You're listening to the John and Heidi Show Bonus Hour. If you miss any of the program, you can find a podcast at the bottom of the page at Johnny radio dot com. Thank you for listening to The John and Heidi Show Bonus Hour. I'm excited to invite you to join us on Saturday. We're going to be out at Grand Falls Casino and Golf Resort, celebrating their anniversary with them, and they do it in a really cool way. They've got fireworks. It's coming up this Saturday, June tenth, and the winners
are the winners. I'm sorry the fireworks. I don't know what I'm talking about. The fireworks are at dusk, so if you're out there at like nine thirty, you'll be good to go. They might be a little closer to ten it just make sure it gets dark out. And then again, it's just a really really cool thing. We go every year and this is one of our favorite things out there. And then in addition to that, you can go inside and you can make a contribution to the Sioux Falls fireworks.
And I know it gets confusing because we're talking about fireworks that are happening this week. And then fireworks that are happening on the fourth of July. But it's two different things, but Grand Falls Casino and Golf Resort is right in the middle of both of them. So first of all, this Saturday is their anniversary, so they do a fireworks show at Grand Falls Casino and
Golf Resort this Saturday night. And then in addition to that, they are one of the supporters of the Sioux Falls Fireworks on the fourth of July. They have been involved for over a decade. They are the reason I got involved. They reached out and said, hey, would you be interested in helping with this? So we got involved, and then in twenty twenty we actually set up we took over the event, and then twenty twenty one we
set up our own nonprofit, Sioux Falls Fireworks and Community Events. So again, thank you to the good folks at Grand Falls Casino and Golf Resort for getting us involved in that. And it's been so much fun to be a
part of that over the years. And again, if you get a chance coming up now all the way through July third, you can go to the Resort Club at Grand Falls Casino and Golf Resort donate ten dollars at the Resort Club and they'll give that money to the fireworks on the fourth of July and then you get ten dollars in free slot play, so you make a donation and then they give that money back to you on your cards. You can go out and gamble and hopefully win some big bucks again if you want to
do that with us. We're gonna be out there on Saturday evening enjoying a wonderful dinner and then we're gonna go out and watch some fireworks. So coming Out has some fun with us at Grand Falls Casino and Golf Resort. I'm not sure which band is playing this weekend, but they always have music there in the center as well. It's just going to be a ton of fun. So coming Out has some fun on us again. Their big anniversary party is on the tenth, so that is happening this Saturday. And speaking of
music, did you see that Kevin Bacon is going to be there? Yeah? Who, He's not gonna be there this week, He's gonna be there a little bit later. It's Saturday, November eleventh, at eight pm. The Bacon Brothers are coming to Grand Falls Casino. He and his brother Michael Kevin Bacon and Michael Bacon are the Bacon Brothers and a very very cool band. And they've got a blend to fulk and rock and soul and country.
It's really kind of cool music. So if you get a chance, that's coming up later in the air, but you can get your tickets now and again, like I said, join us Saturday. We'll see you then Saturday evening Grand Falls Casino and Golf Resort. That's when they have their fireworks. That's also when you can make a donation to the two false fireworks. If I haven't completely confused, you just keep listening. I'll see if I can do more. We've got John from Thanks to USA joining us in a moment.
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That's better credit card yards dot com. We have John Roses joining us. He is the president and CEO at Thanks USA, and a lot of folks listening are probably somewhat familiar. We play a PSA for Thanks USA. But mister Rosa, how are you doing today? Sir? I'm doing great. Thank you, appreciate your time. Absolutely, Let's talk a little more about what you guys do at Thanks USA. I think it's an amazing organization.
Well, yeah, you know, at the end of the day, I'm really just focused on two main objectives, and that is to provide our military families the financial assistance they need to see their academic goals come come true and to make sure they have the resources they need to secure a job in a successful career. And you know, the mission is very very simple for us.
It's to show our gratitude and appreciations through education. And you know, this very simple gift opens up the world of opportunities for our military families, who, next to their service members, make great sacrifices for the freedoms we enjoy today. And how long has thanks USA dot org and Thanks USA been
around. We've been around for a little over fifteen years and in that time, we've been able to provide over fifteen million dollars scholarships to over five thousand military families service members, and we just we're so honored to be great stewards of these fronts because without the support of average, every day individuals who appreciate what our service members do, we could never be able to do that. And if people listening are thinking, boy, this sounds like a really neat
thing, how does that work? Do they make like a monthly pledge, they make a one time donation? What does it usually look like for folks that do reach out and give to Thanks USA? Well, there's there's a wonderful number. There's wonderful number of ways for folks to support the usest ways to visit our website at THANKSUSA dot org, and they're giving opportunities for direct
giving, whether a one time gift or a monthly gift. But we also have several events and activities to get behind to be able to really get connected directly with our scholars and the military families. You can see some of our adaptive tennis programs we do with some of our disabled sets, and some other things that we'll be doing throughout this year of the year but go ahead and visit a website at thanks USA dot org and there's a ton of opportunities there
to get involved. And I'm on that site right now and it's pretty darn simple. I can see where you can click to make a quick donation, but you can also learn about scholarships. You can learn about pathways for patriots and the different events that you guys have. Let's talk about the scholarships for people who maybe have kids that are in school and they're, you know, getting to that age where it's about time to start thinking about that. What
are the requirements for the scholarships through thanks USA. So our program is it's pretty straightforward. We provide academic scholarships to the sons and daughters of Post nine to eleven military veterans, so that if you fall in with that large range and spouses accuse me, sons, daughters and spouses, so there dependants well be eligible for a scholarship. Now, we're different than some scholarship programs,
and I think this is important to point out. We certainly do look at the academic performance, the involvement in community, but we also look at something that I think is very important, which is sort of the character of services. What has your life been like because of military service? What is it? How has that challenged you? How has that made you better? And so our scholarship program is really designed to recognize those who quietly and silently you
really make great sacrifices. And our programs you apply once a year or a scholarship program, and we are able to receive about twenty five hundred applications a year. And for those that we are able to provide financial scholarships for, it's fantastic. But for those that we aren't able to we also have a fantastic program called Pathways for Patriots, and our Pathways for Patriots program is really designed to connect our family members and service members in many cases with experts in
their fields. So if you're looking to advance your career or get into a looking how to be more competitive in school or your job, or to learn more about how to be how to conduct yourself well in the COVID world, we have courses and the membership mentorship programs or what we call it Pathfinder program that goes on throughout every month. We have several sessions, so it's a great way for military families to connect with each other and to be able to
kind of a loop forward and advance along. There's between their careers as well well. I think what you're doing is absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for taking the time to chat with us today, but also thank you for Thanks USA. Thank you so much and again because it thanks you for saying dot org and we greatly appreciate your support. Again, John is with thank
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