh, this is what you look like in the morning.

Scott Hammond: Oh. Didn't, didn't know.

Monica Rose: Yep.

Scott Hammond: Now we're friends.

Monica Rose: No cell phones allowed, you know?

Monica Rose: It's-

Scott Hammond: Oh, perfect

Monica Rose: … it's a different, it's a different environment, that's for sure.

Scott Hammond: The cell phone boycott. Is that true in the club, too? Do kids, could they bring phones and-

Monica Rose: Um, at our teen sites they're allowed to.

Scott Hammond: There's teens where-

Monica Rose: Um, we do have, like, no tech days.

Scott Hammond: Yeah.

Monica Rose: So there are days where we limit them, um, so that we could, you know, get them engaged in other things.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Cool.

Monica Rose: Kids will sit there on their phones all day if they're allowed, so.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. Saw that-

Monica Rose: Creating fun things is a great thing, 'cause it'll get them off their phones and engaged with others and socialize.

Scott Hammond: Saw that at my 14-year-old daughter's birthday. All five girls in a row sitting, doing this on their phones. And guess who collected up the phones in a little basket? Put all the phones in, see, in the basket.

Monica Rose: Good job, Dad.

Scott Hammond: And, uh, "Mr. Hammond, you can't do that." I go, "My house, my rules. Watch, just watch me. They'll get them back. Just why are you texting each other sitting next to each

Scott Hammond: other?"

Monica Rose: They're sitting next to each other texting, yeah. It's pretty funny.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. You know, and, and it kind of bears-

Scott Hammond: … mentioning that kids got it tough. You know, we always go, "Hey, you got everything. You got food, you…" Well, kids got it tough today.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: A lot of, lot of temptation and stuff that us knuckleheads in the '60s and '70s didn't really have to deal with. Not that y- that's you guys, but-

Monica Rose: It's a complete different environment.

Monica Rose: You know?

Scott Hammond: It's a generational thing, man.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: So how do you see the mission of the club and, and every, uh, the aspects of that, Jessie? What would you add to that?

Jessie James: I would say, um, I think we're one of the only organizations that listens to our kids' feedback within those groups, and we change those groups based upon what they say.

Scott Hammond: Wow.

Jessie James: So if they want to spend a little bit more time, um, on whatever subject within the group-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Jessie James: … that they're talking or interacting with at that time-

Scott Hammond: Nice

Jessie James: … that we'll go ahead and spend more time on that and explain whatever that may be further.

Scott Hammond: Wow.

Jessie James: Um, one of our groups that we have, Teen Lounge, they just went on… What was it, four or six, uh, college campuses?

Monica Rose: Six colle- they hit six colleges on a college tour-

Jessie James: Mm-hmm

Monica Rose: … down south.

Jessie James: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: That's pretty cool.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Jessie James: So in the Teen Lounge club we help with applications-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Jessie James: … resumes, things of that nature to help-

Scott Hammond: Right

Jessie James: … you get ready for that next step in life as well.

Scott Hammond: We talked about that last night. We have a home group at our house, and a young woman who just got accepted in col- to, to a college in San Diego. She said, "You know, we just didn't know how to apply or how… What's a FAFSA?"

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Scott Hammond: "What's a Pell Grant?" We just didn't… I mean, there's no culture around that, and so it wasn't for lack of intelligence. It's just lack of opportunity-

Monica Rose: Yeah

Scott Hammond: … to, uh, to have parents that were together enough to figure it out or to have parents that were existent-

Monica Rose: Yeah

Scott Hammond: … or even in the house or in the county. And so it was a… You know, I was coached around, uh, in high school. I mean, we were part of the club, and my mom raised me in the hood. I was a f- hippie feral child. It's hard to really understand that with my haircut today. However… Don't laugh. D- d- wait, don't laugh. You can laugh.

Scott Hammond: Um, it was, uh… I look back now, and I had lots of coaches.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: You know, with the coach approach, and they were kind enough to go, "Okay, knucklehead. Come over here, and here's how you go to college, and here's the microfiche of Humboldt State University," formerly… now Cal Poly.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Formerly R- Arcata. Anyway, it doesn't matter what it's called. So, um, mentors. Let's talk about mentorship. Uh, we'll stick with… I'll, I'll just keep going back and forth. We're just popping. Um, mentors. D- so mentoring's a big part of the ethos at Boys & Girls Club, right?

Jessie James: It is. We have a National Mentors Month that we do, and we-

Scott Hammond: Oh

Jessie James: … try and, you know, get everybody really aware of that while we do that. Um, we were thinking or talking about in one of our last board development meetings about really pumping that up the next go-around and see if we can catch a couple more people and get them more involved in our organization.

Scott Hammond: I love it. Somebody said, uh, in Bo- uh, Big, Big Brothers Big Sisters that you have to have five or six solid adult people in your life to make that difference.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Um, how about mentoring? What do you think?

Scott Hammond: Is it good?

Monica Rose: I mean, there's different levels of mentoring at the club.

Scott Hammond: Sure.

Monica Rose: Uh, it's extremely important. You know, um, I grew up with a lot of mentors in life-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Monica Rose: … and that's why I'm successful. Uh, the thing about the club is, you know, the kids walk in and there's four to six different staff that they could look up to-

Scott Hammond: Yeah

Monica Rose: … and they could get mentorship from and get different points of views and… You know, we do one-on-one mentorship. We do group mentorship.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Uh, so it's, it's extremely helpful 'cause it creates an opportunity for kids to ask questions-

Scott Hammond: I love it

Monica Rose: … um, get guidance. You know, sometimes kids don't wanna go to their parents. I mean, my own kids don't always wanna come to me. But they'll go to-

Scott Hammond: Yeah

Monica Rose: … somebody that… You know, they'll go to a coach.

Scott Hammond: That's true for you, too.

Monica Rose: Yes. Guilty.

Scott Hammond: I'm the last guy. My, my youngest calls me Scott. So I'm not even Dad anymore.

Scott Hammond: I'm-

Monica Rose: Aw

Scott Hammond: … Scott.

Monica Rose: That hurts the heart.

Jessie James: Mm-hmm, it does.

Scott Hammond: It's… I'm fine. Whatever. He'll, he'll be fine. Just needs to grow up.

Monica Rose: He'll go back.

Scott Hammond: Let the kid grow up.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: He's fine. Um, without naming names, which we wouldn't, we can't, um, how about a good mentoring story? I'll give you a second to kinda come up with that one. Somebody… Some kid that was just like… Or maybe it was a co-mentoring, maybe kids that were mentoring others. Um, maybe an example of how that went.

Scott Hammond: Um, if you, if you, if you give me an eye signal I'll know that you're… Do you have one?

Jessie James: I have one.

Monica Rose: Go ahead.

Jessie James: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Go for it. Go, go Jessie.

Jessie James: Um, a couple months back we had this really cute little mission moment happen, and we had a teenager who had been in some trouble, and he needed-

Scott Hammond: A mission moment.

Jessie James: Yeah. Uh-

Scott Hammond: It's a thing.

Jessie James: A mission moment. It is, yeah.

Scott Hammond: I like that.

Jessie James: It's a total thing. And, um, he had been in some trouble, and he needed to do some community service hours. So he ended up over with us facilitating those community service hours.

Scott Hammond: Oh.

Jessie James: And by the end of his community service hours, he was interested enough in what he had seen to participate in the club himself.

Scott Hammond: Cool.

Jessie James: So I think that's a really good hand first experience of just-

Scott Hammond: Yeah

Jessie James: … how we can help turn a life around.

Scott Hammond: I love it. So… And we'll give you a lot of time to shout out here in terms of websites and phone numbers and Venmo accounts and… 'Cause it takes money to run this thing, right?

Jessie James: It does, yeah.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. We'll talk about the money in a minute. If you're just joining us, uh, I'm with my new best friends from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Eureka, California, of the Redwoods. That's the proper name, right?

Scott Hammond: And, um, Monica Rose and Jessie James. Won't forget her name anytime soon. And, uh, we're just learning about Boys & Girls Clubs of, uh, of the nation. I'm gonna give you a club number here in a minute. 4,300 club locations.

Monica Rose: Yes.

Scott Hammond: According to AI-

Monica Rose: Yeah

Scott Hammond: … two days ago

Monica Rose: … across the nation and on, um-

Scott Hammond: That's a lot

Monica Rose: … military bases.

Scott Hammond: On bases, too.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Well, let's come back to the mentoring question. Did you, did you have a, a mentoring story that you wanted to-

Monica Rose: Yeah

Scott Hammond: … highlight?

Monica Rose: Um, so we had a kid who came to the teen center as an eighth grader.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Um, he was getting in a lot of trouble- Uh, he was starting to vape, uh, getting in a lot of fights. Um, and he started connecting with one of our staff there at the teen center, and he started participating in the programs. And next thing you know, he was a junior staff, and he was a leader in the club.

Scott Hammond: Sweet.

Monica Rose: And, um, he wrote this amazing speech about his experience at the club.

