Sandy Hook Promise - CT Relays For Life - Greening Our Children
This week host John Voket takes a look back on the 2018 SAVE Youth Summit with the co-founder of Sandy Hook Promise and talks about the organization's Know the Signs programs. Then we'll shout out every 2018 Relay for Life happening in Connecticut this year, and hear about these important fund and awareness raisers that are helping achieve a world without cancer. And we'll wrap with the direc...
1hr May 06, 2018
1hr
Call Before You Dig - WBDC 5th Women-Owned Business Day - New England Young @ Heart
This week host John Voket celebrates Call Before You Dig month by reminding anyone planning any excavation - even simple yard work - about why it's the law to call 811 before you dig. Then we'll catch up with the founder of Connecticut's Women's Business Development Council to learn about their annual gathering of women business owners at the state capital this week, and a ton of free cources ...
57m Apr 29, 2018
57m
Camp Kesem @ Yale - 2018 Business Expo and Health & Wellness Fair - ARI CT
This week host John Voket heads to Yale University to talk to an inspiring representative about Connecticut's Camp Kesem - and how she is seeking kids to attend for free. Then we'll head to Waterbury, to talk with a regional Chamber spokesperson about their upcoming Business Expo and Health & Wellness Fair. And we'll close talking with ARI CT about some of the particular challenges Connecticu...
58m Apr 22, 2018
58m
Rape Crisis Center of Milford - Oral Cancer Awareness - Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
This week host John Voket heads to Milford to promote the upcoming 'Walk a Mile in Her Shoes' event to promote outreach and support The Rape Crisis Center of Milford. Then we'll open up to a conversation about oral cancer awareness and prevention with one of the hundreds of dentists at Great Expressions Dental Centers providing free screenings throughout April - which is Oral Cancer Awareness ...
58m Apr 15, 2018
58m
Parent Empowerment University - The Newtown Parent Connection
This week host John Voket returns to the halls of Parent Empowerment University with the founder of the Newtown Parent Connection to talk about prevention and protecting our yong people as best we can from substance abuse and addiction. We'll chat with the organization's founder, a key organizer of the event, as well as speakers presenting on tapping, nutrition, as well as building and fosterin...
57m Apr 08, 2018
57m
CT Partnership for Long-Term Care - Housatonic River Cleanup - Camp Kangaroo
This week host John Voket welcomes back the The Connecticut Partnership for Long-Term Care, for advice on protecting your long-term financial security with long-term care coverage through the partnership. Then we'll call on anyone with a boat, hip boots, or a willingness to help improve the health and appearance of one of the state's lesser known natural resources to the 30th Stratford To Shel...
57m Apr 01, 2018
57m
ALICE Update - Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month - Maren Sanchez Home Foundation
This week host John Voket opens with a data specialist from United Way of Connecticut talking about housholds designated ALICE - Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. We'll learn why four in 10 affected households are still facing crippling financial challenges, and explore the consequences when households don't earn enough to make ends meet. Then we'll focus on imprtant health informat...
59m Mar 25, 2018
59m
Organi-CONN - NOFA CT's 36th Annual Winter Conference
This week host John Voket takes a little day trip to hang with a bunch of folks participating in the 36th Annual Northeast Organic Farming Assocoation's annual conference - Organi-CONN - the largest gathering of organic farming, gardening, and food enthusiasts in Connecticut. We'll talk about organic feeds and fertilizers, ways to get your farm financed, Bionutrients and why they are so importa...
58m Mar 18, 2018
58m
National Consumer Protection Week - Caregiver & Author CJ Golden
This week host John Voket celebrates National Consumer Protection Week with a local focus welcoming Connecticut's Consumer Protection Commissioner Michele Seagull and our valued resource Howard Schwartz at Connecticut BBB, doling out important information to help consumers steer clear of problems. And we'll hear some first hand advice from a local author who started her career caring for child...
57m Mar 11, 2018
57m
Disability Solutions - The Pilot House - Annual Bowl to Benefit The Umbrella Center
This week host John Voket celebrates National Developmental Disability Awareness Month and the one in five of our community members living with a disability showcasing the great work Connecticut's Disability Solutions is doing here and across the country, and then, popping in for a visit with the founder and some of the cool kids developing their talents at The Pilot House. Then we'll close in...
58m Mar 04, 2018
58m
Veteran Angler Charters - Courage to Speak Foundation - Marrakech, Inc.
