Best Laurent Fouilloud Buyat Podcasts (2024)

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Special Olympics Texas gets a lot of help from Jersey Mike's 30:21

1M ago30:21

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The Special Olympics Texan East Region is getting a bunch of help from Jersey Mike’s who is conducting a cool fundraiser on March 27th. They will donate all proceeds to Special Olympics nationwide. To tell us how if affects Texas, my guests are: Ainsley Spenser, a Special Olympics athlete with a great story of friendship, AJ Edenzon, the Executive …

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Houston PetSet: 20 years of serving Texans and our animals 30:46

1M ago30:46

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Lisa Tynan is the marketing and special events specialist for Houston PetSet. We celebrate their 20 years of service to Texans by discussing the great success they have had lobbying our city and state government to enact more humane laws. They also offer free chip and vaccine services and we explain how important it is to do this with our pets. And…

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Sweat Equity: Houston Habitat for Humanity's secret to success 30:01

2M ago30:01

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Sylvia Villalpando is the Homeowner Services Associate Director for Houston Habitat for Humanity. Their success is in large part due to their “Sweat Equity” program, which requires potential homeowners to take financial management classes and to put in some work in helping others with their home needs. We also discuss how Houston Habitat chooses ap…

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Literacy Now is fixing the catastrophic reading rate in the Houston Area 30:11

2M ago30:11

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Jacque Daughtry is the CEO of Literacy Now and Jacklyn Wilson is their chief Operating officer. Only about 30% of Houston Area 3rd graders can read at their 3rd grade level when they are pushed into 4th grade. This condemns these kids to a life of poverty and, probably, petty crime or worse. That’s what the data tells us. Literacy Now helps those k…

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Lupus Texas Gulf Coast 29:34

2M ago29:34

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Anne Marie Blacketer is the CEO of Lupus Texas Gulf Coast. Lupus is still a relatively unknown disease to most and raising awareness is how we can create more research opportunities. The disease affects black women disproportionately and we still don’t know the cause, nor is there any cure. Lupus Texas Gulf Coast offers support to those living with…

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Inova: Memorial Assistance Ministries' new program for Entrepreneurs 30:33

3M ago30:33

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Sonja Gee is the President & CEO of Memorial Assistance Ministries (MAM). They never dropped the ball during the pandemic. They kept their doors as open as legally possible and continuing their services uninterrupted. They are launching a new program: the Innova Community Business Academy, designed to to empower entrepreneurs and small businesses i…

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Legacy Community Health on mental health and misusing prescription drugs 30:33

3M ago30:33

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Neha Agrawal is a clinical pharmacist at Legacy Community Health and Jose Romero is their Director of Therapy Services. Legacy Health Community Health provides mental health assistance from prescriptions to psychotherapy. Patients are followed and connected to the right providers. We also discuss the misuse diabetes drugs like Ozempic, which people…

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Arms Wide & The Prebles: Foster Parents with a Giant Heart 30:10

4M ago30:10

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DeJuana Jernigan is the CEO of Arms Wide and this time, she brought some friends. Laura and John Preble are foster parents for Arms Wide and they are living examples of how rewarding fostering can be. They also explain that with the help of Arms Wide, becoming a foster parents is doable for any couple. You just need to want to do it and Arms Wide w…

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Northwest Assistance Ministries: giving a Thanksgiving and Christmas for everyone! 30:46

5M ago30:46

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Samantha Anchia is the Development Director for Northwest Assistance Ministries, one of our non-profits that never stopped serving the community, even at the height of COVID lockdowns. They kept their Meals on Wheels rolling for our seniors – they deliver over 900 meals every day!. They are currently helping people with the rent and mortgage assist…

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Season of Sharing & Secret Night Out at the Children's Museum 30:44

6M ago30:44

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Kaitlyn Dougherty is the Exhibits Development Coordinator for the Children's Museum of Houston and Keith Ostfeld (aka Mr. O), is their director of educational technology and exhibit development. As they do every year, the museum installs their Season of Sharing exhibit, a series of little houses you can visit to learn about the Holiday traditions a…

