Spotlight with Gary Shipe

This week we hear from Sasha Hendricks, the Education Curator at The Cougar Mountain Zoo in Issaquah.

The Cougar Mountain Zoo will once again turn into Santa's home away from the North Pole during December as they hold their annual Reindeer Festival. Yes, there are real live reindeer at the Cougar Mountain Zoo, along with cougars, wolves, tigers, and, as Sasha tells us, many other endangered species.

As the Education Curator, her mission is conservation through education" and she explains a number of ways the Cougar Mountain Zoo pursues that goal.

Learn more online at www.cougarmountainzoo.org as well as on Facebook and Instagram.

This week we talk about finding a way to pay for college. Luke Minor is the WA529 Director. WA529 is the college savings plan for the State of Washington. It has two parts to it now; the Guaranteed Education Tuition, known as GET for over 20 years; and DreamAhead, a savings program with several options that the investor can choose from.

With the cost of college tuition always on the rise, these innovative opportunities for Washington residents can make the difference in achieving the dream of a college education for your child.

Learn more online at www.wastate529.wa.gov or www.get.wa.gov or call 1-800-955-2318

November 17th is World Prematurity day and The March of Dimes is on a crusade to drastically reduce the rate of premature births. Kasey Rivas is the Maternal & Child Health and Government Affairs Director for the March of Dimes - Washington. She discusses the launch of an innovative pilot program that will combine their highly successful Supportive Pregnancy Care program with Substance Treatment. This hybrid model will not only provide prenatal care in a group setting, but also support pregnant women recovering from substance use disorder during the prenatal and postpartum period.

Learn more online at www.marchofdimes.org

November is Lung Cancer Awareness month and we speak with lung cancer survivor and advocate Janet Freeman-Daily. Lung Cancer kills more than the next three deadly cancers combined...more than colo-rectal, breast, and pancreatic cancers. Never a smoker, Janet tells her story of lung cancer diagnoses and treatment. There are new breakthroughs in identifying lung cancer types as well as treatments and with more research, much more can be done.

Lots of resources are online to learn more about Lung Cancer: www.lcfamerica.org www.lungevity.org www.go2foundation.org

This week we speak with Christine Rose. Christine is a certified business and executive coach, and is the author of the upcoming book, Life Beyond #MeToo, a book for all men and women. It documents sexual discrimination, harassment, abuse, and violence in our society, as well as offers the possibilities for a cultural shift in how we view normal behavior.

Learn more online at: https://www.facebook.com/LifeBeyondMeToo/ and http://www.christinerose.coach/