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Don’t Ask Me To TalkWhat are we dreaming?For the last episode of Don’t Ask Me to Talk to air on KIXI, Stacy and Eric commemorate by discussing Chip and Dip Day and Near Miss Day among other nonsensical holidays (not worth mentioning). Their topic for this week is dreams and unlike Stacy, Eric doesn’t have weird reoccurring dreams which may or may not mean she’s a little crazy! Vance Dingfelder from Dingfelder’s Delicatessen and Nourish Catering talks about Passover food and explains the difference between matzo balls that sink versus float. Go to https://dingfelders.com to order for Passover or https://nourishc...2023-03-2455 minDon’t Ask Me To TalkOperation Teddy Bear LiftStacy and Eric can’t agree which day is most random; National Strawberry Rhubarb Day, Donald Duck Day or Sex Day. They can agree International Children’s Day is worth talking about and welcome Erik Krema, Director of Biz Dev. for Hubbard Radio Seattle, to talk about Operation Teddy Bear Lift. It’s an initiative to bring comfort and care in the form of teddy bears and cash for medical supplies to children in Ukraine. To donate go to https://warm1069.com/operation-teddy-bear-lift/ They explore some favorite local hikes before inviting Dingfelder Delicatessen’s No. 1 fan, Dr. Richard Alder to talk abo...2022-06-1054 min
Spotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Laurie Hardie 2 - 16 - 20202020-02-1628 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Laurie Hardie 1 - 12 - 20202020-01-1228 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Laurie Hardie 12 -22 -192019-12-2228 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe Cougar Mountain ZooThis week we hear from Sasha Hendricks, the Education Curator at The Cougar Mountain Zoo in Issaquah. The Cougar Mountain Zoo will once again turn into Santa's home away from the North Pole during December as they hold their annual Reindeer Festival. Yes, there are real live reindeer at the Cougar Mountain Zoo, along with cougars, wolves, tigers, and, as Sasha tells us, many other endangered species.
As the Education Curator, her mission is conservation through education" and she explains a number of ways the Cougar Mountain Zoo pursues that goal.
Learn more online at www.cougarmountainzoo.org as well...2019-12-0126 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe WA529 College Savings PlanThis week we talk about finding a way to pay for college. Luke Minor is the WA529 Director. WA529 is the college savings plan for the State of Washington. It has two parts to it now; the Guaranteed Education Tuition, known as GET for over 20 years; and DreamAhead, a savings program with several options that the investor can choose from.
With the cost of college tuition always on the rise, these innovative opportunities for Washington residents can make the difference in achieving the dream of a college education for your child.
Learn more online at www.wastate529.wa.gov or...2019-11-2427 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe March of Dimes 11/17/2019November 17th is World Prematurity day and The March of Dimes is on a crusade to drastically reduce the rate of premature births. Kasey Rivas is the Maternal & Child Health and Government Affairs Director for the March of Dimes - Washington. She discusses the launch of an innovative pilot program that will combine their highly successful Supportive Pregnancy Care program with Substance Treatment. This hybrid model will not only provide prenatal care in a group setting, but also support pregnant women recovering from substance use disorder during the prenatal and postpartum period.
Learn more online at www.marchofdimes.org2019-11-1726 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe Lung Cancer Awareness MonthNovember is Lung Cancer Awareness month and we speak with lung cancer survivor and advocate Janet Freeman-Daily. Lung Cancer kills more than the next three deadly cancers combined...more than colo-rectal, breast, and pancreatic cancers. Never a smoker, Janet tells her story of lung cancer diagnoses and treatment. There are new breakthroughs in identifying lung cancer types as well as treatments and with more research, much more can be done.
Lots of resources are online to learn more about Lung Cancer: www.lcfamerica.org www.lungevity.org www.go2foundation.org2019-11-1026 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe 11 - 10 - 192019-11-1028 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe Life Beyond #MeTooThis week we speak with Christine Rose. Christine is a certified business and executive coach, and is the author of the upcoming book, Life Beyond #MeToo, a book for all men and women. It documents sexual discrimination, harassment, abuse, and violence in our society, as well as offers the possibilities for a cultural shift in how we view normal behavior.
Learn more online at: https://www.facebook.com/LifeBeyondMeToo/ and http://www.christinerose.coach/2019-11-0326 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe 11-03-192019-11-0328 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe Congregations For The HomelessThis week we’ll hear from the Executive Director of Congregations For The Homeless, David Bowling. David explains the work they have done with local businesses and governments to offer more access to not only daytime shelters, but year-round as well. They have a permanent shelter in Bellevue in the works that will dramatically increase the number of beds for emergency shelter, as well as transitional and permanent housing.
Learn more online at www.cfhomeless.org2019-10-2726 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish CountyOctober is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and we’ll hear from Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County. Vicci Hilty, the Executive Director and Debra Bordsen, the Deputy Director share the need of programs like theirs. They offer emergency shelter and comprehensive, confidential services to victims of domestic abuse including their children. DVS also provides individual and community awareness programs which can affect the social change necessary to eliminate domestic violence.
