Verletta Jackson - Community Engagement Supervisor with the City of Dayton, was our guest on Miami Valley View. Ms. Jackson discussed the City of Dayton Earned Income Tax Credit (937.333.3288), the Neighborhood Leadership Institute 14 week program (937.333.3670), the City of Dayton Mini Grants and the City of Dayton Community Engagement Grants(937.333.3670). For details about any of these programs, go to www.daytonohio.gov. If you would like to call for more information, the contact numbers are listed above.

Segment 1: Ronald McDonald House Charities of Dayton opens its doors to the families of critically ill children, who are being treated at local hospitals. For more information about RMHC and the Doors of Compassion fundraiser, visit www.RMHCDayton.org.
Segment 2: Day of Caring365 provides support for our area's homeless and hungry. Their mission is to support local food pantries, as well as provide personal hygiene items through their Simply Essential Personal Hygiene Pantry. For information about the Day of Caring Pancake breakfast on Sunday, February 25, or to find out more about Day of Caring 365, go to www.DayofCaring.us.

Dayton History Media Coordinator, Leo DeLuca was our guest on Miami Valley View. Leo discussed upcoming events planned through Dayton History at Carillon Historical Park, The Patterson Homestead, The Wright Brother's home, as well as Memorial Hall. For more information about Fight Night, and any other events of interest through Dayton History, please check out their website, www.DaytonHistory.org.

Donna Everson - Chief Operations Officer of Miami Valley Hosing Opportunities and Andrea Skrlac, a long-time MVHO volunteer were our guests on the Sunday, January 28 edition of Miami Valley View. MVHO offers housing programs to meet the needs of the homeless; and vulnerable people in the Dayton area. To contact Miami Valley Housing Opportunities, go to www.mvho.net or call 937.263.4449.

A Special Wish Foundation is the only local organization whose mission is to grant the special wish of a child or adolescent who has been diagnosed with a life-threatening disorder. David Seyer, the Executive Director of A Special Wish Foundation/Dayton, discussed the mission of ASW; as well as upcoming fundraising events, and the need for volunteers to help with these fundraisers.

John North from the Better Business Bureau/Dayton highlighted upcoming events with the BBB; including the Eclipse Integrity Awards, which honors the management practices and business practices of local businesses and not for profit organizations. John also discussed upcoming events hosted by Women in Business Networking; an organization that falls under the BBB umbrella.

Less than 20 percent of adults born with a heart defect are estimated to still be receiving the specialist care they need. This Sunday, January 7th on Miami Valley View, my guest will be Dr. Andrew Redington, Executive Co-director of the Heart Institute at Cincinnati Children's and the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program. Cincinnati Children's now has and ACHD clinic at Kettering Medical Center for adults who were born with heart defects. For more details, go to www.CincyHearts.org.

Start out 2018 Heart Healthy! Beth Langefels - Senior Director of Communications and Marketing for the Miami Valley Division of the American Heart Association offered AHA tips for reducing heart disease and stroke; a heart healthy lifestyle; as well as special AHA events coming up here in the Miami Valley in 2018. Don't forget American Heart Assn. Go Red Day is on Friday, February 2, 2018; for more information, go to www.GoRedforWomen.org. If you would like information about the American Heart Association, visit www.heart.org and if you would like to purchase tickets for the Dayton Heart Ball fundraiser on Saturday, March 24, 2018, all of the information will be found here: www.daytonheartball.heart.org. Have and Happy and Heart Healthy 2018!

In Segment 1 of Miami Valley View, Kim Faris spoke with Audrey Starr, Director of Marketing and Communications at YWCA Dayton. Audrey highlighted programs offered to women through YWCA Dayton; including their program to provide support to women who have been victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, the YWCA Dayton 24 Hour Crisis Hotline (937.222.7233), that's 937.222.SAFE. , Shelter Services and the upcoming building renovations at YWCA Dayton. Also discussed, was the 2018 YWCA Women of Influence Awards on March 8, 2018. For more information about YWCA Dayton and their daily wish list, visit www.ywcadayton.org.
In Segment 2, representatives of the National Museum of the US Air Force Foundation highlighted events of interest going on at the NMUSAF. To get the latest information about the National Museum of the US Air Force; as well as upcoming events, visit www.afmuseum.com.

Miami Valley View featured two different segments on Sunday, December 10, 2017. In our first segment, Rita Cry, CEO of Ronald McDonald House Charities Dayton and her staff discussed the mission of RMHCD and the upcoming MIX 107.7 Radiothon. In Segment two, Karl Colon - Executive Director of the Greene County Public Library and Kay Webster - Coordinator of Youth Services, discussed the Dolly Parton Imagination Library and other exciting events going on this winter at Greene County Public Library community locations.