>>ANNOUNCER: REPORT FROM SANTA FE IS MADE POSSIBLE, IN PART, BY GRANTS FROM THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW MEXICO, AN ORGANIZATION OF PROFESSIONALS WHO BELIEVE THAT INVESTING IN PUBLIC EDUCATION IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR STATE'S ECONOMIC FUTURE, FROM THE NEW MEXICO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, A BETTER NEW MEXICO THROUGH BETTER CITIES AND FROM THE HEALY FOUNDATION, TAOS, NM.

>>LORENE: HELLO, I AM LORENE MILLS AND WELCOME TO REPORT FROM SANTA FE.

WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT SHOW TODAY.

WE HAVE TWO SERIES OF GUESTS, BUT FIRST I WANT TO INTRODUCE SHERRY HOOPER WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FOOD DEPOT, A FOOD BANK IN SANTA FE BUT SHE IS ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE ENTIRE NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF FOOD BANKS.

WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW.

>>SHERRY: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME, IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

>>LORENE: WELL YOU DO SO MUCH FOR THE HUNGRY IN NEW MEXICO, IT IS A MIRACLE TO ME WHAT YOU DO.

IN YOUR FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION, SO YOU IN SANTA FE, THE FOOD DEPOT HAS WHAT SEVEN COUNTIES, THE ENTIRE NORTH?

>>SHERRY: THE FOOD DEPOT ACTUALLY SERVES NINE COUNTIES IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO, IT IS ABOUT 26,000 SQUARE MILES IS OUR SERVICE AREA.

>>LORENE: OH MY GOODNESS AND THEN, I WILL JUST LIST THE ASSOCIATION OF FOOD BANKS.

THERE IS THE COMMUNITY PANTRY IN GALLUP, THE ECHO FOOD BANK IN FARMINGTON, ROAD RUNNER FOOD BANK HAS TWO BRANCHES, ALBUQUERQUE AND LAS CRUCES AND OVER IN OUR HOME STOMPING GROUNDS, THE FOOD BANK OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO IN CLOVIS.

SO TELL ME A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR MISSION, YOUR HISTORY AND HOW YOU DO WHAT YOU DO?

>>SHERRY: THANK YOU.

WELL, THE NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF FOOD BANKS IS MADE UP OF ACTUALLY THE FIVE FOOD BANKS THAT YOU MENTIONED AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER ALL 33 COUNTIES IN THE STATE.

ONE OF THE FOOD BANKS HAS A COUNTY COVERED SO THAT IS DONE, WE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER THE TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, WE GO INTO RURAL COMMUNITIES YOU NAME IT, BUT ALL 33 COUNTIES ARE COVERED BY ONE OF THE FIVE FOOD BANKS.

>>LORENE: SO, THE PANDEMIC HIT AND NOT ONLY WAS IT OF COURSE EVERYONE STAYING HOME AND WASHING THEIR HANDS AND WEARING MASKS, BUT IT HIT THE ECONOMY HARD AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T WORK FROM HOME LOST THEIR INCOME AND SO THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE IN NEED OF YOUR SERVICES.

TALK ABOUT THE PANDEMIC'S EFFECT ON WHAT YOU OFFER.

>>SHERRY: WELL, THE FIVE FOOD BANKS IN THE STATE EXPERIENCED ABOUT A 30 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SEEKING HELP AND WE KNOW THAT THAT IS A RESULT OF PEOPLE BEING LAID OFF COMPLETELY OR PEOPLE HAVING THEIR HOURS CUT WAY BACK.

SO WE ARE REALLY I THINK VERY FORTUNATE THOUGH, ALL FIVE FOOD BANKS ARE IN COMMUNITIES THAT SUPPORT THEM WELL.

WE HAVE WONDERFUL SUPPORT FROM OUR STATE GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE HAD FUNDS COME IN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL, FOUNDATIONS, BUSINESSES STEPPED UP TO HELP.

AND WE WERE ALSO FORTUNATE TO SEE A NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS COME IN.

