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Logo transitions in

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Female volunteer wearing “I heart neighbors” t-shirt addresses other volunteers

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Community to me means we learn from each other.

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Close on volunteers arranging canned goods

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We lean on each other.

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Volunteers arrange canned goods, transition to footage of volunteers arranging groceries into bags

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We're there when one of us has fallen ill or needs assistance.

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John Owens loads a packed bag into a cart

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We've been in partnership with Wakota for 15 years.

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Transition to Interview segment with John Owens. Onscreen text to right of screen reads: “John Owens, President, Elan Credit Card.”

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We've recognized that credit unions

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Volunteers begin wheeling packed goods down a hallway

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are a vital part of the communities in which they serve

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Volunteers wheel packed goods onto the grocery store floor

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and as we plotted out our charitable program for the year,

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Volunteers packing groceries onto carts

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we thought the best use of our funds would be to allow

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Interview segment with John Owens

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our credit union partners to dictate where those funds go, and how those funds are deployed because they know their communities better than we do.

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Mary Matheson and volunteer arrange groceries into bags

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When we found out that we were selected,

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Interview segment with Mary Matheson. Onscreen text to right of screen reads “Mary Matheson, President and CEO of Wakota Federal Credit Union.”

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I knew immediately that Neighbors was going to probably be the top of the list.

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Shot of the Neighbors Inc office, transition to close shot of Neighbors Inc Mission sign which reads mission, vision, core values

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Neighbors Inc. is a social service agency that has been serving the people of Northern Dakota County for 50 years.

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Pan across a series of handbooks in multiple languages and Fair Credit Act booklets

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We provide people with basic needs, like clothing and food,

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Interview segment with Susan Schroeder. Text to right of screen reads: “Susan Schroeder, Deputy Director, Neighbors Inc.”

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things that people need, like keeping the lights on or the heat going.

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Footage of volunteers arranging groceries

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People come to us at their most troubled times.

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Interview segment with Charlie Thompson. Text to right of screen reads: “Charlie Thompson, President and CEO, Neighbors Inc.”

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We see older adults. We see children in need of food.

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Volunteers arrange groceries into bags and boxes

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They make an appointment so that they're guaranteed

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Volunteers arrange food into bags and boxes

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when they have that appointment, that they're going to walk out of here

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Volunteers arrange food into bags and boxes

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with about a week's worth of food for everyone in their household. It's partners like Wakota and Elan that make that possible.

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Interview segment with Heidi Satre. Text to right of screen reads: “Heidi Satre, Director of Community Engagement, Neighbors Inc.”

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Today's volunteer event is going to focus on our hunger relief program,

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Volunteer in “I heart neighbors” shirt provides direction to gathered volunteers

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and we will have volunteers both from Elan and Wakota Federal Credit Union, packing emergency boxes that we can distribute.

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Interview segment with Charlie Thompson

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We can't always get people in the day that they need food, but these emergency food boxes 

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Mary and Elan volunteer pack bags

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help make sure that we're able to send them home with a couple of days worth of food

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John Owens and volunteers pack bags

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and then be able to work them into a full food shelf visit later in the week.

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Heidi Satre high-fives volunteers

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Wakota Federal Credit Union has been a long time community partner of Neighbors for not only helping us, 

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Interview segment with Heidi Satre

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but for spreading the word about our services.

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Volunteers all together clapping and smiling

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A lot of our members are people of modest means who definitely use Neighbors’s services,

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Interview segment with Amanda Kissner. Text to right of screen reads: “Amanda Kissner, director of community affairs, Wakota Federal Credit Union.”

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so we've seen firsthand and heard firsthand from members

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Misc. footage of supplies, foods, and items available on Shelves at Neighbors Inc

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on how Neighbors was able to help them through hard times. And we know that that monetary donation definitely helped Neighbors provide these different services to them.

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Happy volunteers at work transitions to footage of John Owens helping pack bags

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Either promoting or sponsoring, or allowing your employees to take part in these type of activities shows that I'm working for a company

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Interview segment with John Owens

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that shares the values that I have about giving back to the community.

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Shot of volunteers packing, focus on “Impact is What Inspires Us” t-shirt back.

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The way I look at it is it's a win-win.

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Footage of groceries being packed, transitioning to footage of volunteers packing bags

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It's keeping resources within communities, it's strengthening bonds. I just think that it's a natural, organic thing that should be happening within communities

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Interview segment with Amanda Kissner

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and it just sets them up for longevity.

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Music fades out

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Elan Logo on a sunlit forest