Making Strides Against Breast Cancer - CT Business Leadership Network - Walk to End Lupus Now
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' host John Voket fittingly dedicates this first segment of October to all those Breast cancer survivors and those who have lost the fight, with a two-time breast cancer survivor who wants to invite you to start Making Strides Against Breast Cancer this October.Then we'll meet the director of the Connecticut Business Leadership Network whose members...
58m Oct 01, 2017
58m
Americorps STICH Training - New Child Safety Seat Laws - Connect-Us
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' host John Voket hears about how the Community Health Center Association of Connecticut, in partnership with AmeriCorps is training recruits to begin delivering health education, health insurance literacy, and public health initiatives across the state. And did you hear that Connecticut's Legislature passed the state's newest version of a child res...
57m Sep 24, 2017
57m
Griffin Center For Cancer Care - CT Coalition to Regulate Marijuana - New Horizons Village
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket checks in with Griffin Hospital's Center for Cancer Care to to review advanced treatments and technology the center is using, and we'll invite you to their upcoming 5K run and walk.Then we'll hear how limited legalized use of recreational marijuana could bring millions of dollars into state coffers, while creating hundreds of new jobs a...
57m Sep 17, 2017
57m
Dads Matter Too Celebration - Bigelow Tea Community Challenge - Best Buddies CT
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket checks in with the point person for CT DCF's Fatherhood Engagement Leadership Team about next weend's free 5th Annual Dads Matter Too Community Awareness Day in downtown Waterbury.Then we head to the Bigelow Tea Company to chat about this years 30th Annual Bigelow Tea Community Challenge, and meet two of the event's beneficiaries.And we...
58m Sep 10, 2017
58m
BBB Serving CT - Titanium Day 2017
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket delivers our quarterly check in with CT BBB to advise anyone who wants to avoid getting scammed when making donations to victims of hurricane and tropical storm Harvey, along with learning how to protect yourself when you're shopping at Connecticut's fall fairs, and new password recommendations that should make it a lot easier to protec...
57m Sep 03, 2017
57m
Circle Of Care - Access Health CT - Healthy Eyes Alliance
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket introduces Circle of Care - a Connecticut based organization supporting children with cancer and their families from day of diagnosis through treatment and beyond.Then we'll check in with AccessHealthCT to catch up on how all the issues playing out in Washington are impacting individuals benefiting from the Affordable care Act here at h...
58m Aug 27, 2017
58m
Foxfield F.A.R.M. - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy - The Dignity and Advocacy Network D.A.N.
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket treks to Granby's Foxfield F.A.R.M. (For A Recovery Mission) to meet the founders of this innovative grassroots veterans service nonprofit. Then we'll join U.S. Senator Chris Murphy as he concludes his 100-mile Walk Across Connecticut, to find out what residents are worried about, and how he plans to help. And we'll close with another v...
57m Aug 20, 2017
57m
Mattress Firm Foster Kids - Connecticut Veterinary Medical Foundation - CT Energy Strategy
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket visits with the Connecticut Alliance of Foster & Adoptive Families to promote how the Mattress Firm Foster Kids program is helping you help kids in need.Then we'll chat with a local veterinarian and founder of the the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Foundation to talk about some of the current issues facing pet owners and the expert doct...
57m Aug 13, 2017
57m
Connecticut Water Planning Council - ACS Cancer Action Network - Fresh Start School
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket is back with the the Connecticut Water Planning Council (WPC) - now it's your turn to comment on how the state is planning to protect and preserve your precious drinking water supplies.Then we welcome the American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network to learn about nine specific policy actions state legislatures can take to fight canc...
57m Aug 06, 2017
57m
Operation Fuel - NewArts - WBDC
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket checks in with Operation Fuel, to learn why for many in the state, keeping the power on during the summer is just as critical as keeping the heat on during the fall and winter.Pops over to visit NewArts, an all-encompassing arts program with a strong element of character development developed in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy.And we...
58m Jul 30, 2017
58m
Hartford's Broadband 'Homework Gap' - August Day Trip Guide - Stepping Stones Children's Museum
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket reveals why horrible broadband access is impacting Hartford and urban students across the state in his chat with Connecticut's Consumer Counsel.Then we chat with Connecticut's 'Tourism Czar' & throw a ton of staycation and day trip options at you as August arrives and the family gets restless for things to do ahead of back-to-school.And...
