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EPISODE SUMMARY:
Tommy DiMisa (“Tommy D,” the Nonprofit Sector Connector) kicks off episode #240 of Philanthropy in Phocus from his office (not the attic!) with a message he lives by: if you’ve got an idea—try it. What started as a campaign he launched on January 8, 2021 has become a weekly platform spotlighting nonprofits and the people behind the mission.
This episode takes an unexpected but perfect turn when Tommy’s original guest can’t make it—so he calls in the cavalry: Britt Carroll and Izzy Ades-Lawlor from Best Buddies New York. Together, they unpack what Best Buddies is all about: inclusion, belonging, and opportunity for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)—starting with real, one-to-one friendships.
Britt shares Best Buddies’ origin story (founded in 1989 by Anthony Kennedy Shriver at Georgetown) and walks through the organization’s major program “pillars,” including Friendship, Jobs, Living, Family Support, and Leadership Development / Transitions—all designed to expand access, independence, and community. Izzy adds what she’s focusing on now: growing school involvement and helping lead promotion for upcoming events—especially the Friendship Walks.
You’ll also hear one of the most powerful “mission moments” of the episode: Britt tells the story of Charlotte, a Best Buddies Jobs participant working at Asphalt Green in NYC—where members know her by name, greet her warmly, and credit her with making their days better. It’s a real reminder that when employers lead with inclusion, the ripple effects are massive.
Tommy’s closing message says it all: it’s not about ability—it’s about access.
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In this opening segment, Tommy D reflects on how Philanthropy in Phocus grew from a simple idea into 240 episodes dedicated to amplifying nonprofit stories, encouraging mission-driven leaders to take the leap, try something new, and trust the impact of showing up consistently. He shares how authentic relationships—built through community events, partnerships, and shared values—create powerful connections between nonprofits, businesses, and supporters, spotlighting organizations like Best Buddies and the broader Long Island nonprofit ecosystem. With his trademark energy and heart, Tommy reminds listeners that philanthropy thrives on passion, inclusion, and collaboration, and that real change happens when people come together to shine a light on good work being done.
Tommy D keeps the energy high as he riffs on reworking the show’s “attic” theme song, then uses Izzy’s career shift—from luxury fashion social media to Best Buddies—to spotlight how nonprofit work can be a purposeful pivot into impact. Britt shares Best Buddies’ origin story (founded in 1989 by Anthony Kennedy Shriver at Georgetown) and breaks down the organization’s core pillars: one-to-one friendship programs, inclusive employment support, and upcoming supported living in New York, plus family support for people navigating a new diagnosis. The segment closes with Tommy connecting the dots between community partnerships and real-world change—shouting out campaigns that challenge stereotypes, and even brainstorming collaborative education and environmental volunteer ideas to help young people get engaged through inclusion and service.
In this segment, the conversation zooms in on how Best Buddies brings inclusion to life through leadership development, school-to-career transition programs, and community-driven events like the Friendship Walk, which unites families, schools, donors, and partners around a shared mission. Tommy D highlights the power of collaboration—between nonprofits, businesses, and even high-profile advocates—to amplify impact, raise critical funds, and elevate stories of people thriving through inclusive friendships, employment, and support. The takeaway for nonprofits and supporters is clear: when community, visibility, and authentic engagement come together, missions grow stronger, reach expands further, and real change becomes possible.
Tommy closes the episode by underscoring that Best Buddies is building inclusion at real scale—thousands of chapters, hundreds of thousands of participants, and a ripple effect reaching communities across New York and beyond—because being “different” shouldn’t mean being excluded, especially for kids learning how to belong. Britt and Izzy spotlight the on-ramps for supporters (volunteering, sponsorships, in-kind support, and joining the May 2 NYC and May 9 Long Island Friendship Walks), while emphasizing how early school programs and community partnerships help normalize friendship and accessibility from the start. The segment lands on a powerful “mission moment” story—Charlotte thriving in her job and lighting up her workplace—reminding nonprofits and donors alike that when employers and communities invest in access, people don’t just participate; they flourish.
00:00:48.330 --> 00:00:59.859 Tommy DiMisa: is your boy, the one and only, the nonprofit sector connector. I'm not in the attic, gang, I am at my office. Coming at you from Strong Island, represent, baby. Here's the deal.
00:01:00.180 --> 00:01:12.349 Tommy DiMisa: I came up to the attic, where I'm not now, but I went up to the attic on January the 8th of 2021, and I started this campaign called Philanthropy in Focus, which for 2 years prior, I started talking about it.
00:01:12.350 --> 00:01:26.280 Tommy DiMisa: And as I stand here in my office today, in January of 2026, this is the 240th episode of something that was just an idea. I encourage you, if you have an idea, just do it. Just try it. Like, as they say.
00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:38.780 Tommy DiMisa: Nike. What do you mean, Nike, Tommy? Just do it, baby. Try something out, man, it's probably not going to be exactly what you expected. In fact, I hope it's not exactly what you expected, because that would be boring. This thing certainly is not what I expected.
00:01:38.780 --> 00:01:51.969 Tommy DiMisa: You know, I just… I'm on this campaign to continue to shine a light and help nonprofits tell their story, and as I like to say, amplify their message. Talk about a shining light, I can't figure out this, like.
00:01:52.350 --> 00:02:07.060 Tommy DiMisa: ceiling light in my office, man. I don't like it, I want a lamp. If anybody's got a good stick lamp they think would be good for the office, so I can just turn these lights off permanently, I'd like to do that. But what do I do? I like to shine a light on nonprofit organizations, the great work they're doing. And…
00:02:07.800 --> 00:02:32.719 Tommy DiMisa: Fortunately for me, as the nonprofit sector connector, I got a lot of friends in this work, because I unfortunately had to find out that I… my guest, who was joining me this morning, could not join me, and that all happened this morning, overnight into this morning. And fortunately, I have good friends that I could text, and were like, Tommy D, we got you back, man, we got you. Brittany Carroll is here, Izzy at his
00:02:32.720 --> 00:02:42.630 Tommy DiMisa: is here from Best Buddies NY, baby, Best Buddies. I have been involved with Best Buddies for a number of years, I'll tell you all that story. First, let me say hello to my friends. Hello! What's going on?
00:02:42.860 --> 00:02:43.399 Tommy DiMisa: Good morning.
00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:44.520 Britt Carroll: Hello, Tommy. Thank you.
00:02:44.520 --> 00:02:45.500 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: Morning!
00:02:45.790 --> 00:02:50.929 Britt Carroll: We are honored and excited to talk all about Best Buddies and how amazing we are.
00:02:51.290 --> 00:02:51.770 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: And then…
00:02:51.770 --> 00:03:12.220 Tommy DiMisa: There it is, there it is. Pump the positivity. I'm fired up to have you both here. This is gonna be a great conversation because, you know, I have some connection to the organization. I have some awareness of the organization, for sure. I don't know if… do you… I don't know that Izzy knows, but, Brittany, do you know how I originally got connected to Best Buddies?
00:03:13.670 --> 00:03:17.910 Britt Carroll: Was it from your aunt? I can't remember. Is that how it all started, or…
00:03:17.910 --> 00:03:24.919 Tommy DiMisa: here's… here's what happened, here's what happened. So, I was at the Law Imagine Award
00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:47.109 Tommy DiMisa: now very involved with. But at the time, we were not a corporate sponsor of Vanguard Benefits. Shout out to my new hoodie, by the way. Shout out to my wife, you know, with the cricket and the whole thing. Vanguard Benefits, because employees matter. So I wanted to say this. This show has been brought to you in part by Vanguard Benefits. I thought that would be fun, like, they used to do that on TV. Yeah. So…
00:03:47.110 --> 00:03:51.140 Tommy DiMisa: I'm at the, I'm at the Long Island Imagine Awards at the time.
00:03:51.400 --> 00:04:06.929 Tommy DiMisa: I think we had, like, you know, like, in a restaurant, if you get, like, a bad seat, they put you by the kitchen, and, like, the kitchen door swings open? So we were, like, in those seats, because we were… we didn't really know anybody yet. Now, because we sponsor the event, we sit in the front the whole thing. But I'm sitting at this table.
00:04:06.930 --> 00:04:17.340 Tommy DiMisa: And, I meet these young women, two young women, and they talk to me about this organization, Best Buddies, and I go, oh my god. And they started telling me stories, and they were one of the
00:04:17.370 --> 00:04:24.670 Tommy DiMisa: one of the finalists, and they actually won that night, and I think it was the Rising Star category. Maybe during the commercial break, I'll go back and try to figure out what year that was.
00:04:25.110 --> 00:04:43.019 Tommy DiMisa: But I met these two young ladies, and we had a cool conversation, and I said, we have a family foundation member of my cousin Linda, called the Lindy Liu Foundation, and I think we can support what you guys are up to. And that's how it all started. And then I have since become very involved with the Imagine Awards, as I started to say, Vanguard Benefits.
00:04:43.020 --> 00:04:46.969 Tommy DiMisa: sponsors the Rising Star Award each year out here in Long Island.
00:04:46.970 --> 00:04:50.709 Tommy DiMisa: And, so shout out to the Imagine Awards. I mean, just this week alone.
