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The GO Project is a 50-year old non-profit with year-round academic and family support programs for under-served, at-risk public school students in the Lower East Side and Brooklyn. Executive Director Gayle Villani talks about their unique approach, opportunities for volunteering and how they're combating summer learning loss. For more, visit goprojectnyc.org

30 LESSONS FOR LOVING: ADVICE FROM THE WISEST AMERICANS ON LOVE, RELATIONSHIPS AND MARRIAGE. Cornell professor and gerontologist Karl Pillemer interviewed 700 people, with an average of 43 years of marriage each, for his new book. He brings us their advice on how to pick your battles, how do deal with money woes and how to keep romance alive.

Every day, in 190 countries around the world, UNICEF does whatever it takes to put children first. UNICEF CEO Caryl Stern talks about their current priorities and concerns: Child refugees in Myanmar, Ebola returning in Africa, hurricane survivors in Puerto Rico, and detained children at the U.S.-Mexico border. For more, visit unicef.org

New York City's Police Athletic League provides a broad array of activities and services to 35,000 children in all five boroughs of the city, in full and part-time centers. Executive Director Fred Watts talks about PAL's newest programs to develop a positive rapport between police and children, and current challenges including social media and guns in schools. For more, visit palnyc.org

In the new book THIS IS THE YEAR I PUT MY FINANCIAL LIFE IN ORDER, New York Times reporter John Schwartz, shares he and his wife's financial mishaps in an everyman's guide to straightening out your money once and for all.

NYC H20 teaches people about our local water system and local water ecology. Director of Programs and Operations Jonathan Turer Joins us as they celebrate a big win--The Ridgewood Reservoir has just been added to the National Register of Historic Places. For tours and more, visit nych2o.org

PURPOSEFUL: Are you a manager or a movement starter? The new book by Jennifer Dulski, Head of Facebook Groups and Community, walks through the steps to go from idea to impact and shares specific tips and stories from real movement starters -- who have created everything from new laws to new companies.

As The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City begins their annual NYC Interns campaign, Executive Director Darren Bloch explains the details on the largest summer jobs initiative for young people in the country. For more, visit nycinterns.org

PICK THREE: You Can Have It All, Just Not Every Day, is the new book by Randi Zuckerberg to help those of us who are over-scheduled, embrace an unbalanced life.

In connection with National Learn to Swim Day, Olympic Swimmer Elizabeth Beisel visits as a USA Swimming Foundation Ambassador, to discuss water safety for kids and how to create a lifelong connection with water and water sports. For more, visit swimways.com and usaswimmingfoundation.org