My Hometown

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk to Mimi Pierre-Johnson, who was named the Franklin Square and Elmont Person of the Year for 2018 from the Long Island Herald newspapers! She is also the founder of the Elmont Cultural Center.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk about PRIDE FOR YOUTH, a Division of the Long Island Crisis Center. Bellmore-based Pride for Youth, in its 25th anniversary year of providing programs and services to young LGBTQ people, is proud to announce that it is expanding to Suffolk County. Our guests today include Joe Walsh, Crisis Center Director, and Fran Karliner, their Director of Development.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk about the Adelphi New York Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program and how they are helping Long Islanders affected by this horrible disease. Our guests today include Reyna Machado, their assistant director, along with Desiree Abdelkader, one of their social work interns.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk about Nassau BOCES, which offers state-of-the-art programs for learners of all ages and abilities as well as cost-effective services for school districts and municipalities. Our guests are Dr. Robert Dillon, District Superintendent of Nassau BOCES, and Michele Cohen, principal of Nassau BOCES Adult Education.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk with The President of the Farmingdale Community Summit, Mr. Ken Ulrich, and Summit Vice President and Farmingdale Expo co-chair, Ellen Krammer. The Farmingdale Community Summit is a coming together of communities in the Farmingdale Union Free School District for the common good

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk with Jennifer Cantone, the Director of Development for Special Olympics Long Island. They are holding a special fundraiser called the Polar Plunge along with The Town of Oyster Bay on Saturday, March 16th at Tobay Beach, and we learn all about the organization on the show.

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel learn about SocialPreneurship with the President and Founder of the Long Island Breakfast Club, Valentina Janek. The Long Island Breakfast Club is an organization providing advocacy, support, career, employment counseling, referrals and more with the goal to prepare mature individuals for productive employment.

Bill Horan discusses the Maurer Foundation for Breast Health Education with their Executive Director, Ms. Susan Samaroo! The Maurer Foundation’s mission is to save lives through breast health education that focuses on breast cancer prevention, healthy lifestyle choices, early detection and risk reduction.

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk to Linda Sama, Associate Dean and Professor at St. John’s University, and the founder of Global Loan Opportunities for Budding Entrepreneurs (GLOBE) – an academic microcredit program that engages students in providing microloans to entrepreneurs living in poverty around the world. In this program, borrowers develop small businesses or expand existing ones with a GLOBE loan, helping themselves out of poverty with dignity. At the same time, GLOBE students learn about managing a social business and glean insights into how business can be a vehicle for positive social change.

Bill Horan talks with Douglas Miller, the Census Recruiting Manager and Jennifer Albert, their Partnership Specialist – as we learn about the 2020 census coming up soon, and how you can get paid to help! More info can be found at https://www.2020census.gov/jobs