Aired September 3, 2023:

The Largest Festival for Dogs in North America, The Day of the Dog, Hits Main Street, Santa Monica on Saturday, September 9, 2023 from 12-5 p.m & it's FREE!

Lisa Foxx interviewed the founder of Just Love Animals Society, Lonnie Powell to discuss this huge event for animal-lovers! It features over 70 exhibitors and super fun canine-focused activities like a pool party with canine cabanas, dog races, a foam party for pups, a doggy brunch, a superhero photo booth, the 'Most Impressive Snaggletooth Contest', yoga with adoptable puppies & more !

The Day of the Dog, is taking over Main Street in Santa Monica on Saturday, September 9th, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. This free, annual festival celebrates all things canine with a day of unparalleled fun, shopping, and entertainment for the whole family. The Day of The Dog is a fundraiser for the Just Love Animals Society a non-profit organization with a focus on community outreach and animal welfare. The afternoon will feature a fun-filled day of activities for all dogs, big, small and in-between. With attendance of more than 10,000 animal lovers expected and their four-legged friends, The Day Of The Dog is an opportunity for dog lovers to connect with like-minded individuals, meet local and national companies, and discover the latest and greatest products from California's leading pet exhibitors.For more info: www.thedayofthedog.com

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Aired August 27, 2023: September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.
If you or someone you know needs help PLEASE CALL 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

Lisa Foxx interviewed Lyn Morris, the CEO of Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services. Founded in 1958, Didi Hirsch’s Suicide Prevention Center is the nation’s first and a model for suicide prevention centers across the globe. Their center has served and trained more than 175,000 individuals in 2022. Our Survivors of Suicide Attempts Manual for Support Groups curriculum for treating people who have attempted suicide has been shared with more than 2,200 mental health professionals in 50 states and 54 countries. No other center offers such a comprehensive array of crisis services, therapy, outreach and training to such a large number of people. They also participate in leading edge research that is transforming the field and saving lives. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call 988. They also have their 25th annual fundraiser coming up...at Exposition Park.

ALIVE TOGETHER: UNITING TO PREVENT SUICIDE COMMUNITY WALK AT EXPOSITION PARK ON SUNDAY, OCT. 1 Alive Together participants walk 2,160 steps, representing the approximately 2,160 lives lost to suicide globally each day. Alive Together will honor those who have been affected by suicide, promote dialogue, reduce stigma, and shine a spotlight on Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services’ Suicide Prevention Center’s mental health and crisis care prevention and support work. Alive Together will also include a resource fair; family-friendly activities including food, refreshments, and games for all ages; and an opportunity for survivors and survivors of suicide loss to connect and reconnect in their healing journeys. Register and find out more here: visit the website.

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Aired August 20, 2023: As summer camps wrap up...the long lasting, positive effects of camp will stay with us forever. The Painted Turtle is an EXTRA special camp experience for children with serious medical conditions, but still a camp where kids can just be kids and have fun! And totally Free of Charge!

Lisa Foxx interviews April Tani, the Director of Programming for The Painted Turtle, that began as a dream in 1999 when Paul Newman and Page Adler, co-founded it. Located just outside of Los Angeles in Lake Hughes, The Painted Turtle has served tens of thousands of children and families since opening in 2004. Thousands of campers and family members come together each year to sing, dance, laugh, grow and discover their potential in a community of people who have shared experiences. Through their condition-specific, week-long Summer Sessions and Fall and Spring Family Weekends, children have the opportunity to learn new strategies of medical self-care, increase their confidence, and build supportive friendships with peers who have the same medical conditions. The mission of The Painted Turtle is to provide a year-round, life-changing environment and authentic camp experience for children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses. This place is a WONDERFUL HAVEN for sick kids and their families. To Apply to have your child attend camp, to donate or volunteer...

Get info here: thepaintedturtle.org

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Aired August 6, 2023: Are you ready to 'Be The Match'?! Thousands of people are diagnosed every year with life-threatening blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, but your DNA could be their life saver! Lisa Foxx talks to Joy King, the Chief Advancement Officer of Be The Match ® , operated by the National Marrow Donor Program ® (NMDP), about the plea for more people ages 18-40 to join the donor registry, in hopes of being matched with someone in need.

For patients diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma and other life-threatening diseases, a bone marrow or cord blood transplant may be their best or only hope for a cure. 70% of patients who need a transplant do not have a fully matched donor in their family. They depend on Be The Match® and their supporters to find a match to save their life. Sign up and find out more at: bethematch.org/

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Aired July 16, 2023: Lisa Foxx chats with Layla Kasha, the SVP, Chief Marketing & New Stores Growth Officer for Grocery Outlet Bargain Market stores about their annual Independence from Hunger food drive. It's going on now thru the end of July.

