Rotary Club Connections: Building a Legacy of Friendship & Service

• Rotary as a Connector – How Rotary Club Tucson brings together leaders, artists, athletes, and neighbors to build friendships rooted in service and fellowship.

• Service Above Self – A look at the projects and fundraisers, including the Tucson Classic Car Show, that generate hundreds of thousands of dollars for local nonprofits each year.

• Community Impact – Stories of how Rotary members directly volunteer in Tucson, creating ripple effects that strengthen families, schools, and neighborhoods.

• Local Roots & Global Reach – With a 100+ year history in Tucson and ties to 35,000 Rotary Clubs worldwide, members gain both local legacy and international connection.

• A Family of Service – Why members describe Rotary Club Tucson as more than a service organization—it’s a family built on friendship, humor, and shared purpose.

What makes Tucson’s community so strong? For more than a century, one answer has been the Rotary Club of Tucson. With a mission built on Service Above Self, Rotary has become a place where friendships are forged, leaders are connected, and lives are changed.

In this episode of Life Along the Streetcar, we explore how Rotary Club Tucson builds lasting connections, creates measurable community impact, and ties our city to a global network of service-minded people.

🤝 Rotary as a Connector

At its heart, Rotary is about connections. Members of Rotary Club Tucson come from every walk of life, business leaders, artists, athletes, educators, doctors, lawyers, and neighbors who all share one commitment: giving back to their community.

This diversity makes Rotary a true connector. Friendships are formed across industries, and collaborations spark between people who might never have met outside the club. As guests Brittany Battle and Ricky Hunley illustrate, Rotary is about building authentic relationships rooted in fellowship, service, and shared purpose.

Weekly gatherings at the Tucson Convention Center bring members together for dynamic speakers, committee work, and of course, plenty of camaraderie. Whether it’s through a professional connection, a volunteer project, or simply sharing a laugh over coffee, Rotary Club Tucson is where service meets friendship.

🌟 Service & Community Impact

The phrase Service Above Self isn’t just Rotary’s motto, it’s the driving force behind everything the club does. With more than 235 members, Rotary Club Tucson directs its collective energy into projects that make a real difference.

One of the most visible efforts is the Tucson Classic Car Show, which raises over $260,000 annually to support local nonprofits. This year’s beneficiaries include the Amphi Foundation, Pima Foundation, and JobPath, organizations that directly impact education, workforce development, and families in need.

Beyond fundraising, Rotarians roll up their sleeves to volunteer across Tucson, from road cleanups and food bank drives to supporting community events and nonprofit initiatives. The result is a ripple effect: Rotary helps organizations that then go on to uplift thousands of Tucsonans.

In Rotary, service is never one-size-fits-all. Members choose projects that align with their passions, whether that’s education, health, the environment, or youth development. No matter the project, the shared goal is the same, making Tucson a better place for everyone.

🌍 Local Roots, Global Reach

While Rotary Club Tucson is deeply embedded in the local community, it’s also part of a global family of 35,000 Rotary Clubs worldwide. That means joining Rotary in Tucson instantly connects members to a worldwide network of service-minded leaders.

This global reach creates opportunities for international projects, cultural exchange, and lifelong friendships. Whether traveling for business, leisure, or service, Rotarians can find a welcoming club in almost any city across the globe.

At the same time, Rotary’s long history in Tucson, dating back to 1921, adds a unique layer of legacy and pride. Many members are second- or third-generation Rotarians, carrying forward traditions of service while adapting to meet today’s needs. It’s this blend of local roots and global reach that makes Rotary Club Tucson such a powerful force for good.

A Legacy That Lasts

Rotary Club Tucson is a living network of friendship, leadership, and impact. By connecting people from all walks of life, supporting nonprofits that strengthen Tucson, and tying our city to an international community of service, Rotary builds a legacy that continues to grow stronger every year.

If you’re looking for a way to make meaningful connections, give back to the community, and be part of something bigger than yourself, Rotary Club Tucson might just be the place for you.

🙌 Get Involved

👉 Learn more about Rotary Club Tucson and discover how you can join this legacy of service: Rotary Club of Tucson
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Tom Heath
Good morning. Hey, it’s a bit of sun in the old pueblo. And you’re listening to Kate Tucson. Thank you for spending a part of your brunch hour with us on your downtown Tucson community. Sponsored, all volunteer powered rock and roll radio station. On this week’s show, our guests are Brittany Bell and Ricky Hunley. Brittany, as you probably know, is a jazz vocalist, a community leader, and she serves as the fast pitch director for Social Venture Partners in Tucson, where she’s helping nonprofits share their stories and amplify their impact.

