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- Hey y'all, are you wondering
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why I'm not standing in front of the stove
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with my family, cooking?
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Well, we're not gonna talk about cooking on this video.
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We're gonna talk about something
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that's so very, very, very exciting.
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For those of you that don't know about the foundation
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that I started in 2012,
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it was called, "Paula Deen's Bag Lady Foundation,"
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named after my first little business that we started.
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And Eddie painted this
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on some white drop-cloth material.
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And Aunt Peggy is here to my left,
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and Aunt Peggy found the person
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to make our logo for, "The Bag Lady,"
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Gerald, what was Gerald's last name, Aunt Peggy?
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- Don't ask me today. (laughing)
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- [Susan] Ziegler. - Ziegler, yes.
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Gerald Ziegler. - Yeah, and he was an artist.
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- And he liked Paula. - Yes, the first try,
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the very first try, she was just perfect.
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So Susan, y'all all know "Bubbles."
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Y'all all know "Bubbles."
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She is chairman of the board for The Bag Lady.
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And Sandy, to me, she will always be my sister-in-Law,
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because she spent the last 10 years
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of my brother's life with him.
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Is that right, Sandy?
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Was it 10 years, honey? - Yes.
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And she probably knew Bubba better than anybody.
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- At that point of life. (chuckles)
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- At that point in of life.
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But we're trying to get back in the spotlight
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with The Bag Lady Foundation,
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because she was crippled for a while,
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but we are coming back now, full forces.
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Susan and the rest of her board members are...
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We had a great meeting here in Savannah.
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How many board members did you have?
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And it was, we had cocktail time here,
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and then the next day we held the meeting
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in the basement at the Lady and Sons.
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And we got to have lunch
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and just meet a lot of new people coming in and eating.
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That was a wonderful day.
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So, who would like to speak?
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- [Camera] How about,
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just in case a lot of people don't know
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what The Bag Lady is, why don't you refresh people what-
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- Why you created it. - Okay, let Susan do that.
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As Chairman of The Bag Lady Foundation,
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that we're gonna resurrect The Bag Lady Foundation
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in bigger and better ways than she's ever been before.
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Our mission statement is helping women and children in need.
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And through the foundation, we'll be giving,
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you know, money to women that have children
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and they need food, clothes, just to live.
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And our day as it is today, it's hard.
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It's really, really hard. (telephone ringing)
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So we've got some fun things coming up,
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and it's going to be open to the public.
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So stay soon. - (phone continues ringing)
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- Uh-huh, we've got one coming in October.
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- Yes, and it's gonna be a great affair.
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- And I know it. - I can't wait-
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- It's going be wonderful. - see it come together.
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- Well, it'll be, our board consists of people from,
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you know, all over the country, which I think is a plus.
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Not just Savannah, not just Georgia,
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but we've got Tennessee, Florida, you know-
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- Texas, North Carolina. I mean, everywhere.
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So we're gonna draw a lot of attention
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to The Bag Lady this year.
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So y'all watch, watch, watch,
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and get your tickets- - Stay tuned.
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- because we'll limit our first event
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to a certain number of people.
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So you gotta get those tickets bought.
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- You think it'll be a couple of hundred people?
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But I'm so excited about this rebirth.
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The Bag Lady Foundation never went away.
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- She just took a little rest.
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- Yeah, we all got knocked down a little.
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- [Sandy] Crippled, as you said.
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She was crippled for a while
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because of circumstances, things that happened.
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But she's gonna rise up bigger, just like Sissy said.
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- I will tell you this,
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there's gonna be some auction items at this benefit
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that will be fabulous.
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Our board is gonna secure the auction items
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and we have got some wonderful go-getters,
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so that will be a plus.
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Oh my gosh, I'm so excited.
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Susan just brought all the new board members in,
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and lovely group of girls.
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Eddie and Ben. - Actually there's...
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- Oh, Austin didn't come, did he?
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- His flight was canceled.
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Oh, that's right. That's when all that stuff was going on.
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Yeah, so there's three men.
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And Jack, my grandson is a junior member
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of The Bag Lady Foundation.
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So we've actually got four men.
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- I can't tell y'all how proud I am of y'all.
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Y'all are just my dream come true.
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Well, you are The Bag Lady.
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- Yeah. - Well, I am so glad.
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I am so glad that I can see now
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and see the future with it and with y'all.
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I'm proud of all y'all.
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- [Susan] Well, we're proud of you, Aunt Peggy.
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- Aunt Peggy, as y'all know,
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y'all have heard me talk about her for so many years,
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and when I'd go places, I'd drag her with me, (chuckles)
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and y'all would get to meet her.
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But she has been the biggest cheerleader for me,
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along with other family members.
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But she's been my mentor for all these years.
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And when I felt like I was so tired I couldn't go home,
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she would come over here, get a clean pair of underwear,
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put it on her head so she wouldn't get any hair in the food
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(all chuckling) We got a lot of memories
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that were great. - Yes, we do.
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- So I hope that y'all will think about us
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and be willing to help,
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because there's a lot of women out there that need help.
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- Can I say just one thing? This is the logo.
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If you see it on any of Paula's products,
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a percentage of anything you buy with this logo on it
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goes to The Bag Lady.
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So, in essence, you are giving,
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but we will take other donations too.
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- Let's get it today.
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So pray for us, pray for us in the rebuild
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of this wonderful foundation
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and be sending y'all love and best dishes.
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You know, we always sending you love and best dishes.
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And we'll keep you posted.
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The event in October is gonna be huge.
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Huge! - Fun and fabulous.
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- I can't either. (group chuckling)
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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Love and Best Dishes Y'all.
