January 17, 2025 • 7 mins
Amy takes us ‘Out and About’ to the Dream Center in Echo Park and talks with the Director of Disaster Services Clint Carlton about how they are providing hope and relief during the Los Angeles County fires.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This week, we didn't feel like it was appropriate to
go out and about to do a normal segment, like
we go out and we see cool things about and
around LA and southern California that maybe you forgot about
because there's so much to do around here, and so
we like to share different places to go and things
to see. But this week we wanted to go out
(00:22):
and about to see what people are doing to help.
Like we talked about, it's so amazing to see all
the people coming out to help in the wake of
the fires. We went to Dream Center LA and caught
up with the director of Disaster Services, Clint Carlton. So
Clint tell us what the Dream Center is doing to
help the thousands of people who've lost everything in the fires.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Well, believe it or not, this is actually our tenth
year with iHeart Radio, So tenth year our Heart Radio
serve in the community of Los Angeles. So we can't
thank you guys enough to start out with for standing
with us together. I think this has been one of
the hardest, hardest things for Los Angeles deal with. Obviously,
we had COVID nineteen and that that was a that
(01:03):
was a horrible fear disaster, but this there's there's so
many people that have been impacted, and and so we're
just trying to provide support, joy, hope and light at
the end of the tunnel through the uncertainty. Right now, the
wind's blowing you and your hair is blowing because because
we don't know what's going to happen tonight. And so
so where we are right now, we're in our line,
(01:25):
and so we're providing relief right now to individuals over
We'll walk over there in a second, but you see
our drop offline. So the Dream Center is just here
right now. So we're we're in. We have four stages
of a disaster. We have the rescue face, we have
the relief face, and the the rescue face and relief
face together right now they're messed together. And then and
(01:47):
then coming up hopefully next week, we can start the
recovery face, and and that'll that'll allow us to go
in and and and help people out in their homes.
Believe it or not, We're going to go door to door.
It's called adopt the block. We've been doing Adoptable for
thirty years here in Los Angeles. And we go on
knock on people's door and say what do you need?
How can we meet your needs? And so that's what
(02:08):
we're going to do for many many people in Los Angeles,
the Alta Dina area, the Palisades area.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
And the beautiful thing is the Dream Center is obviously
built for this. So let's take a look at the
relief part. Now, there's a line of cars. I had
to park about a block away and walk in because
there is this line of cars of people who want
to drop off donations to help people. And then there's
another line that's filtering in and they're picking up supplies
(02:38):
because these are people who don't have anything. They had
like ninety seconds to get out of their home. They've
lost absolutely every day. So it is so heart for me,
and I know I'm going all teary and stupid about it,
but it's just amazing to see the outpouring of support
from people. I mean, look at all these donations.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
What kind of donations are we looking for?
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Non character food items is what we need right now.
But it breaks my heart. I had a lady come
through and you're gonna make me cry? Is she just
she just showed up and she said, I don't know
where to start. Yeah, I don't know what to do.
So so our team just you know, surrounded her. And
(03:20):
I mean you start with a toothbrush, yep, you start
rebuilding somebody's life with a toothbrush. And you look at
these these houses that have been passed on from generation
to generation. That's their wealth. Yeah, and some of them
didn't have insurance. Yeah, and so we got to stand
in the gap. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
So the immediate need now is to get those donations,
and we're accepting them in the addresses.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Two three zero one Bellevue Avenue and Los Angeles, California
in ninety years zero two six.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
Right, it's right in Echo Park, easy to find.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Type it into ways and.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
We'll get you there. And then again those are people
dropping off yep. And then these are people picking up,
and so they're coming in from two different ends of
the street. Got drop off, pick up, drop off pick
When we go door to door, well, we'll knock on
the door. What are your needs? You need an air peer, fires,
you need you need something, You need anything for your house?
You know, do you need a new counch because it's
got smoke inside of it? You need a new bed?
(04:12):
I mean that's what we're going to be looking for now.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
It's amazing.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
And look at all of these donations. I mean, it's
just it's just again, it's heartbreaking what happened. It's heartwarming
to see what we've done. Now, if they want to
make a monetary donation, how do they do that?
