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- [Seth] If I were to say
senior citizens and old people,
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what's the first thing
that comes to your mind?
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- Bad driving.
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- [Seth] Yeah?
- Yeah.
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- Well, I don't know.
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I guess I would think of, you
know, like old folks' homes,
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like residences and
healthcare, things like that.
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- Social security, Medicare,
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retirement plans.
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- My mother.
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- Grandparents, grandmas.
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They get cheaper bus tickets.
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- I mean, I have nothing
against old people
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at all, you know?
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The only thing about old
people is just, I mean,
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let's be honest,
they're old people.
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- The problem here with
the seniors is they're lost
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and they're forgotten,
because everybody's so busy
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with their life that they forget
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that the seniors
have a big need.
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- People have ostracized
our seniors, and it's sad,
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because that's our
greatest source of wisdom.
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- Generally people have
an idea that, you know,
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that because you get older,
you don't have value.
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- [Seth] So if I told you
that every day in America,
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six million seniors go hungry,
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what would you say to that?
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- You know, it's heartbreaking,
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and I really didn't know that.
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- I'd say that's believable.
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And it's a shame.
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- I guess I'm not
educated enough.
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I thought they would
have a lot more money
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than some of the
younger population.
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- You know what, that's
by choice, my man.
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I have to say that's by choice.
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- That would make me think
about how we've moved away
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from family units, taking
care of elderly and moved
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towards kind of assigning
them their own separate lives.
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- It's shameless in a
country such as America,
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because I think there's
enough for everyone here.
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- The problem of senior
hunger in America is real.
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It's a real problem,
it's a terrible problem.
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- They're the people
who fought our wars.
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They're the people who
have built our towns,
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educated our children, and
protected our communities.
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They should not be hungry.
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They should not be the new
face of hunger in America.
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- It's not just about poverty.
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It's not just about
lack of funds.
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To a lot of people,
it's about the lack
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of ability to help themselves.
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- I live in Los Angeles.
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- [Seth] That's
me, Seth Hancock.
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I'm a photographer
in Los Angeles.
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And, as of right now,
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I'm a full-fledged
documentary filmmaker.
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Well, not really.
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You see, most people who
work on documentaries
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do so because it's
a passion project,
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or something that they've
pursued for a lifetime.
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But in my case, I was actually
asked to make a documentary.
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And not just any
documentary, mind you.
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A documentary featuring
the most un-sexy subject
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in all of America, senior
citizens and hunger.
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Initially, I was going
to turn the project down,
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because I've never gone
hungry a day in my life.
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I really couldn't bring
anything to the table,
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and rarely do I think
about getting old.
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But for all the reasons I
wanted to say no to this project
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are the exact reasons
I wanted to say yes.
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Because I needed to see how
prevalent this is in America,
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how this is gonna affect your
life or my life down the road.
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And for those reasons alone,
I wanted to make this film.
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This is my story.
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Starting in Los Angeles and
not knowing a damn thing
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about senior citizens and
hunger was a bit of a challenge,
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so I did what anybody
else would do,
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and I contacted the
Meals on Wheels program.
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Unbeknownst to me, the
woman who founded it,
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Sister Alice Marie Quinn,
happens to be kind of
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a celebrity amongst celebrities
here in Los Angeles.
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And fortunately enough,
she agreed to meet with me,
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and to talk with me
about this project.
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She showed me
around the facility,
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and let me know what it
took to feed thousands
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upon thousands of
people on a daily basis.
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Needless to say,
I was blown away.
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But, by the end of
our conversation,
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I felt so much better about
knowing where to begin.
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And then she said, I think
there's someone you should meet.
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You need to go talk with Carla.
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And that's exactly what I did.
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- My name is Carla Laemmle.
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I'm 101.
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I was a professional dancer.
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Carl Laemmle was my uncle.
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He founded Universal Studios.
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We lived right on the lot.
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It was wonderful, I loved it.
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I was brought up and
trained as a dancer,
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but somehow, acting came
kind of natural to me.
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I liked it.
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I liked acting.
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The first movie I was in
was Phantom of the Opera.
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I believe I was 14 years old.
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(dramatic music)
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- [Seth] Do you remember
your line from Dracula?
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- I hope so.
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(laughs)
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Among the rugged peaks that
frown down upon the Borgo Pass
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are found crumbling
castles of a bygone age.
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(laughs)
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It was about 30 years ago
that I became very ill,
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and they diagnosed it as TB.
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And I was unable to go out
and do anything on my own.
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And I have to have meals
delivered some way.
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And I learned about this
company that brought food
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to the house, and that
was how it all started
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that I was able to live at home.
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For me, it's the only
way I wanna live.
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- [Seth] How
important is that meal
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that gets delivered
to you everyday?
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- It's very, very important.
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I couldn't do without it.
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Absolutely.
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It's my life.
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"Dear Ms. Laemmle, hello.
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"My name is Adam Barnette
and I'm a big fan
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"and admirer of yours.
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"You're my favorite actress.
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"I would love if you
would please sign
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"the two enclosed photos for
me, and for my brother CJ.
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"We'd appreciate it
and always treasure it.
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"Bye."
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- One of the challenges
about aging is, in fact,
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making sure that you
are properly nourished
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when you do get older, so
that we can remain healthy,
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we can remain in our own homes.
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I don't know anybody in my
lifetime who's ever said,
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"I can't wait to get old so
I can be in a nursing home."
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- We're concerned about
the older person's safety,
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and their level of care.
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But sometimes we forget
about their quality of life.
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And by placing them in an
assisted living facility,
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or looking at some
type of nursing care,
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we're restricting their
ability, their autonomy.
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- [Seth] Where do you think
you would be physically,
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if you didn't have a meal
delivered to you everyday?
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- Well, I certainly
wouldn't be at home.
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I would be in some institution
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or a hospital of some kind,
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where I wouldn't be
living my own life.
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It makes life something
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that I can look
forward to every day.
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It gives meaning to my life.
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I feel that life has
still a lot to offer me.
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- [Seth] Meeting Carla
was a great experience,
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but I knew if I was
gonna give any legitimacy
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to this documentary, it meant
that I had to get out of LA.
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In doing my research, I
learned about this guy
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who runs a food bank and
delivers meals during the day,
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but at night is a headbanging,
heavy metal drummer.
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I mean, this could not be
any more of a departure
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from Sister Alice Marie Quinn
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than if I had
scripted it myself.
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So I knew I had to get
up to Marin County,
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because this could
be interesting.
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(heavy metal music)
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Do you think it's important
for people to be able to stay
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in their homes, versus, say,
going to like a nursing home?
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- I think so.
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Some people, their entire
existence is what went on inside
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that household, as their
families grew up and grew out.
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Some of the people we serve
have been in their houses
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since they first got married.
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They still have the
markings of the doorframes
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where their kids were
six and seven years old,
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and then 14 years old,
and then you see some
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of their grandkids
listed there as well.
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It's a measurement of
success for their own life
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that they get to stay there,
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because this is what they
worked for their entire life,
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that's what they paid
for their entire life.
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And don't tell them that they
don't belong in their own homes.
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- There have been a number
of studies that have looked
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at older adults that have moved
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into assisted living facilities,
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senior nursing homes,
and once the move is made
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and they move out of their
own home, and they are now
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kind of separated
from their community,
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from their neighborhood,
from their neighbors,
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from the familiarity
of their surroundings,
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their health usually declines
very rapidly, very quickly.
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- If we look at the aging
population, Marin County
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right now, we're over 20%
that are 60 years or older.
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That number is gonna
continue to rise,
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and it's not going
down anytime soon.
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People are living longer.
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Now people are living to be 95.
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We have people that are 100
years old that we're serving.
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Marin County, it's
very affluent,
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and it's known for its wealth.
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And I was coming to an area
where people were about
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to lose their home-delivered
meals services,
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which meant that these
same people that lived
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in this affluent area
would start going hungry.
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It had nothing to do with
the person that lived
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in the three million dollar
home compared to the person
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that lived in Section 8 housing.
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It had to do with the
fact that this person
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can't walk up and down
stairs to get their own mail.
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They don't have a
driver's license.
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How can you expect that person
to go to a grocery store
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and bring home a
sack of groceries?
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- Our country has
not necessarily
looked at the seniors
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in a graceful way,
but I think we have,
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we all hold some kind of
responsibility for saying
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that senior today
is very different
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than one 30, 40 years
ago in this country.
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It really is unbelievable that
a country as rich as ours,
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that we even have anybody
hungry in this country.
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(knocking on door)
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- [Victor] Mr. Graves.
- [Mr. Graves] Hi, how are you?
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- [Victor] I'm doing well,
how are you doing today?
- Well, I'm pretty good.
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Do you wanna come in, please?
- [Victor] Sure, sure.
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How's everything going for you?
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- Well, I just got
home from the hospital,
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so I was over there
for a day or two.
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The reason I thought someone
was knocking at the door,
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I had one of the people
who delivers food to me,
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and he's due here about now.
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But he'll knock,
because he's due here.
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- Everything that I do, as
long as I've ever done it,
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the people that I work
with are very close to me
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and very dear to me.
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You got some milk that's
expiring today, Don.
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I'm gonna take it
out of here for you.
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- What's that?
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- [Victor] You've got some
milk that's expiring today,
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so I'm gonna take
it out for you.
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- Okay, don't take too much,
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because I don't have
anything to replace it.
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- [Victor] You've
got six in there.
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I just put two more in there.
247
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So you've got six
in there right now.
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- Fine, fine, fine.
249
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- [Victor] I'll try
to bring us some more.
250
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- I watch that very
closely, I must tell you.
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- Definitely, from the
beginning, from day one,
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since I got here, it's
been more than just a job.
253
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It's been something
that I'm supposed to do.
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- Come on in.
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Let me let you sit down here,
because it's rude for you
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to come here and not
have any place to sit.
257
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- [Victor] Oh, that's okay.
258
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I just think we're
appreciative that you
259
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let us come in here today.
260
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- Why, sure, of course.
261
00:15:08,808 --> 00:15:12,045
- There's a lot of people
in America that are hungry.
262
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If we can feed them
all, we should.
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I believe we can.
264
00:15:16,449 --> 00:15:19,486
- I used to have a memory
like you can't believe it.
265
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I'm now 81, and I
notice a big difference.
266
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- Being that you're
81, and Meals on Wheels
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delivers food to you everyday,
268
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and it's something that
helps you keep going.
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- Yes, when they told me
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that I was going to
get Meals on Wheels,
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I said, I'll see how that works.
272
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And it's been working.
273
00:15:41,108 --> 00:15:43,910
And when I become
short of something,
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00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:47,714
I tell them about it,
and it seems to get done.
275
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- We get our funding through
a grant, partial grant,
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that comes through the
Older Americans Act.
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And we base that to be
about 63 to 65% of what
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our expectant cost is going
to be for each meal served.
279
00:16:00,827 --> 00:16:02,762
In there, there's still the gap.
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There's still, you know,
35 to 40% that we need
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to figure out how to cover,
so we ask for a contribution
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from all the recipients
for each meal we serve.
283
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If they can help us out, great.
284
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It really does mean a lot.
285
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Most of them can't
contribute though.
286
00:16:18,145 --> 00:16:20,613
We have fundraisers
that we put on.
287
00:16:20,647 --> 00:16:22,249
We try to bring in
additional money that way.
288
00:16:22,282 --> 00:16:25,052
We plead for outside
donation support.
289
00:16:25,085 --> 00:16:27,120
And we apply for
additional grants.
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00:16:27,154 --> 00:16:29,189
- There are 5,000 Meals
on Wheels programs
291
00:16:29,222 --> 00:16:30,623
in the United States.
292
00:16:30,657 --> 00:16:32,725
You can't feed
people with no money.
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00:16:32,759 --> 00:16:35,428
So we have to raise
all this money to feed
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the six million seniors
who are going hungry.
295
00:16:38,231 --> 00:16:41,901
We think of ourselves as the
voice for hungry seniors.
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They have nobody else
to talk for them.
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00:16:45,138 --> 00:16:48,841
We go to Capital Hill, and we
try to get the message across
298
00:16:48,875 --> 00:16:51,478
that there are Americans
in this country
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who are 60 years
of age and older,
300
00:16:53,413 --> 00:16:56,949
who are going hungry, in this,
the richest nation on Earth.
301
00:16:56,983 --> 00:16:59,919
- This one program helps them
stay alive and independent.
302
00:16:59,952 --> 00:17:01,854
And it costs a heck of
a lot less to keep them
303
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in their home with a once
a day delivery of food,
304
00:17:04,757 --> 00:17:07,560
than it does to put them into
a skilled nursing facility.
305
00:17:07,594 --> 00:17:09,329
And that's the
part that kills me.
306
00:17:09,362 --> 00:17:10,497
- [Seth] Thank you very much.
307
00:17:10,530 --> 00:17:12,165
- Okay, all right.
- [Victor] Thank you.
308
00:17:12,199 --> 00:17:13,333
Great to see you again.
309
00:17:13,366 --> 00:17:14,634
- And I appreciate
everything you've done.
310
00:17:14,667 --> 00:17:15,668
- Thank you.
311
00:17:23,476 --> 00:17:25,078
(bleeping)
312
00:17:25,112 --> 00:17:26,646
Patricia, hi, good afternoon.
313
00:17:26,679 --> 00:17:28,781
It's Victor with
Marin Meals on Wheels.
314
00:17:28,815 --> 00:17:30,217
It's about 3:40 right now.
315
00:17:30,250 --> 00:17:31,451
I wanted to give you a call,
316
00:17:31,484 --> 00:17:32,619
let you know I'm trying
to deliver your meals,
317
00:17:32,652 --> 00:17:34,654
but there's no
answer at the door.
318
00:17:34,687 --> 00:17:36,456
And same thing
happened on Tuesday.
319
00:17:36,489 --> 00:17:37,890
Would you please
give us a call back,
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00:17:37,924 --> 00:17:38,991
let us know you're okay?
321
00:17:39,025 --> 00:17:40,527
It's 415-507-4300.
322
00:17:42,562 --> 00:17:44,697
And when you give us a call
back, please also let us know
323
00:17:44,731 --> 00:17:47,534
when we can reschedule
your meal delivery for.
324
00:17:47,567 --> 00:17:50,570
Thank you, again,
it's 415-507-4300.
325
00:17:53,005 --> 00:17:54,507
You know, we'll
leave that message.
326
00:17:54,541 --> 00:17:57,444
I train all my drivers to
leave a message like that,
327
00:17:57,477 --> 00:17:59,712
or one that's at least similar.
328
00:17:59,746 --> 00:18:01,481
And usually we'll go
back later on the day,
329
00:18:01,514 --> 00:18:03,283
on our way back
towards the office.
330
00:18:03,316 --> 00:18:04,751
Swing by if we hear from them.
331
00:18:04,784 --> 00:18:07,454
If not, then we'll bring
them an extra meal tomorrow
332
00:18:07,487 --> 00:18:09,756
or something like that.
333
00:18:09,789 --> 00:18:13,460
But, every once in a while, the
person simply is not around.
334
00:18:13,493 --> 00:18:16,563
About once a month or
so, it's not unusual
335
00:18:16,596 --> 00:18:19,332
for us to have to call 9-1-1,
336
00:18:19,366 --> 00:18:22,669
and get somebody to come out
for rescue emergency purposes.
337
00:18:22,702 --> 00:18:25,138
It's all not uncommon for us
to call sheriff's department,
338
00:18:25,172 --> 00:18:28,175
and ask them to provide a
wellness check of their own,
339
00:18:28,208 --> 00:18:30,042
which they'll break
down a door to do so,
340
00:18:30,076 --> 00:18:31,644
if they're concerned themselves.
341
00:18:31,678 --> 00:18:33,913
- Several generations
ago, we were born, raised,
342
00:18:33,946 --> 00:18:36,048
and we lived in that same
community with our parents,
343
00:18:36,082 --> 00:18:37,917
grandparents, and
we never moved.
344
00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:41,053
But now, with having fewer
children or no children,
345
00:18:41,087 --> 00:18:44,056
and moving away, you know,
we're getting a society
346
00:18:44,090 --> 00:18:46,926
that becomes
disjointed and alone.
