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Ep. 38 - One Life To Live Foundation: Empowering Caregivers of Veterans Through Community and Wellness Initiatives

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Daphne Uter, Founder and CEO of the One Life to Live Foundation, joins us to share her inspiring journey and the heartfelt mission of her nonprofit organization, rooted in a powerful family legacy. Journeying from Haiti to the United States, her life has been a tapestry of service, from her days in the United States Navy to her impactful work with the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center. Discover how her foundation, named in honor of her late aunt's wisdom, "you only have one life to live," champions the holistic wellness of women, veterans, and caregivers of wounded veterans. 

We navigate the often turbulent waters nonprofits face when it comes to funding, particularly those supporting caregivers. Daphne offers insight into how her organization overcomes these challenges through creative fundraising approaches like crowdfunding and strategic partnerships. The story of a caregiver for an army veteran with dementia poignantly illustrates the profound impact and necessity of the foundation’s work. We also explore the concept of "friendraisers" versus traditional fundraising, emphasizing the importance of community and collaboration, especially during their main annual fundraiser in October, aligning with National Caregivers Month.

The conversation broadens to highlight the critical need for self-care among women veterans and caregivers, who often juggle numerous responsibilities. Daphne discusses how the foundation fosters a sense of belonging and community, underscoring the importance of self-care activities for all caregivers. The episode wraps up with an invitation to connect and collaborate on future initiatives, highlighting the transformative power of sharing stories within the veteran community. Don't miss the chance to learn from Daphne's unwavering dedication and the invaluable lessons her foundation offers to support those who serve and care for others.

Scott McLean:

Welcome to the podcast. I'm Scott McLean. My guest today is Daphne Uter. Daphne is the CEO of the One Life to Live Foundation, located in West Palm Beach, florida. The One Life to Live Foundation is a very unique nonprofit, if you ask me, and I've been dealing with nonprofits for a while now. Their mission is to support, inspire and educate women, veterans, spouses and caregivers of wounded veterans by offering a day of respite and retreat dedicated to their personal holistic wellness. That I can relate to, but we'll either get into that or we won't. But, daphne, how are you today?

Daphnee Uter:

I am doing good. Thank you for having me here today.

Scott McLean:

Oh, it's my pleasure. It's my pleasure. So what inspired the name? One Life to Live Foundation.

Daphnee Uter:

Well, I chose the name One Life to Live Foundation because I had an aunt that passed away in 2018 that used to say you only have one life to live, and when she passed away, a lot I had a lot of emotion. I was very, you know, sad by the death and things like that. So, and she was also a caregiver to a World War II veteran. So when she passed away, I was like, you know, I need to do something in her honor to remember her, and I thought about the one life to live, because she always used to say you only have one life to live. So then it reminded me yes, she was telling us we only have one life to live. So One Life to Live Foundation was the right. What I was feeling at the time.

Scott McLean:

Right. So that's a beautiful tribute to her, absolutely. That's a beautiful tribute to her, absolutely. That's a beautiful tribute when was the foundation established.

Daphnee Uter:

The foundation was established in March of 2019. Okay, I founded the foundation. That was me and I got on a table with two of my friends that were both military, had military background, and I told them that I was going to start this foundation and I wanted them to support me in my endeavors, and they decided to come along with me for the ride, and that's how we took off.

Scott McLean:

Oh, starting a nonprofit is a ride. That's one way to put it.

Daphnee Uter:

It is, it is a ride.

Scott McLean:

And it's not a straight east and west ride. It's a rollercoaster ride. It is a roller is a ride, and it's not a straight east and west ride. It's a roller coaster ride.

Daphnee Uter:

It is a roller coaster ride, but for the good.

Scott McLean:

Absolutely, absolutely. So what types of programs and services do you offer?

Daphnee Uter:

Some of the programming services that we offer surround around wellness. So it's about having a day of respite where we do yoga. We talk about self-care, we talk about being a caregiver, support, we talk about respite, and days off and self. You know, again, all fall under wellness and care.

