Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Behind the Scenes with Lisa Coker, Security Lead Dispatcher – Remington Park

Here is another example of a "Behind The Scenes" story...



 Lisa Coker - An individual that has a soft spots for kids and is doing things in her personal spare time to try an better there lives. We wanted to get a further grasp her contribution, so we constructed a list of 10 questions to see if we could do just that! Check out the interview below......


Q1: How long have you been donating?

A:   I have been donating for as long as I can remember . But I have been doing Toys For Tots at Remington park for the last 3 years.

Q2: What exactly is Toys for Tots?

A:    Toys for Tots is a U. S. Marine Corps Reserve program that collects new unwrapped toys and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community.

Q3: Do you orchestrate or donate to Toys for Tots outside of the Remington Park branch that you get organized?

A:   I don’t do the Toys for Tots outside of Remington Park.

Q4: How did you initially get involved with this?

A:   I have always wanted to help people in need and after my first year at Remington Park I realized that we didn’t participate in the Toys for Tots program and thought it would be a great thing to bring to Remington Park.

Q5: I am told you are off and on volunteering for Food Drives, what are Food Drives and what do you do to assist?

A:   I have in the past done food drives at Remington park. Basically I just set up boxes for people to donate nonperishable foods. Once when I did it we donated the food to the Horseman’s church (I can’t think of the official name for the church) in the stable area of Remington park and that donation actually ended up going to the family of a team member of Remington park who had passed away. The 2nd food drive I did was for The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma.

Q6: How many hours wk/month are spent working on these Food Drives?

A:   For the Toys for Tots I start planning and making up signs and stuff around late September but I don’t start doing the hard work until late October until the middle of December.

Q7: What would you tell somebody that is “on the fence” about donating, or someone who worries if the donations make it to the destination they are said to be?

A:   Well if people are worried about dropping toys off at one of the drop off locations they can also make a finical donation directly to Toys for Tots.

Q8: What has donating taught you over the years?

A:    It’s worth all the time and effort I put into it to know that children are going to have toys for Christmas

Q9: What is your favorite part about donating?

A:    The feeling I get after .

Q10: Would you ever consider (all things allowed) starting your own organization where people could donate for a common cause? If so what would it be?

A:    If I could I would do something similar to toys for tots I love helping kids!!!

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