00:04:51.250 --> 00:05:06.660 Tommy DiMisa: I got to do 3 interviews. Gigi's Playhouse, who you guys probably know. Britt, I was telling, Emily Genius from out there that we gotta all connect. She came into the studio last week, and we did an episode of Long Island Changemakers. They got a place called Coho.
00:05:06.660 --> 00:05:16.269 Tommy DiMisa: which, is a coffee shop out in Patchogue, Long Island, and their participants have a vocational and an internship program at this spot, Coho.
00:05:16.280 --> 00:05:26.310 Tommy DiMisa: And we gotta talk about that, so we'll make that connection, but she… so I got to interview her for the Imagine Awards. I got to go out this week and, meet with
00:05:26.410 --> 00:05:37.639 Tommy DiMisa: there's folks at Bay Street theater, which is this gem out in Sag Harbor. It's a theater of Julie Andrews, one of my favorite movies, Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews is a regular out there.
00:05:37.640 --> 00:05:47.210 Britt Carroll: That's my… that was my favorite movie growing up, Mary Poppins. My mom would find me downstairs dressed up in a trench coat and an umbrella, and… no, I… this is a God's honest, true story, you can ask my mom.
00:05:47.300 --> 00:06:02.559 Britt Carroll: That's what I did all the time, and people were like, Mary Poppins isn't a fun movie as a kid, and I said I thought it was. But Julie Andrews, my grandma loved her, and Sound of Music and all that stuff, so… but I swear, you're the only other person that has ever said that before, I know that's so off-topic, but…
00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:16.659 Tommy DiMisa: Well, it's not! It's not off-topic. The whole show is off-topic. It's called philanthropy and Focus, but I purposely spelt it wrong, because I'm usually out of focus, so that's why I spell it a PH. So if you're looking for it, don't look for the F, look for the PH. All right, your… so, last…
00:06:16.660 --> 00:06:22.770 Tommy DiMisa: two weeks ago, when I had Tracy Mitchell, the executive director of Bay Street theater, she… we started talking.
00:06:22.770 --> 00:06:29.720 Tommy DiMisa: And she was telling me that Julie Andrews is a regular, she lives out that way, so she's at the theater, like, when they have opening nights and stuff like that.
00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:39.929 Tommy DiMisa: So, Brittany Carroll, there is a… and I said to myself the other day, I was like, Tommy D, and then I said, what, Tommy D? And I said, dude.
00:06:40.510 --> 00:06:59.670 Tommy DiMisa: when you meet Julie Andrews, because I think I will now, because now I have a connect, when I… what would I want to ask? So, I would want her to probably say to me, what do you think about Tommy D? And I would want her to say, you are practically perfect in every way. And that's what I think, if you don't know, you don't know. If you know, you know, right?
00:06:59.670 --> 00:07:10.049 Britt Carroll: I have a pillow in my guest room that says practically… I'm taking a picture of this later. I swear I'm not making this up. It literally is on my guest bed. I got it in Disney, like, 10 years ago.
00:07:10.050 --> 00:07:14.610 Tommy DiMisa: I already… I already like you, we're friends, you don't have to make stuff up, okay?
00:07:14.880 --> 00:07:25.369 Tommy DiMisa: So… so that was one of my… and… and the, you know, just a spoonful of sugar. How about, like, how about… oh my god, they're, like, they're changing the channel right now. But how about, like, when…
00:07:25.370 --> 00:07:37.620 Tommy DiMisa: when the guy shoots the cannon off, and everything in the house shakes, and all the maids have to catch all the vases, or the vases, depending on how you pronounce it, but remember all that? That was a classic… Izzy, do you have any idea what we're talking about?
00:07:38.180 --> 00:07:47.869 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: Yeah, I… I love Mary Poppins, as well. I guess not to the same extent that you guys do, but I definitely watch it. I used to watch it on, like, VHS when I was growing up.
00:07:48.050 --> 00:07:49.579 Tommy DiMisa: Fair enough. Alright, right on.
00:07:50.000 --> 00:08:02.200 Tommy DiMisa: I love it. I love that you're… you're with us in that. Yeah, well, what… because you had… he was the… this chimney sweep, and then when they went into the painting, and then they're on the other side, and they go to the horse race and everything like that.
00:08:02.360 --> 00:08:05.720 Britt Carroll: Yeah. Yeah, Dick Van Dyke, the best. He just turned 100.
00:08:05.940 --> 00:08:07.279 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: I love Dick Pandemic.
00:08:07.280 --> 00:08:08.809 Tommy DiMisa: Did he just turn 100?
00:08:09.010 --> 00:08:10.290 Britt Carroll: You just turned a hood around.
00:08:10.290 --> 00:08:10.940 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: Yeah.
00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:30.250 Tommy DiMisa: Holy cow, that's incredible, man. God bless Dick Van Dyke. God bless Julie Andrews. That is… this show is off the rails, right out of the gate, perfectly done, Tommy D. We don't even know where we're going. So, Bay Street theater, and then the final stage of Tommy D's week. Actually, Bay Street came after what I'm about to tell you.
00:08:30.450 --> 00:08:31.920 Tommy DiMisa: I went out.
00:08:32.400 --> 00:08:47.889 Tommy DiMisa: with the Shinnecock kelp farmers, Native women, who are planting kelp in our waterways here on Long Island, and the kelp brings all the carbon and nitrogen and pollution out of the water, and then the kelp is used for fertilizer, and it's…
00:08:47.930 --> 00:08:57.049 Tommy DiMisa: I… it was like, you know, it's been a cold week, everybody? I mean, it's very cold. I have video and photos of me being in waiters
00:08:57.050 --> 00:09:10.689 Tommy DiMisa: And I have these gloves that basically go all the way up your arm, and I'm in the water, out in the bay, in Peconic Bay, earlier this week. That's what we do. That's the Long Island Imagine Awards, that's what the Nonprofit Sector Connector's all about. Crazy stuff.
00:09:10.690 --> 00:09:19.750 Tommy DiMisa: But I'm blessed, man. Yesterday, after that, we go out to the Long Island State of the, State of the Long Island nonprofit sector. Shout out to Long Island Business News.
00:09:20.170 --> 00:09:33.749 Tommy DiMisa: Just so much of that. So many things, so many things going on. That's what the life of Tommy D is about. Let's get into the life of Britt and Izzy. What a cool show! It's Tommy D and Britt and Izzy. Let's do it. Alright, so…
00:09:34.020 --> 00:09:35.740 Tommy DiMisa: I'm… I shall breathe.
00:09:35.890 --> 00:09:40.980 Tommy DiMisa: Okay I told you how I got to connect with Best Buddies.
00:09:41.400 --> 00:09:50.189 Tommy DiMisa: I want to know how you both got connected to Best Buddies. So, before we go to commercial break, which we'll do in about 4 or 5 minutes, before we do that, Brittany.
00:09:50.190 --> 00:10:07.319 Tommy DiMisa: quick backstory, what were you doing before? How did you get two best buddies? We can dive more into when we come back, but then after that, I want to hear, Izzy, what made you decide? Because this is a total new career transition for you, this isn't… you weren't in the nonprofit sector. So, Brittany, give me 2 minutes, 2 minutes to Izzy, and then we're going to take a quick break. Let's do it.
00:10:08.040 --> 00:10:15.740 Britt Carroll: So, the short version is, I've been working in a nonprofit for over 10 years. I actually worked with a nonprofit in…
00:10:16.210 --> 00:10:24.989 Britt Carroll: Fort Myers, Florida, where I lived for 8 years. It was called Star Ability. They did things very similar to Best Buddies, but it's just based on getting them jobs and internships.
00:10:25.190 --> 00:10:32.099 Britt Carroll: And then, I worked for the local school district. I got underserved students.
00:10:32.410 --> 00:10:35.109 Britt Carroll: And, a lot of…
00:10:35.410 --> 00:10:47.830 Britt Carroll: our teachers' scholarships to continue their education, and, you know, go to college, and then from there, I worked for the Alzheimer's Association, and then Best Buddies in Florida reached out to me to potentially get a job, but I wasn't looking.
00:10:47.870 --> 00:10:58.769 Britt Carroll: And then that big hurricane hit, and then being born and raised from New Jersey, Best Buddies New York had an opening, so I just kind of winged it, applied, and got hired two weeks later, moved back up here, and…
00:10:59.200 --> 00:11:19.030 Britt Carroll: ever since then, Best Buddies has changed my life. It's a great opportunity, we do great work, and, you know, as… as… actually, saying practically perfect in every way is how I think of all our buddies. I think they're perfect in many different ways, and I think that was a great segue into it. So yeah, I've been a nonprofit for a long time, I love it, and I just love helping people, so…
00:11:19.190 --> 00:11:27.989 Tommy DiMisa: You're the best. You're so cool, man. I love that we got this theme of Mary Poppins now woven through this episode of Philanthropy and Focus.
00:11:27.990 --> 00:11:45.829 Tommy DiMisa: Julie Andrews, I know you're probably watching, so we love you. All right, Izzy, we love you too. Tell us about your story, because again, this is a new thing. Like, this is not, you know, you weren't in school studying to be in nonprofit, right? It was a different… so tell me about what you were doing, how you got here, that sort of thing.
