Lee Callahan's Seattle Weekly

iHeart radio stations spent a day talking with kids and parents who benefited from the fine medicl care at Seattle Children's. Hear Lee's interviews with these inspiring folks.

Mike Butler, senior executive team at Providence, and Dr. Dora Barilla, Group Vice President, Community Health Investment for Providence St. Joseph Health.

Ann Graves, Executive Director of The Seattle Animal Shelter with best practices for adopting a new animal and for protecting your pets through the holiday season.

Fostering Together is dedicated to finding and supporting foster families in Western Washington. Maia Anderson, the Fostering Together Liaison in the Everett area, helps families walk through the licensing process and beyond.

Eco-Consumer Tom Watson on King County’s Eco-Friendly Green Holidays Program: from recycling old Christmas lights to “giving an experience instead of stuff.”

Our guests: Captains Lisa and Anthony Barnes of the NW Division of The Salvation Army. The Salvation Army exists to meet human needs wherever, whenever and however possible. Giving locally ensures that the people in this community get the help they need.

Trishon Ramsey From Santa’s Castle tells us how we can help brighten the holidays for the kids of our active duty personnel.

Wes Benson is the Sustainability Manager who oversees the amazing composting and sustainability programs at Taco Time.

WA529 Director Luke Minor breaks down the Washington State plans for getting your kids into college or technical schools and many more forms of higher education. Get an account started before the holidays and ask families members to gift to your account.

Sherry Williams, Community Benefit Manager at Swedish talks about this health care organization's belief in taking care of our citizens – inside clinical spaces and out in the community.

Hear how incredible this organization is, from Denise Rouleau, Co-Director of Puget Sound Honor Flight.

Warren Miller’s ‘Timeless’ premieres this month, featuring Jaelin Kauf. Jaelin is competing on the World Cup Freestyle Tour and is currently ranked #2 in the World in Moguls. The U.S. Freestyle Ski Team has limited funding for athletes and the cost to compete and train at the World Cup level is very expensive. Listen in to hear how we can support our US athletes.

Fred Hutch’s VP of Philanthropy, Kelly O’Brien, on the status of the center’s strides in fighting cancer.

Heidi May and Maury Eskenazi join the show to shine a much needed spotlight on Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event in Everett on 10/26.

Guest June Leahy on her daughter's legacy of brightening the lives of children dealing with cancer. In each other's company, these kids and their families and local athletes are lifted up in many ways.

Our guests: Maddy Noonan is the communications and outreach manager for NAMI Seattle. Laura Umetsu is a business communications lecturer at UW Bothell School of Business and board member of NAMI Seattle. Heather Agun is the marketing director for Legacy Estate Planning LLC. She is also a current business student at UW Bothell. Info: namiseattle.org/events/depressed-cake-shop/

Today’s guest: Executive Director Paula J. Del Giudice. Seahawk Curt Warner will share the story of his twin sons at the Little Bit Community Luncheon on October 16. www.littlebit.org

Our guests today from Providence St. Joseph Health: Dr. Joyce Gilbert is the Medical Director of the Providence St. Peter Sexual Assault Clinic and Child Maltreatment Center in Olympia. Paula Newman-Skomski, ARNP, Forensic Nurse Examiner and Melissa Mertz, Manager, both at Providence Intervention Center for Assault and Abuse. Visit Future. PSJHealth.org for more information.

You can win all kinds of fun Sounders swag when you give blood at these upcoming Out for Blood blood drives with Zach Scot: Friday, September 20, 2019 | 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 406 Occidental Avenue S, Seattle, WA 98104 Saturday, September 21, 2019 | 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 7045 120th Avenue NE, Kirkland, WA 98033 Saturday, September 21, 2019 | 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 5600 64th Street NE, Marysvill...

Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr., President of The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America: On Oct. 17th, the public is invited to a free Alzheimer’s educational conference in Seattle, featuring leading medical and dementia care experts on Alzheimer's and healthy aging. Also: valuable tips and strategies, and information on local resources. Call for information 866-232-8484 or visit www.alzfdn.org .

From the American Heart Association, a survivor of congenital heart defect: Brady Thompson, and, the mom of a young survivor, Mary Santos. Join their teams for the upcoming benefit walks: South Sound Heart and Stroke Walk, October 5 at Cheney Stadium Puget Sound Heart and Stroke Walk, October 12 at Seattle Center More information here: southsoundheartwalk.org or pugetsoundheartwalk.org.

Join the fine folks from The Wave Foundation for their "Cycle The Wave" bike ride, sponsored by Seattle Mini. Our guests today: Ariana Orford,The Wave Foundation's Executive Director, and Carlen McKee, program director of their Legal Hope program. Information here: www.thewavefoundation.org

August 25, 2019 - From Kaiser Permanente: John Dunn, MD, Medical Director for Preventive Care and Clinical Lead for Immunizations, and Sarah Leet, Physician Assistant, who works in the school based health center for the Interagency Academy in Seattle. More information here: https://wa-health.kaiserpermanente.org/school-based-health-centers/

Cary Porter of The Cascade Team Real Estate is the man behind the 14th Annual Project Crayon Drive. We can all help to collect 250,00 much needed, brand new crayons for the kids at Children's Hospital. Hear the whole story here.