Traci Gurley-Tomashosky, executive director for United Way Battlement to the Bells, gives tribute to former board president Christopher May and former executive director Amy Barr and discusses the AmeriCorps VISTA project with program manager Andie Scott and leader Amber Burns. https://www.kdnk.org/post/united-way-remembers-christopher-may-and-amy-barr-discusses-americorps-vista
Host Traci Gurley, executive director for United Way Battlement to the Bells, speaks with WindWalkers executive director Gabrielle Greeves. https://www.kdnk.org/post/united-way-cares-spotlights-wind-walkers
Traci Gurley-Tomashosky, director of United Way Battlement to the Bells, interviews AmeriCorps VISTA worker Bo Blodgett about his involvement with both the Garfield County Housing Authority and River Center of New Castle. https://www.kdnk.org/post/united-way-cares-affordable-housing-needs-and-resources
Jill Pidcock of The ARC of the Central Mountains joins Traci Gurley-Tomashosky to share about her advocacy organization. https://www.kdnk.org/post/united-way-cares-spotlights-arc-central-mountains
Alpine Legal Services is a non-profit civil legal assistance agency dedicated to providing legal services and upholding fundamental legal rights in Garfield, Pitkin and western Eagle Counties. Here, Executive Director Jennifer Wherry talks about the organization and their participation in the AmeriCorps VISTA program. https://www.kdnk.org/post/united-way-cares-features-alpine-legal-services
Today’s show features AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers Kaylee Peterson, who serves at Family Visitor Programs, and Bo Blodgett, who serves at Habitat for Humanity Roaring Fork. https://www.kdnk.org/post/united-way-cares-celebrates-vista-volunteers
Host Traci Gurley-Tomashosky talks to Rick Blauvelt, Executive Director of Raising a Reader Aspen to Parachute. The organization works to foster early literacy skills among young children, so they develop a love of books and become successful readers. https://www.kdnk.org/post/united-way-cares-fostering-childhood-literacy
Wick Moses is one of the personalities that put KDNK on the air. He joins Traci Gurley-Tomashosky on United Way Cares to give a glimpse into Carbondale’s colorful history, the origins of Mountain Fair and CCAH and the beginning of KDNK. https://www.kdnk.org/post/kdnk-godfather-wick-moses-reminisces-united-way-cares
Cristina Gair is Executive Director for West Mountain Regional Health Alliance. Here she describes the organization to Traci Gurley-Tomashosky, host of United Way Cares. https://www.kdnk.org/post/united-way-cares-features-mountain-regional-health-alliance
“Literacy Outreach teaches essential literacy skills to adults in Garfield County. Basic literacy students struggle with reading, writing, math, and/or learning the English language. Volunteers are the crux of the program and do 100% of the teaching, mainly via a one-on-one venue. The literacy skills these volunteers impart are the necessary foundation for people to…
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