>> Ted: NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, A LOOK AT WHAT THE SECOND BIGGEST BANK FILLIER IN HISTORY MEANS FOR THE INDUSTRY AND THE IMPACT OF A NEW 9-8-8 SUICIDE HOMELESSNESS.

HOTLINE AND A PET SUPPLY FOR SENIORS.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."

>> Announcer: THIS IS FROM FRIENDS OF PBS, MEMBERS OF YOUR PBS STATION.

>> Ted: WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY SAID THAT, QUOTE, THE BANKING SYSTEM IS SAFE.

THE PRESIDENT MADE THOSE COMMENTS FOLLOWING THE RECENT COLLAPSE OF SILICON VALLEY BANK AND THE CLOSING OF SIGNATURE BANK OF NEW YORK.

>> TODAY, THANKS TO THE QUICK ACTION OF MY ADMINISTRATION OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, AMERICANS CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE THE BANKING SYSTEM IS SAFE.

YOUR DEPOSITS WILL BE THERE WHEN YOU NEED THEM.

SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS CAN BREATHE EASIER KNOWING THEY'LL PAY THEIR WORKERS AND PAY THEIR BILLS.

AND THE HARD-WORKING EMPLOYEES CAN BREATHE EASIER, AS WELL.

>> THE PRESIDENT ADDED THAT HE'S LOOKING TO CONGRESS AND REGULATORS TO TAKE ACTION.

>> I'M GOING TO ASK CONGRESS AND THE REGULATORS TO STRENGTHEN THE RULES TO MAKE IT LESS LIKELY THIS BANK FAILURE WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN AND TO PROTECT AMERICAN JOBS AND SMALL BUSINESSES LOOK, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS, AMERICANS CAN REST ASSURED THAT OUR BANKING SYSTEM IS SAFE.

YOUR DEPOSITS ARE SAFE.

LET ME ASSURE YOU THAT WE WILL NOT STOP AT THIS.

WE'LL DO WHATEVER IS NEEDED.

>> Ted: THE PRESIDENT EMPHASIZED THAT THESE BAILOUTS WILL NOT BE BORNE BY TAXPAYERS BUT BY AN INSURANCE FUND THAT BANKS PAY INTO AND MUCH MORE ON THIS STORY IN A MOMENT.

>>> ONE OTHER ECONOMIC NOTE, CONSUMERS ARE EXPECTING INFLATION TO COME DOWN AND THAT CONSUMERS EXPECT RELIEF ON FOOD PRICES, RENT, MEDICAL CARE AND GAS.

THOSE SURVEYED COMMUNITY MEDIAN HOME PRICES TO RISE 1.5% AND THEY LOOK AT THIS CLOSELY IN DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO EASE INFLATION AND IS HOLDING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN DECADES.

>>> FLOOD WARNINGS FOR MARICOPA AND GILA COUNTIES AND THEY PLANNED TO END THAT BUT SNOW MELT AND RAIN SET FOR WEDNESDAY IS KEEPING THAT IN PLACE AS SALTWATER FROM GRANITE REEF DAM AFFECTING BRIDGES OF THE RIVER.

>>> A NEW STUDY SHOWS THAT WATER DISASTERS RANGING FROM SEVERE FLOODING TO LENGTHY DROUGHTS ARE GETTING MORE INTENSE.

THE RESEARCH COMES FROM NASA SCIENTISTS THAT FOUND DROUGHTS WERE LINKED TO HIGHER GLOBAL TEMPERATURES THAN TO CHANGING WEATHER PATTERNS LIKE LA NINA AND EL NINA AS GLOBAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE.

>>> AS WE MENTIONED SILICON VALLEY BANK COLLAPSED MARKING THE SECOND SECOND BANK FAILURE IN HISTORY AND BANKS TAKING HITS AND LOTS OF ASSURANCES THAT THE BANKING SYSTEM IS ON FIRM FOOTING.