Scott McLean:

All right. Now. I said I can relate to that because unfortunately and I have no problem talking about my life as a my wife will tell you my now wife, my wife, my life is an open book. So I, my first wife passed away in 2011 from breast cancer, so I understand the need for what you do. I was working. Unfortunately, my kids were grown, but it's definitely you feel like you're all alone in that and it is especially working and then worrying while you're working because you have to work.

Daphnee Uter:

Exactly.

Scott McLean:

And taking care, coming home and taking care of the person you love, and getting up the next day and doing it again and again, and it's I probably could have used a day in there. So I really, really respect and love what you're doing. That's, it's close to the heart for me at that, and I truly get it. So you were a vet, you're a veteran.

Daphnee Uter:

I am a veteran. I served in the United States Navy. I was stationed in Washington Barmerton in the USS Camden, and I love being in the Navy. But once I got out I was, you know, trying to figure out my life again and trying to see what type of career I wanted to have, and I know that veterans serving veterans was number one on my list. So I worked for the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center for many years before I transitioned out.

Scott McLean:

Beautiful. Okay, where are you from originally?

Daphnee Uter:

I was born in Haiti. I came to the United States when I was 16 years old.

Scott McLean:

So okay, so let me, let's talk about that for a minute. So you come over here when you're 16, right, you come to the. United States and you start. You know, you start living your life. How did the military come into your life? Like when did you say, oh shit, I want to?

Daphnee Uter:

be in the Navy. Let's see. So, after I graduated high school I graduated from, not miami b senior high school I was my parents had just come to the country so they were not, you know, very familiar about where to send me to college or how to send me to college. So they were hard working and trying to just figure out how to leave day by day. And, and I remember going while I was in high school, I remember going into the Navy office and I was asking about information how do I get in the Navy, what do I need to do, how do I get in school, and things like that.

Daphnee Uter:

Because, and then the recruiter that I spoke with he was like well, you know, your English is not very strong. And I said, well, I can, I can make it. I say I, I graduated high school, I did well in high school. There's, you know, I can definitely do this. And he's like your accent might get in the way. And I was like I can do it, cause I was only here for like for one year and a half.

Daphnee Uter:

I'm doing this, so he said if I'm doing this, I'm doing it yeah. So he said, if you can pass the test, then we can talk about whether you can join or not. And I took the test one time and I passed it.

Scott McLean:

There you go, yeah, so why the?

Daphnee Uter:

Navy and not the Army Air Force. I wanted the Air Force at first, and then I went to the Navy office first, and then the second. I went to the air force. The recruiter wasn't very, very welcoming. I think the navy kind of sold me, you know. Yeah, he was like, well, you're new to this country, we don't know. Because he, he was a bit reluctant about me joining the air force. My english wasn't as strong as it is now, of course, so it took. You know, the Navy was the most welcoming recruiter and I think that's why I chose the Navy.

Scott McLean:

Everything happens for a reason. Yeah, everything happens for a reason. You were meant to go in the Navy Daphne.

Daphnee Uter:

Yes, and then I saw the video online and I was like, oh my God, this is exactly what I want to do. The video was so inspiring.

Scott McLean:

They had a good director on that video.

Daphnee Uter:

Oh, they were very good, I was like travel the world and you know, I said, oh my God, this is my life, that's where I need to be. But yes, so the Navy definitely saved my life and I'm really glad that I joined.

Scott McLean:

It wasn't so. Was it like the video when you got in?

Daphnee Uter:

Absolutely not.

Scott McLean:

Oh, it wasn't.

Daphnee Uter:

I was going to say Now, looking back, I'm glad that I did what I did, because, you know just, the friendship that I've gotten is for a lifetime. The people that I've joined with we still, you know, see each other at least every five years with we still, you know, um see each other at least every five years. But those are the good. I have some really good memories and some really good friends that I gained along the way good, good.

Scott McLean:

So so the services we just talked about that and we know who your target audience is. Right, it's part of your mission statement yes are the services available locally or nationally?

