For the People

Check out the first part of a mini-series featuring RVNAhealth - a private, nonprofit organization serving nearly 3 dozen neighboring communities. Hear how RVNAhealth has been providing exceptional home and community health care services, supports public health and safety, and has promoted the highest quality of life for over 100 years.  

Then - if you live on or anywhere near the Naugatuck river, you are potentially impacted by the detrimental environmental harm being caused by the Kinneytown Dam. So we're connecting with the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments to get the details you need to know, and inviting you to be part of the solution at an important public info session next week that will be mapping out the dam's removal process.

And we'll closed with an information-packed conversation with a co-founder and researcher representing MitoCure. This nonprofit exists to educate communities about Mitochondrial Disease and to generate financial support for the most promising research for a cure, by providing 100 % of all donations directly to research efforts around the world. Learn more about the cause, the important work being done to find a cure, and we'll invite you to a cool fundraiser at the end of September to benefit the cause.

For the People is circling back with the CEO of New Haven's Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center. A recent story about the abrupt closing of another similar facility in town got us thinking about agencies like this one  facing even greater challenges as the regional pool of mental health and addiction service providers continues to dry up. Tune in and find out how Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center is reacting and responding.

Hang with us as we celebrate the 2024 honorees who will be introduced at the Girl Scouts of Connecticut's Annual Legacy of Leadership fundraising event coming up in September in Bridgeport. We'll catch up with the organization's new CEO and chat briefly with all three of these legacy honorees.

It seemed appropriate to open our August 11 program focusing on Call Before You Dig - since it was National 8-1-1 Day! So, sit tight and get all the information you need to know about this critical public safety program that identifies any underground utilities that may be in the way of where you want to dig - whether it's in your garden, putting up a new mailbox, or excavating to put in a pool, foundation or landscape feature.

It seems appropriate that we open our August 11 program focusing on Call Before You Dig - since it's National 8-1-1 Day! So, sit tight and get all the information you need to know about this critical public safety program that identifies any underground utilities that may be in the way of where you want to dig - whether it's in your garden, putting up a new mailbox, or excavating to put in a pool, foundation or landscape feature.

Then we'll celebrate the 2024 honorees who will be introduced at the Girl Scouts of Connecticut's Annual Legacy of Leadership fundraising event coming up in September in Bridgeport. We'll catch up with the organization's new CEO and chat briefly with all three of these legacy honorees.

And we'll close circling back with the CEO of New Haven's Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center. A recent story about the abrupt closing of another similar facility in town got us thinking about agencies that will be facing even greater challenges as the regional pool of mental health and addiction service providers continues to dry up. Find out how another one of these remaining agencies is reacting and responding.

For the People is proud to introduce you to TriCircle - an organization that provides resources for individuals, families, and communities affected by the disease of addiction. Through education and community engagement, you'll learn from its founder how TriCircle is dedicated to providing the tools that build strong futures!

Get ready for a serious chat with Connecticut's - and the nation's - first Cannabis Ombudsperson. Hear all about how this unique government post came to be, and how residents and constituents can engage and access its information resources, support and guidance. 

After some transitions, the Bridgeport-based Green Village Initiative, and its neighborhood garden program and Reservoir Community Farm are growing again. So check out our spirited conversation with GVI's new outreach coordinator to find out how you can support or benefit from this unique agricultural cooperative.

After some transitions, the Bridgeport-based Green Village Initiative, and its neighborhood garden program and Reservoir Community Farm are growing again. So check out our spirited conversation with GVI's new outreach coordinator to find out how you can support or benefit from this unique agricultural cooperative.

Then, get ready for a serious chat with Connecticut's - and the nation's - first Cannabis Ombudsperson. Hear all about how this unique government post came to be, and how residents and constituents can engage and access its information resources, support and guidance. 

And we'll close introducing you to TriCircle - an organization that provides resources for individuals, families, and communities affected by the disease of addiction. Through education and community engagement, you'll learn from its founder how TriCircle is dedicated to providing the tools that build strong futures!

For the People spent a recent weekend proudly patronizing the Homegrown by Heroes Farmer’s Market at Guardians Farm in Southbury. We took the opportunity to meet and chat with a number of inspiring and aspiring veteran farmers along with representatives of several agencies supporting the cause. 

So, check out our conversations with the Guardian Farm founder, the Farmer Veteran Coalition of Connecticut, Connecticut Veteran Grown, Connecticut Resource Conservation and Development, Hives for Heroes, Lakeside Farm, Steadfast Farms Poultry Processing & Slaughter, Tranquil Hive Honey Co., Union Bee Company, Wilkinson Farm, Hathor Hill Farm, and the Lathrop Farmstead.