HERE TO EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON IS ASU ECONOMIST, DENNIS HOFFMAN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE NEED HELP EXPLAINING WHAT'S GOING ON.

WHY DID THIS RUN ON SILICON VALLEY BANK HAPPEN?

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

>> WELL, PRETTY COMPLEX.

NOW, IT'S NOT UNUSUAL, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE CHALLENGES WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND HOPEFULLY THAT WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE ARREST THOSE ISSUES BEFORE THE BANK ACTUALLY HAS TO PAY OUT AND THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE THIS TIME BUT IT'S A GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF HOW THE FED AND THE TREASURELY CAN WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO CALM FEARS.

SO WHAT HAPPENED HERE WAS AN IMBALANCE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES IN THIS PARTICULAR FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.

THE ASSET BASE IS INVESTMENTS IN SILICON VALLEY EXIT WAS INVESTMENTS IN LONG-TERM TREASURIES WHICH ARE VERY SECURE IN TERMS OF THE DEFAULT RISK.

BUT WHAT THE RISK ASSESSOR SAID IN SILICON VALLEY, THEY DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THE PRICES OF SECURITIES WAS FALLING AS A RESULT OF HIGHER INTEREST RATES.

AND SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH BACKING UP IN THE PORTFOLIO AS THEY NEEDED, ESPECIALLY WHEN ALL OF THEIR BIG OR SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THEIR BIG DEPOSITORS DECIDED TO EXIT STAGE RIGHT.

SO TED, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LIKE BANKS, THEY OPERATE ON A SYSTEM OF CONFIDENCE AND FAITH AND THE THEY HAVE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE AND FAITH IN THE INSTITUTION AND THAT IS WHY THEY LEAVE THAT MONEY IN THE INSTITUTION SO IT CAN BE LOANED OUT.

SO THE INSTITUTION CAN MAKE PROFITS PAY THEIR BILLS AND EMPLOYEES, ET CETERA.

IT'S A BAD DAY AT THE OFFICE WHEN A BANKER LOOKS OUT THE WINDOW AND THERE'S A LINE OUTSIDE THE BANK OF DEPOSITORS LOOKING TO GET THEIR MONEY BACK.

ANY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION WOULD BE CHALLENGED BY THAT.

SILICON VALLEY WAS CHALLENGED BIG TIME THURSDAY AND FRIDAY LAST WEEK AS BIG TIME DEPOSITORS SAID, NO, WE'RE OUT OF HERE AND YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.

>> Ted: SO WAS THIS BANK ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS KIND OF THING?

IS THIS A DIFFERENT KIND OF A BANK, THEN, THE NEIGHBORHOOD BANK?

WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?

>> YES, IT WAS DIFFERENT IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

THE ASSET PORTFOLIO IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

OTHER THAN MISJUDGING THE PRICE OF A THE LONG-TERM TREASURIES AND MORE TOWARDS SILICON VALLEY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPANIES,.

THE ELEMENTS LOOKED VERY, VERY DIFFERENT THAN OTHER BANKS.

AND SO, AT THE RISK OF PUTTING EVERYBODY TO SLEEP HERE, WHAT GUARANTEES MONEY AND MAKES DEPOSITORS CONFIDENT IS FDIC INSURANCE.

SO WHEN YOU GO TO PUT YOUR MONEY IN A BANK OR FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, LOOK FOR FDIC OR SAVINGS AND LOANS AND CREDIT UNIONS HAVE SIMILAR INSURANCE CORPORATIONS BACKING THEM UP.

THE CAP ON FDIC TO ENSURE A DEPOSITOR IS TO $250,000 IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

IF YOU EXCEED 250, YOU'RE NOT INSURED.

AT LEAST THAT WAS THE RURAL AS OF LAST FRIDAY.

AND SILICON VALLEY HAD OVER 95% OF THEIR TOTAL DEPOSITS IN THE NOT INSURED CATEGORY.

