TALK OF THE TOWN

Talk of the Town welcomes Dr. Jess Watson, Executive Director of Earth Day 365.

For more info: earthday-365.org/

Talk of the Town welcomes Colleen Pace — Chief Program Officer, and Nolan Brunnworth, Director of Development of CHADS to the show!

For more info:
www.chadscoalition.org/

Talk of the Town welcomes Scott Spinner & Carol Womack, Co-Chairs of A Cause for Paws with Helping Strays of Monroe County.

For more info:
helpingstrays.org/

Talk of the Town welcomes Muriel Smith, Executive Director of St. Louis Area Diaper Bank to the show.

For more info:
https://stldiaperbank.org/

Talk of the Town welcomes Bonnie Harper, Executive Director of OpenSpaceSTL, formerly Open Space Council for the St. Louis Region.

For more info:
openspacestl.org/

Talk of the Town welcomes back, Rachel Newsome — Communications Officer of Illinois Center for Autism — to the show!!

Get info about their ‘Behind the Mask’ event here:
illinoiscenterforautism.org/

Talk of the Town welcomes George Godat to the show to discuss The National Museum of Transportation!

For more info:
tnmot.org/

Talk of the Town welcomes NAMI St Louis Executive Director, Christine Patterson and Director of Programs, Jessie Brown to the show!

For more info:
www.namistl.org/

Talk of the Town welcomes April Haskins, Executive Director of Dogs for Our Brave to the show!

For more info:
www.dfob.org/

Talk of the Town welcomes Paul Weiss, president of Oasis Institute to the show!

For more info:
st-louis.oasisnet.org/

Talk of the Town welcomes Danni Eickenhorst to the show to discuss Steve’s Hot Dogs and the Feed the People program.

Don’t miss ‘Belly Up to the Bar’ which is raising money to feed people in food insecure situations around St. Louis.

For more info:
www.steveshotdogsstl.com/events

Donate now:
www.steveshotdogsstl.com/feedthepeople

Talk of the Town welcomes The J’s Director of Literary Arts, Hannah Dinkel to the program to talk about the upcoming Used Book Sale and other fantastic events at The J!

Details:
jccstl.com/

Host Lauren Elwell spoke with Alissa Nicks, founder of Alissa’s Hope, which is a nonprofit organization which has a mission to create grants to help cover the gap in health insurance for breast cancer patients, provide means to update machines and equipment to improve patient care, as well as provide comfort items for cancer patients receiving treatment at local hospitals in the St. Louis area.

For more info:
www.alissashope.com/

Energycare: Host Lauren Elwell spoke with Tim O’Dea, Executive Director of Energycare, which is a nonprofit organization which assists the elderly, people with disabilities and chronically ill people with their heating and cooling needs. Energycare promotes healthier, safer home environments and independent living by providing year round energy-related services in the St. Louis communities for low-income households.

For more info:
www.energycare.org/index.html

Talk of the Town welcomes Chief Executive Officer, Latosha Fowlkes to discuss the new name and direction of The Core Collective at Saint Vincent. Among the name change, The Core Collective at Saint Vincent has also created a street outreach program and a drop in center for the youth of St. Louis. Children, ages 10-19 may access the facilities and resources available anytime throughout the year. Also discussed was the importance of ‘Safe Places’ around St. Louis and how there has been an increased housing crisis on the rise in our region.

For more info:
saintvincenthome.org/the-core-collective/