Of course, we're celebrating
the 75th anniversary of NBC for
this year. And one of the
things we are most proud of is
how we work to uplift and
support the community.
Yeah. Nbc 4 today anchor
Monica Day looks at some of the
ways we do it.
We get involved in this
community. We've been here.
75 years. We celebrate the 75th
number going up and watching
Jimmy crime of the easterseals
event.
From the days of Jimmy and
the Easter SEALs to now carry
and the Thanksgiving back.
Nbc 4 has walked the walk my
first month here was right
before firefighters for kids
and Jamie Crump came up to me
and said, are you coming to
firefighters for kids? And I
said, well, yeah, Al Com, I
said nobody knows me, but I'd
like to come and help out.
And he said, I want you to know
something. This is the most
important work we do.
It's a message that Colin
has taken to heart and made
personal sharing her family's
story in a journey through
Alzheimer's, raising awareness
and funds
for research.
It's unimaginable. How much
of an impact it has when people
are willing to share their
stories, learn about research
and look for paths for hope
for their loved ones. It's a
sentiment shared by longtime
colleague Dan Gelber. We
realize that this is unique,
our opportunity.
To reach out, we it's our
responsibility. I feel to do
that, too.
And since I came here, 44
years ago, that community
spirit has.
Thrived every December.
Double your donation day result
in millions of meals being
provided for our neighbors to
the mental health food bank.
We've grown programs like the
summer of giving and the season
of giving to help showcase
local groups doing hard work
and now supporting families
experiencing loss like our own
Jennifer Bullock through her
family's foundation Miles is
mission one of the beautiful
things about having this
platform specifically is that
as I share people share with me
and so after losing my son
Miles, you know, we started
Miles's mission and
as I shared that with the
community, the outpouring of
love support, but also stories
from women and families who
have experienced their own kind
Jerod Smalley brought his son's
autism diagnosis to the
airwaves through the autism
puzzle and work with autism
speaks.
Basically when it started, I
What I then realized was
that.
There were so many more people
affected by it. Then I it even
come to understand the fact
that we were able to do
something.
Genuinely help people in their
everyday lives caring for
somebody on the spectrum.
It's a humbling feeling to know
that people were able to
benefit from our series and
from the continued education
about what autism is our
mission to give continues to
evolve. Nbc 4 started the
stuffed the backpack campaign 7
years ago and has impacted
200,000 local students.
during the pandemic with a
challenge from a
community leader. Is there a
way you can all get involved?
We're going to give 75 turkeys
to the community.
What if match that? I
thought, well, gee, we can do
better than that. So went to
the bosses and talk to them.
They were like, OK, let's do
it. It only makes you know,
this is what we do here at the
station. We get involved in
this community. What we've done
with the food bag, the Mid-Ohio
food, collective, the the
American Red Cross in times of
crisis and these programs about
Alzheimer's and about autism.
The programs that we've done
that connect us with the
community in a meaningful way.
Jimmy was right. It is the most