Scott Hammond: Wow.

Monica Rose: Um, a-

Scott Hammond: And gave, and gave it?

Monica Rose: He gave it in fr- in front of a group of us, yeah.

Scott Hammond: Beautiful.

Monica Rose: Um, it was tear-jerking.

Scott Hammond: Wow.

Monica Rose: Yeah, 'cause you don't always hear. You know, the kids in the moment, they don't know how grateful they are. Or no, don't know how to express it.

Scott Hammond: Right.

Monica Rose: You know?

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Oftentimes they come back and express it.

Scott Hammond: Mm.

Monica Rose: But in the moment…

Scott Hammond: Yeah. Public speaking, uh, Toastmasters started in the, uh, late '40s in Santa Monica, and all these thugs, kinda gangster people were mostly dudes who were fighting a lot. And this guy got them together, Ralph somebody, and taught them how to speechify and give speeches and express themselves.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: And give words to the feelings and to get up and stand up and present and be seen and see others.

Scott Hammond: And it spawned Toastmasters, probably about the same number of chapters as y'all, teaching men, women, boys, and girls on military

Scott Hammond: bases-

Monica Rose: Yeah

Scott Hammond: … I think too. And, and on the Google campus has many of them, chapters. How to, uh, how to talk.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: How to have a way with words. And, uh, such a key thing for kids. I should come down and do a little Toastmasters thing.

Monica Rose: That would be amazing.

Scott Hammond: Did I just volunteer? Wait.

Monica Rose: Ah, yes.

Scott Hammond: Am I gonna be a mentor too?

Monica Rose: We're, we're here recruiting.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. No, that's good. And so you should be. And I think the mentoring thing, um, if I can challenge listeners, and I can and am, um, Courageous Conversation, get out there and mentor somebody, right?

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: It could be formally, formally with a, an organization, or just grab, grab somebody that's… You're gravitated to. Don't make it weird. Just spend time. Connect.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: You know, whether it's a skate park or a camp out or… I think camp out would be a jump. How about just a… How about hanging out with a cool kid that maybe thinks you're cool?

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Or somebody younger. I, I mentor a number of younger guys than me, which is a lot 'cause I'm, I'm 87. Did you know that?

Monica Rose: No way.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. I'm holding it really well.

Monica Rose: Wow, you sure are.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. I know. Look at me go.

Monica Rose: Like Charlie Foley.

Scott Hammond: Just kidding. Uh, no, I'm only f- 27 inside. Having said that, so notable alumni. So here we go. Denzel Washington.

Monica Rose: Denzel Washington.

Scott Hammond: What's up, Denzel? Good to see you, man. Jennifer Lo- J.Lo, what?

Monica Rose: J.Lo, yep.

Scott Hammond: That's a good one. Is she a spokesperson at all?

Monica Rose: Um, sh- off and on.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Yeah, she'll go to some national, national conferences.

Scott Hammond: Do you know that Shaq is a-

Monica Rose: Yeah

Scott Hammond: … Shaquille O'Neal, what? Who's Misty Copeland? I don't even know anybody anymore. Misty Copeland, she was in Wicked. I don't know. Who knows? Probably an actress, among others. These alumni often credit the organization with providing them crucial support and guidance in their formative years.

Scott Hammond: Hmm.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: So you're a club member, uh, as a kid. How, how were you guided in your formative years, Jessie James?

Monica Rose: Oh, man. I was a wild child as well.

Scott Hammond: Oh, you were?

Monica Rose: Oh, yeah, most definitely.

Scott Hammond: Oh, weird.

Monica Rose: Good luck getting shoes on me.

Scott Hammond: Oh, wow.

Monica Rose: Um, so um, being-

Scott Hammond: Like a hippie feral child.

Monica Rose: Basically, yeah.

Scott Hammond: Okay, got it.

Monica Rose: Um, running through the club, oh my gosh. I would literally enter the front door and run straight through to the back door.

Scott Hammond: Wow.

Monica Rose: So just starting there with, "Calm down. Come in. Say hi."

Scott Hammond: Yeah.

Monica Rose: "Check in. What's your name?" And then, "Acclimate yourself."

Scott Hammond: Mm.

Monica Rose: And then sit down and meet some other children instead of just go, go, go all the time.

Scott Hammond: Right.

Monica Rose: So it helped me to slow down and connect with-

Scott Hammond: Mm

Monica Rose: … my peers, which I didn't realize I wasn't doing as much.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. I love it. You know, it's funny. Um, we forget, we kinda take a snapshot of people, adults included, 'cause we're just big kids. We go, "That kid, he's… That kid, he's always that way." No. My dad used to say, "Wanda, let the kid grow up." 'Cause I, I was heavily overweight as a kid until I started to get taller, grew my hair out, became all that and a bag of chips.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: And they let me grow up, which is, why don't we let everybody grow up around here a little bit before we freak out, lose our minds, and jud- get all judgy and weird, right?

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. Anyway, I'm off my soapbox. Um, were you part of the club too?

Monica Rose: I was not, unfortunately.

Scott Hammond: You're not. That's good.

Monica Rose: Um, yeah. I didn't know that the club existed until I started working

Monica Rose: here.

Scott Hammond: Wow. Is it your first job?

Monica Rose: Uh, my third job.

Scott Hammond: Wow. 'Cause you said 23 years.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: How does that work? 'Cause you're only, like, 29.

Monica Rose: Thank you. Thank you.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. 30.

Monica Rose: Started young.

Scott Hammond: How many kids, by the way?

Monica Rose: I have two.

Scott Hammond: Two?

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Kids? Four. Four? Mm-hmm. I have nine. That's a lot of kids.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Yeah.

Monica Rose: How do you manage that?

Scott Hammond: I really don't. You hear that, kids? You're on your own. Make some good decisions.

Scott Hammond: Huh, Nick?

Monica Rose: Hey, we gotta reinforce it, right?

Scott Hammond: Oh, man. It's like… So I guess we'll, I guess we'll talk about me for a minute, my involvement in the club. So my mom raised me in the San Diego, National City in the hood. National City's on the map, but it's w- really far south. And we're gonna talk about your locations here in a minute too.

Scott Hammond: Um, and we had a boys club. It was back in the Boys & Girls Club era. Girls was across the street.

Scott Hammond: And it was, it was magical. It was fun to become a m- It was $2 a year. I don't even know how we afforded that.

Scott Hammond: And,

Scott Hammond: um, we'd go, uh, year-round, and it was fun 'cause they had, um, a pretty good-sized facility. And National City's lower middle income, San Diego, working class, blue collar, yada, yada, yada. You get the picture. And, um, but I… Gosh, I remember arts and crafts, and I remember, uh, in the gym they'd have that game where they hit you with the ball.

Monica Rose: Dodgeball.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. We had a different name for it for you older people.

Monica Rose: Uh-oh.

Scott Hammond: We won't say on the air. And, um- It was just joyful. It was fun to be part… They had a magazine room. You go in the library and read, and then they had a film night where they'd show some movies. Remember the old reel things in-

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm

Scott Hammond: … school? And, um, Plaster of Paris, you could do all that. They had a woodshop, and they… And I remember Frank, and then the old gray guy, Art. I forgot his name, but they had all these other volunteers, and it was just safe. You know, you never… It was kind of a, little bit of a dangerous time, dangerous neighborhood, but it always felt nothing, not threatened here. It's all cool, and they, they kinda kept it real mentory and real, um, I guess safe is a good word. You know, and a good place to go until we discovered other recreational opportunities, and then we moved on,

Scott Hammond: which is-

Monica Rose: Part of life

Scott Hammond: … it's part of life, and that was part of our foundation, that we actually could

Scott Hammond: relate to other older men and, and teen, young men that were cool and normal and didn't have that at home. I didn't have a dad, so these guys were, I didn't know, kind of… They weren't really surrogates, but they were examples-

Monica Rose: Yeah

Scott Hammond: … and mentors, if you will.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Yeah, so, um, that's kinda my story, and then w- and one day we kinda just faded out and did other things, got into high school sports and grew kind of away from that, which is probably part of the evolution perhaps.

Monica Rose: Yes, absolutely.

Scott Hammond: You know? That people ki-

Monica Rose: Once a kid gets, once the c- the teens get wheels, they're kinda off.

Scott Hammond: Got a car? Bye.

Monica Rose: Yep, they're out.

Scott Hammond: Bye-bye.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: I love it. So, um, talk to me about, um, fitness and recreation. How do you deal with that in the rain? Do you guys do a lot of out- uh, outdoor/indoor activity stuff?

Monica Rose: Yeah, definitely. I would say over at the teen center where I'm

Monica Rose: primarily-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Monica Rose: … I see the kids all the time playing out front, doing capture little

Monica Rose: football.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: And then we have a workout room as well.

Scott Hammond: Wow.

Monica Rose: So there's plenty of equipment in there for them to use as well.

Scott Hammond: Sweet.

Monica Rose: Um, but they really enjoy being outside.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Even if it's not the best day, you'll still catch 'em outside just running around in

Monica Rose: the yard.