00:11:46.440 --> 00:12:00.089 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: Yeah, so in school, I actually studied wildlife biology, so vastly different from anything that I've done now. So actually really cool hearing about your kelp work, because that's actually hugely important.
00:12:00.090 --> 00:12:07.640 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: to waterway systems, I was like, oh, I know about that. I did a little bit of kelp surveys when I first moved to New York, but that's irrelevant.
00:12:07.640 --> 00:12:22.269 Tommy DiMisa: Not relevant at all. Look, here's the… I will get you this, I know you're not on Long Island, but… so, it's the Shinnecock, and that's how it's… I would have said Shinnecock earlier this week, but hanging out with these women, I learned it's Shinnecock, and it's… so it says Sisterhood of the Sea.
00:12:22.270 --> 00:12:22.660 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: Yeah.
00:12:22.660 --> 00:12:31.529 Tommy DiMisa: Dude, Izzy, right here on the show, I will put you on the spot. Will you one day come volunteer with me, with the farmers, and go in the water?
00:12:31.780 --> 00:12:35.660 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: Sure. I'm in Long Island a lot. My family lives out there.
00:12:35.660 --> 00:12:36.190 Tommy DiMisa: Yes.
00:12:36.190 --> 00:12:41.049 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: And I love being in the water, and I think that marine systems are amazing. Yeah, I definitely.
00:12:41.050 --> 00:12:55.690 Tommy DiMisa: It's… it's awesome. I'm totally gonna, like, pause the show and show you pictures, like, this is… this is what Tommy D does, this is what goes on in my mind, and show you, like, me in the water. But tell me why wildlife, like, biology, like, what drew you to that work, even, like…
00:12:55.860 --> 00:13:02.900 Tommy DiMisa: Because that's… is that growing up by the… did you grow up on Long Island? Like, because everywhere we go here, there's water.
00:13:02.900 --> 00:13:05.140 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: I grew up in DC, actually.
00:13:05.140 --> 00:13:05.600 Tommy DiMisa: But…
00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:22.529 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: I grew up… my mother was the director of exhibits for the National Zoo, and so I spent a lot of time in zoos, and I was fascinated by conservation work from a really young age. And then I went to school in Vermont, and so I was in the woods, and I was on the lakes, and it was just…
00:13:22.770 --> 00:13:27.469 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: very interesting to me, and I've sort of always been a little bit scientific in that way.
00:13:28.410 --> 00:13:29.210 Tommy DiMisa: See, this is me.
00:13:29.210 --> 00:13:31.290 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: Yeah, look at that, look at those waiters!
00:13:31.290 --> 00:13:34.549 Tommy DiMisa: And, like, see the kelp here?
00:13:34.880 --> 00:13:54.300 Tommy DiMisa: and I could tell, like, this whole story, it… what happens is they have these big tanks where they filter the water way before they do anything with the kelp. They filter the water, like, three times. They were showing me this, I got a bunch of pictures, and then they have this, like, twine that they… I guess the right word would be they plant the little
00:13:54.370 --> 00:13:58.239 Tommy DiMisa: Like, microscopic kelp on there, right?
00:13:58.610 --> 00:14:18.299 Tommy DiMisa: then the twine is all rolled up, and then they go out, and they have this long rope across the bay, and they take the twine, and they, like, weave it in there, and then the twine, like, just, like, just flops, not flops, but hangs there, and then the kelp. I mean, some of these pictures, dude, like, sheets of this stuff were, like, here, like…
00:14:19.050 --> 00:14:26.749 Tommy DiMisa: Everybody, if you're… if you're only listening to this show, I can't help you right now. I can't even kelp ya. But, like, look at that big mat.
00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:29.330 Tommy DiMisa: Like, so… so, folks.
00:14:29.630 --> 00:14:39.859 Tommy DiMisa: We've totally derailed the show, but it's episode 240, so I'm just figuring out how to do this whole thing. The website that you all can check out for Shinnecock kelp Farmers is
00:14:40.030 --> 00:14:57.620 Tommy DiMisa: ShinnecockKelpFarmers.com. There's plenty of articles. Izzy, I got a whole bunch of stuff for you that I want to share with you. So, your mom being, like, in the zoo work, the director of exhibits, dude, that had to be cool. Like, really quick story, question, rather. What was the…
00:14:59.470 --> 00:15:19.199 Tommy DiMisa: one memory, tough to do. One, like, super memory about, like, exposure to a certain species, an experience with an animal. Jesse says, Tommy D, you are entirely kelpless. Well played, Jesse, behind the glass. Izzy, what is the,
00:15:19.850 --> 00:15:25.349 Tommy DiMisa: Either favorite animal story or, like, wild experience in being around with your mom.
00:15:27.070 --> 00:15:34.809 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: Oh, whoa. No, I haven't thought about that in a while. I, fed… I think that they're called…
00:15:35.130 --> 00:15:36.970 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: Sloth Bears?
00:15:37.230 --> 00:15:44.829 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: They have these really long snouts, and you can feed them, like, honey sugar water, and they, like, suck it out of your hands.
00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:50.350 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: And that was always really cool, but I also interned there when I was in high school. I worked in their small mammal house.
00:15:50.350 --> 00:16:07.380 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: And there was this monkey, it was a socky monkey, her name was Isabelle, also, and we couldn't touch them, but when I would go in to feed their enclosure, she would always, like, play with my hair and, like, try to grab at me. And I wasn't allowed to touch her back, so it was sort of, like, you know, all her game there. But that was really cool, and…
00:16:07.380 --> 00:16:12.329 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: I was always, like, really jealous of the people who got to interact with the animals on a day-to-day basis, and…
00:16:12.330 --> 00:16:13.100 Tommy DiMisa: No doubt.
00:16:13.100 --> 00:16:13.990 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: No doubt.
00:16:13.990 --> 00:16:24.019 Tommy DiMisa: So, so then, real quick before we go to break, I mean, I just… so we do another show, I have a colleague and business partner in a company called Pals Media Group.
00:16:24.020 --> 00:16:43.230 Tommy DiMisa: And we do a show called The Professionals and Animal Lovers Show, all about animal advocacy. In fact, we're doing an episode later this afternoon. And it's interesting, because I didn't know much about animal advocacy, or really animal welfare, or anything, and now I know a little bit more than I knew before.
00:16:43.230 --> 00:16:49.309 Tommy DiMisa: It's just so… But what I was getting at is people who care about animals obviously are caring
00:16:49.360 --> 00:17:13.409 Tommy DiMisa: thoughtful people, so it makes all the sense in the world that you would work at an organization like Best Buddies, which is all about people, and inclusion, and accessibility, and all this type of stuff. So, I had… I mean, you and I had a conversation when you first came on the team with Best Buddies, and I didn't get all this stuff, and now we're getting here on the show. So, that is… that is super cool. I had to Google Sloth Bear while this is going on, like, you know, I'm checking out other things.
00:17:13.869 --> 00:17:17.819 Tommy DiMisa: Well, there. And, and then I… what was the other one? A sake monkey?
00:17:17.829 --> 00:17:18.959 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: Dockey monkey.
00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:40.629 Tommy DiMisa: Yeah, so that's, back in the day when I was a drinker, we used to drink sake teenies on Friday at the, it was martinis made with sake, but that's, that's over 15 years ago, so that's a whole different story. So, we, we will get to a commercial break, and then we'll come back, and we're gonna dive into the Best Buddy story, but I learned all the stuff. You know, Britt, I don't know if you knew this before we go to break, but
00:17:41.159 --> 00:17:57.079 Tommy DiMisa: I've emceed the Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center Caregiver Summit out here in Long Island at Stony Brook University the last 2 or 3 years in a row, can't remember, but it's a special day, and I forgot you have that connection to Alzheimer's, so…
00:17:57.129 --> 00:18:15.379 Tommy DiMisa: We will be right back. I am so grateful that this is how this morning started with you both here. You know, it was the universe's way of setting things up. It was supposed to go this way, so I'm jazzed that you're both here. We go to a quick commercial break, we'll come back. The show is philanthropy and focus. Your boy is doing his best to focus with a pH. Be right back.
00:19:25.410 --> 00:19:36.940 Tommy DiMisa: in the attic, join me in the attic, but don't, because I'm not there, because I'm at the office. So, I tricked you on that one. We gotta redo the song. I think we're gonna have two different songs, maybe five different songs, depending on where I'm gonna be. You know, like…
00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:51.299 Tommy DiMisa: Tommy is a star, he's doing the show from the car, something like that, you know? Just, let's… let's play with that. First, a couple things. Izzy, what was the job you had right before? You weren't actually in the wildlife space. Right before you came to Best Buddies, what were you doing?
00:19:51.300 --> 00:19:56.160 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: I was doing social media for a luxury clothing company.
00:19:56.480 --> 00:20:17.539 Tommy DiMisa: like that, like that. So, by the way, I'm talking about luxury clothing. I don't know if you saw my hoodie. My wife made this hoodie for me, so shout out to my wife, that's luxury. I love… anytime you can put a logo of your company on swag that you get to wear, it's like you could just dress down all the time. You know, that's, like, my little trick. So I have, like, 5 Vanguard Benefits hoodies now, so that's, that's that move.
