 We came out here for an estimate for an awarding cleanup about a month ago. Saw the situation, realized that a clean out was going to be a little bit too expensive. We just decided to do it on our own. Good morning guys, welcome back to Nashville. Today we're going to do something a little bit different. We have an individual adult guy with some disabilities. We came out here for an estimate for an awarding cleanup about a month ago. I met Jacob and it kind of just touched our hearts a little bit. He's had a really unique story when he was a baby, he was premature, he was in the NICU. His nurse who nursed him back to health ended up adopting him and raised him. He's 33 now. She recently passed. So when we heard the story, saw the situation, realized that a clean out was going to be a little bit too expensive. We just decided to do it on our own. So we're going to donate all of our labor, we've got a red box plus dumpster, it's donated. We're going to be out here for a day cleaning out the house. Alright, so our goal today is to clean out the house. So we're removing all the unwanted items. We're not doing any cleaning today, we'll probably have to come back next week and do that. We've got blue tape markings on everything that has to leave. So as we go through everything, the bathroom's going. Obviously the trash, we're getting all the stuff and we're usually going to split up. So we'll have like one person per room, so we'll get that done faster. But right now we're doing this first so we can put the cat in here for the unobtrusive. Yeah, sometimes depending on how bad it is and how big the room is, it's just best to have as many people as possible just working on the same room. Because sometimes if it's a big living room, you have to clear that out so that you can get into the other spaces, into the other homes. Like if it's a hallway that goes into the other rooms, you'd have to clear that out first. She passed away, so we're helping take care of her autistic son and that's who's living in the house now. So this is an attempt to help start fresh and get new rhythms for our friend. About this job is they make fun of my bald head. Oh yeah dude, 1995 bro. Do an estimate for it until we get everything out because we can't really see the extent of the grime, the filth, until everything's gone. And then like on the last day, I think it was a multi-day job, the last day we're here also doing an estimate for a home. Waves is a non-hophice set off for services to adults and children with intellectual developmental disabilities. We started in 1973, it was a group of families that came together in Fairview, Tennessee that wanted something other than what society was offering at the time for their loved ones with disabilities. At that time, the options were basically institution or stay home with their families and kind of really not have a fulfilled life. So they came together and thought, you know, we're going to create something different. We want to make waves in the disability community and they did just that. And we support roughly 1,400 individuals, children, adults, families a year. So within our service field, we operate two-day programs under our adult services umbrella. We operate two-day programs, residential opportunities, which are 24-7 staffed housing within the community, just integrated throughout very nice peaceful neighborhoods, safe neighborhoods, a semi-independent living opportunity where adults can live independently but just need some support to lower the barriers for maybe some financial assistance, medical oversight, transportation, connections to the community. Really without that program, those individuals likely would not be living on their own. They would be in a different environment because they're just such important parts of life that you have to manage day-to-day. So we fill that gap for them. Our two adult day programs are skill-building programs. We meet individuals where they are and their level of independence. And we try to further that through skill-building and independent living skills training, employment training, there's a huge focus on employment training. The community has come a long way with opening their doors to the disability community. They're amazing employees that hadn't been given a chance prior. And now they're really, they're working in places all over you just couldn't imagine. So that's really come a long way. It's got a little ways to go, but that's part of what WAVES is doing. We educate the community as well. We have lots of standalone services for individuals that have more individualized services all throughout Williamson County and beyond. And then we have an early learning program. So the early learning program is really great. It should have started there. The early learning program works with individual babies, 0 to 4. And they're meeting those, they're identifying barriers to their development and then coming in and working with the families to provide resources, training so they can overcome those small barriers. Those milestones that all of our children, you know, we worry about, are they setting up on time? Did they roll over on time? Is there speech on time? So our specialists are amazing. Our interventionists go out into families' homes, into natural settings, and provide that training and through play. So they make it really fun for the child. And they support, gosh, I think currently 500 to 600 children at the moment. So really cool how we can start there. And progress through their adult life. So we basically provide services 0 to the end of life. You know, it's really a well-rounded organization and basket of services where we can pretty much meet an individual child anywhere they are in their path in life and step in and try to provide some sort of support and service that can help them progress to their full potential. And thank you to Spaulding and Deakin for the opportunity to be here and our partnership and the work that they do alongside organizations like our own to provide services and opportunities for the disability community. Thanks so much. Just want to? Yeah. Yep, that's it. So wherever we can fit it in the van. That van is completely empty. Please, about 330. So about six hours of work. This was one of the biggest bedrooms. We had to remove everything. So all the furniture that came out of here, the bed, closets empty, everything's out. Swept up. We're not going to eat cleaning again today, other than just sweeping off the dirt and stuff. This is Jake's bedroom. So we kept some of his big nice furniture that he wanted his bed stays. And then everything else got sweeped out. Back room. It's cleaned out. Not clean. Ouch. And a couple of big pieces of furniture over here. So everything is out of here and gone. Ready to be cleaned into the kitchen. Everything out of there done. Everything except for under here, because there's some good cleaning supplies we left. This is Raven. Raven's magical working in here. So yeah, fold up, duster, made a couple trips to the vans. Did everything we could to get it down in one day for them. I think we did everything they were expecting. The only thing we didn't have room for is a shed. So the shed's still full. But we'll be back next week to do the cleaning piece and finish it up. So thanks for watching guys. Don't forget to like, share, subscribe, and ring that bell to be notified of the next episode. For more information, visit any of our locations.