Scott Hammond: It's Humboldt, man. We get rained on all the time.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Rain? That's no rain.

Monica Rose: They're used to it. It's just heavy mist.

Scott Hammond: It's heavy mist, and 20 miles an hour isn't even wind.

Monica Rose: No, it's not.

Scott Hammond: It gets windy after 20. Um, what… So out- outlying locations, so Humboldt, and I'll prop the map here. Ready?

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Zoom into my magical world of Humboldt map. Um, so where are you guys in, in Humboldt besides Eureka, the teen center?

Monica Rose: So we have a teen center in McKinleyville, where we partner with McKinleyville Community Service District.

Scott Hammond: Oh, cool.

Monica Rose: Um, so they built-

Scott Hammond: Shout out MCSD

Monica Rose: … a brand-new facility for us.

Scott Hammond: Love those guys.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Oh, they… Oh, are you right next door to the gym there, the-

Monica Rose: Yeah, yeah

Scott Hammond: … That's you guys.

Monica Rose: So right on the left, where they, um, built on probably 2014, I believe.

Scott Hammond: I've seen. I've never been inside yet.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: So is, it's not Azalea Hall, it's the main rec center.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Oh, that's cool. Do they get to use the rec center, too?

Monica Rose: Um, they rent it out from time to time.

Scott Hammond: Well, that's cool.

Monica Rose: Yeah. But it's primarily our space. Our stuff's in there.

Monica Rose: Um-

Scott Hammond: Big park. They're gonna have a skate park there, too, right?

Monica Rose: They've, they are, they've built one.

Scott Hammond: It's done, right?

Monica Rose: It's almost… I, I'm not sure if it's completely done. I think it's done enough to where the kids are using it, but they still have more, more that they wanna do there.

Scott Hammond: Shout out to Charlie-

Monica Rose: Oh, yeah

Scott Hammond: … Caldwell and his wonderful wife, Tian.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Charlie's m- Mr. Skate Vision.

Monica Rose: Absolutely.

Scott Hammond: Have you met him? You don't-

Monica Rose: Yep

Scott Hammond: … everybody knows Charlie up there.

Monica Rose: Yeah, he's amazing.

Scott Hammond: And MCSD, Scott Binder and the crew, Dennis Mayo, and a thousand others. They're cool.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: They do a really good job.

Monica Rose: They're a great group.

Scott Hammond: They're pretty much our city government for McKinleyville.

Monica Rose: I know.

Scott Hammond: M- Mac Town USA. So Eureka, McKinleyville.

Monica Rose: Uh, and we partnered with Pacific Union a few years ago.

Scott Hammond: Oh.

Monica Rose: So we're running their after-school program and summer program.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Um, and then we have our location at the clubhouse in Eureka across from

Monica Rose: WinCo.

Scott Hammond: Okay. Right.

Monica Rose: And then our teen center, and then we have two teen court programs and a T-ball

Monica Rose: program.

Scott Hammond: What's teen court?

Monica Rose: So teen court is a juvenile diversion program for teens who've made a bad mistake-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Monica Rose: … and they admit their guilt-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Monica Rose: … and they go in front of a jury of their peers, and they are given consequences.

Scott Hammond: Wow.

Monica Rose: And as long as they complete their sentence, um, it's, it's not put on their record.

Scott Hammond: Oh, wow. So it's legal, legally binding that they-

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm

Scott Hammond: … get to do the-

Monica Rose: Yep

Scott Hammond: … whatever?

Monica Rose: And there's a mentor judge, mentor attorneys that teach the youth. It actually happens in the courthouse-

Scott Hammond: Wow

Monica Rose: … um, for our Eureka youth, so it's pretty amazing.

Scott Hammond: That's pretty cool.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Is it under the sheriff's department or?

Monica Rose: No, it's under our, our organization. Uh, we just have volunteers that work for, um, yeah-

Scott Hammond: That's really cool

Monica Rose: … local mentors or, uh, attorneys.

Scott Hammond: In the, in the legal system.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Shout out to Billy Honsal just for fun, Sheriff Honsal. He's a great guy.

Monica Rose: Yeah. Yeah, he's amazing.

Scott Hammond: Yeah, he's been on the show. He's super cool.

Monica Rose: He's a huge advocate for youth-

Scott Hammond: Yeah

Monica Rose: … that's for sure.

Scott Hammond: So, uh, hard stop, break, break, and if we wanted to find money for you, and somebody's listening going, "You know what? I got $8,000 to give the club,

Scott Hammond: or 80."

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Or maybe a, uh, an estate.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: A bequeath. A be- I was gonna call it a bequeathment.

Monica Rose: Bless.

Scott Hammond: I don't think that's a word. Um, how would we, how would we get ahold of y'all? The b- it would be board… Would that be board level, or it could be anybody who'd get us to the right-

Monica Rose: Yeah

Scott Hammond: … people.

Monica Rose: I mean, they could… If they know a board member, they could contact a board

Monica Rose: member-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Monica Rose: … and they would set 'em up with me.

Scott Hammond: Okay.

Monica Rose: And depending on the type of a gift, we would sit down and have a conversation.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Do you do the old cars, too, like they do on TV?

Monica Rose: Crews in Eureka?

Scott Hammond: Well, no, I mean, could we donate a car?

Monica Rose: Oh, yes, absolutely.

Scott Hammond: Yeah.

Monica Rose: Absolutely.

Scott Hammond: Would you like, would you like Nick's Ranger? It's real- It runs. There he is. He's smiling a little bit.

Monica Rose: That's funny.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Yeah, or my old Jag. I mean, you'd, I mean, you, you could flip that stuff for cash, right? I mean-

Monica Rose: Well, there's an actual program that we work with-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Monica Rose: … that you donate to the program, and then they give us a large percentage of the

Monica Rose: donation.

Scott Hammond: Cool. That's wonderful.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Okay, so it could be, uh, I guess it goes way beyond cars these days to real estate or whatever.

Jessie James: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: So how do we get ahold of you guys, Jessie? I'll start with you.

Jessie James: Sure.

Scott Hammond: If we wanted to, like, find you on- online or a phone number or…

Jessie James: Yeah. We have our website up online, and there is a donate button right on our page there.

Scott Hammond: Oh.

Jessie James: And you could sign up for our 504 program, which is a program, um, I'll let Monica jump in and explain more about that.

Monica Rose: Yeah, so the 504, it's an opportunity to sponsor a kid for the year.

Scott Hammond: Oh.

Monica Rose: Um, so the-

Scott Hammond: Tell us about that

Monica Rose: … the average cost is just over $1,000, but, um, we kinda, we came up with this term a long time ago, so we've decided to keep it the same.

Monica Rose: Uh, a- and we only charge $35 a year for kids.

Scott Hammond: Wow.

Monica Rose: So really, to sponsor a kid, it, it is a lot more.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Jessie James: Yeah. Like I said-

Monica Rose: But you can go to our website at bgcredwoods.org.

Scott Hammond: That's bgcredwoods.org.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Boys and Girls Clubs of the Redwoods.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Okay.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Wow. And then just hit that button. And so do you ta- how does it take money? You could do, uh… Do you guys do Venmo or PayPal or anything like that?

Monica Rose: Um, well, if you go through the website, it'll give you an opportunity to use

Monica Rose: PayPal.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. For us really lazy people that don't wanna write a check and put it in an-

Monica Rose: You could write a check-

Scott Hammond: Check, okay

Monica Rose: … and then mail it to us.

Scott Hammond: Okay.

Monica Rose: At 939 Harris.

Jessie James: 939 Harris.

Monica Rose: In Eureka.

Scott Hammond: 939 Harris.

Jessie James: Eureka.

Scott Hammond: Eureka 03?

Monica Rose: Yep.

Scott Hammond: Cool. There's a way.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Jessie James: There's a way.

Monica Rose: There's lots of ways.

Scott Hammond: So that's just, just I could Google Boys and Girls Clubs of the Redwoods.

Monica Rose: Of the Redwoods, yes.

Scott Hammond: And we could do it that way.

Monica Rose: Yep.

Scott Hammond: Cool.

Monica Rose: And you wanna make sure it's of the Redwoods, not of America, 'cause they'll have their own website-

Jessie James: Mm-hmm

Monica Rose: … collecting their funding, too.

Scott Hammond: Which would be nice, but it's not the point, yeah.

Monica Rose: Yeah, it's not local.

Scott Hammond: Keep your money local, folks.

Monica Rose: Yes.

Scott Hammond: We like that. So as a, a board director, tell us about your board. Who are they and what do they do?

Jessie James: Oh, man.

Scott Hammond: And why do you like them, and how do you lead them? What's your leadership style? There's 10 questions, but take, take one.

Jessie James: Gotcha. Okay. So my board members. We have Lucky from Lucky Star Realty.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Jessie James: And we have Dale Mor- Dale from Leon's.

Scott Hammond: Great guys.