00:20:17.540 --> 00:20:30.630 Tommy DiMisa: Alright, let's get into a couple things. First of all, I would like Tom Brady to be my best buddy, and he's on your website. I know he's a big supporter. Now, this is gonna sound, like, sacrilegious. We… I'm up in New York, as many people know.
00:20:30.630 --> 00:20:37.959 Tommy DiMisa: But I freaking think Tom Brady is the GOAT, and many people think that, but, like, I always loved watching Tom Brady play football.
00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:53.990 Tommy DiMisa: There could be I'm not a Jets fan, so it didn't bother me so much that he was up there, but anytime somebody… even that, like, I'm a Mets fan, and how do you not appreciate Derek Jeter? Like, how do you not, gang, appreciate absolute freaking winners? By the way, the Mets, he's putting something together, it looks like, out there,
00:20:53.990 --> 00:20:58.869 Tommy DiMisa: Every day, things are happening right now for the Mets. Let's go Mets. But, like, I want to know…
00:20:58.870 --> 00:21:13.100 Tommy DiMisa: about the history of the organization, you know, back to Anthony and Anthony Kenny Shriver at Georgetown, which, when I've had Sophie De Gweessen on the show, married now, excuse me, but when I've had Sophie on the show, you know, we always would talk about
00:21:13.750 --> 00:21:15.400 Tommy DiMisa: Really.
00:21:15.490 --> 00:21:40.230 Tommy DiMisa: like, I would go back to this history and, like, read an article about Anthony at Georgetown, and how it all started and things like that. But let's do a little bit of the history of the organization, then let's dive into, kind of, programmatically, what goes on, whether it be jobs, whether it be housing, whether it be, you know, school-based programs, which I don't think I finished the thought before, but in meeting the organization, Lindy Liu Foundation has supported Best Buddies in building a couple of,
00:21:40.540 --> 00:21:50.359 Tommy DiMisa: several, I should say, school-based programs, and we have one more in the works right now for this year. So, Britt, take it away. Give me some background on the organization, kind of from high level.
00:21:51.180 --> 00:22:06.790 Britt Carroll: So, I always start off with saying Best Buddies is the best nonprofit, but I might be biased. But, yeah, so, in 1989, Anthony Kennedy Shriver, as we call him at Best Buddies AKS, was at Georgetown, and he…
00:22:06.790 --> 00:22:11.830 Britt Carroll: Decided that a lot of people were being excluded from a lot of activities, and he thought, how can we make
00:22:11.950 --> 00:22:16.459 Britt Carroll: Basically, the world a better place, and more inclusive, and obviously from
00:22:16.650 --> 00:22:29.800 Britt Carroll: his family history, he really had a love and support for people with IDD, so he started at Georgetown a friendship program. That's what Best Buddies is primarily based off of, is a one-to-one friendship.
00:22:29.800 --> 00:22:36.759 Britt Carroll: Which is friendships between those with and without an IDD, and I always like to say this too, it's
00:22:37.290 --> 00:22:54.289 Britt Carroll: not a mentor program, it's literally a friendship. And from there, he… we have grown and grown for the past… I'm bad at math 30 years, right? Yeah, about 30, 31 years. And we've done… he's done a tremendous job advocating for those with disabilities. He always says.
00:22:54.370 --> 00:23:02.089 Britt Carroll: We hopefully can be out of business one day, because the world can be a better place, but obviously we love our jobs and we love helping people, but…
00:23:02.210 --> 00:23:09.540 Britt Carroll: So, he started with just the friendship program, and now we have 5 different, as we call them at Best Buddies, pillars?
00:23:10.010 --> 00:23:20.739 Britt Carroll: So we have one-to-one friendship, which is from elementary to college, and we also have the adult-based one-to-one friendship program, which is 18 and up. You could be any age.
00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:35.530 Britt Carroll: you are matched based on your interests. Like, for example, I love football, I don't love Tom Brady, I am a Jets fan, but I do appreciate his art. And Drake May's actually an ambassador for us. He goes to the Hyannis Park Challenge in Boston, fun fact.
00:23:35.890 --> 00:23:53.050 Britt Carroll: So… Hold on, hold on, pause for a second. So, Drake May is also involved? Is that what you just said? Because the Tom Brady thing, I think we all, like… I did not know you were a Jets fan, I wouldn't have done that to you. Oh, it's okay, we're awful, I'm used to it. I was born into it, but I'm a Yankees fan. But,
00:23:53.150 --> 00:24:07.040 Britt Carroll: So, like, for example, I love football, so… and I like, you know, you know, I like to just go out and do things and watch sporting events, so, like, they would match me with somebody. It could be male or female, depends on, like, what the buddy's comfortable with.
00:24:07.040 --> 00:24:21.210 Britt Carroll: And we could just, like, go to a game, or go out and watch a game together, like, I don't know, go mini-golfing, go to the movies, and, you know, just have a friendship, just like how we go out with our friends all the time on the weekends, after work, go to happy hour.
00:24:21.210 --> 00:24:30.389 Britt Carroll: They want to do things just like we do every day, and you know, it's just a wonderful experience for them to also advocate for themselves and have the community learn that
00:24:30.770 --> 00:24:34.390 Britt Carroll: I don't know if anybody saw this commercial, I think it was 2 years ago.
00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:43.589 Britt Carroll: with the… I can't remember her name with Down syndrome, and it was basically just saying that she could do anything we can do, like… and the one line I'll always remember, she said, if…
00:24:43.790 --> 00:25:02.069 Britt Carroll: like, if I want a margarita, I can have a margarita, and it just made me laugh, because they can go out and do whatever they like. Like, it's… it's unfortunate that some people in this world still think they can't, but going into that, from there, we created the jobs program, which
00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:14.409 Britt Carroll: gets adults with disabilities part-time and full-time jobs. We have a great jobs team, especially here in New York City. We have over 50
00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:31.339 Britt Carroll: employed participants and 10 in preparing for finding a job. And, you know, we have people working at the NFL, we have a statistician, we have full-time workers working at JLL, Blink Fitness, Asphalt Green, really great, community partners.
00:25:31.340 --> 00:25:54.509 Britt Carroll: Full benefits a lot of them have, which is great. They're independent living on their own because they have these wonderful jobs, and, you know, our program, our jobs program supports them no matter what. If they want to find a new job, if they're maybe looking for a promotion, going from part-time, full-time, they are with them through the whole process. And then we also have living that's coming to New York.
00:25:54.510 --> 00:26:00.300 Britt Carroll: Where that is a… basically, I would say, not like college life, but it's, like.
00:26:00.610 --> 00:26:08.999 Britt Carroll: That kind of feel, and there's people with and without disabilities that live, in these apartments, and they learn how to basically
00:26:10.070 --> 00:26:21.469 Britt Carroll: The whole point is to have them leave this program and then be able to live on their own, in their own house, apartment, so they teach them, like, financial responsibility, how to cook.
00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:35.299 Britt Carroll: and clean, and just basically manage your day. And then we also have Family Support, which is, more of a mentoring program for those families who get a diagnosis, in the wound or after, and it's just a really
00:26:35.300 --> 00:26:43.570 Britt Carroll: great place to connect and know that you're not alone, and that everything will be okay. So, yeah, those are kind of all our pillars. I don't know if Izzy wants to add anything.
00:26:43.570 --> 00:26:44.959 Tommy DiMisa: Yeah, I want, I wanna get…
00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.590 Britt Carroll: and down that.
00:26:45.590 --> 00:27:00.059 Tommy DiMisa: I want to get Izzy in quick, but I gotta do a couple things here. We got a little housekeeping. So the viral ad campaign, Assume That I Can, challenges stereotypes about people with Down syndrome by showcasing their abilities and capabilities. The ad produced by
00:27:00.060 --> 00:27:07.380 Tommy DiMisa: Core Down and Small New York, in association with the National Down Syndrome Society, was created in honor of
00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:15.120 Tommy DiMisa: World Down Syndrome Day, March 21st. So it features the young woman you're talking about, Madison Teblin, who's a model and advocate who would.
00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:15.530 Britt Carroll: Yes.
00:27:15.530 --> 00:27:24.770 Tommy DiMisa: various stereotypes, right, including the belief that people with Down syndrome cannot live independently or engage in activities like
00:27:24.770 --> 00:27:48.199 Tommy DiMisa: drinking, boxing, or studying Shakespeare. Shout out to you, Madison. Madison, you ever want to come on this show, you ever want to come on Long Island Changemakers with Tommy D, you ever want to create a new show, we'll make up a new name, and you come on that show. It could be Matty and Tommy, if you want, for all I care. But, like, I would love to feature that, because you are a changemaker doing great work. So, Britt, nice on you for calling it out. Shout out to Google. Nice job on Google, let me find something.
00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:53.760 Britt Carroll: I couldn't remember what the campaign was called, but I just don't… that one line, like, got me so good.