347
00:18:48,495 --> 00:18:50,663
But then whose
responsibility is it then
348
00:18:50,697 --> 00:18:53,600
to look after older adults
that may be getting hungry,
349
00:18:53,633 --> 00:18:55,202
that may need medical attention,
350
00:18:55,235 --> 00:18:57,337
that may need transportation?
351
00:18:57,370 --> 00:18:59,472
- Right here, actually.
352
00:18:59,506 --> 00:19:01,040
I think it's his
ex-wife that called in.
353
00:19:01,073 --> 00:19:03,042
This guy was, I guess
eating junk food.
354
00:19:03,075 --> 00:19:05,945
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
355
00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:07,814
- Alrighty, thank you.
356
00:19:09,115 --> 00:19:10,917
There's no way I can work now.
357
00:19:10,950 --> 00:19:15,121
You know, I've tried, and
I can't walk only so far.
358
00:19:17,224 --> 00:19:20,493
As far as being older
and looking back,
359
00:19:22,495 --> 00:19:25,432
there's a lot of things I
could've done differently.
360
00:19:25,465 --> 00:19:28,134
But, it is something
that you just say,
361
00:19:28,167 --> 00:19:29,336
"Well, it never will happen."
362
00:19:29,369 --> 00:19:30,870
And then it will.
363
00:19:30,903 --> 00:19:32,939
- While we're trying to do
the job of feeding people,
364
00:19:32,972 --> 00:19:36,108
while we're trying to get out
the door and make sure that
365
00:19:36,142 --> 00:19:38,978
meals are delivered, trying
to make sure that these people
366
00:19:39,011 --> 00:19:42,449
are still alive, trying to
make sure that they're okay,
367
00:19:42,482 --> 00:19:44,951
we have these other people
that come along and say,
368
00:19:44,984 --> 00:19:46,919
"Tell me, what was the
temperature of your pork
369
00:19:46,953 --> 00:19:49,722
"that you served last
week on Wednesday?"
370
00:19:49,756 --> 00:19:53,626
We can do so much when we
don't have to do all this crap,
371
00:19:53,660 --> 00:19:55,862
this binder-full
of shit like this.
372
00:19:55,895 --> 00:19:58,465
That's what gets in my way
of getting my job done.
373
00:19:58,498 --> 00:20:01,268
And it all just gets compiled
into a quarterly report
374
00:20:01,301 --> 00:20:04,771
that's about that thick, based
on several different sheets
375
00:20:04,804 --> 00:20:07,073
of information, to which I
have one person that comes
376
00:20:07,106 --> 00:20:09,376
in the office, thumbs through
it for about 10 minutes,
377
00:20:09,409 --> 00:20:11,511
and goes "Okay."
378
00:20:11,544 --> 00:20:13,045
And then hands it back to me.
379
00:20:13,079 --> 00:20:14,814
You mean to tell me that I
just spent countless hours
380
00:20:14,847 --> 00:20:17,216
to put all that crap
together, so that you can look
381
00:20:17,250 --> 00:20:18,951
through it in 10
minutes, then just say,
382
00:20:18,985 --> 00:20:20,487
"Okay, it's all there."
383
00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:23,890
I think removing some of
the pieces out of the puzzle
384
00:20:23,923 --> 00:20:26,693
will help it streamline
the whole system.
385
00:20:26,726 --> 00:20:28,961
Let the money flow more
freely towards the people
386
00:20:28,995 --> 00:20:30,730
that are actually
providing those services.
387
00:20:30,763 --> 00:20:32,765
Don't have people
stand in the way,
388
00:20:32,799 --> 00:20:34,767
take money out of the
stream for themselves,
389
00:20:34,801 --> 00:20:36,503
and then come back
to me and say,
390
00:20:36,536 --> 00:20:38,838
"Would you please provide
me with some more details
391
00:20:38,871 --> 00:20:41,173
about what it is that you do?"
392
00:20:41,207 --> 00:20:42,442
You wanna know what
it is that I do?
393
00:20:42,475 --> 00:20:43,976
Come out here and help
me serve the meals.
394
00:20:44,010 --> 00:20:46,379
- We ask congressmen,
we ask congresswomen,
395
00:20:46,413 --> 00:20:48,815
we ask senators,
go deliver a meal.
396
00:20:48,848 --> 00:20:50,317
Go see what it's like.
397
00:20:50,350 --> 00:20:53,753
Not as a photo op, don't
do it for a pretty picture.
398
00:20:53,786 --> 00:20:55,054
Go see what it's like.
399
00:20:55,087 --> 00:20:58,558
Go walk into the home of
one of your constituents
400
00:20:58,591 --> 00:20:59,792
who is in need.
401
00:20:59,826 --> 00:21:01,093
Go see what it's like.
402
00:21:01,127 --> 00:21:02,762
- And that's just what we did.
403
00:21:02,795 --> 00:21:04,230
We spent our second
day with Victor
404
00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:07,767
driving all over Marin County
delivering over 65 meals.
405
00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,537
And about two hours in, I
noticed that a job like this
406
00:21:10,570 --> 00:21:12,705
requires a very special person,
407
00:21:12,739 --> 00:21:14,474
because it just seemed
to be the same thing,
408
00:21:14,507 --> 00:21:17,477
over and over and over
and over and over...
409
00:21:17,510 --> 00:21:20,913
(intense mechanic music)
410
00:21:29,121 --> 00:21:32,325
So what keeps you
from burning out here?
411
00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:34,827
- Same thing that makes me show
up to work on time everyday.
412
00:21:34,861 --> 00:21:36,663
If I don't come here,
somebody goes hungry.
413
00:21:36,696 --> 00:21:39,632
(soft piano music)
414
00:21:41,468 --> 00:21:43,069
- [Seth] But what
happened next proved to be
415
00:21:43,102 --> 00:21:45,805
the biggest turning point
of this entire production,
416
00:21:45,838 --> 00:21:48,608
because I met someone, who
not only changed my view
417
00:21:48,641 --> 00:21:52,011
on senior hunger, but
would become my inspiration
418
00:21:52,044 --> 00:21:54,547
for the remainder of the film.
419
00:21:56,115 --> 00:21:57,517
(laughing)
420
00:21:57,550 --> 00:21:58,851
- No strippers
are signed up yet,
421
00:21:58,885 --> 00:22:00,720
but, hey, man, do you
wanna be in a movie?
422
00:22:00,753 --> 00:22:02,489
- [Paul] Hell yeah!
- Hell yeah, he says.
423
00:22:02,522 --> 00:22:05,157
Come on, let's go talk to Paul.
424
00:22:05,191 --> 00:22:07,093
- Seth, are you gonna
take all day with this?
425
00:22:07,126 --> 00:22:08,828
You know it's
almost two o'clock.
426
00:22:08,861 --> 00:22:10,162
- [Seth] I know.
427
00:22:10,196 --> 00:22:13,332
So, Paul, you've
had Victor coming by
428
00:22:13,366 --> 00:22:14,934
and bringing you
food for a while now.
429
00:22:14,967 --> 00:22:17,103
- [Paul] He's a pain in the ass.
430
00:22:17,136 --> 00:22:19,005
- [Seth] How long has he
been bringing food to you?
431
00:22:19,038 --> 00:22:20,072
- A long, long time.
432
00:22:20,106 --> 00:22:21,307
- [Seth] Yeah?
433
00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:22,809
- Damn!
434
00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:25,111
Victor does it because he
has heart for this job.
435
00:22:25,144 --> 00:22:27,614
I kid around, I do
a lot of things now,
436
00:22:27,647 --> 00:22:31,818
but really down deep, he's
one of a kind for this job.
437
00:22:32,819 --> 00:22:35,154
I don't BS about this stuff.
438
00:22:36,322 --> 00:22:38,425
His organization
means a great deal
439
00:22:38,458 --> 00:22:41,461
to a lot of people,
not only for me.
440
00:22:43,696 --> 00:22:47,467
- I don't do this
because it's something
441
00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:49,035
that improves my health.
442
00:22:49,068 --> 00:22:52,304
I don't do this
because it's glamorous.
443
00:22:59,111 --> 00:23:03,215
I do this because I really feel
we need to help each other.
444
00:23:04,551 --> 00:23:07,754
If there's one thing
I want people to know,
445
00:23:07,787 --> 00:23:09,856
it's that the challenges
I see everyday
446
00:23:09,889 --> 00:23:13,092
will some day
catch up with them.
447
00:23:13,125 --> 00:23:15,995
They're not expecting it.
448
00:23:16,028 --> 00:23:18,698
But something is going
to affect their lives,
449
00:23:18,731 --> 00:23:21,300
it's gonna change
their own existence.
450
00:23:21,333 --> 00:23:23,135
- [Seth] Did you ever
think when you were younger
451
00:23:23,169 --> 00:23:24,303
that you would be
in this position?
452
00:23:24,336 --> 00:23:25,337
- No.
453
00:23:27,106 --> 00:23:28,575
Thanks.
454
00:23:28,608 --> 00:23:29,776
- [Seth] You seem like you
got a great disposition.
455
00:23:29,809 --> 00:23:31,844
(laughs)
- Not always.
456
00:23:31,878 --> 00:23:33,145
I'm a pain in the
neck sometimes.
457
00:23:33,179 --> 00:23:35,081
Ask Victor, he'll tell you.
458
00:23:35,114 --> 00:23:39,586
I have a disease called Von
Recklinghausen's disease.
459
00:23:39,619 --> 00:23:42,555
Plus cancer and
plus fibromyositis,
460
00:23:43,990 --> 00:23:47,994
which takes your muscle
and makes it into fiber.
461
00:23:49,228 --> 00:23:50,396
I can't stand.
462
00:23:51,564 --> 00:23:53,500
My legs just stick out.
463
00:23:56,769 --> 00:23:58,771
Pain, I'm constantly in.
464
00:24:00,540 --> 00:24:04,410
If it wasn't for Victor
and his supply of food,
465
00:24:05,678 --> 00:24:09,649
would put quite a
bit of burden on me.
466
00:24:09,682 --> 00:24:14,286
If you look behind you,
you'll see Feed the Children.
467
00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:16,789
I'm not a rich man, but
every couple of months,
468
00:24:16,823 --> 00:24:18,491
I can send them $10.
469
00:24:19,659 --> 00:24:22,261
It's not a hell of a
lot, but it can feed,
470
00:24:22,294 --> 00:24:25,798
what is it, 60 pounds
of food to a family.
471
00:24:27,199 --> 00:24:29,602
Everybody deserves to be helped.
472
00:24:29,636 --> 00:24:32,572
Maybe I don't have enough
to help every month,
473
00:24:32,605 --> 00:24:37,076
but whenever I can, I
don't mind helping them.
474
00:24:37,109 --> 00:24:41,280
I lived a pretty good life,
so I have no complaints.
475
00:24:42,314 --> 00:24:43,315
Nothing.
476
00:24:44,551 --> 00:24:49,221
- I don't know how to feel
about what I just saw.
477
00:24:49,255 --> 00:24:52,124
I mean, here's a guy who...
478
00:24:52,158 --> 00:24:53,459
(sighs)
479
00:24:53,492 --> 00:24:56,629
Has had all kind of
affliction in his life.
480
00:24:56,663 --> 00:24:59,599
And pain, and hurts
for everything.
481
00:25:04,671 --> 00:25:07,674
He gives money to
Feed the Children.
482
00:25:11,210 --> 00:25:13,145
It makes you think about
a lot of things, man,
483
00:25:13,179 --> 00:25:15,682
when you meet a guy like Paul.
484
00:25:17,249 --> 00:25:20,587
We just don't do
enough in this country.
485
00:25:22,789 --> 00:25:25,357
- How many people go to a
restaurant and blow 12 bucks
486
00:25:25,391 --> 00:25:27,526
on a stupid fucking
glass of wine?
487
00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:29,261
And don't even think about--
488
00:25:29,295 --> 00:25:30,496
- I do.
489
00:25:30,529 --> 00:25:31,864
- And don't even think
about getting the glass
490
00:25:31,898 --> 00:25:33,265
that's five bucks and
sending the seven bucks
491
00:25:33,299 --> 00:25:34,533
to someone else
that really needs it
492
00:25:34,567 --> 00:25:38,070
so they can even eat
dinner that night.
493
00:25:38,104 --> 00:25:39,238
- I don't.
494
00:25:39,271 --> 00:25:40,573
I mean, prior to making
this documentary,
495
00:25:40,607 --> 00:25:42,541
I never thought about
anything like that.
496
00:25:42,575 --> 00:25:45,077
I never realized how frivolous
497
00:25:48,147 --> 00:25:49,348
the spending on
something like that,
498
00:25:49,381 --> 00:25:52,218
like just a glass of
wine or an appetizer.
499
00:25:52,251 --> 00:25:54,654
You get rid of that appetizer,
and there's money right there
500
00:25:54,687 --> 00:25:56,455
that you've used
to feed somebody.
501
00:25:56,488 --> 00:25:57,990
- Yeah, did you really need it?
502
00:25:58,024 --> 00:26:02,128
No, not as much as some
of these other people did.
503
00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:11,604
(hoofbeats)
504
00:26:11,638 --> 00:26:14,306
(country music)
505
00:26:16,275 --> 00:26:18,477
- [Seth] While I was in Marin
County, I started thinking,
506
00:26:18,510 --> 00:26:20,512
if this is happening in one
of the wealthiest places
507
00:26:20,546 --> 00:26:22,815
in America, what's
happening in the poorest?
508
00:26:22,849 --> 00:26:25,184
Because if I'm seeing the same
thing in the poorest place
509
00:26:25,217 --> 00:26:27,754
in America as what I just
saw in one of the wealthiest,
510
00:26:27,787 --> 00:26:29,421
then we may have a
much bigger problem
511
00:26:29,455 --> 00:26:32,091
on our hands than I
initially thought.
512
00:26:32,124 --> 00:26:33,926
- My name is Cleda Turner,
513
00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,864
and I'm the director of
Owsley County Outreach.
514
00:26:40,132 --> 00:26:41,801
The Owsley County Outreach
515
00:26:41,834 --> 00:26:45,171
is basically a food
backpack program.
516
00:26:45,204 --> 00:26:47,907
And we feed children
on the weekend.
517
00:26:47,940 --> 00:26:50,943
We send easily-prepared meals
home in their food backpack,
518
00:26:50,977 --> 00:26:55,414
and then we also do the food
bags for the senior citizens,
519
00:26:55,447 --> 00:26:58,117
here in Owsley County that
we know that has a need,
520
00:26:58,150 --> 00:27:00,687
and we try to help supply that.
521
00:27:07,493 --> 00:27:10,863
A big population of
Owsley is senior citizens,
522
00:27:10,897 --> 00:27:12,765
the majority of it is.
523
00:27:12,799 --> 00:27:16,669
And there is definitely a
really need for those people.
524
00:27:16,703 --> 00:27:18,137
- [Seth] As far as feeding them?
525
00:27:18,170 --> 00:27:20,740
- Yeah, feeding them, and
other assistance also.
526
00:27:20,773 --> 00:27:24,410
There is a commodity program
here in Owsley County
527
00:27:24,443 --> 00:27:27,680
that the Lacefields, Susan
and Jerry Lacefield do,
528
00:27:27,714 --> 00:27:30,883
and they give out commodities
and stuff to seniors,
529
00:27:30,917 --> 00:27:34,020
but the money only
covers 98 seniors.
530
00:27:35,988 --> 00:27:38,390
And then the other
seniors are just left.
531
00:27:38,424 --> 00:27:40,059
There's nobody helping them.
532
00:27:40,092 --> 00:27:42,561
So when we were called by
the Senior Citizens Center,
533
00:27:42,594 --> 00:27:45,932
if we could pick up
some of these people,
534
00:27:45,965 --> 00:27:48,400
that's when we reached
out and started.
535
00:27:48,434 --> 00:27:52,705
And that branched
out, to finding out
there were shut-in's,
536
00:27:52,739 --> 00:27:55,274
who couldn't get out
and get extra food.
