Community D.C.

Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow speaks with a Mom, parent and recipient of Jill's House, a Christian nonprofit organization that loves and serves families of children, adolescents, and young adults with profound intellectual disabilities through short-term, overnight respite care and holistic family support services. Regularly throughout the year, parents send their kids with intellectual disabil...

Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow speaks with Allison Davis, the Senior Vice President, Planning and Program Development, at Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will go over the massive undertaking – the first of it’s kind in 50 years with many positive changes as you’ll hear See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WASH-FM's Jenni Chase spoke with Dean Brenner, Board Chair for the National Capital Area Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, along with the Vice President of Programs and Services for our local Alzheimer's Association, Karen Fagan...we discuss getting a diagnosis, tests and treatments, as well as The Alzheimer’s Association recently releasing a special report, American Perspectives on Early De...

Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow visits with Robin Kelleher, who is the co-founder who serves as the CEO of Hope For The Warriors®. Robin’s entrepreneurship, leadership, and passion has led this highly successful “for purpose” organization to national heights, raising over $75M and significantly impacting the military community. Robin is responsible for developing and implementing the strategic di...

Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow visits with Founder and President for The Jake Cassell Fund, Steve Cassell to talk about losing his autistic son Jake several years ago, and out of unbelievable tragedy, he and his wife started 'The Jake Cassell Fund' in his sons name that is dedicated to supporting special needs children, young adults, and their families in underserved communities. Their mission i...

Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow speak with the Founders of Heart's Cry Children's Ministry, Matt and Misty Hedspeth. The HCCM is a advocates for and cares for orphaned and abandoned children in Panama, particularly through their Casa Providencia, a special needs orphanage, and their Orphan Cares and Family Services programs. They provide a range of services, including adoption and foster care sup...

WASH-FM's Jenni Chase is our special Host this week and spoke to Cindy Schelhorn: Senior Director, Communications and Marketing, Alzheimer’s Association National Capital Area Chapter, and Gina Willoughby: President and CEO, WCG, Inc., Alzheimer’s Association National Capital Area Chapter Board Member/Volunteer and organizer of the Workout To End ALZ fundraiser.  June is Alzheimer's And Brain Aware...

Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow visits with Glenda Fu Smith, Executive Director for So Kids Soar, a nonprofit organization in the DMV that provides life-changing programs to empower youth with physical and developmental disabilities. We also we’ll be visiting with one of So Kids Soar’s sponsors and partners – Jason Daniel from Panda Exteriors – to talk about his and the companies involvement in a...

Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow visits with CEO for EveryMind.org Ann Mazur. EveryMind.org is a Maryland-based organization dedicated to improving mental health and well-being by providing direct services, community education, and advocacy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow visits with President and CEO for Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic Lesli Creedon about what she and her team do, to make hundreds of wishes come true every year, events, donations, volunteer and much more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow speaks with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's Matt Strait, who is a Deputy Assistant administrator in DEA’s diversion control division and Kerry Hamilton, who is also a Deputy Assistant administrator in DEA’s diversion control division, and covers policy about the DEA’s latest initiatives and some of the great success stories they have regarding r...

Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow speaks with Ginny Atwood – co-founder of The Chris Atwood Foundation - a nonprofit in Northern Virginia dedicated to saving lives from opioid overdose and supporting recovery from addiction. And they have a really big event coming up called Hope Fest 2025 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow speaks with two great guests from the Department of Environmental Protection of Montgomery County – Eileen Kao – who is the Chief of the Waste Reduction and Recycling Section and Kathy Vazquez – Commercial Food Scraps Recycling Manager… We’ll be talking about a huge initiative that is already underway with pilot programs on Montgomery county and that’s they reduce...

Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow speaks with Dr. Sara Kinsman, Director from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau Staff - Division of Child, Adolescent, and Family Health at Her-Sa – also know as the Health Resources and Services Administration. We’ll be spending the next 30 mins talking about Poison control – what you can do if a family member, friend, co-worker or someone you know has been poiso...

Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow visits with AFSP Executive Director Ellen Shannon to talk about Mentral Health Awareness month in May, what AFSP does, how it can help you or a family member, upcoming events, how to donate and much more on Community DC! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

February is Heart Month, so to get some valuable heart health insights, we talked to Dr. Ameya Kulkarni – President, American Heart Association and member of the Greater Washington Region Board of Directors, who's also the Associate Medical Director for Kaiser Permanente...and Krysta Pearce, an AHA ambassador and cardiac Survivor.  More more info and to donate, go to: goredforwomen.org and heart.o...

Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow visits with Co-Chair of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Ball, Katie Yanushonis - that is taking place on Saturday, March 29th. Listen for all the details and how to get tickets to a wonderful evening that will include Comedian and Actor Nick Kroll at the Washington DC Convention Center. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow welcomes back WRAP President Kury Erickson and special guest Rick Birt who serves as the Director of the Washington, DC Highway Safety Office (HSO). With St. Patrick's Day upon us, we talk remind everyone about driving while impaired and the serious epercussions that result in it holiday or not. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow visits with the Executive Director for the National Kidney Foundation Michele Anthony to talk about the latest happenings and an upcoming Gala, plus Stacy Warr joins us to talk about her own personal journy and relationship with the NKF of Washington DC. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

February is Heart Month, so to get some valuable heart health insights, we talked to Dr. Ameya Kulkarni – President, American Heart Association and member of the Greater Washington Region Board of Directors, who's also the Associate Medical Director for Kaiser Permanente...and Krysta Pearce, an AHA ambassador and cardiac Survivor.  goredforwomen.org and heart.org/dc See omnystudio.com/listener for...

Dr. Maryam Mohammadi is a board-certified Cardiologist with Johns Hopkins Community Physicians…Dr. Hanghang Wang is a Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Suburban Hospital and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. February is Heart Month and they joined us to talk about the various types of cardiac diseases, prevention, and the role of Artificial Intelligence in cardiac car...

Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow visits with the DC Independent Film Festival Executive Director Deirdre Evans-Pritchard to talk about the upcoming Film Festival, how to attend, tickets, seminars, workshops and much more for any fan of independent film. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow visits with the Founder of Omnium CIrcus, Lisa Lewis. A jaw dropping, awe inspiring, joyful entertainment experience for the entire family! Omnium means of all and belonging to all– presenting the best in family circus entertainment—Comprehensively inclusive and accessible at every performance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow visits with Founder and Executive Director Lisa Lewis of Omnium Circus. Described as A Bold New Circus is a first of its kind: a singularly inclusive and accessible Circus that is multi-abled and representative, highlighting and celebrating that disability and diversity shine through the joy and excitement of Circus arts. The Omnium Circus comes to Washington DC an...

Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow visits with the Arthritis Foundation, topics: Education, Helpline, Advocacy, Medications, Treatments, Research, Events, Fund Raising and much more with Executive Director Rebecca Caldwell and Development Manager Maddy Martin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.