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...
59m Nov 27, 2016
59m
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
Encores: Diabetes Alert Day - Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge - My Sister's Place
This week the award-winning For the People encores three previous segments digging into why diabetes is the eighth leading cause of death here in Connecticut - chatting with the the New Haven Health Department's exec talkng about why the Elm City is among the latest to engage in the national Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge - and vivting My Sister's Place - a thrift store has been the pri...
58m Oct 09, 2016
58m
Journey Found - 5th Annual Pineapple Classic - Partnership for Long Term Care
This week on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket catches up with Journey Found - a Hartford area agency supporting state residents on the autism spectrum, and with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Then we'll talk with a couple of renowned blood cancer researchers whose agencies will benefit from the 5th Annual Pineapple Classic Obstacle 5K Returning to the Greenwich Po...
59m Oct 02, 2016
59m
SNAP - CT Electric Car - Teen Legal Advocacy Project
This week on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket is on a mission to reach millions of state seniors 60 and over who qualify for the financial and health benefits of SNAP - but have yet to apply. Then we'll get up to speed on the latest news about electric cars, and invite you to a free upcoming event to get you into the driver's seat. And we'll close chatting up a different kind o...
58m Sep 25, 2016
58m
Believe 208 - Outpatient Palliative Pilot - Making Strides
This week on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket opens paying tribute to the memory of East Hartford police officer Paul Buchanan and 'Believe 208' - the nonprofit established in his honor. Then we'll visit with a Western CT Health Network physician administering a highly successful outpatient palliative care pilot at Danbury Hospital. And we wrap inviting you to to spend October ...
59m Sep 18, 2016
59m
The Governor's Prevention Partnership - The 29th Bigelow Tea Community Challenge - Bike the Beach/Hike the Beach
This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket chats up organizers and recipients of two upcoming activities - the expanded 29th Annual Bigelow Tea Community Challenge, and the annual Bike The Beach/Hike The Beach for the Probus Club of Greater Bridgeport, supporting agencies enhancing the lives of people with disabilities. In between we'll take on the serious subject of trua...
58m Sep 11, 2016
58m
The Workplace Veterans Awards - Sterling House Community Center - Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans Of America
This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket hosts two very different conversations about how local initiatives at The Workplace and through Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America are serving those who served. And we'll check in with Sterling House to learn how they are serving thousands of families, and planning to get you 'Down & Dirty' next weekend to help their cause.
59m Sep 04, 2016
59m
20th Annual Source to Sea Cleanup - Connecticut's Environmental Quality - CT Invasive Plant Working Group
This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket takes care of Mother Earth by getting you involved with the Connecticut River Watershed Council's 20th Annual Source to Sea Cleanup; reviewing the Connecticut Council on Environmental Quality's annual report with all the things we're doing wrong - and right - to keep our state's environment thriving; and providing a crash course ...
58m Aug 28, 2016
58m
A New CEO @ High Watch - CCM's Opioid & Sustainability Toolkits - AFCP Out Of The Darkness Walk
This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket introduces the brand new CEO of High Watch Recovery Center in Kent; learns how the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities is assisting municipal leaders challenged with promoting sustainability, while coming to grips with the opiod epidemic; and checks in with the President of the Southern CT Chapter of the American Foundation ...
58m Aug 21, 2016
58m
The Pantry @ Norwalk CC - Medicare Oncology Care Pilot - PAHRC Conference Lookback
This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket replays a segment with the founder of The Pantry - a student food pantry at Norwalk Community College; checks in with Starling Physicians to learn how participation in Medicare Services nationwide oncology care model will benefit cancer patients across the nation; and we'll circle back to hear about some of the important points a...
58m Aug 14, 2016
58m
Special Report: Visiting The New Sandy Hook Elementary School - And Free Legal Clinics For Parents
This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket hosts a Special Report featuring five key players involved in the rebuilding of the Sandy Hook Elementary School live from the facility during a recent grand opening event. And then we'll visit with a pair of attorneys from Connecticut Legal Services to talk about a free monthly legal clinic being hosted for parents and guardians...