WE WERE VERY WORRIED AT THE BEGINNING WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT WE STARTED LOSING VOLUNTEERS AT A PRETTY FAST PACE BECAUSE THEY WERE VERY CONCERNED AND OF COURSE CHOSE TO STAY HOME, WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTOOD THAT.

WE ALSO AT THAT TIME SAW A LOT OF OUR FOOD DONATIONS DROPPING OFF.

THE FOOD BANKS REALLY COUNT ON LOCAL DONORS TO PROVIDE EXTRA FOOD FOR DISTRIBUTION TO PEOPLE IN NEED, THOSE DONATIONS STARTED DROPPING OFF.

A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE GROCERY STORES, THOSE GROCERY STORES DONATE FOOD THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN OFF THEIR SHELVES THAT IS PERFECTLY GOOD BUT THEY ARE NOT SELLING IT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.

AND THOSE DONATIONS WENT AWAY BECAUSE PEOPLE REALLY WERE BUYING UP EVERYTHING IN THE GROCERY STORES TO PREPARE TO STAY HOME FOR THE PANDEMIC.

>>LORENE: WELL OUR STATE IS ALREADY KNOWN FOR HAVING A HIGH NUMBER OF POOR PEOPLE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH FOOD INSECURITIES.

THE VIRUS HAS BEEN AN INTERNATIONAL CRISIS, THEY SAY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SAY THAT THE VIRUS LINKED HUNGER DEATHS ARE TIED TO 10,000 CHILD DEATHS WORLD WILD.

I JUST WANT TO PUT IN A PLUG FOR THE WINNER OF THE 2020 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.

IT WAS THE UNITED NATION'S WORLD FOOD PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY HAVE PROVIDED ONE AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS IN HUNGER RELIEF ALL OVER THE WORLD, SO YOU KNOW YOU ARE PART OF A PHENOMENAL TEAM.

SO CAN YOU TALK ABOUT FOOD INSECURITY AND HOW WE CAN HELP, IN A MINUTE WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FOOD FOR LOVE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE SECOND HALF OF OUR PROGRAM WILL BE ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL EVENT THAT IS HAPPENING.

BUT YOU AND THE FOOD BANKS OF THE STATE ARE THE PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES, SO LET'S JUST GIVE A COUPLE OF SENTENCES IN GENERAL ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING, THEN THEY ARE GOING TO TELL US IN DEPTH.

>>SHERRY: WELL THEY ARE BRILLIANT AND THEY ARE SO VERY TALENTED AND THEY ARE SHARING THAT TALENT AND THEIR OTHER PARTNERSHIPS AND THEIR BUSINESSES, WHICH IS THE MUSIC BUSINESS AND THE MOVIE BUSINESS.

THEY ARE WILLING TO SHARE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, THOSE FRIENDS, THEIR TALENTS WITH THOSE OF US, ACTUALLY I BELIEVE FROM ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY COULD ACCESS THIS CONCERT AND EVERY DOLLAR DONATED WILL GO TO THE FIVE NEW MEXICO FOOD BANKS.

WE ARE THRILLED FOR THIS HELP.

>>LORENE: AND WHAT YOU DO WITH A DOLLAR, YOU PROVIDE FOUR NUTRITIONAL MEALS FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT YOU RECEIVE, IT IS JUST WONDERFUL.

THERE IS ONE OTHER TOPIC THAT I WOULD LIKE BROACH, WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR PEOPLE WHO FIND THEMSELVES NEEDING YOUR SERVICES FOR THE FIRST TIME, I REALLY WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS NO SHAME OR EMBARRASSMENT IF THEY NEED TO FEED THEIR KIDS OR PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE THERE FOR.

AND IS THERE ANY COMPETITION BETWEEN THE LONG TERM DISADVANTAGED AND ALL THE NEW PANDEMICALLY UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, HOW DO YOU MESH, HOW DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY?

>>SHERRY: WELL THE FIVE FOOD BANKS IN THE STATE ACTUALLY WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL FOOD SO THAT WE CAN HELP EVERYONE WHO LINES UP FOR THAT HELP.