Tom Heath
Ricky Hunley is a university of Arizona football legend whose distinguished NFL career was matched by his dedication to inspiring and mentoring others. Together, they’re going to bring a powerful blend of artistry, leadership, and community spirit as they share how they became friends through their service with the Tucson Rotary. Today’s August 17th, 2025. My name is Tom Heath and you’re listening to life Along the Street car.

Tom Heath
Every Sunday we shine a light on social, cultural and economic forces shaping Tucson’s urban core from a mountain to the University of Arizona and all stops in between. You get the inside track right here on 99.1 FM, streaming on downtown radio.org, or through the Downtown Radio Tucson app on your phone if you want to connect with us directly about the show, oh, life on a Streetcar on Facebook and Instagram or head to Lifeline streetcar.org.

Tom Heath
Most episodes are posted there with audio, video and you’ll find information on past episodes. Our book. And there’s also an easy way to reach out. Well, I talk about a power packed lineup. We’ve got Britney Battle. She’s been on the show a couple of times for different roles. She is a emerging superstar in the music world here in Tucson, and she’s been heavily involved with impact through with nonprofits, through her work with social Venture Partners and Ricky Hunley.

Tom Heath
I mean, come on, what kind of a catch is that? We got football season coming up in just a couple of weeks. And Ricky Hundley from the U of A is here. His career well beyond the University of Arizona in Tucson was all over the NFL. Paired a couple of Super Bowls and he and Brittany met through, the Tucson Rotary here in Tucson at the convention center.

Tom Heath
And we wanted to share their story about how they connected and why that’s important for the service that they’re doing in our community through the Rotary. I need to like seat belts now because I got to buckle up. I got like the star power and the studio. I’m not sure we’ve had this much star power at once. We’ve got the Brittany battle music extraordinaire, philanthropist.

Tom Heath
I mean, you just connected all over the community and singing beautiful songs out there. And then we have this gentleman to your left here, which might, a few people you of fans might recognize is Ricky Huntley. The, I’m not going to go through your resume. It’s just too long. But I can tell you, you are sitting on stage with a combined total of two Super Bowl appearances.

Ricky Hunley
There you go. Thought I had two.

Tom Heath
Well.

Ricky Hunley
We still have a come on to Ricky. Dang it.

Tom Heath
I thought I was getting a little credit there anyway, but we’re here because not only are you superstars in your own right, but you’re you’re collaborating on a, on a a very, worthwhile project here in Tucson. It’s something a brand new and brand new organization. Right. Has just just started. What’s a called?

Brittany Battle
I don’t think so. We are here to talk about Rotary Club, which has been here since 1903.

Tom Heath
So it’s not quite.

Brittany Battle
New, not quite new. Founded by Paul Harris, Tucson Rotary Club was founded in 1921. So we’ve come around 100 years plus of doing service above self and bringing people together to support the nonprofit sector and and find fellowship and friendship.

Tom Heath
Yeah. So then, the two of you meet through rotary.

Ricky Hunley
Yes, yes. That’s right.

Tom Heath
So let’s start. Rick, how did you get involved with rotary? What was your sort of first.

Ricky Hunley
This, fine gentleman named Mike Anderson. And, it’s a cake. Come be my guest at Rotary Way. Oh, okay. And, it’s always very interesting. I mean, outstanding speakers, you know? So if you want to go here, great speakers go to rotary. And, so I was there and I and then I went back again and he’s a I don’t enjoy the I don’t know if I at the time you know and I went back again and then he got me a packet.

Ricky Hunley
I filled it out. I said, I think I’m going to join because it just hit me like a ton of bricks. Service above. So. And I just start thinking about my life how all these people were there for me. I mean, I didn’t get to this point by myself. There was always someone there, whether it’s a Little League baseball coach picking me up, driving me to practice.

Ricky Hunley
You know, it was always like, oh, mom always said, we’re everybody’s kids. And, you know, it takes a village. And it really took a village to raise, you know, ten kids, seven boys and three girls. Oh, I got 25 foster kids that’s know.

Tom Heath
That’s a village in in the.