Jessie James: And we have-

Scott Hammond: Hi, Lucky

Jessie James: … Dina. Dina works for Zurlig Marine, yeah.

Scott Hammond: Ooh.

Jessie James: And then we also-

Scott Hammond: Yeah

Jessie James: … have Philip. We know Philip.

Scott Hammond: Philip Nicholas.

Jessie James: Love that guy.

Scott Hammond: Wait, he's f- he's pretty famous.

Jessie James: So famous.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. Great guy.

Jessie James: Great.

Scott Hammond: Hey, you have a g- great board. Keep go- I'm sorry.

Jessie James: I like 'em.

Scott Hammond: I interrupted.

Jessie James: And I also have, uh, Brittany Powell. She works for the city.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Jessie James: Dynamo. Love her. And then we also have Michelle Constantine. Um, she has a construction business that she does, but man, she's just really in there all the time. She's our current vice president.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Jessie James: We also have Michelle Hockett. She, um, I don't think she's currently working right now, but she is always at the club, really on a get-in-there level, cleaning up the back rooms, making sure that we have enough room to keep everything there with M-

Scott Hammond: Lovely

Jessie James: … Ms. Monica. We really appreciate that.

Scott Hammond: Yeah.

Jessie James: Um, and then I think that's all of our board members.

Monica Rose: Tracy.

Jessie James: Tracy Day. Oh, she's our new one. Tracy Taylor.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Jessie James: Yep. She's a-

Scott Hammond: Wow

Jessie James: … she's a fun one. Oh my gosh, she's got some good jokes.

Scott Hammond: Good.

Jessie James: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Good jokes are important.

Jessie James: Most definitely.

Monica Rose: Yeah. Especially at a board meeting.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm. Reminds me of a joke. Just kidding.

Jessie James: I was ready for it, too.

Monica Rose: Go for it.

Scott Hammond: No, I really… I can't get it to c- quite that quick. Uh, so what does a board do? What's, what's your day-to-day when you're boarding it up and making rules and decis- Uh, what do you guys decide

Scott Hammond: around?

Jessie James: Well, we start every meeting with an agenda-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Jessie James: … that helps us make sure that we hit every task.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Jessie James: And we talk about every little committee within to make sure that everything is running.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Jessie James: So we talk about what board development is doing, what resource development is doing, what safety is doing, and just make sure that nobody needs any help with those things and that the balls are continuously rolling.

Scott Hammond: Those are all your subcommittees?

Jessie James: Yep. And we have a couple. We, I think we have five in total.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Jessie James: Yes. Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Could you use some more board members and volunteers?

Jessie James: I can use so many.

Scott Hammond: Really?

Jessie James: So many. We have an event coming up here on May 10th-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Jessie James: … of our Champions for Youth, uh, auction and dinner, and that will be boots and bling themed.

Scott Hammond: Boots and bling?

Jessie James: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Oh, sounds like me.

Jessie James: Mm-hmm. I'm telling you, it fit the bill.

Scott Hammond: Mostly like Nick, but I don't wanna pick on Nick. Um, where's that at? Tell us about Boots of Bling.

Jessie James: That's gonna be, um, at the Sequoia Conference Center.

Scott Hammond: Very nice.

Jessie James: It's gonna be a lot of fun. We're gonna have some delicious barbecue.

Scott Hammond: Great venue.

Jessie James: I heard that there's gonna be some line dancing.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Jessie James: I can't promise you if it'll be me-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Jessie James: … but there'll be line dancing.

Scott Hammond: Cool.

Jessie James: Um, and it's gonna be a really fun, good night.

Scott Hammond: Wow. So the proceeds go to the club.

Jessie James: Most definitely.

Scott Hammond: Nice. How do we find that, besides your website?

Monica Rose: Also at our website.

Jessie James: Yeah.

Monica Rose: Or on Facebook.

Scott Hammond: Oh, you got… You're on Facebook. Okay.

Monica Rose: Yeah, we do have a Facebook page.

Scott Hammond: What's the website again?

Monica Rose: bgcredwoods.org.

Scott Hammond: bgcredwoods.org. I love it. So we can get tickets there?

Jessie James: Right next to that Donate tab, you'll see our Events tab, and then you will find your tickets for sure.

Scott Hammond: Sweet. What's, what's it cost?

Jessie James: Uh, what are the ticket costs?

Monica Rose: Uh, it's 150 for a couple.

Scott Hammond: Uh-huh.

Monica Rose: Um, 85 for an individual, and 650 for a table.

Scott Hammond: That's cool.

Monica Rose: And then we have different sponsorship levels.

Scott Hammond: Killer deal.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Totally. Yeah, people could do that. And so it's, so get fed and then get up and dance.

Monica Rose: Yeah. And, you know, we'll have a raffle, a Dutch raffle-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Monica Rose: … a live auction, a silent auction.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Um, we'll play some games. It'll be fun.

Jessie James: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Who's gonna be the auctioneer, by the way?

Monica Rose: The one and only Rex.

Scott Hammond: Rex Bone?

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Wait.

Monica Rose: Surprise, surprise.

Scott Hammond: I've heard of him. Is he local?

Jessie James: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: A little bit.

Scott Hammond: Is he, is he from Humboldt? Rexy, um, yeah, he's… He'll… He's thinking about coming on the podcast.

Scott Hammond: We'll see.

Monica Rose: Oh, is he?

Scott Hammond: Yeah. He'll be something.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. Always a guy with a good joke.

Monica Rose: Yes, absolutely.

Scott Hammond: Yeah, no, it's… Yeah.

Monica Rose: Yeah, he's a huge supporter of Boys and Girls Club.

Jessie James: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Joanie and I say, whatever you say about Rex, he's done a, a heck of a lot for this community and continues.

Monica Rose: I agree. Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Um, so-

Monica Rose: And a lot of things people don't even know

Scott Hammond: Right. And there's the- and then there's that. Yeah, the, the un- the unknown. So, hey, break, break. Time, time to do the fun part of the show.

Monica Rose: Okay.

Jessie James: Uh-oh.

Scott Hammond: Ooh, that hurts my ears. Okay. This is the quiz part where you're gonna earn some Dutch Bros coffee, and we'll start with Monica. Monica, question number one. Monica, your favorite restaurant. You, you and your sweetheart get to go out and whatever. Where do you, where do you go in Humboldt?

Monica Rose: Um, I really love Cafe Nooner.

Scott Hammond: Nooner, okay.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Good. The Filges's, yeah.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Yeah, we know Joe and his wife.

Monica Rose: Oh, nice.

Scott Hammond: In Henderson Center.

Monica Rose: Yep.

Scott Hammond: What do you have there that's good?

Monica Rose: You know, I oftentimes try something new every time I go.

Scott Hammond: Wow.

Monica Rose: Um, but they've got great sandwiches. Their salads are amazing. The kebab is great.

Monica Rose: I mean…

Scott Hammond: Oh, their kebab is-

Monica Rose: Yeah. They make… It, they're consistent, you know? They're consistently good.

Scott Hammond: Can I tell another story?

Monica Rose: Sure.

Scott Hammond: It's not a joke. It's kinda funny though. It's fun. So they were on, um, on, with… Was it, was he on the Food Network? Yeah, I think he was. Was it with… It was. D- Drivers Dine with-

Jessie James: Dine and D-

Scott Hammond: What's his name? From Ferndale.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Jessie James: Diners, Di-

Monica Rose: Uh, Guy Fieri

Jessie James: … something like that.

Scott Hammond: Guy Fieri.

Monica Rose: Guy Fieri.

Scott Hammond: So we're g- It was special invite. Me and Don Chin got to sit in the restaurant, and they, they just started bringing out courses, and we're just eating them. This is the best thing ever.

Monica Rose: I bet.

Scott Hammond: And then, uh, they're filming us, you know, through it all, and he did a premiere at the restaurant where they showed the episode when it came out, and the very last moment of, where they clip it out, I'm, like, feeding my face with this big tray. I had a friend call me from Texas. "Hey, was that, was that you on the Food Network?" I go, "I don't know. I guess so." It was kinda funny.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: But delicious.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: And great people. Shout out to Cafe Nooner. Uh, Jessie James.

Jessie James: Yes.

Scott Hammond: For all the money, where do you go to out to eat if you got a chance to go anywhere, unlimited

Scott Hammond: budget?

Jessie James: Hmm. Two weeks ago we went over and checked out AA

Jessie James: Steakhouse.

Scott Hammond: Oh, really? Was it good?

Jessie James: Sometimes you just gotta go back to those staple restaurants, man.

Scott Hammond: Yeah.

Jessie James: It was really good.

Scott Hammond: Did you have the beef?

Jessie James: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Nice.

Jessie James: I had-

Scott Hammond: Shout out to Mike Munson, the owner. He's a good guy.

Jessie James: Yeah. Delicious food over there.

Scott Hammond: That's really good.

Jessie James: I missed out on the cheesecake. I'll have to go earlier next time.

Scott Hammond: Oh, they were out?