A COUPLE OF THINGS TO CONSIDER IS ONE WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE AN INCREASED NUMBER OF PEOPLE NEEDING HELP, WE ALSO KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO DO OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT REALLY PROTECTED OUR STAFF AND OUR VOLUNTEERS AND THE PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE LINES.

SO THOSE DIRECT FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS HAVE DONE JUST THAT AND THEY ALSO REALLY PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND THE FAMILIES COMING THROUGH THE LINES.

THEY SIMPLY DRIVE-THRU, A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS THEY OPEN THEIR TRUNKS, WE PUT THE FOOD RIGHT IN THE TRUNKS, SHUT THE TRUNK AND ON THEY GO.

SO, AGAIN IT PROTECTS THEM, IT PROTECTS OUR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, BUT IT GETS FOOD OUT THE DOOR AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED IT.

WE DID HAVE PEOPLE COMING THROUGH, WE HAD ONE WOMAN COME THROUGH EARLY IN THE PANDEMIC.

SHE WAS IN TEARS BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, SHE WAS HONESTLY, WAS HORRIFIED THAT SHE WAS IN A POSITION TO HAVE TO ASK FOR HELP.

AND WE FOUND THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SAYING THAT AND WE WERE FINDING TOO, THAT PEOPLE WHO HAD NORMALLY SUPPORTED THE FOOD BANK AND MAYBE THEIR LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES THAT WERE NOW ASKING FOR HELP BECAUSE THEY LOST THEIR JOB OR THEY HAD HAD THEIR HOURS CUT.

SO IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING LAST 10 MONTHS SINCE THIS PANDEMIC HIT THAT WE KICKED INTO HIGH GEAR, BUT IT IS REALLY PHENOMENAL WHAT THE FIVE FOOD BANKS HAVE DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SO MANY, WHETHER IT BE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTORS, VOLUNTEERS, FOOD DONORS, THE STATE GOVERNMENT, OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, IT HAS JUST BEEN AMAZING AND TRULY JOYFUL WORK.

>>LORENE: WELL, SO WHAT CAN PEOPLE DO, THERE IS THIS CONCERT COMING UP WE WILL TALK ABOUT IN THE SECOND PART OF THE SHOW, YOU CAN TAKE VOLUNTEERS, YOU CAN TAKE DONORS.

YOUR WEBSITE IS: WWW.THEFOODDEPOT.ORG THERE ARE TWO D'S IN FOOD AND DEPOT, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE, I FIND IT VERY INSPIRING TO GO TO YOUR SITE AND SEE WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

IN OTHER SHOWS THAT WE HAVE DONE, WE HAVE HAD PICTURES OF THESE HUGE, HUGE CARDBOARD BOXES THAT ARE LIKE THE SIZE OF A PLAYHOUSE FULL OF CANTALOUPES, LETTUCE, I MEAN YOU GIVE JUST SO MUCH AND THEN THE BOXES OF FOOD THAT THEY PUT IN THE TRUNK OF THE CAR CAN WEIGH AS MUCH AS 40 POUNDS AND HAVE NUTRITIONAL WONDERFUL FOOD.

>>SHERRY: IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE FOOD BANKS THAT WE PROVIDE THE MOST NUTRITIONAL FOOD WE CAN AND SO THE FOOD BANKS JOIN TOGETHER TO REALLY SET UP A PRODUCE INITIATIVE AND THAT PRODUCE INITIATIVE HAS GONE ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT WE CONTINUE TO GROW IT, THAT MEANS WE ARE ACCESSING AS MUCH FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AS WE CAN AND PROVIDING THAT TO PEOPLE IN NEED.

WE ALSO HAVE GOALS AROUND PROTEIN ITEMS, SO AGAIN WE PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO PROVIDING NUTRITIONAL MEALS.

>>LORENE: SO I AM A GREAT FAN OF MR. ROGERS AND HE ALWAYS SAYS, "WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WRONG, LOOK FOR THE HELPERS."

AND YOU AND ALL THE FOOD BANKS ARE SUCH WONDERFUL HELPERS, YOU REALLY DO INSPIRE ME.