537
00:27:55,307 --> 00:27:58,778
So that's when we started
doing the in-home,
538
00:27:58,811 --> 00:28:00,546
taking and delivering to them,
539
00:28:00,579 --> 00:28:01,848
and just spending
time with them.
540
00:28:01,881 --> 00:28:04,216
Well, we brought you
some fresh pork chops,
541
00:28:04,250 --> 00:28:07,653
and some green beans,
I mean some soup beans,
542
00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:10,389
and some fruit and stuff today.
543
00:28:10,422 --> 00:28:11,924
- Some soup beans.
544
00:28:13,259 --> 00:28:16,929
- And some pork chops,
and some fruit, okay?
545
00:28:20,099 --> 00:28:23,102
- No, my baby, it's not cooked.
546
00:28:23,135 --> 00:28:25,872
- Yeah, I thought you might
wanna cook them beans.
547
00:28:25,905 --> 00:28:27,940
- [Seth] So what's
your name again?
548
00:28:27,974 --> 00:28:31,343
- Frank Couch, C-O-U-C-H.
549
00:28:31,377 --> 00:28:32,845
- [Seth] Yeah.
550
00:28:32,879 --> 00:28:36,648
Frank, you've lived here in
Booneville all your life?
551
00:28:42,922 --> 00:28:45,591
Yeah, how'd you lose your hands?
552
00:28:49,095 --> 00:28:50,396
How long ago was that?
553
00:28:50,429 --> 00:28:51,764
- 1985.
554
00:28:51,798 --> 00:28:52,799
- 1985, wow!
555
00:28:55,968 --> 00:28:58,370
And now you're in a position
where it's nice to have
556
00:28:58,404 --> 00:29:02,508
somebody like Cleda come by
and bring some food for you?
557
00:29:05,211 --> 00:29:06,212
She is a good person.
558
00:29:06,245 --> 00:29:07,246
- Yeah.
559
00:29:10,682 --> 00:29:14,586
- There is a drug problem
here in Owsley County,
560
00:29:14,620 --> 00:29:18,024
and it is to do mostly
with prescription drugs.
561
00:29:18,057 --> 00:29:20,492
And the parents are addicted.
562
00:29:22,628 --> 00:29:26,132
A lot of these kids also
live with grandparents,
563
00:29:26,165 --> 00:29:30,402
because parents are
either dead or in jail.
564
00:29:30,436 --> 00:29:33,672
They are living on
$674 a month income,
565
00:29:35,774 --> 00:29:39,545
and they're raising these two
or three extra grandchildren,
566
00:29:39,578 --> 00:29:41,213
and they're trying to feed them.
567
00:29:41,247 --> 00:29:42,448
And you've heard the expression
568
00:29:42,481 --> 00:29:43,782
"Hanging by the tips
of your fingernails?"
569
00:29:43,816 --> 00:29:45,017
- [Seth] Yeah.
570
00:29:45,051 --> 00:29:46,485
- That's what these
seniors are doing,
571
00:29:46,518 --> 00:29:50,022
they're hanging by the
tips of their fingernails.
572
00:29:52,191 --> 00:29:53,659
- [Seth] Hi there, young lady.
573
00:29:53,692 --> 00:29:55,727
- [Woman] How are you?
- [Seth] How are you?
574
00:29:55,761 --> 00:29:57,063
- [Woman] All
right, how are you?
575
00:29:57,096 --> 00:29:59,131
- [Seth] Doing well,
good to see you.
576
00:29:59,165 --> 00:30:01,100
- [Cleda] I come back
to check on you again.
577
00:30:01,133 --> 00:30:02,801
- I'm a little
better than I was.
578
00:30:02,835 --> 00:30:05,304
- Oh, good, that
makes me feel better.
579
00:30:05,337 --> 00:30:08,407
The most important part
of the job is to spend
580
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,042
that little time with the people
581
00:30:10,076 --> 00:30:13,212
and let them know that you
care, that you're there,
582
00:30:13,245 --> 00:30:14,847
and that they can sit and talk,
583
00:30:14,881 --> 00:30:16,648
and visit with them
for a little bit.
584
00:30:16,682 --> 00:30:18,217
- Is it hard to,
with what you've got,
585
00:30:18,250 --> 00:30:19,551
the money that
you've got coming in,
586
00:30:19,585 --> 00:30:21,420
to be able to afford
food all the time here?
587
00:30:21,453 --> 00:30:23,522
- Yes, it sure is.
588
00:30:23,555 --> 00:30:27,126
Because once you pay your
bills, you ain't got nothing.
589
00:30:27,159 --> 00:30:29,295
- [Seth] I would assume,
though, you're paying rent?
590
00:30:29,328 --> 00:30:34,000
- I pay rent, I've got a
water bill, an electric bill.
591
00:30:34,033 --> 00:30:35,935
Can't afford insurance.
592
00:30:38,137 --> 00:30:39,872
Of course, it'd be a
good thing if I could,
593
00:30:39,906 --> 00:30:41,840
but, you know, I can't.
594
00:30:43,275 --> 00:30:45,277
- [Seth] Can you imagine
what your life would be like
595
00:30:45,311 --> 00:30:47,379
if it wasn't for the
help of the stuff
596
00:30:47,413 --> 00:30:48,680
that you're getting from Cleda,
597
00:30:48,714 --> 00:30:49,916
and the stuff you're
getting from Susie?
598
00:30:49,949 --> 00:30:52,018
- I don't want to imagine,
599
00:30:52,051 --> 00:30:54,887
because I know I
couldn't make it.
600
00:30:56,522 --> 00:30:58,090
I mean, I'm just
plain, you know.
601
00:30:58,124 --> 00:30:59,458
- That's a fact.
602
00:31:00,626 --> 00:31:02,628
- I don't know what
people's going to do,
603
00:31:02,661 --> 00:31:04,763
times is getting so hard.
604
00:31:07,466 --> 00:31:09,168
- Of the four grandchildren
that you're raising right now,
605
00:31:09,201 --> 00:31:11,503
are their parents around?
606
00:31:11,537 --> 00:31:14,073
- [Woman] Somewhere.
- [Seth] Somewhere?
607
00:31:14,106 --> 00:31:15,141
- But I don't know, they belong
608
00:31:15,174 --> 00:31:16,775
to my daughter, so I don't know.
609
00:31:16,808 --> 00:31:18,844
Well, one of them
belongs to Jamie.
610
00:31:18,877 --> 00:31:20,646
- So you got three
of them here now?
611
00:31:20,679 --> 00:31:22,248
- Now, but she's here too.
612
00:31:22,281 --> 00:31:24,383
- Yeah, but I mean, the
three of them right now.
613
00:31:24,416 --> 00:31:27,486
- Yeah.
- It's gotta be tough, right?
614
00:31:27,519 --> 00:31:29,855
To raise three
additional mouths,
615
00:31:29,888 --> 00:31:33,892
with what you're feeding
and what you're making?
616
00:31:33,926 --> 00:31:34,994
- Sure it is.
617
00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:39,898
(rain hitting the ground)
618
00:31:40,967 --> 00:31:42,168
- There's a lot of grandparents
619
00:31:42,201 --> 00:31:43,702
that are raising
their grandchildren.
620
00:31:43,735 --> 00:31:46,905
And so there, again, that goes
into their limited resources
621
00:31:46,939 --> 00:31:49,408
that they have for food.
622
00:31:49,441 --> 00:31:52,544
So, I mean, I'm sure
money is very, very tight,
623
00:31:52,578 --> 00:31:54,213
for many, many
families for food.
624
00:31:54,246 --> 00:31:55,581
(knocking on door)
625
00:31:55,614 --> 00:31:57,616
- [Seth] And you've
got your grandchildren
living with you now?
626
00:31:57,649 --> 00:31:59,118
- I did have five of them.
627
00:31:59,151 --> 00:32:00,519
They just moved out.
628
00:32:00,552 --> 00:32:02,354
- [Seth] Okay, but
you still have one.
629
00:32:02,388 --> 00:32:03,589
- Uh-huh.
630
00:32:03,622 --> 00:32:06,358
Well, that's a grandson
and a great-grandson.
631
00:32:06,392 --> 00:32:08,027
- [Seth] Oh, you
have a grandson?
632
00:32:08,060 --> 00:32:11,763
Is it hard sometimes to
feed all the mouths in here?
633
00:32:11,797 --> 00:32:13,799
- It was, it really was.
634
00:32:14,967 --> 00:32:16,969
There was 12 of us here.
635
00:32:17,936 --> 00:32:20,039
And it was, yeah.
636
00:32:20,072 --> 00:32:22,208
We did a lot of cooking, though.
637
00:32:22,241 --> 00:32:24,643
Wasn't much snacks,
it was cooking.
638
00:32:24,676 --> 00:32:26,045
- When the kids come
to school every day,
639
00:32:26,078 --> 00:32:27,746
they get breakfast and
lunch at school, so then
640
00:32:27,779 --> 00:32:30,282
the grandparents would just
have to feed them at night.
641
00:32:30,316 --> 00:32:33,319
Obviously then having to
feed them three meals a day,
642
00:32:33,352 --> 00:32:37,023
when they're out of school
or during bad weather days,
643
00:32:37,056 --> 00:32:39,391
I'm sure, has been very,
very hard on these families.
644
00:32:39,425 --> 00:32:41,093
- [Seth] You know, one
guy said if I told you
645
00:32:41,127 --> 00:32:42,661
that six million seniors
go hungry every day,
646
00:32:42,694 --> 00:32:43,929
one of his responses was,
647
00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:47,799
"Well, you know, I guess
that's their choice."
648
00:32:47,833 --> 00:32:50,302
What would your response
be to that person who said,
649
00:32:50,336 --> 00:32:52,604
"Well, I guess that's your
choice that you didn't eat."
650
00:32:52,638 --> 00:32:54,373
- Go knock on that one door.
651
00:32:54,406 --> 00:32:56,842
You'll see that that person
doesn't have a choice.
652
00:32:56,875 --> 00:33:00,012
They're not making a choice
between eating and not eating.
653
00:33:00,046 --> 00:33:01,447
They may be making a choice
654
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,749
between eating and
paying the rent.
655
00:33:03,782 --> 00:33:05,751
They may be making a
choice between eating
656
00:33:05,784 --> 00:33:07,553
and taking their medication.
657
00:33:07,586 --> 00:33:09,855
It's not a choice.
658
00:33:09,888 --> 00:33:12,558
- Before I went blind,
I volunteered a lot.
659
00:33:12,591 --> 00:33:17,463
I worked, I volunteered
for Susie at the Food Bank
660
00:33:17,496 --> 00:33:20,232
and the senior citizen building.
661
00:33:20,266 --> 00:33:22,934
I helped at the Catholic church.
662
00:33:28,907 --> 00:33:33,345
- Which is those one crackers
that we had Saturday?
663
00:33:33,379 --> 00:33:37,183
We could use more services
of people bringing food in.
664
00:33:37,216 --> 00:33:39,685
We used to have it with
some groups that came
665
00:33:39,718 --> 00:33:42,321
to work on houses and
do the other ministries
666
00:33:42,354 --> 00:33:46,525
that they do, and would bring
us lots of food items, too.
667
00:33:48,527 --> 00:33:50,796
That's been cut down somewhat.
668
00:33:50,829 --> 00:33:55,101
But we could certainly use
more resources to get food,
669
00:33:55,134 --> 00:33:57,536
and help to get the food, too.
670
00:33:57,569 --> 00:34:00,739
It's a big job to go
160 miles round trip,
671
00:34:00,772 --> 00:34:02,941
and pack a trailer
and pack a truck,
672
00:34:02,974 --> 00:34:07,279
and, you know, we could
certainly use any resource
673
00:34:07,313 --> 00:34:09,315
that would come our way.
674
00:34:11,450 --> 00:34:14,253
There is a problem with
people having a lot of pride
675
00:34:14,286 --> 00:34:17,223
here in eastern
Kentucky, especially.
676
00:34:17,256 --> 00:34:20,659
And they don't like to
come and ask for food.
677
00:34:20,692 --> 00:34:22,128
We try to make it as pleasant
678
00:34:22,161 --> 00:34:23,462
when someone comes
to the food bank.
679
00:34:23,495 --> 00:34:24,796
We have a good time.
680
00:34:24,830 --> 00:34:27,866
We joke with people, and
we pat them on the back,
681
00:34:27,899 --> 00:34:32,070
and we hug them, and we try
to let them know that they are
682
00:34:34,606 --> 00:34:36,007
a special person.
683
00:34:45,251 --> 00:34:46,718
- Thank you, man.
684
00:34:46,752 --> 00:34:50,088
- Pride is something that
we do within ourselves,
685
00:34:50,122 --> 00:34:54,426
and sometimes we can't help
ourselves, we need help,
686
00:34:54,460 --> 00:34:57,629
and that's what a lot
of our senior citizens,
687
00:34:57,663 --> 00:34:59,465
the pride we stump out of them,
688
00:34:59,498 --> 00:35:02,601
because they don't have the
funding to buy the food,
689
00:35:02,634 --> 00:35:05,371
buy their medicine,
pay their rent,
690
00:35:05,404 --> 00:35:07,673
and pay their utility bills.
691
00:35:07,706 --> 00:35:10,142
So their food is one thing,
and they don't reach out
692
00:35:10,176 --> 00:35:12,811
and holler, I'm hungry.
693
00:35:12,844 --> 00:35:16,782
So, that's the pride, and we
want them to keep that pride.
694
00:35:16,815 --> 00:35:18,650
So when we take a
bag of food to them,
695
00:35:18,684 --> 00:35:21,052
we just talk to them, we don't
say, here's your free food.
696
00:35:21,086 --> 00:35:22,688
We don't say stuff like that.
697
00:35:22,721 --> 00:35:24,423
We say, how are you today?
698
00:35:24,456 --> 00:35:27,726
No matter how hard it is
on them, they're happy.
699
00:35:27,759 --> 00:35:28,994
They're good people,
and they make the best
700
00:35:29,027 --> 00:35:31,430
of what they've got.
701
00:35:31,463 --> 00:35:34,633
And that just makes
you wanna do more.
702
00:35:37,469 --> 00:35:39,037
Organizations are
just not giving
703
00:35:39,070 --> 00:35:41,973
any more to small programs.
704
00:35:42,007 --> 00:35:43,008
And I'm going to start crying.
705
00:35:43,041 --> 00:35:44,343
Let's stop right there.
706
00:35:44,376 --> 00:35:45,344
- [Seth] It's okay to cry.
707
00:35:45,377 --> 00:35:46,745
(Cleda laughs)
708
00:35:46,778 --> 00:35:50,482
- I guess I really am
emotional about this program,
709
00:35:50,516 --> 00:35:52,251
and about what we do.
710
00:35:55,053 --> 00:35:57,556
I just wish more people would.
711
00:35:58,424 --> 00:36:01,260
Just get out here and see it.
712
00:36:01,293 --> 00:36:03,795
It doesn't take a lot of time.
713
00:36:05,997 --> 00:36:08,033
- Well, we just left Booneville,
714
00:36:08,066 --> 00:36:09,901
and been on the road
for about an hour now.
715
00:36:09,935 --> 00:36:14,273
It's one of things, I guess
it's a little bittersweet.
716
00:36:14,306 --> 00:36:18,744
You see some great things, you
see some really sad things.
717
00:36:18,777 --> 00:36:22,548
But the people there,
friendliest, nicest,
718
00:36:22,581 --> 00:36:25,884
nonjudgmental people I've
ever met in my entire life.
719
00:36:25,917 --> 00:36:29,355
I sincerely hope I
make it back sometime.
720
00:36:34,926 --> 00:36:36,462
Once I had confirmation
that senior hunger
721
00:36:36,495 --> 00:36:39,331
is not an economic issue
but an American one,
722
00:36:39,365 --> 00:36:40,566
it was time to start looking
723
00:36:40,599 --> 00:36:42,934
into the way we
treat our seniors.