Jessie James: Yeah, they were sold out already. Must've been real good.

Scott Hammond: Their beef is quite good, though.

Jessie James: Yeah.

Monica Rose: Mm.

Jessie James: Absolutely. I enjoy it too.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. Okay. Question number two. Man, that thing is really killing me.

Scott Hammond: Um, we'll stay with, we'll stay with, with you, Jessie James. Favorite cup of coffee in Humboldt.

Jessie James: Hmm. Jitter Bean.

Scott Hammond: Ooh, shout out Jitter Bean.

Jessie James: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: I'll just do this and put these over here.

Jessie James: Oops. Sorry about that.

Scott Hammond: No, the Roberts, you guys k- slay it all the time. Joanie loves, my wife loves Jitter Bean, and, um, turns out the owner and I are become good friends.

Jessie James: Nice.

Scott Hammond: Ricky. What's up? Um, how about you, Monica? What's your favorite, uh…

Monica Rose: I am a Dutch Bros.

Scott Hammond: Oh, y- you're a Dutch Bro. Okay.

Monica Rose: I love Dutch Bros. My kids love it. Um, it's their favorite.

Scott Hammond: Just got back from Medford. They're, like, literally on every corner. It's, it's frightening. There's, like, 40 of them.

Monica Rose: Yeah, I was just there this past weekend.

Scott Hammond: So you know.

Monica Rose: I didn't realize that's where it started.

Scott Hammond: Yeah, Grants Pass.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. They were two bros, and I don't… I think they were Dutch.

Jessie James: Maybe. Is that the joke?

Monica Rose: Oh, goodness.

Scott Hammond: Wait, does that make sense? There's my joke. There, that was it.

Jessie James: Mm-hmm. Uh-huh.

Scott Hammond: I think it's actually true, though. Okay, question number three. Um, full day off,

Scott Hammond: unin- unencumbered by kids or money. What do you, what do you do with your day, Monica Rose?

Monica Rose: Head to the beach.

Scott Hammond: Oh.

Monica Rose: Probably Fern Canyon. I just did that recently.

Scott Hammond: Uh-huh.

Monica Rose: Um, went and hiked it in the pouring down rain.

Scott Hammond: Oh, fun.

Monica Rose: But it was beautiful.

Scott Hammond: Fewer people.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Was it f- was it pretty f- I imagine it was fairly full of water.

Monica Rose: Yeah. I, I wore tennis shoes-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Monica Rose: … and they were completely soaked. I just end up walking through the whole water.

Scott Hammond: Oh, yeah. Even on the off season it can be really wet.

Monica Rose: Yeah. Um-

Scott Hammond: Indeed

Monica Rose: … we met a couple from, uh, Arizona who were driving, and they were driving a rental car through one of the streams and got

Monica Rose: stuck.

Jessie James: Oh, gosh. Oh, no.

Scott Hammond: Oh, dear.

Jessie James: Unreal.

Monica Rose: Yeah, it was fun.

Scott Hammond: Oops.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm. They were very embarrassed.

Scott Hammond: Yeah, they should know 'cause they have flash floods there.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: But still. It's funny. We go up there, and there's people from Germany and all over the world, and, and we're just too busy to get to Fern Canyon 'cause it's a 50-minute drive, and it's-

Monica Rose: Right

Scott Hammond: … too much. It's like when you live… Guess what? Here's, this is true. Also funny. When you live next door to Disneyland, guess where you never go?

Jessie James: Disneyland.

Scott Hammond: Anyway. So, um, I won't b- dig the bell.

Monica Rose: Okay.

Scott Hammond: But I'll just ask the question. So you get the day off, Jessie James. Where do you go?

Jessie James: I've been exploring the Waterfront Trail lately.

Scott Hammond: Oh, cool.

Jessie James: Yeah. So trying to check out that new portion behind

Jessie James: Target.

Scott Hammond: Yeah.

Jessie James: I just did that yesterday. It was absolutely gorgeous.

Jessie James: Just an a-

Scott Hammond: Is it the closed off one that goes to Arcata that you're not supposed to be on?

Jessie James: Uh, that's as far as I got to, and I said, "Oh, I thought it was finished.

Jessie James: Whoops."

Scott Hammond: Whoops. You obeyed the rules, though. You stayed.

Jessie James: Yeah, I went back the other way. It goes, uh, it goes a long way the other way, so we're gonna-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Jessie James: … take that way the next time.

Scott Hammond: So my wife and her hiking buddy, Sarah, actually kinda broke the rules and kinda went, just stepped over the, the cone. Uh, probably it was nothing. But there was some excuse. I forgot what it was. It was really thin. But it could've flown if they got called out on it. But that whole area's done. It's like they're just waiting for a little paving.

Jessie James: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: And that, apparently the whole area behind, um, not Breakout, but the other, where Simpson used to be is-

Jessie James: Mm

Scott Hammond: … it's, it goes over s- It doesn't stay on 101. It goes around on the bay.

Jessie James: Around the back.

Scott Hammond: It's supposed to be magic. Just like you don't even know where you're at in

Scott Hammond: Humboldt.

Jessie James: Mm.

Scott Hammond: Which is really cool.

Jessie James: That'll be awesome.

Scott Hammond: Right. Since we're doing outdoors, question four for all the

Scott Hammond: coffee. Where do you go for a hike when you… Kids, who, maybe by yourself, whatever. Where, where would you hike, Jessie?

Monica Rose: I really like the Elk River Trailhead.

Scott Hammond: Ah.

Monica Rose: That's a nice one.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Lots of greenery all over the trees.

Scott Hammond: All the old growth up there. The, um-

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm

Scott Hammond: … what's the, what's it called? I should know all this.

Scott Hammond: I'm on-

Monica Rose: Is it Folk if you go far enough? I think Folk is back there.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. The town used to be there, yeah.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm. Yep. Really cool little space.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. Nick, what's it called, the whole trail? I forget. I should know this. Joni's gonna be super mad.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: It's called the-

Monica Rose: It's probably on your map.

Scott Hammond: It's- Wait a second.

Monica Rose: Good one. Map?

Scott Hammond: South of Eureka. No, you go out Elk River, and you go to that, um… It's the, it's the old growth that was done when PL went out, and they-

Monica Rose: Yeah, I forget the name

Scott Hammond: … gave it back

Monica Rose: I was just out there a couple weeks ago as well.

Scott Hammond: Yep. You know what's tough about getting old?

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: These kind of moments where it's like I'm just tripping, dude. I'm like, I'm not even on drugs. It's just, was it the kids? Was it my youth?

Scott Hammond: It just-

Monica Rose: Makes you-

Scott Hammond: My brain is data, data overload.

Monica Rose: That's a good one.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm. I'll get back to you on the name of that trail.

Monica Rose: Okay.

Scott Hammond: Maybe I'll win a coffee card.

Monica Rose: There you go.

Scott Hammond: Um, did I ask you about a trail yet?

Monica Rose: You have not.

Scott Hammond: Okay. Hey, Monica Rose, for all the Shamalians, where would you go for a hike?

Monica Rose: I would go to Patrick Point.

Scott Hammond: Patrick, okay.

Monica Rose: Yeah. Yeah, you see, you get the beach, you get the trees.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Monica Rose: Some wind.

Scott Hammond: If I don't say Sue Meg Park, I'll get in a lot of trouble-

Monica Rose: Hmm

Scott Hammond: … with my conscience and my passenger seat, so.

Monica Rose: Okay.

Scott Hammond: Oh, you mean Sue Meg Park.

Monica Rose: Oh, yeah. Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: That's located on Patrick's Point Drive, turns out.

Monica Rose: Is it?

Scott Hammond: Yeah.

Monica Rose: Okay.

Scott Hammond: It truly is. Yeah, beautiful.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: You know what we do? So here's the hack. Go to the bank on this. You park outside the park and save a little bit of money and just walk in.

Monica Rose: Yeah, that's a good idea.

Scott Hammond: There's a lot of beautiful hike in there. We love going there. It's about maybe 10 minutes from our house.

Scott Hammond: We're-

Monica Rose: Mm

Scott Hammond: … we're up by the airport, so we can just drive out there.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm. Nice.

Scott Hammond: It's really beautiful.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Why do you like that?

Monica Rose: It's just peaceful.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Um, it's calm. Not a lot of people usually out there.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Yeah, I love it. Okay. Winner, winner, chicken dinner. So, uh, more on giving in, in a minute, uh, 'cause I know you could use

Scott Hammond: volunteers.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: And you could use dollars.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: What el- what else, how else can we help if we, if, if we had a mind to help the,

Scott Hammond: the club?

Monica Rose: Well, you know, we're, we've got a wish list.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: So we're always looking for in-kind donations. Um, we have a building renovation project that's happening at our Eureka Teen

Monica Rose: Center, so-

Scott Hammond: Mm

Monica Rose: … if anybody's able to help support with that project.

Scott Hammond: So builders or people with skills could come and-

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm

Scott Hammond: … do labor?

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: That's actually super valuable, right?