Speaker 2 (04:27):
They can they can go to dream center dot org
backslash donate, or they can go on kfi's website and
give there, or they can text relief to three three
one zero zero. That's text relief to three three one
zero zero. And also what I want to show you
is these are volunteers from all over Los Angeles. Yeah,
(04:47):
these people, these people have truly truly showed up for
their community.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
And that's the amazing part.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
How people are just showing up. I mean, it's so.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Beautiful to see because I know that we get jaded
and cynical when disaster strikes. Man, people have turned out.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
We had over this weekend, we had over twenty five
hundred volunteers on Saturday and Sunday. Twenty five hundred volunteers
showed up to volunteer for us on Saturday and Sunday.
Just the most amazing thing.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Thank Carlton, Thank you for what you're doing. For what
your organization, Dream Center LA is doing. We're so proud
to have partnered up with you. I know we've had
a relationship with iHeartMedia for like ten years until legit
five ole one. See organization, we need your help. That's
where we're out and about.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
And we would love to have you donate because they
need our help. It again when we talk about what
happened to these people and how they just lost everything
and basically the blink of an eye, and it was
so cool to see everybody stepping up and helping out.
(05:54):
And if you again, if you want to make a contribution,
it's dream centered dot org slash donate. You can also
drop off donations at two three zero one Bellevue Avenue.
That's continuing, I believe through next week. But just if
you go, just know that, you know, don't go if
you're in a super big hurry, because it's gonna take
(06:15):
a little while. They the lines are astounding and I
would love for you to go and take a look
at the interview with Clint and get a look at
what's going on at Dream Center LA. I'm posting this
on my Instagram at amy K King a M y
k A y k I n g at Amy K King,
also on Kfi's Instagram at kf I Am six forty.
(06:38):
You got to see what they're doing at dream Center
La and it's probably gonna make you want to do
something too, if you haven't already. Thanks again to dream
Center La and again the contribution is dreamcenter dot org
slash donate. Thanks again to everything that dream Center La
is doing, just doing God's work really
This week, we didn't feel like it was appropriate to
go out and about to do a normal segment, like
we go out and we see cool things about and
around LA and southern California that maybe you forgot about
because there's so much to do around here, and so
we like to share different places to go and things
to see. But this week we wanted to go out
(00:22):
and about to see what people are doing to help.
Like we talked about, it's so amazing to see all
the people coming out to help in the wake of
the fires. We went to Dream Center LA and caught
up with the director of Disaster Services, Clint Carlton. So
Clint tell us what the Dream Center is doing to
help the thousands of people who've lost everything in the fires.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Well, believe it or not, this is actually our tenth
year with iHeart Radio, So tenth year our Heart Radio
serve in the community of Los Angeles. So we can't
thank you guys enough to start out with for standing
with us together. I think this has been one of
the hardest, hardest things for Los Angeles deal with. Obviously,
we had COVID nineteen and that that was a that
(01:03):
was a horrible fear disaster, but this there's there's so
many people that have been impacted, and and so we're
just trying to provide support, joy, hope and light at
the end of the tunnel through the uncertainty. Right now, the
wind's blowing you and your hair is blowing because because
we don't know what's going to happen tonight. And so
so where we are right now, we're in our line,
(01:25):
and so we're providing relief right now to individuals over
We'll walk over there in a second, but you see
our drop offline. So the Dream Center is just here
right now. So we're we're in. We have four stages
of a disaster. We have the rescue face, we have
the relief face, and the the rescue face and relief
face together right now they're messed together. And then and
(01:47):
then coming up hopefully next week, we can start the
recovery face, and and that'll that'll allow us to go
in and and and help people out in their homes.
Believe it or not, We're going to go door to door.
It's called adopt the block. We've been doing Adoptable for
thirty years here in Los Angeles. And we go on
knock on people's door and say what do you need?
