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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.20,0:00:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(music)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.35,0:00:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many people are sitting around saying,\N"Well, our job isn't quite exactly what
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.77,0:00:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want, I'm here for something else. And\Nsomething else, and all of a sudden it's
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.49,0:00:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three years later and they still haven't\Ngot a job." Hey, if it means cooking
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.19,0:00:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hamburgers at McDonald's, get a job. Get\Nout there and get some experience and go
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.61,0:00:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after it. Now, that was one thing my father\Ntaught me, and just beat it into me from the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.00,0:00:33.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time I was a little kid: "Nobody ever makes\Na great success out of life workin' 40
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.69,0:00:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hours a week." When he was 14 and a half\Nyears old, his father sent him to Omaha,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.46,0:00:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nebraska, with a whole trainload of sheep.\NBy himself. To sell the sheep.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.07,0:00:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fourteen-and-a-half years old! Come on, he\Nhad his first pair of long pants when
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.38,0:00:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he did that. He went and sold all the\Nsheep and came home. And he said, "He told
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.31,0:00:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me what to do, he never told me\Nhow to do it."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.25,0:01:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.37,0:01:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1989, my brother and I and my folks\Nwere trying to decide - my mother and my
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.73,0:01:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,father had passed away in 1985 - we were\Ntrying to figure out what segment of the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.46,0:01:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,population, of the youth population, can\Nwe help out. What can we do. And we sat
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.76,0:01:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down and went through everything we could\Nthink of. We said, "You know, young people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.09,0:01:30.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with disabilities are making a tremendous\Ncontribution to our company. We've been
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.45,0:01:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hiring them for years. But most of them\Nhave- they are unemployed! And what we
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.13,0:01:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need to do is get in there and try and find\Na way of helping these young people get
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.96,0:01:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an opportunity for full-time employment.\NSo over the the past 23 years, Bridges has
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.69,0:01:51.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helped more than 18,000 young people\Nfind meaningful employment.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.57,0:01:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.73,0:01:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What Bridges does... We go work with the\Nspecial education groups and the voc
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.82,0:02:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rehab groups and so forth in the various\Ncities that we're working with. They
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.16,0:02:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,identify students who could possibly be possible\NBridges candidates. Our employer representatives
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.06,0:02:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work with these young men and women,\Nand we train them how to make an
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.24,0:02:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,application for a job, how to interview,\Nhow to perform work, how to have
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.66,0:02:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,responsibility, how to do day-to-day job\Nresponsibilities. I spoke today about this
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.22,0:02:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sweet girl named Maria in Dallas. Hired\Nby the Bank of America, they'd never
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.04,0:02:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anybody out of the program. She has spina\Nbifida, she could barely walk. But, you
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.46,0:02:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know, she said, "People don't think I can\Ndo anything because I can't walk straight."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.36,0:02:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Bank of America hired her. She is\Na sensation! I mean, she's had three
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.64,0:02:50.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,promotions, they've hired 32 people since\Nfrom the Bridges program, and- Because
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.100,0:02:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she is so darn good. These kids are great\Nfor the team morale. I mean, people who
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.05,0:03:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work with them say, "Here is somebody who's\Ntruly excited about their job!"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.42,0:03:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.45,0:03:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, wow! They show up, they work hard,\Nthey're happy, they're just excited to be
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.30,0:03:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there and be performing a useful service.\NAnd it's good for everybody!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.22,0:03:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've dealt with 4,800 different employers\Ndown through the years. I mean, there
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.49,0:03:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are a lot of employers out there. And\Nit's usually- We're educating the kids how
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.28,0:03:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to apply for jobs, and we're also educating\Nthe employers how to work with people with
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.42,0:03:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities, and how to be comfortable\Nwith them. And the comfort level is the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.26,0:03:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most important single thing. We can get them\Ncomfortable with working with these young
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.50,0:03:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people and know how they can best apply\Ntheir individual talents, and it's a no-brainer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.25,0:03:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These kids can really make contributions.\NThey can help us, they can help with our
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.60,0:03:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,morale, they can help with our bottom line,\Nthey can help with our participation in
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.01,0:04:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the community. You know, it's a terrific\Nopportunity for them, to really bring
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.33,0:04:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these young people into the community and\Ninto the business community.