Community Outreach With Racquel Williams

Host: Racquel Williams

Air Date: 2-2-2020

Guest: Michael Dominick- Director of Communications for Make A Wish NJ.  

Topic:  Make-A-Wish is the largest wish-granting charity in the world, with 60 chapters throughout the United States and its territories, and 41 international affiliates on 5 continents.  Since 1983, Make-A-Wish  New Jersey has granted nearly 11,000 life-changing wishes to children with critical illnesses throughout the Garden State.

We visited with Michael last year as an introduction to the organization, and he's back with a very special guest.  Wish kid Alana who is now 18 years old, long with her mother Bernice. 

Host:  Racquel Williams

Air Date: 1/26/20

Guest:  Angelo Valente- President of The Partnership for a Drug Free NJ.  

Topic:  The partnership is best known for its statewide substance use prevention public service campaigns, which you may have seen on trains, buses, billboards, radio, television and the like. Their mission is to reduce substance use and misuse in New Jersey.  Valente discusses The 2020 New Jersey  Shout Down Drugs Music Competition.

Host: Racquel Williams

Air Date: 1-12-2020

Duration: 30 min

Guest: Lloyd Strayhorn - Astro-numerologist servicing the tri-state area and beyond. He's been helping people make life guiding and life changing decisions for 50 years. It's a unique skill that he has mastered and he is much sought after by celebrities, business professionals and everyday people.

Air Date:  12-22-2019

Host: Racquel Williams

Guest: Robin Tefft

Topic:  Don't think you need a life coach?  2020 is here, and goal setting and reflection is top of mind.  Certified Life Coach Robin Tefft discusses the pivotal moment that caused her to take a new road in life, and how you can do the same.

Host: Racquel Williams

Air Date: 12-8-19

Duration: 30 min

Guest: Tom Gagliano, best selling author, graduate of Seton Hall University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing. Tom also has a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Rutgers University. Tom discusses his two books: "The Problem Was Me"...a book about addiction, and his latest book, "Don't Put Your Crap In Your Kid's Diaper."

Host: Racquel Williams

Air Date: 11/24/19

Duration: 30 min

Guest: Brian Rubinstein -Program Supervisor for the Somerset County Intensive Family Support Services Program -Catholic Charities Diocese of Metuchen.

LuAnn Dias -Service Area Director for Behavioral Health -Catholic Charities Diocese of Metuchen.

Intensive Family Support Services is an educational advocacy program which provides information, education and links to supportive counseling for families who have a member struggling with mental illness. Its free of charge, and offered in every county throughout the state.

Host: Racquel Williams

Air Date: 11/10/19

Duration: 30 min

Guest: Yvette Long-Director and Creator of Platinum Minds

Platinum Minds is a nonprofit educational and leadership development organization in New Jersey, dedicated to assisting boys from environmentally challenged neighborhoods with achieving their full academic potential and becoming leaders in their communities.  Yvette is author of the book:  African American History: The Untold Stories

Air Date: 11/3/19

Duration: 30 min

Guest: Dr. Andrew Korman - Gastroenterologist and Pancreatic Health Specialist at Saint Peter's Health Care System in New Brunswick.

November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. On Tuesday November 12th along with the Middlesex County Office of Health Services St. Peter's is holding "Walk with the Doc" 9:30 AM – 10:15 AM @ the Gazebo in Buccleuch Park. There will be vendors, lots of information and free giveaways. The fun continues at noon with a lunch and Lecture by Dr. Korman

Host: Racquel Williams

Air Date: 10/27/19

Duration: 30 min

Guest: Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr.- President and CEO, The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America

The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America’s 2019 national Educating America Tour will stop in New Jersey on Tuesday, October 29 with a free Alzheimer’s and caregiver educational conference at Rutgers University on the Busch campus in Piscataway. The conference is  free and open to the public.

Host: Racquel Williams

Air Date: 10/20/19

Duration: 30 min

Guest: Dr. Robert Herbstman, St. Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick.

Dr. Robert Herbstman is a plastic surgeon and Breast Reconstruction specialist with Saint Peter's Breast Center, at St. Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick. As Breast Cancer Awareness Month winds down, we wanted to highlight Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day, which was October 16th. Also known as BRA day...it was established to help educate patients about the variety of breast reconstruction options available to them following breast cancer surgery.