Daphnee Uter:

We put out two or three events a year where we do a huge wellness day and then we provide a respite day to the people that fill out the application. So we put a notice out and then the veterans and the spouses and the caregivers, they fill out the application and we select based on the stories, Because you know, the fund right now is very limited and we can only take so much. So once we have, when we have funding, then we put out a notice and then the veterans, the caregivers, they fill out an application where they answer some questions about why they should be picked to be part of our program. And that's how we move forward with the selection. Some of the stories are very inspiring I bet yes and some, I'm sure, heartbreaking.

Scott McLean:

Some are they are.

Daphnee Uter:

they are, you know, at the beginning, when we did this for the first time, it was so I think we all come out in tears just listening to the stories of the caregivers and how much this day meant to them, and I think that's the reason why we were like, okay, we have to keep doing this.

Scott McLean:

Yeah, yeah, absolutely. And you're in West Palm Beach. What's a typical day in the life of one life? To live foundation. What is so I? I'm a caregiver and I need a break. Right so right, take us through that process for a caregiver that needs a break.

Daphnee Uter:

A lot of times we have some that reach out to us where we say, okay, we can provide you a day at the spa where you could have either a massage or a facial. And then they get to pick between a massage and a facial. We send them to the location, they go and they have a day of relaxation. A lot of time we partner sometimes with the VA when we do our event and the caregiver program coordinator come and talk to them about caregiving in general, how to manage caregiving and their life at the same time, and then we do a little bit of yoga and then that's how the typical day goes.

Scott McLean:

Okay, what about your typical day? What is a typical day as a CEO of my Life to Live Foundation?

Daphnee Uter:

My typical day I do have another. You know my full-time job that I do on a daily basis, and then in the weekends and afternoon I do a lot of volunteering, networking. I send out a lot of emails, a lot of. I write a lot of grants because I do mostly everything for the nonprofit. So my day is full Monday to Sunday. So I and then I also volunteer at least once a month in one other organization locally in West Palm Beach or Palm Beach County.

Scott McLean:

God bless you. Yeah, that was a long days. So you were saying, like massages and facials, do you have partnerships with local, like you know, spa we?

Daphnee Uter:

did? We use the C-Spa a lot. For most of our C-Spa on Singer Island At the Marriott Hotel we had partnered with them for, I think, three years and then now we are using some of the local, the smaller hotels, the smaller places where they do spa and facials okay, now you seek them out.

Scott McLean:

Do they see, do they seek you out? Or do they hear about you and say, hey, we want to help, or how does?

Daphnee Uter:

that work. One of them had sicked us out, but mostly we don't want to seek them out.

Scott McLean:

Right, yeah, right and I I suppose that's probably. It's either an easy sell or it's like a hard. No, like we don't, we don't do that.

Daphnee Uter:

A lot of times. It's a discounted service. Because of what we do, it's easy to get the discounted price right, but as far as like a sellout to say, well, they want to do it for free. No, it hasn't happened yet, but we are hopeful that we'll be able to find a location that will be willing to do that, even twice a year or three times a year. It will be wonderful. We thought about, you know, raising enough money to be able to have our own location where we provide those retreat days. But we haven't gotten there yet. Our organization is still new and still trying to make our mark in the world and get people to really know us and support us. So that's, it's a lot of work, but we are willing to put in the efforts.

Scott McLean:

Beautiful. So while the caregiver is getting you know, taken care of, they're getting their day. Who fills that void for them? How does that work?

Daphnee Uter:

Well, we had the last time we did the event we had another organization that are they are home health. They provided two or three volunteers to help out with, you know, supporting the loved ones and a lot of times family members do step in. So we have been very, very lucky to have people that have family member that can step in for a day just for that event. It has been very successful, but it's something that we are hopeful that in the future that we'll be able to partner with other organizations that are able to help the people that needs the rest, the rest of the day to take care of their loved one for a couple hours, just for them to get away. Because we know this is a challenge for caregivers that not having the support and not having the family member that can stand behind them and say, hey, yes, go, take a break, I'll sit for you for a couple hours.

