We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about!

Rebecca Gavin - Dana-Farber’s Vice President of Annual, Planned & Institutional Giving discusses Giving Tuesday & Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & the Jimmy Fund are hoping to raise more than $1 million to conquer cancer this Giving Tuesday!

Linda Matchan – Boston Globe correspondent - the writer and editor for Globe Santa which is in its 69th year delivering holiday joy to more than 3 million children in 201 communities across the Commonwealth, answering the letters of children and families and delivering toys, books and games to local children!

Kathy Butler, Director of Client Care at Home Instead in Waltham, MA says you can be a Santa to A Senior! It's a program that preads holiday cheer to lonely or financially challenged seniors. 

Billy Busch - founder of the Busch Family Brewing & Distilling Company, is an heir to the iconic Anheuser-Busch legacy & Author of "Family Reins." It chronicles the journey of the Busch family.

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