Okay. I'm going to go ahead and get started. Hello, everyone. Welcome to the fundraising strategies webinar for Give Back Tahoe Giving Season 2021. My name is Lisa Galperin. I'm the Community Agent Manager here at Mighty Cause. And today we're going to be going over some common fundraising strategies that you can utilize to make a successful campaign for the Give Back Tahoe Giving Season this year. Before we do so, we're going to be going over some platform basics, just some reminders, refreshers, especially for those of you who couldn't attend the first webinar we had this year that went over some of those technical tools and features.  This year's giving season is going to start on Giving Tuesday, November 30th until December 31st. Registration ends October and a couple of days actually, October 14th. So if you haven't done so, you want to make sure that you register as soon as possible so that we can approve your organization and you can be ready for this year's giving season. So as you are logged in as an administrator for your organization on the platform, you're going to have an organization dashboard available to you. So for returning organizations, you know this is where you can manage your organization, view your donor data. For new organizations, if this is your first year participating, this is where you're going to be able to see who donated to your organization. You can edit your organization page, your campaign, etc. And so your dashboard is divided into these key segments where you can find all of these tools and features. If you need more information on your dashboard, feel free to check out the first webinar we did where we delved a little bit more into each of these areas. So what we recommend completing if you are a new organization is the to-do list. The to-do list is a great way to get started and it provides you a guide on what features you should fill out or complete, such as uploading a logo, adding a description, building your thank you page, setting up direct deposit. For those organizations that are returning, this is also just a really great helpful reminder to review the content that you already have on your page and see what needs to be updated. Maybe you need to take a second glance at your thank you page and update that language from last year. As I mentioned, as a new organization, you're going to have an organization page where donors can come and donate to your organization. And some thing we'll talk about later on in the webinar is really the story that you're selling to your donors or that you're trying to share with your donors. And that's what the organization page is there for. If you're a returning organization, this is also a great place to revisit, look at and see what you can change and customize for this year. And again, we'll talk a little bit more about that later on in this webinar in more detail. Another thing to edit, as I mentioned, is your thank you page, but also your overall checkout flow, which is what are the suggested donation levels you're providing to donors. If you're subscribing those donation levels, maybe you want to add a custom thank you message. Those are all things that you can find on your dashboard through the checkout area of your organization dashboard. And one of the last sections that we'll be talking about from a technical aspect is the volunteer management tool that all organizations on Give Back Tahoe have access to. This is a really great opportunity to share with donor supporters what volunteer opportunities that you have available. So you can access that through the fundraising tool section on the dashboard, and you'll find volunteers there, and you can add whatever volunteer opportunity you have available. And that could be anything from just a one day one off volunteer opportunity, or maybe you are looking for someone to help with social media throughout the year. It really can be anything that you want and you'll have a lot of information that you can provide on the form if you need to, maybe if you want to add a form that they have to sign off you can add all of that through the tool. That can be found through the fundraising tool dashboard. Once you've added your volunteer opportunities, those will be listed on your organization page for donors and supporters to see, but also most importantly within the Give Back Tahoe search, there is a filter for donors to also pull up any organizations that have added a volunteer opportunity. So if you want to really share an opportunity and have people see it again it's a really great tool to spread word on something that you may need more help on. Okay, so now that we've gone through some of the technical refreshers of the platform, we're going to get more into the strategy component and how to create another successful Give Back Tahoe giving season campaign. The first thing is to make sure that you are setting yourself up with a goal for your overall Give Back Tahoe season. And it's important to set a goal that is achievable and meaningful for your organization. So that's why we always recommend organizations to set a smart goal which is specific measurable achievable realistic and time based. A goal in mind that really helps you to actually plan out your campaign and what specific strategic elements you want to utilize in order to achieve your goal. So a smart goal is something that as is mentioned is specific and something that is realistic. So for example, increase total amount raised by $5,000 or retain 40% of donors from 2019 or 2020 Give Back Tahoe season. If you have specific goals, then it's much easier as I mentioned to think about ways and how to achieve it. When it's something broad like raise money or engage people. It's really harder to think about what steps you need to take in order to achieve that because it's not something that's really measurable. So as I mentioned in the last slide is that it's really important to make sure that your the goal that you're setting is realistic. I showed you an example of maybe for one organization, it's increasing total dollars raised by $5,000 by $5,000 and maybe for one organization that is completely realistic and achievable but for another organization. It might be a totally far off goal that is not possible for them at this time. So think about what is realistic for your organization to achieve. And one way of thinking about what is realistic is if you are returning organization. So go to nation's report on Give Back Tahoe.org and look at your report and see how many total dollars raised you've received how many donors did you receive how many recurring donors did you receive. Look at all of those statistics to think about what are practical goals for your organization and what you want to achieve this year. If you are a brand new organization. You have your current metrics of fundraising this year or last year, and that will help you provide the ability to set a realistic goal for this year. But one thing to also keep in mind is that goals don't have to be monetary. I've mentioned increased dollars raised. That's a very common goal a lot of organizations have and that may be your goal for this year. However, from some for some organizations, they have goals that aren't necessarily not necessarily monetary. It could be you want to engage with your board members more this year. You want to increase the number of recurring donors or you want to increase the one time gift size or your average donation amount, or people who volunteer for organization. These are non monetary goals that you can set for your organization that again will help provide you a guide as to what kind of strategy that you want to set up for give back Tahoe this year. So once you have your overarching goal. You can then set many goals throughout your entire campaign to help out and reach your overall goal and especially with a giving challenge or giving season like give back Tahoe where it's multi week. It's actually really perfect and helping map out a larger goal because you can dissect each week with many goals and when you also have many goals. It's also a really great marketing strategy to share with your current donors as you as the campaign goes by. So if your overarching goal is to increase donations by $5000 share that with donors and as you, you know start reaching your goal share with them how close you are to it. It's again a non monetary goal of increasing your average gift size share that with your donors as well throughout your campaign or how close you are to achieving that goal and that really helps build excitement momentum and gets people really excited for the overall campaign. So something that's actually very commonly overlooked that will talk also a little bit more later on the in the webinar where we're talking about email marketing is donor retention because donors who have donated previously to your organization. You're actually more likely to donate to your organization again. So donor retention is a really great goal to have and it's a really good metric to review and think about as you're thinking about your campaign.  