. . Good morning everybody. Happy monday. I always wonder after closing ceremonies and this like incredible olympics if people are experiencing withdrawal . I do i love the olympics. Its so much fun to watch and i think its fun how they stagger the most interesting ones towards the end. No matter what you cant stop watching. Cover of Sports Illustrated thees gat katie simone biles in here too. They talk about Michael Phelps in particular. The most decorated olympian ever. How about when he was doing this like come on give it up. Exactly. Just how it was a proper farewell for him. Just such different set of games for him because you know instead of you know, he said london was kind of like going through the motions and rio it was like his wife was there the former miss california, his baby great to see. I get to watch some abroad because i took a vacation. Went to ireland, london and paris. We got to watch the olympics while being abroad. I got to tell you ireland this is a picture i have not boosted the color or edited this is naturally how green it was. This was a castle on the cliffs of moore. I just thought, i never had seen the color of green of ireland in my entire life. It was the one thing that stood i think thats the thing people can talk about it before you go, but until you get there you cant truly appreciate the green. And look at that. This is a boat ride we took in paris on the river. We got up close and personal to the eiffel tower. I didnt realize until being there that it twinkled like that every hour. Wait for this one and b that i would just be so impacted by that and london, cool thing this was a harp. We have a harp here too. The one thing i learned about you can have your glasses out there and everything i thought it was so fun. It was a blast. It was totally different. That was in london. Everybody stands on the street in the pub. I realize you dont know how little you know until you go abroad. Yeah thats true. And just getting that perspective. Who knew French Onion Soup is only onion soup in france. I do now. I do now. [laughter] what was your favorite part . No way to pick a favorite. T there was probably a favorite part in france everyone does go around eating a giant baguette. And the croissants are nothing like you have ever had in your life. All day long. Its crazy. Wine and croissants because you walk everywhere. Thats why. Welcome back to america. Thank you. Thank you. Before we head on with the show we have todays arts cameras plus picture of the day. Featuring a tired papa. This is just the beginning. Loyal viewer cathy shared this photo of her son john look at them apparently he is exhausted after all of that hard labor right . Exactly. [laughter] that is so cute. Oh. Having twins. I dont know. Give it up for him. And the momma. Thats amazing. Great picture. We love to share your photos here on the morning blend. If you have someone special you would like to see featured on tv be sure to enter our picture of the day contest. Email us their photos and story to pictures themorningblend. Com. First up this morning, b 2007 two local pastors became overwhelmed after watching a episode of oprahs big give. They were inspired to take action and help one of the most impoverished cities in the nation, milwaukee. Since then they have served over 45,000 people in the city and now expanding their outreach to waukesha. They ha have enlisted the help f one of our favorite friends leroy butler. Were thrilled to have leroy butler and melvin and Ervin Henderson to the morning blend. Together at the waukesha give. Thanks for being here you guys. Thank you for having us. Hanging out with this guy huh . They are doing all of the work. This is something you have been doing for a while. I feel like a lot of people have moments where they see something and are so deeply impacted. They think i want to do Something Like that. I want to create change that way. Thats really how this started for you two. It really is. I was laying on the couch one day watching laying on the couch thinking man i would love to give at that level. The thought came to me just give at the level youre at. We went back to the congregation and said lets do something significant. Lets make an impact and at that time milwaukee was listed as the 7th most impoverished big city in the nation. We partnered with larry jones and feed the children and they brought in cases of food for 400 families which would give us the ability to feed 1600 people in just that one feeding. Was birthed from there. Its an amazing outreach. So were happy. Really glad you got to some of the numbers. The proof is in the numbers. Its incredible you go to your congregation, relatively small, 150 people and at the time raise 12,000 and had a semitruck full of food. Thats impressive. I think that should give people hope if you want to make a difference. Its possible. Absolutely. I think people think to make a difference you have to have a lot. You really dont. Its what is in y you can give to benefit somebody else. Thats what we did we just brought all of our resources together and we were blessed to be able to come one 12,000. Went to feed the children and said how much will this give us they said a whole truck full of food we were like great. We still brought in food, but it was amazing. I like that quote give where you are at. Such an important thing to remember. So often we feel like we cant do enough, but even just a little makes a big difference. This has meant this to my life . It has been amazes. Hope is what our city needs. Were at a place of hoplessness. Anytime somebody can help without strings attached. Were not saying come to our church. Were not saying any of that. Were just here to help you. It has changed the life of a lot of people. Weve had a lost people say because you helped i want to come to your church, but thats not the reason we do what we do. We do it because this is our city. We have taken ownership of it and want to doet one year we were doing the give and there was a woman who her husband had just put her and her three children out. We were scheduled to host the give in milwaukee that morning. So she is walking down the street with her kids and here we are with everything that she needs to get her life on the road again and so, those are the kind of testimonies that we have of success for the give. What is