This week host John Voket presents an encore broadcast with one of Connecticut's most unique and innovative grassroots nonprofits - Veteran Angler Charters as the organization gears up for its 2018 season of service to local Vets. Then, as Ginger and Larry Katz prepare for The 14th annual Courage to Speak Empowering Youth to be Drug Free Family Night, the drug education and prevention movement...
57m Feb 25, 2018
57m
Goodwill - CT Economic Resource Center - Bloomberg School of Public Health
This week host John Voket opens talking about stuff, the stuff you have that you don't want anymore, and the incredible things that Goodwill can do with that stuff when you donate to Goodwill stores across the region. Then we're going to chat with a statistician from the CT Economic Resource Center or CERC about their latest survey of state residents gauging how much of their hard earned tax d...
57m Feb 18, 2018
57m
SMART Recovery - Senator Tony Hwang - SHU Institute for Public Policy
This week host John Voket opens introducing a brand new program specificall for teens and young adults grappling with addiction called SMART Recovery. Then we'll get an earful on the Governor's latest budget proposals and hear which vulnerable populations are targeted for cuts this year. And we'll close with Sacred Heart University's Institute for Public Policy, and review some of the high po...
58m Feb 11, 2018
58m
Small Business Development Center - ADHD Pilot Program - Super Bowl Party Food Safety
This week host John Voket opens talking with Connecticut's Small Business Development Center about all the free, game changing support, guidance and resources they offer. Then we're going to talk about pediatric Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder with the Child Health and Development Institute (CHDI), which is one of a few organizations across the nation piloting a program helping pediat...
57m Feb 04, 2018
57m
National Catholic Schools Week - 16th 'State of Tobacco Control' - The Barnum Museum
This week host John Voket rings up the Diocease of Bridgeport school superintendent on the first day of National catholic Schools Week to learn how his schools' faith-based mission makes a unique difference in their students' education. Then we'll drill into the latest American Lung Association's 'State of Tobacco Control' report and hear about how hundreds of millions intended for tobacco edu...
57m Jan 28, 2018
57m
Creative Placemaking Conference - Gaylord Hospital - CMAK Race4Chase
This week host John Voket rings up the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County and invites listeners and community builders to this week's Creative Placemaking Conference to focus on the role artists, creative businesses and cultural nonprofits can play in the economic, community development and well-being of Connecticut. Then we'll learn why Wallingford's Gaylord Hospital has earned accreditati...
57m Jan 21, 2018
57m
Campaign 2018: Oz Griebel & Monte Frank / Adam's House FIG / Operation Fuel
This week host John Voket opens our 2018 campaign coverage with former lifelong Republican Oz Giebel, and lifelong Democrat Monte Frank, who have both abandoned their major party affiliations to run for Governor and Lt Governor as independents. Then we'll check in with Operation Fuel to keep tabs on how they are doing as residents who need heating assistance work their way through one of the c...
57m Jan 14, 2018
57m
CT Coalition to End Homelessness - Consumer Council / Net Neutrality - IRIS Run For Refugees
This week host John Voket opens with the CT Coalition to End Homelessness - talking about how you can help the agency with two upcoming census programs whose data can help the state get more funding to underwrite shelter and housing. Then we engage the state's Consumer Council to learn why she is so fired up about the recent federal repeal of net neutrality - and why it could be harmful to Con...
57m Jan 07, 2018
57m
Transit-Oriented Development - Hartford Job Corps Academy - SUN Initiative
This week host John Voket chats with the state DECD about 11 new transit-oriented development projects launching in 2018 under a new $15 million grant program.Then we'll replay a visit with the Hartford Job Corps Academy, hear directly from students about their brightening futures in the workforce, and see if the academy has a place for you.And if you are heading into 2018 facing foreclosure, t...
57m Dec 31, 2017
57m
The Avielle Foundation - CT Council on Environmental Quality - DEEP Energy Strategy
This week For the People host John Voket sits with Dr Jeremy Richman, who lost his daughter Avielle in the Sandy Hook tragedy, to learn how her namesake Avielle Foundation is supporting new programs in 2018 to better understand and support young people negatively affected by trauma and other factors.Then we'll check in with the CT Council on Environmental Quality about its latest report on chal...