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Monarch Butterflies and "Glass in Flight" at the Houston Botanic Garden 30:21

6M ago30:21

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Erin Mills is the Education Manager for Houston Botanic Garden and Justin Lacey is their director of communications. Houston Botanic Garden is a beautiful and diverse series of biomes created to take visitors on a journey through our local flora but also take a look at plants from around the world. We discuss the right way of planting and caring fo…

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The Steel Magnolia Moms Holiday Market: a place for special parents 30:48

6M ago30:48

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Elizabeth Elder is the founder of Steel Magnolia Moms, Tiffanie Williams is serving on then board of directors and Kate Peden is one of the founding board members and a vendor at their upcoming Magnolia Moms Holiday Market. She is a master baker and I know because I got to try her macaroons and so can you, just by going to the event on November 2nd…

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Joel's Mom and her mission to raise awareness about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy 30:50

7M ago30:50

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Rachel Poysky is Joel’s mother. Joel is living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and she is raising awareness about this rare genetic disease which affects boys. There has been some progress in the past decade but a lack of awareness of the disease means there is great need for funds and new research. Current progress show that with research, a cure…

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Mighty Warbirds and Space Flight at The Lone Star Flight Museum 30:32

7M ago30:32

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Retired Lieutenant General Doug Owens is the CEO of the Lone Star Flight Museum, one of the most fun museums in town. Their regular exhibits are beautiful Warbirds and machines from the Space age (in the new Space Gallery) and they’ve acquired a new MaxFlight flight simulator you can “ride.” It’s on a Gimbal and will twist and flip you around as yo…

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Promoting Water Quality: The Bayou Preservation Association 30:42

8M ago30:42

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Chris Brown is a member of the board of directors for the Bayou Preservation Association. They work to celebrate, protect, and restore our bayous and waterways. They’re running a water quality testing program including training. Anyone living near one of our 40+ bayous can learn how to test the water and help identify problems. They also celebrate …

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One of the best after-school programs around: Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston 30:08

8M ago30:08

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Kevin Hattery is the president and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston and Tobi Shonowo is one of their Club Directors. Registering only costs $10 for the whole year and Tobi explains the mountain of awesome opportunities available to campers. 25 clubs in the Houston area are open everyday after school where they feed all comers and don’t …

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Dr. Paul Gerson: Founder of the Periwinkle Foundation 30:31

9M ago30:31

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Dr. Paul Gerson is the founder of the Periwinkle Foundation and Doug Suggitt is their executive director. They are celebrating 40 years of serving children who are fighting cancer. They’ve built an amazing camp for these special kids and their families. It’s a full-fledged medical facility as well, allowing campers to continue their chemo or receiv…

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Legacy Community Health: Expanding Senior Care and in-schools healthcare 29:42

9M ago29:42

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Dr. Robert Hilliard is the CEO of Legacy Community Health and Chinelo Nweke is their operations director for senior care. Senior care is one of the expanding areas of services Legacy Community Health has been deploying lately. Expansion is in fact the name of the game as they will also open 3 new clinics in schools. Dr. Hillard also explains how th…

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Power Play: The Children's Museum of Houston is summer's coolest destination 30:32

10M ago30:32

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Keith Ostfeld, aka Mr. O, is the director of educational technology and exhibit development for the Children's Museum of Houston… at least officially. He’s really their resident mad scientist and he’s hellbent on thinking up of fun ways of teaching kids. That’s the best thing about the Children’s Museum of Houston: it’s a ton of fun, it’s the bigge…

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Medical Bridges: exporting medical care and the Texas spirit 30:50

11M ago30:50

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Walter Ulrich is the CEO of Medical Bridges (and a US Marine) and Akinyi Adoyo is their marketing manager. Medical Bridges has clinics built inside of shipping containers! These awesome portable clinics have plumbing, beds, and the tech necessary to perform all sorts of medical exams and procedures. Built by Texas A&M students, they are then shippe…