Ricky Hunley
South. And when we needed something, somebody was always there because we grew up poor, we lived in the projects we didn’t have. But people. People loved people. And, and there’s a lot of good people in rotary. And I was just gravitate to that, good people.

Tom Heath
But when did you get involved? How long have you been involved?

Ricky Hunley
Oh, let’s say, I’m a blue bass now. You know, it was so.

Brittany Battle
The blue badge. These are these are, you know, Rotarians begin to know, which is great.

Ricky Hunley
Yeah.

Brittany Battle
He became a member that has been in the club long enough. Has has really been involved and engaged, to move up from red badge to blue badge, meaning like he’s he’s going to stick around. He’s he’s done the work. He’s elevated his, his badge.

Tom Heath
So, so these are, these are things that I, I’m assuming they’re actual badges that you wear out there so people can get a sense of, okay.

Brittany Battle
This club really attracts the caliber of business, professional and social change maker that is unlike any other. I mean, when you say, did our friendship begin in rotary, where else would I have been able to track down Ricky Hanley? You know, to build such a good friendship and we do service work together. So it’s it’s a friendship, it’s camaraderie.

Brittany Battle
But we’re also intentional about getting together to do things that better our community. And all along the way, we better ourselves. And we utilize our network to make connections and to support one another.

Ricky Hunley
So you meet awesome people across the spectrum. I mean, in every walk of life, you know, in football, I would’ve never met these people just in football, they not on the football field. Yeah, but, you know, you meet judges, lawyers, doctors, you know, politicians. Everybody is a part of rotary. And because everybody wants to be able to give back to the community in some way, and service above self says it all and rotary kind of does it all.

Ricky Hunley
You know, they have all these socials. You go out into these mixers and you have small groups where you have dinners and wine tasting and bourbon tasting. It’s golf, hiking. You you have a club within the club for almost everything that you like to.

Tom Heath
And then, I mean, the whole purpose of the service, this is the I mean, rotary it’s it’s a it’s a well known name, right? I mean, I think everyone has heard of the rotary Club, but I don’t think everybody fully understands the impact that it as an organization has in the community. I mean, some of the organizations that you’ve supported over the years, like, exactly like what what are some of the things that you’ve been?

Brittany Battle
Well, let’s talk about that too, because we since we’ve been around since 1921, we have developed a system in which over 235 members gather weekly. We have incredible speakers to help educate us and help us know what’s going on in our community. And then through that, we have service projects out in the community. So it could be anything from cleaning up roads, community food bank, all kinds of projects that help our nonprofits or help, you know, the citizens in our community.

Brittany Battle
And because we come together in such an intentional way, we’re really able to make a huge impact. We have our car show every year. This is the Tucson Classic Car Show, in which, we give out over $260,000 to nonprofits. And this year, our beneficiaries are Amphi Foundation. It is Pima Foundation and Job Path. So they’re going to directly benefit from people coming in to check out cool cars, listen to music, come out and have a really good time.

Brittany Battle
And to see this is a staple in our community. I think it’s become.

Tom Heath
So then the impact is just this huge ripple, because you’re helping these organizations that are then helping hundreds. If not thousands of Tucson ends with whatever project they’re focused on, job path or whatever it might be. So it’s just raising money, not just for specific, smaller groups. I mean, these groups are having huge impacts themselves within our community.

Brittany Battle
That’s right. I mean, you’ve got 230 people coming together to to support the nonprofits, and they’re all connected by this global network. Because rotary is an international club. There’s 35,000 rotary clubs all over the world. We just happen to be one of them. We’re the largest in Arizona, which is great, and we think it’s the best because it is.

Brittany Battle
And and really it’s it’s, it’s evolved, it’s evolving. It’s becoming what it needs to be. And it has this rich legacy in history. My grandfather was in rugby club, and a lot of our members, their family members were involved.

Tom Heath
That’s pretty bad. All she is talking about her experiences with the Rotary Club here in Tucson. She is joined by our other guest, Ricky Hunley. They met through this organization and they’re sharing how that friendship came to be and and really how it’s, a symbol of the work that’s being done and the partnerships being forged through the rotary.

Tom Heath
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Tom Heath
If you’re just joining us, our guest today are Brittany Battle who has been on the show on numerous times now. I think she’s a regular at this point, representing sometimes the artistic community and sometimes the philanthropic community. She’s just doing great things all around. And we have Ricky Hunley, who is a U of A football legend. And you know, the time in the NFL is Super Bowl, accreditations.

