Good Works in the Heartland

Good Works S2 EP01 - Medicare Open Enrollment / Your SRC by Nick Carswell

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 America...

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....

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 assistanc...

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 th...

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-...

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...

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...

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...

Good Works in the Heartland - EP1 - Senior Resource Center by Nick Carswell

Mike Anderson is a TV personality, actor and comedian based here in Lawrence, KS. Mike has had a varied career in TV, film, comedy and he has even dabbled in politics. The Rolling Wave theme music by OILS http://oilsoilsoils.bandcamp.com

Fally Afani is an award-winning journalist with a career spanning more than 15 years in media. She has worked extensively in radio, television, newspapers, magazines, and more. Fally’s work has been featured in magazines, newspapers, and television stations across Kansas. She has received several Kansas Association of Broadcasters awards as well as an Edward R. Murrow award for her online work in...

Filmmaker Joe McGovern talks about his documentary The Other Side: A Liberal Democrat Explores Conservative America. Joe McGovern is a former teacher, vice principal, social worker, pro soccer player, and wilderness therapy guide who now makes his living acting and teaching in Los Angeles. Joe is also the filmmaker and star of the documentary film The Other Side, in which he travels around the US...

We’re returning to our Artist Profile on The Rolling Wave, talking to Lawrence-based playwright and performer, Will Averill. Will is a founding member of Card Table Theatre. He served as producer, head writer and director of the Victor Continental Show, appearing in all 20 episodes. A published writer, Card Table has premiered many of his plays including: One More Moondance; Pulling Out; Plastic E...

An extended discussion with artist Kent Smith! Kent Smith is a Lawrence, KS based illustrator, designer, sculptor, maker, teacher, problem-maker, problem-solver, mad scientist and the mayor of Smittytown. He is a time traveler, a dimension-hopper and the documentarian of many worlds. In all his endeavors, Kent celebrates how fortunate he is to spend his days making things and celebrating art and d...

A discussion with KU Orientation Assistants Jarred Morris and Lizzie Lenga about the KU Common Book "Between The World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates. KU Common Book is a campus-wide initiative started by the University of Kansas in 2012, with the goal of engaging first-year students. A key component of the KU strategic plan is to invest in intellectual experiences for first-year students. As part of...

Kate Dinneen has been working with hot metal since 1994. Her work can be seen locally at Free State Brewery, Merchants Restaurant and Wheatfield’s Cafe and Bakery. She contributed to gates at Black Jack Battlefield near Baldwin, KS and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, England. She was mentored locally and internationally, studying with some of the world's best metalworkers. Formerly a Board...

A native of the Buffalo, NY area, Amanda Maciuba graduated from the University at Buffalo with a degree in Visual Studies and a concentration in Print Media. She also received a Masters of Fine Arts in Printmaking with a minor in Intermedia from the University of Iowa in 2015. Amanda has been a resident artist at the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, and the Lawren...