I JUST WANT TO MENTION ANOTHER HELPER, A MAN NAMED CHEF JOSE ANDREAS WITH THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN.

HE IS THE ONE WHO FED EVERYONE IN PUERTO RICO, HE GOES TO EARTHQUAKES AND FEEDS EVERYBODY.

RIGHT NOW, HE IS FEEDING THE ENTIRE NATIONAL GUARD GUARDING OUR NATION'S CAPITAL.

BUT IN A YEAR THEY WILL DO LIKE 33 MILLION MEALS IN 400 CITIES, AND WHAT THEY TRY TO DO IS THEY TRY TO BUY FOOD FROM RESTAURANTS SO THAT THE RESTAURANTS DON'T GO BROKE AND THOSE PEOPLE DON'T LOSE THEIR JOBS AND THEY GIVE THAT FOOD TO HUNGRY FAMILIES.

AND THIS WEEK HE HAS HAD SPEAKER PELOSI, RACHEL RAY, THE AG SECRETARY, ALL COMING AND HELPING AND HIS MOTTO IS THAT, "A MEAL IS MORE THAN NOURISHMENT, IT IS A SIGN THAT SOMEBODY CARES."

AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT YOU DO SO, SO BEAUTIFULLY.

A BEACON OF HOPE COMING UP IS THAT UNDER THE NEW BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PART OF HIS PROGRAM IS A BILL AND IT IS SPONSORED BY REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON AND MCCOWAN, IT IS CALLED THE FEED ACT AND IT IS A BI-PARTISAN BILL TO FIGHT HUNGER IN OUR COMMUNITIES WHILE SUPPORTING THE LOCAL RESTAURANTS.

IT IS JUST ANOTHER BRILLIANT IDEA OF SOMEBODY FINDING A WAY TO HELP.

SO I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO GO TO YOUR WEBSITE AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE, PARTICULARLY TO ENCOURAGE FIRST TIMERS AND TO LET PEOPLE KNOW HOW YOU'RE STANDING RIGHT NOW AS WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER, THERE IS A LOT OF RENT INSECURITY, THERE IS FOOD INSECURITY, GIVE US AN UP TO THE MINUTE.

>>SHERRY: WELL THE FOOD BANKS WERE ABLE TO REALLY STEP UP IN 2020 AFTER THE PANDEMIC HIT.

I HAVE NEW FIGURES THAT SHOW THAT THE FOOD BANKS DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 60 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD IN OUR STATE TO ALL 33 COUNTIES AND A POUND OF FOOD IS SOMETIMES HARD TO COMPUTE.

BUT THAT IS MORE THAN 51 MILLION MEALS TO PEOPLE IN NEED IN NEW MEXICO BY THE FIVE FOOD BANKS AND I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TOO WHERE CREDIT IS DUE, NOT ONLY THE FIVE BANKS BUT OF COURSE ALL THEIR PARTNERS.

BUT THE FOOD BANKS ALSO RELY HEAVILY ON ABOUT MORE THAN 500 NON-PROFIT FOOD PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT TAKE THAT FOOD FROM THE FOOD BANKS AND DISTRIBUTES IT TO PEOPLE IN NEED.

SO THANK YOU TO THE FOOD PANTRIES, THE SOUP KITCHENS, THE SHELTERS, THE YOUTH PROGRAMS AND MANY OTHER NON-PROFITS THAT TAKE FOOD FROM THE FOOD BANKS AND GET THAT OUT TO PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED IT.

>>LORENE: SHERRY, I AM JUST SO GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

AND WHEN WE SPOKE BEFORE YOU WERE JUST MANAGING THE 26,000 SQUARE MILES OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO, NOW YOU HAVE GOT THE HELM FOR ALL THESE REALLY IMPORTANT LIFE-SAVING FOOD BANKS AROUND THE STATE.

SO YOU ARE ONE OF MY HELPERS, ONE OF MY HEROES AND I JUST CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

I HOPE YOU WILL COME BACK ON AGAIN.

NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO TO OUR SECOND HALF OF OUR PROGRAM WITH TWO OTHER GUESTS ABOUT A WONDERFUL EVENT THAT IS BEING PUT ON THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL THE FOOD BANKS IN THE STATE.

