 Thank you all for coming, truly, this is a time of year that we really look forward to because it gives us an opportunity to get out and not only to fill the boots, but just mingle with the public in general for a very good cause. This is a long lasting partnership. We got people like Chick-fil-A Walgreens who kind of pitch in to help us with this as well, the Columbia Fire Department, along with Columbia and Richmond Fire Department, along with MDA, which is a very good cause. You know, what we're looking for this year, you know, we're right on the present of collecting $3 million, so we want to hit that $3 million mark. It's been, you know, over the last 16 years, and we hope to meet that this year. I think we're about $135,000, maybe $140,000 away from that goal, and that's what we want to reach this year. What you're going to see is you're going to see firefighters out on various corners collecting money, both in the city of Columbia and in Richmond County. So what we're encouraging everyone to do is, you know, when you see the firefighters out there, stop and fill the boot. One thing about this drive, we cannot do it with all the efforts that the firefighters do, and they do a yo-man's effort of getting out, collecting money, but we cannot do it without your support, the public support, so we ask you to continue to support this effort. It's a good cause, you know, when people can't smile, when people can't walk, and some people can't even breathe because of the MS and the ALS, you know, we just want to make sure that the funds continue to be collected so they can continue their research, so this dreaded disease can be cured and rid up for good. What we have with me is the Executive Director of the MDA, Mr. Watts, and we'll give space to him at this time. Thank you, Chief. The Muscular Dystrophy Association in South Carolina has a tremendous partnership here in the Midlands with Chief Jenkins, the Columbia Fire Department, and the men and women who go out into the streets to collect donations. Additionally, the community themselves who fills the boot may be 50 cents and maybe a dollar, maybe 20 dollars, but those funds will fund the test tube that eventually funds the cure for this disease. In the last 24 months, we are very proud that we have had six new drugs come on the market and there are over 25 drugs in the pipeline to be released in the next 16 to 18 months. As Chief mentioned, we're about to cross the threshold of $3 million that's been raised. That puts this campaign in the top 15 in the United States as far as fill the boot drives and number four in the Southeast, and we couldn't be more pleased of a very lasting partnership. There are over 1 million people living a life with muscular dystrophy, which also includes ALS, and 40% of them are under the age of the 18. This is a disease that affects everyone, whether it affects you directly or your community neighbors or your loved ones. So Chief, thank you very much for everything that you are doing, and we look forward to a great three days. This boot drive will actually start this coming Wednesday. It'll be Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. And I will tell you one reason why we really got intimately involved in this was because of a retired chief, they used to be a chief tailor when his grandson had this disease. And so we really intimately started getting involved at that time. Again, this drive will start this Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from morning until the sun go down. Again, when you see the firefighters out there, stop, support this effort. It is a good cause, and we look forward to reaching, not only reaching, but passing that $3 million mark. As a matter of fact, we want to go way beyond that. So we would ask you to start right now getting them $5 bills out, getting them $20 bills out, get your loose change up, and put whatever you can in those boots because it'll help. We're responding to call, we're responding to fires, and we're in the business of saving lives and protecting lives. So anytime you can do something like this to hit this disease off, I think this is very important. All the firefighters are just worked up over doing this, and it gives us a lot of pleasure to do it. You know, because that's the nature of what we do. We care about people, and we want the best for people. So we don't mind doing this. It's just a good feeling to get out and collect. And I will tell you, even yours truly going to get out and collect as well, because I just enjoy being out there with the firefighters making this happen.