724
00:36:42,968 --> 00:36:44,202
And there's no better
state in this country
725
00:36:44,236 --> 00:36:46,004
more equipped to deal
with senior issues
726
00:36:46,037 --> 00:36:47,706
than the Sunshine State.
727
00:36:47,739 --> 00:36:50,909
So it was time to
head to Florida.
728
00:36:50,942 --> 00:36:54,513
- I think that's very
important for seniors
729
00:36:55,647 --> 00:36:57,816
to have social activities.
730
00:37:00,319 --> 00:37:02,153
- I'm very independent, so.
731
00:37:02,187 --> 00:37:03,655
Let's put it that way.
732
00:37:03,689 --> 00:37:07,759
As long as I can do my art,
I can carry my own weight,
733
00:37:07,793 --> 00:37:09,461
I wanna be that way.
734
00:37:13,198 --> 00:37:17,369
- [Woman] These here,
everybody gets one, one each.
735
00:37:21,540 --> 00:37:23,074
- [Seth] How important
is something like this,
736
00:37:23,108 --> 00:37:27,012
for the seniors to be a
part of in coming here?
737
00:37:28,213 --> 00:37:30,081
- Oh, I think it's
extremely important,
738
00:37:30,115 --> 00:37:33,251
because of what it
allows them to do.
739
00:37:33,285 --> 00:37:35,321
Attention, everyone.
740
00:37:35,354 --> 00:37:37,789
Oh my, we are so happy
you all are here today.
741
00:37:37,823 --> 00:37:40,892
It allows them to get out
of their homes each day.
742
00:37:40,926 --> 00:37:43,495
They're guaranteed a hot meal.
743
00:37:43,529 --> 00:37:46,898
Socializing, just meeting
with other people.
744
00:37:46,932 --> 00:37:50,035
Forming relationships,
friendships.
745
00:37:50,068 --> 00:37:52,838
You know, it keeps them
from being depressed.
746
00:37:52,871 --> 00:37:55,140
A lot of times when you're
sitting home as a senior,
747
00:37:55,173 --> 00:37:58,276
you tend to concentrate
too much on your illnesses
748
00:37:58,310 --> 00:38:00,211
and things of that nature.
749
00:38:00,245 --> 00:38:04,750
- The socialization is as
important as the nutrition.
750
00:38:04,783 --> 00:38:08,854
Being able to be around
people that are like you,
751
00:38:09,988 --> 00:38:11,990
have a common interest,
a common bond.
752
00:38:12,023 --> 00:38:13,158
- [Woman] Right, right!
753
00:38:13,191 --> 00:38:15,361
(seniors cheering and laughing)
754
00:38:15,394 --> 00:38:16,595
- [Seth] Very good, Jamie.
755
00:38:16,628 --> 00:38:18,630
- Wait, wait, like
this, you open.
756
00:38:18,664 --> 00:38:20,466
- Oh, well, come on now.
757
00:38:20,499 --> 00:38:21,633
(seniors laughing)
758
00:38:21,667 --> 00:38:24,736
- We're talking about
quality of life.
759
00:38:26,171 --> 00:38:27,639
(seniors laughing)
760
00:38:27,673 --> 00:38:29,775
- When you realize how many of
them are widows or widowers,
761
00:38:29,808 --> 00:38:33,379
and a lot of them live
alone, and by that, I mean,
762
00:38:33,412 --> 00:38:37,115
even though a lot of them
live with family members,
763
00:38:37,148 --> 00:38:38,950
it's family members
who have other lives.
764
00:38:38,984 --> 00:38:41,052
They go to work,
kids go to school.
765
00:38:41,086 --> 00:38:44,322
And that person, that senior
person, is sitting there alone,
766
00:38:44,356 --> 00:38:49,127
so this is something for them
to do and still feel involved.
767
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:52,197
- There are a lot of
community resources, services,
768
00:38:52,230 --> 00:38:53,932
that are available
for older adults.
769
00:38:53,965 --> 00:38:56,067
I mean, there's the
Meals on Wheels,
770
00:38:56,101 --> 00:38:58,136
and there's nutrition sites,
and there's senior centers,
771
00:38:58,169 --> 00:39:01,540
and there's councils on aging,
and there's the area agency
772
00:39:01,573 --> 00:39:05,343
on aging that provides a lot
of services in communities
773
00:39:05,377 --> 00:39:06,945
for older adults,
but a lot of times
774
00:39:06,978 --> 00:39:08,714
it's that older adult
that doesn't realize
775
00:39:08,747 --> 00:39:10,616
those services are available.
776
00:39:10,649 --> 00:39:11,683
- All right, are we ready?
777
00:39:11,717 --> 00:39:13,552
- [All] Yeah!
778
00:39:13,585 --> 00:39:16,221
- Some of them
just come exercise.
779
00:39:16,254 --> 00:39:18,390
Some come just to play Bingo,
780
00:39:18,424 --> 00:39:21,427
because we have Bingo
and we give prizes.
781
00:39:21,460 --> 00:39:24,062
We also have a very
active exercise group
782
00:39:24,095 --> 00:39:26,765
across the hall that,
you heard of Zumba?
783
00:39:26,798 --> 00:39:28,500
- [Seth] I have heard of Zumba.
- Well, we do Zumba now.
784
00:39:28,534 --> 00:39:30,669
- [Seth] Really?
- Yes!
785
00:39:30,702 --> 00:39:34,440
- In first place, we
have Rosebuds with nine.
786
00:39:36,475 --> 00:39:38,710
(cheering)
787
00:39:44,983 --> 00:39:47,419
Repeating, the repeat champs.
788
00:39:52,624 --> 00:39:56,795
- When we were here earlier,
and I saw some of the folks
789
00:39:56,828 --> 00:40:00,365
in your group here, and
to see everyone saying hi
790
00:40:00,398 --> 00:40:02,901
to each other, everyone
waving at each other, smiling,
791
00:40:02,934 --> 00:40:05,270
even though there was
this language barrier,
792
00:40:05,303 --> 00:40:09,608
it seemed that there was this,
again, camaraderie of people.
793
00:40:09,641 --> 00:40:12,043
- The friendship, we
all are human beings.
794
00:40:12,077 --> 00:40:15,180
And we all come here
together, just like a family.
795
00:40:15,213 --> 00:40:18,316
- We seniors need
our senior friends.
796
00:40:21,152 --> 00:40:22,921
- We do Meals on Wheels.
797
00:40:22,954 --> 00:40:26,558
We do neighborhood lunch,
AKA congregate meals.
798
00:40:26,592 --> 00:40:29,595
We do case management,
we do guardianship.
799
00:40:29,628 --> 00:40:31,129
We do home improvement.
800
00:40:31,162 --> 00:40:34,733
We do homemaker services,
personal care services.
801
00:40:34,766 --> 00:40:38,403
We've got about 170 employees
in the state of Florida,
802
00:40:38,436 --> 00:40:40,539
and the funding, it's backwards.
803
00:40:40,572 --> 00:40:43,108
There's more of a bias
on the funding site
804
00:40:43,141 --> 00:40:45,110
for the institutional
nursing home side
805
00:40:45,143 --> 00:40:47,145
than there is for the
community-based side.
806
00:40:47,178 --> 00:40:49,915
And so what we're trying to
do is educate legislators,
807
00:40:49,948 --> 00:40:52,918
you know, on that, to see
if we can rebalance some
808
00:40:52,951 --> 00:40:55,521
of the budget, so that, if
you put a little bit more
809
00:40:55,554 --> 00:40:58,223
on the prevention side,
in terms of, you know,
810
00:40:58,256 --> 00:41:00,792
I'm not even talking about
wellness kinds of issues.
811
00:41:00,826 --> 00:41:03,128
We're talking about
basic needs, as far as
812
00:41:03,161 --> 00:41:05,731
making sure you have groceries,
your house is cleaned,
813
00:41:05,764 --> 00:41:07,766
you know, you're clean,
as far as personal care.
814
00:41:07,799 --> 00:41:11,302
You can get to the
doctor, you can socialize,
those kinds of things.
815
00:41:11,336 --> 00:41:13,071
It makes a huge difference.
816
00:41:13,104 --> 00:41:17,843
And the cost analysis related
to that, it's just phenomenal.
817
00:41:17,876 --> 00:41:20,979
I mean, it's 10 times more
expensive to put somebody
818
00:41:21,012 --> 00:41:22,948
in a nursing home as
it is to put somebody,
819
00:41:22,981 --> 00:41:24,650
you know, to pay for
community-based care.
820
00:41:24,683 --> 00:41:27,118
- Of course, government
always wanna do something
821
00:41:27,152 --> 00:41:30,455
for the seniors, for the
kids, but it's always
822
00:41:30,488 --> 00:41:32,390
missing that element, you know.
823
00:41:32,423 --> 00:41:34,726
And Seniors First
was that element
824
00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:37,696
that puts everything together.
825
00:41:37,729 --> 00:41:40,899
(chanting in Spanish)
826
00:41:58,416 --> 00:41:59,951
- This is like a second family,
827
00:41:59,985 --> 00:42:04,522
because we get along together,
and we miss each other.
828
00:42:04,556 --> 00:42:08,660
Like if I don't come
to for two days a week,
what happened?
829
00:42:08,694 --> 00:42:09,895
- It's great to come over here.
830
00:42:09,928 --> 00:42:11,396
I wish more people
came to visit them.
831
00:42:11,429 --> 00:42:14,299
And you see them, immediately,
that smile from ear to ear,
832
00:42:14,332 --> 00:42:17,603
coming up, and it
tells you, you know,
833
00:42:17,636 --> 00:42:19,137
they're needing that attention.
834
00:42:19,170 --> 00:42:21,539
They come here, because
they're looking to commingle,
835
00:42:21,573 --> 00:42:26,111
to have some company, to
fill that gap that is empty
836
00:42:26,144 --> 00:42:30,015
by families that no longer
pays attention to them.
837
00:42:30,048 --> 00:42:33,218
So I think, it only takes
us a little bit of time.
838
00:42:33,251 --> 00:42:35,453
We all owe it to them.
839
00:42:35,486 --> 00:42:37,889
Look and see who you can
help who's next to you.
840
00:42:37,923 --> 00:42:39,457
- [Seth] Tell me how
important this facility
841
00:42:39,490 --> 00:42:41,192
and the lunch
program are in terms
842
00:42:41,226 --> 00:42:44,730
of the social interaction
that the seniors get here.
843
00:42:44,763 --> 00:42:47,766
- For some of them, it's
the only social interaction
844
00:42:47,799 --> 00:42:51,169
that they have, and
this is their family,
845
00:42:51,202 --> 00:42:52,771
this is their social network.
846
00:42:52,804 --> 00:42:54,239
That's all they have.
847
00:42:54,272 --> 00:42:56,507
I treat them as though
they were my family,
848
00:42:56,541 --> 00:43:00,145
and I think that's what they
want, that's what they need.
849
00:43:00,178 --> 00:43:02,914
A lot of them are alone.
There's no one else.
850
00:43:02,948 --> 00:43:07,118
It's not only that they
appreciate me and like me,
851
00:43:09,655 --> 00:43:12,523
I appreciate them, and
I care for them too.
852
00:43:12,557 --> 00:43:14,626
So, that's my main thing.
853
00:43:16,094 --> 00:43:20,331
I come in and I spend time
with people that I care about.
854
00:43:20,365 --> 00:43:22,333
And that's important to me.
855
00:43:22,367 --> 00:43:24,836
- How did you find
out about a place like
856
00:43:24,870 --> 00:43:27,272
the senior center
here in Englewood?
857
00:43:27,305 --> 00:43:30,976
(speaking in Spanish)
858
00:43:34,212 --> 00:43:36,614
If a place like
this didn't exist,
859
00:43:36,648 --> 00:43:38,216
what would you be
doing right now?
860
00:43:38,249 --> 00:43:41,252
(salsa music)
861
00:43:41,286 --> 00:43:44,723
(speaking in Spanish)
862
00:43:44,756 --> 00:43:46,557
- [Translator] She
said she would be gone.
863
00:43:46,591 --> 00:43:47,926
- [Seth] Really?
864
00:43:47,959 --> 00:43:50,796
That's how much
this means to you?
865
00:43:57,168 --> 00:43:59,304
Why do we have so much
ageism in this country?
866
00:43:59,337 --> 00:44:02,974
Why are people not involved
in the lives of seniors?
867
00:44:03,008 --> 00:44:06,177
- Same thing we do
to disabled people.
868
00:44:08,213 --> 00:44:12,217
They don't fit the mold,
so we put them aside.
869
00:44:12,250 --> 00:44:14,219
And that's terrible.
870
00:44:14,252 --> 00:44:17,622
We don't look at the real
nature of human beings,
871
00:44:17,655 --> 00:44:19,657
and it's because of the greed.
872
00:44:19,691 --> 00:44:24,329
It's because of we get so
involved in the everyday,
873
00:44:24,362 --> 00:44:26,765
wanting to do more to prosper,
874
00:44:26,798 --> 00:44:30,802
but we forget those who
are next to us in a way.
875
00:44:31,937 --> 00:44:33,371
- [Seth] After all
this talk about pushing
876
00:44:33,404 --> 00:44:34,605
our seniors to the side,
877
00:44:34,639 --> 00:44:36,775
treating them as
second-class citizens,
878
00:44:36,808 --> 00:44:39,811
I wanted to find something that
actually celebrated seniors.
879
00:44:39,845 --> 00:44:42,247
And it just so happened
that the Florida competition
880
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:43,548
of the Miss Senior
America Pageant
881
00:44:43,581 --> 00:44:45,650
was taking place
while we were there.
882
00:44:45,683 --> 00:44:46,885
You're Kim?
883
00:44:46,918 --> 00:44:48,419
- [Kimberly] It's
Kimberly Moore.
884
00:44:48,453 --> 00:44:51,256
- Kimberly Moore, you're the
reigning Ms. Senior America?
885
00:44:51,289 --> 00:44:52,390
- That's correct.
886
00:44:52,423 --> 00:44:54,292
- And you are
absolutely beautiful.
887
00:44:54,325 --> 00:44:56,161
- Oh, thank you, Seth.
- [Seth] How old are you?
888
00:44:56,194 --> 00:44:58,129
- I am 61, I'll be 62 in July.
889
00:44:58,163 --> 00:44:59,330
- [Seth] Really?
890
00:44:59,364 --> 00:45:01,499
- Now my mission
really is to go out
891
00:45:01,532 --> 00:45:04,736
to senior communities
and to speak with people,
892
00:45:04,770 --> 00:45:07,405
men as well as
women, about aging.
893
00:45:07,438 --> 00:45:10,441
We can age gracefully
with elegance.
894
00:45:29,327 --> 00:45:33,031
(audience applauds)
895
00:45:33,064 --> 00:45:34,800
- My name is David Gilbert.
896
00:45:34,833 --> 00:45:37,502
I'm Vice President of
the Miss Florida Pageant
897
00:45:37,535 --> 00:45:39,004
for Miss America.
898
00:45:39,037 --> 00:45:40,138
And I'm here judging
899
00:45:40,171 --> 00:45:43,074
the Miss Florida
Senior America Pageant.
900
00:45:43,108 --> 00:45:45,877
I think we have
a long way to go,
901
00:45:45,911 --> 00:45:49,981
as far as really appreciating
our elderly population,
902
00:45:50,015 --> 00:45:52,383
but I think we are headed
in the right direction.
903
00:45:52,417 --> 00:45:54,519
And I think this type of
thing really gives some
904
00:45:54,552 --> 00:45:57,355
of these ladies and their
husbands and their kids
905
00:45:57,388 --> 00:46:01,359
and their friends a little
bit of an extra reason
906
00:46:01,392 --> 00:46:02,828
to get up in the
morning and say,
907
00:46:02,861 --> 00:46:04,662
"Listen, I have an
awful lot to offer.
908
00:46:04,695 --> 00:46:08,566
"I may be retired, I
may be 60, 70, 80, 90,"
909
00:46:08,599 --> 00:46:11,669
like one of them we have
in the pageant here,
910
00:46:11,702 --> 00:46:13,704
but they have something to offer
911
00:46:13,738 --> 00:46:15,473
and something that we
can all learn from.