How can we meet your needs? And so that's what
(02:08):
we're going to do for many many people in Los Angeles,
the Alta Dina area, the Palisades area.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
And the beautiful thing is the Dream Center is obviously
built for this. So let's take a look at the
relief part. Now, there's a line of cars. I had
to park about a block away and walk in because
there is this line of cars of people who want
to drop off donations to help people. And then there's
another line that's filtering in and they're picking up supplies
(02:38):
because these are people who don't have anything. They had
like ninety seconds to get out of their home. They've
lost absolutely every day. So it is so heart for me,
and I know I'm going all teary and stupid about it,
but it's just amazing to see the outpouring of support
from people. I mean, look at all these donations.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
What kind of donations are we looking for?
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Non character food items is what we need right now.
But it breaks my heart. I had a lady come
through and you're gonna make me cry? Is she just
she just showed up and she said, I don't know
where to start. Yeah, I don't know what to do.
So so our team just you know, surrounded her. And
(03:20):
I mean you start with a toothbrush, yep, you start
rebuilding somebody's life with a toothbrush. And you look at
these these houses that have been passed on from generation
to generation. That's their wealth. Yeah, and some of them
didn't have insurance. Yeah, and so we got to stand
in the gap. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
So the immediate need now is to get those donations,
and we're accepting them in the addresses.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Two three zero one Bellevue Avenue and Los Angeles, California
in ninety years zero two six.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
Right, it's right in Echo Park, easy to find.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Type it into ways and.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
We'll get you there. And then again those are people
dropping off yep. And then these are people picking up,
and so they're coming in from two different ends of
the street. Got drop off, pick up, drop off pick
When we go door to door, well, we'll knock on
the door. What are your needs? You need an air peer, fires,
you need you need something, You need anything for your house?
You know, do you need a new counch because it's
got smoke inside of it? You need a new bed?
(04:12):
I mean that's what we're going to be looking for now.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
It's amazing.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
And look at all of these donations. I mean, it's
just it's just again, it's heartbreaking what happened. It's heartwarming
to see what we've done. Now, if they want to
make a monetary donation, how do they do that?
Speaker 2 (04:27):
They can they can go to dream center dot org
backslash donate, or they can go on kfi's website and
give there, or they can text relief to three three
one zero zero. That's text relief to three three one
zero zero. And also what I want to show you
is these are volunteers from all over Los Angeles. Yeah,
(04:47):
these people, these people have truly truly showed up for
their community.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
And that's the amazing part.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
How people are just showing up. I mean, it's so.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Beautiful to see because I know that we get jaded
and cynical when disaster strikes. Man, people have turned out.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
We had over this weekend, we had over twenty five
hundred volunteers on Saturday and Sunday. Twenty five hundred volunteers
showed up to volunteer for us on Saturday and Sunday.
Just the most amazing thing.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Thank Carlton, Thank you for what you're doing. For what
your organization, Dream Center LA is doing. We're so proud
to have partnered up with you. I know we've had
a relationship with iHeartMedia for like ten years until legit
five ole one. See organization, we need your help. That's
where we're out and about.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
And we would love to have you donate because they
need our help. It again when we talk about what
happened to these people and how they just lost everything
and basically the blink of an eye, and it was
so cool to see everybody stepping up and helping out.
(05:54):
And if you again, if you want to make a contribution,
it's dream centered dot org slash donate. You can also
drop off donations at two three zero one Bellevue Avenue.
That's continuing, I believe through next week. But just if
you go, just know that, you know, don't go if
you're in a super big hurry, because it's gonna take
(06:15):
a little while. They the lines are astounding and I
would love for you to go and take a look
at the interview with Clint and get a look at
what's going on at Dream Center LA. I'm posting this
on my Instagram at amy K King a M y
k A y k I n g at Amy K King,
also on Kfi's Instagram at kf I Am six forty.
(06:38):
You got to see what they're doing at dream Center
La and it's probably gonna make you want to do
something too, if you haven't already. Thanks again to dream
Center La and again the contribution is dreamcenter dot org
slash donate. Thanks again to everything that dream Center La
is doing, just doing God's work really
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