So when you're thinking about who you want to reach out to this is a really great reference to utilize on you can pull up a list and you can see all the donors that you have not retained yet this year, and that's a really great list of people to reach out to. If you're a brand new organization, this tool be really helpful for next year and something to consider as you participate next year and give back Tahoe. If you are also new. If you do have a list of donors that have participate or that have donated to your organization last year, you may want to consider creating your own list and seeing who hasn't donated to your organization this year from last year. Right, so we're going to get into matching grants, one of the most common fundraising strategies that organizations utilize for giving challenges. So for those of you who are brand new to matching grants matching grants is a marketing tool that helps motivate donor donors to give immediately. Because they really feel the impact of their donation they feel the opportunity that they can double their donation and make an even larger impact with their donation. So it's really great to use strategically to help with all of those goals that you just set up. So, as I just mentioned, one of the benefits of a matching grant is that it acts as a buy one get one free and it inspires people to not only donate, but perhaps even donate more than they would have without a match since they know their dollars are going to go even further. Another reason why matching grants is a useful tool is it's a really great way to build a different relationship and build stewardship within your organization afford new donors or donors that typically give a large amount to your organization, or any businesses that you work with. It's a way for someone to participate and work with your organization maybe in a different capacity or in a different way than they had before. So it's a different ask that you are asking someone to do. And of course, with matching grants since it really inspires and motivates people to give it really helps build momentum. And it's a really great marketing strategy that you can utilize in your email communication and social media communication. So we get this question a lot of, well, who do I ask for a matching grant, I really want one but who would be willing to provide me one. Well, a matching grant can come from anywhere sometimes organization gets get get really fixated that it has to come from one donor it has to come from a business. But that's not always the case. matching grants can maybe come from a board member, but they could also come from a collective all your board members coming together and pulling funds together to provide a board match. That's actually really common on match that you've seen on the platform previously. It could be a large donor, as I mentioned if there's a large donor that you've worked with before who's given to your organization. This is a different opportunity for them to make a really big impact for your organization. So it's not just a one time donation they could be really helping you raise a lot more money with, you know, a donation that they would have made in the past. It could be a sponsor or local business or corporation that you've worked with. And it could be as I mentioned as your board is pulling money together could be staff, could be any group of people that want to support your organization and want to pull funds together to create a match for your organization. So much can come from anywhere and anyone. So, once you figured out kind of who you want to contact, how do you actually secure a matching grant. Well, obviously the first step is to prospect like we mentioned is trying to find out who those people are, who is most likely to provide a match, reaching them, sending out personal one on one outreach to touch base with these people. For some they may not even know what a match is or understand what a match does. So you may have to explain to them the impact that a match can make for your organization. And again when you have those goals that you created in the first couple of slides that we talked about, you can help how that will impact your organization and meeting those goals that you're trying to set. And of course making the ask of, you know, asking them to provide you a match with all the information that I just shared. So once you have a match on the platform, you're going to want to go ahead and actually add it. So we have a tool available on the dashboard. It can be found within the fundraising tool section of your dashboard, and it's located within matching grants. So you go ahead and create a match and when you open up create a match you'll be able to add all of the necessary information about your match in there. If you are working with a local business or company you can add their logo in there, but you would add the match value, the date and time that you want it to start and when do you want it to end, and also the match type. So what's really great about our match tool is that we actually have a lot of different options available. Obviously the most common type of match that we see is a one to one match. If one donates $5 your organization gets $10, but we also have different match types available. For example, maybe you want to set up a match where if you get 20 donors, then you will receive $1,000. So the match that you've created with your grantor you can create number of donors number of donations. So there's a lot of different opportunities to also think of a creative match or work with the grantor to come up with what you think will be best for your organization or the goals that you've created. So when your match is live so when that start date that you've entered happens and it's live you'll see a sticker on your organization page donate button that lets everyone know that you have a match currently live on the platform. There will be a filter in the search so as I mentioned mentioned we have a filter for donors to find volunteers. We also have a filter for donors to find any organizations that have a match if they want to, you know, really make an impact with their donation. It's really available on your organization dashboard and in the search and also within your organization dashboard there's going to be a tile that shares all the information that you've provided about your match so that donors know this is how much they have left. This is the type of match they have if the donor of the grantor wants to have their name publicly they'll be able to see who provided the grant. So they'll be able to see all of that information on there. These are the common questions that we get about matching grants. Does the matching grant have to be processed online. So, technically, no donations may through the mighty cost platform count towards leaderboards and prizes. So, technically, it is better if the grantor makes their donation online for your organization because then it can then it can count for any prizes that give back Tahoe will be giving out during the giving season, but it is not required you know if your donor wants to make their donation via check, they can it just won't be included in your leaderboards. So that's just something to consider, not necessarily a right or wrong but one, but then giving online is more beneficial for your organization. The donations made to peer to peer or fundraising pages count towards the match. Yes, and it's a little bit of your choice as well, and how you set up your page. But if you set up a match through your organization dashboard, then you can have it set so that any fundraising page for your organization will have that match included on it. So one matching grant active at the same time. Yes, you can have multiple matching grants active at the same time. If you don't want them all at the same time, you can also cue them to go one after the other so that you have a match happening all throughout the day or all throughout, you know, every week, etc. Oh no I entered my matching grant wrong. What do I do so one thing to know about the matching grant tool is that it is a display and internal reporting tool. So it's not real money necessarily that your that we're collecting obviously what the donor is giving is real but the actual match value that we may be adding to your metric that is just, you know, we're just adding not real money on to your metric. If something goes wrong, please reach out to mighty cost support and we're more than happy to work with you and handle the issue. We can always, you know, delete the match and start over again will work with you to make sure that everything is correct and on the platform. One of the most important things just to remind yourself is that it's really just a display and reporting tool and for donors to see that their donation makes an impact for your organization with a match.  