912
00:46:15,506 --> 00:46:18,176
So I totally support these.
913
00:46:18,209 --> 00:46:19,845
I'm 100% for them.
914
00:46:19,878 --> 00:46:22,380
(piano music)
915
00:46:25,450 --> 00:46:28,186
- I have three children,
five grandchildren,
916
00:46:28,219 --> 00:46:29,287
seven great-grandchildren.
917
00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:30,755
I play the piano.
918
00:46:30,788 --> 00:46:33,024
I play bridge three
times, four times a week.
919
00:46:33,058 --> 00:46:34,292
- Is this answer as simple
920
00:46:34,325 --> 00:46:37,028
as staying active
and socialization?
921
00:46:37,062 --> 00:46:38,263
- That's it.
922
00:46:38,296 --> 00:46:39,797
- I bet you, if you ask
anybody in this room,
923
00:46:39,831 --> 00:46:42,600
in their mind, if
they feel 70 or over,
924
00:46:42,633 --> 00:46:44,235
they're gonna say no.
925
00:46:44,269 --> 00:46:45,503
They're gonna say no.
926
00:46:45,536 --> 00:46:47,738
- [Seth] You ladies
are a classy bunch.
927
00:46:47,772 --> 00:46:50,208
And it's a pleasure
for me to know you.
928
00:46:50,241 --> 00:46:51,376
- [All] Thank you.
929
00:46:51,409 --> 00:46:54,412
(audience applauds)
930
00:46:55,713 --> 00:46:56,915
- [Seth] My last
question for you then is,
931
00:46:56,948 --> 00:46:59,117
what do you tell my
generation and younger
932
00:46:59,150 --> 00:47:01,119
about their attitudes
toward seniors.
933
00:47:01,152 --> 00:47:02,353
How should we look at seniors?
934
00:47:02,387 --> 00:47:03,554
How should we act
towards seniors?
935
00:47:03,588 --> 00:47:04,755
What should we think?
936
00:47:04,789 --> 00:47:07,392
- What you have to know
is we are a plethora
937
00:47:07,425 --> 00:47:09,895
of experience and information.
938
00:47:09,928 --> 00:47:12,530
Use it, take advantage of it.
939
00:47:12,563 --> 00:47:14,532
We may not seem
like we know a lot,
940
00:47:14,565 --> 00:47:17,435
but we do, and that's
where your source
941
00:47:17,468 --> 00:47:19,170
of knowledge is gonna come from,
942
00:47:19,204 --> 00:47:22,107
all of us who are in
the age of elegance.
943
00:47:22,140 --> 00:47:23,408
- [Seth] You know
what, I'm a hugger.
944
00:47:23,441 --> 00:47:25,210
I hope you are too.
Do you mind?
945
00:47:25,243 --> 00:47:27,045
- You bet your boots!
946
00:47:27,078 --> 00:47:28,179
Thank you so much!
947
00:47:28,213 --> 00:47:29,981
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I'm so excited.
948
00:47:30,015 --> 00:47:31,182
- I'm so happy.
949
00:47:31,216 --> 00:47:33,851
- Most of them are
waiting for that love,
950
00:47:33,885 --> 00:47:35,686
for that attention, you know?
951
00:47:35,720 --> 00:47:37,255
They feed from that.
952
00:47:37,288 --> 00:47:40,158
And it only takes us
a little bit of time.
953
00:47:40,191 --> 00:47:41,292
A little bit of time.
954
00:47:41,326 --> 00:47:42,493
I sit down with some of them,
955
00:47:42,527 --> 00:47:45,363
and I just speak to
them for a few seconds,
956
00:47:45,396 --> 00:47:46,731
and to them, that's the world.
957
00:47:46,764 --> 00:47:48,333
And they'll remember
you for life,
958
00:47:48,366 --> 00:47:51,236
just because of that little bit
of time you spent with them.
959
00:47:51,269 --> 00:47:53,171
And they're so much fun.
960
00:47:53,204 --> 00:47:55,073
And sometimes I come over
and say, how you feel?
961
00:47:55,106 --> 00:47:57,808
And some of them will
say, "I'm always happy."
962
00:47:57,842 --> 00:47:59,677
Some of them will tell you,
well, I have this problem,
963
00:47:59,710 --> 00:48:02,847
or this and that, but after
you're done talking to them,
964
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,116
they feel better,
and you can see it.
965
00:48:05,150 --> 00:48:07,618
It's almost like
they get uplifted.
966
00:48:07,652 --> 00:48:09,654
And that's great, that's great.
967
00:48:09,687 --> 00:48:12,190
Plus, as a human
being, as a person,
968
00:48:12,223 --> 00:48:14,725
you leave with such a
sense of satisfaction.
969
00:48:14,759 --> 00:48:18,930
So I think that would be
great medicine for anybody.
970
00:48:24,535 --> 00:48:27,705
(strong wind blowing)
971
00:48:51,696 --> 00:48:53,731
- Hey, I'm well.
972
00:48:53,764 --> 00:48:55,033
Can I have Hank, please?
973
00:48:55,066 --> 00:48:56,034
Hi, Seth.
974
00:48:56,067 --> 00:48:57,135
- Seth, nice to meet you.
975
00:48:57,168 --> 00:48:59,037
- Nice to meet you.
976
00:48:59,070 --> 00:49:02,140
- This is a 60,000 square-foot
facility, yes, sir.
977
00:49:02,173 --> 00:49:03,308
60,000 square feet.
978
00:49:03,341 --> 00:49:06,011
- That's huge.
- Right, it is.
979
00:49:06,044 --> 00:49:08,713
This facility will hold
about two million pounds
980
00:49:08,746 --> 00:49:10,648
of food at any one time.
981
00:49:10,681 --> 00:49:11,882
- [Seth] Two million pounds?
982
00:49:11,916 --> 00:49:13,718
Does that food sit
around for a while?
983
00:49:13,751 --> 00:49:15,320
- No, it turns every month.
984
00:49:15,353 --> 00:49:17,055
- [Seth] Really?
985
00:49:17,088 --> 00:49:21,259
- Last year, we distributed
24 million pounds of food.
986
00:49:25,863 --> 00:49:28,366
We as a nation threw
away 96 billion pounds
987
00:49:28,399 --> 00:49:29,867
of food last year.
988
00:49:29,900 --> 00:49:32,737
- That's a number that I keep
hearing over and over again.
989
00:49:32,770 --> 00:49:36,374
I have heard on a conservative
estimate, between 50 and 70.
990
00:49:36,407 --> 00:49:37,875
- 50 and 70.
991
00:49:37,908 --> 00:49:40,845
- But I have heard that
it's probably more likely
992
00:49:40,878 --> 00:49:42,947
96 billion pounds
of food every year.
993
00:49:42,980 --> 00:49:46,084
- If it's between 50 and 70,
that would be over 200 pounds
994
00:49:46,117 --> 00:49:47,885
of food for every
man, woman, and child
995
00:49:47,918 --> 00:49:48,919
in the United States.
996
00:49:48,953 --> 00:49:50,088
Think about that.
997
00:49:50,121 --> 00:49:52,290
- The thing to remember,
I always say this,
998
00:49:52,323 --> 00:49:54,959
that there's enough
food in this country
999
00:49:54,992 --> 00:49:57,995
to feed every man,
woman, and child.
1000
00:49:59,164 --> 00:50:00,598
We just need the
courage to do it.
1001
00:50:00,631 --> 00:50:01,899
And that's all it takes.
1002
00:50:01,932 --> 00:50:03,901
- [Seth] There's enough
that gets thrown away
1003
00:50:03,934 --> 00:50:05,636
that can feed every man,
woman, and child, too.
1004
00:50:05,670 --> 00:50:06,771
- That's right.
1005
00:50:06,804 --> 00:50:07,838
Yeah, that's right.
1006
00:50:07,872 --> 00:50:09,307
We have kind of crazy policies.
1007
00:50:09,340 --> 00:50:12,677
We're not thinking ahead, we're
not thinking strategically.
1008
00:50:12,710 --> 00:50:15,546
(machine humming)
1009
00:50:21,519 --> 00:50:24,422
- We are woefully low on
cooler and freezer space.
1010
00:50:24,455 --> 00:50:26,624
That is our biggest
bottleneck right now.
1011
00:50:26,657 --> 00:50:28,993
The thing we can't afford to do,
1012
00:50:29,026 --> 00:50:31,196
is when somebody calls and says,
1013
00:50:31,229 --> 00:50:35,600
"I've got a truckload of frozen
chicken, can you take it?"
1014
00:50:35,633 --> 00:50:37,602
I don't wanna say no.
1015
00:50:37,635 --> 00:50:39,070
- Have you had to say no?
1016
00:50:39,104 --> 00:50:42,440
- Oh, absolutely, we
have had to say no.
1017
00:50:46,577 --> 00:50:49,114
This is where food
gets staged to go out,
1018
00:50:49,147 --> 00:50:51,482
and this is where
loads of food come in.
1019
00:50:51,516 --> 00:50:56,387
So we got a truckload, and I
don't know who this is from.
1020
00:50:56,421 --> 00:50:57,888
Looks like we've got
a lot of watermelons.
1021
00:50:57,922 --> 00:50:59,624
I see a lot of watermelons.
1022
00:50:59,657 --> 00:51:03,761
All this other stuff is designed
to go somewhere on Monday.
1023
00:51:08,533 --> 00:51:12,036
- We've been frustrated
by how congressmen
1024
00:51:13,070 --> 00:51:15,740
and senators are not getting it.
1025
00:51:17,007 --> 00:51:19,610
That they just don't
understand the struggles
1026
00:51:19,644 --> 00:51:22,747
of vulnerable people and
disadvantaged older people.
1027
00:51:22,780 --> 00:51:24,582
That these are just statistics.
1028
00:51:24,615 --> 00:51:26,551
These aren't just numbers.
1029
00:51:26,584 --> 00:51:29,754
And when you cut a program
such as Meals on Wheels
1030
00:51:29,787 --> 00:51:33,324
or the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program,
1031
00:51:33,358 --> 00:51:37,462
you are going to be making
more people go hungry.
1032
00:51:39,029 --> 00:51:40,965
- [Seth] You're 65?
1033
00:51:40,998 --> 00:51:42,167
- [Hank] Yeah.
1034
00:51:42,200 --> 00:51:44,735
- [Seth] And so, you
are officially a senior.
1035
00:51:44,769 --> 00:51:46,237
- [Hank] I am.
1036
00:51:46,271 --> 00:51:48,739
- And yet you're CEO of
the Capital Area Food Bank.
1037
00:51:48,773 --> 00:51:50,007
- That's correct.
1038
00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:51,876
I was seven months
into my retirement.
1039
00:51:51,909 --> 00:51:53,611
The board asked
if I would step in
1040
00:51:53,644 --> 00:51:55,112
and do this on an interim basis.
1041
00:51:55,146 --> 00:51:57,415
But by the time I was here
for about four months,
1042
00:51:57,448 --> 00:52:00,351
working with 70 people
who were passionate
1043
00:52:00,385 --> 00:52:02,019
about the hunger issue,
1044
00:52:02,052 --> 00:52:03,788
seeing the face of
hunger every day
1045
00:52:03,821 --> 00:52:06,157
and talking to people who
were receiving this food,
1046
00:52:06,191 --> 00:52:08,125
you get so invested
in the process,
1047
00:52:08,159 --> 00:52:09,760
the board asked me to stay on.
1048
00:52:09,794 --> 00:52:11,196
When I was in the other world,
1049
00:52:11,229 --> 00:52:13,331
I was selling people on
buying my integrated circuits.
1050
00:52:13,364 --> 00:52:15,032
Here, I'm out selling
people on the fact
1051
00:52:15,065 --> 00:52:16,634
that hunger's unacceptable,
1052
00:52:16,667 --> 00:52:19,337
and we need to come together
to do something about it.
1053
00:52:19,370 --> 00:52:21,672
- [Seth] What, honestly, what
do you think the solution is?
1054
00:52:21,706 --> 00:52:23,974
- I think about this a lot.
1055
00:52:25,176 --> 00:52:28,213
I think that we have an
opportunity as a country
1056
00:52:28,246 --> 00:52:30,715
to come together and
reduce the amount of food
1057
00:52:30,748 --> 00:52:32,049
that's getting thrown away.
1058
00:52:32,082 --> 00:52:34,151
How do we do that?
I don't know.
1059
00:52:34,185 --> 00:52:35,853
I think the President
needs to appoint
1060
00:52:35,886 --> 00:52:38,689
a czar of food recovery,
or something like that.
1061
00:52:38,723 --> 00:52:40,458
I'm serious right now, okay?
1062
00:52:40,491 --> 00:52:42,193
Because, you know,
1063
00:52:42,227 --> 00:52:43,961
I was talking to a woman
out in Arizona here
1064
00:52:43,994 --> 00:52:45,396
a couple of months ago
and she was telling me
1065
00:52:45,430 --> 00:52:47,432
how much money they spend
1066
00:52:47,465 --> 00:52:48,966
to plow lettuce into the ground,
1067
00:52:48,999 --> 00:52:50,601
because they can't get trucks
1068
00:52:50,635 --> 00:52:52,570
to take this lettuce
out of Arizona.
1069
00:52:52,603 --> 00:52:54,038
We need to figure that out.
1070
00:52:54,071 --> 00:52:55,306
Nobody came to me to say,
1071
00:52:55,340 --> 00:52:56,374
"I'm gonna teach
you about hunger."
1072
00:52:56,407 --> 00:52:57,608
Just like nobody came to you
1073
00:52:57,642 --> 00:52:58,876
and said, "I'm gonna
teach you about hunger."
1074
00:52:58,909 --> 00:53:00,110
When you accepted
the assignment,
1075
00:53:00,144 --> 00:53:03,147
you went and learned
about it, right?
1076
00:53:03,180 --> 00:53:04,349
It's a tough question to answer,
1077
00:53:04,382 --> 00:53:06,116
how do you get people
to understand it?
1078
00:53:06,150 --> 00:53:08,986
Somehow, the message
has to get out here.
1079
00:53:09,019 --> 00:53:10,555
The three simple words
that we use around here
1080
00:53:10,588 --> 00:53:13,157
all the time is,
hunger is unacceptable.
1081
00:53:13,190 --> 00:53:14,792
It is just unacceptable.
1082
00:53:14,825 --> 00:53:17,595
We as a nation
have to figure out
1083
00:53:18,829 --> 00:53:22,099
how to not have hunger
in this country.
1084
00:53:32,643 --> 00:53:37,081
- In order to apply to get
a concealed handgun license,
1085
00:53:37,114 --> 00:53:38,716
it's one page.
1086
00:53:38,749 --> 00:53:41,185
In order to apply for
food stamps to get
food on your table,
1087
00:53:41,218 --> 00:53:42,387
it's 18 pages.
1088
00:53:43,788 --> 00:53:45,390
- You know, I have nothing wrong
1089
00:53:45,423 --> 00:53:47,224
against people
wanting to own a gun.
1090
00:53:47,258 --> 00:53:49,394
It's one of our rights.
1091
00:53:49,427 --> 00:53:50,628
- Yeah, absolutely.
1092
00:53:50,661 --> 00:53:52,497
- But something seems wrong
1093
00:53:52,530 --> 00:53:55,933
when you have 18 pages
to put food on your table
1094
00:53:55,966 --> 00:53:57,702
and one page to get a gun.
1095
00:53:57,735 --> 00:53:59,169
- [Claudia] Yeah.
1096
00:54:00,805 --> 00:54:02,940
- [Seth] A lot's
broken in this country.
1097
00:54:02,973 --> 00:54:04,041
- [Claudia] Quite a bit.
1098
00:54:04,074 --> 00:54:05,776
Quite a bit, yeah.
1099
00:54:05,810 --> 00:54:09,514
- How long do you think it'll
take for me to fill this out?
1100
00:54:09,547 --> 00:54:13,384
- Um, I think you could
sit there a good hour?