your role in this whole thing are you leaping over stuff to help them or . Milwaukee. I love this community, i love what it stands for. I love the fact that pastors like this want to put something forward for the community. Its fantastic. Thats the reason i wanted to get involved. My executive assistant netty prairie she wanted me to get involved in it. It worked out fantastic. Im going to be at pick n save in washington anyway so i can do two things at one time. I want people to come out take a look at what is going on can donate fantastic if you cant just come see what is going on. I think you will be amazed this is goingn right here in the milwaukee area and waukesha your i think you will be amazed. I think its important for people with a background in faith to get iolved in this, but it doesnt matter your faith if you have faith or dont if you are involved in a church or not. Its just the fact you are there is no commitment to be. Involved with your church, but how can people get involved when people. What can they do . All you need to do is give us a call at our office at 414 9620600. They can go to world outreach btc. Org. The milwaukee give is on facebook. They can look it up on facebook and put in there they are interested in getting involved the more the merrier. Do you need volunteers for that day . Absolutely we need volunteers for folding clothes, distributing clothes we dont do anhing in advance. We ask people to bring the well be in waukesha at horeb park. This saturday the 27th. They can bring whatever they want to give away. Its amazing you think it is something you no longer put any value on it becomes a real value to someone else. So they can bring their goods and if they want to get involved and stay and help us distribute the clothing they can. Mostly or only clothing that you are looking for . What about nonperishable food anyone wants to donate yes. Household items, food, clothing whatever they want to give yeah. Ou y know, but the items are really the hook. What we really want to do is we want to have people out there who can listen. Because a lot of time when is people are out there hurting they just want to talk to somebody about it. We also need volunteers to just be ears not necessarily have the answers, but just be ears to help us that way as well. What a neat thing. Just to be able to go there and listen to stories help hand things out. I think what you are doing is really wonderful. I can tell why you love being involved too. No question about it. Think milwaukee right now is getting a bad rep nationally. This is a chance to bring the Community Together and do something fun. And you are going to help give away bicycles too right . I think i can still ride one. [laughter] because in the olden days, they would give you the ride around lambeau field. Can come out to see you leroy. August 27, this saturday. The dropoff starts at 7 00 a. M. So from 7 00 to 9 00 a. M. You can drop off donations. The event is happening from 10 00 to 1 00 p. M. That is Horeb Spring Park on spring street in waukesha. Brings clothes, shoes, furnishings. Two new bike give aways. An opportunity for people to receive donations as well. To find out more and leroy will where he will meet people and be part of giving away bikes which is super fun. World outreach btc. Org is the website to visit for more information. Pleasure to meet all of you. Thank you for having us. Well be doing a packer preview i will back in a couple weeks f that. Yeah weve got to talk football. Were ready. Its mans season now. [laughter] all right. Oh, lord. [laughter] thanks guys. So nice to meet you. Disabled people to get the benefits they deserve. And youre never too old for braces how kids and adults are getting a better smile in less time. And the three things your teenager can do right now to and welcome back. This, a kid heading to college with a car packed to theim with stuff. I think it was me at one point. Everything is essential to dorm life, but it can be dangerous to drive that way. College campus or carpooling to high school, there are new road challenges. The National Safety council says more children are hit by cars near schools than any other location. Were joined with anne scallon with before the wheel a online resource that puts your teen safelyo good to see you. Nice to see both of you. I alwayshink is good timing for you to be here now i realize no matter what time it is its a good time to talk about what was challenges are out there. Lets start with the back to college the going to high school, the carpooling. Oftentimes a difficult situation in part i think because going to college it might be a first time experience. There is a lack of you know, because theyve never done it being. Right so as far as packing the car its essential that the College Student does not drive with an overpacked car. Because things that are overpackedhey block the view. Yes. Or you have large items like tvs that can fall forward. You need things propey secured. The trunk can also not be overpacked because then it fish tails when you go onto the ramp. So sometimes its have a sibling or the parents take two cars or get a uhaul its really worth it. Uhhuh. A lot of times you got all of that going on and you are distracted while driving. Like maybe you said something falls or youre texting or the music is too loud because youe excited to be going to college or back to school whatever it may be. Distractions happen and those are things that people need to beware of right. Right. Also too the passengers. Like, what i like to say is sit going to be a passenger in a carpool or back to school. The two things i have found is what they have told me they dont want to tattle tale and they dont want to speak up. They are caught in the middle. If this is a carpool and this is happening tell your teen you can tell me this carpool isnt working out you dont need to go into the details. Sometimes its their sibling. Thats what makes itorse. Yeah. [laughter] its like maybe you cant get out of that situation, but again you dont want to tell on them sister. Thats why they have to say its not working out mom and dad and you have had enough conversations to get the message that the other psonsnt doing what they need to be doing. Maybe not even saying exactly what is happening if they feel bad about tattling, but saying its just not