Good Works in the Heartland: Recent Episodes
Nick Carswell
Audio-Reader's "Good Works in the Heartland" podcast celebrates the organizations and individuals improving the lives of others throughout Kansas, Missouri and the Midwest. Each episode focuses on one community group, non-profit or social service organization that provides essential services to those in need, enriching lives and connecting communities across the Midwest.
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Lori Kesinger speaks with KU professor and author of "Downsizing: Confronting Our Possessions in Later Life", David J. Ekerdt
As life unfolds, things tend to accumulate. When older adults undergo health, residential, and marital changes, they will face a reckoning with their lifelong store of possessions—special, ordinary, and forgotten. Such a predicament now confronts tens of millions of Americans as the Baby Boom cohort passes into retirement and beyond. Despite what a thriving industry of clutter manuals tells us, for most older adults, downsizing is no simple task.
Purchase the book from Columbia University Press: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/downsizing/9780231189811
Audio-Reader's Lori Kesinger is joined by Megan Poindexter of the Senior Resource Center for Douglas County and Jill Craft from Visiting Nurses to talk about the upcoming Virtual 2020 Legislative Forum at 2pm October 14th.
Log-in or call-in to participate in an annual forum with Douglas County's Commissioners\Candidates, and our State Legislators\ Candidates to discuss issues important to seniors.
For more information or for the call-in number, contact the Senior Resource Center at 785-842-0543.
Virtual 2020 Legislative Forum Wednesday October 14th, 2pm via Zoom Zoom Meeting ID: 880 9193 7619 Passcode: 123456
This time on the Good Works in the Heartland Podcast, we are joined by Will Averill, Communications Director for The Willow Domestic Violence Center.
The Willow builds safer communities through shelter, services, and support to survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking.
https://www.willowdvcenter.org/
We're back after a brief hiatus while getting our #StayatHome work routine and technical operations in place!
This episode, we are joined by Sam Porritt from Falling Forward Foundation and Michelle Teets with Ability KC
The Lawrence Area Partners in Aging (LAPA) presents the 14th Annual Resource Fair for Seniors.
Exhibits feature a wide range of businesses and organizations dedicated to seniors. Pick up freebies, handouts and brochures and meet with area professionals there to serve you! Don’t miss the drawings for grocery store gift cards – Courtesy of LAPA.
Disability Inclusion of Greater Kansas City is business-led and helps companies advance their disability inclusion efforts in the workplace and marketplace. As a leading affiliate chapter of national Disability:IN since 2009 we assist business with outreach, recruitment, onboarding, hiring and retention supports. We accomplish this through tools, resources, consultation and technical assistance focused on elevating disability inclusion.
https://www.disabilityin-gkc.org/
The goal of Lawrence Habitat for Humanity is to provide simple, decent, affordable housing for low to moderate income families in Douglas and Jefferson Counties. We believe in a homeownership process that empowers families to create ongoing change in their lives. We’re a Christian-based organization that offers a hand up, not a hand-out.
http://lawrencehabitat.org/
KidSight is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides free vision screenings for children. The program was founded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1995 with a handful of volunteers screening a few hundred children a year. Today, KidSight’s program has grown to screen the vision of more than 67,000 kids throughout Missouri each year with the help of trained staff and volunteers operating across the state.
https://kid-sight.org/
For this episode number 7, we are talking with Michelle Dillon of the Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging, which is a bridge to the aging network, providing services for older adults such as case management, caregiver support, information and outreach.
Come one, come all to the 25th Annual Lawrence Community Christmas Dinner! Free dinner for everyone who would like to share Turkey, Ham and all the fixin's from 11am to 2pm on Christmas Day, at the United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont Street.
For more info or to volunteer contact Deb Engstrom at PLEASE 785-218-9347 or email deb5550@att.net
This week is a special edition of the podcast, talking specifically about Medicare, and the upcoming Medicare enrollment deadline which is Saturday December 7th.
Lori Phillips of the Senior Resource Center for Douglas County joined Audio-Reader's Meredith Johanning to help us decipher some of the details of Medicare and the myriad of enrollment options available.
http://yoursrc.org/home/resources-for-seniors/health-care/ https://www.medicare.gov/
Welcome to the Audio-Reader’s Good Works in the Heartland Podcast, celebrating the organizations and individuals who are improving the lives of others throughout Kansas, Missouri and the Midwest.
Each episode focuses on one community group, non-profit or social service organization that provides essential services to those in need, enriching lives and connecting communities across the Midwest.
In this episode 4 we are featuring Tenants to Homeowners, which a non-profit based here in Lawrence, KS. Lori Kesinger speaks with Rebecca Buford, the executive director of Tenants to Homeowners, about the services they offer and the work they do, and how to contact them.
Stick around a little bit later when we dive in a little deeper to some of the wider community issues regarding home ownership, affordable housing and the various community issues that touch on this important topic.
More about Tenants to Homeowners: https://tenants-to-homeowners.org/
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In episode 3, we are joined by Claire Shanovich, the outreach and sustainability coordinator for Kansas Advocates for Better Care. Audio-Reader’s Lori Kesinger spoke with Claire about the issues facing elders in care facilities or at home, and the work of Kansas Advocates for Better Care, a non-profit organization, doing Good Work in the Heartland of America.
More about Kansas Advocates for Better Care at https://www.kabc.org/
In episode #2, we will hear about Disability Mentoring Day in Kansas City. Brian Ellefson, the committee chairperson for the event spoke to Audio-Reader’s Lori Kesinger about this important program and organization, doing Good Work in the Heartland of America.
This podcast stream will now be home to Audio-Reader's Good Works in the Heartland Podcast, where we celebrate the organizations and individuals who are improving the lives of others throughout Kansas, Missouri and the Midwest.
Each episode will focus on one community group, non-profit or social service organization that provides essential services to those in need, enriching lives and connecting communities across the Midwest.