AND SO THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, BIG TIME SAVERS AND BIG TIME DEPOSITORS LIKE YOU, TED.

[ Laughter ] >> AND THEY HAD MONEY OVER AND ABOVE THIS $25,000 CAP AND THEY WALKED AWAY IN FAIRLY LARGE NUMBERS.

IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF FIVE AND TEN AND $15 MILLION DEPOSITORS TO WALK AWAY TO PUT YOU IN SOME SERIOUS TROUBLE IF YOU'RE A BANKER.

SO OVER THE WEEKEND, TED, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS ARRAY OF UNINSURED DEPOSITS.

THESE ARE SMALL BUSINESSES, MANY ARE SMALL BUSINESSES, VENTURE CAPITALISTS AND IT'S EARMARKED TO BE MADE TO TECH FIRMS OR TECH STARTUPS OR TO MAKE PAYROLL.

IT'S ALL EARMARKED AND HEY, THE 15th OF MARK IS COMING UP AND WE HAVE TO MAKE PAYROLL ON WEDNESDAY.

>> Ted: YOU MENTIONED FDIC, $250,000 GUARANTEED.

EVERYONE WILL GET THEIR MONEY AND TAXPAYERS AND THE POINT IS -- >> YOU GOT TO MY BOTTOM LINE FACTOR AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND.

SO AS OF LAST FRIDAY, THE 250 CAP APPLIED THEY WORKED THROUGH THAT OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE OF THIS EMERGENCY SITUATION.

WHERE DID THE MONEY COME FROM?

IT CAME FROM A FUND THAT IS SUPPORTED BY TAXES, INSURANCE PAYMENTS, INSURANCE PREMIUMS PAID BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND DEPOSITING INSURANCE FUND THAT WILL BACKSTOP THESE DEPOSITORS.

AND THE DEPOSITORS -- YOU KNOW, OVER THE WEEKEND, WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE TO WAIT, THE DIG THE BIG DEPOSITORS WOULD.

BUT THEY'RE ALL BACKED UP TODAY AND THAT WAS THE CALM THAT WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE TO THE MARKETPLACE AND PREVENT CONTAGION THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS PEOPLE PULLED THEIR MONEY OUT OF ESPECIALLY SMALL AND MEDIAN SIZED COMMUNITY BANKS.

>> Ted: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO THOSE OF US WHO HAVE OUR MONEY IN CORNER BANKS, MID-SIZED, CONMOMCONGLOMERATES, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO INSURANCE.

>> AS OF FRIDAY, IF YOU HAD LESS THAN 250,000, WHICH MOST OF US DO, IN A SINGLE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, YOU ARE COMPLETELY COVERED IF YOU HAVE HAD IT IN AN FDIC INSTITUTION.

AND THAT'S ALMOST EVERY INSTITUTION THAT YOU CAN DRIVE BY AND DEAL WITH AND SEE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

SO NO WORRY FOR MOST OF US.

FOR THOSE FORTUNATE AMONG US AND I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY, TO HAVE DEPOSITS IN EXCESS OF 250, YOU'RE SECURE, AS WELL.

AND YOU'REIT BEGAN WITH THESE TWO FAILED INSTITUTIONS.

IF ANYBODY GETS IN TROUBLE, THE PRECEDENT IS SET.

WE'RE GOING TO BACK UP DEPOSITORS AND THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT TODAY AND IT WAS VERY SIMPLE.

THE MONEY DOESN'T COME FROM TAXPAYERS.

THERE'S NO BAIL-OUT FOR THE OWNERS OF THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AND THEY'RE DONE.

WE'RE NOT BAILING THEM OUT.

WE'RE BAILING OUT PEOPLE WHO HAD DEPOSITS IN THIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, WHO ARE ABSOLVED OF RISK OF LOSS OF DEPOSIT.

>> Ted: INDEED BAILED BY TO FUND PEOPLE PAY INTO.