Monica Rose: Yeah. I mean, we're, our facilities are always needing maintenance.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. They never get-

Monica Rose: Lots of kids, you know?

Scott Hammond: Kids.

Monica Rose: They wear and tear. Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Kids are…

Monica Rose: They're hard.

Scott Hammond: Kids are hard on everything.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. Our saying at home is, "You know, we can't have anything nice." It's just like that leather couch.

Monica Rose: With nine kids? No.

Scott Hammond: The le- the, the marker really wrecked it, and it doesn't come out of leather.

Scott Hammond: It's like-

Monica Rose: Mm

Scott Hammond: … oh, the new car that got inked up on the…

Scott Hammond: What? No. The, the scratches.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: So tell me more about, um, just generally around the club. So I'll, I'll go back to you, Jessie. Uh, what, what's an average… So I'm just showing up. I'm a new kid. I got 35 bucks, and I'm signed up, and I meet Monica Rose. What, what's my day looking like there? What… And then I'll come to you. Same question for you. What, what's, what's that experience gonna be like?

Monica Rose: Well, there's gonna be groups of friends hanging out all over the place.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Some inside, some outside.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: And you're gonna find the kids that you might mesh with best.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Might be those quiet kids, or it might be the ones outside running around. Or if you're looking for a mentor, we'll have staff around-

Scott Hammond: Mm

Monica Rose: … and you can just talk with us. See, you know, oh, we're starting this club in a couple minutes if you wanna do a Smart Girls Club, or if you wanna do the Crochet

Monica Rose: Club.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: You know, we'll start that this afternoon.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: So there'll be opportunities for you to find something that you're interested in and definitely go from there.

Scott Hammond: Kids with disabilities, of course, are welcome. Is there, is there plenty of kids with disabilities that are part of the club?

Monica Rose: Yeah. We have a good portion of kids who have one-on-one aides.

Scott Hammond: Oh, cool.

Monica Rose: And so they're there with their, their support systems.

Scott Hammond: That's cool.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: We have one of those. Ga- His name's Gabriel.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: He has a, he has an aide and so I wonder, we're in McKinleyville, so hey.

Monica Rose: Yeah. Mm.

Scott Hammond: Hey, forget about HealthSport. He doesn't even-

Monica Rose: I hate-

Scott Hammond: He doesn't even go.

Monica Rose: Get him at the club. Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Let's take him to the club.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Wow. I'm gonna make a note of that. Thank you. Remind me when we're done.

Monica Rose: Okay.

Scott Hammond: Winner, winner, chicken dinner on that idea.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: So we have, uh, nine kids. One of them's Gabe, who's amazing. He's 24, and he's got Downs and autism. He actually doesn't really care about who's president right now, or ever. He ever will, probably. He's really disconcern- unconcerned about the mortgage and how I'll ever pay all the bills. He… But he's very joyful, and, um, I bet he'd blend right in at the club.

Scott Hammond: Hang out.

Monica Rose: Well, we do have a age requirement.

Scott Hammond: Okay. Oh.

Monica Rose: So we go up to 18.

Scott Hammond: So he's too old.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Okay.

Monica Rose: But there is another program, I'm f- slipping the name of it right now, that I could refer you to.

Scott Hammond: Okay. Cool.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Thank you. Okay. Yeah, he might be a little old. So, um, tell me more about academic success and other associations outside of the club. Who do you guys partner with? Sounds like Teen Court is kinda part of Humboldt County Court system in some way, 'cause you guys-

Monica Rose: Well, um, yeah, I mean, they d- they do partner with probation-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Monica Rose: … and Juvenile Hall.

Scott Hammond: Okay.

Monica Rose: Um, but we also partner with Food for People,

Monica Rose: um, Hu- Hu- Humboldt County Office of Education.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Our staff go through lots of different trainings.

Scott Hammond: So there's resources if I come in-

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm

Scott Hammond: … hungry or super poor. My pa- parents go to Vegas every weekend

Scott Hammond: or- I'm a couch surfing kids. You could be completely-

Monica Rose: Yeah, we've got lots of resources

Scott Hammond: … Yeah, that's wonderful

Monica Rose: On family resource centers. We partner with the schools.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Monica Rose: Um-

Scott Hammond: Maybe WIC or Department of Welfare. I guess that, that'd be more parental.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Huh. I love it, though, 'cause there's needs out there.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Um, give us a story about a need. You don't have to c- name names, of course. I'm not asking for them. But what… I mean, I, I wanna know why I would wanna support in money and, and time and treasure, 'cause it would f- it will help that person, that broken kid that needs help, my help, directly or indirectly. And I think at the end of the day,

Scott Hammond: um, you have the noble cause. Not everybody has the noble cause. Sometimes people are just in it for money.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: And this is way beyond money. Your pay- your paycheck's huge 'cause you're seeing this flowering kid become this amazing and adult. So, um, do you wanna start or should I start with Jessie?

Monica Rose: I, I can start.

Scott Hammond: Go for it.

Monica Rose: Um-

Scott Hammond: You probably have many, but how about a couple?

Monica Rose: I… Really, like, we're creating an opportunity for kids to engage with each other, with adults. Um, some of our kids are from… in real poverty, and other kids aren't.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: And so the club allows youth to come together and, you know, um, be on a level playing ground-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Monica Rose: … where kids who might be living in a hotel could come to the club and get on the computer and do their homework or surf the web.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Uh, they get food. Like, there's some of our kids that we send, uh, food with home e- every night.

Monica Rose: So-

Scott Hammond: Do you guys feed kids at the club too?

Monica Rose: We do. Uh-

Scott Hammond: That's cool

Monica Rose: … yeah. We do a snack and a snack-

Scott Hammond: Is that through Food For People or is that just-

Monica Rose: I'm sorry, can you-

Scott Hammond: Do you guys… Is that through Food For People or do you guys-

Monica Rose: No, we, uh, partner with DHHS and they give us some money through-

Scott Hammond: Beautiful

Monica Rose: … CalFresh.

Scott Hammond: Cool.

Monica Rose: Um, and then individuals who donate to us help support our food program as well.

Scott Hammond: It's kinda hard to envision…

Scott Hammond: I mean, I had, uh, David here and, um, from the food bank, and my friend Dave Reed.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: And he made me understand there's lots of folks that don't eat-

Monica Rose: Yeah

Scott Hammond: … 'cause they can't eat, 'cause there's no f- there's no food in the fridge or in the cupboard. So it's, it's… that's gotta be something that's gonna be, um, uh, in my, in my brain, first top drawer we wanna take care of

Scott Hammond: the-

Monica Rose: Yeah

Scott Hammond: … especially kids.

Monica Rose: Well, imagine if you're not nourished, like, how is your behavior gonna be?

Scott Hammond: Weird.

Monica Rose: You know? Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Yeah, you're gonna go weird.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Yep, that's true. Um, got any stories, Jessie, of kids that you've seen prosper?

Monica Rose: I was trying to come up with one.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. Maybe that one troubled guy that turned out and he

Scott Hammond: blossomed.

Scott Hammond: That wa- that was me, kinda.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: They were pivotal, yeah. So yeah, I think it does take a, a village and a tribe to-

Monica Rose: It does

Scott Hammond: … to raise us and to, to get us launched, and to get us a car and maybe an edubication and maybe next steps, maybe even college, right?

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Maybe even Humboldt State.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Yeah.

Monica Rose: Absolutely. It's just right there, you know.

Scott Hammond: Yeah.

Monica Rose: Even, uh, College of the Redwoods.

Scott Hammond: CR is amazing.

Monica Rose: Yeah. Get some education.

Scott Hammond: Yeah.

Monica Rose: Some experience.

Scott Hammond: Do you guys have some association with them too?

Monica Rose: Um, we do partner with both of them.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Uh, we get interns that come in and help run programs and activities.

Scott Hammond: Oh.

Monica Rose: Um, so that's pretty valuable. We've also had, um, college professors come in and teach different things, whether it's art or

Monica Rose: music.

Scott Hammond: Beautiful.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Jessie James: Had a couple volunteers come from St. Joe's and do like a cooking class.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Hmm. So how about some examples of that, some community members that have come in and made an impact? A- and I don't know, maybe you wanna name names on that. I don't think there's a HIPAA rule on that. Rex Bone, you're an auctioneer. We can call him out all day. He doesn't even care.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Um, but anybody that's been specifically pivotal in the

Scott Hammond: community?

Monica Rose: Yeah. Um, Jerry Nelson. He started volunteering almost 12 years ago at the club.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Uh, he started at our clubhouse doing Jeopardy!. Uh, and Jeopardy! grew very quickly from 15 kids to 50 kids. And, um-

Scott Hammond: I think I've heard this guy's name.

Monica Rose: Yeah, he-

Scott Hammond: Yeah

Monica Rose: … we recognized him as our champions, our volunteer of the year last year.

Scott Hammond: Oh. Is he a senior or just a citizen or-

Monica Rose: Uh, yeah, he's a senior. Um, he's been… He was actually the executive director of this club over 50 years

Monica Rose: ago.