IT IS CALLED FOOD FOR LOVE AND SHERRY HOOPER, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

THANK YOU FOR COMING ON AND WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN SOON.

>>SHERRY: THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTS THIS CONCERT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT, I APPRECIATE THAT TOO.

BE SURE AND ASK JO HARVEY ABOUT HER TIME WITH FRIED GREEN TOMATOES , SHE WAS IN THAT MOVIE.

>>LORENE: OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE WILL SEE YOU SOON.

BYE, SHERRY.

>>SHERRY: THANK YOU, BYE, BYE.

>>LORENE: AND NOW WE ARE JOINED BY TERRY ALLEN AND JO HARVEY ALLEN, THEY ARE THE FOUNDERS OF THE ALLEN CENTER FOR CREATIVE STUDIES AT TEXAS TECH.

BUT THEY HAVE ALSO PUT TOGETHER ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING PROGRAMS THAT REALLY I HAVE KNOWN ANYONE TO DO.

IT IS CALLED, FOOD FOR LOVE AND I WOULD LIKE JO, IF YOU WOULD TELL US WHERE THE NAME CAME FROM, WHAT THE CONCEPT IS, HOW YOU CAME UP WITH THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST WIN, WIN, WIN, SITUATIONS I HAVE EVER HEARD OF.

THANK YOU, JO.

>>JO: OH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.

YOU KNOW WE ARE ALL JUST EXCITED THAT IS WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO.

TERRY DID THIS FESTIVAL THAT PAUL SIMON AND WILLIE NELSON DID, THE LOT FESTIVAL IN AUSTIN AND IT WAS RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING I THINK IN MARCH.

AND WE WERE IN AUSTIN AND HE PARTICIPATED IN THAT AND WE STARTED HEARING ABOUT JUST THE DIRE PROBLEMS FOR THE NATIVE AMERICAN NATIONS, A LOT THEN AND THEN WE GOT HOME, WE HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT NEW MEXICO WAS A POOR STATE, BUT WE REALLY HAD NO IDEA HOW DIRE THE SITUATION WAS WITH ONE IN THREE CHILDREN, ONE IN FIVE ADULTS NEEDING FOOD.

WE WERE JUST HAVING A FUN CONVERSATION OVER THE PHONE WITH OUR FRIENDS, BELLE AND SUSAN BENOWSKI AND WE WERE GOING, "WELL, WHAT CAN WE DO?"

AND BECAUSE TERRY HAD PARTICIPATED IN THAT OTHER THING HE GOES, "WELL MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND TO HELP BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER."

SO THE NEXT DAY I CALLED ANOTHER FRIEND, WE ALWAYS TALK POLITICS AND TOLD HIM THIS IDEA WE HAD THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE, LITTLE SPARK THERE AND HE SAID, "OH, I WANT TO HELP IN A BIG WAY," HE ASKED STEVE FEINBERG, SO WE ALL JUST GOT TOGETHER BLINDLY AND JUST STARTED WORKING ON THIS AND YOU KNOW TERRY ALWAYS SAID, "MUSIC WAS FOOD FOR THE SOUL."

AND I DON'T KNOW I JUST FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY IS SO CRAZY RIGHT NOW, EVERYBODY IS AFFECTED BY COVID AND POLITICAL SITUATION AND EVERYBODY IS JUST GOING WHAT CAN I DO?

AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED AND SAD OR REALLY DOWN ON THEIR LUCK OR HAVE DEALT WITH SICKNESS, IT IS JUST LIKE EVERYWHERE IT SEEMS LIKE.

SO I ALWAYS THINK THE WAY TO DIG OUT OF YOUR OWN MISERY IS TO BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE AND TO BRING SOME JOY AND MUSIC IS FOOD FOR THE SOUL AND IT IS THE ONE THING THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE ON AND COME TOGETHER WITH.

SO THAT IT IS HOW IT STARTED AND IT JUST SPREAD LIKE A WILD FIRE, EVERYBODY WANTS TO HELP.