58m Jul 23, 2017
58m
Connecticut's Only Zoo - The Beardsley Zoo
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket goes on safari and delivers a special report from Connecticut's only zoo - the Beardsley zoo - to talk with director Gregg Dancho about how he and his national network of zoo colleagues are working to re-establish near extinct species, and how our local zoo serves as a destination for tourism, as well as an educational training ground f...
57m Jul 16, 2017
57m
CT Interagency Drought Workgroup - WCHN Diabetes/PanCan Study - The 5 Myths of Caregiving
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket jumps right in with The Connecticut Interagency Drought Workgroup which recently lifted its draught emergency for the state, and learn why it's still critical to be conservation minded when you are turning on the tap.Then we host the specialist from the Western CT Health Network who is heading up a research study to determine why so man...
57m Jul 09, 2017
57m
Roses For Autism Vandalism - Zero Energy Challenge - Today I Matter
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket hits the road from the coast to the Massachusetts border to shine a light on the tragic vandalism that hit Roses for Autism, destroying a nearly completed sensory garden for staff and visitors on the spectrum. Then it's off to Ellington to meet one of the 2016 Connecticut Zero Energy Challenge and learn why this sprawling farmhouse dema...
58m Jul 02, 2017
58m
Veteran Angler Charters - CT Council on Environmental Quality - Emergency Animal Response Service
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket heads to the harbor to introduce Veteran Angler Charters, a non-profit hosting free fishing trips to wounded and recovering veterans. Then we'll catch up with the Connecticut Council on Environmental Quality to review the CEQ's annual report and hear how decisions from Washington could have a significant and negative impact here at home...
58m Jun 25, 2017
58m
The Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary's 2017 Butterfly Party With Special Guests
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket catches up with supporters and beneficiaries of the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary as we drop into this year's Catherine's Butterfly Party to celebrate and honor the memory of this little girl who was lost at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December of 2012. We'll chat with a number of participants to find out where you can c...
58m Jun 18, 2017
58m
ConnPIRG - CT River Conservancy - Black Rock Galleries - Sierra Club Gas Leaks Report
This morning on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket opens a busy show pens with ConnPIRG, the state's Public Interest Research Group talking about how millions of taxpayer dollars are being funneled into Special districts around the state. Then we'll visit with the Connecticut River Conservancy and hear about upcoming events tied to this important environmental and recreational waterw...
56m Jun 11, 2017
56m
The 69th Annual Barnum Festival - CT Conference of Municipalities - Kidz4Kidz
This morning on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket opens celebrating the 69th Annual Barnum Festival happening over the next few weeks in Bridgeport - with the Barnum Festival's 2017 Ringmaster Terry O'ConnorThen we'll head to Hartford and get down to Business with the Director of the CT Conference of Municipalities, and learn why virtually all of the state's cities and towns are cir...
57m Jun 04, 2017
57m
Nathan Hale Homestead - Hartford Job Corps Academy - CT Trails Day
This morning on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket heads out to Coventry for a little radio field trip to the Nathan Hale Homestead to learn about this Connecticut hero whose patriotism and love of country was lost too soon. Then we'll hear about a Hartford regional job program seeking qualified young people who are looking for training and placement in several well-paying fields.And...
57m May 28, 2017
57m
International Festival of Arts & Ideas - EMS Week - ZERO Prostate Cancer
This morning on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket unveils some of the cool, creative and exciting happenings that are all part of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas in and around New Haven throughout most of June. Then we'll celebrate EMS Week 2017 talking with emergency responders and medical colleagues about the newest technology aboard ambulances, and the nationwide life-...
57m May 21, 2017
57m
Wrap Recycling Action Project - The Connection - Helping Hands Outreach
This morning on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket is revisiting the DEEP WRAP program Coordinator about Connecticut's exciting new Wrap Recycling Action Project to help remind residents about the various types of plastic bags and wraps that can be recycled at local grocery or retail stores.Then we'll hear about the challenges facing one of the older and premier human and family serv...