I'm during the give back to hope giving season. So make sure that you're including in your emails and your social media as I mentioned it's a really great marketing tool to let people know that this is a great opportunity to donate, and it's a great call to action. Make sure that you let them know when your match is active but also notify them when, when it's currently active when it starts. Okay, so that's a little bit about matching grants. Now let's move on to peer to peer fundraising also a very common fundraising strategy that lots of organizations utilize for giving challenges. What exactly is peer to peer fundraising. Well peer to peer fundraising is a technique where a nonprofit leverages existing supporters to bring in new supporters by asking them to create a fundraiser and ask their social network for donations.  So why would someone be interested in peer to peer fundraising. Well, as I mentioned with matching grants one of the benefits of that it's a different stewardship or stewarding process and same thing for peer to peer fundraising. It's a different ask that you are asking someone you're not asking them to make a donation you're asking them to fundraise for your organization. And it's also just a different and fun way that actually volunteers can support your organization and if you're not asking for like I mentioned a donation, it's a different sort of ask that you are sharing. It gives people an opportunity to tell their story about why they work with why they are want to support your organization why your organization is important for them, etc. So that's why peer to peer fundraising. I think a lot of people are actually more than happy to participate because they tend to do something fun and share why they love your organization. So peer to peer fundraising, some common people that typically peer to peer fundraising, our board members volunteer staff, if you are a program program alumni. We see a lot of the top four types of people that typically peer to peer fundraise. We see a lot around giving challenges of board members coming together and creating a team and fundraising independently but together towards a collective goal. But also same thing with matching grants anyone can participate and be on fundraise for your organization. So anyone in your nonprofits inner circle. Fundraising doesn't have to be tedious. It doesn't have to be really difficult. We provide a template through our peer to peer fundraising pages. So it can be really easy for people to create their pages. We have a lot of resources and FAQs and how to guides. So it can be really easy for someone to set up and create. And if you really needed to you could also create those pages for the participants themselves. And as I mentioned peer to peer fundraising is so powerful because it because it also gives people the opportunity to share why they would want to fundraise for your organization. And it provides them the space to do so. As I mentioned we do have a peer to peer fundraising tool called our team fundraising pages. This is really great for people that want to work together but independently towards a collective goal. So as you see on the right hand side. This is the board fundraising page for the animal humane society. So this is everyone, all the board members that are participating. And then as you see in the image there's a leader board that links to everyone's independent page. So everyone's working together but they also have independent pages so that they can motivate each other. And you know try to raise money for the animal humane society so it's really great for groups of people it doesn't have to be board members it can be just maybe it's a company that you guys often work with that wants to support your organization or volunteers or staff. It's really just really great for any type of group effort. And as I mentioned within the leader board, a link to everyone's individual page where they can share their own story or add in their own images that they want to share about your organization. So that's a little bit about peer to peer fundraising. Now that we've gone over to the most common fundraising strategies that organizations utilize when it comes to giving challenges we're going to talk a little bit about marketing and promotion tips. Because this is also a really important aspect of any giving challenge. So in the beginning of the webinar we spoke a little bit about the story that you're going to be sharing with donors and making sure that your organization page shares your story and what you want donors to see so think about this year. What is the story that you want to share with donors in 2021. You want to make sure that it's personal visual that it's something that can be easily shared on social media. There's a specific ask and you're sharing donor specifically the impact that they can make about your organization. So a helpful tip I always think about is, how would you explain your organization to a child, and how would you explain the impact or the ask that you're asking a donor to a child, because the simpler you can think about it the easier it's going to sound to donors. So make sure that it's it's simple and easy for them to understand. So once you think about what is the story that you want to share this year. You want to also think about the email marketing that you're doing. So same thing about the story emails are great when they're short and sweet, and they have a strong call to action so you always want to make sure that you are including words such as donate now help us today. Things that within one second donors can see what are you asking them to support and how to support your organization. So I just recommend to test emails out and make sure that they're mobile friendly. Most donors donate via their mobile device. So you want to make sure that they look good on your phone. And it's really important to also segment your emails. So you may want to differentiate your ask depending on who you're reaching out to. So some common segments of people are your past donors, volunteers and board members, maybe donors that have given the most to your organization in the past. So you want to make sure that you figure out who are the groups of people that you want to be reaching out to this year. I talked about donor retention I mentioned that this is a great pool of people to reach out to reach out to and I highly recommend pulling up that list of unretained donors because this is a great segment of people to reach out to, and you can utilize language like give that we know we can count on you, you can share with them the impact that they made with last year's campaign and what impact they can make with this year and what you're asking them from them this year. Of course for any larger donations or large donors that gave previously, we definitely recommend sending personal email do personal outreach for those donors. So when it comes to social media marketing. Make sure to utilize the hashtag give back to hashtag give back Tahoe and engage in the conversation online will be sharing images or images will be available on give back Tahoe homepage when the site is live. So utilize that hashtag and any social media marketing you're doing. If social media is not your strongest suits. If you don't have the capacity to do social media for many organizations that's something that is not of priority from for them. There's someone on your team that you could appoint to do social media, so that they can keep track of who's commenting, who is thanking people if they've retweeted your, your posts, or have shared your posts. If you still have someone to appoint, think about also asking for a volunteer, you can utilize the mighty cause volunteer tool, or you can utilize a volunteer site like volunteer match dot org, and look for a volunteer there. I'm surprised a lot of people look for volunteer opportunities in the area, and someone maybe who's in college or in high school maybe wanting want to support your organization and volunteer at this time. And of course, we always recommend to stay in your comfort zone and utilize the social media platforms where your donors are, especially during this time of the year, it can be really overwhelming and really busy. You don't have to be on all social media platforms. If your donors are not on Instagram or tick tock, then you don't need to focus your time and energy on those spaces. You know, you want to make sure that you are really efficient and effective with your time. So if all of your donors are on Facebook, then focus on the Facebook marketing that you're doing. So think about where your donors engage with your organization the most and prioritize your time there. General just information in regards to social media content that is really effective. So videos right now are actually really effective for, I would say most social media platforms. A lot of