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THE VOLUNTEERS THAT HELP US OUT AT THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT THEY ARE SO VALUABLE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY MOVING PARTS TO ALL THE THINGS THAT
WE DO THAT WE JUST COULD NOT GET IT ALL DONE EVERY DAY IF WE DID NOT HAVE THOSE EXTRA HELPING
HANDS IT'S FUN TO GO IN EVERY DAY BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHO'S WORKING AT THE LIBRARY AND NOW
THAT I'VE BEEN GOING IN FOR A YEAR AND A HALF OR SO INTO THE NEW BUILDING IT'S FUN TO
SEE FACES AND WAVE AND SAY HELLO AND WE SEE PEOPLE BACK IN THE CIRCULATION AREA AND
WE WAVE THEM AND SAY HELLO AND THEY'RE ALWAYS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO
THINGS CELEBRATING OUR VOLUNTEERS IS A REAL SIGN THAT WE CARE AS A CITY FOR RETENTION AND JUST
MAKING SURE THAT THEY FEEL APPRECIATED THERE ARE TWO THINGS I'M DOING I'M HELPING THE POLICE BUT WE
ALSO HELP THE CITY WE HELP CITIZENS OUT ON THE STREET WE GET AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF COMPLIMENTS
FROM PEOPLE AND WE STOP TO GIVE THEM SOME KIND OF SUPPORT IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THE SERVICE
IT'S A FEEL-GOOD REWARD FOR IT THE REST OF US THAT ARE VOLUNTEERS ALL PARTICIPATE IN THAT
AND ENJOY IT JUST AS WELL HEY HEY GOOD TO SEE YOU GOOD TO SEE YOU THINGS ARE GOING WELL IT IS LIKE BEING PART
OF YOUR FAMILY SO THE VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR 5 10 WE EVEN HAVE SOME THAT HAVE BEEN
THERE 25 YEARS THEY REALLY DO BECOME PART OF THAT FIRE DEPARTMENT FAMILY AND THE CITY OF FRISCO
FAMILY WE ABSOLUTELY WANT TO CELEBRATE THEM SO THEY KNOW HOW MUCH THEY ARE APPRECIATED WE COULD
NOT DO EVERYTHING WE DO EACH DAY WITHOUT THEM AND WE WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO
US AN EVENT LIKE THIS REALLY SENDS THE MESSAGE TO OUR VOLUNTEERS WE APPRECIATE YOU AND IT HELPS
BUILD COMMUNITY WHICH IS WHAT FRISCO IS ALL ABOUT
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.