1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,995 I mean, it's one of the reasons that I'm here 2 00:00:01,995 --> 00:00:04,800 and why I'm so happy that I'm here. 3 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,650 Because we have the freedom to go be ourselves 4 00:00:07,650 --> 00:00:11,160 and to go give back and be whole community members. 5 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:14,170 It's very cool. 6 00:00:14,170 --> 00:00:18,000 I was born and raised in Seattle, and homelessness 7 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,568 has gone from maybe you would see someone 8 00:00:20,568 --> 00:00:22,360 at the end of the off ramp to -- I don't know 9 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:23,777 the last time you were in Seattle, 10 00:00:23,777 --> 00:00:26,820 but there are over 6,000 people who are just completely 11 00:00:26,820 --> 00:00:28,590 unsheltered. 12 00:00:28,590 --> 00:00:33,490 Their only option is to tent up in a park somewhere. 13 00:00:33,490 --> 00:00:35,520 You know I want to have an impact. 14 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:39,570 But what kind of impact can we make on our community outside 15 00:00:39,570 --> 00:00:40,770 of lending? 16 00:00:40,770 --> 00:00:44,100 And so that was the ability through PRMI 17 00:00:44,100 --> 00:00:47,280 to kind of be able to do some of that real community outreach 18 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:51,210 stuff and to be able to make our branch, which 19 00:00:51,210 --> 00:00:55,980 is the only branch in Seattle, synonymous with this effort 20 00:00:55,980 --> 00:00:58,650 of really making a difference in homelessness. 21 00:00:58,650 --> 00:01:02,560 That to me is sort of a dream come true. Because at the end of the day, 22 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:03,980 we only have so much time. 23 00:01:03,980 --> 00:01:06,630 Right? There's only 24 hours in a day. 24 00:01:06,630 --> 00:01:09,100 So to be able to have a company that says, 25 00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:12,900 Hey, we're OK if you don't spend every one of those 24 hours 26 00:01:12,900 --> 00:01:13,750 closing loans. 27 00:01:13,750 --> 00:01:17,580 We actually encourage you to go out and do some community 28 00:01:17,580 --> 00:01:21,090 service and to give back a little bit. That philosophy 29 00:01:21,090 --> 00:01:22,545 and that mindset, 30 00:01:22,545 --> 00:01:24,420 I mean, it's one of the reasons that I'm here 31 00:01:24,420 --> 00:01:26,840 and why I'm so happy that I'm here.