social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram really actually boost videos to the top of people's timelines. So if you are able to create a video about your organization for this year's giving season, we really recommend that for social media marketing, and you can create short videos on Instagram reels are really popular. And they, as I mentioned, Instagram will boost reels to the top of people's timelines, Instagram stories, and same thing with Facebook. With images that you're sharing on social media. Your images don't necessarily need to be professional images. If it's an image that share something about your organization that is made from your phone that is perfectly a okay they do not need to be professional. As long as it gets the point across of what your, your mission is and the impact that you guys are doing that's really most important. If you do want a professional image, consider looking at unsplash.com. It's a really great resource if you do want high quality professional images that you can reuse for commercial reasons. Okay, so one of the last things that we'll be talking about in regards to strategies is following up. Now this may be some time away, since this will be by the time you get to this, the step it might be January but it is a really important step to think about when it comes to give back to her giving season, because how quickly and genuinely you think your donors is really going to determine how they donate with if they donate to your organization again, or how they participate with your organization in the, in the future. So when you follow up that's really the start of your stewarding process and how you build long lasting relationships, because the donors that give this year they may become a future volunteer, future board member, future peer to peer fundraiser, etc. And they overall just receive, you know, they'll have a positive experience with your organization and give back Tahoe. So, with every donation on mighty cause in emailed receipt is sent out to donors, and you can include a custom message on the receipt. So that will automatically be sent to donors, but we do recommend sending personal emails if possible, about like 24 hours after a donor gives your organization. If you don't have the capacity to reach out to all your donors, selecting a couple of donors to personally reach out to maybe large donors or donors that haven't donated in a while to your organization. It's always great to do personal outreach if possible. And for those large donors for the select few, you also may want to consider giving them a call and just thanking them for supporting your organization and making a large impact. So, when it comes so after the give back Tahoe giving season, as you are following up. This is also really great opportunity to kind of close the loop on any prizes that you've won on during give back Tahoe, or also letting them know what your overall results results are. If you had a goal that you were sharing on social media or your marketing let them know how close you were to Jimmy your goal or what you were able. If you were able to meet your goal. So this is a really great content that you can utilize after the giving season away to let people know again impact that they need, and it also allows you to close the loop on any storytelling that you did.  Maybe you want to close the loop and share an update on that animal, just finishing out that storytelling that you were doing throughout the campaign. And again that helps people really understand the impact of your organization and really understands in the future if they give what your organization does and not a clear picture. And of course it's also a really great opportunity to share what your overall plans are for 2020 2022. And let them know you know if there's going to be any fundraising plans that you have in 2022 coming up or any projects or programs that you have plans. Okay, so some key resources that we have available on the site. Of course we have our toolkit where we have links to templates, social media templates, email templates, logos images FAQs. We have a lot of great resources available there. This webinar will be available and will be added to all the toolkit afterwards. We have a slide deck and a video of this webinar available. So if anyone from your team needs it you'll have access to it. And of course please reach out to mighty cause support. We are always here to help your organization whatever capacity we can provide support. So if you have questions on matching grants or peer to peer fundraising, or your dashboard just let us know and you have a successful give back to giving season. Okay, so I want to leave the last, you know, minutes or so on questions that anyone has. So we have questions and answers section on the zoom dashboard. I'm sorry to utilize that for any questions that you have so we already have a couple on here so let's see. So do peer to peer fundraising donations count towards the orgs matching grants. Yes, it somewhat depends on how you set up your matching grant. But yes peer to peer, any donation that you receive on the platform could count towards a matching grant if you set it up that way on your dashboard. If you wanted a matching grant to count towards any donation your organization receives anywhere on the platform, then you would want to set that matching grant through your organization page dashboard. So there is a tool when you set up your match that says to count it towards any fundraisers. And just to also clarify, if you want a match to only count for a specific fundraiser, then you would want to add that match on the dashboard associated to that fundraising page. But if anyone has any questions about that just let us know. So do peer to peer donations count towards the leaderboard awards. Yeah, so once your organization is registered, any and all donations online donations that you receive on the platform count on the leaderboard. So, if it comes from three different pages and they're all online donations and your organization is registered then you're going to see all of those donations count on your leaderboard. Does anyone have any further questions, if not, you can always reach out to us and support and we can help answer questions there. If you haven't done so please make sure that your organization is registered for give back Tahoe. That is really the first step that you should do to get started for this year. As I mentioned, we'll add this webinar to the toolkit so if you need any of this information will be added there. Okay, I don't see any questions coming through. So I will close out the webinar here. Thank you everyone for participating. I hope this was helpful and a great refresher. And yes, please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you so much for attending and have a great day. Bye.


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Hello everyone, my name is Jane Katten and I'm the CEO at AgeWell. I'd like to welcome you to our show, Aging Matters. I'd also like to thank MVP Healthcare for sponsoring our show and making it possible every month. As you may know, AgeWell is the largest area agency on aging in the state of Vermont, and we serve four counties, Franklin, Grand Isle, Chittenden, and Addison. We have a mission to serve anyone who is over the age of 60 or under the age of 60 with a disability on long-term care Medicaid. And our goal is to make sure that anyone who needs our services can be wrapped around in their home or setting up their choice so that they can remain independent. Every month on Aging Matters, we like to choose topics that are of interest to older adults or their family members. And this month, we have with us two guests who are experts in a really important topic that we'll be talking about this evening, caregiver support programs, and the need for these caregiver supports throughout our aging services. So with me this evening, I have Jennifer Harbison and Erica Marks, both from AgeWell. And before we jump into the questions I have for you this evening, Jennifer, maybe we'll start with you. Could you tell us a little bit about your background and your experience and a little bit more about those caregiver programs? Sure, Jane. Thank you. As a caregiver support specialist, I work with family and friend caregivers who are supporting their loved ones at home. Before I came to AgeWell, I worked as a home care aide, so providing direct support to individuals who were living with dementia with Parkinson's disease with frailty. At AgeWell, I've also worked as a case manager, helping clients navigate services, including long-term care Medicaid. I'm also a graduate of the UVM End of Life doula professional certificate program, and I have a special interest in what I sort of call life planning, which is supporting folks to get their plans in order. They're advanced directives, they're financial powers of attorney, so that they can be in control of decisions about their life, even