NOFA CT & RI Winter Conference – Eversource Energy / Ørsted Offshore North America – Random Hacks of Kindness Jr

The Patient is U Foundation – Back Yard Beekeepers Assoc. – CT Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control Program

December 20, 2020 Uncategorized

We're replaying a segment reminding residents about the lingering dangers of lead with an environmental sanitarian from Meriden - who plays a role in a larger statewide effort to remind residents about the dangers posed by lead. We'll learn all the places where lead could still be lurking in places where kids and others could still be exposed - and how that lead exposure can be remediated forever.

Then we'll catch a buzz with the Back Yard Beekeepers Association and learn why becoming even a simple backyard beekeeper could be one of the best holiday gifts you can give yourself, your family, your community and the environment - and why its the best time of year to get into beekeeping.

Finally, Have you ever had a bad experience with an uncaring medical professional? Then meet The Patient Is U Foundation - Helping medical practitioners enhance humanistic, compassionate patient care with unsurpassed "customer service" and sharing its philosophies with patients as well as institutional and non-institutional healthcare providers - anyone who comes into contact with patients or their families.

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Circle of Care – Junior Achievement GFC – Fairfield County’s Community Foundation

April 26, 2020 Uncategorized

Today we continue our deeper dive showcasing how local agencies and human service programs are maintaining, surviving, and continuing to serve in a COVID-19 world.

Home confinement doesn't compare to childhood cancer patients and their families struggling with cancer and coronavirus. So meet the founder of Circle of Care, providing assistance to meet the unique and challenging needs of pediatric cancer treatment statewide.

Then we'll check in with Junior Achievement of Greater Fairfield County to tout their innovative programs to help young people chart a financially literate course for life.

And we'll close with a broader glimpse of COVID-related need with the Fairfield County Community Foundation, which set up a Are you experiencing reductions in services from a local nonprofit that's pressed to make COVID-related cutbacks?

Check our chat with the Fairfield County's Community Foundation,, which is ramping up a COVID-19 Resiliency Fund to help dozens of critical nonprofits survive through this unprecedented public health emergency.

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Connecticut Housing Finance Authority – Bigelow Tea Community Challenge – 2020 Veterans Stand Down

September 13, 2020 Uncategorized

We're opening our doors to the CEO of CHFA - the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority - to chat about how this quasi-public agency is working harder than ever to support renters and homeowners, rental housing operators, and to promote broader affordable and workforce housing across the state.

Then it's time for our annual visit with Cindi Bigelow. The 2020 Bigelow Tea Community Challenge, like so many activities, is going virtual on September 27. So we'll get the lowdown on how you can get involved and also touch base with one of the event's key beneficiaries - The Connecticut Food Bank.

Last but not least, we're calling all veterans and those who love them to register for the virtual 2020 Veterans Stand Down coming up September 24th and 25th. We'll connect the state Veterans Affairs Commissioner and clue you in on everything this year's Stand Down has to offer to our Connecticut heroes.

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