Helping ease insecurities about lack of food and shelter in turn helps kids be more open to learning and succeeding in the classroom. Ryan Riley, Pres. and State Dir., Communities In Schools of Pennsylvania, talks to host Jill Horner about pairing professionals with students and families, and how the community can help. www.cisofpa.org
Hosted by: Jill HornerProduced by: Keystone Newsmakers Team
Chris Kaag tells host Jill Horner he founded the IM ABLE Foundation to help those with disabilities work through many challenges and find resources to help provide needed but expensive equipment that enables them to move more to get out and do as much as they can. Both he says, can be life-changing for kids and adults. imablefoundation.org
Tami Shimp, VP Development & Community Relations, Berks Nature, tells host Jill Horner about offering environmental education and activities for kids and adults at their new facility, The Nature Place. berksnature.org
The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance designed its new space with partnerships in mind and the organization believes that's what promotes economic development. President and CEO Randy Peers tells host Jill Horner the Chamber can provide many economic development services to all types of businesses under one roof. greaterreading.org
Safe Berks CEO Mary Kay Bernosky tells host Jill Horner that shared values and respect helps address sexual abuse and assault in the workplace and how her organization approaches teaching groups and people on how to do this. safeberks.org
County of Berks Commissioner Kevin Barnhardt tells host Jill Horner about how the community has come together to help get the opioid addiction situation under control, discussing the many successes of a formed coalition in the last few years but stresses many still need treatment and recovery. commissionerbarnhardt.com
One in 10 kids suffer sexual abuse before their tenth birthday. Dori Bornstein from the YMCA Reading and Berks Co. tells host Jill Horner what they are doing to protect kids and the training they offer to every community sector. YMCA of the USA new membership standards are also discussed. ymca-berkscounty.org
Host Jill Horner talks with Safronia Perry, Exec. Dir., Hope Station, about what it means to be a neighborhood-based group that has just about every type of program necessary to meet a child’s needs, from getting out of the rain to homework and recreation to nutritional and training for adults and volunteers. www.hopestationcarlisle.org
Jennifer Driscoll, Founder and Executive Director of Lily's Hope Foundation, talks about supporting families with unexpected needs due to premature birth. Recorded February 2, 2018
Chris Kaag tells host Jill Horner he founded the IM ABLE Foundation to help those with disabilities work through many challenges and find resources to help provide needed but expensive equipment that enables them to move more to get out and do as much as they can. Both he says, can be life-changing for kids and adults. imablefoundation.org
Amanda Pfister, Director of Behavioral Health Services for Indian Creek Foundation, talks about programming for school age and older youth with Autism. Recorded February 2, 2018
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