when they may not be able to participate directly. Wow, that is an amazing set of experience and skills and field work, so I can't wait to learn more about it. Erica, how about you? Yeah, thank you so much for inviting me. I'm so happy to be here. I have a master's degree in psychology, and I'm also a master trainer of adult learning, but I have real passion for supporting caregivers. I actually have been supporting caregivers for over 30 years. I first started when I had my private practice. I had a friend who was an oncologist, and she came to me and said, I need help figuring out how to support the family members of all of my cancer patients. Would you help me? And I said, yes, I would gladly help you. So that was sort of my first entree into developing support groups for caregivers. I've been the director of volunteer services at Agewell now for about seven and a half years, where my team and I recruit, train, match and support approximately 1,100 volunteers. And I recently, within the last couple of years, created a special program specifically to train respite volunteers to support caregivers. Wow, more exciting background and information. I can't wait to get into it a little bit more. So as you know, on our show today, our focus will be on supporting caregivers and caregiver programs. So if you can imagine navigating that, as I've heard, can be either very gratifying, it can be incredibly stressful. So as I was preparing a little bit for this evening, I read a 2020 study by the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, a nice community partner of ours, called Caregiving in the U.S. And it reported that approximately 48 million individuals in the United States were providing unpaid care to an adult family member or friend 50 years of age or older. 48 million Americans. This is unbelievable to me. We also know that these numbers are rising, especially in the state of Vermont. We have an aging population. We have an aging population around the United States, as well. And we know that by 2030, and that's what, only seven years from now, it's hard to believe, about 30% of our population in Vermont will be over the age of 65. So right now it's hovering around 24, 25%. That's another almost 5% in just about five, seven years from now. So we know our population's aging. And again, while all of us have experienced caregiving at some point in our lives, we know it can be really gratifying. But the other side of that is stress, challenges, some barriers, and caregiver burnout, too. So we want to avoid at all costs. So let's dive in a little more with that backdrop. That's some impressive statistics. And we'll jump into a few questions. So Jennifer, maybe I'll start with you. Could you talk about who is a caregiver? Well, Jane, as you just mentioned, many of us will be caregivers or will experience caregiving for a family member or a friend at some point in our lives. So a family member might need help recovering from a hospitalization or from a stint in rehab. A friend might need help recovering from an accident. So short-term assistance is caregiving. Caregivers often don't identify themselves as caregivers, however. So they say that they're only doing their dad's bills or they're just going grocery shopping for their mom or that they're just taking a friend to a doctor's appointment and staying at the appointment to make notes. So of course, all of those things are caregiving functions. And we consider all people who are helping an older or a disabled adult to maintain their level of independence, to keep living at home. All of those people are caregivers. Of course, at the most intensive end of the spectrum, a family or a friend caregiver is someone who may be managing all aspects of an older person's life, from personal care to meals, to medications, to supervision, to finances. So many, many, many of us are caregivers in one way or another. Yeah, it's an awful lot, especially if there are higher needs. And we see that. So speaking about needs, what are your perspectives, Jennifer, on the needs of caregivers? Well, first and foremost, I think that caregivers need to be recognized for what they do and to recognize themselves for what they do. In many cases, what they do amounts to a second full-time job. Caregivers need skills training, you know, how to be a caregiver. They need emotional support. They need social support. They need financial support. They also need regular respite, you know, regular breaks so that they can be resilient against burnout, so that they can take care of themselves, and so that they can continue to provide care for their loved one and to make good decisions for their loved one. So Jennifer, I know you work very closely with so many people who are caregiving. What are some of the challenges they're facing right here in Vermont? Yeah, the number one challenge I hear about from my caregiver clients is the lack of available respite options. It's hard to get a break. Vermont is experiencing a really acute caregiver shortage, and that makes finding respite care extremely difficult in any setting, whether it's in a facility, in an adult day program, or at home. Caregivers also face significant financial challenges, including the cost of respite care, lost income if a caregiver has to take time off work, increased expenditure involved in caring for their loved one, and then, of course, in a rural state like here in Vermont, the demands of caregiving often result in caregivers feeling very isolated. Oh, right. Of course, we're such a rural community and simple things like transportation just to get to a social event is very, very tough. A real challenge. We learned about that in one of our other episodes around the social determinants of health for transportation and living in rural settings also contribute. So I'm going to shift gears a little bit over to Erica, because, Jennifer, you said something about respite. And Erica, I know that as you mentioned earlier, caregiving is very near and dear to your heart, and you've developed a national award-winning program called the Respite Volunteer Program, fondly known as the Respite Squad. And these volunteers help to support caregivers. So can you tell us more about this very interesting program? I would love to tell you more about this very interesting program. I mean, really to address the need that Jennifer is talking about, it's very apparent that there's a shortage of paid caregivers available to folks who are caregiving. But then even in addition to that, the cost of hiring a professional caregiver can be quite prohibitive for a lot of families. Most of the home health organizations that do have professionally trained caregivers have a three-hour minimum for all kinds of good reasons. It makes perfect sense. And so our goal was really to design a program where we could train volunteers to provide the kind of support that caregivers and their families need. And they have some unique needs. So the training was to make sure that the volunteers walked away with the skills and knowledge that they needed, including understanding what is respite. You know, oftentimes people have misconceptions about that. They think that if I'm providing respite to Jennifer, that means that Jennifer has to leave the house when I go there. Otherwise I'm not really giving her a break. But maybe what Jennifer needs is to take a shower and then go for a walk and get some fresh air. Or maybe Jennifer has some bills she needs to pay. Or maybe what Jennifer really wants is she's had a really bad night. She hasn't had a lot of sleep. And instead of her going to the grocery store while I'm there, maybe she wants me to go to the grocery store for her. So really understanding that respite, there's a huge story to be told there about what respite looks like. And it might be different every week when you go. It might be that one week I want you to stay with my loved ones so that I can get out. But another week it might be I want you to go out so that I don't have to. We really wanted them to understand about cognitive decline, cognitive deficits, dementia, and Alzheimer's. Because oftentimes what tips the scale for caregivers is when it's no longer safe for them to leave their loved one home alone. That's when respite care becomes really, really critical. So we wanted to make sure our volunteers felt comfortable sitting with someone who had dementia and knew how to support and redirect and meet that person's needs. In addition to that, we do a whole huge section on communication because believe it or not, only 7% of our communication is verbal. 