Scott Hammond: Whoa.

Monica Rose: Yeah. And moved away and came back, and, um, he donates time, money. Uh, now he's volunteering once a week at each of our sites-

Scott Hammond: Wow

Monica Rose: … and does Jeopardy!. Yeah.

Scott Hammond: That's his shtick. He does the Jeopardy!-

Monica Rose: That's his thing. Like, that's his passion. And he's donating over $500 a week and getting-

Scott Hammond: Wow

Monica Rose: … gift cards and snacks and treats.

Scott Hammond: So the, so kids are like winning real pri-

Monica Rose: Oh, they love him

Jessie James: Mm.

Scott Hammond: Fabulous prizes.

Monica Rose: Yeah. They're chanting for Jerry.

Scott Hammond: I mean, Jer- Jerry, come on, come on down here.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: So how does, how does Jeopardy! work?

Scott Hammond: I mean-

Monica Rose: He creates it every time and it's neat-

Scott Hammond: I see it on TV, but is there… Does he have a board and the whole answer thing?

Monica Rose: Um, usually it's verbal. Um, sometimes-

Scott Hammond: They have buzz- buzzers?

Monica Rose: Uh, all by raising hands. So they're-

Scott Hammond: Okay

Monica Rose: … you know, raising their hands. Sometimes he puts them in groups. It depends. So-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Monica Rose: … some sites they might have 40 kids, so he's gonna put them in groups, and sometimes they might have 15 where he does it individually.

Scott Hammond: Wow.

Monica Rose: And then he gears it towards their age group.

Scott Hammond: And gift cards.

Monica Rose: Yeah, and gift cards, and Rice Krispie treats are by far the

Monica Rose: favorite.

Scott Hammond: Right.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm, the Costco ones.

Scott Hammond: Homemade or the wrapped ones.

Monica Rose: Yeah, the Costco ones.

Scott Hammond: Remember the homemade ones at picnics that your mom made?

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Jessie James: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: In Iowa. Yeah. So Jerry Nelson, shout out.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Jessie James: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: How old's Jerry? Is he my age?

Monica Rose: He's in his 80s.

Scott Hammond: That's right there with me.

Monica Rose: Yeah. He's got a lot of energy.

Monica Rose: I mean-

Scott Hammond: Oh

Monica Rose: … he's bouncing around.

Scott Hammond: It's beautiful, though. What a great guy leaving a legacy.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Shout out Jerry Nelson. Like, love to meet you. Um, tell me more about people that you've seen come into the club and kind of That are memorable for you, that you've seen make a difference?

Monica Rose: I would say definitely Dale.

Scott Hammond: Dale Warmuth.

Monica Rose: He comes in and he fixes anything. A crack in the sidewalk, handled. A shaky front door, fixed.

Scott Hammond: Nice. Leon's Car Care.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Broadway and Washington, Eureka, California.

Monica Rose: Mm.

Scott Hammond: Dale Warmuth, shout-out. Yeah. So he just, he's a fix-it guy.

Monica Rose: He is. You got a problem, he used to run the safety committee for a long time.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Um, and he really is a go-getter.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Gets stuff done.

Scott Hammond: What do you like about Dale personally?

Monica Rose: His jokes. Come on.

Scott Hammond: Is he funny?

Monica Rose: His shoes. Have you checked out the shoes?

Scott Hammond: I don't… I've looked at his shoes.

Monica Rose: You gotta check out the shoe collection. Every day it's a new pair. It's a new pair. He cracks me up.

Scott Hammond: Really? He's like-

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm

Scott Hammond: … a shoe collector?

Monica Rose: He is. Oh, yeah.

Scott Hammond: Like tennies or-

Monica Rose: Do you remember those funny red boots that came out a while back? The, like, red rubber ones?

Scott Hammond: Oh, he has some. Yeah.

Monica Rose: He has a pair of them.

Scott Hammond: Oh, he wore those?

Monica Rose: Oh, yes, he did.

Scott Hammond: One time.

Monica Rose: Twice, I think. Maybe twice. Yeah.

Scott Hammond: He's got a very beautiful red car, if I belie- if I remember. Does he have a-

Monica Rose: Yes

Scott Hammond: … El Camino that he's…

Monica Rose: Gorgeous car. Gorgeous car.

Scott Hammond: That car, that car's a nice car.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Yeah.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: The red El Camino.

Monica Rose: Sounds amazing.

Scott Hammond: Oh, yeah. No, he's Mister, um… And then his, they make cookies there, right?

Monica Rose: They do.

Scott Hammond: They're famous for their cookies.

Monica Rose: Yeah. Jeannie Marie- Jeannie Marie, yep … his wife, makes the cookies.

Scott Hammond: She makes them?

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Homemade cookies-

Monica Rose: Homemade cookies

Scott Hammond: … while you get your car worked on.

Monica Rose: Yep.

Scott Hammond: Who would've thought of that? Perfect. And they're good.

Monica Rose: They are. Yeah.

Scott Hammond: I used to be in advertising. I'd pop in there and, "Hey, I think I'll have a

Scott Hammond: cookie." 'Cause why wouldn't you?

Monica Rose: Why not? Why not?

Scott Hammond: Just, "Can I have a second one? These are good. I'm gonna have some coffee with that cookie." No, he runs a really good outfit. So, hey, as we, as we kinda wrap up, um, what would you like… I'll start with Monica Rose. Monica, what would you like to be remembered for in terms of, uh, your life as it relates to the club and kids and

Scott Hammond: that-

Monica Rose: Yeah

Scott Hammond: … kinda stuff?

Monica Rose: Um, I definitely want to, to be remembered for someone who truly cares and is passionate about youth and our

Monica Rose: community.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Um, you know, I really believe that getting into the community and volunteering is-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Monica Rose: … very important, and so I volunteer in different aspects.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Um, the community wouldn't be thriving the way it is without these service

Monica Rose: groups, and so I just, you know, I wanna be remembered as somebody who was always helping.

Scott Hammond: Very cool.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. And I think, I think kids, all kids deserve that shot.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: And I, I know that, um, it's not f- they're just young. It's okay. They don't know yet.

Monica Rose: They're learning.

Scott Hammond: It's a learning curve, and let's give them time, and in that time, let's give them a

Scott Hammond: shot-

Monica Rose: Yeah

Scott Hammond: … at, at all the things. And I think that's the blessing, and that's worthy of, of support. So all you folks that have no money, you have a lot of time, perhaps. Maybe you don't have money. Money's not your fort- your first gifting. But if you have time-

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm

Scott Hammond: … y'all could get ahold of these two really quick. And all you folks there that are loaded, filthy r- the filthy rich,

Scott Hammond: guess what? You don't have any time, but you could write a check.

Monica Rose: Absolutely.

Scott Hammond: Or a Venmo or a something or come down with your old Jag and donate that.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: So there's, there's that. So I would… I'm ask- I'm looking at the camera appealing. I think, why wouldn't you? Are you sure you don't wanna, you know… Y- you gotta give it away, man, 'cause you, where you're going, you can't take it with you. It doesn't spend there.

Monica Rose: That's a good one. Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Where you're going, there's g- there's gold on the streets, so it's, your Jag's not worth much there. And, uh, so I'll, I'll go back to you. So what would you like to be remembered for, Jessie James, besides your super

Scott Hammond: cool name?

Monica Rose: I hope… You mean directly at the club, or just in general remembered for?

Scott Hammond: Just as a person.

Monica Rose: Okay.

Scott Hammond: It could be club related.

Monica Rose: I would hope just for my willingness to give and hopefully for the parades. I really enjoy putting on the parades for the kids, getting the floats together

Monica Rose: for-

Scott Hammond: Wait, what, what parades? Like the-

Monica Rose: For the Roadie Parade coming up and for the-

Scott Hammond: That's right

Monica Rose: … Christmas parade. I help coordinate the floats and make sure that it happens, and Monica makes sure that the kids are on there, so.

Scott Hammond: So you do the Truckers Parade?

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm. With Rex.

Scott Hammond: With who?

Monica Rose: With Rex.

Scott Hammond: Rex-

Monica Rose: Rex Bone

Scott Hammond: … Rex Bone. I've heard that name.

Monica Rose: Who's that guy?

Scott Hammond: Hmm.

Monica Rose: Oh.

Scott Hammond: Is he l- is he from here?

Monica Rose: I think so. Born and raised.

Scott Hammond: That's funny. He probably will never see this. He won't even care. It's like, whatever.

Scott Hammond: Um, yeah, so Roadie Parade's fun.

Monica Rose: So much fun, yes.

Scott Hammond: So if you're not from here, the Roadie Parade in late April every

Scott Hammond: year-

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm

Scott Hammond: … is our magical, um, Macy's… Is Macy's Thanksgiving or, or Christmas?

Monica Rose: I think Thanksgiving.