Scott McLean:

So if there's any organizations out there that are listening to this episode and they're interested, how would they get in touch with you?

Daphnee Uter:

My phone number is 561-809-9065. And you can also reach me on LinkedIn, or my name is Daphne Uter. You can also reach out to us on our website, onelifetolivefoundation1.org, or you can reach out to us by emails OneLifeToLiveFoundation1 at gmailcom.

Scott McLean:

And it's U-T-E-R.

Daphnee Uter:

U-T-E-R. Yes.

Scott McLean:

D-A-P-H-n-e-e. Yeah. So if you're an organization that would like to help them out, I think that would be amazing. Get in touch with daphne, so you've touched on it a couple of times and it's the engine that runs every non-profit machine and think you know where I'm going with this funding, right? How do you, how do you get your funny? What methods do you use or what to get.

Daphnee Uter:

We have done. We have done some crowdfunding. We have done some Facebook fundraising. We have done fun, fun, fun calls. We do a lot of fun calls to friends, family, resources. We have gotten a grant from Veteran United, I think for one year or two years. Veteran United Home Loan have been very supportive. So those are the ways that we do. I do write a few grants. A lot of them haven't been very successful. Obviously, grant writing is not my suit, but I do it just for the nonprofit until we can find somebody that can actually write some of our grants. But so far it's mostly networking. Talking about organization, I've been very present in the community, especially in West Palm Beach, talking with different organizations that will be willing and able to support us, that will be willing and able to support us.

Scott McLean:

Do you do any like. So there's friendraisers, which I recently did one and it's very successful. It's nice to know that there's people out there that support you right.

Daphnee Uter:

Yes.

Scott McLean:

And friendraisers, and I learned this in the nonprofit world right. There's a difference between a friendraiser and a fundraiser right.

Daphnee Uter:

Absolutely.

Scott McLean:

And so do you have any like one particular event a year? That is your fundraiser? Right, absolutely. And so do you have any like one particular event a year? That that's, that is your fundraiser. It's like okay, this is the one that you know. Five months out, you start planning and you start getting ready.

Daphnee Uter:

Yeah, that usually is around October because it's around caregivers month, which is in November where we do the most. The highest of the fundraising event I've also partnered with for a few years with Prosperity. They also do a caregiver event around in November where they do for the caregivers in Boynton Beach P2P. That's what I call it, prosperity I'm sorry, I just can't the name fly. So the Healthier Boynton Beach has been also supportive with helping us getting some of our events together. They have partnered with us for three or four years already and a lot of their events we partner with them as well because they also do support for caregivers okay.

Scott McLean:

So is there any one particular story that stands out like? We always call them success stories, but every day you run a non-profit, it's a success every day that non-profit is running, whether you're taking one step forward or sometimes that one step back, but you still the doors are open, it's a success story. But in what you do, is there anything that stands out that really like it was an amazing story, like you help somebody, or how to say it.

Daphnee Uter:

Yes, so we had a caregiver that was taking care of her army husband who had dementia, and she had been overwhelmed by, you know, just being at home with him, couldn't leave the house for for many years home. So she had been taking care of him for a very long time until she called we were having our event and the day before the event she called us and she was like I know I'm, I didn't get to fill the application, I had been so busy. I really need this this day. Is there anything? Is there anything you can do for us?

Daphnee Uter:

And I, you know, I talked to my colleagues and at the time and I was like we have to do something for this lady. I said I know we were maxed at 15, but can we at least take? We could probably take one more, and they were like Daphne is over the budget, but I was like we really need to get her in. And they all agreed and we decided we call CISPA at the Marriott and we asked them if they will be able to accommodate one more person for us tomorrow and they were very happy to fix their schedule to try to accommodate that lady.