93% is non-verbal. And we wanted to make sure that the volunteers could accurately read the room, if you will, and be able to pick up on cues and be able to communicate in a myriad of ways, not just with their words. We also wanted them to understand family dynamics and how the roles of the family members shift as a person is less and less able to do what they were doing before they became ill. We wanted them to understand grief and bereavement. In particular, we wanted them to understand that a lot of the grieving starts before a person dies and that there are lots of little losses all along the way and that you're going to see how the family is impacted by that. And then we also wanted to make sure they had good boundaries and they knew how to set good boundaries for themselves because the truth is they kind of fall in love with the family that they're providing respite to and the family kind of falls in love with them. And before you know it, their role is expanding and we want to make sure they're clear about what their role is and that they're identifying other needs and communicating them back to us so I can refer them to Jennifer on our caregiver specialist team and make sure they really do have those wraparound services that Jennifer was talking about. Wow. So it sounds like a really great sort of integrated approach to caregiver supports and how close the communications have to be. Erica, you talk about how the respite squad can support some of the caregiver shortages. Is the squad just a local program? Or is this expanding maybe a little bit? Well, fortunately here in Vermont, this is one of the wonderful things I love about living in Vermont is that if anyone has a good idea that makes a difference, the community is small enough that we talk about it and then before you know it, it kind of spreads like wildfire and we're very fortunate because at age well, we currently have a contract with Dale, with the state, to help the other area agencies on aging recruit and train their own respite squad volunteers so that no matter where you live in the state of Vermont, if you're a caregiver and you need respite, there should be a volunteer that will be available to help provide that break for you. And I understand it's going very well. It is indeed. Congratulations. We started a class this past Wednesday where we're training a new round of folks. So we're very excited about it. That's fantastic. So this is a really important question for our viewers out there. If someone was interested to join your volunteer respite squad, what should they do? They just have to call the helpline. If they call the age well helpline and say, I'm excited and being a respite volunteer, I promise they will get directly triaged into the volunteer department and we'll be happy to talk with them about their interest and their availability and all the ins and outs of the program. Nice. And how long does it take to become a respite volunteer? Oh, it's great. So the training is a four-week training. So it's four sessions. The sessions are three hours each. So 12 hours. Okay. And you can have all the tools in your tube bag that you need in order to provide respite for a family. That's awesome. So, Erica, I'm going to ask you this question. So we know that we're supporting caregivers who support older adults and are there similar programs throughout the state? You just talked about trying to expand respite programming. So are there other programs throughout the state? Generally speaking, the other place where you find this kind of volunteer program is when you look at the organizations that provide hospice care, because a part of hospice care is making sure that there is support for the family members who are caring for their loved one who is dying. Short of that, I do not know of any other programs here in Vermont that specifically provide respite. And how about you, Jennifer, do you know of any other programs? We do. We have our counterparts at the other four area agencies on aging. So each of Vermont's five area agencies on aging, including Agewell, has a caregiver support program. And that means that caregivers or really anyone over 60, anywhere in Vermont, can call the helpline and get connected directly to their local agency. Fantastic. So it sounds like our AAAs, our area agencies on aging, are also doing their best to back up caregivers across the state, so that's fantastic. Okay, this is another question for Jennifer. Have you, well, you've talked about the needs of caregivers. We've talked about some of the programs throughout the state. What are some of the ways that Agewell helps caregivers meet their needs? Great question. The caregiver support program at Agewell offers information, access assistance, education, training, and financial support. We, for example, we deliver the powerful tools for caregivers course, which is a skills and resilience building course for caregivers. We administer dementia respite grant funding and funding that comes from another source, the National Family Caregiver Support Program. And we administer that funding direct to caregivers. We encourage self-care, which often, very, very often includes assuring caregivers that it is absolutely okay, right, and proper to ask for help from family, from church and spiritual communities, from disease organizations, from friends, from neighbors. We help caregivers to connect with support groups. And with other skill-building organizations and with counseling services. And, of course, we make referrals to the respite squad. We also help caregivers to begin to navigate the services for their loved ones, including long-term care Medicaid, which is where many, many folks are able to receive long-term care that just isn't covered by any other source of funding. Great. Those are, that's a lot of additional support, so it's fantastic. So, Erica and Jennifer, this is a question for both of you. Could you talk about some of the benefits that caregiving families receive from these programs and the supports that we provide at age well? And do you have any stories that you can share? I came in with one, but then I have another one that happened today. My first story has to actually do with a woman who, when we first started training respite volunteers, we had gotten a referral that she needed respite, and so we matched her, so we are professional matchmakers. We take our job very seriously. We want to match every family with the right volunteer that's going to be a good fit for them. And we matched her, actually back in August, we matched her with a volunteer, and we're doing our quarterly follow-up to check in and see how it was going. And she said, oh my god, it's going better than I ever thought it could go. I'm able to go to the YMCA for my exercise class, and that is helping me maintain my mental health and my physical health. It's made such a big difference for my family. And then this morning, I was talking to a caregiver who said, oh my god, Tuesday is John's favorite day of the week. Our respite volunteer comes on Tuesdays, and every other day of the week, he kind of lollygags in bed, and he doesn't ever get up at four o'clock. But on Tuesday mornings, I hear him. When I get up and I'm making coffee, I hear him in his room. He's already out of bed and getting ready, because he's excited, because he knows his volunteer comes and he gets to go out for a ride, and they do all kinds of fun things together. So, you know, it doesn't get any better than that. No, you're absolutely right. It just warms your heart. It's fantastic. Jennifer, how about you? Do you have a story to share? I do. I have a story about impact as well. We worked with a caregiver to a person with dementia, and we started by, you know, improving their understanding of dementia and of how the disease progresses. And this meant that the caregiver was able to plan, you know, to kind of understand a little bit about what was coming, and therefore to organize their life so they could really prioritize what was important to them and to their loved one. We were then able to give a respite grant, which allowed the caregiver to hire help for two afternoons a week, and on one afternoon a week, she met friends for coffee and chat and played some board games, and the other afternoon was able to, you know, go out and attend a counseling session, you know, for some of that important emotional support. And, you know, what the caregiver told us was that, you know, with this support, they were able to keep their loved one at home. They were able to breathe a little bit during that time, and that, yeah, they were able to keep their loved one at home longer than they would have otherwise been able to. That's a great impact story. Wow, so impressive. All of the resources, all of the backup, the creative programming, I think it's fantastic. So just before we wrap up, I'm going to ask each of you if you could offer one piece of advice, what would that be, Erica? That one for me is easy, because I have a hard time asking for help, so I relate to all those caregivers who have a hard time asking. So my advice is let yourself accept help when it's offered. It's way too big a job to do solo. It's a great piece of advice. It's so hard to take help sometimes, especially when you're used to managing your own life, living in your own home for so long, managing