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From YouTube: From City Hall - Larry McAtee OKC Ward 3
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Councilman Larry McAtee welcomes Kevin Hagan, Feed the Children President / CEO.
A
B
I
think
the
city
is
an
amazing
operation
from
what
I
can
tell
you
know.
I've
been
here
many
years
ago
when
I
on
several
occasions.
Many
years
ago,
when
I
worked
for
the
Postal
Service,
we
had
a
training
academy
out
in
Norman
Oklahoma,
so
I
had
opportunities
to
come
into
Oklahoma
City,
quite
a
bit
and
I
was
really
surprised.
When
I
came
back
during
the
interview
process
to
really
see
the
growth
development
and
the
liveliness
of
the
downtown
Oklahoma
City
Market
well,.
A
B
Know
feed
the
children.
Interestingly
enough
is
one
of
the
world's
biggest
nonprofits.
We
are
an
international
relief
agency
that
works
around
the
world
as
well
as
here
in
the
United
States
and
here
right
here
in
the
oklahoma
city
and
the
state
of
oklahoma
markets
to
deliver
food
and
essentials
to
people
in
need,
and
the
organization
has
been
around
since
1979.
And
it's
very
interesting
to
me.
My
first
observations
of
being
at
feed.
B
The
children
in
in
oklahoma
city
really
is
that
the
citizens
of
Oklahoma
City
don't
realize
that
the
operation
is
as
big
as
it
is,
and
that
is
right
here
that
in
their
backyard
they
have
another.
This
amazing
world
class
international
relief
agency
operating
right
here
in
your
ward,
actually
Ward
3
right
log
right
there
on
meridian
avenue.
B
In
terms
of
employee
count,
we
employer
roughly
300
people
here
in
oklahoma
city.
We
have
domestic
operations
in
the
US,
we
have
six
distribution
centers
outside
of
Oklahoma
City.
We
do
shipping
out
of.
We
also
have
a
subsidiary
called
FTC
transportation,
also
located
on
meridian
avenue,
which
is
our
trucking
company
and
our
operation
as
well
as
we
operate
in
10
countries
outside
the
United
States.
Now.
B
Here
in
Oklahoma,
City
exceeds
about
14
million
dollars
annually,
so
it's
a
nice-sized
operation
for
the
community,
but
in
terms
of
real
impact,
we
have
so
much
more
impact
beyond
just
sort
of
our
payroll.
Here
in
Oklahoma
City.
We
continually
try
to
re-engage
with
the
community
and
spend
time
with
community
leaders
as
well
as
providing
for
the
needs
of
people
in
Oklahoma
City,
the
state
of
Oklahoma
and
nationally
so
here
in
Oklahoma
City.
B
Currently
we're
doing
this
project
with
many
businesses
around
town
called
together,
okc
and
the
together
okc
project
is
really
where
we're
doing
food
distributions
to
some
of
the
areas
in
oklahoma
city
that
are
in
greatest
need.
So
far,
we've
done
two
of
those
drops
in
the
last
week
or
two
weeks,
actually
one
with
a
pub
co,
which
is
the
oklahoman
and
also
with
the
staff
of
the
sheraton,
downtown
Oklahoma
City
hotel.
So
those
two
organizations
send
employees
into
our
volunteer
center.
B
We
packed
boxes
of
food
and
other
essentials,
personal
care
products
and
the
like
and
then
a
week
later
those
employees
come
back
and
we
actually
do
a
distribution
somewhere
in
Oklahoma
City.
So
that's
our
local
impact
nationally.
We
have
fed
over
390,000
American
families
through
this
economic
downturn
and
what
we
call
our
Americans
feeding,
Americans
Caravan
and
we've
been
hitting
major
markets
all
across
the
United
States
and
then
internationally
we're
actually
feeding
over
350,000
children
every
single
day
around
the
world
who
otherwise
would
go
to
bed
hungry
at
night.