Daphnee Uter:

And when she came, I mean it was so powerful. I mean she needed that day. I mean she said we literally like we have no idea what we did for her. She said she just she needed to get away. She needed just that couple of minutes, just a couple of hours just to get away from from from her husband for a little bit. You know, it doesn't mean that you don't love the person, it's just that you need to put on a breeder for a little bit so you'll be able to put yourself first.

Scott McLean:

You got to get your act together Absolutely, because if you don't, then you're not doing your full job as a caretaker and it's very hard, it's very hard, it is very hard, it is very hard. And it's silent. It's a silent suffering, it is very hard and it's silent.

Daphnee Uter:

It's a silent suffering. Really it is. It is, I mean, the amount of energy that it takes out of you. At the end of the day, I tell people caregiving is a 24-hour job. Never stop. You can be up early, fixing medication, giving breakfast, and from that time it's just. You just go on and on and on from doctor's appointment to making sure they had lunch, making sure they had dinner, making sure they had a shower, making sure that they comfortable. You just don't have the time for anything else.

Scott McLean:

Now this is the side of care gearing and again, I know this firsthand and it's never really talked about and no one really. It's when the caregiver, when you think, as the caregiver, that you made a mistake somewhere, like you made the wrong decision or you didn't do, there is a. There's really, and I lived with this until.

Daphnee Uter:

I dealt with it.

Scott McLean:

And until now, you know, someone tells you no, you did everything you were supposed to do. You know, if you think you made a wrong decision, well, at that time you made that decision and it was. You thought it was the right decision. There's a lot of second guessing yourself as a caregiver and this is just my experience, but I know it to be true with other people and so that compounds everything. When you're doing that, when you're taking care of that person and to keep that stiff upper lip and stand tall and do the job, but you're inside just being wrecked.

Daphnee Uter:

Yes.

Daphnee Uter:

You know, I've been there myself being a caregiver, so I know very well what it's like and I had to do it during COVID. And sometimes I say God, you know, has a way, and I truly believe in my beliefs. But God has a way to work things out. And sometimes caregiving nobody talks about and nobody knows about it, unless you tell someone, they still wouldn't understand unless they have done it. So it's it's. It's a hard work, it's, it's overwhelming, but we do it because that's just who we are. A lot of people do it just because that's who they are. They are the only person, the only person that can do it, and sometimes you might be the only family member that able and capable of doing it.

Scott McLean:

Yes, yeah, and available too, and it's yeah. So people look at the caregiver on the surface, the caregiver isn't going to complain. That's one of the things. We don't complain because it's not going to do any good, Right, you're going to going to do any good, right, you're going to hear lip service from people, right, and and that's. I mean there's a lot afterwards. There's a lot after the fact too, that has to be unpacked for the caregiver. So do you guys have any type of like follow-up programs or plans, or is there anything in the works for that, or is that?

Daphnee Uter:

It is something that we would like to be able to do in the future. We talked about having a buddy program for women, veterans and caregivers where they can connect and be a friend to someone, and that's one of the things that we do encourage when we do our retreat day. We encourage others to take phone numbers of other people that are going through similar experiences and be able to talk about it and be able to discuss it, and so they can have the support that they need. We find that being a caregiver is also a lonely world. We have people that were. I said they lost a lot of friends when they became a caregiver because their friends couldn't understand why they couldn't leave their loved one just to come out to dinner. So that's you know. So this is something you know. It's good to have the partnership of someone that's going through the same experience as you that you could, that can understand you where you're at in this, in this journey understand you where you are in this, in this journey.

Scott McLean:

It's like a uh in. My listeners know that I'm a recovering alcoholic. It's like having a sponsor in aa, somebody that what you're walking in their shoes, they know exactly how you feel yes and, like you said earlier in this interview, you know, unless you've walked in those shoes, you really don't know.

Scott McLean:

Know, you really don't know. And I think people appreciate caregivers and they see them and they're like, oh, that's a beautiful thing, but they really don't get it. I can say that jokingly, but I can be serious about that too, and what you guys do is amazing and it's so needed. It's so so needed. What are the?