57m May 14, 2017
57m
Relay for Life - BBB CT - WCMG Telehealth
This morning on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket is shouting out more than 40 different Relays for Life happening across Connecticut this year, and talking with two very special volunteers supporting their home town Relay for Life.Then it's our quarterly visit with Howard Schwartz of BBB CT, to discuss the latest wrinkle in identifying IRS scams, tips about searching for a summer j...
57m May 07, 2017
57m
Foodshare - Financial Literacy - Oral Cancer Awareness - 'Healing Voices'
This morning on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket opens with Foodshare - celebrating 35 years of serving thousands of hungry children, seniors and families in the greater Hartford area. Then it's on to recognizing April as National Financial Literacy Month with the not for profit Nutmeg State Financial Credit Union with some tips to become financially fit. Then we'll check in with a...
58m Apr 30, 2017
58m
US Rep. Elizabeth Esty - ARI Walk For Independence - CT Coalition Against Domestic Violence
This morning on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket heads to Waterbury to talk with US Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty about an initiative that could deliver the kind of upgraded background check system that the majority of Americans, gun owners, and NRA members have been calling for.Then we'll chat with the director of ARI CT - celebrating its 65th Anniversary this year - and we'll invi...
58m Apr 23, 2017
58m
MS Society of CT - Ability Beyond - Medical Marijuana
This morning on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket talks with the executive from the MS Society of CT about the latest research advancements toward finding a cure, and how you can participate in nearly a dozen WalkMS and BikeMS events across the state in the coming weeks. Then it's off to Bethel to visit Ability Beyond, whose innovative programs and best practices on supporting the p...
58m Apr 16, 2017
58m
Sexual Assault Awareness - Social Security Month - National Veterans Council For Legal Redress
This morning on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket checks in with a representative for the Women and Families Center during Sexual Assault Awareness Month to learn about the agencies programs, outreach, and services for sexual assault victims. Then we turn to our contact at the Social Security Administration. April is also Social Security Month, so we'll review all the ways the SSA c...
58m Apr 09, 2017
58m
The Ana Gract Project - Le Leche League CT - Fresh Check Day
We're going to open our first show of April celebrating the short but beautiful life of Ana Grace Marquez-Greene, who was tragically lost at Sandy Hook Elementary School. We'll talk with her mom about "April Is For Ana," a month-long program of activities showcasing the Ana Grace Project and its "Love Wins" initiative.Then we're going to turn to the topic of breast feeding with a representative...
57m Apr 02, 2017
57m
Bankwell Pet Adoption Project - SpaceFinder - Colorectal Cancer Awareness
This week, host John Voket is appealing to animal lovers by introducing the Bankwell Pet Adoption Project, which is helping Southern Connecticut animal rescue groups connect loving pets to welcoming homes. Then we'll chat with Connecticut's Director of Culture and The Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County about the state's first SpaceFinder program - connecting creatives to the space they need ...
58m Mar 26, 2017
58m
Northeast Organic Farming Association of CT 2017 Wintrer Conference
For many of the 35 Years the Northeast Organic Farming Association has been hosting their Winter Conference, John Voket and the Award-Winning For the People have been there - and 2017 is no different. So sit down and check out a number of interviews we captured from Western CT State University last weekend with guests and exhibitors at the NOFA Conference. We'll talk about bees, and worms, and ...
58m Mar 19, 2017
58m
DEEP's WRAP Program - 'Not My Kid, Not My Community' - Marrakech, Inc.
This week host John Voket introduces DEEP's WRAP program Coordinator about an exciting new Wrap Recycling Action Project to keep more of your consumer plastic waste out of landfills. Then we'll talk with two of the most proactive addiction prevention specialists in the country, and then we'll invite you to meet them to hear more about keeping your kids and loved ones safe.And we'll close with a...
57m Mar 12, 2017
57m
'Chasing the Music' - Connecticut Port Authority - Courage to Speak Foundation
This week host John Voket opens inviting music lovers to support 'Chasing the Music' at Waterbury's Palace Theater this June benefiting the CMAK Sandy Hook Memorial Foundation - which was established to honor 6-year-old Sandy Hook victim and triathlete Chase Kowalski. Then we'll check-in with the new executive director of the Connecticut Port Authority about a new grant program delivering more ...