with your partner or your loved one. Asking for help is really tough, so I think that's a super piece of advice. Jennifer, what's your advice? Well, very closely related to Erica's advice, I would encourage caregivers to seek support early and often. So if you are regularly helping an older adult and learn about the range of services that are available before the caregiving becomes a really heavy burden and before the situation becomes a crisis, before you start to feel burnt out. You can come to us at the caregiver support team and we can have one conversation with you. It can be a one and done, or we can work with you over a much longer period. So don't be afraid to seek support. Excellent. Ask for help, seek support. Accept help. Ask and accept help, seek support. Fantastic. Well, Erica and Jennifer, I want to thank you for being with us on our show today. I learned so much and I hope our viewers did too. And to our viewers, whether you're new to caregiving or you're seeking some supports, some fresh ideas, some resources, please reach out, as Erica and Jennifer have advised. And Agewell offers programs that will help you navigate caregiving and caregiving support that you may need. And as Erica mentioned earlier in our program, if any of you are interested to learn more about our respite volunteer program, please reach out to Agewell. We'd be very happy to talk to you about it. Call our volunteer department or simply our helpline at 1-800-642-5119. And as always, remember, if you, a family member, need any kind of supports to help you stay well and healthy and independent in your home, please call Agewell. We're here to help. I hope you enjoyed our show this evening on Aging Matters. We look forward to seeing you next time. And I thank you.


Autolight and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Joseph Cotton in tonight's presentation of... Suspense. Tonight, Autolight presents a story based on fact. An American legend of love and death. As we recreate the tragic history of Tom Dooley. Our star, Mr. Joseph Cotton. Hey, Wilcox, where are you rushing like a local coyote? Hi, Sheriff. I've got a date to tell folks that for the swellest, sweetest and smoothest performance money can buy, you just can't beat those world-famous, signature engineered Autolight spark plugs. Well, even an agent critter like me knows that. Sure, Sheriff.  Have those spark plugs checked by your Autolight spark plug dealer, the expert in cleaning and adjustment. And if replacements are needed, he'll recommend ignition engineered Autolight spark plugs, either standard or resistor type. Yep. Well, they're smoother in gram or slap jacks. Right, you are. So see your nearest Autolight spark plug dealer. To quickly locate him, phone Western Union by number and ask for Operator 25. Remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Autolight. And now, Autolight presents Tom Dooley, starring Mr. Joseph Cotton, hoping once again to keep you in suspense. Bow down your head, Tom Dooley.  Bow down your head, Tom Dooley.  You wait here, Nor.  You ought to do it. You're going to stop me, cousin. Just watch the horses. Open! Yes? What? You be Paul, Cabot? Yes, I'm Cabot. What? Paul!   I don't know.  Here's what you just did. She won't mind. You any more, Nor. Go home. Yeah, you're laval away right along. Still a darling. Pretty as a... Let go of me. You better come in. I better. I thought you were dead, Tom. Dad, they were appiled high, but not Tom Dooley. Months ago, after Gettysburg, when the men came drifting back home, nobody had seen you, Tom. Some said they heard you were dead. Died early at Manassas. What's it talking for, Nor? What's all this talking for? Don't, Tom. Pretty mild. Wasting on Tom. Don't! Teasing and trembling in a way I remember. I'm sorry, Tom. Whatever you do after now, Nor, don't hit no more. Gentle me. You do that. Four years you've been away, Tom Dooley. I'm back now.  Over a year now, and I grieve for you like I had to do. And a man came along and gently, like I heard he did. Yes. Paul Cabot. I love him. That's the way things are now. A doctor. A Yankee. The war's done, Tom Dooley, and the killing's done, and the hate's done. What's happened to the loving, Laura? Yours to me. Over, Tom. They were grieving like I told you, and it's over. And I love a Yankee doctor named Paul Cabot. Love him. Come on, I'll take you to him. You what? Where he's laying on the floor. I think it was whimpering when I left him like a sugar candy baby. Come on, I'll show you. Get out of here. Maybe I will, but I don't know that yet. First, I want you to remember something, Laura.  I want you to remember you're hanging on my horse and wailing. The tears on you four years ago, when I rode out to join with Bev Vance and his cavalry. You remember, Laura? I grieve. Tears on you. That was your grieving. Listen to mine. The fighting and the blood and the screaming and Bull Run and Manassas and the Yankees.  But you go because as long as you're going, you're coming back. Back here to the smokies. Back here to Laura Foster. That pretty mouth. Laura. Laura. Laura. No, no. I don't love you no more, Tom. I don't love you. You're going to love me. You'll remember how much I love you. Tom, Tom, not you. You ain't worth those four years. I can't if you couldn't wait for your man. You better go, cousin. Get out of here, Noah.  And I'm saying you got to go.  No matter blame me. I would, Tom. Yeah. I think you would. Good night, Laura.  Sure I do. Nobody plays like you play, Tom. Oh, thank you, Jess. I don't miss you here on the stove. Why, all of us thought you were... Thought I was dead. Well, what kept you, Tom? All of us come back since we here generally surrendered. Well, haven't you? I had never seen Pennsylvania. Walked around it. With a gal? Just walked. You walked too slow, Tom. You walked a lot too slow. Laura Foster passed you right by. Yeah, I heard. Tell me she's learning how to read and write. I heard that, too. Dr. Yankee. It was over, Jess. Fighting, hating. By your laughing.  You heard it, so I guess I did. Hey, Noah. What you want, Jess? Pass that jug over here. Give your cousin a drink. Ain't drinkin' no more, Jess. Hey, now. Reasons you ain't doin' a lot of things. Well, you changed, Tom. My ring I have. You gonna learn how to read and write? Doctors say you can teach anybody what's to learn. It is how you can learn a lot from that doctor. Stop it, Jess. Those Yankees are smart fullers. Recognize why they won the war. Won everything, those Yankees.  Oh, be it now? What you got to say about that, Tom? Keep talkin'. I don't mind. All I can say is my gal start cheekin' with somebody else. Hi, Yankee. Hello. What are you on? I've got a list here. I need some groceries. We've just been talkin' about you. Me, Zach, woman, Josh, all of us. Know what, Dooley? His cousin, Tom, too. Here's the list. You read it to me, doctor. I ain't got the lining. Sack of potatoes? Like I said, we've been talkin'. Wondering. Sack of sugar? Wondering. You like North Carolina Yankee? Carolina Knights? Green beans and flour. How about North Carolina women? Pretty ain't they? Saw. Wait on him, Jess.  Wait on him. Ain't she? Tom Dooley here used to think so. The man wants to buy something, shopkeeper. Sell it to him. I seen you walkin', Yankee, tryin' to get yourself lost with Laura. Jess. Yeah, what you want, Tom? Why'd you knock him down, Mr. Dooley? Mace up for things. I'm apologizing. I want to shake your hand. I'd be pleased. It's all right about the other night. I've forgotten about it. I want to be your friend. That's what you are right now, Mr. Cabot. I want to tell you this. What? Laura loves you, and that's all right. We're gettin' married, Mr. Dooley. I'm not saying you can. I'm saying I hope you'll be very happy. Laura will be very glad to hear that. Mr. Dooley? Yes. Laura says you play the fiddle. I hear you're having a betrothal party tomorrow night. Yes, that's right. Well, I'll play the fiddle for you. For you and Laura. It's the black, black heart within you.  Sayin' you'd play the fiddle while feelin' along your knife. Yeah, what you want, Tom? Spell me on my fiddle a little bit, Laura. Sure. Man, I bet you're tired. Fiddlin' two hours out lettin' up. Spell me, cousin. Take the fiddle. Why you goin', Tom? Just play the fiddle, pretty cousin. Don't worry about me. I didn't mean to frighten you, Laura. That's all right. Laura's playin' me my fiddle. I saw you come out here. I wanted to say something to you. Tom. Yes. I'm glad. I wanted to talk to you, too. Paul told me what you did. They teased me and called me Yankee. And you... That's all right. And I've been hearin' other things, Tom. What? How you're different. How you ease down and not so wild so much no more. I'm glad, Tom. But it don't make no difference to you, does it, Laura? How I feel you mean? No.  