THANK YOU, SIR, WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> GLAD TO BE HERE.

>> Ted: UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, A NEW SUICIDE HOTLINE NUMBER.

>> 9-8-8 WAS CREATED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THOSE IN NEED OF HELP TO REMEMBER THE HOTLINE NUMBER AND JOINING US NOW TO DISCUSS THE NUMBER'S IMPACT IS JIM DUNN AND ANDREW IRWIN WITH HUMAN SERVICES AND GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

ANDREW, SUICIDE HOTLINE, TALK TO ME MORE.

>> ARIZONA HAS ONE OF THE MOST ROBUST SYSTEMS AND WE'VE ADDED THREE DIGIT DINING.

DIALING AND EASY TO REMEMBER AND THINKING ABOUT THAT, THE RESPONSE IS, LET'S ACCESS SERVICES THROUGH 9-8-8.

>> Ted: THIS DIFFERS FROM OTHERRED HOTLINES, HOW, JUST BASICALLY THE NUMBER?

>> WHY COULDN'T WE HAVE AN EASY AS 9-1-1?

>> Ted: ARE YOU GETTING MORE CALLS?

>> HE'S A CALL CENTER GURU AND HE CAN ANSWER THAT.

>> WE'VE HAD A TREMENDOUS INCREASE AND SO WE HAD THE LARGEST INCREASE IN CALLING IN JANUARY AND WE HAD FIVE THOUSAND CALLS THAT MONTH AND HISTORICALLY, 2500 CALLS 40% INCREASE MONTH-OVER-MONTH AND 37,000 CALLS.

>> Ted: INCLUDING TEXTS AND CHATS.

JUST CALLS?

>> JUST THE CALLS THEMSELVES.

>> Ted: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEONE MANGSLE MAKES THE CALL?

>> THE ORGANIZATION, WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING FOR 25 YEARS.

>> IT'S ANOTHER THING TO HAVE RESOURCES AND IN MARICOPA COUNTY, WE'VE HAD TREMENDOUS RESOURCES AND RURAL VERSUS URBAN BECAUSE SUBURBAN EDUCATION.

BUT RURAL AREAS DON'T HAVE ACCESS AND HAVING THEM DO A STATE-WIDE CALL CENTER AND FAMILIAR WITH THE RESOURCES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO GET LAW ENFORCEMENT TO COOPERATE AND WE'RE WELL POSITIONED TO MAKE THIS WORK.

>> Ted: SOMEONE MAKES THE CALL, WHAT HAPPENED?

WHO DO THEY SPEAK TO?

>> A CRISIS SPECIALIST AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR STAFF MOMENTUMSMEMBERSAND 85% WE'RE ABLE TO STABILIZE THEM OVER THE PHONE AND WE DON'T NEED ANY HIGHER INTERINTERVENTION.

INTERVENTION.

WE HAVE TWO-PERSON CREWS TO MEET WITH THAT PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY FACE-TO-FACE.

THEY ATTEMPT TO TABLIZE THEM THEMSELVES AND THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO BRING THEM INTO AN IN-PERSON FACILITY.

THERE'S THREE STEPS AND EACH WARM UP IS TRYING TO ENGAGE THEM AT THE LOWEST LEVEL UPON.

>> Ted: DIRECTING PEOPLE TO RESOURCE CENTERS, IS THAT THE FIRST STEP?

>> LET SEE IF WE CAN FIND A SOLUTION TO GET THEM THROUGH THE MOMENT, THROUGH THE DAY AND MONTH AND ALSO, REF THEM TO RESOURCESWE REFER THEM TORESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> HOPEFULLY THIS IS MORE OF THINGS TO COME BECAUSE HAVING ACCESS AND REACHING SOMEBODY WHEN YOU HAVE THE TIME OF NEED AND THE CHALLENGE, MOST PEOPLE THAT DON'T REACH OUT ARE THE ONES THAT ARE THE HELPERS THEMSELVES AND THIS IS SOMETHING TO TAKE A LOOK AT, AS WELL.

