For the People

This morning we're going to open up meeting the physician behind DOCS Medical Group and learn how walk-in medical centers are broadening the types of services offered to patients.

Then we'll check in with a representative of Connecticut nonprofit Survive the Drive, and find out how this organization can provide local schools and community groups with no-cost workshops on defensive driving, and an opportunity to get behind the wheel and actually learn some hands-on defensive driving techniques from the experts.

And we'll close touching base with CERC, the Connecticut Economic Resource Center. The center's latest quarterly InformCT survey is public, so we'll chat with a CERC researcher and drill into what folks across the state are thinking about in relation to the overall economy, how it's affecting their household, jobs, and bottom line.

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People introduces this year's Ringmaster for the 2019 Barnum Festival, and clues you in on all the great activities, many of which are free.

Then we'll celebrate all the professional and volunteer emergency responders as EMS Week approaches, while focusing on their role if someone is suffering from a sudden stroke.

And we'll close with an expert from Mountainside talking about the current health crisis involving Connecticut seniors and opioid addiction.

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People introduces the CEO and the President of Nuvance, the new health system recently formed through a merger between Health Quest and Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN).

Then we'll talk to several representatives of the dozens of Relay for Life events happening throughout Connecticut this year - to learn about how these community building activities help raise fund for, and awareness of important cancer research and support services available to survivors and caregivers grappling with cancer, or the care of a loved one fighting the disease.

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People enlists an invasive species expert from the US Dept of Agriculture to clue us in on the foreign flora and fauna we should be looking out for, and how to mitigate them.

Then we're going to talk Data breaches - and we'll unveil a number of proactive steps users and businesses can take to better protect their data and computers the CEO of a Connecticut IT and Cybersecurity

consulting firm .

And finally, on the final weekend of Call Before You Dig Month - we'll talk to a utility representative and remind anyone doing excavation, or just putting a shovel in the ground this spring, why you need to dial 8-1-1 before you dig.

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People introduces the Childbirth Center at Griffin Hospital, and touts their upcoming free annual Baby Fair and how Griffin offers high level physical and emotional care for babies and moms, long before — and after those babies are born.

Then we explore the offices and programs of Family & Children's Aid, which serves thousands of youths and families in crises all over western and central Connecticut. We'll invite you to next weekend's Love, Hope, Yoga event, and several other ways to learn about and support the agency.

And we'll close inviting you to get a little wet and dirty while helping keep the environment in and around the lower Housatonic River by participating in next weekend's Stratford Greensweep & Housatonic River Cleanup .

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People chats with the American Association of University Women’s Connecticut Chapter about their upcoming 6th annual Tech Savvy Conference, for 6th to 9th grade girls who want to learn about careers in science, technology, math and engineering.

Then we're going to talk financial literacy - National Financial Literacy Month in April is the ideal time to purge the waste from your spending habits and take control of your finances - and we'll tell you how with the CEO of the not-for-profit Nutmeg State Financial Credit Union.

And we'll close with a Distracted Driving Awareness Month segment featuring the National Safety Council discussing the latest implications of distracted driving. Put down your phone and listen up!

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People was honored with our third Connecticut ​Agricultural Information Council - Agricultural Journalism Award on Ag Day at the State capital. 

So we took the opportunity to mix and mingle with a few of the thousands who were visiting and exhibiting. 

We talked about agriculture and aquaculture, CT Apples and Christmas Trees, as well as Ag Education and farm to school nutrition initiatives. So stay tuned to hear what we learned - live from Ag Day 2019.

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People starts out reminding sun worshipers that you're more likely to get sunburn in the Spring when UV rays are most intense. We'll hear from a facial plastic surgeon and skincare expert with tips on using sunscreen correctly to protect yourself and your loved ones from skin cancer.

Then, State Senator Tony Hwang joins us to discuss the Long Island Sound Blue Plan and why it's so important for all state residents to participate during a public comment period running through June 21.

And we'll close replaying a segment with a guest from the Child Guidance Clinic for Central CT taking a hard look at health issues affecting Connecticut's young people related to vaping and eCigarettes.