00:27:53.760 --> 00:28:11.169 Tommy DiMisa: It's all good. When you have a… when you are, as we, you know, which I didn't know for a long time, but being somebody who is now considered neurodiverse with the ADHD, the whole thing, I can be over there while I'm over here, and probably be somewhere else, because there was a phone ringing in my work bag at the same time, so you're, you know, multitasking.
00:28:11.170 --> 00:28:24.479 Tommy DiMisa: So, philanthropy, yes, Jesse, a little out of focus today. Izzy, what is… what do you gotta fill in, like, your role in the organization and, you know, some of the programs and things, like, that Brittany was just going through? Tell me about that for a moment or two.
00:28:25.580 --> 00:28:29.149 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: I'm so sorry, I think you cut out for a second.
00:28:29.150 --> 00:28:37.440 Tommy DiMisa: Yeah, did I… am I lagging a little bit? Your… your role in the organization, and just kind of highlighting some of the work you're doing inside of these programs, you specifically.
00:28:37.650 --> 00:28:56.480 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: Yeah, I mean, my role right now is, you know, Britt takes on so much, and she does so much amazing things in New York City and Long Island, and so a lot of what I do is just, you know, trying to take a little bit off her plate where I can. Right now, we're getting ready for our… not getting ready, we're preparing for our friendship walks.
00:28:56.480 --> 00:29:12.760 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: And so we're doing one in Long Island and in New York City, and so I've been, you know, doing… beginning to do a lot with the schools, working in both New York and Long Island. You know, we want to have a big showing of our school programs, because we really did start as friendship programs, and we have…
00:29:12.760 --> 00:29:21.749 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: you know, so much capacity within the schools, and you know, the kids are kind of the catalyst for this whole thing. So, getting everyone more involved.
00:29:21.750 --> 00:29:33.869 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: Has definitely been something we've been trying to do, trying to figure out what kids are even, you know, into these days. I feel old trying to think about what, like, high schoolers would, like, what they would be excited by.
00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:51.449 Tommy DiMisa: Yeah, I think, I think, first of all, I don't feel old, so you shouldn't, because we're probably around the same age, I'm sure, but not even close. You know, like, you're probably, like, there's a guy that works in our office here, and I just turned 48 the other day, and he's 24, so that's weird.
00:29:51.450 --> 00:30:10.529 Tommy DiMisa: to, like, he, like, doubled his age. Like, that's a weird thing to… I was like, it would take two of you to make one of me. And I didn't mean that, like, derogatory. I was like, dude, that's weird. So I will say, even having three teenagers and a 10-year-old in my house, Izzy, I'm trying to figure out. I mean, I'm still walking around, like.
00:30:10.530 --> 00:30:16.480 Tommy DiMisa: God forbid you told me we had 6 minutes to go, because I go, 6, 7! Because, like, I now… You don't even know that.
00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.140 Britt Carroll: you.
00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:18.420 Tommy DiMisa: No, it doesn't mean anything, Brittany.
00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:20.649 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: It doesn't mean anything. It's made it up.
00:30:20.650 --> 00:30:28.270 Tommy DiMisa: It means nothing. It came a bit from a song, and then a guy did… kid did it in a video, and it means nothing. But the thing about it is.
00:30:28.470 --> 00:30:43.330 Tommy DiMisa: my brain is, like, now I'm… I get stuck on it. So, like, if I hear… like, I won't even say, like, say I want somebody to meet me, I don't know, why don't we meet, like, 6 or 7? I don't even say that now, because I know it'll make my brain do… so I go, we should probably just meet at, like, 5.30 or 6.
00:30:43.330 --> 00:31:02.780 Tommy DiMisa: I literally caught myself doing something like that because I didn't want to take my hands and go, 6, 7… I coach my younger son's basketball team, so I got a dozen of these 10-year-olds in a gym, and, like, you can imagine, forget it. So, I don't know what they like either, and I'm figuring it out, Izzy, but here's what I can tell you.
00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:04.240 Tommy DiMisa: I think…
00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:16.049 Tommy DiMisa: if you talk about animals, I think you're gonna make a lot of connections that way. I mean, like, take some of your interest in biology and all that, I bet that's a way to connect with young people, and maybe…
00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:29.660 Tommy DiMisa: there's a program here where, with some collab, hashtag collaboration, right? Maybe there's a collab with the Shinnecock kelp Farmers and Best Buddies and some education, because a big part of what they did is they have curriculum
00:31:29.690 --> 00:31:46.690 Tommy DiMisa: around ecology and things like that, because I get to do the write-up. So, basically, this part, we'll go to a break in a second, everybody, but basically, this juncture of the Long Island Imagine Awards process is, first, the applications come in, the committee reviews the applications, and those of us committee members do interviews and do write-ups
00:31:46.890 --> 00:31:52.339 Tommy DiMisa: from those interviews. So I got to really understand what they all are up to, and
00:31:52.470 --> 00:32:12.219 Tommy DiMisa: we're just gonna… maybe it's a day we do something with them, you know, we bring participants and do some programming, and I mean, it's not the responsibility of these women, it is all of our responsibilities to fix things, and basically what happened, here you go, soapbox time, there was such overdevelopment
00:32:12.750 --> 00:32:21.199 Tommy DiMisa: here on Long Island, over 30 years where I learned this from these women, there was such overdevelopment that
00:32:21.540 --> 00:32:32.190 Tommy DiMisa: Homes were being developed, but they didn't put the infrastructure in place, so many of these homes didn't have septic tanks and things like that, so the runoff just spills sewage right into our waterways, which
00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:35.699 Tommy DiMisa: Ms. Biologist, not so good, huh? Not…
00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:39.290 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: It's called neutrification, and it's really, really bad.
00:32:39.290 --> 00:32:40.190 Britt Carroll: How much.
00:32:40.410 --> 00:32:41.080 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: It's a bad look.
00:32:41.080 --> 00:32:41.590 Tommy DiMisa: book.
00:32:41.590 --> 00:32:42.520 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: You see?
00:32:42.520 --> 00:32:44.160 Tommy DiMisa: I… neutrification?
00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:53.069 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: Nutifrecation, it's, like, when there's too much nutrients like that in the water, so it causes overgrows of, like, algae and bacteria, so you can't, like, the…
00:32:53.580 --> 00:32:59.159 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: The things, like, below it can't grow anymore, so kelp eats those things, which is what clears up the water phase.
00:32:59.160 --> 00:33:00.399 Tommy DiMisa: Dude, you are gonna…
00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:21.019 Tommy DiMisa: totally dig coming out for a visit. I'm so jazzed that we went here with this conversation today. It's funny because, like, the Mary Poppins thing, like, I just say what's in my head because it was supposed to be there, apparently, in the room, the virtual room or whatever, but, like, bringing up the kelp farmers in your background, it's a whole other dialogue. So, neutrification, gang, that sounds like a good thing.
00:33:21.020 --> 00:33:32.310 Tommy DiMisa: Apparently, it isn't, but it sounds like… it would sound like, hey man, we're gonna get some nutrification going on. No, don't do that, it's not good. Alright, we'll take a quick break, because the tick-tock, tick-tock, the clock is going. Izzy, Brittany, Tommy D, right back.
00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:48.760 Tommy DiMisa: or on other places on the planet that are not my attic. Alright, let's go. So, I was just on the Best Buddy shop, there's some swag there. I see, like, you got this cycling gear, that must be about that challenge that's gone on and stuff, so we'll… we'll talk about that. I want to get into… we'll get into, like, at the last segment of the show, we'll get into what's upcoming specifically here on Long Island.
00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:57.509 Tommy DiMisa: But I… I… really, a little bit off the rails, but that's how the show goes. I'm… I've learned so much already, and Izzy…
00:34:57.890 --> 00:35:16.689 Tommy DiMisa: We were Best Buddies, which is just so cool. So, I have to Google Nutrification later, this is… this is my life. This is what I have to deal with. So, five programs, if am I right? One-to-one friendships, Citizens, which is the adult program, right? Jobs, living, and then Family Support, was that the fifth program?
00:35:16.690 --> 00:35:33.319 Britt Carroll: Yeah, and we also under… and I forgot, we also have leadership development. I totally blanked on the spot. That's where we have our Ambassadors in Transitions program. So, we actually started Ambassadors Academy, it launched about 6 months ago, and basically, we're training…
00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:49.729 Britt Carroll: I think over 15, like, per session from my last knowledge of writing about this, and it basically teaches them, like, self-advocacy, and a lot of our Best Buddies events, including our Friendship Walk, we have a lot of our participants share their stories, so they learn speech, speech writing.
00:35:49.730 --> 00:36:06.699 Britt Carroll: You can always volunteer and come to any of those. Many ways to volunteer for Best Buddies. And then our transitions program is for students 14 to 22. It's basically college prep. If you think when you were in high school, when you go to your guidance counselor, you sat down, what are you gonna do with your life? We basically help them and their parents,
00:36:07.050 --> 00:36:10.220 Britt Carroll: Guide them in that, because unfortunately, after high school.