Because I'm so happy, Tom. Because I danced a lot. Because my heart's poundin' so much. Because Paul's in the end. When I look at him... I know, Laura. Laura. Yes? Walk with me. That wouldn't be right, Tom. Things I've got to tell you. It wouldn't be right to listen, Tom. Just a fave I'm askin'. Complete. I changed. You heard that. Little walk, Laura. A little walk. Yes. And my heart will settle down. You remember we used to come this way? No talk of that, Tom. I remember we used to... I'm going back. No, no. I'm sorry. Tom. Tom, you'll find you a girl. There's no bitterness now, is there, Tom? Tom. Away that water run. From the top of the mountains to who knows where. You'll find you a girl and you'll be happy. A man like me, Laura. Tom, why the knife? Because a man like me never be happy. You the cause, Laura. You the cause! You feel better, Tom? I feel a lot better. It's bringing you Mr. Joseph Cotton in Tom Dooley. Tonight's presentation in Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills. Suspense. This is Harlow Wilcox speaking for Autolite. And I have here as our special guest, Lieutenant Colonel Sherman D. Cosgrove of the United States Army. Colonel Cosgrove, I understand that the Army has special relief funds that are made available to officers and enlisted personnel and their families in time of distress. We do, Mr. Wilcox. It's administered by the Army Emergency Relief in Washington. Now, where do these funds come from, Colonel Cosgrove? The money comes from voluntary contributions by the men and women in the services and from proceeds of a very few special outside events approved by the officers in charge of these three relief organizations. That's the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force. One of these events, by the way, is the supper party and reception to be given by the Autolite family at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City on April 7th. Well, tell me, how are these funds made available to those in distress? After thorough investigation, allocation of funds is handled by chaplains under the supervision of their commanding officers. Must require a huge sum of money to take care of all the needs that develop over a period of a year? It surely does, Mr. Wilcox. Since its incorporation in February 1942, Army Emergency Relief alone has dispersed over $24 million in rendering financial assistance to over 250,000 members of the Army and their families. Well, thank you very much, Colonel Cosgrove. Tonight, we have been privileged to have as our guest Colonel Sherman D. Cosgrove, who has brought you a special message on behalf of the Armed Services Emergency Relief Funds. And now, Autolite brings back to our Hollywood soundstage Mr. Joseph Cotton in Elliott Lewis' production of Tom Dooley, based on fact and well-calculated to keep you in suspense.    Hello, Mr. Dooley. Nice party you got going, Mr. Cabard. Talk to you for a minute. Sure. Hey, Noah, spell me again, will you? Yeah, sure, Tom. What can I do for you? Have you seen Laura? Oh, wow, I go when I was fiddling. Nice, looks pretty tonight. There's something else I got to tell you. Yes? You yankers know how to give parties, too. How long ago did you see Laura? Well, like I told you when I was... How long ago was that? How far? An hour, maybe. Well, what's the matter? Well, she's not here. Well, outside, maybe. Not that I could find. Well, maybe. Would you come help me look for her? She don't need looking for her. She'll be around. Enjoy yourself, Mr. Dooley. I'll do that, Mr. Cabard. Aaron? Yes, sir. Have you seen Laura? I saw her go outside a while back. I haven't seen her since. Get a few of the boys. Let's go outside and look for her. Sure. Hey, Betty Lou, come on. Give me a dance. Tom? Tom, wake up. Come on, Tom, come on. Wake up.  Why are you... Why are you waking me, cousin? You listen to me.   What? They found Laura snagged on a rock right under the north falls. She was stabbed. What are you saying, Nova? I'm saying it and everybody else is saying it. Saying what? You put a knife to Laura. Oh, you saw me dancing. No, everybody saw me dancing.  They're coming after you, Tom. Saying I killed her? Knowing it. Knowing you, the only person had reason. But I... You're talking and they're coming after you. They're going to hang you, cousin. They're going to hang you for sure. You killed her, didn't you? You got to help me.  You, my cousin. I'm your cousin and you got to help me. Kill her. Pretty thing like Laura. You blood kidney me, Nora, and you're going to help me.  No, I'm not, Tom. I'm doing nothing to help you.  You're going to wait until I get out of this cabin until I get on your horse and start riding to a Tennessee.  Then you're going to get on my horse and wear my hat and you're going to start riding the other direction. When you leave, I got the length of this room to the side whether they shoot you in the back. Now you get going. I'm going to shoot. That's my friend, Salmon, you might see me.  Now you just stand where you stand in. Well, what do you want? You stand where you stand in. And you're going to feel something. Feel it? My gun to your back. All right, Salmon, take his gun. Give it to him. Give it to him. That's it. You come out to George. You two Dawson. I don't know you, man. Who? Yankees. What do you want me for? Well, we don't know, Johnny Reb. We just come down here on a visit. You want my money, that's why. Now there's a thought. Where's your money, Reb? I got none. Oh, you got none. You got none. Where you come from, Reb? From back there. Ah, you're still wearing the rebel jacket. Don't you know the war's over? War's over and you still... Enjoying it, living off the fat of southern land. Won a war, we did, Reb, and we're enjoying it. I've got no quarrel with you now. Once you had a quarrel. Where'd you fight, Reb? Manassas. Get his men. Manassas. You take a look at the wood I wear for a leg, Reb. I changed them at Manassas. A Reb bullet.  Maybe I did. Ah, you got us a brave one, settlement. Make him cry a little bit. Go! Get up, Reb.  You, uh, crying? You smiling? Can't tell with that face, uh, settlement made for you? Now, let me look real close.  Just, uh, let me get out of here. Night's entertainment. That's what we're looking for, Reb. And you don't do nothing. Life, cry, nothing. Ah, you dance, I bet. You Rebs. I tell you what, you dance for us. Dawson, get us a rope. You've got no cause to hang me. For dancing purposes, you do us a do-see-do on the air from that tree over there. Thank you kindly, Dawson. No cause at all. Don't like to dance? Then what you can do for us, Reb? I know a thing. Sing us a tune. Nice Yankee tune. Reb, uh, you know one? Sure you do. I'll help you, Reb. Yankee tune, keep it up. Sing. Let him along. Who are you? A Yankee. Like you. Isn't that right, Tom? Yes, sir. Yes, sir, Mr. Cabot. A Yankee, gentlemen. Who says with this rifle that the hating's over. I'll leave this man alone and get out. All right. All right, men. Get... Oh, Mr. Cabot.  I'm... I'm grateful. Grateful? For saving your life? Mr. Cabot. You're going back right where you came from, Tom Dooley. No, I... To where you kill Laura. Walk ahead of me, Tom Dooley, or I'll shoot you where you stand. Doctor. Yankee doctor.  Hearts ready for you, Tom. Time for hanging. Scrub oak tree.  Rope tight to the branch up there. Yeah, real tight. Mr. Cabot. Reckon you want to fit the noose to Tom's neck? Yes. Lean down, Tom Dooley. All right, it's done. You got anything to say, Tom, before we slap your horse out from under you? Oh, Tom, your head, Tom Dooley. May your soul rest in peace. You're killed for love. Suspense. Presented by Autolite, tonight's star, Mr. Joseph Cotton. Suspense has again been brought to you by Autolite, world's largest independent manufacturer of automotive electrical equipment. Autolite is proud to serve the greatest names in the industry. That's why, during these early months of 1953, the Autolite family has again saluted the leading manufacturers who install Autolite products as original equipment. Next week, as a climax to this salute series, our show will originate from the Easter Parade of Stars Auto Show in the grand ballroom of New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Our story will be a dramatization of the first and only round-the-world auto race ever held. Our star will be Van Johnson. So be sure to be with us next week for the auto race that stirred the world. Next week, a story based on fact as we recreate the first international automobile race. The time, 1908, the story, Around the World. Our star, Mr. Van Johnson. That's next week on... Suspense. Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis, with music composed by Lucian Morrowick and conducted by Ludglosken. Tom Dooley was written for suspense by Morton Fine and David Friedkin. Featured in tonight's cast were Sammy Hill, William Conrad, Joseph Kearns and Bill Bissell. The singer was Harry Stanton. Joseph Cotton may currently be seen in the 20th Century Fox picture, Niagara. And remember, next week, Mr. Van Johnson in... Around the World. This is the CBS Radio Network.