DoGood Radio

The DoGood Radio Hour is back! As the GoodGiving Challenge registration closes, this podcast episode shines light on those behind helping make this year's 2021 GoodGiving Challenge something to look forward to!

This episode features two of our generous day sponsors: Wesley Murry with the Murry Foundation and Logan Marksbury with the Marksbury Family Foundation! They share about the impact they have seen the GoodGiving Challenge make from a sponsor's perspective and how it is a powerful tool for good in our community!

It's a must listen.

The DoGood Radio Hour is excited to welcome Ellee Ven on the show today! As a musician, entrepreneur, artist, and much more, she is a walking example of the power of using your talents and interests for good. Today's show focuses on shedding preconceived notions about how charitable giving should look and points to the concept that giving starts with one person who has a passion. This interview is an inspiration to chase after what you're passionate about wholeheartedly, especially when it comes to giving back!

The Do Good Radio Hour will highlight the synergy between Professional Advisors and BGCF and how, together, we make charitable giving easy, effective and rewarding! BGCF works with accountants, attorneys, financial advisors and insurance professionals in Central and Appalachia Kentucky to help clients achieve their charitable goals.

This week will feature three local Professional Advisors who champion "doing good" for our community:

- Suzanne Shaffer

- Andy Reynolds

- Karen Mcintyre

What can $1 a day do? Make our community better!

This week, the Do Good Radio Hour will continue to highlight BGCF365 and focus on the impact of its grantmaking!

In total, BGCF365 has awarded $100,000 in grants to Lexington nonprofits!

In this episode you will hear impact stories from 3 nonprofits who received $10,000 from BGCF365:

- Kris Nonn, Executive Director of NoLi CDC

- Carrie Thayer, Director of Development of One Parent Scholar House

- Jani Lewis, Executive Director of Natalie's Sisters

Want to join BGCF365? Visit here: https://www.bgcf.org/community-engagement/bgcf365/

Just $1 per day for 365 days. It's as simple as that to invest together for a stronger Lexington.

This week, the Do Good Radio Hour focuses on BGCF365, an initiative connecting Lexington’s aspiring philanthropic and civic leaders for just $1 per day. Pooled with fellow BGCF365 members, the commitment of $365 compounds, creating a powerful grantmaking engine for Lexington nonprofits and civic projects.

This episode features the two co-chairs of BGCF365, Rebecca Sherman and Will Booher, as well as the $10,000 grant recipient for 2020, Central Music Academy with Executive Director Erin Walker Bliss!

Are you looking for a way to connect with your community? Consider joining BGCF365 today!

Start where you are.

Use what you have.

Give what you can.

Investing in YOUR community is incredibly important to us here at BGCF. We host a network of endowed community funds, each seeking to improve the quality of life in their geography. These 9 different community funds work to increase charitable giving to impact their region’s greatest needs and opportunities.

This episode features three board members from Franklin, Clark, and Woodford county who share about their experience on the board of directors of their community funds! Please welcome Harry Carver, Alex Rowady, and Lori Garkovich!

We are ending Black History Month strong with a final edition episode featuring five visionaries who are paving paths to a better Lexington!

This week's show features two committee members of the Lexington Black Prosperity Initiative here at BGCF:

- Christian Motley: Senior Manager of Policy and Partnerships, Strive Together

- Andrea James: Community Response Strategist, Office of the Mayor, LFUCG

And three honorees of the Grassroots Black Leadership Awards:

- Tanya Torp: a diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility consultant & co-founder of Not The Only One In the Room & BIPOC womyn’s writing group

- Ashley C. Smith: co-founder of Black Soil: Our Better Nature

- Elisha Mutayongwa: founder of Rafiki Center

Welcome back everyone! My name is Kaeton and I am part of the communication team here at BGCF. This is an extra special edition of the Do Good Radio as it is the month of February and we are pleased to honor and celebrate Black History Month!

This week's show features:

- Dr. Candice Nicole, executive director of the Center for Healing Racial Trauma.

- Devine Carama, an honoree of the Grassroots Black Leadership Award. He is also a hip-hop artist, speaker, and director of Believing In Forever Inc..

- Dr. Everett McCorvey, founder & director of the American Spiritual Ensemble. Stay tuned for his beautiful story about the history of American Negro Spirituals and how they influenced what we listen to today!

These visionaries are creating positive ripples in our community of Lexington! Give their stories a listen and learn more about how to get involved in the change!

Want better things for 2021? Start with giving back to YOUR community!

Learn more by listening to this podcast where BGCF interviews three diverse nonprofits! Nothing fills you up like giving back.

Welcome Arbor Youth Services who provides safe alternatives for homeless or at-risk children, youth and their families. Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras who provides music education and performance opportunities for over 400 students in Central Kentucky through six orchestras. And Josephine Sculpture Park, who is Kentucky’s only sculpture park!

You don't want to miss this.

Bluegrass Community Foundation believes doing good inspires good. Listen every week to learn more about the good work making our local communities better places to live!

We are featuring three more diverse nonprofits who participated in the 2020 GoodGiving Challenge. The YMCA, for youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility, Legacy Greenscapes, a public park in Winechester, and The Wanda Joyce Robinson Foundation serving children impacted by incarceration.