Gift Wrapping for AZTV 7's Hometown Heroes Toy Drive!
It’s the 8th Annual Hometown Heroes Toy Drive! AZTV 7 and Desert Financial Credit Union have teamed up with Valley of the Sun United Way, along with local area businesses, to help bring the joy of the holidays to families throughout Arizona. For more information visit aztv.com/hometownheroes-2023
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00:00 Okay, well, speaking of gift wrapping, I would like us to have a little competition here to see
00:05 because you told me that you are not good at gift wrapping. I'm not. Neither am I. I am terrible,
00:10 but we're gonna we're gonna fight. We're gonna try. So we're gonna win. We're gonna move some
00:13 things around. Erin, come get our water so we don't break these. Let's do that. Is this what
00:19 I'm wrapping? I know. Let's look and see. This is gigantic. So there's no way. Here goes mine.
00:24 Not for a million dollars. Let's take those so we don't. And that's all that Brad has to wrap?
00:30 Who decided this? This is not a fair competition. It is because you got to have a lot of practice.
00:35 You're gonna be wrapping presents now for for like at least a good 20 years. I know. Okay,
00:40 who's? Okay, we're going fast. Okay, we have to go fast. All right. So because the world record
00:45 the world record is 16.62 seconds. This is gigantic. On your marks, get set, go. Oh my gosh.
00:51 Oh, this is well, it's a ball. This is hard. I can't. I don't think I even have enough. Oh,
00:55 no, I do. I do. Okay. All right. All right. This is look at this. This is dad doing this.
01:03 So I've already ripped it. Guys. Whose idea was this? Oh, no.
01:22 God, no. God, look at that. Look at that. I didn't even get tape on here. I didn't even have
01:29 tape. This is terrible. So sad. But you were close. You were sorry. All your gifts will be
01:36 sadly, pathetically unwrapped this year. All right. With that said, why don't you head out
01:41 to the atrium? I will. I'm gonna step back here and talk to some of our wonderful rappers back
01:46 here. Actually, also, officer, how are you doing today? Doing great. This is great for you being
01:50 out here. And again, how important is it to, of course, these gifts going out to those families
01:54 in need? Oh, it's huge. We always look for opportunities to connect with the community,
01:57 and we can come here and wrap some gifts. Awesome. Yeah. And it's also going out to some of your
02:01 first responder families. We know the 100 Club are receiving some of the gifts from us. And so,
02:05 and that's important to, of course, our law enforcement to see that families are being
02:09 taken care of. Right? Yeah. We always appreciate the support. And it's great to see, especially
02:12 at the holidays, all the support for the police department. I like it. All right. And I know
02:16 there's a little competition going on here with some of the staff from Lancy, who we have here.
02:19 So how are we doing here on your wrapping? Well, I'm winning in the competition, so all is well.
02:24 Oh, wow. I like. All right. And then down here, how are we doing with your wrapping?
02:29 Good. I've got a couple done. This one's almost done. Yeah. So, and we also have to thank Lancy
02:34 for being a part of this. You guys know how important it is with the communities that you
02:37 guys build out there to make sure families are taken care of. Right? We love to give back to
02:41 the community. So we're always trying to find opportunities for that. There you go. Okay. And
02:45 then down here, how are we doing? Brad, I could definitely have wrapped just as fast. Could you?
02:51 Yes. But as pretty as that? Well, you did have a ball, so that one was a little trickier.
02:56 It was, right? I know. I could just do it into a little area. But you did a great job. I like.
03:00 All right. Cool. All right. Well, we're going to be checking back in here. But right now,
03:04 Lexi, what's going on out there in the atrium? We'll start with her.
03:13 All right, guys. This looks awesome out here. We're in our atrium. It's beautiful. Of course,
03:19 everybody is wrapping. And I am here with Melissa from our 100 Club. Melissa, thank you so much for
03:26 being here today. We're happy to be here. And thank you so much for the support of the first
03:30 responders. Yeah, this is so cool. So tell me a little bit more about what you guys do. I'm going
03:34 to take my earpiece out. Okay. Well, at the 100 Club, we support first responders in a variety
03:40 of ways. And most often, those going through critical incidents, whether if there's a death
03:44 or an injury, we're happy to provide immediate financial support for the families. And today,
03:49 we're partnered with you to be able to adopt eight of our wonderful families that we have
03:55 supported throughout this past year. And being able to get them gifts this Christmas is just
04:00 incredibly special. I think the most special part is many have lost a parent, and we're able to
04:06 be able to provide presents not only for the children, but for the spouses as well
04:10 with that, which is really great. So thank you for all of the support.
04:13 No, thank you for being here. This is exactly the kind of thing that our Hometown Heroes
04:17 goes to help. So this is really cool. Melissa, thank you so much for chatting with us. All right,
04:21 we'll see you soon. But we're going to walk around and check out everything that's going on here in
04:25 the atrium. There's so much activity. There's so much movement. I love this out here. Everybody
04:29 is wrapping presents. There's the holiday spirit. We have coffee. We have bagels. And I have Holly
04:36 over here with me. Holly, you are with United Way, is that right? Yes, I am. Through the wonderful
04:41 folks at Snell and Wilmer, I discovered volunteering at United Way. And it's just so
04:46 much fun to be here wrapping and feeling like I'm helping the generous donors with their surprise
04:53 and bringing joy to families. Well, we love that you're here and you are bringing so much joy. And
04:58 you are decked out. You're wearing your red. You look perfect for this day. What does this mean
05:02 to you to be here today? Oh, it means the world for me to help bring joy to these families. And
05:10 I love wrapping. So I get to wrap packages for Christmas. How better does it get? You know what?
05:15 That is exactly the way to get in the Christmas spirit is a wrapping. You're totally right. I was
05:19 not the greatest rapper earlier. I lost to Brad. But that's okay. That's why we brought you in.
05:24 You are the expert. All right, Holly, thank you so much. All right, guys. Well, we have more of
05:27 the mix with our holiday hometown heroes special. So stick around for that coming up next.
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