Tom Heath
It’s like all kinds of amazing things happening in the studio talking about how their relationship was formed through their connection in the Tucson Rotary. We were just before the break, left off talking about how many members of rotary are, our legacies, their families were involved. And we’re going to pick up talking about the history and traditions of rotary and the club here in Tucson.

Brittany Battle
We’re taking tradition. That’s the other thing about rotary. It wasn’t that kind of surprising when you joined rotary, too. Like there’s these.

Ricky Hunley
Traditions.

Brittany Battle
Buried.

Ricky Hunley
In it. But the the thing that that hit me right away is like these people having fun. That’s right. You know, I mean, these are people of all ages from the 30s, 40, 50, 67, still having fun. And so when you’re having fun helping people, it’s a good thing, you know, and, you know, we look forward to going to rotary because it’s like our new group of friends.

Ricky Hunley
And. Right it is, it is a fun thing. And so, you know, and then they make it easy for you just, you know, when you’re in business, it’s some days you can’t show up. You can’t, but you watch it online and you get credit and it’s a great thing to, you know, not miss out on something. A great speaker who came in, we had a great speaker one and he’s been the CEO of several billion dollar companies and president of EO Ypo.

Ricky Hunley
And, you know, he was like the employment secretary of the white House. These are local people that we can get to come in the rotary. And and they don’t pay any of them. They just won.

Brittany Battle
Every Wednesday we have someone that comes, and that’s the highest caliber in their profession and their expertise. And we all come and we humor is at the base of the foundation. Love, humor and and connection and togetherness. And we come every week. We we learn together and we activate one another. Like when we get together, we join all these little committees and things that are going on.

Brittany Battle
Next thing you know, you’re you’re involved in the community in ways you didn’t even know you could. And that’s going back to these nonprofits we’re talking about earlier. We’re directly helping nonprofits and I would not be who I am today if I hadn’t joined rotary because of people like Ricky and others that I’ve met that I can call on now.

Tom Heath
How did you get involved?

Brittany Battle
My my job, I, my my professional, my employer, social venture partners pays for me to be a member. It’s part of professional development, and it’s also a way for us to showcase the work that we do and show who we are. And so, my former CEO at the time went, checked it out, couldn’t make it, couldn’t make it work, and sent me in and said, you know, check it out, see if you like it.

Brittany Battle
And I spent one Wednesday at Rotary Club, and I came back and I told her, sign me up, I will be there. And I’ll tell you right now, Tom, I will never not be a Rotarian. And I mean that it’s it’s a family.

Ricky Hunley
And,

Brittany Battle
I look forward to it. This is.

Ricky Hunley
Fun. And you want people like yourself in the club, so you encourage to go out and recruit? Sure. And recruit good people looking to bring value to the club, because I want to be educated by people who in the know, you know, and whether they are entertainers or sports celebrities or whatever, those people are bringing something to the table that we don’t know about.

Ricky Hunley
And, you get a chance to experience all of it. Being a part of rotary.

Tom Heath
And then all of the projects. How does that get selected? Get two and 35 members. How do you agree on on what what organizations are going to support volunteer?

Brittany Battle
That’s right. I mean, we have committees. We have the one and only wonderful Diana Madeira’s that oversees our service projects. That’s really important to us as Rotarians because we’re out in the community volunteering. And so, people recommend those projects to us. We have, you know, teams of people and members that are constantly recommending things and encouraging members to sign up.

Brittany Battle
So it’s it’s fun. We’ll even have days where we gather on a Wednesday and we’ll learn all about the different service projects, and people can just mingle and sign up and figure out like, what adventure they want to go on. Yeah, it’s not one size fits all. I think it’s sort of like.

Ricky Hunley
Well, once you get to know Brittany, it’s like she would be good for this. Yeah. Hey, I know you get to know your members, okay? You’ll know. Oh, you’ll be great. For those with Diana, Madeira’s recommended the, a committee for me. And I’m on the committee now. The programing committee. And so we get to go out and use our connections to bring in speakers from all over the world.

Ricky Hunley
Okay.

Tom Heath
That’s, that’s right up your alley then. And. Oh, yeah.

Brittany Battle
And also from the whiskey Committee. Just want to let me get on.

Ricky Hunley
I want to clarify. There’s a way she does.