Scott Hammond: Yeah.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: It's our Macy's parade. It's, and it's magical. It's fun every year. We've done it a couple times.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: We did it with a, a, as Humboldt Heroes, our veterans program. We did a, a giant 15-ton Army vehicle and, and-

Monica Rose: Oh, wow

Scott Hammond: … all the vets were up there just waving it up.

Monica Rose: That's cool.

Scott Hammond: And it was cool. We should do it again this year. It's coming right up, I guess.

Monica Rose: It is. End of the month. It is, yeah.

Monica Rose: All good.

Scott Hammond: Is it April right now?

Monica Rose: It is. It's on the 26th. Yeah. So you better get your application in.

Scott Hammond: I thought you said you better get your ass in gear. Better get your app-

Monica Rose: Well, you know

Scott Hammond: … application going. Okay. Thanks for that encouragement. Sorry, you didn't say that. I said that.

Scott Hammond: Well, um, my, uh, my office manager always gets mad at me when I ask this question. I don't know why. Do you have any parting shots? Is there anything you'd like to add to your story before we do some more shout-outs?

Monica Rose: No. This was a really fun experience coming and being on your podcast. Yeah, I watched a couple of them, so thank you for the opportunity.

Scott Hammond: Thank you. Yeah. And I'll get you a link, and you can share it with your friends

Scott Hammond: and-

Monica Rose: Awesome

Scott Hammond: … get those likes and, um, comments and-

Monica Rose: Donations

Scott Hammond: … uh, and dona- I don't, actually, not yet We're coming. I mean, it costs money to do this, but-

Monica Rose: Yeah

Scott Hammond: … that's a whole nother story.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Um, parting shots, Monica Rose.

Monica Rose: Uh, just thank you for your time, and-

Scott Hammond: Thank you

Monica Rose: … to our community, you know?

Monica Rose: We really-

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm

Monica Rose: … couldn't do this work without community-

Scott Hammond: Yeah

Monica Rose: … involvement, whether it's volunteers, donations.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: We've got a lot of local businesses that sponsor our events or just give us

Monica Rose: money, um-

Scott Hammond: Funny you should mention that, because I'm all about local business people.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: And let's just shout them out and let… We'll go slow, and maybe whatever she misses, Jessie, I want

Scott Hammond: you to-

Monica Rose: Oh, there's hundreds.

Scott Hammond: Yeah, so let, let's just rando. They don't have to be in order.

Monica Rose: Okay.

Scott Hammond: So sh- uh, I'll just… You, you start.

Monica Rose: Some businesses. Um, Owsley Electric.

Scott Hammond: Owsley.

Monica Rose: Um-

Scott Hammond: Mm

Monica Rose: … O&M Industries.

Scott Hammond: O&M? Yeah, they're huge.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm. Mercer Fraser.

Scott Hammond: I'll repeat all of them. Just Mercer Fraser.

Monica Rose: North Coast Floor and Tile.

Scott Hammond: North Coast-

Monica Rose: Sequoia

Scott Hammond: … Yeah, Jason Jordan. He's-

Monica Rose: Yeah

Scott Hammond: … my friend.

Monica Rose: Sequoia Construction Specialists.

Monica Rose: Um-

Scott Hammond: What do they do? Construction.

Monica Rose: Construction- … and lots of it. Commercial construction.

Scott Hammond: Oh, they're commercial. Okay.

Monica Rose: Yeah, yeah.

Scott Hammond: Anybody else come to mind? You c-

Monica Rose: Um, those are our main ones. Uh, Harper Motors.

Scott Hammond: Harper. Trevor Harper.

Monica Rose: Yeah. You know. Coast Central Credit Union. Orange Lithia. Mm-hmm. Uh, McRae Nissan.

Monica Rose: Subaru.

Scott Hammond: I'm right next door, Seventh and G.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: Downtown Eureka.

Monica Rose: I mean, there are numerous. We probably have over 300 donors.

Scott Hammond: I love it.

Monica Rose: Yeah.

Scott Hammond: I love it. All right, Jessie, it's your turn.

Monica Rose: You want me to list donors?

Scott Hammond: Sure. You said Coast Central, so then you started with them.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm. Yeah, Coast Central.

Scott Hammond: Are they here in Eureka?

Monica Rose: They are, yeah. They're all over the place.

Scott Hammond: They're… They actually have, like, 20 locations or something.

Monica Rose: They are, yeah. I was just reading through our list earlier of donors. Redwood Capital Bank. Thank you. Redwood Capital Bank.

Scott Hammond: RCB, John Dalby. We know John.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Great guy.

Monica Rose: Yes.

Scott Hammond: Anybody else come to mind?

Monica Rose: Um, I'll let Monica- Department of Health and Human Services.

Monica Rose: Thank you.

Scott Hammond: All right.

Monica Rose: They give us lots of contracts every year. I mean, they-

Scott Hammond: Right

Monica Rose: … are a huge part of, of our budget.

Scott Hammond: Mm-hmm.

Monica Rose: Probably a third of our budget.

Scott Hammond: Are they county or are they state? Are they under-

Monica Rose: Uh, they're state

Scott Hammond: … their state umbrella?

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: So you have to know some of the government en- entities to get this-

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm

Scott Hammond: … airplane to fly.

Monica Rose: Yep.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. And it's probably a beast that always eats-

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm

Scott Hammond: … labor and, and money.

Monica Rose: Yeah. Yes.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. We could do that. We're a pretty generous c- country and county.

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: Yeah, even in hard times, it's really interesting to watch people. They're really givers.

Monica Rose: During the pandemic, we seen an increase in individual and business contributions. I mean-

Scott Hammond: So cool

Monica Rose: … we were able to expand our doors and open from 8:00 to 5:00 every day to help serve kids.

Scott Hammond: Oh, that's neat.

Monica Rose: Um, and that was 'cause of our community really stepped up during the tough time.

Scott Hammond: So speaking of, uh, how do I give again? What, what's the website called?

Monica Rose: bgcredwoods.org.

Scott Hammond: bgcredwoods.org. Got that. Write that down. BGC, like, what does that stand for?

Monica Rose: Like Boys Girls Club.

Scott Hammond: Of the Red-

Monica Rose: Of the Redwoods

Scott Hammond: … of the Redwoods.org.

Monica Rose: .org.

Scott Hammond: .com.

Monica Rose: .com.

Scott Hammond: Okay. Give me another way I could give money. I got 20 grand in the car right now. How do I… I guess I could drive it to the club.

Monica Rose: I was gonna say, "Come on over, man." Yeah. If you're giving that- Come on down … kind of money, we wanna meet face to face so we can shake-

Scott Hammond: I'd like to shake your hand.

Monica Rose: Yes, for sure. Yes. I would too.

Scott Hammond: Or maybe a receipt.

Monica Rose: Uh-huh. Yes.

Scott Hammond: It's a nonprofit. You're a 4013C or whatever, right?

Scott Hammond: So we can-

Monica Rose: A 501C3, yes.

Scott Hammond: And that, yeah.

Monica Rose: And so it's a write-off with that.

Scott Hammond: So it is a taxable-

Monica Rose: Mm

Scott Hammond: … donation.

Monica Rose: Yep.

Scott Hammond: Tax.

Scott Hammond: Okay. Cool. Well, that's, that's about it.

Monica Rose: Awesome.

Scott Hammond: Awesome.

Monica Rose: Thank you.

Scott Hammond: And the website one more time?

Monica Rose: bgcredwoods.org.

Scott Hammond: .org. Actually, I wrote it down. I knew what it was. I just wanted to hear it a lot. Phone number? 4- 707…

Monica Rose: 441-1030.

Scott Hammond: 441-1030. Kimber Gel actually gave, gives out her cell phone number 'cause she's a council person that takes-

Monica Rose: Mm-hmm.

Scott Hammond: I'm not asking you for that.

Monica Rose: I mean, I could give my cell phone number, but I'd rather-

Scott Hammond: No, no.

Monica Rose: My life in line.

Scott Hammond: I'm not asking for it. Totally not asking. What was the number again? 44…

Monica Rose: 441-1030.

Scott Hammond: 441 pa-bucket. Again, 441…

Monica Rose: 1030.

Scott Hammond: 1030. If you spell it out, I have no idea.

Monica Rose: I don't either.

Scott Hammond: Yeah. That's kind of an old radio joke.

Monica Rose: That's… Yeah, that's old school.

Scott Hammond: Yeah, thanks. Now we're getting… Now it's getting funny. Okay. Well, thanks for joining us. Really appreciate you both being here.

Monica Rose: Thank you for your time.

Scott Hammond: A lot. Thank you so much. Ladies and gentlemen, uh, if you wanna donate, uh, you can't. Well, you can to them, but not to me. You can donate by liking or sharing or making comments on our YouTube, uh, channel, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram. Heck, I'm put on TikTok some- sometimes. So love, love to, uh, have you like us. Come back next week. We're gonna do it again. 100% Humboldt with your host Scott Hammond, and I'm gonna say, uh, thank you one more time.

Monica Rose: Thank you. Yeah, thank you.

Scott Hammond: Thank you.