Copper Shores Podcast

This podcast is the final one in our 2020 Giving Tuesday series. Today we talked with our Intern, Ariele Kauppila, to discuss our Giving Tuesday event. This year we received $394,514.28 in donations between 1,239 donations. Portage Health Foundation will be matching $200,000, making the total of $594,514,28 to be donated to our 18 local non-profits. We want to thank each and every person who was a...

This podcast is a part of our Giving Tuesday series and today we talked with Cathy Kass-Aten from Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly. Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly is a national network of non-profit volunteer-based organizations committed to relieving isolation and loneliness among the elderly. They offer to people of goodwill the opportunity to join the elderly in friendship and...

This podcast is a part of our Giving Tuesday series and today we talked with Cynthia MacDonald from Swedetown Trails. In winter, Swedetown Trails offers 35 km of groomed cross country ski trails and 10 miles of groomed snowbike trails. There are back-country trails and beautiful snowshoe trails as well, where you can make your own tracks. In summer and fall, Swedetown has trails for mountain bikin...

This podcast is a part of our Giving Tuesday series and today we talked with Kristine Putz from Dial Help. Their team of staff and volunteers know that a little support during a difficult time can go a long way. They empower individuals to find solutions and make healthy decisions. Dial Help is here to offer confidential, non-judgmental services for crisis support, mental health, and more.  T...

This podcast is a part of our Giving Tuesday series and today we talked with Charmaine and John Parsons from Dan Schmitt Gift of Music. Their mission is to provide youth with free instruments and music lessons, after-school music programming and outdoor education opportunities emphasizing food independence, environmental sustainability and a connection to the natural world. Gift of Music has purch...

This podcast is a part of our Giving Tuesday series and today we talked with Lynnette Borree from Simple Kindness for Youth (SKY). Their mission is to help young people build and maintain their self-esteem by providing means to access basic needs, enable them to feel accepted with their peers, and enable access to educational activities and community participation. SKY board members are unpaid vol...

This podcast is a part of our Giving Tuesday series and today we talked with Jennifer Szubielak from Copper Country Senior Meals. Copper Country Senior Meals is a home delivered and congregate meal service. The meals are designed to provide 33% of the daily nutritional requirement. For people 60 and over that are able to drive, congregate meal sites are situated throughout the area, providing an o...

This podcast is a part of our Giving Tuesday series and today we talked with Angie Kolehmainen from the Baraga County Shelter Home.  Their work is providing services and hope for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and related forms of abuse along a journey of healing, with priorities of safety and empowerment. They believe, listen, and respect survivors and provide support, inform...

This podcast is a part of our Giving Tuesday series and today we talked with Melissa Maki from 31 Backpacks. 31 Backpacks is a 100% volunteer-based organization that provides food for at risk youth in Houghton, Keweenaw, and Baraga Counties. This year they have had a jump from helping 225 kids to over 2100. Families have seen a lot of financial hardships this year but 31 Backpacks continues to pro...

This podcast is a part of our Giving Tuesday series and today we talked with Iola Brubaker from the Keweenaw Family Resource Center. Their mission is to support, enrich, and strengthen family life in the Keweenaw Peninsula by providing a variety of programs that focus on families with children from birth through four years of age. Their vision is for all families with young children in the Copper...

This podcast is a part of our Giving Tuesday series and today we talked with Tammy Lancioni and Karen Bradley from the Ontonagon County Cancer Association.  The OCCA is a non-profit organization that reaches out in Ontonagon County to help its residents fight their battle with cancer. There are a lot of expenses that come up besides medical bills. The OCCA strives to help out with any obstacl...

This podcast is a part of our Giving Tuesday series and today we talked with Darian Reed from Superior Search & Rescue.  They are a ground-based, volunteer organization that assists the Houghton and Keweenaw County law enforcement agencies in finding missing persons. Their emphasis is on providing trained ground searchers, command organization, and incident communications. The team is fun...