Learn more online at https://dvs-snoco.org/2019-10-2026 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe Veterans For WorshipThis week we meet Chaplain Debbie Maund, the founder of Veterans For Worship.
When on active duty, military personnel have access to a chaplain and can find an outlet for their spiritual needs and pastoral care. Upon leaving the service, they often have no support for such needs. Veterans For Worship is focused on reaching veterans and their family members and connecting them to God and their spiritual needs.
The discussion covers a recent VA report on suicide of veterans, PTSD, the tight-knit community of veterans, and much more.
Learn more on their Facebook page www.facebook.com/veteransforworship2019-10-1326 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe From Crime to the ClassroomThis week we’ll hear the inspiring words of Omari Amili. Omari is an author, community leader, and a speaker for Humanities Washington. He leads workshops and has developed curriculum to lead those being released from prison for their re-entry to society. Omari speaks with first-hand knowledge on the subject. He relates his own story of a troubled childhood, dropping out of school, running street scams and eventually getting 30 felony convictions and sent to prison. Upon his release and finding only dead end jobs in his future, he dedicated himself to higher education.
Our short visit with him barely touches th...2019-10-0628 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe Komen Puget SoundFresh off their annual Northwest Metastatic Breast Cancer Conference, we hear from Komen Puget Sound's Executive Director David Richart and Conference Co-Chair Teri Pollastro.
Komen Puget Sound has been working to end Breast Cancer in the Northwest for 27 years and by hosting this annual conference they are focusing on when breast cancer metastasizes in other parts of a patient's body. The conference brings together the top local and national researchers and clinicians from organizations including Fred Hutch, SCCA, Swedish, Virginia Mason and NCI to speak to and help MBC patients.
Learn more online at www.komenpugetsound.org and watch highlights...2019-09-2926 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe Wonderland Child & Family ServicesThis week we hear from Wonderland Child & Family Services. Executive Director Mary Kirchoff and Director of Programs & Services Michelle Stiller Bradley discuss the need for early intervention programs for children with developmental delays and disabilities. Wonderland has had success serving kids and their families with Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism spectrum disorder and more for 50 years; and recently they have opened their Hope Rising Clinic that specializes in comprehensive support for children with prenatal exposure to substances such as alcohol and opioids.
Learn more online at www.wonderlandkids.org and www.hoperisingclinic.org2019-09-2226 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe 09.15.2019 Attain HousingThis week we speak with Kathy Fleming, the Executive Director of Attain Housing. Attain Housing has been bringing our community together to partner with homeless families by providing affordable housing and empowering them with practical case management and hope.
Besides owning their own transitional housing units, Kathy talks about one of the latest methods to help the homeless; Eviction Prevention. She also encourages the public to get involved in many ways, from advocating policy changes through our elected officials, to leasing an extra home or room to a non-profit that focuses on affordable housing.
Learn more online at www.attainhousing...2019-09-1527 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe 09.08.2019 American Heart AssociationThis week we hear about the necessity to listen to our body when it screams at us. Amy Bettesworth is the American Heart Association's Director of the Heart & Stroke Walk in Tacoma. Her husband Tom is a heart attack survivor, so they both have perspectives worth hearing. Tom ignored the symptoms of his heart attack and Amy, as a dutiful wife, went along with it, telling him "if you still feel this bad in the morning, let's go to urgent care." Well, luckily he survived until the morning. He shares his compelling story and they both tell us the need...2019-09-0825 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe 09.01.2019 Food LifelineThis we welcome Food Lifeline's President & CEO Linda Nageotte and their Senior Marketing & Media Relations Officer Mark Coleman.
Food Lifeline is celebrating 40 years of feeding the hungry in Western Washington.
At Food Lifeline they are working to feed people who are experiencing hunger everyday by sourcing and distributing really large quantities of food, as well as the very important work of addressing the root causes to eliminate hunger forever. From farm to fork, virtually every aspect of the food industry from farm to fork has food waste and Food Lifeline has developed logistical processes to capture that leftover food and...2019-09-0126 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe 08.25.2019Our guest this week is Lt. Genie Elton of the Kitsap County Sheriff's Department.
Many people have occasion to run from the cops, but Lt. Elton is inviting everyone to "Run With The Cops" on Saturday, September 7th at Olympic College in Bremerton. It is part of the Law Enforcement Torch Run campaign that is the largest grassroots fundraising and awareness event for Special Olympics across the globe. In Washington State there are nearly 2000 law enforcement volunteers that support Special Olympics Washington. The Special Olympics mission remains as vital today as it did when the movement was founded in 1968....they...2019-08-2524 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 08.18.2019This week we’ll hear about Hand in Hand Kids and their Safe Place program from CEO Jay Priebe. They have an ongoing need for backpacks and supplies…The Soldiers of Destiny Scooter club helps out with that....Popular mid-day host on radio station Movin' 92.5 KQMV Justin Barnes is a member of the SOD and they are hosting their 7th annual Big Hearts & Backpacks fundraiser/party at Ballard's Pono Ranch on Thursday, August 22nd.
Learn more online at www.handinhandkids.org and www.bigheartsandbackpacks.com/donate2019-08-1824 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe 08.11.2019This week we hear from the Communications & Outreach Manager at Pride Foundation, Katelen Kellogg.
Since its formation in the 1980s, Pride Foundation has distributed over $70,000,000 through scholarships and grants to students and community organizations.
Pride Foundation believes in building a better world by supporting students, supporting community organizations, engaging leaders and advancing equality.
Deadline to apply for scholarships is October 11. (National Coming Out Day)
Learn more about Pride Foundation online at www.pridefoundation.org2019-08-1125 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 08.04.2019The first weekend of August in Seattle means Seafair reaches its zenith with the annual hydroplane race on Lake Washington. For 70 years Seattle has celebrated itself with an area wide party. David Williams, the Executive Director of the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum takes us on a 70 year trip down memory lane with Seafair winners of the past.
Learn more about the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum in Kent online at www.thunderboats.org and follow them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thunderboats2019-08-0425 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 07.28.2019This week we speak with Sarah Slack, the founder and Executive Director of The Tears Foundation. The Tears Foundation supports grieving families both emotionally and financially after a pregnancy or infant death. Many young couples are not able to cope with a still birth or sudden infant death; then add to that the financial burden of funeral costs and you will find people who need support.
Sarah shares that the origins of The Tears Foundation came from her own loss, as well as how it has spread across the country and now internationally because of people who empathize with others.
...2019-07-2826 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 07.21.2019Children's Therapy Center is celebrating their 40th year of teaching life changing social and physical skills for children birth to three who have Autism, Down syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy.
Recently they have expanded their mission to serve children up to 18.
Learn more online at www.ctckids.org2019-07-2227 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 07.14.2019Gina Haines and Nate Lanting from Recovery Beyond join us today to talk about a new paradigm for addiction recovery. Recovery Beyond works with current addiction treatment programs to provide the two additional, critical success factors for long-term sobriety:
a new, enduring lifestyle of healthy behaviors and activities; and
a long-term community filled with positive relationships and support.
From fitness training all the way up to climbing the summit of Mt. Rainier, Recovery Beyond has new ways to reach stable sobriety.
Learn more at www.recoverybeyondbp.org2019-07-1429 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 07 - 14 - 192019-07-1429 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 07.07.2019This week we'll hear of a unique fundraising event coming to Seattle in September; the inaugural Tour de Pier.Lisa Manheim is the Executive Director of the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research as well as the Co-Founder of Tour de Pier.Lisa started the Tour de Pier in Los Angeles seven years ago and has raised millions of dollars for pancreatic cancer research, and now it moves to Seattle. Pancreatic cancer is, unfortunately, easily overlooked in its early stages. Over 50,000 people will be diagnosed in the US each year and 45,000 die of it each year.The Seattle Tour de...2019-07-0828 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe 06.30.2019This week we hear from the Friendship Circle of Washington's Development Manager, Andrea Stacy.
Friendship Circle of Washington seeks to bring together special needs kids and teens with volunteer teens. Leveraging the positive impact of friendship, understanding, and shared experiences has the potential to transform the lives of children and teens with special needs as well as the volunteer teens.
Andrea also speaks about a fun event July 18th that will act as a fundraiser for Friendship Circle they are calling FC Chopped: Grill Off. This will be a grilling competition along the lines of the popular TV show Chopped.
...2019-06-3028 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 06.23.2019This week we hear from The Mockingbird Society's Executive Director Annie Blackledge and Network Representative Orion Olsen. The Mockingbird Society is working to transform the foster care system and end youth homelessness. Orion works with the Mockingbird Youth Network to train young people who have experienced homelessness or foster care to be their own best advocates. They have learned how to participate in the legislative processes that slowly, but surely are changing the lives of foster care youths.
We also hear about a support model for foster families that has proven very successful for both the kids and the foster...2019-06-2329 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 06.16.2019This week we speak with Juan Cotto, the Director of Social Impact at Bloodworks Northwest about the continual need for blood.
Bloodworks Northwest collects, tests and distributes lifesaving blood to more than 90 hospitals in the northwest. Juan details the need for diversity in our blood supply, not just by blood type, but by ethnicity as well. A challenge with getting new demographics to donate blood is to get people to donate regularly.
A new App can help with that. Text the word Bloodapp to 91985 or visit their website www.bloodworksnw.org to find a donation center near you.2019-06-1629 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 06.09.2019This week we speak with the Communications & Outreach Director at Washington Trails Association, Kindra Ramos.Washington Trails Association (WTA) is a non-profit community that has been protecting trails and outdoor spaces in Washington in some for or another for over 50 years. Kindra speaks to the instinctual boost we get from being on a trail in the woods, beside a waterfall or in a field of wildflowers.WTA offers a huge resource for hikers via their website and its countless list of hikes and trip reports. They are also committed to restoring trails through volunteer work parties.Learn more on their...2019-06-0928 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 06.02.201913 year old Aoife Little has been living with Crohn’s Disease since she was diagnosed at 3 years of age. Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis are chronic diseases with no cure and no known cause. She shares her story with us this week and is joined by Cory Townsend, the Deputy Executive Director of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America’s Northwest Chapter.
