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Transcript/Script EnglishRetired LA Residents Give Holiday Gifts To The City’s Homeless
Transcript/Script((TITLE: TV LA Gifts For Homeless – Bagdasaryan
HEAD: Retired LA Residents Give Holiday Gifts To The City’s Homeless
DATE: 12/22/2021 AT 8:25AM
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BYLINE: Angelina Bagdasaryan
CONTRIBUTOR:
DATELINE: Los Angeles
VIDEOGRAPHER: Vazgen Varzhabetian
PRODUCER: Jason Godman
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA Original, News Agencies TBD
SCRIPT EDITORS: KE, MAS
PLATFORMS: TV only
TRT: 2:31
VID APPROVED BY: BR
TYPE: TVPKG
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((INTRO))
[[For those people without resources or family, the holidays can be incredibly difficult and lonely. A group of Russian-speaking retirees in Los Angeles decided to do something to help some people feel less alone. Angelina Bagdasaryan has the story, narrated by Anna Rice.]]
NARRATION
Cheer and optimism – that’s what retired Russian-speaking residents of Los Angeles wanted their gifts to provide homeless people.
((Galina Milankovich, Retired LA Resident)) ((IN RUSSIAN))
“Bright colors, give people warmth. Orange and yellow, light blue – I hope they feel a little warmer, they’ll feel people around them care. Maybe their life will change!”
((NARRATION))
For this exhibition held in a homeless shelter in Los Angeles, California local retirees have created dozens of paintings. Each one has a message from its author. Pearl Miranda, who has lived in the street for many years, says she deciphered the message.
((Pearl Miranda, Homeless))
“This pretty much reminded me that there is hope out there, you know. We can look forward to something better. It makes you feel like there’s no darkness out there, you know. It’s a bright light out there!”
((Roxanne Jordan, Los Angeles Mission))
“Oftentimes, people who have been traumatically impacted in their life come to the mission. And sometimes, art therapy is the only modality that will really help them recover and heal.”
((NARRATION))
Retired Los Angeles resident Lyudmila Breditskaya painted this picture. She’s been creating art for years. She says art therapy helps make life a little brighter for her and others.
((Lyudmila Breditskaya, Retired LA Resident)) ((IN RUSSIAN))
“They [[homeless shelter residents]] were talking to me and other artists here, and it was great. Well, I was doing my best – my English is bad and my memory is bad. // But we understood each other, I wished them all a very merry Christmas. This is a time for miracles!”
((Seoyeon Jeong, Retired LA Resident)) ((IN KOREAN))
“I was very happy that I could help the homeless shelter residents a little. It’s such a suitable time for that, too – Christmas!”
((NARRATION))
Shelter resident Catherine Jones says the thing she fears the most is loneliness. So, she says being surrounded by people is the best holiday gift she could have hoped for.
((Catherine Jones, Homeless))
“I was affected by COVID with my job, and with a disability… Being alone, by yourself, as a woman… It’s hard! // And this art today is really a blessing! It’s been beautiful, absolutely beautiful, I love it!”
((NARRATION))
A message of hope and joy shared with those who are struggling and alone this holiday season.
((For Angelina Bagdasaryan in Los Angeles, California, Anna Rice, VOA News))
NewsML Media TopicsReligion and Belief, Human Interest
Topic TagsGifts
Christmas
Homeless
NetworkVOA
Embargo DateDecember 22, 2021 17:53 EST
Brand / Language ServiceUS Agency for Global Media