58m Mar 05, 2017
58m
Heart Month Advice - Operation Fuel - New England Carousel Museum
This week host John Voket opens celebrating Heart Month with a specialist in women's cardiovascular health from St Francis Hospital and health Center. Then we'll replay a brief call-in with Operation Fuel's brand new executive director, and learn why now more than ever, donating a dollar on each utility bill can help a Connecticut family or senior out in the cold. And we'll close taking a spin ...
57m Feb 26, 2017
57m
Tech Savvy Conference - CT Council for Philanthropy - Giving Day 2017
This week host John Voket invites girls from 6th to 9th grade, parents and educators to the American Association of University Women's 4th Annual Tech Savvy Conference March 4 at Trinity College in Hartford.Then, we'll find out if you're much of a philanthropist - chances are that you are, according to the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy.And we'll close giving you a chance to put your phil...
58m Feb 19, 2017
58m
Energy Sprawl in Connecticut - NBTS Brain Freeze - Marrakech, Inc.
This week host John Voket opens with Marrakech, Inc., which is assisting disabled career-minded students and young adults facing barriers to securing employment with several innovative programs for partnering employers.Then we'll hear several affecting appeals from the National Brain Tumor Society - which is hosting its next benefit Brain Freeze March 5 in West Haven.And we'll close unveiling: ...
58m Feb 12, 2017
58m
Social & Emotional Learning Awareness - Hospice Medical Marijuana Study - Bowl-2-Benefit
This week host John Voket opens celebrating Connecticut's 3rd Annual Connecticut Social and Emotional Learning Awareness Week by hearing how a mom's worst nightmare can inspire compassion in action across the country. Next, we check in with Connecticut Hospice, which is launching a first of its kind federal study to learn how medical marijuana helps ease patients' pain, anxiety and other discom...
58m Feb 05, 2017
58m
School Based Health Centers - Latest ACLU Report - CT Water Planning Council
This week host John Voket headed to Newtown to learn more about School Based Health Centers and why one center at the local middle school earned its principal a Connecticut Institute For Communities Community Leadership Award this week. The we'll catch up with the director of Connecticut's ACLU to talk about their latest report, “Earning Trust: Addressing Police Misconduct Complaints in Connect...
58m Jan 29, 2017
58m
Pediatric Cancer & Yoga - Goodwill of Western & Northern CT - JFS Therapeutic Foster Care
This week host John Voket opens with a Connecticut oncologist pioneering a study using yoga to improve young patients' and their parents' well-being. Then we'll visit with Goodwill of Western & Northern CT to discuss several ways listeners can help raise funds for critical support and employment programs, as well as their own schools through the 2017 “Bag It Up Challenge.”And we'll close with a...
58m Jan 22, 2017
58m
Volunteers in Psychotherapy - CT Center for Economic Analysis - Gaylord Specialty Healthcare
This week host John Voket catches up with Volunteers in Psychotherapy - a unique nonprofit providing no-cost services in exchange for clients volunteerism. Then we'll hear a bleak economic forecast for our state and a few ideas about how to turn those storm clouds away with the director of UConn's CT Center for Economic Analysis. And we'll chat with one of the miracle workers from Gaylord Speci...
58m Jan 15, 2017
58m
HEMP-CT - Bye-Bye Mattress - St. Francis Hospital
This week as state lawmakers are weighing bills to legalize marijuana - and consumer officials expand the types of ailments that qualify patients for medical marijuana - host John Voket will be opening and closing the show covering the issue. First, we'll chat with HEMP CT, which has supported several laws tied to medical marijuana, hemp use in manufacturing, and is lobbying to legalize pot for...
57m Jan 08, 2017
57m
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - Connecticut VA - Helen Keller International
This week John Voket opens the first show of 2017 cluing you in on Connecticut's progress as part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - which has helped cut carbon emissions across nine states by more than 37 percent. Then we'll speak with Helen Keller International - which just re-upped a significant grant to continue its ChildSight program. In between we'll check in with the the state's...