00:36:10.470 --> 00:36:30.360 Britt Carroll: there is not much support for those with disabilities, but Best Buddies is here to support them, and in any way, if they want to go to college, trade school, beauty school, go straight into the workforce, that's what that program's all about. And, we have a great team in New York in general that helps, you know, make these programs so successful. And the Friendship Walk…
00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:35.809 Britt Carroll: It's the fundraising event that helps us grow these programs, so it all ties in together, so…
00:36:35.810 --> 00:36:39.530 Tommy DiMisa: Tell us about that! Go ahead, let's do that. Go ahead, tell me about the Friendship Walk. What's that?
00:36:39.530 --> 00:36:53.189 Britt Carroll: So, since, you know, Long Island… so we'll talk about… Long Island and New York City is very similar, but the Friendship Walk on Long Island is May 9th at, Marjorie Post Park in Massapequa. We have it there every year, May 9th from 10 to 1.
00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:56.090 Britt Carroll: It is a wonderful.
00:36:56.190 --> 00:37:07.699 Britt Carroll: fabulous day of getting the community together, a lot of our schools, families, donors, supporters, board members, and just celebrating inclusion. We have
00:37:07.730 --> 00:37:24.310 Britt Carroll: Games, snacks, merch, music, DJ, we are gonna have some fun, special things coming this year, which we're super excited about. We won't reveal those yet until they're confirmed, but,
00:37:24.590 --> 00:37:33.440 Britt Carroll: We have a great board, which Tommy sits on, that's really helping us elevate our walks. I will say, last year was the first year since I started that we exceeded goal.
00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:49.060 Britt Carroll: So thanks to everybody in the community. Our goal was 60,000, and we hit 65. Our goal this year is 75, and I know with the community on Long Island, we can definitely do this, and especially with Izzy joining our team, we can. Long Island has great,
00:37:49.140 --> 00:38:07.110 Britt Carroll: great schools that support people with disabilities. Shout out to all the SEPTA groups. They're amazing, phenomenal, and I think they're going to be a big part of our walk this year, and shout out to all the advisors who do the Best Buddies chapters. That's extra work on top of them teaching all day, so it really does help and make a difference.
00:38:07.180 --> 00:38:12.669 Britt Carroll: And yeah, it's just a really great community day. Tommy always comes, does his big spiel on stage, and…
00:38:12.930 --> 00:38:17.349 Britt Carroll: You know, you don't even have to just sponsor, you can create a team and just…
00:38:17.350 --> 00:38:40.390 Britt Carroll: you know, donate some money and help us hit our goal, and at the end of the day, it's just knowing that you're helping people is great. Obviously, there's a million nonprofits everywhere, and also other nonprofits do come to our walk, too. We do collaborate with the nonprofits. Tommy mentioned Gigi's Playhouse. They have attended before, and we actually partner with them through our Citizens and friendship program, so…
00:38:40.390 --> 00:38:46.330 Britt Carroll: We've been partners with Gigi's Playhouse for many, many years, and we're very thankful to have that partnership also.
00:38:46.690 --> 00:39:06.479 Tommy DiMisa: Yeah, love it, and we could tap more into a lot of community-based organizations that serve our similar population. I mean, you know, I'm on the board of Spirit of Huntington Arts Center. You know, I'm on the board of Horseability. Maybe we can get a couple of the, like, the minis to come out. I mean, that would be a trip, man. I don't know if you've ever… Britt, you went with me to HorseAbility, right? Did you ever go?
00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:12.189 Britt Carroll: I haven't been to Horse Ability, but I've been to Spirit of Huntington many of times. You actually hosted that paint event there.
00:39:12.190 --> 00:39:20.569 Tommy DiMisa: Yes, yes, we did. Yeah, we raised a few bucks that night with the wine and the paint, yeah. So, we, but horseability,
00:39:20.570 --> 00:39:27.000 Tommy DiMisa: I'm thinking we should get some of the… so that was actually Episode 1 of Philanthropy in Focus, was Katie McGowan from HorseAbility.
00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:46.690 Tommy DiMisa: And she actually brought a horse onto the show. She brought, like, one of the… Yeah, it was virtual, it was in a Zoom room, but yeah, oh, Izzy, with the animals, I know it's not… I know, like, horses aren't from, like, the marine biology part of things, but usually wildlife biology, not marine biology. So you would dig… do you dig horses? Do you love horses?
00:39:47.010 --> 00:39:53.379 Tommy DiMisa: I do. I'm a fan. Oh my god, horses are incredible. I mean, like, I go to that place.
00:39:53.780 --> 00:40:05.770 Tommy DiMisa: and at HorseAbility, and I feel better. I feel calmer. I feel my blood pressure going down. It's such a special place. So, when we're out on Long Island, we should go there. But I'm thinking.
00:40:05.770 --> 00:40:13.979 Tommy DiMisa: I can text Katie, right after and say, hey, how do we get the minis down to Marjorie Post Park on May the 9th? And,
00:40:14.710 --> 00:40:19.219 Tommy DiMisa: from 10 to 1, that would be a trip, right? To have some of the mini horses there.
00:40:19.220 --> 00:40:29.289 Britt Carroll: Yeah, and honestly, they always say, like, the best form of, like, you know, like, therapy or, like, service animals, like, animals really calm, like, and help people. Like, I know.
00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:39.659 Britt Carroll: I have a dog, and sometimes when I'm stressed, I feel like they know when you're stressed, and they, like, know how to calm you down, so that actually, like… Horaceability's a great nonprofit also, so…
00:40:39.660 --> 00:40:47.919 Tommy DiMisa: Let's talk about that. Yeah, as they say, like, offline, let's talk about that. We'll take these notes away. Do you have a pet, Izzy?
00:40:49.080 --> 00:40:53.080 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: We don't, unfortunately. But I do have 3 roommates, so it's…
00:40:53.300 --> 00:41:10.240 Tommy DiMisa: Fair enough. Yeah, alright, I got that. Well, I have 5 roommates. One is my wife, and then 4 of my children. Oh, and Cheeto. Cheeto's our dog. What is… so, I was gonna ask you your… your pet's name, but you don't need to tell me your roommates' names. What is your dog's name, Brittany?
00:41:10.580 --> 00:41:24.039 Britt Carroll: Tucker, and he's sitting on the couch, like, right next to me over there, so usually he hops on my lap when I'm on calls, because he gets very, jealous, and, you know, I'm surprised he's not, but he's napping right now, but, yeah, Tucker.
00:41:24.750 --> 00:41:42.889 Tommy DiMisa: It's funny, so my guy is called Cheeto, and Jesse just drops in the chat here, at MyGuyCheeto, because his Instagram is MyGuyCheeto, but the guy who did… you know, you said you did, like, social media work, social media administration. The guy who manages Cheeto's Instagram account sucks.
00:41:42.890 --> 00:42:07.550 Tommy DiMisa: Like, he doesn't ever update, it's me. He doesn't ever update anything, he just, like, randomly takes pictures and puts them up, like, every 12 months. It's not very… not very good. But, you will see little baby pictures of Cheeto if you go there, at my guy Cheeto. You check, because I called him, I was like, that's my guy Cheeto right there. All right, we did that, we did the horses, we got to a Spirit of Huntington, we will talk more about…
00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:17.679 Tommy DiMisa: the events and things like that. I heard you talk about the goal and what we're trying to… what you're trying to raise. What I've gotta do is I gotta make a shout-out to Zach Smith.
00:42:17.680 --> 00:42:40.519 Tommy DiMisa: who you mentioned, by reference, works with the NFL as a statistician. What a great story. Zach, I owe you a call. We spoke one time. We were talking about getting you on one of my shows, Long Island Changemakers, probably, or something else, and it was just a breakdown of communication. So, Zach, if you're listening, when you hear this, my brother, I would love to feature your story and the success.
00:42:40.520 --> 00:42:46.070 Tommy DiMisa: he… talk about ambassador. That gentleman is a great ambassador for this organization, right, Britt? Right? Right, Izzy? I mean…
00:42:46.690 --> 00:42:57.510 Britt Carroll: is great, yeah. And actually, since we're on the social media topic, I know we were talking about the NFL, but Izzy actually is running our social media for all our development and events, so follow Best Buddies New York.
00:42:57.690 --> 00:43:11.020 Britt Carroll: And you'll get all your updates and fun… fun facts. We're also gonna start sharing a lot more mission moments, which we like to call them at Best Buddies. So yeah, I don't know if Izzy wants to talk a little bit before break as well. Yeah, talk about that. …social media, but yeah.
00:43:11.020 --> 00:43:21.770 Tommy DiMisa: Yeah, yeah, yeah, let's do that. I love, I love where you're going, nice segue. Britt, Izzy, when you talk about that, so I just went to Best Buddies… so if you go to Best Buddies, like, the website.
00:43:21.790 --> 00:43:40.289 Tommy DiMisa: And then you can go and find, like, by location, because I'm trying to figure out, like, I just did Best Buddies and why it goes to, like, to the challenge. So why don't you give us… how do you want people to connect with the organization on a local basis here? Like, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, whatever, tell us about that stuff.
00:43:41.440 --> 00:43:57.220 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: I mean, people really, whatever way, is easiest for them to connect with us, we want them to. You know, we have our New York Best Buddies email, you can DM us on Instagram, we have a LinkedIn, we have a Facebook, so any way you can, you know.