THIS IS POWERFUL.

>> Ted: MOST CALLS FROM MARICOPA, PIMA, MOHVA, YUMA.

>> WE DON'T ALWAYS GET ALONG WELL.

>> Ted: RURAL, URBAN, DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

>> ALL RELATIONSHIPS ARE CHALLENGING AND WE KNOW THAT AND IT'S A MATTER OF HOW WE PERSEVERE.

>> Ted: BUT MOAHAVE AND PIMA UP THERE.

>> IT'S DIFFICULT BY DESIGN.

THEY GET ACCESS TO MOBILE TEAMS AND ACCESS TO INPATIENT FACILITIES AND OVERALL, WE'RE SEEING THAT MOST OF THE CALLS DO ALIGN WITH THE SIZE OF THE AMAZINGSPOPULATIONS AND THERE VARIANCES.

WHEN WE LAUNCHED 9-8-8, THERE WERE SOME THAT TOOK IT ON THEIR OWN ACCORD AND WE'RE BEGINNING A REAL PUSH DOING ADVERTISING AND THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES HAS GOTTEN A GRANT AND THAT JUST BEGAN THIS PAST JANUARY.

>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE SURE ALL COMMUNITIES ARE CONNECTED AND WE LOOKED AT THIS 15 COUNTIES, 91 CITIES AND TOWNS AND 15 TRIBES WORKING ON THE SUICIDE PREVENTION PLAN.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT DEMOGRAPHICS, YOUTHS, SENIORS, TRIBAL FOLKS BETWEEN THE TWO, WE CAN MAKE SURE WE COVER ALL COMMUNITIES.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN SAY THAT ONE AREA IS MORE PRONE TO SUICIDE IDEATION THAN OTHERS.

WE KNOW FROM THE DATA, MORE AREAS ARE MORE OF A HOTBED.

BUT SUICIDE, YOU'VE LOST PURPOSE.

>> Ted: THEY'RE CALLING MORE.

>> THANK GOD FOR THAT.

>> THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

THESE ISSUES WERE HAPPENING NO MATTER WHAT AND THIS IS GIVING PEOPLE A PLACE TO GO AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING AND THESE CALLS INCREASE AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE ACCESS AND NORMALIZING THAT AND PEOPLE REACHING OUT FOR HELP.

>> Ted: GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH AND CONGRATULATIONS.

>> KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.

TED AN ORGANIZATION CALLED GRAND PAWS PANTRY PROVIDES PET FLIES SO SENIOR CITIZENS AND THIS HIGHLIGHTS ISSUES IMPORTANT TO OLDER ADULTS IN ARIZONA.

WE MEET THE AS A HIGH SCHOOLER TO HELP SENIOR KEEP THEIR PETS.

WE WELCOME SONYA, THE FOUNDER OF GRAND PAWS PANTRY AND WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> Ted: GOOD TO HAVE YOU AND GIVE ME A BETTER DEFINITION OF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

>> THIS IS A 501C3 ORGANIZATION THAT I STARTED IN 2016 WITH A MISSION TO PROVIDE PET SUPPLIES TO THE PETS OF SENIOR FACILITIES.

>> Ted: THIS IS MONTHLY SUPPLIES AND NOT MEDICATIONS OR SERVICES.

>> I FOCUS ON PET FOOD.

>> Ted: WHAT GOT YOU STARTED IN THIS?

>> IT WAS INSPIRED IN 2016 AFTER VISITS TO MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER AND SHE WAS A CRUCIAL AND INFLUENTIAL PART OF MY LIFE.

WHEN I VISITED HER, I IN THED THAT MANY OF HER FRIENDS STRUGGLED TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR COMPANION PETS INCLUDING DISABILITY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND I WANT DOD SOMETHING WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP.