58m Jan 01, 2017
58m
Operation Fuel - Zero Energy Challenge - New England Carousel Museum
This week John Voket visits with Operation Fuel to focus on the thousands of families and seniors facing challenges staying warm this winter, and how to help. We'll touch base with a couple of guests about the 2016 Zero Energy Challenge, including the developer of one of the state's newest homes with near zero-energy output. Then saddle up and take a radio tour of the New England Carousel Museu...
58m Dec 18, 2016
58m
Everyday Hero Firefighter Recruitment - Sandy Hook Promise
This week host John Voket visits with two representatives of Connecticut's Everyday Hero program - which is working to fortify local volunteer fire companies whose memberships are dwindling. And as we approach the 4th anniversary of the Sandy Hook tragedy, we'll visit Sandy Hook Promise to hear about the immense success the nonprofit is having with a recently released video designed to raise aw...
58m Dec 11, 2016
58m
Special Report: AAA Drugged Driving Summit - PLUS Teen Legal Advocacy Project Encore
This week host John Voket brings you a Special Report featuring three perspectives from the recent AAA Drugged Driving Summit. With voters in Massachusetts making marijuana available for recreational use, AAA convened the summit to help get law enforcement officials, prosecutors, lawmakers and traffic safety experts together to examine how our state will deal with the inevitable increase in dru...
56m Dec 04, 2016
56m
Special Report: Waterbury Regional Chamber STEM/Advanced Manufacturing & Technology Expo
This week host John Voket brings you a Special Report, live from the Waterbury Regional Chamber’s 6th annual STEM/Advanced Manufacturing & Technology Expo in the Technology Hall of Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC). Learn why hundreds of hand-picked students, educators, and parents came out to chat with manufacturing and technology executives about job and career opportunities in Scienc...
1hr Nov 27, 2016
1hr
Connecticut Fund for the Environment - BBB - EPA Long Island Sound Grants
This week host John Voket opens and closes the program with two different agencies engaged in the custodianship of Long Island Sound, learning about 25 new grants totaling $1.3 million going to to local government and community groups in New York and Connecticut through the Long Island Sound Futures Fund. Then it's time for our quarterly visit with Connecticut BBB, to get clued in on holiday se...
58m Nov 20, 2016
58m
Spooner House Food Drive - Golden Opportunities - Foodshare
This week host John Voket visits Spooner House - serving the greater Naugatuck Valley region's hungry and homeless this holiday season and year-round. Then we'll introduce Golden Opportunities, which is looking to boost its ranks of very special volunteers who provide seniors with critical social interactions. Then we'll return to the issue of hunger, and try to explain why so many state reside...
58m Nov 13, 2016
58m
ENCORE: GPP Absenteeism - CCM Opioid Toolkit - Trinity Health New England
This week host John Voket encores three segments starting with the Governor's Prevention Partnership talking about chronic absenteeism and the need for mentors to help at-risk students graduate.Then we replay a call with the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities discussing how that agency is assisting municipal leaders coming to grips with the opioid epidemic with a new, useful toolkit.And w...
58m Nov 06, 2016
58m
CBIA Legislative Agenda - Better Halloween & Holiday Eating - CT Partnership for Long Term Care
This week on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket talks with Connecticut's largest business association about its 2017 legislative agenda, a series of policy proposals designed to put Connecticut on the path to a stronger, more competitive economy. Then we'll talk about food with a dietition from Bridgeport Hospital and Get Healthy CT - to learn how to select and prepare the best s...
57m Oct 30, 2016
57m
New England Young at Heart - Oak Hill / HARC - SafeWise Safest Cities
This week on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket touches base with New England Young at Heart, a grassroots Service Network for seniors and their caregivers to review a few free events being planned - including the agency's first-ever Senior Prom. Then we'll talk with Oak Hill and HARC - two agency's serving physically and developmentally challenged clients going through the curre...
58m Oct 23, 2016
58m
Walk Like MADD - Adam's House - 'The Good Adoptee'
This week on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket talks with MADD CT, along with two surviving victims whose lives and families were shattered by drunk drivers - and we'll invite everyone to support the cause at next Saturday's Walk Like MADD.Then we'll return to Adams House to learn how their grief education programs are helping families with empathy, guidance and support after th...
58m Oct 16, 2016
58m