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The Houston Furniture Bank says No Kids Sleep on the Floor! 30:19

11M ago30:19

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Oli Mohammed is the founder and executive director of The Houston Furniture Bank. You should visit their second hand store where you can buy furniture from major brands at unbeatable prices. It helps to fund their programs. 300,000 kids in the Houston area don’t have their own bend and countless are literally sleeping on the floor. The Houston Furn…

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Arms Wide: the strongest bonds are made for life 29:42

11M ago29:42

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DeJuana Jernigan is the CEO of Arms Wide. They provide adoption, post adoption and fostering support to families in the Houston area. We discuss the long processes of adoption and foster care and the consequences to the children in the system. Open Arms helps to protect the children by supporting them and their family and that include partnering wi…

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Civic Heart Community Services 30:44

11M ago30:44

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Kenyetta McGowens is the Program Administrator for Civic Hearts and Marcus Brewer is their development director. Previously known as Change Happens, they help at-risk youth excel in school, stay out of jail and get into great jobs. They also help families deal with hardships like HIV treatment (and prevention) and connecting folks with mental healt…

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Helping our most vulnerable neighbors with Northwest Assistance Ministries 30:39

12M ago30:39

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Brian Carr is the chief advancement officer for Northwest Assistance Ministries. They currently have a record number of people in need of their services. Homelessness and hunger have become much bigger problems in the past few years. They help people with rent and mortgage assistance and offer learning and vocational training. They also serve over …

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Best summer camps available to all: The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston 29:55

12M ago29:55

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Kevin Hattery is the president and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston. They are gearing up for the best summer camps available to Houstonians. Not only is it just $25 for the whole summer, it’s convenient because of all their locations and you’re free to drop in and out of the programs. Going to visit Grandma for a few weeks? Drop back in…

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The Hall of the Americas is reborn at the Houston Museum of Natural Science 30:26

1y ago30:26

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Dirk Van Tuerenhout is the Curator of Anthropology for the Houston Museum of Natural Science where they have re-opened the John P. McGovern Hall of The Americas. This ever-evolving exposition explores the history of all America’s people and we discuss how we know that they walked to the Artic over coastline which don’t exist anymore. We also talk a…

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Project Echo: evidence-based strategies to prevent & cure cancer 30:17

1y ago30:17

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Allison Rosen is the director of project Echo at the American Cancer Society. She is also a survivor of colorectal cancer and she is a member of the Colon Cancer Coalition and the Colorectal Cancer Alliance. She is spearheading Project Echo which collects evidence-based strategies to improve cancer outcomes. All their resources are available to fre…

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Literacy Now: The antidote to illiteracy 30:27

1y ago30:27

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Jacque Daughtry is the CEO of Literacy Now and we talk about how we are hopeful that great teachers and increasing awareness will solve the monumental problem of illiteracy in Houston. Only 3 out of 10 3rd grade students can read at their grade level. Those who are already behind (70%) are not likely to ever catch up and far more likely to end up a…

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Houston Petset: improving the lives of animals and humans 30:13

1y ago30:13

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Lisa Tynan is the marketing and special events specialist for Houston PetSet. They lobbied our state government to improve the lives of pets but changing the minimal legal requirements for care. We discuss what those changes are. They also organize “pet transports” to northern cities that have empty animals shelters, thereby giving Houston strays a…

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Houston Botanic Garden 29:57

1y ago29:57

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Claudia Gee Vassar is the president & general counsel for Houston Botanic Garden. They opened during the pandemic and are still one of the best kept secrets in Houston. You can walk around the beautifully designed biomes of The Global Collection Garden. Discover 3 acres of themed tropical, subtropical, and arid zones where you can admire plants fro…

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"Believe" Star of Hope Mission's Many Success Stories. 30:39

