WEDNESDAY'S AROUND HERE BECAUSE PAY IT FORWARD NIGHT. AND TONIGHT WE'RE MEETING A REAL SECRET SANTA TONIGHT'S PAY. IT FORWARD TAKES US TO GARFIELD COUNTY WHERE MANY SENIORS ARE SURPRISED YEAR ROUND. >> JOIN ME AND FIRST FIDELITY BANK AS WE PAY IT FORWARD. >> ABOUT AN HOUR NORTH OF OKLAHOMA CITY AND JUST EAST OF THE IS GARBER, OKLAHOMA POPULATION, ABOUT 700 LIKE MANY SMALL TOWNS. WHAT THEY LACK IN NUMBERS, THEY MAKE UP FOR IN OTHER WAYS. JENNIFER BLUNDELL OWNS A SALON IN TOWN AND SHE HEARS IT ALL. BUT THERE'S ONE PERSON WHO HAS EVERYONE TALKING. I HAD HEARD ABOUT WHAT LANA DOES AND IT WASN'T UNTIL I HAVE A SALON HERE IN TOWN AND ONE OF MY ELDERLY CLIENTS, SHE CAME IN TO GET HER DOWN AND SHE SAID, MY UTILITIES PAID SENIOR AFTER SENIOR IN THIS SMALL COMMUNITY. >> HAD THE VERY SAME SURPRISE. NORMALLY THE UTILITY BILLS FOR GARBER RUN ANYWHERE FROM 40 TO $50.
SO THIS WILL BE ABLE TO HELP A 10 OF SENIORS HELP FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS SEEN FIRSTHAND THE STRUGGLES OF OUR ELDERLY POPULATION JUST LISTENING TO TALK ABOUT HOW IT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BUYING EXTRA GROCERIES, BEING ABLE TO GET HER HAIR MORE GAS IN HER CAR. IT JUST REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART. AND I WAS WATCHING A STORY ON PAY IT FORWARD. AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GOING TO TAKE A CHANCE. AND I NOMINATED HER. AND HERE WE ARE. AND WE'RE SO GLAD JENNIFER TOOK THAT CHANCE. WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO RECOGNIZE LAND OF THE SHOT. FOR PAY IT FORWARD. WE RE JUST SO TOUCHED TO HEAR ABOUT LAND. IS KAREN DRIVE FOR THE SENIORS IN HER COMMUNITY? >> AND SHE SOUNDS LIKE AN INCREDIBLE WOMAN. SO WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PRESENT HER AS $400 DURING THE DAY LANA WORKS HERE AT THE GARBER BUT MOST OF HER FREE TIME IS SPENT HERE JUST A FEW BLOCKS COLLECTING AND SORTING ALL DONATED ITEMS THAT SHE AND USES THE PROCEEDS TO PAY FOR THE UTILITIES OF OTHERS. SHE GOES TO CITY HALL AND ASKED TO PAY AS MANY OUTSTANDING SENIOR BILL.
SHE CAN. >> WITHOUT EVER KNOWING WHO THEY BELONG TO. SHE TAKES DONATIONS AND THEN SHE SORTS THROUGH THEM SHOW HAVE DIFFERENT CELLS ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH. NOT JUST ABOUT HELPING SENIOR. SHE ALSO HELPS THE KIDS HERE IN TOWN. HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS VOLUNTEER ATLANTA'S CHARITY, LOVINGLY CALLED BY DONATION. ONLY. >> WHERE THEY HELP CHILDREN PICK UP, GIVES AND EVEN WRAP THEM. SHE LETS THEM COME IN AND SHOP FOR GIFTS FOR THEIR FAMILY. FOR A DOLLAR. YOU CAN FILL A BAD CHRISTMAS GIFTS CHILDREN CAN SURPRISE THEIR FAMILIES WITH THIS WILL HELP FREE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
>> FOR MORE GROCERIES CHRISTMAS PRESENTS IN JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS. WE USE YOU MUST BE LANA. >> KNOW MY NAME IS JOLEEN CHANEY WITH NEWS 4 AND WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED PAY IT FORWARD, PAYING IT FORWARD TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND DOING GREAT THINGS FOR AND JENNIFER NOMINATED YOU. SHE'S GOT SOMETHING FOR QUICK RIGHT? THERE IS >> I DO IT BECAUSE MY MOTHER WAS SENIOR CITIZEN AND SHE WAS ON A FIXED INCOME. IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR HER TO MAKE ENDS MEET. SO WHEN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, I WANT TO OPEN UP BY DONATION ONLY. AND SO I KEPT THE SENIORS UTILITY BILLS. >> ALL THOSE ONE-DOLLAR BILLS ADD IN SO MANY WAYS, A FULL CIRCLE ENCOMPASSING GENERATIONS. VERY DEFINITION. >> PAID FOR >> WHAT A WE'VE GOT A LINK TO THE BY DONATION. ONLY FACEBOOK PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE. AND YES, THAT'S GREAT. AND WHILE YOU'RE .