1101
00:54:14,552 --> 00:54:17,187
The biggest thing is,
seniors when they apply,
1102
00:54:17,221 --> 00:54:20,991
they on average get
anywhere from 16 dollars,
1103
00:54:22,192 --> 00:54:23,594
which is, I think,
probably the least
1104
00:54:23,628 --> 00:54:25,663
that we've heard them receive,
1105
00:54:25,696 --> 00:54:29,233
to, I think, I've heard 70
dollars being the highest.
1106
00:54:29,266 --> 00:54:33,371
Often what we hear is,
it's not worth the hassle.
1107
00:54:37,375 --> 00:54:40,645
- We need to get
past that stereotype,
1108
00:54:40,678 --> 00:54:43,113
and get these folks to go in
1109
00:54:43,147 --> 00:54:45,483
and actually offer
them some assistance
1110
00:54:45,516 --> 00:54:47,452
in helping them qualify,
1111
00:54:47,485 --> 00:54:49,253
and fill out the application.
1112
00:54:49,286 --> 00:54:51,055
Because even if it
is only 10 dollars,
1113
00:54:51,088 --> 00:54:53,190
for a lot of people, 10 dollars,
1114
00:54:53,223 --> 00:54:56,293
you know, that's enough for
them to eat for several days.
1115
00:54:56,327 --> 00:54:59,764
And so we need to convince them,
1116
00:54:59,797 --> 00:55:03,000
in whatever way we
need to do that,
1117
00:55:03,033 --> 00:55:04,469
that they need to go
in and apply for this.
1118
00:55:04,502 --> 00:55:06,236
Because this is not a giveaway.
1119
00:55:06,270 --> 00:55:08,138
This is something
that, you know,
1120
00:55:08,172 --> 00:55:10,207
they've been paying
into this system
1121
00:55:10,240 --> 00:55:11,476
as long as they've
been Americans,
1122
00:55:11,509 --> 00:55:12,943
and citizens in this country,
1123
00:55:12,977 --> 00:55:16,714
and they ought to be able
to have access to it.
1124
00:55:23,253 --> 00:55:27,625
- It is 7:45 in the morning
here in Austin, Texas.
1125
00:55:27,658 --> 00:55:29,460
We are actually heading
outside of Austin.
1126
00:55:29,494 --> 00:55:31,729
We're going to a
place called Lometa,
1127
00:55:31,762 --> 00:55:32,963
which is about two hours,
1128
00:55:32,997 --> 00:55:34,098
two and a half hours
outside of Austin,
1129
00:55:34,131 --> 00:55:36,501
working with the
Capital Area Food Bank.
1130
00:55:36,534 --> 00:55:38,068
We're going to the
First Baptist Church
1131
00:55:38,102 --> 00:55:39,904
where the food bank
takes all the food
1132
00:55:39,937 --> 00:55:42,172
and seniors come and pick it up,
1133
00:55:42,206 --> 00:55:46,544
and these are people who are
educators, miners, farmers,
1134
00:55:46,577 --> 00:55:48,946
and they are hungry
just like everyone else.
1135
00:55:48,979 --> 00:55:50,581
And it's gonna be
interesting to see
1136
00:55:50,615 --> 00:55:52,950
how this all comes together.
1137
00:55:54,585 --> 00:55:56,020
When I arrived in Lometa,
1138
00:55:56,053 --> 00:55:58,322
I was taken aback by a scene
that's all too familiar.
1139
00:55:58,355 --> 00:55:59,824
It's something we've
all been witness to
1140
00:55:59,857 --> 00:56:01,258
in our history books.
1141
00:56:01,291 --> 00:56:02,793
Throngs of people
waiting in bread lines
1142
00:56:02,827 --> 00:56:04,429
during the Great Depression.
1143
00:56:04,462 --> 00:56:06,931
And I think seeing something
like this begs the question.
1144
00:56:06,964 --> 00:56:10,535
How much progress have we
really made in 75 years,
1145
00:56:10,568 --> 00:56:12,102
where our seniors
have to wait in line
1146
00:56:12,136 --> 00:56:15,606
just to get food that will
probably last them about a week.
1147
00:56:15,640 --> 00:56:17,775
- [Roosevelt] The
test of our progress
1148
00:56:17,808 --> 00:56:20,210
is not whether we add more
1149
00:56:20,244 --> 00:56:23,548
to the abundance of
those who have much.
1150
00:56:23,581 --> 00:56:25,916
It is whether we provide enough
1151
00:56:25,950 --> 00:56:28,453
for those who have too little.
1152
00:56:29,787 --> 00:56:31,522
- [Seth] What was
on the menu today?
1153
00:56:31,556 --> 00:56:34,358
I saw oranges, onions, rice.
1154
00:56:34,391 --> 00:56:36,326
- [Man] Grapefruit, cabbage.
1155
00:56:36,360 --> 00:56:37,361
Pinto beans.
1156
00:56:39,864 --> 00:56:41,566
- [Seth] Spaghetti,
spaghetti sauce.
1157
00:56:41,599 --> 00:56:42,800
- Yeah.
1158
00:56:42,833 --> 00:56:45,069
- [Seth] Peaches and
applesauce, right?
- Green beans.
1159
00:56:45,102 --> 00:56:46,971
- [Seth] You've got seniors
who are not only coming here,
1160
00:56:47,004 --> 00:56:49,474
but they're going to the other
food distributions around.
1161
00:56:49,507 --> 00:56:50,975
- That's our information.
1162
00:56:51,008 --> 00:56:53,210
- [Seth] Because that may be
their only source of food.
1163
00:56:53,243 --> 00:56:54,411
Maybe.
1164
00:56:54,445 --> 00:56:56,013
- Well, it'll be one
of the sources of food.
1165
00:56:56,046 --> 00:56:57,715
This food won't
last them a week.
1166
00:56:57,748 --> 00:56:58,749
- Right.
1167
00:56:59,750 --> 00:57:03,353
I had learned that
you and your husband
1168
00:57:03,387 --> 00:57:05,990
not only come to the food
distribution here in Lometa,
1169
00:57:06,023 --> 00:57:08,358
but you go to some
of the others.
1170
00:57:08,392 --> 00:57:09,927
How many others do you go to?
1171
00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:11,596
- Two others.
- Two others?
1172
00:57:11,629 --> 00:57:12,830
- Yeah.
1173
00:57:12,863 --> 00:57:14,064
- [Seth] So the food
that you get here
1174
00:57:14,098 --> 00:57:15,065
and the food that you
get at the other places,
1175
00:57:15,099 --> 00:57:17,034
how long will that last you?
1176
00:57:17,067 --> 00:57:20,337
- Uh, usually about two weeks.
1177
00:57:20,370 --> 00:57:22,206
- [Seth] Two weeks?
- Or it might be a little more.
1178
00:57:22,239 --> 00:57:23,440
- And so after that food's gone,
1179
00:57:23,474 --> 00:57:24,942
then you can start
all over again
1180
00:57:24,975 --> 00:57:27,545
and go back to the other places.
1181
00:57:27,578 --> 00:57:30,715
Is money that tight for you
right now to be able to live?
1182
00:57:30,748 --> 00:57:34,752
- It's pretty tight.
We're both on...
1183
00:57:34,785 --> 00:57:36,787
- [Seth] Social Security?
- Social Security, yeah.
1184
00:57:36,821 --> 00:57:37,988
And that's it.
1185
00:57:43,894 --> 00:57:47,197
- What I think is driving a
lot of this, not all of this,
1186
00:57:47,231 --> 00:57:50,134
is the rising healthcare cost.
1187
00:57:50,167 --> 00:57:54,338
Seniors between 125% of
the poverty level and 200%,
1188
00:57:55,439 --> 00:57:57,908
so these are the seniors
that don't qualify
1189
00:57:57,942 --> 00:58:00,878
for most of the public
assistance programs,
1190
00:58:00,911 --> 00:58:03,981
they are spending 25%
of their incomes now
1191
00:58:04,014 --> 00:58:05,850
on out-of-pocket
healthcare costs.
1192
00:58:05,883 --> 00:58:06,851
- [Seth] 25?
1193
00:58:06,884 --> 00:58:08,886
- 25% of their total incomes
1194
00:58:08,919 --> 00:58:11,088
on out-of-pocket healthcare
costs, on average.
1195
00:58:11,121 --> 00:58:12,256
- [Seth] Did you think though,
1196
00:58:12,289 --> 00:58:13,624
when you were making
the good money
1197
00:58:13,658 --> 00:58:15,526
and you were saving for
retirement and all that,
1198
00:58:15,560 --> 00:58:17,394
that you would be in a position
1199
00:58:17,427 --> 00:58:19,396
to where you would need
to come to a food--
1200
00:58:19,429 --> 00:58:20,631
- [Woman] No, no.
1201
00:58:20,665 --> 00:58:21,966
- [Seth] You thought
you planned well?
1202
00:58:21,999 --> 00:58:23,467
- Yeah.
1203
00:58:23,500 --> 00:58:25,269
I never dreamed that I'd
be coming to a food bank.
1204
00:58:25,302 --> 00:58:27,137
- [Seth] Does that make
you a little upset,
1205
00:58:27,171 --> 00:58:29,506
that you're at a point
now where you've retired.
1206
00:58:29,540 --> 00:58:31,441
And now you have to work.
1207
00:58:31,475 --> 00:58:34,344
You can't enjoy your
retirement years
1208
00:58:34,378 --> 00:58:36,547
because you have to
work to try to keep
1209
00:58:36,581 --> 00:58:37,782
your head above water.
1210
00:58:37,815 --> 00:58:40,951
- At our age, nobody
wants to hire us,
1211
00:58:40,985 --> 00:58:44,488
because we are retired,
and we're over 65.
1212
00:58:46,290 --> 00:58:48,959
- In a small town like we are,
1213
00:58:48,993 --> 00:58:51,428
if somebody falls
and breaks their leg
1214
00:58:51,461 --> 00:58:54,699
and is gonna be
laid up for a while,
1215
00:58:54,732 --> 00:58:58,669
we as a community
will minister to them.
1216
00:58:58,703 --> 00:59:00,805
But you get in a big city,
1217
00:59:02,239 --> 00:59:04,575
then you don't even
know your neighbors.
1218
00:59:04,609 --> 00:59:06,944
Most poor people are givers.
1219
00:59:07,845 --> 00:59:09,013
They're willing to share.
1220
00:59:09,046 --> 00:59:10,247
If they have an apple,
1221
00:59:10,280 --> 00:59:13,383
they'll cut it in half
and give you part of it.
1222
00:59:13,417 --> 00:59:16,621
- Between the oranges,
grapefruit, onions and cabbage,
1223
00:59:16,654 --> 00:59:18,689
this is all that's left
that's been distributed,
1224
00:59:18,723 --> 00:59:20,991
and this stuff will
all go back now
1225
00:59:21,025 --> 00:59:22,827
to the Capital Area Food Bank
1226
00:59:22,860 --> 00:59:25,162
and be redistributed
out to other food banks
1227
00:59:25,195 --> 00:59:27,431
so that other people in
the area will get it.
1228
00:59:27,464 --> 00:59:29,867
So I think all in all,
being out here in Lometa,
1229
00:59:29,900 --> 00:59:31,335
it was a pretty successful day
1230
00:59:31,368 --> 00:59:34,104
with the stuff that
got distributed out,
1231
00:59:34,138 --> 00:59:36,273
and making sure
that at least today,
1232
00:59:36,306 --> 00:59:38,142
seniors aren't going hungry.
1233
00:59:38,175 --> 00:59:39,744
So it's a good day.
1234
01:00:01,465 --> 01:00:04,835
- It's really critical that
we really return to that idea
1235
01:00:04,869 --> 01:00:06,536
about neighbors
helping neighbors.
1236
01:00:06,570 --> 01:00:08,538
- [Seth] What do you
think that it's gonna take
1237
01:00:08,572 --> 01:00:10,207
in this country, in
the state of Michigan,
1238
01:00:10,240 --> 01:00:11,375
in the city of Detroit,
1239
01:00:11,408 --> 01:00:14,745
to re-evaluate the
resources and priorities
1240
01:00:14,779 --> 01:00:16,647
and say, we have to take
care of these people.
1241
01:00:16,681 --> 01:00:18,883
- A lot of people
are willing to help
1242
01:00:18,916 --> 01:00:20,885
if they knew what was going on.
1243
01:00:20,918 --> 01:00:22,753
Some people really do not know
1244
01:00:22,787 --> 01:00:24,454
what the plight of some
of our seniors are.
1245
01:00:24,488 --> 01:00:26,891
- [Seth] Does that make you
mad, or at least frustrated,
1246
01:00:26,924 --> 01:00:28,793
knowing that we
throw away somewhere
1247
01:00:28,826 --> 01:00:33,163
between 50 to 70 billion
pounds of food every year,
1248
01:00:33,197 --> 01:00:36,901
and we produce enough food
in this country every year
1249
01:00:36,934 --> 01:00:39,103
to feed the entire world,
1250
01:00:39,136 --> 01:00:40,871
but yet we have people
in the streets of Detroit
1251
01:00:40,905 --> 01:00:42,572
who are going hungry every day.
1252
01:00:42,606 --> 01:00:46,844
- It's frustrating, from
the standpoint that,
1253
01:00:46,877 --> 01:00:50,080
we ought to be able to
come up with a solution
1254
01:00:50,114 --> 01:00:53,283
to feed those who
are most vulnerable.
1255
01:00:55,185 --> 01:00:58,488
- Forgotten Harvest is
a food rescue operation.
1256
01:00:58,522 --> 01:01:01,859
We rescued over 23 million
pounds of food last year.
1257
01:01:01,892 --> 01:01:03,327
This is surplus.
1258
01:01:03,360 --> 01:01:05,262
This is perfectly good food.
1259
01:01:05,295 --> 01:01:08,098
This food would have gone
to waste in a landfill
1260
01:01:08,132 --> 01:01:10,835
otherwise, had we not gone
and rescued that food.
1261
01:01:10,868 --> 01:01:12,770
- [Seth] How would
it go to a landfill?
1262
01:01:12,803 --> 01:01:14,438
Is it something that they just,
1263
01:01:14,471 --> 01:01:16,273
after they've picked
whatever is on the farm?
1264
01:01:16,306 --> 01:01:17,507
- In some cases, yeah.
1265
01:01:17,541 --> 01:01:19,309
In some cases, for an
industrial supplier,
1266
01:01:19,343 --> 01:01:21,411
they may take it
directly to the landfill.
1267
01:01:21,445 --> 01:01:25,115
On the farms, some of the
farms that we rescue from,
1268
01:01:25,149 --> 01:01:27,117
this would be plowed
under, potentially.
1269
01:01:27,151 --> 01:01:29,286
- [Seth] Really?
- Because they couldn't use it.
1270
01:01:29,319 --> 01:01:31,055
Surplus, perhaps it
wasn't the right size.
1271
01:01:31,088 --> 01:01:34,725
Perhaps it was a little too
small, a little too big.
1272
01:01:34,759 --> 01:01:36,260
That's the food
that we can rescue
1273
01:01:36,293 --> 01:01:37,527
that's just as good as anything
1274
01:01:37,561 --> 01:01:39,129
you get in the grocery store.
1275
01:01:39,163 --> 01:01:41,398
(bleeping)
1276
01:01:43,533 --> 01:01:46,270
When many people
think of food waste,
1277
01:01:46,303 --> 01:01:49,339
they're thinking of what
comes off the table.
1278
01:01:49,373 --> 01:01:52,142
But if it's not a perfect size,
1279
01:01:52,176 --> 01:01:55,645
our culture and our
country has taught
1280
01:01:55,679 --> 01:01:57,181
the buyers, our retail buyers,
1281
01:01:57,214 --> 01:01:58,983
customers within
their grocery store,
1282
01:01:59,016 --> 01:02:00,684
that it has to look perfect,
1283
01:02:00,717 --> 01:02:02,686
because if it doesn't look
perfect, it's not good.
1284
01:02:02,719 --> 01:02:04,254
It's just simply not true.