>>LORENE: WELL LET'S LET TERRY TELL US WHAT THE EVENT IS, WHAT YOU HAVE COME UP WITH AND NOW THAT WE KNOW HOW IT WAS FORMED.

TERRY, PLEASE TELL US WHAT IS THIS FOOD FOR LOVE AMAZING CONCERT?

>>TERRY: WELL, I DID THIS THING CALLED NIGHT FOR AUSTIN THAT JO HARVEY WAS TALKING ABOUT IT WAS BASICALLY TO HELP CLUB OWNERS AND MUSICIANS DURING THE TIME OF THE PANDEMIC.

SO WE THOUGHT THAT KIND OF SAME FORMAT MIGHT WORK TO DO A CONCERT IN NEW MEXICO FOR THE FOOD BANKS AND SEVERAL OF US GOT TOGETHER, WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT.

SO WE KIND OF DIVVIED UP OUR TIME, ONE PERSON IS PAYING FOR KIND OF ALL OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS EXPENSES, THE OTHER PEOPLE ARE SHOOTING FOOTAGE, JO HARVEY CAME UP WITH THE WORD FOOD FOR LOVE AS A TITLE AND ALSO THE LOGO, WHICH IS THE HEART WITH THE FOOD FOR LOVE.

AND SO I GOT ON THE PHONE AND ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING, YOU KNOW, ANCIENT IS THAT YOU HAVE CROSSED TRACKS WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT TIME AND THE FIRST PERSON I CALLED WAS LYLE LOVETT, WHO TOTALLY JUMPED ON THE IDEA.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS AMAZING TO ME, I DON'T KNOW IT WASN'T REALLY AMAZING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY DO, BUT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WERE SO GENEROUS AND SO QUICK TO WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN IT.

AND THESE ARE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, THEY ARE MUSICIANS, THERE IS A NUMBER OF NEW MEXICO MUSICIANS BILL HEARN, SHELLY MORNINGSONG, FABIAN FONTANELLE.

>>LORENE: MARGARET BURKE, ELIZA GILKYSON, JONO MANSON, ELLE KING.

BUT, TERRY, TELL, THIS IS A VIRTUAL CONCERT AND IT WILL BE BROADCAST FREE OF CHARGE.

IT WOULD BE LOVELY IF PEOPLE WHO ENJOYED IT WOULD MAKE A DONATION TO THE FOOD BANK BECAUSE EVERY DOLLAR DONATED.

>>TERRY: SORRY, THAT IS THE IDEA.

WE HAVE A WEBSITE CALLED FOODFORLOVE.ORG FOR PEOPLE TO DONATE.

THEY CAN EITHER DONATE THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR THEY CAN SEND A CHECK AND THERE IS GOING TO BE OVER 60 MUSICIANS OF ALL DIVERSE TYPES.

STEVE FELD CURATED THIS GREAT AFRICAN BAND THAT IS GOING TO BE PLAYING ON THE BEACH, RODNEY CROWELL, STEVE EARL, MARSHA BALL, THE LIST OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN KURT VILE, RYAN BINGHAM, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE GENEROUSLY GIVEN US A SONG AND THE CHICKS, FORMERLY THE DIXIE CHICKS.

>>LORENE: DAVID BRYNE.

>>TERRY: DAVID BRYNE DID THIS INCREDIBLE PIECE WHERE HE INVENTED THIS KIND OF DISCO INSTRUCTIONS FOR HIMSELF, SO HE IS DANCING IN A KILT AND WROTE THIS SONG AND TELLS HIMSELF WITH THE MOVES THAT HE SHOULD MAKE AND SO IT IS THIS OUTRAGEOUS GREAT PIECE THAT HE DID.

AND EVERYBODY KIND OF WENT OUT AND PICKED THE RIGHT SONGS, JACKSON BROWN DID A BEAUTIFUL SONG CALLED "LOOKING EAST" THAT WAS ON ONE OF HIS OLDER ALBUMS BUT IT IS SO APPROPRIATE FOR THE KIND OF DEVASTATION THAT IS GOING ON NOW BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS AND HUNGER AND SO FORTH.

