In this instalment, River City 360 takes a look back at its coverage of The Winnipeg Foundation's summer Nourishing Potential campaign:
► Host Nolan Bicknell interviews The Winnipeg Foundation's CEO, Rick Frost, to find out how the Nourishing Potential fund began and why Jonathan Toews decided to be its ambassador. The Foundation's Director of Community Grants, Rick Lussier, also talks about the latest round of Nourishing Potential grants.
► Coverage from the July 9 Nourishing Potential grant announcement event:
-----► Nourishing Potential Committee Co-Chair Anita Southall talks about why she decided to get involved with the Fund.
-----► Kevin Chief, MLA for Point Douglas and the event's MC, shares his thoughts about the event.
► Nourishing Potential donor and ambassador Jonathan Toews joins Nolan to talk about his philanthropy and why healthy eating is important to him.
► Representatives of charitable organizations that have received Nourishing Potential grants talk about how the grants have made a positive impact in the lives of their participants, including:
-----► Ray Eskrit and Ken Opaleke - West Broadway Youth Outreach
-----► Roger Berrington - CanU
-----► Robyn Peters - Boys and Girls Clubs of Winnipeg
-----► Kent Dueck - Inner City Youth Alive
-----► Trevor LaForte - WASAC
-----► Dustyne Lefurgey - Ndinawemaaganag Endaawaad
Originally broadcast on 93.7 CJNU-FM on September 13, 2015.
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