1285
01:02:04,288 --> 01:02:07,224
So if a cucumber isn't
exactly the right size,
1286
01:02:07,257 --> 01:02:10,795
or a tomato isn't
exactly the right shape,
1287
01:02:10,828 --> 01:02:13,063
they won't even bring it
from that industrial farm,
1288
01:02:13,097 --> 01:02:17,267
it'll be wasted before it
ever got to the store itself.
1289
01:02:20,604 --> 01:02:22,639
And it's not someone's fault,
1290
01:02:22,672 --> 01:02:25,742
it's basically that we are
such an efficient society.
1291
01:02:25,776 --> 01:02:27,611
We've learned how to produce it,
1292
01:02:27,644 --> 01:02:29,413
our agriculture process
1293
01:02:29,446 --> 01:02:31,415
is better than anything
else in the world.
1294
01:02:31,448 --> 01:02:33,450
But there's a lot
of waste with that.
1295
01:02:33,483 --> 01:02:35,886
- I just, I'm still...
1296
01:02:35,920 --> 01:02:37,654
I look at this,
1297
01:02:37,687 --> 01:02:38,722
and I eat yellow, red, orange,
1298
01:02:38,755 --> 01:02:40,757
and green peppers all the time,
1299
01:02:40,791 --> 01:02:43,727
and I cannot see a single thing
1300
01:02:43,760 --> 01:02:45,662
that would be wrong with this.
1301
01:02:45,695 --> 01:02:47,798
- There is absolutely nothing
wrong with this at all.
1302
01:02:47,832 --> 01:02:49,166
- [Seth] To warrant surplus.
1303
01:02:49,199 --> 01:02:51,068
- This probably
would have cost you
five bucks in the grocery store.
1304
01:02:51,101 --> 01:02:52,302
Okay?
1305
01:02:52,336 --> 01:02:54,771
And this was surplus
food, an overproduction,
1306
01:02:54,805 --> 01:02:56,340
that can't go to market.
1307
01:02:56,373 --> 01:02:59,576
So we're able to take that
food, rescue that food.
1308
01:02:59,609 --> 01:03:01,178
This is gonna be out in
someone's home next week.
1309
01:03:01,211 --> 01:03:02,179
- [Seth] Yeah.
1310
01:03:02,212 --> 01:03:03,380
- Ready to go.
1311
01:03:04,548 --> 01:03:06,583
For a lot of seniors
this is good food.
1312
01:03:06,616 --> 01:03:08,652
Seniors love the produce,
1313
01:03:08,685 --> 01:03:10,354
know how to fix it,
1314
01:03:10,387 --> 01:03:12,622
and just need to get
their hands on it.
1315
01:03:12,656 --> 01:03:16,026
Basically, our day starts at
seven o'clock in the morning.
1316
01:03:16,060 --> 01:03:19,196
Our trucks go out,
go to grocery stores,
1317
01:03:19,229 --> 01:03:22,332
major entertainment
venues, pick up the food.
1318
01:03:22,366 --> 01:03:25,469
Most of that food, and
we pick up from dairies,
1319
01:03:25,502 --> 01:03:27,537
we pick up from
meat wholesalers,
1320
01:03:27,571 --> 01:03:29,573
anybody that's
merchandising, retailing food
1321
01:03:29,606 --> 01:03:30,875
for the most part.
1322
01:03:30,908 --> 01:03:33,743
We have over 455 food donors.
1323
01:03:33,777 --> 01:03:36,713
We pick that food
up, that afternoon,
1324
01:03:36,746 --> 01:03:39,483
we take that food to an
emergency food provider,
1325
01:03:39,516 --> 01:03:42,052
agencies across the
tri-county area,
1326
01:03:42,086 --> 01:03:44,421
we cover over
22,000 square miles,
1327
01:03:44,454 --> 01:03:46,623
we have about 200 agencies,
1328
01:03:46,656 --> 01:03:49,726
and we deliver that
food, that day, to them.
1329
01:03:49,759 --> 01:03:53,163
By the next day, or that
night, it's on someone's table.
1330
01:03:53,197 --> 01:03:56,566
- Food is a big issue
for many people,
1331
01:03:56,600 --> 01:04:00,137
but nutrition is an
even bigger issue.
1332
01:04:00,170 --> 01:04:01,438
Can I get three meals a day?
1333
01:04:01,471 --> 01:04:02,839
Yes.
1334
01:04:02,873 --> 01:04:05,675
Is it always nutritious?
1335
01:04:05,709 --> 01:04:07,177
No.
1336
01:04:07,211 --> 01:04:09,846
And yet it's the nutrition
that important because,
1337
01:04:09,880 --> 01:04:12,216
you know, I take what I get.
1338
01:04:12,249 --> 01:04:16,086
And there is a lot of
very good food in there,
1339
01:04:17,287 --> 01:04:19,689
but can I sit and say,
1340
01:04:19,723 --> 01:04:22,759
"Oh, well, gee, I need
more calcium today.
1341
01:04:22,792 --> 01:04:24,094
"I don't have any milk,
1342
01:04:24,128 --> 01:04:28,398
"I don't have any eggs,
I don't have any cheese.
1343
01:04:28,432 --> 01:04:29,733
"What am I going to do?"
1344
01:04:29,766 --> 01:04:31,936
If you actually
look you will find
1345
01:04:31,969 --> 01:04:35,239
that there are people
everywhere in North America
1346
01:04:35,272 --> 01:04:36,606
that are hungry,
1347
01:04:37,741 --> 01:04:40,978
that need the food
and aren't getting it.
1348
01:04:43,948 --> 01:04:48,118
And it's because we are no
longer community oriented.
1349
01:04:49,353 --> 01:04:51,855
We're all individual oriented.
1350
01:04:53,023 --> 01:04:55,559
We've lost the family value.
1351
01:04:55,592 --> 01:04:59,463
- Most black families
that I know are not tight.
1352
01:04:59,496 --> 01:05:00,630
Not close.
1353
01:05:00,664 --> 01:05:03,000
- [Seth] Really?
- Really.
1354
01:05:03,033 --> 01:05:05,970
You know, it's like everybody
fending for themselves.
1355
01:05:06,003 --> 01:05:08,705
You know, being separated.
1356
01:05:08,738 --> 01:05:12,909
I think it's my daughter's
religion and her beliefs
1357
01:05:14,278 --> 01:05:18,282
that make her see fit to
help take care of her mother.
1358
01:05:18,315 --> 01:05:19,950
(laughs)
1359
01:05:19,984 --> 01:05:21,418
- [Seth] A lot of seniors
are too proud to say,
1360
01:05:21,451 --> 01:05:23,053
"Hey, I need help!"
1361
01:05:24,521 --> 01:05:28,292
- [Carline] I can't understand
why people won't ask for help
1362
01:05:29,759 --> 01:05:31,728
when they need it.
1363
01:05:31,761 --> 01:05:35,299
You know, there's nothing
wrong with trying to do it,
1364
01:05:35,332 --> 01:05:36,866
but when you know you can't
1365
01:05:36,900 --> 01:05:39,903
and when you see
you can't, holler.
1366
01:05:39,936 --> 01:05:42,072
- [Seth] Squeaky wheel
gets the grease, right?
1367
01:05:42,106 --> 01:05:43,407
- Yes.
1368
01:05:43,440 --> 01:05:45,109
Yes, that's a true statement.
1369
01:05:45,142 --> 01:05:47,011
(chuckles)
1370
01:05:47,044 --> 01:05:49,213
- We see the poverty changing.
1371
01:05:49,246 --> 01:05:51,948
It's not among the people
who've always been poor.
1372
01:05:51,982 --> 01:05:54,384
The new face of poverty
among the elderly
1373
01:05:54,418 --> 01:05:56,586
are the people who used
to be middle class.
1374
01:05:56,620 --> 01:05:59,823
They're the middle class
former working people
1375
01:05:59,856 --> 01:06:01,992
who had, you know,
they had it all.
1376
01:06:02,026 --> 01:06:03,994
They had the home,
they had the car,
1377
01:06:04,028 --> 01:06:05,962
they had kids who
went to college.
1378
01:06:05,996 --> 01:06:08,265
But now because
of the recession,
1379
01:06:08,298 --> 01:06:11,068
their retirement dreams have
been completely smashed.
1380
01:06:11,101 --> 01:06:13,703
Most people never thought they
would find themselves poor.
1381
01:06:13,737 --> 01:06:16,006
They never thought they
would be making daily choices
1382
01:06:16,040 --> 01:06:17,374
between food and medicine.
1383
01:06:17,407 --> 01:06:18,608
But you know what, they are.
1384
01:06:18,642 --> 01:06:20,344
They're making those
choices every day.
1385
01:06:20,377 --> 01:06:22,512
And they're choosing to
eat macaroni and cheese
1386
01:06:22,546 --> 01:06:24,248
instead of grilled chicken.
1387
01:06:24,281 --> 01:06:26,583
It's a very scary reality.
1388
01:06:26,616 --> 01:06:29,553
- Who does then step
up and take the lead
1389
01:06:29,586 --> 01:06:32,489
and say, "Well this
is my responsibility."
1390
01:06:32,522 --> 01:06:36,460
A lot of times we'll
say, well that's the...
1391
01:06:36,493 --> 01:06:37,994
That's the government's
responsibility,
1392
01:06:38,028 --> 01:06:39,763
or it's the Church's
responsibility,
1393
01:06:39,796 --> 01:06:43,133
or it's the fire
department's responsibility,
1394
01:06:43,167 --> 01:06:46,736
and we're not likely
to wanna get involved.
1395
01:06:53,177 --> 01:06:54,644
- We have Forgotten Harvest,
1396
01:06:54,678 --> 01:06:57,013
which is a great help to us.
1397
01:06:58,014 --> 01:06:59,449
That one's going in the cooler,
1398
01:06:59,483 --> 01:07:02,719
and the rest of these
are going in the freezer.
1399
01:07:02,752 --> 01:07:04,688
My name is Steve LaFraniere.
1400
01:07:04,721 --> 01:07:08,425
I've been with the Capuchin
Soup Kitchen for 10 years.
1401
01:07:08,458 --> 01:07:09,826
It provides a great service,
1402
01:07:09,859 --> 01:07:11,295
especially to this neighborhood.
1403
01:07:11,328 --> 01:07:14,098
- [Seth] Are you finding that
you're really getting help
1404
01:07:14,131 --> 01:07:16,700
because of the community, more
so than really anything else?
1405
01:07:16,733 --> 01:07:19,236
I mean, is there that sense?
1406
01:07:19,269 --> 01:07:22,139
- I would have to say yes.
1407
01:07:22,172 --> 01:07:23,907
Earthworks, we ask them to grow
1408
01:07:23,940 --> 01:07:25,909
a certain amount of
food for us each year,
1409
01:07:25,942 --> 01:07:28,445
and you know, we try to
project what our number are,
1410
01:07:28,478 --> 01:07:29,446
what we're gonna need.
1411
01:07:29,479 --> 01:07:31,415
We got fresh beets.
1412
01:07:31,448 --> 01:07:33,217
We got spinach, kale.
1413
01:07:36,353 --> 01:07:39,289
Obviously they harvested
a lot of beets yesterday,
1414
01:07:39,323 --> 01:07:41,091
because this wasn't here
when I left yesterday,
1415
01:07:41,125 --> 01:07:42,892
I leave at three o'clock.
1416
01:07:42,926 --> 01:07:45,829
So also in the
freezer here we have,
1417
01:07:45,862 --> 01:07:48,298
these are all tomatoes and
peppers from the garden
1418
01:07:48,332 --> 01:07:51,301
that we've already
harvested and cleaned.
1419
01:07:51,335 --> 01:07:53,370
So what I do is I freeze
them in bags like this,
1420
01:07:53,403 --> 01:07:57,006
and when I wanna
make soup or sauce,
1421
01:07:57,040 --> 01:07:59,809
I just pull a couple
bags out the day before.
1422
01:07:59,843 --> 01:08:01,044
- [Seth] If you didn't have
1423
01:08:01,077 --> 01:08:02,279
this fresh produce
from Earthworks,
1424
01:08:02,312 --> 01:08:05,982
what would the overall
cost to this kitchen be?
1425
01:08:06,015 --> 01:08:10,254
- Oh, it would affect our
food budget enormously,
1426
01:08:10,287 --> 01:08:12,556
because we try, on my menu,
1427
01:08:13,957 --> 01:08:16,126
I give them a vegetable
every day with their dinner
1428
01:08:16,160 --> 01:08:19,396
and I give them a salad
every day with their dinner.
1429
01:08:19,429 --> 01:08:21,398
So just the tomatoes alone,
1430
01:08:21,431 --> 01:08:23,267
the tomatoes and the
lettuce with the way
1431
01:08:23,300 --> 01:08:26,703
that the economy is,
and with the way that,
1432
01:08:26,736 --> 01:08:28,905
you know, like the
droughts and whatnot,
1433
01:08:28,938 --> 01:08:32,209
and the prices of food just
going up and up and up,
1434
01:08:32,242 --> 01:08:34,744
it would kill our food budget.
1435
01:08:36,012 --> 01:08:38,382
- Earthworks is an organic farm
1436
01:08:38,415 --> 01:08:41,585
located in the city of
Detroit on the east side.
1437
01:08:41,618 --> 01:08:46,423
We grow fresh fruit, organic
food for the soup kitchen.
1438
01:08:46,456 --> 01:08:47,724
Earthworks is actually a program
1439
01:08:47,757 --> 01:08:49,226
of the Capuchin Soup Kitchen.
1440
01:08:49,259 --> 01:08:51,094
I grew up down the street
three blocks from here,
1441
01:08:51,127 --> 01:08:53,997
so this, again, is a
very personal work to me.
1442
01:08:54,030 --> 01:08:55,832
I learned at a very early age
1443
01:08:55,865 --> 01:08:57,167
how powerful food is
1444
01:08:57,201 --> 01:08:59,536
in helping build and sustain
1445
01:09:01,271 --> 01:09:04,274
meaningful and lasting
relationships in the community.
1446
01:09:04,308 --> 01:09:06,610
This is called our
garden of unity.
1447
01:09:06,643 --> 01:09:10,046
As you can see, some of
these four by four plots
1448
01:09:10,079 --> 01:09:12,015
are kind of roped off,
1449
01:09:12,048 --> 01:09:14,083
and some of them even
have some names in it.
1450
01:09:14,117 --> 01:09:16,253
- Yes, I was gonna say,
I see some of the names
around here of everybody.
1451
01:09:16,286 --> 01:09:18,655
- Yeah.
That's David's, Roxanne's,
1452
01:09:18,688 --> 01:09:20,857
Willy's is over there,
Dinah's is over here,
1453
01:09:20,890 --> 01:09:22,459
Darryl's is over here.
1454
01:09:22,492 --> 01:09:25,262
And so, you may see
some things growing here
1455
01:09:25,295 --> 01:09:27,531
that you don't see
growing in other places,
1456
01:09:27,564 --> 01:09:29,833
because a lot of what
we grow in our gardens
1457
01:09:29,866 --> 01:09:32,369
are dictated by what we
serve here in the kitchen
1458
01:09:32,402 --> 01:09:34,304
and what we can sell at market.
1459
01:09:34,338 --> 01:09:37,641
And so this is a place, this
is a very special place,
1460
01:09:37,674 --> 01:09:39,709
for guests of our soup kitchen.
1461
01:09:39,743 --> 01:09:41,378
Neighbors and community members
1462
01:09:41,411 --> 01:09:43,146
can grow their own food.
1463
01:09:43,179 --> 01:09:46,149
And so, they have a deeper
connection with the Earth
1464
01:09:46,182 --> 01:09:48,518
and the food that they're
putting inside their bodies.
1465
01:09:48,552 --> 01:09:51,421
A lot of the stuff that
we grow here is seasonal,
1466
01:09:51,455 --> 01:09:52,889
what you see right now.
1467
01:09:52,922 --> 01:09:55,091
So over the course of
the growing season,
1468
01:09:55,124 --> 01:09:57,093
you'll see a lot of
different things.
1469
01:09:57,126 --> 01:09:59,729
Everything from asparagus,
1470
01:09:59,763 --> 01:10:03,533
to Hubbard squash, which
we're harvesting right now.