SO ALL OF THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, JUMPED ON IT, THEY ARE KIND OF PUTTING IT ON THEIR WEBSITES AND PASSING IT ON SO IT IS KIND OF A GRASSROOTS THING THAT IS GROWN AND CONTINUES TO GROW UNTIL FEBRUARY 13, VALENTINE'S EVE, THAT'S WHEN THE SHOW WILL BE AND IT WILL BE VIRTUAL AND PLEASE GIVE AS MUCH MONEY AS YOU CAN AFFORD TO GIVE.

>>LORENE: SO I JUST WANT TO TELL OUR AUDIENCE OUT THERE THIS IS AN AMAZING EVENT, THIS IS A CONCENTRATION OF TALENT THAT YOU JUST DON'T FIND AND YOU CAN ACCESS IT THROUGH FOODFORLOVE.ORG BUT ALSO DON'T YOU HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE, FOOD FOR LOVE, THAT WILL ALSO BE YOU CAN ACCESS IT THAT WAY.

SO PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR NOW, FEBRUARY 13 STARTING AT FIVE IN THE EVENING.

>>TERRY: FIVE O'CLOCK, YEAH, CENTRAL TIME.

>>JO: FIVE O'CLOCK, MOUNTAIN TIME, TERRY, MOUNTAIN TIME, FIVE.

>>TERRY: YEAH, I AM SORRY IT IS MOUNTAIN TIME.

>>LORENE: WELL, JO HARVEY, LET'S TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE SPECIAL GUESTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE.

FIRST OF ALL OUR CURRENT GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM, WHO HAS FOUGHT SO HARD TO FEED THE HUNGRY EVEN WHEN SCHOOL WAS CANCELLED SHE MADE SURE THEY ALL HAD MEALS.

ALSO GOVERNOR RICHARDSON, FORMER GOVERNOR RICHARDSON, WHO HAD SET UP ON HIS OWN FOUNDATION, A RELIEF FUND FOR NAVAJO FAMILIES WORKING WITH PETERSON ZAH, THE FORMER NAVAJO TRIBAL CHAIRMAN, GETTING FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO THE PEOPLE.

ALSO TWO OF MY FAVORITE LOCAL COMMUNITY HEROES, ALI MCGRAW AND GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO OUR COMMUNITY IN SO MANY WAYS AND THEN AUTHORS LIKE SCOTT MAMADAY AND HAMPTON SIDES, ACTORS LIKE WES STUDI, I MEAN THIS IS A STAR STUDDED NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF THE MUSICAL TALENT, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF OUR MOST BELOVED COMMUNITY LEADERS AND YOU WILL HAVE THEM, TOO, TELL ME MORE, JO HARVEY.

>>JO: AND YOU KNOW I THINK PEOPLE ARE JOINING, THE PHONE IS RINGING, EVERYBODY WANTS TO HELP.

WONDERFUL PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO ADD SOMETHING AND JUST JOIN IN, IT IS SUCH A JOYOUS CELEBRATION.

AND YOU KNOW THE FOOD BANK REALLY WANTED US TO DO IT IN FEBRUARY BECAUSE AFTER CHRISTMAS AND ALL THAT WAS GOING ON, THE NEED IS SO DIRE RIGHT NOW AND GOING TO BE FOR QUITE A WHILE, THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT FEBRUARY WAS GOOD AND WE JUST LOVED THE IDEA OF DOING IT VALENTINE'S EVE.

AND I TELL EVERYBODY, I SAID YOU KNOW YOU CAN BE A LOVER RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TO VALENTINE'S TO DO IT.

DON'T GIVE CHOCOLATES AND DON'T GIVE DIAMONDS AND IF YOU CAN GIVE DIAMONDS, GIVE A LOT OF MONEY TO FOOD FOR LOVE, JUST GIVE ALL YOUR VALENTINE GIFTS TO FOOD FOR LOVE THIS YEAR.

>>LORENE: BECAUSE YOU CAN DONATE IN HONOR OF SOMEONE.

