TALK OF THE TOWN

Talk of the Town hosts, Lauren and Tim Elwell sit down with Operation Food Search’s Director of Strategic Initiatives Lucinda Perry. They chat about the partnership with Missouri Coalition for the Environment and learn about ‘gleaning’. COVID has affected many during this time and Lucinda talks about how they’re adapting. For more info on Operation Food Search, click HERE.

Talk of the Town chats to Taulby Roach (President and CEO of Bi-State Development, which includes Metro Transit as one of its enterprises) and Kevin Scott (General Manager of Field Security at Metro Transit) about the new security implementations for riders.

For more information on Metro Transit, click HERE.

Dr. Kenneth Haller of Danis Pediatrics, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon joins Lauren and Tim to talk about the ‘Glennon Gallop’ held on September 19th with a virtual fundraiser. Dr. Haller spoke about his passion for helping kids and what your support means for children that visit the hospital.

For more info, please click HERE.

Lauren and Tim visited with Doug Geist, who is one of the event coordinators for the Huntington’s Disease Society of America. He joined us to talk about the Team Hope Walk which is happening on Saturday, September 12th. For all of the information on this organization, and the walk, please click HERE.

Nichole Dawsey, who is the Executive Director of the NCADA (National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse) talked to Lauren and Tim about addiction, recovery and the efforts of NCADA during COVID-19. For more information on this organization, please click HERE.

Talk of the Town is happy to welcome the Open Space Council to the show! New host Lauren Elwell and husband/producer Tim Elwell visited with Executive Director, Bonnie Harper and Program Manager, Caitlin Zera to discuss the community involvement of the Open Space Council and the annual trash cleanup event, Operation Clean Stream. Click HERE for more info.

Pictured: Bonnie Harper, Caitlin Zera, Lauren and Tim Elwell.