58m Dec 24, 2017
58m
Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - The Children's Fund of Connecticut - Survive The Drive
This week For the People host John Voket visits Norwalk Hospital to unveil a first of its kind partnership with the globally recognized oncology team from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Then we'll hear from the Children's Fund of Connecticut about how the agency is packaging three significant grants to continue addressing the state's childhood obesity epidemic.And we'll close promoting...
57m Dec 17, 2017
57m
CT Coalition Against Domestic Violence - Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan - Harmony4Kidz
This week For the People host John Voket joins the CT Coalition Against Domestic Violence to recognize a milestone — the agency's life saving and life changing Lethality Assessment Program or LAP is now in place with every single law enforcement agecy in Connecticut.Then we'll call on all Connecticut residents to check out and comment on the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's S...
57m Dec 10, 2017
57m
Girl Scouts of CT - Cancer Action Network - Veteran’s Coffee House
This week For the People host John Voket catches up with the CEO of Girl Scouts of Connecticut to hear what she thinks about this game changing announcement from the Boy Scouts of America now welcoming girls.Then we'll check back in with the Cancer Action Network, to finally learn how the state's protracted budget fiasco resulted in funding life saving cancer prevention, detection, and vaccine ...
57m Dec 03, 2017
57m
Connecticut Landmarks - Connecticut Business Leadership Network - EARS Pet Rescue
This week For the People host John Voket unveils a month's worth of holiday atmosphere and activities courtesy of Connecticut Landmarks. Listen in to learn how you can experience the holidays in historic New England charm. Then we'll replay a segment with The Connecticut Business Leadership Network, and talk about the untapped assets that disabled individuals bring to our state workforce. And w...
57m Nov 26, 2017
57m
Diabetes Awareness Month - CT Epilepsy Advocate - BBB Holiday Consumer Tips
During National Diabetes Awareness Month - and as we head into one of the biggest eating weeks of the year - host John Voket is talking prevention with the Diabetes Education Program Coordinator at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center.Then we'll be marking National Epilepsy Awareness Month with the CT Epilepsy Advocate before we head to Chicago to chat with the title star of the musical 'H...
57m Nov 19, 2017
57m
Sacred heart University Poll - Dept. of Consumer Protection - Access Health CT
If you anticipate having to help arrange for a companion or homemaker for an ailing or aging loved one, you'll want to check out the state's Consumer Protection commissioner talking about her agency's new fact sheet for consumers seeking to hire homemakers and companions, Then we'll learn more about why a Sacred Heart University poll indicates 50 percent of our state's highest earning populatio...
58m Nov 12, 2017
58m
Future Workforce Opportunities Fair - CT Sustainability Conference - The Backyard Theater Ensemble
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' host John Voket dials up the President of the Aerospace Components Manufacturers Group to discuss the thousands of high paying jobs folks can learn about at this week's Future Workforce Opportunities Fair. Then we'll talk with representatives of another event - CBIA's latest Connecticut Sustainability Conference - about how companies are becoming ...
58m Nov 05, 2017
58m
Adoption Awareness Month - Farewell Marty Schwartz - Treasured Time
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' host John Voket promotes the Connecticut Dept. of Children and Families and National Adoption Awareness Month by revealing how you can become an adoptive parent and change a kids life forever. Then we'll say farewell to retiring Marty Schwartz of The Kennedy Center, who has been a huge advocate for the state's disabled for most of his career. And ...
57m Oct 29, 2017
57m
The Valley Gives Back - CT Dept. of Health - HomeFront
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' host John Voket introduces a new regional philanthropic effort called the Valley Gives Back, which is educating folks from all over Connecticut about establishing a targeted or planned giving program for a charity you love. Then we talk with an epidemiologist from the CT Dept. of Health working to educate employers about how the opioid epidemic is...
58m Oct 22, 2017
58m
The Beardsley Zoo - Encore
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo is cool enough to visit again. Our encore play with the director of Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo reveals how more than 300 animals, including many endangered and threatened specie, help visitors understand the global connection these animals share, and how this educational and environmental resource serves as an engaging day trip destination year round.
57m Oct 15, 2017
57m
Breast Cancer Month Pink Link - Connecticut Family Acupuncture - Lone Star Ticks
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' host John Voket continues our October focus on breast cancer awareness and prevention with a surgeon from St. Francis Hospital reminding women about a free mammography program happening on October 18.Then we head to Connecticut Family Acupuncture to learn about how this ancient healing therapy is being applied in the war against opioid addiction.A...
58m Oct 08, 2017
58m
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...
55m Jun 11, 2017
55m
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