Brittany Battle
Good things as well. It might. It might be the tequila. Yes, yes. Wow. Look, fellowship. There’s hiking. I mean, anything that you love to do, there’s someone else in that club that loves to do it, too. And there’s there’s time and space for it. So it’s.

Ricky Hunley
You can say no to things like, I will say no to bicycle. I won’t be riding a bicycle. Yeah, yeah.

Tom Heath
But hey, how. It’s not, nothing. That’s, forced to do this. I mean, it’s the service, but it’s it’s finding the right, the right level for you. And I think that’s why it’s so enjoyable and so successful. But what, How long have you been involved, then?

Brittany Battle
I’ve been involved for about two and a half, maybe three years.

Tom Heath
What do you have?

Brittany Battle
Oh, I have a blue. But I have board of directors that. Oh, so I’m really proud of that because, it’s an honor when when you have this caliber, of of members in this club and they care deeply about the community and they’re standing through, you know, years worth of legacy and history rich history in our, in our downtown area and all of southern Arizona.

Brittany Battle
To be asked to be a board member is really meaningful to me. And so now I am I want to get back. I want to help support. I want people to know how fun it is. I want them to know how, there’s a place here that that can support your interests and give you a place to give back to this place that we all love.

Tom Heath
So you talk about getting involved, that how do people get involved with the what’s the what’s the first step to joining or exploring rotary.

Brittany Battle
Find us on social media. We’re on Facebook. You can also find us on our website which is Tucson rotary.org. Chances are you know somebody that’s in Rotary Club and ask them, come to a Wednesday, we meet at the Tucson Convention Center. We want to know you’re coming. We want to support you. We want to say hi. We want to hug you, and just find Ricky at the U of A football games.

Brittany Battle
You know, he’ll be there, hunt him down, let him know you want to be part of it. And come check us out. Because once you come, then the rest is history.

Tom Heath
But I think we’re at Ricky. Ricky’s on the field doing the games. I don’t think we’re allowed to go on the field. Are we?

Ricky Hunley
Are. We are. You know what’s fair on that? I’m okay with that. All right, that’s it.

Brittany Battle
Yeah. That’s right. You can find Ricky. You can find him online course and reach out and see what he’s doing this year to help support the UVA and football team. And, support the Athletics.

Tom Heath
Plus it’s nice, you know, a lot of these different organizations, and I know there’s a lot of great ones in Tucson, and it’s just so nice to hear the enthusiasm coming from both of you, because I know each of you in your respective fields are really well respected and doing great things within that field, and to to see it coming together, something like this that, you know, and when we talked about the idea of the show, I was like, man, if that if that type of of talent can, can come together over this, that’s something we need to explore more.

Tom Heath
I mean, I understand rotary from a periphery and I’ve been to a couple of meetings. I didn’t really understand some of the depth of it. So I appreciate that.

Brittany Battle
It’s kind of one of those things you have to experience. And so we hope that people come and actually feel it.

Tom Heath
Sounds like it’s so many things that you could you could get an idea that it’s just the one piece that I’ve heard about not realizing. It’s everything that’s it’s all encompassing that you’re talking about.

Brittany Battle
Well, I mean, if you’re a Rotarian to anywhere in the world you go there are other Rotary clubs. So you can we encourage this because there’s so many international projects and so many global service projects, really, that if you travel, ping their rotary clubs because now all of a sudden you have, you know, friends that you didn’t have before in cities that you might not know.

Brittany Battle
And so you can tap into that, that culture and that family of doctors, people that care. That’s what we are. We’re people that care.

Tom Heath
That is pretty battle. And she definitely is one of those people that care. Ricky Hundley joining her today as they talked about their connections and their, their connection through the rotary and how that’s led to other things within our community. Very, very excited to have both of them in here. And I got a guy right after the break.

Tom Heath
And to tell you about a really nice surprise, for you as the listening audience here. But first, I want to remind you that you are listening to live along the Streetcar downtown radio 99.1 FM streaming on downtown radio.org.

Ricky Hunley
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Tom Heath
All right. Well, before, before the break there, I was telling you that we’ve got some special news about, our guests today, and that is, once we were done with the interview we got talking about, you know, the football, which, you know, first game kicking off here, with Hawaii on the 30th. And we decided, you know what?