Daphnee Uter:

what's the biggest challenge that One Life to Live Foundation has. I am looking for board members that are willing to participate and join us in this ride, because we are small and I'm trying to network out to be able to find the people that will be able to support us in what we're doing.

Scott McLean:

Yeah, and the goals for 2025, is there any plans for like setting? Is there any plans for like setting and I know you touched on it a little bit like a new program or something that you can implement into what you're already doing, because we know you have to keep evolving, right?

Daphnee Uter:

We have to keep evolving yeah. We are planning on doing a huge event in October. This is in the plan right now, so we are asking for donations or support for that event. We are hoping to be able to have 50 caregivers there. So it is going to be our biggest event of the year and we would like as much support as possible and where?

Scott McLean:

where is this usually held? Is it anyone?

Daphnee Uter:

we held it either in a park or we do it at in a, in in a, in a like the C-Spa, a spa location.

Scott McLean:

So I'm going to offer this to you. When you're ready to do that, you let me know and I will advertise it on my podcast as much as possible. I would love to help you, you know, promote those things.

Daphnee Uter:

Absolutely. I would appreciate it. Yeah, and I love that that, that buddy program thing.

Scott McLean:

I Absolutely, I would appreciate it. Yeah, and I love that. That. That buddy program thing. I think that's something that's really needed too. I think that's really a great. That would be a great program in itself If someone wanted to volunteer, that's been through it, that can talk to somebody and say hey that needs.

Daphnee Uter:

Yes, absolutely, Absolutely yes.

Scott McLean:

So what's the website again?

Daphnee Uter:

The website is onelivetolivefoundation1.org.

Scott McLean:

The number one right.

Daphnee Uter:

Number one yes.

Scott McLean:

So I want everybody to go to onelivetolivefoundation1, number one dot org. And I say this every episode Daphne, give them money, give them your money. They want, they need your money, so go to that website. Is there a place to donate on the website?

Daphnee Uter:

Yes, there is.

Scott McLean:

Yes, go to that website and give them your money. They need it, they want it. It's gasoline for the engine. We all love it, but you guys, this is your day, this is your episode. You get the money today. Daphne.

Daphnee Uter:

Absolutely.

Scott McLean:

Is there anything I missed? Is there anything you want to talk about?

Daphnee Uter:

Anything about the foundation. I just want to talk about in general, the self-care education. A lot of times as a caregiver, even a woman veteran, self-care should be at your top priority. We know that when we get on a plane they say put on your mask first before you put on somebody else's. So always think about, even if it's 15 minutes of the day that you need to step away from that computer, from your workstation, from your home, from your children. Take that 15 minutes and just take a moment of peace, a moment of quiet, a moment of reader, so you could feel better, because it's good for your mind, it's good for your body and it's also good for your soul.

Scott McLean:

Yes, now you specified in your mission statement women veterans.

Daphnee Uter:

Yes.

Scott McLean:

So how does that fit into this?

Daphnee Uter:

veterans, yes. So how does that fit into this? Well, as a woman veteran myself, I wanted to put a place for women veterans to feel like they belong, that they are as important as any veteran, and I feel like women veterans, we are in the shadow of the male veterans. So I wanted to put the women veterans also in the highlight of my foundation and I wanted to bring all the women veterans together and be part of this event, because a lot of us we are also caretakers, we are also parent, we are also grandparents. I want all the women veterans to come together, especially in Palm Beach County, where we are scattered. I've been to several events where there are like a lot of veteran programs, but I barely see one woman there. So I would like to be able to bring the women veterans together and do something that can be really uplifting for caregivers and also women veterans that are also caregivers or veteran spouses, and also women veterans that are also caregivers or veteran spouses.

Scott McLean:

Well, I know some women veterans that I love and I will be sending them your way.

Daphnee Uter:

Thank you, thank you.

Scott McLean:

Yeah, absolutely, absolutely. I think that's very important. I think it's very important. So, all right, well, I think we covered everything, yeah.