Saturday, June 8th at Lincoln Park in West Seattle the CCFA will hold their annual Take Steps Walk to raise not only awareness of these diseases, but to raise money for programs for those living with Crohn’s...2019-06-0226 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 05.26.2019Our guests this week provide week long summer camp experiences for kids with cancer - as well as their family. Camp Agape Northwest Board Member Christina Bradic, Program Director Jason Greer, and Counselor & Volunteer Sophia Gonzalez talk about the challenges, joys, and relationships that come from being a child with cancer and the Camp Agape Northwest experience.
Learn more online at www.campagapenw.net2019-05-2627 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 05.19.2019This week we welcome back to the show Komen Puget Sound and their Executive Director David Richart as well as Breast Cancer Survivor Heather Eggleston.Komen Puget Sound has been dedicated to ending Breast Cancer for over 25 years and this year are changing their annual Race For The Cure fundraising event to the More Than Pink Walk. Its location is new too, at Seattle's beautiful Seward Park. David discusses the four pillars of Komen, one of which is action, hence the "More Than Pink" emphasis. Heather shares her personal story and the need for more knowledge and awareness about Breast...2019-05-2027 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 05.12.2019This week we hear from the Muslim Community Resource Center in Redmond. Khizer Sheriff is the Executive Director, his wife Nikhath Sheriff is the Founder & CEO, and their daughter Nehath Sheriff is the Director of the Medical Clinic that MCRC operates.
The Muslim Community Resource Center (MCRC) is led by a group of community volunteers passionate about helping the less fortunate in our community. Their focus is to connect those in need with relevant resources and service providers in our community. Among their many comprehensive services, once a month they operate a free medical clinic to provide culturally competent healthcare...2019-05-1229 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 05.05.2019This week we'll hear about Type 1 Diabetes from JDRF, or Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Wilma Comenat is the Associate Executive Director at the Greater Northwest Chapter, 12 year old Sophia Glover is one of this year's Ambassadors for their Beat The Bridge event, and Delilah Sanabria is the Senior Promotions Coordinator for radio station Movin' 92.5 who is one of the sponsors for Beat The Bridge, which takes place on May 19th at Husky Stadium.Over 1.25 million Americans are living with Type 1 Diabetes. The hard facts are: no known cause, no cure, people who have T1D are on insulin therapy for...2019-05-0528 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 04.28.2019This week we hear from Pam Nolte and Shelby Parsons with The Taproot Theatre Company.
Taproot has been around since 1976; started as a touring group by Co-Founder and Community Liaison Pam Nolte. Now with two permanent theaters, they not only entertain Seattle with engaging, often time thought provoking plays, but still tour…especially to schools. Shelby Parsons is the Director of Education and Outreach and she describes how theater productions in schools can teach kids of all ages lessons about bullying and cyber-bullying.
Learn more about Taproot Theatre Company’s season and Education Outreach online at www.taproottheatre.org2019-04-2829 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 04.21.2019This week we meet Teri Yoder and Melissa Powell to discuss the March for Babies, the annual fundraiser for the March of Dimes.Teri is the Executive Director for the Washington March of Dimes, and Melissa is the Co-Chair for this year's Seattle March For Babies as well as a mother of a prematurely born baby. Melissa shares his personal story to demonstrate the importance of the work that the March of Dimes does.The March of Dimes believes that every baby deserves the best possible start. Unfortunately, not all babies get one. More than 7200 babies are born preterm in...2019-04-2229 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 04.14.2019This week we meet Cathi Rodgveller, the Founder and CEO of Ignite Worldwide.
Cathi tells us of the sometimes 10 to 1 ratio of men to women in tech jobs and the need to shrink that disparity.
Ignite Woldwide’s mission is to create opportunities to spark girls’ excitement about technology careers and inspire them to new possibilities. Girls in grades K-12, and college from all backgrounds interact with professional women in technology careers during the school day. The students are able to glimpse themselves as innovators and entrepreneurs through stories of successful women who work and live in their communities. Working with...2019-04-1427 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe 04.07.2019This week we meet the new Director of the Center for Washington Cultural Traditions Langston Collin Wilkins PhD. The Center for Washington Cultural Traditions is a program of Humanities Washington in partnership with the Washington State Arts Commission. The Center is barely a year old, but they are already in the process of documenting, researching and archiving the diverse cultural traditions in our state. Not only do they want to collect data, but is just as important to them to distribute it.Dr. Wilkins explains two programs the Center is running; a cultural traditions survey, and an apprenticeship program.Learn...2019-04-0828 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 03.31.2019This week we speak with the Executive Director of Washington's National Park Fund, Laurie Ward.Washington has three National Parks and the work of WNPF is to supplement their budgets with monetary gifts raised as a private non-profit. Laurie describes the close relationship between Washington's National Park Fund and the Superintendents at Olympic, Mt. Rainier, and North Cascades National Parks to determine the "to do list" and many projects to support that would otherwise go un-funded.Learn more about Washington's National Park Fund online at www.wnpf.org2019-03-3128 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 03.24.2019This week we meet Ronald Lim from Bloodworks Northwest and Bill Harper with Degree 37.Degree 37 is a software developer that works with non-profits like Bloodworks NW to engage millennials and young people and to make it easy to donate blood.Bill tells us that his own need of 33 surgeries and use of 267 units of blood made it personal for him as he worked on the Bloodworks App. He tells us that donating blood is the best and easiest as well as most effective way to save a life in an afternoon.You can download the App at Google Play or th...2019-03-2528 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 03.17.2019This week we’ll hear from a local grass-roots organization that serves as an emergency response unit to the homeless among us with babies.