A
B
Are
largely
funded
by
private
donations,
so
it's
mainly
individuals.
We
have
very
small
corporate
grants
at
this
particular
point
in
time,
although
we're
always
looking
to
expand
those
and
then
we
currently
are
operating
with
one
federal
government
grant
through
USAID,
but
it's
a
very
small
grant
and
it
was
sort
of
our
first
endeavor
and
that's
in
our
feeding
programs
in
Malawi.
So.
B
B
A
B
You
know,
I
was
glad
that
you
had
the
opportunity
to
come
and
visit
with
us
at
feed
the
children
I
believe
we
do
have
a
very
impressive
operation.
Having
come
from
the
east
coast
and
another
nonprofit
I
was
quite
impressed
with
the
magnitude
of
the
organization.
We
have
very
sophisticated
systems,
our
distribution
network,
I
think,
rivals
that
of
any
organization
in
the
world.
We
have
our
trucking
company.
B
As
I
mentioned,
we
have
an
entire
back
of
the
house
development
staff
that
supports
our
donors,
our
child
sponsorship
programs,
as
well
as
I
think,
the
thing
that
may
have
surprised
you
the
most
and
also
surprised
me
the
most.
When
I
was
there
is
we
really
have
our
own
internal
treasury
management
and
banking
service?
We,
we
have
our
own
in-house
proof
department,
where
we
clear
checks
through
the
bank
automatically,
so
we
don't
actually
have
to
go
to
the
bank
because
we're
fortunate
enough
to
have
those
in-house
operations.
A
B
We
are
launching
a
new
initiative.
This
is
our
second
one
in
the
US.
It's
called
the
teacher
store,
it's
hooked
to
our
building
on
meridian
avenue
and
basically,
what
the
teacher
store
is.
It's
donated
products
for
teachers
to
come
in
to
support
their
classrooms
because
I'm
sure
you
know
probably
better
than
many
others-
that
school
budgets
have
taken
a
real
impact
over
the
last
few
years,
particularly
with
the
economic
downturn,
and
that
combined
with
the
fact
that
there
are
so
many
families
in
need
who
can't
provide
basic
school
supplies
to
their
children.
B
We
come
up
with
this
idea
to
provide
those
to
the
teachers.
The
average
teacher
spends
over
five
hundred
dollars
a
year
of
their
own
income
to
buy
school
supplies
for
their
classrooms,
so
we're
allowing
school
teachers
in
oklahoma
to
come
in
we're
setting
up
appointments
with
school
districts.
They
can
come
in
and
they
get
bags
that
they
can
go
shopping.
We've
set
it
up
like
a
retail
store
and
literally
teachers
can
come
in
and
get
books,
pencils,
folders
erasers
hand,
sanitizer
anything
that
you
could
conceivably
use
in
a
classroom.
B
We
have
and
we
open
the
teacher
store.
Yesterday
officially
and
we
had
a
big
hit
over
200
teachers
came
through
and
there
was
a
lot
of
excitement
generated
yesterday
by
the
education
community.
So
we're
excited
about
this
opportunity
as
we
reach
out
to
more
and
more
teachers
in
the
state
of
Oklahoma.
Now.
A
B
We
work
a
lot
with
office
depot.
We
have
some
from
staples
Avery
ditton
and
several
other
manufacturers
of
school
supplies.
They
donate
the
product
to
feed
the
children
and
then
we're
stocking
the
store
with
that
product.
So
the
teachers
can
actually
come
in
and
shop
doesn't
cost
them
anything.
We
just
have
to
prove
and
verify
that
they're
actually
affiliated
with
the
school
system.
Now.
A
B
Disaster
relief,
I
think,
is
one
of
our
strongest
capabilities,
particularly
because
we
own
our
own
trucks
and
the
trucking
company.
