United Way announces 2023 Divine 9 Challenge to support the St. Louis region

FOR YOU WAKING UP 65 DEGREES ON THIS THURSDAY. LET’S SEND THINGS OVER TO BLAIR. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MARGIE. WELL, CALLING ALL SISTERS AND BROTHERS OF THE DIVINE 9 UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST. LOUIS IS HOSTING A COMPETITION TO RAISE MONEY FOR

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND CELEBRATE BLACK, SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES ALL AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE MICHELLE TUCKER, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE UNITED WAY AND FRANCE ELLA JACKSON, THE DIVINE 9 CHAIR. JOINING US LIVE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT HOW THIS CAMPAIGN

WORKS. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. LADIES WILL SO FIRST OF ALL, MICHELLE, YOU’RE WITH UNITED WAY. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT GUYS DO FOR THE ST. LOUIS REGION FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR. WELL, UNITED WAY’S AN ORGANIZATION THAT’S BEEN IN

PLACE FOR OVER 100 YEARS NOW IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HELP PEOPLE LIVE THEIR BEST POSSIBLE LIVES. AND THAT MEANS THAT WE’RE PROVIDING. >> FOOD, SHELTER, CHILD CARE, JOB TRAINING AND A HOST OF OTHER SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT

TIMES. OKAY. AND YOU MISTRESS OF THE WITH THE DID CHAIR OF THE DIVINE 9. >> SO IF SHE’S REPPING, YOU KNOW HER COLORS THIS MORNING, YOU SEE YOU SEE SAME, SEIZE ON. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY YOU GUYS PARTICIPATE

BECAUSE THE FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES ARE ABOUT SERVICE. >> AND YOU HAVE UNITED WAY OFFICES AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT BECAUSE AS A WAY SIMPLIFY REPRESEN RAISING FUNDS WITH UNITED WAY, WE COME TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY TO DO THAT TO MAKE A GREAT IMPACT ON THE ST.

LOUIS AREA AND ALSO PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GIVE HOPE TO PEOPLE IN NEED. OKAY, GOTCHA DATA. SO IT’S A LITTLE ABOUT HOW THIS CAMPAIGN WORKS. WELL, IT’S AN ANNUAL CAMPAIGN. SO EVERY FALL BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND THE END OF NOVEMBER, WE MOBILIZED THE

COMMUNITY. >> INTO OUR COMMUNITY. WHY CAMPAIGN WERE PEOPLE FROM ALL ACROSS THE REGION? DONATE INTO A CENTRAL FUND TO SUPPORT OVER 160 NONPROFIT AGENCIES. WOW. LOVE THAT. LOVE THAT. SO HOW DO YOU I’LL WORK TO PEOPLE ON YOUR TEAM. IT’S A WIN. THIS

COMPETITION. IT’S A FRIENDLY COMPETITION IN SOFTWARE. GREAT CAUSE. WE STILL GOT PETITION. THAT’S THE FUN OF IT BECAUSE WE COME TOGETHER AS ALDI, 9 MEMBERS AND EACH CHAPTER DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. THEY HAVE CONTEST AND THAT’S WHERE

WE DO NOT ONLY SERVICE. WE LIKE RAISING MONEY. WE LIKE THE COMPETITIVE TOGETHER WITH LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE. THE COMPETITION HAS KICKED OFF AND WE ARE RIDDEN A BIKE TO ALSO GIVE IT. THANKS TO CEDRIC MITCHELL. >> FROM SCI-FI HE SERVES AS

THE COACH HERE OF THIS T 9 I LOVE THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT IS A FRATERNITY IS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY’RE ALL STILL A PART OF THE DIVINE 9 AND STAND FOR A SERVICE AND GIVEN ABSOLUTELY.

AND THAT’S WHAT WE DO. OKAY. I LOVE THIS. 7 WAS SHOW WHO WON LAST YEAR. HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU GUYS USUALLY RACE FOR THE? OH, MY GOSH. TRY NOT TO GOALS BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO REALLY RESPOND TO THE COMMUNITY’S NEEDS.

>> BUT WE RAISED ALMOST 70 MILLION DOLLARS. WOW. ALL THROUGHOUT CAMPAIGN. WOW. THAT IS HUGE. THAT’S HUGE. ALL RIGHT. MISS PRISCILLA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. MICHELLE, BEFORE WE WRAP UP, TELL ME HOW WE CAN LEARN MORE

INFORMATION ON HOW TO BE A PART OF ANYONE CAN DONATE. LET ME SAY THAT THEY CAN GO TO HELPING PEOPLE DOT ORG IF THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR. AND WE HOPE THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO UNITE WITH US. ALL RIGHT.

YOU GUYS GOING TO WIN THIS TIME AROUND. WE’RE LEAVING NOW. THE LATEST ABOUT THE WE WANT TO WIN. BUT I’D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE LADIES OF DELTA SIGMA THETA. ALSO THEY WANT LAST YEAR, BUT WE’RE COMING. WE’RE COMING OUT, RIGHT? YOU SEE FRIENDLY

COMPETITION LIKE I SAY, OFFER A WONDERFUL CAUSE. THANK YOU, LADIES, SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR YOU. LIKE TO HEAR THIS INTERVIEW AGAIN AND HEAR THAT INFORMATION. GO TO WEBSITE. FOX2NOW.COM AND WE’LL HAVE IT POSTED FOR YOU THERE IN JUST A FEW. RIG

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