00:43:57.580 --> 00:44:15.740 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: get in contact with us, we're happy to. I will say that our DMs aren't super monitored on Instagram, so I really would recommend emailing first, but really, we just want to have… it's easy to find all the information you need, so we're kind of working on revamping our social media so that it,
00:44:16.230 --> 00:44:34.479 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: it… because we have a lot of programs in New York State, so that you can, you know, learn about New York City and Long Island and Hudson Valley, and Albany, and Rochester and Buffalo, and you know, it's in a lot of different places, and making sure that's, you know, equally shown, and if there's events in your areas, it's easy to locate, and that should be on Instagram and…
00:44:34.730 --> 00:44:39.229 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: LinkedIn. We're gonna start doing little updates monthly, so you can, you know.
00:44:39.230 --> 00:44:52.900 Tommy DiMisa: I love LinkedIn, so I love… I love all these things, but I would say from a business person's perspective, and from a development perspective, which is, you know, the role you both are in with Best Buddies New York here, it's like.
00:44:52.950 --> 00:45:06.260 Tommy DiMisa: the more leverage we can put on LinkedIn, and the more, like, us as the, you know, the local board, local advisory board here on the island can help out. It's just a place where I think we can really leverage the business community at a different level. There was a gentleman
00:45:06.390 --> 00:45:10.329 Tommy DiMisa: And then we gotta go to the last break of the day. There was a gentleman who…
00:45:10.670 --> 00:45:13.130 Tommy DiMisa: remember this, Brittany? Like, had…
00:45:13.620 --> 00:45:20.359 Tommy DiMisa: he did, like… he's from the TV, he's from, like, the news, and I think he's a football player. I think he's a retired NFL football.
00:45:20.360 --> 00:45:21.460 Britt Carroll: Dave Ferguson.
00:45:21.650 --> 00:45:23.690 Tommy DiMisa: What's say his name? Oh, Nate Burle? Nate?
00:45:24.070 --> 00:45:27.609 Britt Carroll: Nate Burgleson from CBS Morning. Are you talking about who was at our walk this past year?
00:45:27.610 --> 00:45:38.690 Tommy DiMisa: Yeah, because, like, I… if we knew he was there, like, he was doing this thing where he was like, I'm going out to do a thing on Saturday, and then he would go back to the show on Monday and, like, say, hey, here's where I was.
00:45:38.690 --> 00:45:43.179 Britt Carroll: Man, I… and I, like you said, I'm up on stage, like, ranting. I didn't know.
00:45:43.360 --> 00:45:44.069 Tommy DiMisa: No, none of us know.
00:45:44.070 --> 00:46:02.319 Britt Carroll: I'm a big fan, I'm a big football fan, besides him being on the morning show. I know him from his commentary on Sundays, but yeah, he did a great story. I would love to… yeah, we shared that story everywhere, and we're hoping he can come this year again, it would be wonderful. But he did a great, great, great, quick segment on Best Buddies.
00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:03.000 Tommy DiMisa: Yeah.
00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:10.359 Britt Carroll: really, really helped us in general. And I actually think it helped us reach our goal, because after that, more money came in, and it always does make a difference.
00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:21.309 Tommy DiMisa: how do we… so… so let's just say this, like, how do we actually tap into that? I mean, I'm the networker guy, right? I'm, like, I'm the nonprofit sector connector, so, like, I know after that, I sent him, like, a message on Instagram, like.
00:46:21.310 --> 00:46:21.900 Britt Carroll: No.
00:46:21.900 --> 00:46:31.719 Tommy DiMisa: know me, so how do we get Tom Brady, like, who is a Best Buddies guy, to hook us up? Like, what… because if we're gonna get Nate on stage, I am willing to share the stage with.
00:46:31.720 --> 00:46:44.960 Britt Carroll: So, we are in the works with it. Our… one of my coworkers, has the connection to Nate, so we are working on that. So, we… I… I'm already in talks with all of that, so… Good, good, because it'd be great… People dig that.
00:46:45.460 --> 00:46:46.310 Tommy DiMisa: People do that.
00:46:46.310 --> 00:47:02.990 Britt Carroll: Great, yeah, he's very, very kind. I DM'd him after, he answered me back right away. He said it was a great event. Yeah, he's a great guy. Very, very busy guy during football and stuff, but he definitely is a big advocate for the community, as if… I don't… again, I don't watch… I'm not gonna say this, Nate, sorry, I don't watch…
00:47:03.050 --> 00:47:11.579 Britt Carroll: that in the, morning, but if they ever want Bist Buddies on, we would love to do that. I would love to go and talk about that. So, yeah.
00:47:11.580 --> 00:47:11.899 Tommy DiMisa: I like.
00:47:11.900 --> 00:47:23.049 Britt Carroll: And another fun fact, Savannah Guthrie is a buddy, and we always go to the Today Show on National Down Syndrome Day, so we will be on TV that day, and Savannah and her buddy are always featured.
00:47:24.130 --> 00:47:27.240 Britt Carroll: That's awesome. I had to plug that real quick, so…
00:47:27.240 --> 00:47:38.850 Tommy DiMisa: Yeah, no, I'm glad you did, because, you know, how many times can I say Tom Brady's name without you crying? But, like, the thing about it… but the thing about it is, you know, like, celebrities…
00:47:38.850 --> 00:47:57.600 Tommy DiMisa: athletes, whatever, they're just real people who care and want to be involved as well. And… and in a society where we… we pay attention to what these folks are talking about, we love when they're involved with missions, mission-focused organizations, certainly like yours. All right, we gotta take our final break. When we come back, I just want to… let's talk about how people can get involved.
00:47:57.650 --> 00:48:16.700 Tommy DiMisa: we talked about the walk, but why don't we shine a little bit of light on NYC, too, because, you know, we've been Long Island heavy here, but you got events in New York City, to talk about. We'll talk about what the walk date is in New York City as well. I am right back, but we'll all be right back. The show is philanthropy and focus. Your boy is the one and only
00:48:16.730 --> 00:48:18.370 Tommy DiMisa: nonprofit sector.
00:48:18.410 --> 00:48:19.840 Tommy DiMisa: Connector, right back.
00:49:20.900 --> 00:49:32.679 Tommy DiMisa: I'm not in the attic. Alright, we gotta work on that song. 4,046 chapters, 154,354 participants. I mean, a million and a half people impacted.
00:49:32.680 --> 00:49:43.709 Tommy DiMisa: in all 50 states and in 41 countries. You have… we talked about one-to-one friendships earlier today. My guests are from Best Buddies, by the way, the development team from Best Buddies here in New York.
00:49:43.870 --> 00:49:53.399 Tommy DiMisa: 175, excuse me, 165 elementary school programs, which is what we're working on right now here in Long Island with, from the Lindy Liu.
00:49:53.610 --> 00:50:05.889 Tommy DiMisa: 468 middle school chapters, and then the high school chapters was kind of where I got my break with you all. And then the college chapters is just another additional support. I think what's interesting is…
00:50:06.250 --> 00:50:18.770 Britt Carroll: See, I'm raising four kids. They'd be my children that I'm raising, not just random children I met, but these are my 4 children that my wife and I raised. I don't know why I say that like that. Sometimes I just go, I'm raising four kids, like, I'm raising my 4 kids, you know?
00:50:18.770 --> 00:50:23.509 Tommy DiMisa: I mean, like, English is my first language, although I'm not very good at it sometimes, you know?
00:50:24.190 --> 00:50:27.790 Tommy DiMisa: But… I, I, I think…
00:50:28.010 --> 00:50:34.410 Tommy DiMisa: Being a kid is difficult. Period. End of story. Next sentence, being a kid right now is super difficult.
00:50:34.890 --> 00:50:51.699 Tommy DiMisa: being a kid who is in any way, quote-unquote, different, like IDD or not IDD, you know, by the way, for y'all who don't know, when we say those, we mean people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, that's what we're talking about.
00:50:51.840 --> 00:51:03.479 Tommy DiMisa: I just think of it, one of my kids, a certain situation just happened recently, and, you know, just different than the rest in some ways, and it's… it's… I mean, I… I think we need to value
00:51:04.120 --> 00:51:10.919 Tommy DiMisa: our differences. We certainly need to value our similarities, right? But we need to value our differences, and
00:51:11.210 --> 00:51:30.620 Tommy DiMisa: I think it's difficult, even at the younger levels, the younger grades, and then especially you throw in somebody who learns differently, needs different accommodations, you know, has special, needs special accommodations, just had different needs, special needs. And, you know, I remember a thing that came out a bunch of years ago, and, like.
00:51:30.800 --> 00:51:35.439 Tommy DiMisa: And I think it's still right on, but we're just inclined to say certain words.
00:51:35.580 --> 00:51:41.820 Tommy DiMisa: Somebody was just like, they're not special needs. They're just needs. They're just freaking needs, man. Hashtag inclusion.
00:51:42.160 --> 00:51:43.370 Tommy DiMisa: So…
00:51:43.710 --> 00:52:01.010 Tommy DiMisa: talk about the younger, you know, because, again, I was introduced to this organization when I became aware of high school chapters, but I love the fact that there are getting involved at a younger level, because I see a world where, like, you know, my cousin Linda would have been…
00:52:01.450 --> 00:52:03.850 Tommy DiMisa: 48, she would have been, like, 44.