It
allows
us
to
respond
to
disasters
in
a
moment's
notice,
really
recently
right
here
in
Oklahoma,
as
the
wildfires
have
sort
of
ravaged
the
state,
we
send
in
relief
supplies
with
our
trucks
to
help
the
people
fighting
the
fires,
as
well
as
those
impacted
by
the
fires,
and
we've
also
opened
up
our
distribution
center
overall
McCormick
to
receive
donations.
B
A
B
Of
hope
is
actually
our
sort
of
latest
innovation
that
we're
going
to
be
opening
in
the
fall,
probably
beginning
of
October,
and
the
journey
of
hope
is
a
live
experience
that
you
can
walk
through
our
work
around
the
world
and
domestically
the
hardest
part
with
us
working
with
volunteers.
Is
they
don't
they
get
to
come
in?
They
pack
the
boxes?
Sometimes
they
go
to
the
food
deliveries,
but
they
really
don't
have
an
opportunity
to
see
what
we
do
overseas.
So
this
literally
is
a
walk
through
the
slums
of
Africa.
B
You
can
visit
the
homes
of
people
that
we
actually
work
with.
You
hear
their
stories
and
it's
a
museum-quality
sort
of
live
experience
as
you
walk
through
the
slums
of
Kenya
and
then
at
the
end.
We
take
you
through
some
of
our
work.
We
do
domestically
as
well,
so
it's
a
great
opportunity
for
our
volunteers
to
get
a
stronger
sense
of
what
we
do
not
only
domestically
but
internationally,
and
then
we're
also
going
to
be
opening
up
to
the
public.
B
The
replica
that
we've
built
is
actually
of
kabira
and
it's
one
of
the
largest
slums
in
the
world.
It's
located
in
Nairobi
and
the
very
interesting
part
is
many
of
the
families
that
we
serve.
We
worked
with
them
and
got
new
supplies,
furniture
and
homes
for
them.
So
literally,
what
we
have
on
site
is
stuff
that
we've
brought
from
their
homes
as
we've,
refurnished
them
and
given
them
better
livelihood.
B
B
Eye-Opening
there's
a
lot
of
technology
in
this
exhibit
as
well
as
you
got
to
experience
it
firsthand.
We
even
have
try
to
affect
all
senses.
You
know,
including
smell,
so
there
is
actually
fumes
that
are
put
into
the
program
as
you
go
through
that
actually
lets.
You
see
what
it's
like
to
live
in
Kabir
and
what
the
smell
and
the
the
heat
feels
like
as
you
walk
through.
A
B
Early
October,
we
will
have
it
open
we're
going
to
do
some
very
large
announcements
around
it
publicly
will
have
it
open
for
people
to
come
in
and
visit
and
we're
excited
about
the
opportunity.
We
think
it's
really
going
to
give
all
of
the
people
that
we
work
with,
as
well
as
the
citizens
of
Oklahoma
an
opportunity
to
connect
and
really
see
what
we
do
on
a
daily
basis.
Talking.
B
Have
a
very
clear
vision
of
what
I
want
feed
the
children
to
be
I.
Do
absolutely
want
us
to
be
the
best
at
what
we
do.
I
want
to
be
the
world
class
standard
for
international
relief
and
development,
not
only
around
the
world
but
domestically
when
people
say
feed
the
children
I
want
them
to
know
who
we
are
and
I
want
them
to
have
a
sense
of
faith
and
trust
that
we
do
what
we
say
we're
going
to
do.
B
A
A
So
much
Kevin
for
taking
time
out
of
your
schedule
to
come
down
and
visit
with
this
theater
children
is
here
to
help
in
touch
lives,
go
out
and
touch
your
life
yourself
catch
the
passion
of
helping
others
may
God
bless
you
and
your
staff
Kevin,
as
you
move
forward
with
this
vision
of
helping
people
not
only
in
Oklahoma
City,
but
in
the
United
States
and
around
the
world
to
a
higher
quality
of
life.
Thank
you
all
for
watching.