Star Lalario is the President and founder of Babies of Homelessness and Angela Harmon is the Vice-President. Babies of Homelessness work the streets in our community seeking out babies that are homeless. Delivering diapers, formula and food can be life saving for the youngest and most fragile of the homeless. Homeless mothers are almost desperate to keep their babies hidden for fear of losing them to the system. Star and Angela tell us that Babies of Ho...2019-03-1728 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe 03.10.2019This week we’ll hear the inspiring words of Omari Amili. Omari is an author, community leader, and a speaker for Humanities Washington. He leads workshops and has developed curriculum to lead those being released from prison for their re-entry to society. Omari speaks with first-hand knowledge on the subject. He relates his own story of a troubled childhood, dropping out of school, running street scams and eventually getting 30 felony convictions and sent to prison. Upon his release and finding only dead end jobs in his future, he dedicated himself to higher education.
Our short visit with him barely touches th...2019-03-1028 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 03.03.2019This week we speak with Rev. Rick Reynolds, the Executive Director of Operation Nightwatch.
Operation Nightwatch has been supporting the homeless in Seattle and King County for over 50 years.
With three primary programs; Food & Shelter, Housing, and Street Ministry, they have touched individuals on the edge and have been able to change lives one at a time. Every night they open up their dispatch center and feed over 100 people and then find them shelter around town. This is staffed primarily by volunteer groups.
In addressing the big picture of homelessness and poverty, Rick tells us that if we just acknowledge...2019-03-0328 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe 02.24.2019This being American Heart Month, we take the opportunity to speak with a cardiologist. Dr. Ameet Parikh is a cardiologist with Pacific Medical Centers and discusses the number one killer among adults in the country: Heart Disease. Different strategies can be employed to prevent heart disease and encourage people to live heart healthy lives. Knowing your numbers and family history is just the start.
Find healthy heart resources online at www.heart.org or www.pacificmedicalcenters.org2019-02-2529 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe 02.17.2019This week we speak with Chrys Bertolotto, the Natural Resources Manager of the WSU Snohomish County Extension.
Washington State University runs extension programs in nearly every county in the state, and Snohomish County has a Natural Resources program called Beach Watchers. Beach Watchers is made up of fully trained volunteers who are dedicated to the protection of the Salish Sea waters, particularly Puget Sound, through education, research, and stewardship programs.
Chrys tells us that after formal training, each Beach Watcher gets to craft their own volunteer experience to meet their interests and schedules. It is fun and the enthusiasm is...2019-02-1828 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe 02.10.2019This week we hear from Book-It Theatre and their unique way of producing for the stage.
Co-founding Artistic Director Myra Platt tells of Book-Its 30 year mission of transforming great literature into great theatre through simple and sensitive production and to inspiring its audiences to read. Literacy is a multi-dimensional enhancement to life, yet illiteracy is a fundamental obstacle for one-third of King County. In a nation where many adults read so poorly that they earn significantly below the threshold poverty level for an individual, Book-It’s mission to inspire people to read becomes increasingly more important.
American Junkie by Tom Ha...2019-02-1228 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe 02.03.2019This week we speak with Sarah Slack, the founder and Executive Director of The Tears Foundation. The Tears Foundation supports grieving families both emotionally and financially after a pregnancy or infant death. Many young couples are not able to cope with a still birth or sudden infant death; then add to that the financial burden of funeral costs and you will find people who need support.
Sarah shares that the origins of The Tears Foundation came from her own loss, as well as how it has spread across the country and now internationally because of people who empathize with others.
...2019-02-0527 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe 01.27.2019This week we speak with Tracey Sorenson, the Community Engagement Manager with Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat For Humanity.
With the price of housing continuing to escalate, not to mention its availability, many people are finding out that Habitat For Humanity has a real path toward home ownership.
Tracey talks about not only the nuts and bolts of getting Pierce County residents into home ownership, but the rewards that come with the ‘Sweat Equity’ involved.
Tracey also talks about the need for money to continue to expand and the need for not only volunteers, but financial donations in the name of affo...2019-01-2825 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe 01.20.2019Our guests this week are American Heart Association Go Red for Women Ambassadors. Dr. Marina Jansen is a Cardiologist at CHI Franciscan and Miriam Barnett is a heart attack survivor with quite a story to tell.
