106.7 Lite FM is proud to again be a partner of Hungerthon. Noreen Springstead, Executive Director of Why Hunger, talks about how and why the annual event raises critical funds to end hunger in America. The Hungerthon auction is Live! Make your donation and bid on celebrity donated auction items at hungerthon.org through December 31st.

SISTERS ARE ALRIGHT: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America, by Tamara Winfrey-Harris, a book that has been described as touchstone of Black Feminist thought, confronts how black women are perceived and how they perceive themselves.

David Leventhal of the Mark Morris Dance Group, discusses Dance for PD: A program for people living with Parkinson’s disease, used as model for classes in more than 300 communities in 25 countries. Queens Theater will host both in-person and virtual classes in 2022. For more, visit MarkMorrisDanceGroup.org, QueensTheater.org, and danceforpd.org.

10 RULES FOR RESILIENCE: Mental Toughness for Families, is a guidebook for families to raise more resilient kids, from Joe De Sena, Founder and CEO of Spartan and The Death Race, a leading sports and wellness brand with a community of over 10 million strong.

For November, National Hospice & Palliative Care Month and National Family Caregiver Month, we speak with Dr. Christopher Comfort, Chief Operating Officer of Calvary Hospital, about palliative and hospice care, and end of life planning. For more, visit CalvaryHospital.org

Born in Cuba and raised in the USA, Armando Lucas Correa epitomized the American dream, with an incredible job as the editor of People magazine, a steady partner and a comfortable life. But with the new millennium, he realized something vital was missing: A child.  Armando Lucas Correa’s book is IN SEARCH OF EMMA: How We Created Our Family.

YAFFED is an advocacy group committed to improving educational curricula within ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools in New York. Founder Naftuli Moster describes his experience as a young Orthodox student in Borough Park, and the status of proposals for minimum standards in front of the New York State Education Department and the New York City Department of Education. For more, visit yaffed.org

For International Fraud Awareness week, Frank Sztuk, Chairman of the New York Alliance Against Insurance Fraud, discusses how fraud occurs and consequences for the public. For more, visit fraudny.com

Nurses make up the biggest group of healthcare workers in the U.S. And while healthcare workers have been doing heroic work during the pandemic, the strain on nurses and the health care system is greater than ever before. Lauren Pasquale Bartlett, Sr. Vice President of Marketing of Fastaff, a travel nursing staffing company, talks about the current nursing shortage and opportunities in the profession. For more, visit fastaff.com.

PET NATION, by Mark Cushing, CEO & Founder of Animal Policy Group, tells the Inside story of how companion animals are transforming our homes, culture and economy. For more, visit
marklcushing.com