00:52:04.010 --> 00:52:22.989 Tommy DiMisa: And, you know, we come from a generation where the R-word was thrown around on a regular basis, and that is not even a word we, as a society, were not supposed to use anymore, where it's… but I would do here at times. I mean, organizations were named with the R-word in their name, like, that was what the history of this country was.
00:52:23.740 --> 00:52:24.680 Tommy DiMisa: So…
00:52:26.170 --> 00:52:38.899 Tommy DiMisa: I guess I see a world where, like, we don't make fun of people for stuff like that. That's ridiculous. We don't talk about people negatively for things. That's ridiculous. That's kind of the world I always see. And I think when younger people
00:52:38.970 --> 00:52:50.429 Tommy DiMisa: That's the… just the culture, is we don't do that. That's how you solve these problems, right? So, that's a long, roundabout way for me to introduce. Talk about, if you could, Brittany and or Izzy.
00:52:50.530 --> 00:52:55.769 Tommy DiMisa: About those younger school programs, where these kids are really benefiting from building these relationships early.
00:52:58.190 --> 00:53:14.719 Britt Carroll: So, I'm not an expert because I don't directly go into the schools. Our wonderful, program managers do that, but, I do know, just for being at our conference this past week and talking to our wonderful team in New York,
00:53:14.720 --> 00:53:34.060 Britt Carroll: our goal is to get more elementary schools involved. Right now, statewide, we are in 47 elementary schools, 34 middle schools, and 89 high schools. 24 colleges. But we're really… it's tremendous… it's insane that we're in more elementary schools than we are in middle schools, which is not a bad thing, we actually think it's a wonderful thing.
00:53:34.060 --> 00:53:35.570 Britt Carroll: I always remember, like.
00:53:35.670 --> 00:53:51.529 Britt Carroll: I was a psychology major, and I always remember my professor saying, learning younger is when it really sticks to you, and when you learn. Unfortunately, like, not that you can't teach an adult like… I'm 35, but, like, I wish I had best buddies in my elementary school, and
00:53:51.620 --> 00:54:06.799 Britt Carroll: unfortunately, when I was growing up, they were in small classrooms, they were excluded, it wasn't inclusive, and I wish I knew more, and I felt… I feel like growing up, I did have to educate myself more, and, like, my parents raised me great, like, to accept everybody for who they are, no matter what they look like.
00:54:06.840 --> 00:54:16.929 Britt Carroll: or what they do, and I was blessed to have parents like that. Not everybody ha- like, has a family life like that, but I think best buddies, like, teaching somebody
00:54:17.360 --> 00:54:21.520 Britt Carroll: Just to learn how to be accepting and make that friend, and that could be their best friend for life.
00:54:21.560 --> 00:54:31.160 Britt Carroll: I… just real quick, I know we have a couple minutes left, this story, just talking about New York City. New York City is where our, I guess you would say, New York
00:54:31.160 --> 00:54:46.170 Britt Carroll: home base is, kind of, but we have multiple offices, like Izzy said, Rochester, Hudson Valley, Albany, Long Island, and we all work together to make all these things happen, and this past year, we impacted 750,000 people just in New York State.
00:54:46.200 --> 00:55:05.780 Britt Carroll: But… and that all, you know, is possible with the community that we have, and, you know, our fundraisers, which, you know, you can go on Best Buddies Friendship Walk New York, you can find, all our events happening. We have galas in the fall. Plugging this real quick, we are bringing a gala to Long Island this fall. We don't have a date yet, but we are bringing.
00:55:05.780 --> 00:55:06.320 Tommy DiMisa: experience.
00:55:06.320 --> 00:55:08.580 Britt Carroll: to Long Island, so Tommy, that's what I want.
00:55:08.580 --> 00:55:09.170 Tommy DiMisa: Is that the…
00:55:09.170 --> 00:55:09.750 Britt Carroll: Oh, fine.
00:55:09.750 --> 00:55:12.689 Tommy DiMisa: Is that that phone conversation we were supposed to have that we didn't have? Yes.
00:55:12.690 --> 00:55:18.380 Britt Carroll: Sorry, yes, I got caught up with something else, but anyways, I know we have a couple minutes left, but yeah.
00:55:18.380 --> 00:55:21.470 Tommy DiMisa: We don't have a date on that yet, right? We don't have a date yet.
00:55:21.560 --> 00:55:27.979 Britt Carroll: that's where we're tapping into our board and our community. But before… I know we have 2 minutes left, and I want Izzy to say what else she has to say, but I do want.
00:55:27.980 --> 00:55:28.770 Tommy DiMisa: What do you got?
00:55:29.480 --> 00:55:30.659 Tommy DiMisa: I went out of the.
00:55:30.660 --> 00:55:31.669 Britt Carroll: one story after.
00:55:31.670 --> 00:55:32.070 Tommy DiMisa: Alright.
00:55:32.070 --> 00:55:32.629 Britt Carroll: Where we ended.
00:55:32.630 --> 00:55:37.119 Tommy DiMisa: Alright, so Izzy, Izzy go first, and then one Stuart from Brittany, and then we go.
00:55:38.130 --> 00:55:40.520 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: In terms of events.
00:55:40.520 --> 00:55:44.550 Tommy DiMisa: Do you need anything? Do you need anything? Any specific needs for the organization?
00:55:44.550 --> 00:55:55.749 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: We always, we always need people, you know, we always, are always looking for support in any way possible, like our New York walk is May 2nd, our Long Island walk is May 9th, you know.
00:55:55.750 --> 00:55:56.210 Tommy DiMisa: Reach out.
00:55:56.210 --> 00:56:02.840 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: Anyone who has any connections to… to food, or sponsorships, or just anything exciting? How do they… how do they get to you?
00:56:02.840 --> 00:56:05.379 Tommy DiMisa: I'll share in the… go ahead, email, real quick.
00:56:05.380 --> 00:56:12.140 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: Yeah, they can email, I mean, you can email just the Best Buddies account, or you can email Brittany or I, which is just, you know…
00:56:12.140 --> 00:56:13.579 Tommy DiMisa: one of those emails. Shout them out real quick.
00:56:13.580 --> 00:56:18.220 Izzy Ades-Lawlor: Izzy Addisaller at bestbuddies.org. I have a long name, but…
00:56:18.220 --> 00:56:32.210 Britt Carroll: And Brittany Carroll at BestBuddies.org, but you can find those on the Friendship Walk pages, both our contact information is there. With one minute left, I want to tell the story about, one of our job participants named Charlotte. She works at Asphalt Green, it's a gym.
00:56:32.210 --> 00:56:39.670 Britt Carroll: In New York, and I'm… we're very good friends with her family. We've grown to be friends because of her being in these programs, and…
00:56:39.670 --> 00:56:40.980 Britt Carroll: She…
00:56:41.510 --> 00:56:56.239 Britt Carroll: her dad called me before our winter break, and I… I was almost in tears of happiness, because he is so happy and proud of his daughter, Charlotte, and she works the front desk at Asphalt Green, and when they walk the streets of New York City, the people who attend
00:56:56.240 --> 00:57:15.059 Britt Carroll: the Asphalt Green Gym go up to her. They love her, they say she's such a bright light, she makes her day better every day, and I just want to say, like, anybody who's ever been afraid to work with Best Buddies and hire somebody, that is one of the best things you can do. We have wonderful programs, but our employer partners
00:57:15.140 --> 00:57:38.930 Britt Carroll: giving them full-time jobs, and getting up in the morning, like, Charlotte always says, like, she's so happy to get up and go to work every day, and just to hear that is amazing. But yeah, just, her family's so proud of her, and she did her first speaking engagement on our Friendship Walk last year, spoke at a couple things, shares her story, but that mission moment is always great when her parents just… when she walks in a room, she lights up a room anyway, but…
00:57:39.200 --> 00:57:42.660 Britt Carroll: You know, there's many ways to get involved, just to volunteer.
00:57:42.660 --> 00:57:43.180 Tommy DiMisa: her.
00:57:43.350 --> 00:57:43.830 Britt Carroll: One-on-one.
00:57:43.830 --> 00:57:44.219 Tommy DiMisa: Yeah, we…
00:57:44.220 --> 00:57:44.980 Britt Carroll: ships.
00:57:45.230 --> 00:57:53.789 Tommy DiMisa: I gotta… we gotta leave it there, Britt. I love that you guys showed up for me this morning on the last… you know, I… I asked you so late, and I appreciate you both being here. I want to meet Charlotte.
00:57:53.790 --> 00:58:16.149 Tommy DiMisa: Shout out to Asphalt Green for doing the right thing and making these partnerships. I always say this, gang, it's not about ability, it's about access, it's about accessibility, making people, or putting people in positions where they can excel. Shout out to Charlotte, that's a wonderful story. Brittany, thank you so much. Izzy, thank you so much. Thank you for being here. Make it a great day. Jesse, thanks for your help behind the glass. Make it a great day. Hearts, everybody. I'll see you next Friday. Bye.
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