It's often thought that Heart Disease is a man's problem, but it is also a problem for women. Miriam ignored the symptoms that Dr. Jansen tells us are common among women with heart disease. Due to lack of awareness, too many women don't recognize what their body is telling them. The annual Go Red for Women campaign is the American Heart Association's way to...2019-01-2127 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe 01.13.2019This week we have an interview with Executive Director Melissa King and Program Manager Marni Kurtz from a terrific mentor program called Athletes For Kids.
Athletes For Kids is unique in that it pairs up high school athletes with younger kids with special needs or disabilities. Growing throughout some of the high schools on the eastside now for 16 years, Athletes For Kids not only enhances the lives of the young “buddies”, but the high school mentors as well.
Always looking to expand, you can volunteer, donate, or just learn more about Athletes For Kids online at www.athletesforkids.org2019-01-1327 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 1-6-2019This week our guests are Ned Delmore, the Executive Director, and Jim McFarland, the Director of Marketing & Communications at St. Vincent de Paul Seattle/King County.
With a mission to prevent homelessness and help neighbors achieve self-sufficiency, St. Vincent de Paul puts their experience to work. St. Vincent de Paul has been in Seattle for 99 years, and with deep roots like that they have learned that by going to the source of a neighbor’s life and visiting them in their homes, they are able to see, hear, and understand the severity of the need and find a way to in...2019-01-0628 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe 12-23-18.mp3Our guests this week represent the Muslim Community Resource Center in Redmond. Khizer Sheriff is the Executive Director, his wife Nikhath Sheriff is the Founder & CEO, and their daughter Nehath Sheriff is the Director of the Medical Clinic that MCRC operates.
The Muslim Community Resource Center (MCRC) is led by a group of community volunteers passionate about helping the less fortunate in our community. Their focus is to connect those in need with relevant resources and service providers in our community. Among their many comprehensive services, once a month they operate a free medical clinic to provide culturally competent healthcare...2019-01-0200 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 12-16-18This week we’ll speak with Emily Meltzer, the Director of Development & Communications for Accelerator Y, the social services arm of the YMCA of Greater Seattle.
Emily tells us of the 1500 young people who find themselves homeless on any given night in the Seattle area. The YMCA is the largest provider of housing for homeless young adults in King County, offering a variety of programs including rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and permanent housing—especially for those who are exiting foster care and/or who are experiencing homelessness.
One unique way this story is being told is through a new program call...2018-12-1628 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 12 - 09 - 182018-12-0900 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 12 - 02 - 18This week on Spotlight with Gary Shipe, Sunday at 5a:
This week we hear from CEO Barry Gourley and Director of Communications Claire Acey at Children’s Therapy Center.
Children’s Therapy Center is a pediatric therapy organization that strives to maximize the potential of children with special needs from birth to 18.
Barry and Claire demonstrate that the benefits of speech, occupational, physical, and social therapy can be life changing, not only for the children, but their families as well.
Learn more online at www.ctckids.org2018-12-0200 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 11 - 25 - 18This week on Spotlight with Gary Shipe, Sunday at 5a:
This week we meet Ronald Lim from Bloodworks Northwest and Bill Harper with Degree 37.
Degree 37 is a software developer that works with non-profits like Bloodworks NW to engage millennials and young people and to make it easy to donate blood.
Bill tells us that his own need of 33 surgeries and use of 267 units of blood made it personal for him as he worked on the Bloodworks App.
He tells us that donating blood is the best and easiest as well as most effective way to save a life in an...2018-11-2500 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 11 - 18 - 18This week on Spotlight with Gary Shipe, Sunday at 5a:
This week we speak with the Executive Director at Mary’s Place, Marty Hartman.
Mary’s Place operates shelters and programs in Seattle to provide love, hope and a new future to homeless women and their children. There are a number of ways the public can support Mary’s Place: their annual No Child Sleeps Outside campaign through the end of the year ($17 a night will bring a child inside), Giving Tree Tags, Brooks Holiday Fun Run.
Learn more online at www.marysplaceseattle.org and www.nochildsleepsoutside.org2018-11-1800 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeYour Community Matters- November 2018- Fishlinehttp://fishlinehelps.org2018-11-1828 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 11 - 11 - 18This week on Spotlight with Gary Shipe, Sunday at 5a:
This week we speak with The March of Dimes and their efforts to reduce the number of premature births. Long time volunteer and Leadership Team member Stephen Berry along with the Director of Maternal Child Health and Government Affairs Kasey Rivas speak about the programs and resources of the Washington Chapter of the March of Dimes.
The discussion ranges from raising awareness for November 16th, World Prematurity Day to some pilot programs such as the treatment for pregnant women with chemical dependency at Swedish Hospital.
Learn more online at www...2018-11-1100 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 11 - 04 - 18This week on Spotlight with Gary Shipe, Sunday at 5a:
This week we’ll hear from Executive Director of the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) Leonard Garfield.
The 100th anniversary of Veterans Day (then called Armistice Day) took place on November 11th, 1918 as World War One came to a close. It was a time of wrenching extremes that pulled Americans between the poles of fear and hope, between deepening cynicism and broadening optimism.