For 77 years, Grocery Outlet has been committed to giving back to local community organizations and their annual ‘Independence From Hunger’ food drive is one of the many ways they give back year-round. Since they launched the food drive, back in 2011, the Independence from Hunger campaign efforts have collected nearly $16.5 million dollars nationwide to help feed those in need in local communities. The campaign will collect cash donations and pre-made bags of nonperishable foods in-store at Grocery Outlet’s 450 locations that will be distributed to local food agencies partners. With the ongoing inflation, families continue to turn to food banks as 34 million people in the United States are currently food insecure.

Find out more at GroceryOutlet.com/Donate

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Aired July 9, 2023: EJ talks to Stef Z from Section Z. Section Z exposes young female athletes to a live women’s sports game by having a dedicated section of seats at every professional sports stadium. As a former athlete and advocate for women’s sports, Stef Z now wants to use her business experience to build an organization that will create opportunities for young women athletes to be inspired and understand their own potential. Her mission is to see more women on and off the field: women coaching teams, investing in sports, and leading towards a more equitable future for women.

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Aired July 9, 2023: Lisa Foxx talks to Derek Alpert, the President of the Concern Foundation. They provide critical funding to post-doctoral cancer researchers focused primarily on cancer genetics, cell biology and immunology for all forms of cancer prevention and treatment. Started in 1968, by fifteen Los Angeles couples who didn't want to see their dear friend Beverly Wolman die of breast cancer at age 35.
The Concern Foundation depends on a local, national and international network of donors. There are countless individuals, local businesses and corporations who provide generous support each year. With an administrative overhead of less than 10%, Concern has been able to grant millions of dollars to research projects throughout the cancer research community locally, nationally, and abroad. Thanks to a strong and ever-growing core of multi-generational volunteers, Concern continues to thrive as an independent source of funding cancer research. Additionally, biennial meetings of a peer-to-peer Scientific Review Committee ensures that only the strongest and most promising research is funded. Concern Foundation’s mission is clear, to ensure that every dollar raised is used to identify the cause of and eventual cure for this devastating disease.

To get involved and be a part of their great work, click here: concernfoundation.org

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It’s the 4th of July Holiday week! The big night on Tuesday of course, but as we know often those fireworks will be firing off ALL WEEK! A VERY SCARY time for animals and our pets. A time where LA Animal Services and shelters ALL over Southern California see a dramatic INCREASE in the # of animals that will suddenly be FILLING the shelters up! On today's iHeart SoCal Show, we'll be talking about all the ways to AVOID your pet RUNNING SCARED. Let's help keep our furry besties feeling SAFE at home. My guest is Anette Ramirez, with LA Animal Services for 23+ years! She's the Interim General Manager and you can find out more at www.laanimalservices.com

The City of Los Angeles Animal Services Department was established 153 years ago. LA Animal Services is one of the largest municipal shelter systems in the U.S., serving approximately 60,000 animals annually and responding to 20,000 emergency calls each year involving animals or people in danger. Their field staff include animal control officers, license canvassers, and a world class Specialized Mobile Animal Rescue Team (SMART) – one of only two in the country. Our Animal Control Officers are recognized experts in handling animal cruelty cases, they also handle permits and all code enforcement including licensing, spay/neuter, leash laws and more whether they are helping dogs, cats, hawks, alligators, horses, turtles, etc. or the people who love them or fear them. They have 6 shelters locally and can always be reached at (888) 452-7381

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Aired June 18, 2023: Lisa Foxx chats with 'Kindness Is Free' Founder Lori Milgard and Josue Arias of the Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley and Eastside about how their Kindness program is having a HUGE IMPACT on young people everywhere. Go to kindnessisfree.org for more about how to get involved OR call 1-866-7-BE-KIND and SPREAD THAT LOVE!

There’s a new movement sweeping the Southland and its called KINDNESS! Thanks to philanthropist Lori Milgard...and Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley and Eastside CEO Jr. Dzubak, they launched an official Kindness Program! It comes complete with a kindness curriculum for youth, teaching young people the importance of being kind and doing acts of service in the community, followed by the kindness pledge.

Right hand up – "I pledge to show respect to others, I pledge to treat everyone equally and I pledge to be considerate." Pretty simple, or so it seems. That's the official pledge of the Kindness is Free campaign.

And with lofty goals to pledge students, community members and businesses across Los Angeles to the Kindness is Free campaign, they are "on tour" with pop-ups and a dedicated traveling kindness van. The hope is to pledge 23,000 LAUSD students, 23,000 Angelinos, and 23 corporations or businesses throughout Southern California by December 2023.

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Aired June 11, 2023: Lisa Foxx interviewed Amanda Stevens with The axeALS Foundation. Amanda shared her story and how she and her husband and supporters are doing EVERYTHING they can to extend his life and the life of others living with the deadly ALS disease. EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS. Please give what you can and support these wonderful people, doing the best they can to beat the clock.

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