1471
01:10:03,567 --> 01:10:04,968
Last year we grew close
1472
01:10:05,001 --> 01:10:08,572
to six to seven
thousand pounds of food.
1473
01:10:08,605 --> 01:10:10,640
- I think that we do
have a problem in America
1474
01:10:10,674 --> 01:10:12,976
of pushing away our
seniors, pushing them back.
1475
01:10:13,009 --> 01:10:17,781
I think that we're so
encapsulated with being young,
1476
01:10:17,814 --> 01:10:20,750
and so that, it's like
a curse if you grow old.
1477
01:10:20,784 --> 01:10:22,619
I think that seniors
should be allowed
1478
01:10:22,652 --> 01:10:27,023
to grow old gracefully and
continue in the lifestyles
1479
01:10:27,056 --> 01:10:28,525
that they're used to.
1480
01:10:28,558 --> 01:10:31,261
We should not push them
away in these facilities,
1481
01:10:31,295 --> 01:10:33,763
because they're like
walking encyclopedias.
1482
01:10:33,797 --> 01:10:35,465
They have all this
knowledge within them
1483
01:10:35,499 --> 01:10:37,534
that we're just ignoring.
1484
01:10:37,567 --> 01:10:39,569
- We really wanna make
sure that as we look
1485
01:10:39,603 --> 01:10:41,438
at where people
live as they age,
1486
01:10:41,471 --> 01:10:44,474
that they have that
choice, they have options,
1487
01:10:44,508 --> 01:10:47,076
and that they can find a
place that they can call home
1488
01:10:47,110 --> 01:10:50,113
that meets their
physical, emotional,
1489
01:10:50,146 --> 01:10:52,048
and their health needs.
1490
01:10:54,851 --> 01:10:57,287
- We have volunteer days
1491
01:10:57,321 --> 01:10:59,523
Wednesday through
Saturday from nine to 12.
1492
01:10:59,556 --> 01:11:03,860
And they sometimes come
with a notion that,
1493
01:11:03,893 --> 01:11:07,497
you know, they're coming to
give something of themselves,
1494
01:11:07,531 --> 01:11:08,898
but they often find
1495
01:11:08,932 --> 01:11:11,568
that they often receive
a lot more in return.
1496
01:11:11,601 --> 01:11:13,837
We don't lack the
resources in our community.
1497
01:11:13,870 --> 01:11:15,939
The resources are us, you know?
1498
01:11:15,972 --> 01:11:17,607
It's not these physical
or material things
1499
01:11:17,641 --> 01:11:20,910
that we often value
in today's society.
1500
01:11:22,512 --> 01:11:26,049
We are the champions
of our own destiny.
1501
01:11:26,082 --> 01:11:30,219
We have a direct effect on the
conditions that we live in.
1502
01:11:30,253 --> 01:11:34,724
And just awakening folks
to that is very powerful.
1503
01:11:34,758 --> 01:11:38,261
Again, this is just an
example of what you can do
1504
01:11:38,294 --> 01:11:40,630
if you put forth the effort.
1505
01:11:44,534 --> 01:11:45,969
- So this is where
the documentary
1506
01:11:46,002 --> 01:11:48,137
was supposed to end, but
something really cool happened
1507
01:11:48,171 --> 01:11:50,106
while we were
filming in Detroit.
1508
01:11:50,139 --> 01:11:52,008
I got a call from a
woman in San Francisco
1509
01:11:52,041 --> 01:11:53,543
who had heard about my journey,
1510
01:11:53,577 --> 01:11:55,745
and she wanted to know if
I'd be willing to come there
1511
01:11:55,779 --> 01:11:59,416
and be part of an expert
panel and share my story.
1512
01:11:59,449 --> 01:12:00,917
Expert I am not,
1513
01:12:00,950 --> 01:12:02,986
but someone who's willing
to share what I learned?
1514
01:12:03,019 --> 01:12:03,987
Absolutely.
1515
01:12:04,020 --> 01:12:05,822
I'm just gonna be honest.
1516
01:12:05,855 --> 01:12:08,191
I never thought
about being a senior,
1517
01:12:08,224 --> 01:12:10,059
I never thought
about getting old,
1518
01:12:10,093 --> 01:12:13,663
I never thought about the
issues that seniors face,
1519
01:12:13,697 --> 01:12:16,032
because I thought that
if I haven't cared,
1520
01:12:16,065 --> 01:12:19,035
there have to be others
out there like me.
1521
01:12:19,068 --> 01:12:20,537
I talked about starting in LA,
1522
01:12:20,570 --> 01:12:24,007
and not knowing a damn
thing about senior hunger.
1523
01:12:24,040 --> 01:12:26,142
I briefly mentioned how
I wanted to get out of LA
1524
01:12:26,175 --> 01:12:28,578
and go to Marin County to
hang out with Victor Buick,
1525
01:12:28,612 --> 01:12:31,047
a man who still
inspires me to this day.
1526
01:12:31,080 --> 01:12:33,517
And of course I even
mentioned meeting Paul Fillow,
1527
01:12:33,550 --> 01:12:35,852
getting emotional, and how
that was a huge turning point
1528
01:12:35,885 --> 01:12:37,554
in this documentary.
1529
01:12:38,522 --> 01:12:39,989
I shared my memorable experience
1530
01:12:40,023 --> 01:12:42,158
of being in the poorest
place in America.
1531
01:12:42,191 --> 01:12:43,593
And the people of Booneville
1532
01:12:43,627 --> 01:12:46,996
are some of the best people
I've ever encountered.
1533
01:12:47,030 --> 01:12:49,065
Hell, it was in Booneville
where I had my ass grabbed
1534
01:12:49,098 --> 01:12:51,635
by an 80-year-old feisty senior,
1535
01:12:51,668 --> 01:12:54,638
the director of photography
and I went clogging,
1536
01:12:54,671 --> 01:12:56,072
and I even went to church.
1537
01:12:56,105 --> 01:12:58,942
(christian music)
1538
01:13:00,844 --> 01:13:03,012
I'm not saying I'm going
back to church anytime soon,
1539
01:13:03,046 --> 01:13:06,450
but it was a great
experience nonetheless.
1540
01:13:06,483 --> 01:13:08,384
And then my journey
took me to Orlando,
1541
01:13:08,418 --> 01:13:09,786
where I got to work
with one of the oldest
1542
01:13:09,819 --> 01:13:12,689
senior-centric organizations
in the country.
1543
01:13:12,722 --> 01:13:14,791
It was here that I really
started to understand
1544
01:13:14,824 --> 01:13:16,292
and respect our seniors.
1545
01:13:16,325 --> 01:13:18,662
I got to call Bingo,
1546
01:13:18,695 --> 01:13:20,864
learn how to properly
unfold a fan,
1547
01:13:20,897 --> 01:13:22,265
and I even got to rub elbows
1548
01:13:22,298 --> 01:13:23,633
with Miss Senior
America herself.
1549
01:13:23,667 --> 01:13:25,535
- Thank you, I
appreciate it so much.
1550
01:13:25,569 --> 01:13:28,004
- [Seth] But it wasn't until
I got to Austin and Detroit,
1551
01:13:28,037 --> 01:13:29,773
to where I fully
started to comprehend
1552
01:13:29,806 --> 01:13:31,908
the scope of the matter at hand.
1553
01:13:31,941 --> 01:13:35,512
Is it going to take more
60,000 square foot warehouses,
1554
01:13:35,545 --> 01:13:37,681
handling over two million
pounds of food per month
1555
01:13:37,714 --> 01:13:39,549
to feed our seniors?
1556
01:13:39,583 --> 01:13:40,984
How beneficial is it for someone
1557
01:13:41,017 --> 01:13:43,419
to fill out 18
pages of paperwork,
1558
01:13:43,453 --> 01:13:46,255
with the hopes that they
get enough money to live?
1559
01:13:46,289 --> 01:13:47,857
And why do we let
farms and farmers
1560
01:13:47,891 --> 01:13:51,828
plow under billions of
pounds of food per year?
1561
01:13:53,697 --> 01:13:55,431
Look, I don't have
all the answers,
1562
01:13:55,465 --> 01:13:57,601
nor do I even pretend to.
1563
01:13:57,634 --> 01:13:59,302
I don't think any of
us wanna be that senior
1564
01:13:59,335 --> 01:14:02,506
who's old and forgotten,
going hungry every day,
1565
01:14:02,539 --> 01:14:05,374
waiting for someone to give
a shit about their life.
1566
01:14:05,408 --> 01:14:06,610
I think it's gonna take more
1567
01:14:06,643 --> 01:14:08,144
than the people I met
during this journey
1568
01:14:08,177 --> 01:14:11,447
who are fighting for
seniors every single day.
1569
01:14:11,481 --> 01:14:14,450
I have to believe that
this is gonna happen.
1570
01:14:14,484 --> 01:14:16,586
Because we can come
together as a group,
1571
01:14:16,620 --> 01:14:20,624
as a society, and finally
say, enough is enough.
1572
01:14:22,258 --> 01:14:24,594
And I'm just here to say
that I'm living proof,
1573
01:14:24,628 --> 01:14:26,563
my life did a 180,
1574
01:14:26,596 --> 01:14:30,066
in how I went from not caring,
to now being an advocate.
1575
01:14:30,099 --> 01:14:33,436
So, what I hope
that this film does
1576
01:14:33,469 --> 01:14:38,074
is let people know that one
person can make a difference,
1577
01:14:38,107 --> 01:14:41,811
but together, we can do a
whole hell of a lot more, so...
1578
01:14:41,845 --> 01:14:44,247
(applauding)
1579
01:14:46,349 --> 01:14:48,417
(upbeat music)
1580
01:14:48,451 --> 01:14:51,254
- It's important for individuals
1581
01:14:51,287 --> 01:14:53,790
to understand the
plight of our seniors.
1582
01:14:53,823 --> 01:14:57,994
- There's nothing harder than
being a senior citizen, and...
1583
01:14:59,963 --> 01:15:04,534
You got aches and pains
and all that kind of stuff.
1584
01:15:04,568 --> 01:15:05,835
We have a saying in our church,
1585
01:15:05,869 --> 01:15:08,137
"Growing old isn't for wimps."
1586
01:15:08,171 --> 01:15:10,273
- The problem of
aging in America,
1587
01:15:10,306 --> 01:15:11,741
people call it a problem.
1588
01:15:11,775 --> 01:15:13,376
That's the problem.
1589
01:15:13,409 --> 01:15:14,811
It's not a problem to get older.
1590
01:15:14,844 --> 01:15:16,345
It's a problem if you don't.
1591
01:15:16,379 --> 01:15:19,649
Here in Washington we tend
to think in short cycles.
1592
01:15:19,683 --> 01:15:21,050
This budget cycle.
1593
01:15:21,084 --> 01:15:23,219
We need to start thinking
about the future,
1594
01:15:23,252 --> 01:15:24,688
and the future, and the future,
1595
01:15:24,721 --> 01:15:27,490
which is where I need to
engage the younger generation.
1596
01:15:27,523 --> 01:15:29,693
My program is your future.
1597
01:15:30,894 --> 01:15:33,462
- As challenging as
all of this work is,
1598
01:15:33,496 --> 01:15:36,065
and it is hard listening
to people's problems
1599
01:15:36,099 --> 01:15:38,401
and not always being
able to help them,
1600
01:15:38,434 --> 01:15:41,237
it's also uplifting
and exhilarating
1601
01:15:41,270 --> 01:15:43,573
when you're able to come in
and actually make a difference.
1602
01:15:43,607 --> 01:15:47,110
This field of working
in the field of aging,
1603
01:15:47,143 --> 01:15:50,513
is not only about
them, those old folks,
1604
01:15:50,546 --> 01:15:52,148
it's about us.
1605
01:15:52,181 --> 01:15:54,851
We are creating our own future,
1606
01:15:54,884 --> 01:15:57,053
and so we all have
a personal stake
1607
01:15:57,086 --> 01:15:59,956
in making sure that life
is better for older people,
1608
01:15:59,989 --> 01:16:03,860
because we want life
to be better for us
when it's our time.
1609
01:16:03,893 --> 01:16:05,695
- It might be you one day.
1610
01:16:05,729 --> 01:16:07,664
It might be your spouse, it
might be your best friend
1611
01:16:07,697 --> 01:16:09,198
who ends up there.
1612
01:16:09,232 --> 01:16:10,834
But if they need the program,
1613
01:16:10,867 --> 01:16:12,335
if they need to be fed,
1614
01:16:12,368 --> 01:16:14,638
if they need somebody to
bring their meals to them,
1615
01:16:14,671 --> 01:16:16,339
heck, it sure would be
nice to have that there,
1616
01:16:16,372 --> 01:16:18,141
to know that it's there.
1617
01:16:18,174 --> 01:16:20,076
We don't know yet
what's gonna happen.
1618
01:16:20,109 --> 01:16:23,046
There's a term we've heard
called the silver tsunami.
1619
01:16:23,079 --> 01:16:25,348
It's coming, and we're
gonna reach this point
1620
01:16:25,381 --> 01:16:26,816
where there's so
many people dependent
1621
01:16:26,850 --> 01:16:28,652
on this type of a program,
1622
01:16:28,685 --> 01:16:32,355
if we don't lay that foundation
today for what's to come,
1623
01:16:32,388 --> 01:16:35,992
but the time it's here, by
the time that demand is here,
1624
01:16:36,025 --> 01:16:37,260
no one's gonna be ready for it,
1625
01:16:37,293 --> 01:16:39,395
and there's gonna be
problems left and right.
1626
01:16:39,428 --> 01:16:41,430
- [Cleda] We have more
food in this country
1627
01:16:41,464 --> 01:16:42,966
than we can consume.
1628
01:16:42,999 --> 01:16:47,403
And we have got to find a
way so that organizations
1629
01:16:47,436 --> 01:16:51,407
can work together and companies
and food distribution folks
1630
01:16:51,440 --> 01:16:54,043
can work together to get
the excess food that we have
1631
01:16:54,077 --> 01:16:55,879
in this country and get it out.
1632
01:16:55,912 --> 01:16:59,615
I do think that hunger in
this country can be solved,
1633
01:16:59,649 --> 01:17:02,351
and will be solved if we
can all work together.
1634
01:17:02,385 --> 01:17:05,789
- My advice to the
younger generation is,
1635
01:17:07,290 --> 01:17:09,993
this is going to happen
to a lot of folks,
1636
01:17:10,026 --> 01:17:11,394
the way I'm looking at it.
1637
01:17:11,427 --> 01:17:12,896
They're gonna be hungry,
1638
01:17:12,929 --> 01:17:17,033
and you gotta make the right
decisions and save your money,
1639
01:17:17,066 --> 01:17:20,036
and do nice stuff for people,
because it comes back to you.
1640
01:17:20,069 --> 01:17:22,839
- [Seth] It sounds to me,
and I hate to oversimplify,
1641
01:17:22,872 --> 01:17:26,710
but it just seems like seniors
want somebody who cares.
1642
01:17:26,743 --> 01:17:30,914
They wanna know that somebody
still cares about them.
1643
01:17:33,950 --> 01:17:35,284
- And I do.
1644
01:17:35,318 --> 01:17:37,921
(upbeat music)
1645
01:17:50,767 --> 01:17:52,936
- I was dancing in my 50s,
1646
01:17:54,738 --> 01:17:56,806
and nobody knew I was 50.
1647
01:17:56,840 --> 01:17:59,575
(chuckles)
1648
01:18:17,961 --> 01:18:21,731
- People struggle with
looking at that reality
1649
01:18:21,765 --> 01:18:23,933
and trying to figure
out what the solution is
1650
01:18:23,967 --> 01:18:28,137
and what they're gonna do
to be part of that solution.
1651
01:18:34,844 --> 01:18:37,546
- Everybody deserves
to be helped.
1652
01:18:37,580 --> 01:18:40,483
Maybe I don't have enough
to help every month,
1653
01:18:40,516 --> 01:18:44,353
but whenever I can, I
don't mind helping them.
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