MOHAI’s current exhibit, World War 1 American tells the story and opens a window to our current conditions. Through original artifacts, images, voices, interactives and multimedia presentati...2018-11-0400 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 10 - 28 - 18This week on Spotlight with Gary Shipe, Sunday at 5a:
This week our guests are the Executive Director of Komen Puget Sound David Richart and the Executive Director of Cancer Lifeline Joseph Yurgevich.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and since one in eight women are diagnosed with breast cancer, we have to re-visit this issue.
Cancer Lifeline has been a grantee of Komen Puget Sound money for many years. Joseph and David talk about the importance of these services and programs provided for cancer patients; such as support groups, educational classes and presentations, one-on-one conversations, as well as financial...2018-10-2800 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 10 - 21 - 18This week on Spotlight with Gary Shipe, Sunday at 5a:
Our guests this week are Robin Crowder: Marketing & Development Director, and Brenda Vanderloop: Public Relations Consultant at 21 Acres Center for Local Food and Sustainable Living.
21 Acres is a nonprofit agricultural and environmental learning center show-casing the agricultural heritage of our region. 21 Acres is an actual living laboratory that demonstrates sustainable design and technologies as well as ways to maximize the beneficial aspects of fresh local produce and farm products. Supporting the farm and school, 21 Acres features a retail market, commercial kitchen and special event rental space, all housed on the...2018-10-2100 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 10 - 14 - 18This week on Spotlight with Gary Shipe, Sunday at 5a:
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and this week we hear from Danielle Madrid, the Executive Director of Havens Community Connections as well as Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Havens team member Michelle Holloman.
Havens Community Connections offers women in affluent marriages and relationships build a safe exit strategy or ‘life raft’ out of the domestic abuse cycle.
Havens is hoping to raise operating costs during this month of Domestic Violence Awareness, but help is also needed with tangible resources and skills.
To speak confidentially to a coach who can help...2018-10-1400 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 10 - 07 - 18This week on Spotlight with Gary Shipe, Sunday at 5a:
This week we talk with the founder and Executive Director of Hand In Hand, Todd McNeal.
Hand In Hand, a non-profit in Everett, are driven by compassion for those who have been abused, neglected and marginalized. They work within the community to help restore hope to kids in crisis and offer a support system to strengthen families. Todd speaks about one of those programs; Village Impact Program (VIP). Through relationship building among those in the community who are actually in need, they have built strong connections and a stronger community...2018-10-0700 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 09 - 30 - 18This week on Spotlight with Gary Shipe, Sunday at 5a:
Our guests this week are Paul Lambros, the Executive Director, and Kelli Larsen, the Chief Program Officer of Plymouth Housing Group.
Plymouth Housing Group’s mission is both simple and incredibly intricate. To eliminate homelessness and address its causes by preserving, developing, and operating safe, quality, supportive housing and by providing adults experiencing homelessness with opportunities to stabilize and improve their lives. They do this through a “housing first� model that has proved itself to be very successful.
To learn more go online to www.plymouthhousing.org2018-09-3000 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 09 - 16 - 18This week on our Public Affairs Program, Sunday at 5a:
This week we hear from two local community theaters. Jeff Lockhart is the Executive Director of the Kirkland Performance Center and Nate Murphy is the Public Relations Director at the Historic Admiral Theatre in Bremerton.
The discussion centers around the role that small, community based, non-profit theaters provide in making connections throughout the community. Not only do KPC and The Admiral entertain us with major touring acts like Kenny G and Don Felder, but they also offer a space for educational events, and provide a gathering place where people come...2018-09-1600 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 09 - 02 - 18This week on our Public Affairs Program, Sunday at 5a:
Joining us this week is Tracey Sorenson, the Community Engagement Manager with Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat For Humanity.
With the price of housing continuing to escalate, not to mention its availability, many people are finding out that Habitat For Humanity has a real path toward home ownership.
Tracey talks about not only the nuts and bolts of getting Pierce County residents into home ownership, but the rewards that come with the ‘Sweat Equity’ involved.
Tracey also talks about the need for money to continue to expand. They are sponsoring The Habitat C...2018-09-0200 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 08 - 26 - 18This week on our Public Affairs Program, Sunday at 5a:
This week our guests are Executive Director Melissa King and Program Manager Marni Kurtz from a terrific mentor program called Athletes For Kids.
Athletes For Kids is unique in that it pairs up high school athletes with younger kids with special needs or disabilities. Growing throughout some of the high schools on the eastside now for 16 years, Athletes For Kids not only enhances the lives of the young “buddies�, but the high school mentors as well.
Always looking to expand, you can volunteer, donate, or just learn more about Athletes For Kid...2018-08-2600 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 08 - 19 - 182018-08-1900 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 08 - 12 - 18This week we meet Cathi Rodgveller, the Founder and CEO of Ignite Worldwide.
Cathi tells us of the sometimes 10 to 1 ratio of men to women in tech jobs and the need to shrink that disparity.
