 Hey everyone, it's Vinicia, your Community Outreach Specialist for the Pasco Sheriff's Office and today I am bringing you the pleasure of seeing Corporal Ziggler again, who's also known as Officer Friendly and I'm going to be showing you the program that she created and I believe it's called Teach Me to Fish, basically from like the eyes or words of a kid and it's basically where she found a solution to the fact that kids during the school year they get free breakfast and free lunch or you're good, come on through, come on through. Kids during the school year they get free breakfast and free lunch and then once summer comes around how do you combat that. So she found a way and that's what this program is and she feeds these kids five days a week I believe during dinner but I'm going to have her on camera, she's going to confirm some things but it's basically incredible so like let's get to it. I just want to go ahead and preface and say that I am not helping cook in any way so that is why you don't see me with any gloves because I couldn't function all of this if I did so that's also why my hair is down, I'm not going to be in here for very long. Are you guys excited to eat later? Yeah! And those tomatoes! They're not tomatoes, they're definitely bell peppers. I want my concessions. So so. You want to introduce yourself to everyone? Yeah, I'm Karina. Karina, what do you do, how do you help out Officer Friendly, Corporal Ziggler? Well sometimes I help her like cut things or like help her make things. So we're in week three of this program, today is July 1st so that all of you have a date reference of when I'm filming this and it's week three, what's been your favorite thing, I'm going to stand on this side. What's been your favorite thing that you have made so far? Oh my watermelon lemonade. You mean watermelon lemonade? Wait, do you have me? Okay, that's fine, that's totally fine. I'm going to believe that it tasted absolutely incredible. It was. Yeah? How did you get picked to help out the kitchen? I asked. Oh, boom, simple, like that guys. I see there's never a dumb question, I use that loosely, but basically if you want something you ask, right? Yeah. The worst they can say is no. Okay. You want to come in too? You don't want to come in? That's fine. That's Jocelyn, Jocelyn's helping out too. They look like twins but they're not twins. I got you. Boom, that's Jocelyn. That's who Karina wants to say hey. Boom. And that's it. Karina has left the building, so we're going to go find Corporal Ziggler. Tell us about Teach Me The Fish. Okay, so what happened is that I work out of the Boston Girls Club in La Cucie. And it's one of the poorest communities in the state of Florida. When that, we noticed that there was a need for the children to have warm meals every day. Especially during the summer. Especially during the summer. Unfortunately, our funding to the Boston Girls Club was removed. We don't make those decisions, sadly. So with that, the school boards stepped in and they provide breakfast and lunch. But there was still that need for dinner. So what happens is that because of the needs of the community, the families provide as much as they can with what little means they have. And so organizations like the schools and the churches and other nonprofits come together to meet those needs. But in the summer, it kind of goes down. So the Boston Girls Club, which is here, has always met those needs. However, with the cuts that were made, the fear was that those needs were not going to be met. Exactly. And we were going to send kids home hungry, which brings a slew of issues. How did it... What? Do you think I didn't know what it was? To do was to teach the youth how to be the next generation. Okay. I love that. So we're not only feeding the tannies. Feeding the mind. We're feeding the mind. We're feeding the spirit. You're nourishing them. We're pushing them forward to be forward thinkers. I love that. And to participate and have a voice. So no meal has been prepared without the input of one of the kids here. By engaging them, they participate, they learn. I feel like they feel included, therefore they're more apt to help and want to help. Correct. It doesn't even take that long. And you're feeding like at least 80 to 100 kids, not including staff, family, siblings. You are incredible. Well, no, it's the village. So we have kids buy, take the compliment. Because without Corporal Ziggler, who would have had this idea? Right, Grace ADS. Exactly. To actually push it through. Because I'm sure someone out there, probably someone else has thought about that. But who actually put forth the effort to make it happen? This one. In all honesty, it is a lot of work. On a commitment, I came in the other name, SICK, to make sure that the kids had food. But it is the team that puts it together. So with the help of Ashley and Nick and R and Brian. You guys know them by other names. Yeah. So everybody puts so forth the effort and ultimately what we're trying to do is make sure that the kids know that their environment doesn't define the future. Exactly. What are you guys making? Who can tell me? A crown. Crown? What are you guys making crowns for? Fourth of July. We're making crowns for Fourth of July. For the Fourth of July? Let me see your crowns. Let me see them. I'll turn my crown into one of those things I haven't tried. I love all of your crowns. Let me see yours. Let me see yours. Yours is incredible too. It's got to be the best sauce ever. Best sauce ever? Yes. Love it. Okay, so I do just want to go ahead on behalf of everyone. Give a special shout out to Feeding Tampa Bay and Catholic Charities who did provide all of the fresh produce because this is the third week of this program. But two weeks ago, over the weekend, there was actually a power outage due to a lightning storm. So they lost an entire freezer's worth of food, of meats and everything, and all of the groceries and the produce and everything. So Feeding Tampa Bay and Catholic Charities came through and they replenished a lot of chicken and a lot of produce. So those are the tomatoes and bell peppers that are you seeing today for today's salsa to go along with everything else. So you guys are incredible if any of you are part of that organization. Thank you. Keep doing what you do. Is it good? I'm recording now. There you guys go. Subscribe to my YouTube channel. Subscribe to her. Can you guys see yourself? We got to try some of this salsa. Another spoonful. It's for me. Okay Karina, it's your show. What we did, added tomatoes. Bell peppers, okay. Whatever this is. Seasoning. Lime. They also added lemon. Cilantro. And onions. And onions. Blended it in this thingy. Good. Good. What's your food? 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