Breakfast With Barry Lee

Two guests join Barry this week on the podcast:

1) Tavan Mair is the CEO and Founder of 'Connected Communities' which provides crucial mental health support services to youth and families in Winchester and the surrounding community,

2) Kimberli Ball with the Handley High School's 100th Anniversary Celebration committee, invites listeners to the Community Celebration Finale on Friday, June 14th.

This week on the show:

1) Amy Rice, Executive Director of the Evans Home for Children, and Sheila Davis, an alumni of the Home and fundraising volunteer, discuss the June 29th 'Charity Dice Run'.

2) Phil Fravel, founder and curator of the American Military Heritage Museum invites listeners to the June 8th 'Military Appreciation & Living History Event' at the museum in Stephens City.

From hosting his own TV show at age 11, to being an on-air radio DJ, to hosting a successful real estate podcast, to resuscitating the DCRTV.com website, Dan Lane has lots of stories to share about his love of radio and TV.

Barry's guest this week is John Gavitt, a lover of the outdoors and the animals that live there. He is so passionate about God's critters that he spent his life protecting them, sometimes going undercover for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Now retired, John shares how he is protecting the land around him so that it stays natural forever.

The last time that Barry talked to Caitlin McHale (Floreal) was 30 years ago on a TV Cable Talk interview about her elementary school project. Today she is running two schools in the Dominican Republic providing education to disenfranchised Haitian children. Caitlin shares her inspirational journey, as well as the need for repairs to the school's old bus.

Barry's guest this week is Holly Roberts, Executive Director of 'Love To Nic', a nonprofit created in memory of her son that helps provide homeless adults with shoes, socks and meals,

Barry's second guest is Jay Keffer, who extends an invitation to participate in the "Stamp Out Hunger Letter Carrier Food Drive" on Saturday, May 11th.

It's Apple Blossom week and with it being the 100th anniversary of the first Festival in 1924, Barry's guest is Jim Robinson whose father was a page in that inaugural event. Jim talks about being an escort for Queen Susan Ford in 1975 and what it was like to have President Ford and Grand Marshal Bob Hope at his home! Plus, how a couple of current annual Apple Blossom events actually got their start at Jim's family farm and an apartment in downtown Winchester.

After attending their Spring concert, Barry sits down with three members of the Shenandoah University Harambee Gospel Choir who have been performing and singing God's praises for over 50 years.

The guests are: Myles Hairston - Choir Advisor, Gary Garlic, Jr. - Musical Director, and Adaugo Ejekwu - Choir President.

Two guests join Barry at the breakfast table this week:

Clay Perry is Chair of the Kiwanis Club of Winchester's 'Community Pancake Day' to benefit the Winchester Rescue Mission, and he extends the invitation to chow down on pancakes and sausage on Saturday, April 20th from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Morning radio host Randy Woodward with The River 95.3 chats with Barry about his April 27th half-marathon' fundraiser for 'Dakota's Dream Animal Rescue' to help a sweet, special needs kitty named Lily.

Barry welcomes two guests to the 'Breakfast With Barry' kitchen table: Aimee Nuwer, Co-founder of 'Helping Hands Cancer Outreach LLC' shares how this non-profit eases the financial burdens of cancer patients on their treatment journey.

Kit Redmer, Communications Director with the City of Winchester talks about 'WinReady On Demand', the city's new point-to-point transit service that picks you up and takes you where you need to go!