working out. Good way to do it. Its important to discuss the way traffic is changing. Maybe the level ofraffic as we go back to school. Right. So there is going to be a lot more buses. In the summer we get a lot of we have summerfest and sta fair a ofther festivals, but then weave tten ud to the morning drive is lower people are on vacation you dont have the school buses and carpools thats going to change the next two weeks. The key is really to Pay Attention, be courteous and slow down. Its so important. Yeah. Going with the carpool thing too, one of the problems is that a lot of people are running late. And so thats when speeding is really a problem a lot o one reason for speeding isnumber because people are running late. Uhhuh. Lets say your School Starts at 7 45 it takes you 20 minutes. You need to leave about 40 minutes for the first couple weeks. Everybody else is new to the dropoff and everything. Uhhuh. There so you have to not only accommodate yourself, and all of the changes, and all of the signs weve been ignoring like 15 to 25 when school is in session. I have b ignoring that for attention again. And weather has beenright and sunny its going to be ng mgie rain. Exactly. Good point. Also there is t protionary license period i think a lot of tes are all too quick to forget. The length of that and exactly what that means. It has to do with how many passengers you can have in the car if not related to. Were talking about friends. That goes for 9 months after the teen has gotten that initial license. A lot of times not only the teens areisinformed, but the parents are. They are like oh, that doesnt apply to the carpool. It very much alies to the carpool. So, they again, that person can only take one extra passenger and your teen needs to find another carpool if they already have that one in the. Uhhuh. I think part of being a testifiedefensive driver is whau call being courteous. The problem on the road,utr other people. If youre not courteous and sothing that is impornt right. Following just the flow of traffic and things like that. Those sorts of things can be defensive and courteous and put you in a better place to be safe. Right and the dropoff thing sometimes you want to take a short c cut. You have to drop off a younger child youre a teen you have to get to your high school. Youre like lets just go over here. There is no safety set up over there. You have to put in your time to go through the dropoff and do all of the the risk is very high. Almost 30 of the pedestrian accidents fatalities happen in the fall. Hmm. That dropoff lines, iorget about those. They are tricky. We all have to be paying attention and letting buses unload. Those three things were slow down, Pay Attention and be courteous. I think those are key things we can keep in mind no matter what the season as we head back to school and college as well. Free, they can visit your website at before the wheel. Com. So more resrch and how to have that conversation wit your young driver. Great to s you. Thank you. Thank you. Still ahead help for people who are unable to work due to injury get the benefits they welcome ck. This is no ordinary before and e bracesd her can sthteneeth i lite as 100 days. Fast braces and turbo fast braces use stateoftheart technology that is helping people improve their selfesteem and boost their confidence. Im here with dr. Tony cigno from of his happy patients who had a great sle just before the break phil eckert. Great to see you guys. Thk you so much. Th is exciting. And its great to have a patient here who has actually gone through the treatment were going to talk about. Its the real deal yeah. Youeally fee if you change someones smile, you can really change their life. Right . Absolutely. The smile is the Business Card that everybody has. Its the first thinghat t people its been proven that children with better smiles dont get bull idea and so forth. People with prettier smiles get better jobs things like that. More dates. [laughter] more dates. For some people its very important. I found my bride so i dont need that anymore, but right. It is a way to express ourselves to the world who we are. Uhhuh. And it allows the world to see who we are truly inside for our smile. Lets talk they are different than tradit ortioldontics it is not just the amount of time involved thats different rig . No. Tradional though donetic o old school orthodontics spends a year moving part of the tooth that people can see the crown. In another year movine root of the tooth. Fast braces it is arian tlar shaped bracket rather than square, and what it does is moves the root and the crown of the tooth at the same time to its final position from the very traditional braces . Noctually it has been provenith the the largest dental school in the world has proven that fast braces are less comfortable than traditional bre. Would you back that up . I would back that up yeah. Traditional fast braces can weeks. Pleted in as little as 20 thats amazing. A lot of people see people with braces teenagers i parncular for years and years. 2, 3, 4 years yeah. What technology moves the ent tooth at the same time. The forces are spreadver t entire tooth continually it not only make it is more comfortable, but as i said we move the whole tooth at once so its faster. I dont spend aear doing one thing a anoer year doing the other thing. What about the other the fast braces turbo this happens even faster right . Fast braces turbo is a little more advanced technology that just does the same thing, but even quicker. More uncomfortable, but its not. Heres an exam example before and after. Thats after just 30 days. It amazed me. Im still amazed and i have been doing it for 15 years. Ts what i wasoing to ask. Do dens see it as a fad or do you see these kind of quick changes like aganin i this before and after, or is it something that really has been around for a whi. Fast braces have been aroun for 30 years. Its reall orthodontics and how we straighten teeth. General dentists and orthodontists all over the world. Itsn 40 countries i just got back from dallas last night from teaching how to do fast braces. Its amazing its just fascinating still again after so many years. I have been doing it for 12, 15 years Something Like that. Its been around for about 30. Changes lives right. What was your experience . What was the reason that you de