SO FOR THEIR BIRTHDAY OR SOMETHING, YOU CAN MAKE A DONATION TO THE FOOD BANK IN HONOR OF YOUR FRIEND AND THEY WILL UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.

>>JO: YOU NEIGHBORS, SURPRISE YOUR NEIGHBORS, SURPRISE SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T AGREE WITH YOU.

HOW ABOUT THAT, SOMEONE THAT YOU REALLY DISAGREE WITH, JUST SURPRISE THEM.

IT IS SUCH A JOYOUS THING YOU KNOW AND I THINK WE REALLY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE.

THERE WAS A DONATION THE OTHER DAY THAT THRILLED ME AND IT WAS FOR ONE DOLLAR AND I WENT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMEONE WHO CAN'T AFFORD REALLY TO GIVE MORE BUT REALLY MADE THE EFFORT TO GO TO THE WEBSITE, PUNCH IN AND DONATE A DOLLAR.

AND THAT PERSON CAN CELEBRATE GIVING FOUR MEALS TO SOMEBODY, CAN YOU IMAGINE SOME LITTLE KID THAT REALLY NEEDS IT GETTING FOUR EXTRA MEALS, I MEAN IT IS A JOYOUS THING AND I THINK THAT WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER TO HELP EACH OTHER LIKE THIS.

>>LORENE: BEAUTIFULLY PUT, JO HARVEY AND, TERRY, DO YOU HAVE SOME, 30 SECONDS, A LAST MESSAGE TO OUR AUDIENCE?

>>TERRY: JUST THAT IT IS GOING TO BE ON FACEBOOK, IT'S GOING TO BE ON YOUTUBE AND NEW MEXICO HAS ALWAYS BEEN HUNGRY, WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND PLEASE DONATE AS BEST YOU CAN.

>>LORENE: THANK YOU, TERRY.

I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU, JO HARVEY, THE LAST WORD.

>>JO: WELL, I GUESS I JUST KEEP TELLING EVERYBODY I TALK TO SEEMS DOWN IN THE DUMPS RIGHT NOW AND I JUST KEEP SAYING ONE THING, WE HAVE GOT TO BE COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO RIGHT NOW AND IF WE FEEL BLESSED ENOUGH TO DO SOMETHING ELSE IT WILL JUST MAKE US EVEN FEEL BETTER SO.

I HOPE EVERYBODY WILL JUST TAKE THE TIME TO GIVE BECAUSE PEOPLE REALLY NEED IT SO BADLY.

>>LORENE: WELL OUR GUESTS FOR THIS SEGMENT HAVE BEEN TERRY ALLEN AND JO HARVEY ALLEN.

HONESTLY, THE CREATIVITY IT TOOK TO CONCEIVE OF THIS AND THEN TO JUST DO IT.

I AM SO PROUD OF YOU AND I AM SO GRATEFUL YOU COULD COME AND TELL US ABOUT IT.

I WANT OUR AUDIENCE TO KNOW, PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR NOW, FEBRUARY 13 STARTING AT FIVE MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME AND YOU WILL HAVE AN EVENING OF ENTERTAINMENT OF INCOMPREHENSIBLE AND BRILLIANT COMBINATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, TERRY AND JO HARVEY ALLEN.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR EARLIER GUEST, SHERRY HOOPER, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEW MEXICO FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION AND ALSO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FOOD DEPOT IN SANTA FE.

ALL OF YOU DO SO MUCH GOOD WORK, I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH.

AND I AM LORENE MILLS AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU OUR AUDIENCE BEING WITH US TODAY ON REPORT FROM SANTA FE.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

>>ANNOUNCER: REPORT FROM SANTA FE IS MADE POSSIBLE, IN PART, BY GRANTS FROM THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW MEXICO, AN ORGANIZATION OF PROFESSIONALS WHO BELIEVE THAT INVESTING IN PUBLIC EDUCATION IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR STATE'S ECONOMIC FUTURE, FROM THE NEW MEXICO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, A BETTER NEW MEXICO THROUGH BETTER CITIES AND FROM THE HEALY FOUNDATION, TAOS, NM.

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