For the People

This week the award-winning For the People encores three previous segments digging into why diabetes is the eighth leading cause of death here in Connecticut - chatting with the the New Haven Health Department's exec talkng about why the Elm City is among the latest to engage in the national Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge - and vivting My Sister's Place - a thrift store has been the primary revenue stream for the Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services for over 30 years.

This week on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket catches up with Journey Found - a Hartford area agency supporting state residents on the autism spectrum, and with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Then we'll talk with a couple of renowned blood cancer researchers whose agencies will benefit from the 5th Annual Pineapple Classic Obstacle 5K Returning to the Greenwich Polo Club on October 8. And we'll close talking with the director of Connecticut's first in the nation long term care partnership about why residents as young as 40 should strongly consider investing in this important coverage.

This week on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket is on a mission to reach millions of state seniors 60 and over who qualify for the financial and health benefits of SNAP - but have yet to apply. Then we'll get up to speed on the latest news about electric cars, and invite you to a free upcoming event to get you into the driver's seat. And we'll close chatting up a different kind of vehicle - the Connecticut's Teen Legal Advocacy Project 's Mobile Legal Clinic - and learn how it's already serving more than 3,000 state youths who are homeless or living without sustainable support systems.

This week on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket opens paying tribute to the memory of East Hartford police officer Paul Buchanan and 'Believe 208' - the nonprofit established in his honor. Then we'll visit with a Western CT Health Network physician administering a highly successful outpatient palliative care pilot at Danbury Hospital. And we wrap inviting you to to spend October Making Strides Against Breast cancer at one or more of these benefit walks happening across the state all month long.

This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket chats up organizers and recipients of two upcoming activities - the expanded 29th Annual Bigelow Tea Community Challenge, and the annual Bike The Beach/Hike The Beach for the Probus Club of Greater Bridgeport, supporting agencies enhancing the lives of people with disabilities. In between we'll take on the serious subject of truancy, and get a very real look at how many kids are skipping school, and how it's affecting them and their entire future.

This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket hosts two very different conversations about how local initiatives at The Workplace and through Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America are serving those who served. And we'll check in with Sterling House to learn how they are serving thousands of families, and planning to get you 'Down & Dirty' next weekend to help their cause.

This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket takes care of Mother Earth by getting you involved with the Connecticut River Watershed Council's 20th Annual Source to Sea Cleanup; reviewing the Connecticut Council on Environmental Quality's annual report with all the things we're doing wrong - and right - to keep our state's environment thriving; and providing a crash course on invasives while promoting the CT Invasive Plant Working Group and its upcoming Invasive Plants Symposium at UCONN.

This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket introduces the brand new CEO of High Watch Recovery Center in Kent; learns how the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities is assisting municipal leaders challenged with promoting sustainability, while coming to grips with the opiod epidemic; and checks in with the President of the Southern CT Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to help promote their work and the Out of the Darkness community walk coming up in late September.

This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket replays a segment with the founder of The Pantry - a student food pantry at Norwalk Community College; checks in with Starling Physicians to learn how participation in Medicare Services nationwide oncology care model will benefit cancer patients across the nation; and we'll circle back to hear about some of the important points and key takeaways from last month's the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corp's conference in Hartford.

This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket hosts a Special Report featuring five key players involved in the rebuilding of the Sandy Hook Elementary School live from the facility during a recent grand opening event. And then we'll visit with a pair of attorneys from Connecticut Legal Services to talk about a free monthly legal clinic being hosted for parents and guardians of students in the greater Bridgeport region.