Tom Heath
Let’s do another show. And this time, we got rid of the dead weight, and I stepped aside and let Brittany, be a guest host for life Along the Streetcar and interview Ricky Hunley. And I got to tell you, and watching her do that, I’m pretty sure I’m going to be out of a job. I.

Tom Heath
I’m not sure who’s in charge of the show, but they’re going to want her, instead of me, and I’m. I might I might even be in charge. And I still think she should. She should be the host. It was fantastic. And we’ll get to hear that interview next Sunday on Downtown Radio 99.1 FM or on our website on Monday as a podcast live along the streetcar.org.

Tom Heath
So again, thank you to Brittany and to, to Ricky for their for their time, not just for today, but also for next week’s episode. We don’t go anywhere. We’ve got Ted Brazile coming up in just a couple of minutes. He’s going to bring us words and work as he interviews writers and others from the labor movement. And then at the top of the hour at noon, we’ve got Ty Logan with Heavy Mental.

Tom Heath
And if you haven’t heard those shows, please stick around and take a listen. They’re both fabulous, I can tell you. Ty. He was a guest on this show several years ago. And his story is just so powerful. He’s so open and honest and transparent about who he is and and what he was put on this earth to do.

Tom Heath
It’s just really engaging when he. He gets some guests on his show and they just talk through, mental health from a from a perspective that really only Ty can present to you. So please, stick around and listen to that. And then when we get back into the music there, after Ty 1:00, if you want to know the whole lineup, head over to life.

Tom Heath
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Tom Heath
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Tom Heath
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Tom Heath
Because we use that money to improve the experience. For our listeners, there are no paid staff. So money goes into the station for equipment, for rent, for maintenance, for whatever it may be. Episode 352. Wow. We are moving right along here. Next week, we’re going to have some cool things, but I want to let you know that on the 23rd, which is, coming up here on Saturday, the, Presidio Museum is having a big celebration in the evening, to celebrate Tucson’s 250th plus anniversary.

Tom Heath
So you can check out all that site stuff at their website. Tucson presidio.com. But keep an eye out because, the show Source Studios, where we record lifelong the streetcar, we’re going to be out there as part of that celebration, and we’re setting up a booth to, have people tell us their story in about two minutes or less.

Tom Heath
So we’ve got a segment we’re calling. Tell me about it. And we’re asking, people to answer a random question at all. The they’ll choose by spinning a dial and, that we will land on a question and you’ve got basically a minute or two to answer and and tell us all about that. But it’s going to be from 6 to 10, on next Saturday the 23rd.

Tom Heath
So it should be, pleasant weather and all kinds of activities. Again, the Tucson Presidio, website. Check it out and look for the show. Source studios, pop up tent there. And, you get to meet the infamous James Portis, who I get to talk about every week. We might even be lucky enough to have a man and relatives there for a while.

Tom Heath
I don’t know, I don’t know. She’s busy. She’s busy. So, if we get her, we get her. But, unfortunately, I’ll be there, so you’ll be stuck with me. Should be fun, though. It’s called Tell Me About It as part of Show Source Studios. Kicking it off Tucson’s birthday, August 23rd. I hope we can, catch you there.

Tom Heath
And, if you’re involved with something or if you really want us to, to cover a topic that we’re just are missing, please hit us up. You can email us contact at life Along the streetcar.org. Connect with us on Facebook and Instagram. There’s a, contact us button from our website where, where you can go to check out again our past episodes.

Tom Heath
But we want to know what’s going on out there. We want to know the people that you’re talking to, that you’re seeing that are having an impact in our community, that are sharing things through social media so we can elevate that. You know, since we added the videos of our podcast to our Instagram, it’s starting to grow. I still don’t understand why two people sitting in a chair talking to each other is all that exciting, but people like it.

Tom Heath
And, we’re seeing more traction on our Instagram page, so I know we’re still small potatoes. You know, we’re no way even close to to even mini influencer. But we do have a larger following we did just a year ago. So if you, would like us to share what you’re doing, just tag us, and and we will share where, where we can.

Tom Heath
Well, James Portis is our executive producer. Amanda mulattos is our associate producer. I’m Tom Heath, your host. Our opening music is brought to you every week by Ryan Hood. And today we’re going to close with music from Sticks. I had to go all the way back to 1977, from their album The Grand Illusion, to find a song that was appropriate for Brittany Battle and Ricky Hunley and it’s superstars.

Tom Heath
Have a great week and join it next Sunday for more life along the streetcar.