57m Aug 07, 2016
57m
Red Cross Volunteers - Talking Trask With DEEP - And Home Energy Saving Tips
Do you have what it takes to be a Red Cross disaster volunteer? This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket invites you to the next Connecticut Red Cross volunteer orientation; talks trash with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to get the low down on why future costs for taking out the state's garbage could cost taxpayers $25 million more every year; an...
58m Jul 31, 2016
58m
The American Farmland Trust - Summer Consumer Tips From BBB - Empower Her
This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket talks with the American Farmland Trust about why its publication, 'Planning for Agriculture: A Guide for Connecticut Municipalities' is such in important read. Then we'll do a summer season check in with BBB CT to get the low down on buying or selling used mobile devices, keeping your cyber-reputation spotless, and being a carefu...
58m Jul 24, 2016
58m
The Public and Affordable Housing Corporation, the Community Fund for Women & Girls, and the Connecticut Port Authority
This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket invites anyone involved in housing or affordable housing initiatives to the unveiling of the 2016 Public and Affordable Housing Corporation's Annual Study. Then we'll chat with a panel from the Community Fund for Women & Girls to learn about how they are addressing girls’ emotional and mental health with the goal of increasing co...
59m Jul 17, 2016
59m
My Sister's Place - Connecticut's 2015 Environmental Scorecard - and the new Trinity Health Network
This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket visits My Sister's Place - an Ansonia thrift shop that's striking back against domestic violence; then we'll see how well the state did from an environmental stadpoint last year with the Council on Environmental Quality; and we'll wrap learning about Trinity Health - New England, Connecticut's newest network of community hospital...
58m Jul 10, 2016
58m
KIDSCOUNT Data Book - 'Miraculous' Knee Replacement Alternative - And The CT Zero Energy Challenge
This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket opens reviewing how the state did in this year's #annieecaseyfoundation KIDSCOUNT Data Book - a yearly ranking of the states on child poverty, health, and education. Then we talk to one of the few physicians in the state performing a brand new procedure that can mitigate or delay knee replacement surgery. And we wrap calling on a...
59m Jul 03, 2016
59m
AcessHealthCT HUSKY Deadline - CT Landmarks Fun - And, Support For Seniors & Caregivers
This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket reminds HUSKY subscribers about an important end of July deadline and other important news from #accesshealthct . We'll unveil a summer packed with #ctlandmarks activities across the state for the entire family. And we'll clue seniors and their caregivers in on an expanding resource just for you with New England Young at Heart.
58m Jun 26, 2016
58m
A College Food Pantry - Roses For Autism - And, Reinventing Your Life
Could #norwalkcc be the start of a statewide college food pantry network? And have you smelled the new Roses for Autism perfume? This morning on the award-winning For the People, host John Voket introduces a 'returning student' who saw a need and opened The Pantry - a student food bank at Norwalk Community College. Then we'll hit the road for a sweet visit and catch-up with #rosesforautism. And...
58m Jun 19, 2016
58m
All Our Kin - A Trip To Auer Farm - AARP Encore
This morning on the award-winning 'For the People,' host John Voket opens replaying a chat with Connecticut Human Service Agency All Our Kin #allourkin, which was recently recognized on the national stage; a segment we did in March live from Auer Farm #auerfarm in Bloomfield; and a call-in with AARP #aarp about a proposed bill designed to help even more Connecticut residents get started saving ...
57m Jun 12, 2016
57m
Getting grads jobs - unveiling Arts & Ideas 2016 - and serving Connecticut's seniors
Are you a recent grad looking for that elusive first job? And can you guess how many International Festival of Arts & Ideas programs are absolutely free? This morning on the award-winning 'For the People,' host John Voket directs all you recent grads to the RecruitCT #RecruitCT job fair June 10 where dozens of employers will be filling more than 600 positions. Then the director of the 21st Annu...
58m Jun 05, 2016
58m