INSTEAD OF DOING SOMETHING FOR MY BIRTHDAY, I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE SENIORS.

I SAW HOW MUCH THE SUPPLIES MEANT TO THE SENIORS AND I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING BEYOND THAT AND I STARTED THIS PANTRY.

>> Ted: THE SENIOR COMPANION PET CARE PROGRAM, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT?

>> YES.

>> Ted: AND DO YOU APPLY FOR IT OR ARE THERE REQUIREMENTS OR HOW DOES IT WORK?

>> THIS FOCUSES SPECIFICALLY ON PROVIDING TO SENIORS WHO ARE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID BECAUSE THEY DEMONSTRATE THE MOST FINANCIAL NEED.

THERE'S NO APPLICATION FOR IT.

THERE ARE SPECIFIC FACILITIES AND ANYONE IN THE FACILITIES WITH THE COMPANION PET IS ELIGIBLE.

>> Ted: IT'S NOT A PERSON IN A FACILITY, BUT THE FACILITY AND PEOPLE CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE?

>> YES, SCOTT SO THE FACILITIES REACH OUT AND I GET IF CONTACT WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE FACILITIES.

>> Ted: THE MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS IS JUST HAVING YOUR FURRY FRIEND NEXT TO YOU AND TALK ABOUT THAT.

>> DEFINITELY.

GRAND PAW'S PANTRY TOOK OFF IN THE YEARS FOLLOW THE COVID PANDEMIC WHEN SENIORS WERE FEELING WITH ISOLATION AND LONELINESS AND IT BECAME CRUCIAL TO THEIR WELL-BEING AND HAVING PET FOOD TO TAKE CARE OF THE PET SO THEY'RE NOT FORCED TO RELINISH IT.

A STATISTIC FOUND ONE IN FOUR SENIORS STRUGGLE WITH ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AND THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

>> Ted: JUDGING FROM YOUR WEBSITE, 55 PLUS AND LIVING IN MARICOPA COUNTY.

YOU HAD A COUPLE OF RESCUE DOGS YOURSELF, DID YOU NOT?

>> I DO.

I HAVE TWO AND ONE PASSED AWAY.

>> Ted: ,I'M SORRY.

>> IT FOCUSES ON THE SENIOR CITIZEN AND COMPANION PET.

IF THEY'RE FORCEED TO RELINQUISH THEM.

>> Ted: ARE YOU WORKING WITH THEM.

>> I HAVE A LOT OF SPONSORS THROUGH GRAND PAW'S PANTRY THAT INCLUDE HUMANE SOCIETIES AND LOCAL SHELTERS.

>> Ted: VERY GOOD.

WE SAW YOU AND THERE WAS ANOTHER WOMAN NEAR NELOWISE AND TALK TO US ABOUT HER.

>> ONE OF THE FIRST INDIVIDUALS I BEGAN PROVIDING WITH GRAND PAW'S PANTRY IN 2016 AND LIVES IN THE SAME FACILITY MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER USED TO LIVE IN AND A GREAT INSPIRATION, A CANCER SURVIVOR, AND SHE HAS TWO DOGS AND HER CAT SHOULD SHE REFERS TO AS BOSSY.

>> Ted: CATS CAN BE DIFFICULT AS FAR AS THESE SITUATIONS.

HANDLING THEM OK?

>> BOSSY IS DOMESTICATED AND NOT HER CAT AND FOLLOWED HER HOME AND FOUND HER.

>> Ted: THOSE WARRANT BEST ARE THE BEST ONES.

THIS IS GOING GREAT AND YOU'RE YOUNG AND A LOT AHEAD OF YOU AND WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

>> I'M CURRENTLY A HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE I'LL END UP BUT I WANT A CAREER IF PUBLIC POLICY WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY GRAND PAW'S PANTRY.

>> Ted: CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS AND CONTINUED SUCCESS AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."

AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING!