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Krista Collopy says the Comfort Zone Camp totally changed her life. Years after she lost her dad to cancer, Krista went for a free weekend at Comfort Zone Camp, which brings together children who have lost parents. Krista is now the Senior Regional Director of Comfort Zone Camp, which helps people up to the age of 26.
Jana Wu is a licensed clinical social worker with The Mountainside Treatment Center. While the CDC reports a 24% decline in drug OD deaths, the addiction landscape is changing with new substance abuse on the rise: cannabis-infused gummies, chocolates, seltzers and other foods which are marketed for wellness. Plus there are the unregulated drugs like kratom, which you can find at convenience stores and...
Regina Charles is the clinical services director of Center Path Wellness, which provides free in-person and telehealth mental health services for people in NJ who are not insured, or underinsured, including undocumented people.
Carla Cooke was just months old when her legendary dad, singer/songwriter Sam Cooke was killed by a motel clerk when he was 33 in 1964. He was way ahead of his time, setting up his own music label, to make sure he and other artists would be fairly compensated for their work. Carla is following in her dad’s footsteps as a singer/songwriter herself, with a traveling show in his honor.
Louis Henry Mitchell is a Q104.3 listener who has one of the best jobs on earth: he’s the creative director of character design for Sesame Workshop. He’s out with a book to help people find their purpose. It’s called “Qreative Evolution”.
Frank Sztuk of The New York Alliance Against Insurance Fraud says insurance fraud costs every New Yorker 900 dollars a year. Among the scams: rear end car crashes!
Co-directed by iconic NYC tv journalist Perri Peltz and Matthew O’Neil, the doc “The Last Twins” centers on the hero Jewish Auschwitz prisoner who became a parent figure & savior to twins boys, who endured torture experiments at the hands of Dr. Josef Mengele.
Michael Barasch, lawyer for the 9/11 community, fills us in on the latest on the job cuts at The World Trade Center 9/11 illness Health Program. Despite the, what could be, temporary restoration of jobs there, treatments are delays and so is certification of 9/11 illnesses, which is the only way survivors can get compensation.
Jake Sumner is the director of the doc “Ron Delsener Presents”, the story of a self-made concert industry legend and his start in NYC.
Proving that one (or 2) can make a huge difference, Q104.3 Long Island listeners Frank Montana and Tommy Perniciaro each year raise money for a family affected by cancer, providing support with groceries, appliances, mortgage payments and more.
Who says the Rom-Com is dead?? Even “The New York Times” loves “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life”. Laura Piani directed and Claire Rutherford star in a movie that will get people to read more books!!
Garland Jeffreys is a Brooklyn-born singer/songwriter who was way ahead of his time. Now in the late staged of Alzheimer’s Disease, his wife and partner of 40 plus years is out with a love letter to him with the doc “The King Of In Between”.
Tunnel To Towers holds its 9th WTC climb up the 104 stories Sunday June 1st. I am proud to lead a team of 22 Q104.3 listeners in this year’s climb. T2T CEO & President Frabk Siller details the good work T2T does.
Founded by the great NY Met Rusty Staub, Answer The Call immediately gives $50,000 to the families of NYC 1stresponders killed in the line of duty and then gives families another stipend every year to use as they see fit. Lauren Profeta is the executive director of this amazing organization.
Colin Blunstone was still in high school when he joined the Zombies, the group that gave us “Time Of The Season” , “She’s Not There” and more. Colin didn’t like “Time Of The Season” and either did The Zombies’ record label. When it became a huge hit, they had already broken up and Colin was working in insurance! He calls failure a great learning lesson.
Dr. Brendan Guarino, who grew up listening to Q104.3, thanks to his parents, is a clinical psychologist who specializes in the mental health of first responders. 5/17 begins EMS Week.
Maureen Spataro of Freehold is a survivor of sexual abuse as a child and domestic abuse as an adult. She and the Stephanie Nicole Parze Foundation have teamed up to put rooms in NJ police stations, serving as sanctuaries for victims of sexual assault & domestic violence.
Ada Karmi Melamede is a woman you probably never heard of , though as an architect, she created some of the best known buildings in Israel. Her daughter, Yael, almost followed in her footsteps but ended up as an Oscar-winning film director with her doc “Ada: My Mother The Architect” now in theaters.
Erin Kenny is the overnight senior manager for the American Foundation For Suicide Prevention. June 21st, AFSP will hold their Out Of The Darkness Overnight Walk to raise awareness and funds for suicide prevention. Erin says a much earlier walk saved her own life.
The Action Play musical “Dimensions & Dragons” is coming to the 14th Street YMCA May 17 & 18, a show created by and starring actors on the autism spectrum.
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