For the People

This week host John Voket heads to Yale University to talk to an inspiring representative about Connecticut's Camp Kesem - and how she is seeking kids to attend for free. 

Then we'll head to Waterbury, to talk with a regional Chamber spokesperson about their upcoming Business Expo and Health & Wellness Fair.

And we'll close talking with ARI CT about some of the particular challenges Connecticut communities are facing as more residents with developmental disabilities are aging and requiring more specialized care.

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This week host John Voket heads to Milford to promote the upcoming 'Walk a Mile in Her Shoes' event to promote outreach and support The Rape Crisis Center of Milford.

Then we'll open up to a conversation about oral cancer awareness and prevention with one of the hundreds of dentists at Great Expressions Dental Centers providing free screenings throughout April - which is Oral Cancer Awareness Month.

And we'll close where we left off last week, chatting with the keynote speaker at the Newtown Parent Connection's Parent Empowerment University about the brand new Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.

This week host John Voket returns to the halls of Parent Empowerment University with the founder of the Newtown Parent Connection to talk about prevention and protecting our yong people as best we can from substance abuse and addiction. We'll chat with the organization's founder, a key organizer of the event, as well as speakers presenting on tapping, nutrition, as well as building and fostering positive, deep and nurturing relationships within families and schools.

This week host John Voket welcomes back the The Connecticut Partnership for Long-Term Care, for advice on protecting your long-term financial security with long-term care coverage through the partnership.

Then we'll call on anyone with a boat, hip boots, or a willingness to help improve the health and appearance of one of the state's lesser known natural resources to the 30th Stratford To Shelton Housatonic River Cleanup.

And we'll close looking for some special volunteers for this summer's Camp Kangaroo, a unique bereavement experience provided free of charge to children across Connecticut suffering after death of a loved one.

This week host John Voket opens with a data specialist from United Way of Connecticut talking about housholds designated ALICE - Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. We'll learn why four in 10 affected households are still facing crippling financial challenges, and explore the consequences when households don't earn enough to make ends meet.

Then we'll focus on imprtant health information since March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. We'll chat up a Danbury Hospital gastroenterologist about improving digestive health and ways to reduce your risk of developing colorectal cancer.

And we'll close highlighting the Maren Sanchez Home Foundation and its upcoming "A Magical Night in Havana" gala, which is raising funds to help empower more young women to defend themselves against verbal and emotional manipulation and physical violence.

This week host John Voket takes a little day trip to hang with a bunch of folks participating in the 36th Annual Northeast Organic Farming Assocoation's annual conference - Organi-CONN - the largest gathering of organic farming, gardening, and food enthusiasts in Connecticut. We'll talk about organic feeds and fertilizers, ways to get your farm financed, Bionutrients and why they are so important, a little about pruning and weeding, natural bath and beauty products straight out of East Haven, as well as the important role organic kelp can play in improving all your gardening and landscaping projects.

This week host John Voket celebrates National Consumer Protection Week with a local focus welcoming Connecticut's Consumer Protection Commissioner Michele Seagull and our valued resource Howard Schwartz at Connecticut BBB, doling out important information to help consumers steer clear of problems.

And we'll hear some first hand advice from a local author who started her career caring for children with vision and hearing challenges, and who just released her third book on the journey she navigated while supporting her husband after he suffered several cancer-induced strokes.

This week host John Voket celebrates National Developmental Disability Awareness Month and the one in five of our community members living with a disability showcasing the great work Connecticut's Disability Solutions is doing here and across the country, and then, popping in for a visit with the founder and some of the cool kids developing their talents at The Pilot House.

Then we'll close inviting you to bowl a strike against domestic violence at the 30th Annual Bowl to Benefit The Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services next weekend in Milford.

This week host John Voket presents an encore broadcast with one of Connecticut's most unique and innovative grassroots nonprofits - Veteran Angler Charters as the organization gears up for its 2018 season of service to local Vets.

Then, as Ginger and Larry Katz prepare for The 14th annual Courage to Speak Empowering Youth to be Drug Free Family Night, the drug education and prevention movement is modifying its hugely successful Courageous Parenting 101 programming to deliver hundreds of new parents and children the best information available to combat and not fall victim to the opioid epidemic gripping the state and nation.

And we'll close with an encore presentation of a chat we had around this time last year with Marrakech, Inc.which continues to assist individuals facing barriers to employment and other services.

This week host John Voket opens talking about stuff, the stuff you have that you don't want anymore, and the incredible things that Goodwill can do with that stuff when you donate to Goodwill stores across the region.

Then we're going to chat with a statistician from the CT Economic Resource Center or CERC about their latest survey of state residents gauging how much of their hard earned tax dollars should be spent improving life, health and safety situations for us all.

And with Connecticut being on track to lose hundreds of lives to fentanyl overdoses this year - we'll bring in a scientist at the The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who developed a simple, low-cost test to help drug users detect fentanyl in their street drug purchases.