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SOT THOMAS GORDON '01@3'COVER THE 'SLICE' W/IPHONE GORDON @1' -- THEN ADD THE FAMILY PIC?CG - THOMAS GORDON         PIMA FINALIST, CHARLES CO.		(SOT THOMAS GORDON)
(JR) Yes (smiles), I've - I've had the opportunity and the privilege to be available quite a bit -- for the last seven years.'	
USE 'CAREER DAY 2011' (WS THOMAS ON HORSE)		(narrator track)
volunteer thomas gordon --	
		and the horse he rode in on.	
SOT THOMAS GORDON '03@1MAYBE USE A CU THOMAS & CU HORSE HEAD FROM ABOVE PIC?		(sot thomas)
'I'm a Park Police officer -- a U-S Park Police officer. And I'm  -- slice out stutter -- 'a member of the horse mounted unit.'	
SOT THOMAS '03@2 & DEEPER(USE IPHONE SHOT @ TOP HERE 		(sot thomas)
'and the Park Police and my unit,  -- slice -- 'the horse mounted unit, -- do support us in going to the career days.' -- slice -- 'so I've taken advantage of a number of opportunities to go to the elementary school with my horse.'	
USE PIC 'CAREER DAY 2011 #4 (TOM & ANOTHER OFFICER) -- USE A FEW CU'S FROM THIS SAME PIC TO COVER END OF TRACK).		(narrator track)
and you can imagine the fuss when gordon and his unit canter up on career day to indianhead elementary in charles county.	
SOT THOMAS '03@4COVER W/'CAREER DAY #2' (KIDS PETTING THEIR HORSES -- WS & CU & THEN :SCREENSHOTS (IN GORDON EVENT BIN) :'2 IN THE STABLE' -- THEN --'BIGMOUTH' -- THEN OUT TO GORDON		(sot thomas)
'The kids really do enjoy it. They -- it inspires a lot of questions about how the horse is used -- what I have to do to take care of the horse, what THEY would have to do to take care of the horse were they to choose that career  --'	
SOT THOMAS '03@7COVER 'CAREER DAY #3' - HORSE IS STANDING ALERT 		(sot thomas)
'Our horses are pretty big so they really do enjoy. Some of them have never seen a horse before. Some of them, many of them have never touched a horse before. So to see that -- a horse can be touched and interacted with -- they just really enjoy it.'	
USE 'IPHONE SIDESHOT' - FIND A MOMENT WHERE HE'S LISTENING -- SCREENSHOTS: USE 'CORRAL TRAINING' 'IMAX MOUNTED'		(narrator track)
gordon fills their heads with all sorts of details about the mounted unit.	
SOT THOMAS '03@4 (DEEPER)		(sot thomas)
'... it gives me the opportunity to tie in with those responsibilities that they're doing in school right now -- and how school is preparing them for that -- so they enjoy it and I enjoy it.' (nice smile) 	
COVER W/'2016-05-03 CAREER DAY		(narrator track)
once upon a time, gordon worked the midnight shift --	
SOT THOMAS '04@5COVER W/'DREAM CATCHER 3' - HILITE HIM WITH AN OVAL HERE -- 		(sot thomas)
'which gave me an added advantage over a lot of parents who would want to volunteer more -- I was -- I was available during the day and I worked during the weekends so I was available Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and every other Thursday -- (laughs) so...'	
COVER W/'READING NIGHT' - HILITE W/OVAL		(narrator track)
so thomas gordon was volunteering all the time -- and loving it.	
SCREENSHOTS '4 IN A ROW!'SCREENSHOTS ''DOJO PIC'		when not extolling the virtues of his job, he might be teaching robotics -- or in the hallways rewarding positive behavior.	
SOT THOMAS '02@2COVER W/CU'S FROM SAME PIC ABOVE?		(sot thomas)
'and if they get enough points they get a trip to the 'dojo cart' where on Mondays I'll be able to greet the kids and they'll be able to choose a little toy or a trinket or something...'	
USE 'IPHONE SIDESHOT' --		(narrator track)
somewhere along the line -- he won a volunteer of the year award -- 	
SOT THOMAS '04@3		(sot thomas)
'I forget exactly which year ...'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
but it doesn't seem important to him.	
SCREENSHOTS: ZOOM 'BAYNET ARTICLE' & FAMILY PIC?		what does it seems is being a parent, and an example for his three kids -- all working their way through the system.	
SOT THOMAS ''05@2		(sot thomas)
'The return for that investment isn't felt for five, ten years or so...'	
SOT THOMAS '05@3COVER W'IPHONE		(sot thomas)
'The benefits are tenfold -- slice out 'just seeing' -- 'for the kids to be able to see how parents, how adults interact, how they respond to stressful situations, how they carry themselves, for students to see some positive examples of what to emulate -- that's just extremely important.'	
FREEZE & HOLD		(narrator track)
thomas gordon, pima finalist, charles county.	
FADE TO BLACK		(fade audio)