This podcast is a part of our Giving Tuesday series and today we talked with Michael Lutz from the Omega House.  The Omega House offers an environment for terminally ill people and provides end-of-life care. In cooperation with local hospice programs, Omega House provides residents with exceptional care and attention 24-hours a day, seven days a week.  Donations are being accepted throug...

This podcast is a part of our Giving Tuesday series and today we chatted with Mary Niemela from the Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter Home. The shelter provides temporary shelter for victims and their children in abusive relationships with individual counseling and support groups for residents and non-residents, information and referral to appropriate agencies, outreach advocates available to help v...

This podcast is the first of our #GivingTuesday series! Today we sat down with Nathan Miller from the Copper Harbor Trails Club. This organization works with the state as well as local landowners to provide the community with a wide array of trails for recreational use. They depend on donations to upkeep and expand these trails. Nathan talks about some of the organization's upcoming plans of expan...

This is an introduction to our Media Intern Ariele Kauppila, who will be working with us for our Giving Tuesday event on December 1. We talk about our plans to get restaurants and businesses involved in Giving Tuesday and discuss the future of the PHF podcast.  Learn more about Giving Tuesday and the Portage Health Foundation at phfgive.org/givingtuesday.

Last week we sat down with Josh Y. from Mix 93 to introduce the 18 non-profit partners we have this year for #GivingTuesday! Tune in to this episode to learn more about Giving Tuesday, hear who all 18 partners are and get yourself prepared to donate this year. To receive a notification when we open our donation form for the year, visit phfgive.org/givingtuesday . 

Welcome to the final episode of the Portage Health Foundation Addiction Series. As we finish up we’ll hear from PHF board chair Bernadette Yeoman-Ouellette on her vision for the foundation’s role in tackling the addiction crisis, Mark Maggio from Phoenix House and Rebecca Crane from Dial Help on projects they’ve completed to do their part, and finally, we’ll hear from Kevin Store on how the resour...

It’s amazing what can happen when a community comes together for a noble cause. That’s precisely what happened with the formation of UPSET West, which was formed in 2016 to increase the level of narcotics enforcement in the western Upper Peninsula. In episode 12 we’ll hear from the foundation’s executive director Kevin Store and Houghton Chief of Police John Donnelly about UPSET West.   ...

As you’ll hear in Episode 11 of the Portage Health Foundation Addiction Series, the vast majority of those suffering from addiction also have some issues related to mental health. In this episode, we’ll talk to Bernadette Yeoman-Ouellette from the foundation, Rebecca Crane from Dial Help and Dr. Adam Frimodig from UP Health System.  Looking Ahead   Addiction is only adding to the lack of...

The 10th of 13 episodes in Portage Health Foundation's Addiction Series. See all of the episodes and subscribe for alerts when new episodes are dropped by visiting phfgive.org/addiction.

Today in the Portage Health Foundation Addiction Series we’re looking optimistically at what our community can be, and is, doing to combat the effects of addiction in the Copper Country. You’ll hear many voices in today’s episode, starting with Rebecca Crane from Dial Help, then Bernadette Yeoman-Ouellette and Kevin Store from Portage Health Foundation, former addict Nikki Collins, Houghton police...

The range of effects addiction can have on a person are drastic, and often are deeper than those who are trying to help someone through addiction can ever realize. On this episode we’ll hear from Mark Maggio with the Phoenix House, Rebecca Crane from Dial Help and Dr. Adam Frimodig from UP Health System. The three of them will dive into the many negative health consequences addiction can have. &nb...

The medical community is consistently doing its best to serve those suffering from addiction. In this episode, we’ll talk to Dr. Adam Frimodig from UP Health System about current medical practices in helping those suffering from addiction. Highlights from Episode 7 Dr. Adam Frimodig, UP Health System “(With alcohol, we need to ween them down appropriately using medication. We give them medications...

In this episode of the Portage Health Foundation Addiction Series we’ll talk with former addict Nikki Collins, Houghton’s Chief of Police John Donnelly and Dr. Adam Frimodig from UP Health System as we learn about the devastating cycle addiction can have. Highlights from Episode 6 Nikki Collins, a former addict and current business owner “I’m here in recovery now, but the active addiction is hustl...