During the Boyertown Ambulance Service's annual subscription drive, Board President Melanie Roth and Captain Jim Boyer provide an update and information about the community's valued service organization--its mission, activities, and need for support.

Imagine...if you can..."the world will be as one...all the people sharing all the world." Jane Stahl admits she's a dreamer. In this episode from 2021 she explores some possible origins of today's hate and intolerance...offers a pledge and an invitation to her listeners to dream together to create understandings and heal the divisions among us. She misses your company and needs your inspiration! 

Find more information about Studio B Fine Art Gallery on our website: studiobbb.org, on Studio B’s Facebook page, by contacting Jane Stahl, [email protected], 610-563-7879, or stopping by Studio B. And, remember, we welcome you to connect us with people, projects, and perceptions that inspire YOU to help us continue to B Inspired!

Amanda Ehst is a lifeline at Berks Arts Council as Community Programs Manager for those of us submitting PA Partners on the Arts grants, but she's just begun to help us all add art to life. From a potential biology major, pre-school teacher, band director, music festival coordinator, and now student in a master's program with students around the globe espousing art programs for mental and physical health for all brains everywhere, she is an inspiration. Like the hermit crab needing a bigger shell, she's fearlessly growing into a new journey bringing art to all.

While visiting her sister, Anita Heft visited a Himalayan Salt Cave in Connecticut, recognized the benefits of the therapy, and was inspired to bring one closer to her hometown. Anita wants her clients to come away from a session at her Himalayan Salt Cave feeling better, breathing better, freer of joint pain or migraines. I want to try all the stress and pain-relieving techniques offered in the 3,000 square feet space:  massage, reiki, foot baths, meditation, sound therapy. Anita claims that it's like being at the beach; the rooms lined with bricks of Himalayan salt for private, couples, or group sessions release healing negative ions. The foot baths are to locate the troublesome spots within your body that need attention.  I'm fascinated by the power of different forms of energy and was happy to learn a bit about the energy of pink salt! 

Jamie and Jeff Cascino explain the "Extra 'C'"  in the Cascino name stands for "caring, community, commitment: and comes from a deep gratitude for the blessings life has given them. Their home--the former home of the beloved Mary Lou and Charles Haddad--to them is a home to be enjoyed by the community. Often the place for parties and gatherings, it is also the spot for the Cascino's annual "Wishing Tree" on which children and adults write their wishes on ornaments to be placed on the tree. It's a lovely tradition...warms the heart on December's coldest days...as the wishes are tiny prayers for hope and love.

In Part 4 of the limited series exploring the nature of the existential “Hero’s Journey,” JD Stahl offers a wide-ranging discussion that offers his own experience in detaching from the forces—expectations, assumptions, searches for meaning and happiness that fettered him from the person he was meant to become. Suggesting that we are all in search of the chemical oxytocin through our addictive behaviors, he offers the need to strip ourselves of distractions, to confront and accept our dualistic nature to find the peace and the freedom that is our true nature. There’s more. Listen in. 

Looking for ideas for family fun in Boyertown? Just ask volunteer Tracey Mackey and Mayor Lori Carnes. Their latest project “Halloween Happenings” proved more popular than they imagined among homeowners and the community and motivates them to take more risks in furthering other projects. Saving the Boyertown pool and the Colebrookdale Craft Depot are just a few of Lori’s projects. And she has plans to fill the calendar going forward! Tracey offers her efforts in Boyertown Borough Council’s Park and Recreation committee and the Boyertown Historical Society and wherever else she’s needed—determined, with Lori, to create a community that cares. 

Dr. Olapeju Simoyan (a.k.a. Peju, The Doctor Writer and The Doctor Singer) is a physician who strongly believes in bridging the gap between science and art. Peju combines her various interests in innovative ways: writing, singing, photography. She has released a CD of Christmas music, a book exploring the histories of some of our favorite carols as well as a devotional booklet to aid in personal development. Addiction medicine is her calling as she works with clients to slow down, recall the life cycle of the butterfly, and reflect on the process of growth to stay grounded.

Brought up on the family farm, BASH alum Adam Heimer trained as an electrician at Berks Career & Technology Center, but as added plumbing and hosts of other skills to his resumé as owner of Adam's Royal Car Wash in Gilbertsville and the upcoming Main Street Car Wash in Pennsburg along with creating programs for others' car washes. Community-minded, Adam stepped up with several friends to volunteer his efforts to save the Boyertown Community Pool from extinction. Ideas for improving community life? He's got a ton and the energy...the skills and connections to make ideas reality. For fun he travels the world and learns the languages he needs.

In episode #3, JD shares the process of amalgamating the variety of sources that informed his perspective: religion, philosophy, science, literature, music, and his own poetry. Each "road" led to a common core--"unconditional love"--the acceptance of the dualities of life--the light and the dark --that are presented along each individual's path to serenity through enlightenment.