Our first encore segment features U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams talking about the first new national report on smoking cessation since 1990, and ways to begin kicking the habit today.

Then we'll replay a difficult but important conversation with the CEO of Regional Hospice - which is working to complete the fifth in-patient children's hospice center in the entire nation right in western Connecticut.

Our final replay will highlight a partnership between Hazelden Betty Ford and Shatterproof that's utilizing Shatterproof's Just Five web program to promote awareness, reduce stigmas, and share information about addiction prevention and treatment.

Today we continue our deeper dive into explaining how some local agencies and initiatives are maintaining, surviving, and continuing to serve in a COVID-19 world.

We'll get a crash course on why diapers matter especially during this coronavirus emergency, and learn how and why you should reach out and help the Diaper Bank of CT.

Then we'll check in with AARP CT to learn about a robust new online resource  'AARP Community Connections,' and a few other important initiatives AARP is working on.

And we'll replay a recent interview with the new CEO of Boys and Girls Village, serving more than 800 clients from over 50 communities in at-risk situations.

This Independence Day weekend, we're paying tribute to all the folks who grow the good food we eat, who are taking steps to grow their own, or maintain their properties with organic standards in mind. 
So we're playing an encore presentation from our annual pilgrimage to the Northeast Organic Farming Association's Organiconn conference - which was held earlier this year at Wesleyan University. 
We caught up with NOFA's director, the event's keynote speaker, as well as a number of other guests promoting organic practices and programs that are enhancing our state's environment and public health, while engaging our youngest citizens to participate and enjoy the fruits and veggies they can raise and eat from their own personal, school, or community garden.