Ignite Woldwide’s mission is to create opportunities to spark girls’ excitement about technology careers and inspire them to new possibilities. Girls in grades K-12, and college from all backgrounds interact with professional women in technology careers during the school day. The students are able to glimpse themselves as innovators and entrepreneurs through stories of successful women who work and live in their communities. Working with teach...2018-08-1200 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 08 - 05 - 182018-08-0500 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 07 - 29 - 182018-07-2900 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 07 - 22 - 18This week on our Public Affairs Program, Sunday at 5a:
The Woodland Park Zoo considers itself one of the biggest conservation group and not just as an exhibit for animals. This week we’ll meet Peter Zahler, the Vice President of Conservation Initiatives and hear about the recent addition of two rhinoceroses at WPZ, and how the zoo takes part in efforts to preserve the remaining Greater One Horned Rhinos in Asia, as well as other conservation work around the world and right here in the Northwest. Learn more online at www.zoo.org
In our second half its Sunday Morni...2018-07-2200 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 07 - 15 - 182018-07-1500 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 07 - 08 - 18This week we hear about the need for foster families. Laurie Hardie is a Foster Family Recruiter with Lutheran Community Services Northwest and Kayla, now an adult, was placed in a foster family through Lutheran Community Services at age 4 and eventually adopted by that foster mother.
There are just under 10,000 kids in foster care in Washington with so many more waiting for a family to care for them, that they spend nights in hotels because there aren’t enough families willing to take a child under their wing.
Learn more about becoming a foster family online at www.familybuildersnw.org2018-07-0800 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 06 - 24 - 182018-06-2400 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 06 - 17 - 182018-06-1700 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 06 - 10 - 182018-06-1000 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 06 - 03 - 18This week we’ll meet folks from the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of Western Washington, Mallory Cwik, Kathleen Waite, and Jeff Roberts.
Jeff is the father of this year’s Honored Heroes for the upcoming Take Steps Walk on Saturday, June 9th. Jeff tells the story of his young sons’ diagnoses as well as what living with Crohn’s disease is like for elementary aged boys.
One in 200 people live with Crohn’s or Colitis and Mallory and Kathleen discuss the need for more research into how to cure these Inflammatory bowel Diseases as well as the funds necessary to support such research. The Tak...2018-06-0300 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 05 - 27 - 18This week on our Public Affairs Program, Sunday at 5a:
This week we’ll learn of the heroic exploits of a young man who defected from behind the iron curtain in the early 1950s by flying a Czech Airliner to freedom. Later becoming the personal pilot to Bill Boeing Jr., working for the CIA, a stunt pilot, an airplane and hydroplane racer and national champion; Mira Slovak’s story has been preserved for us in a new book by our guest David Williams. A Race To Freedom: The Mira Slovak Story is a fascinating biography that teaches the depth of desire for...2018-05-2700 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 05 - 21 - 18This week on our Public Affairs Program, Sunday at 5a:
As Memorial Day gets closer we offer an encore broadcast from several years ago with two veterans of World War II that have since passed away.
Roscoe Mitchell and Art Shipe served on opposite sides of the globe during World War II. Roscoe was a nose gunner and bomb toggler in a B-17 with the 8th Air Force in Europe. Art was a turret gunner in a Grumman TBM Avenger that flew off the air craft carrier Bunker Hill in the Pacific.
They share some of their experiences in the...2018-05-2000 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 05 - 06 - 18This week on our Public Affairs Program, Sunday at 5a:
Joining us this week to talk about Type 1 Diabetes are Senior Development Manager at JDRF Lindsey Larkin, one of this year’s Ambassadors for the annual Beat The Bridge Run 16 year old Emma Murphy, and Promotion Coordinator at Radio stations Movin’ 92.5 and AM 880 KIXI Delilah Sanabria. JDRF for years stood for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, but in recent years we’ve learned that it is not a juvenile disease. The topic is personal for both Emma and Delilah, as they have been living with Type 1 Diabetes for 15 years, and they will participat...2018-05-0600 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight with Gary Shipe 04 - 29 - 18The first weekend in June means it is time for Komen Puget Sound's Race For The Cure, and this time they are celebrating 25 years!
Joining us this week are Executive Director of Komen Puget Sound, David Richart and Komen Puget Sound's Volunteer of the Year and Fundraising Chair, Jim Mendoza.
David and Jim tell us of the continuing need for research to end breast cancer. One in eight women will be diagnosed with the disease this year and almost 40,000 will die.
Jim shares his own story of why he volunteers and raises money in the Race For The Cure each...2018-04-2900 minSpotlight with Gary ShipeSpotlight With Gary Shipe 04 - 22 - 18This Earth Day we investigate the success and future of Built Green homes.
Leah Missik is the Program Manager of Built Green, a non-profit arm of The Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish County. We also hear from Anthony Maschmedt, the Owner/Principal of Dwell Development, a Seattle builder who recently built a Net Zero energy home in Ballard.
Built Green ratings range from 3-Star, 4-Star, 5-Star to Emerald Star; and there are many factors in determining the efficiency of a new home. Along with energy usage there are use of construction materials, water use, and indoor air quality.
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