Daphnee Uter:

We did.

Scott McLean:

I don't want to leave anything on the table. Daphne, If you have it, let's air it. I think we covered everything. I love what you're doing.

Daphnee Uter:

Thank you.

Scott McLean:

And I will help promote anything that you might need in the future. Just, you have my. We're connected on LinkedIn.

Daphnee Uter:

Yes.

Scott McLean:

And you can also. So I have one man, one mike foundation dot o-r-g-o-n-e not the number one and if you ever want to reach out through there and maybe there's a way that our foundations can kind of collaborate, because I think there's something in there, you know absolutely the stories it's all about the stories, and the stories are powerful.

Daphnee Uter:

Yes, they are, they really are, yeah, yeah.

Scott McLean:

And there's a lot of veterans, so it's caregivers for veterans, but how about veterans that are caregivers, is that?

Daphnee Uter:

Yes, it's veterans caregivers, caregivers for veterans and also caregivers for veteran spouses. It's any of those categories?

Scott McLean:

Any combination.

Daphnee Uter:

Any combination of those. It was so surprising that a lot of the women that joined our program, not only they were veterans, but they were also caregivers to their husband that were also in the military. It all overlaps.

Scott McLean:

Yeah yeah, absolutely, absolutely, versus their husband. That when, also in the military, it all overlaps. Yeah, yeah, absolutely, absolutely. Well, daphne, this has been an absolute pleasure talking to you. I've said it a number of times I love what you're doing, it's extremely important, and I know this firsthand and I wish I knew you can. Men can get get facials too, right. They can get a massage. They can.

Daphnee Uter:

Yes, they can.

Scott McLean:

Yes, we can, yes. So if you're a man and you're a caregiver, don't be shy. Don't even go get that facial, get that, get that, that massage that you need. Don't do it, just do it.

Daphnee Uter:

I could have used one you know, a lot of times, you know caregivers doesn't have a specific gender. No, it doesn't.

Scott McLean:

No, absolutely not so well. Uh, I will definitely be talking to you throughout 2025. I'm sure that I have a couple things I want to talk to you about off the air, so stick around and I'll do my outro, and which I you know. This outro thing is funny. Like I always try to stay consistent with it, but every time I go to do it I don't have it written down, right, so every episode it's like different. Like sometimes I get off the air. I'm like I didn't even give my website, like what am I doing here? Right, I'm supposed to be a professional podcaster.

Daphnee Uter:

Well, you're doing great. I think you're doing great, but thank you so much for having me Again. My name is Daphne Uder, founder and CEO of One Life to Live Foundation 1 at that org, or One Life to Live Foundation 1 at gmailcom or my phone number 561-809-9065. Thank you so much. I appreciate the opportunity and to all caregivers and veterans listening in, we will be in touch.

Scott McLean:

Yes, thank you. So stick around, hold on one second and give them money. Give them your money. That's in order, okay? Well, we built another bridge today. They're always beautiful bridges. This is a beautiful bridge.

Scott McLean:

I hope you enjoyed the episode. If you like it, share it. If you're listening on any of the platforms, subscribe to it. Tell your friends about it, tell a veteran about it. If you want to get in touch with the podcast, it's vets connection podcast at gmailcom. If you want to go to the website, it's vets connect podcastcom and I also have the one man one, mike foundationorg. If you want to go to that website for my foundation. It's about we teach veterans how to podcast and the art of storytelling and stick around for the public service, the PSA. At the end it's a. It's a very informative 30 second PSA about 988-211, all the services that are available to veterans, family members of veterans, friends of veterans and civilians alike. It's very informative. It's only 30 seconds, so give it a listen and I think I got everything this time. Daphne, I think I got it all in.

Daphnee Uter:

Very good.

Scott McLean:

I should have you on at the end of every episode for me. Keep me focused, because I did it, I got through the final, but it won't be the same next week, next episode. It won't be the same. All right, everybody. As I always say,

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