The Philadelphia Senior Games are Olympic-style sports, games, and fitness event for adults ages 50+. Games include sports like basketball, swimming, and track & field. Billiards, bowling, and table games are also available to play. Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks with Barbara Gillette Director of Older Adult Services for Parks and Recreation Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Senior Games happening June 8-14th
•Father Judge High School (3301 Solly Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19136)
•West Oak Lane Senior Center (7210-18 Ogontz Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19138)
•Thunderbird Lanes (3081 Holme Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19136)
•John F. Byrne Golf Club (9550 Leon Street, Philadelphia, PA 19114)
https://www.phila.gov/media/20190327174901/Senior-Games-Registration-Brochure-2019.pdf

I’m Loraine Ballard Morrill and this is What’s Going On – a show about community. The name Alex Scott –may not ring a bell but if I say Alex’s Lemonade – I bet you know what I’m talking about. I speak with Liz Scott of the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation about her remarkable child who raised a million dollars for pediatric cancer research before she died of cancer at the age of 8. Liz talks about the extraordinary legacy of her daughter.

Do you know hands only CPR? I do thanks to the American Heart Association. I interview a woman whose life was saved by it and she’s speaking out about how we should all be trained in hands only CPR -

but first on this Memorial weekend – a chat with the youngest man to have held the position of U.S. Army Sergeant Major.
Links:
https://www.alexslemonade.org/
www.heart.org/HandsonlyCPR
https://www.goarmy.com

I’m Loraine Ballard Morrill. In honor of memorial day we speak with U.S. Army Sergeant Major of the Daniel A. Dailey is the youngest person to have held that position
I know Hands only CPR thanks to the American Heart Association. And we’ll tell you why you should learn how.
If you’re 50 plus I have a fun event for you. It’s the 2019 Philadelphia Senior Games where our seasoned men and women join in Olympic-style sports, games, and fitness event for adults ages 50+.
First – if you’re looking for a job – the Census is hiring we’ll tell you about that and why it’s so critical to get an accurate count.
Links
https://www.phila.gov/media/20190327174901/Senior-Games-Registration-Brochure-2019.pdf
https://www.goarmy.com
www.heart.org/HandsonlyCPR

Every 10 years, the United States Constitution requires a count (or "census") of all residents. The census collects details on the entire country’s population. This information is used to determine representation in Congress, distribution of nearly 7 billion dollars in federal funding for state and communities and allocate resources for job creation, housing, infrastructure and more. Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks with Stephanie Reid director of Philly Counts and Jane Konstanty - Assistant Regional Census Manager about what the City and the Federal Government is doing to insure an accurate count and also the job opportunities that are opening up to help with the census.
https://www.phila.gov/programs/philly-counts-2020/
https://www.census.gov/partners/2020.html
https://2020census.gov/en/jobs 844-841-9270

The tax credit for converting your home to solar runs out at the end of 2019. Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks with Laura Rigell Solar Manager for the Philadelphia Energy Authority about how you can go solar.
http://solarizephilly.org/

We take it for granted that when we turn on a light switch the light will go on – but did you ever wonder about the complicated grid that makes that happen? Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks with an expert on the matter Frederick S. “Stu” Bresler Sr. Vice President of Operations and Markets for PJM which coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
https://www.pjm.com/

Before her path moved to radio – Loraine Ballard Morrill was a dance major. She spoke with Sarah Cooper Director of Community Engagement Pennsylvania Ballet about their programs designed to get young people and the community to love dance as much as she does.
http://paballet.org/community-engagement/

Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks to Jen Weikert, College Possible Executive Director and Camellia Brown College Possible participant about the program that provides tools and support for students who are the first in their family to attend college. http://www.collegepossible.org/

Loraine Ballard Morrill has worked with a dedicated group of men at SCI Phoenix as well as their community partners in the program called F.A.C.T - Fathers and Children Together. This program works to strengthen bonds between the men behind the walls and their children and help break the cycle of incarceration within families and ease the way for the men as they transition back into society. Loraine speaks with Connie Grier, Board member of the FACT experience and Assaya Anderson and her 11 year old son Munir Parks who went through the program.

Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks with Bill Golderer, President and CEO of United Way of Southeastern PA. He's got some bold ideas for breaking the cycle of poverty in Philadelphia. Golderer might just be the kind of positive disrupter to move the needle. https://www.unitedforimpact.org/