1y ago30:39

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Scott Arthur is the director of public relations for the Star of Hope Mission. We talk about their many successful services helping homeless people get back into productive lives free of substance abuse and violence. They're holding their annual banquet: "Believe" on February 10 and one of the world's greatest gospel singers is performing. We expla…

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Uncovering the past with the Houston Museum of Natural Science 30:39

1+ y ago30:39

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Dirk Van Tuerenhout is the curator of Anthropology for the Houston Museum of Natural Science. In this wide ranging interview, Dirk tells us about how tombs are uncovered around the world, how people figured out how to embalm the dead, how artists help scientists reveal what our ancestors look like and how the museum is home to some of the most beau…

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Steel Magnolia Moms: a Special Place for Special Moms 30:40

1+ y ago30:40

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Elizabeth Elder is the Founder of Steel Magnolia Moms and Tiffanie Williams is serving on their board of directors. This Non-Profit has grown to support over 1000 Houston moms who are raising children with special needs. They run several programs and support groups like "Head to Heart" which provides professional psychological support with private …

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King Tut’s Tomb Discovery Experience 30:27

1+ y ago30:27

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Kathleen Havens is the director of curriculum & content for the Houston Museum of Natural Science. They have created a new exhibit: King Tut’s Tomb Discovery Experience which will allow you to experience what archeologists found when they opened the tomb 100 years ago. You'll get to see what it looked like with some of the burial chambers reproduce…

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Star of Hope Mission: 115 years of serving Houston's Homeless 30:44

1+ y ago30:44

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Scott Arthur is the director of public relations for the Star of Hope Mission. They have been serving Houston's homeless for over 115 years and if you donate just $2.80, you give them the power to serve a full meal. They have great power with our help! They have a Christmas catalogue to make donations easy and these acts of generosity are wonderful…

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Memorial Assistance Ministries: creating financially stable families 30:22

1+ y ago30:22

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Sonja Gee is the President & CEO of Memorial Assistance Ministries. They help families obtain what they need with long term support. Starting with basic needs and benefit enrolment help and being there through employment services, financial empowerment and more. They also help with mental and physical health and Sonja explains how COVID changed the…

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Houston Hospice: Grief Counseling During the Holidays 30:19

1+ y ago30:19

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Dr. Hanh Trinh is a Team Physician and the Education Liaison for Houston Hospice. Houston Hospice is the only non-profit Hospice in the Houston area. They offer compassionate, end-of-life care for families across 13 counties. We discuss how to talk about our loved ones and how to be compassionate with people who are experiencing recent loss during …

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Sleep Out Executive Edition for Covenant House Texas 30:24

1+ y ago30:24

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Felicia Broussard is the Chief Development Officer for Covenant House Texas and Sean Maher is the chair for Sleep Out: Executive Edition. He is also a partner RCH Energy. The Covenant House Sleep Out is an international movement of folks who sleep outside for one night to raise awareness about youth homelessness. Felicia details the powerful progra…

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Medical Bridges: shipping Medical supplies to impoverished regions all over the world 30:23

1+ y ago30:23

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Walter Ulrich is the CEO of Medical Bridges and Akinyi Adoyo is their marketing manager. They describe how Medical Bridges is able to distribute donated medical supplies (most are from our medical center) to impoverished regions all over the world. Their mission is even larger than that as they are able to assist in times of crisis. They have sent …

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Justice Forward: supporting recovery and restoring lives 29:59

1+ y ago29:59

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Devon Anderson is the CEO of Justice Forward. They help people recover their lives while they work through Specialty Courts programs. They help to break the cycle of incarceration by supporting them through these programs: overcoming addiction, securing housing and employment and staying away from past criminal relationships. These programs are ver…

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Goodwill Industries of Houston is bigger and better than ever! 30:45

1+ y ago30:45

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Our friend Steve Lufburrow is president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of Houston and with him is Barbie Parker, their vice president of Fund Development and Public Relations. The pandemic hasn't slowed Goodwill down as much as you might fear. They moved all their services online, making them even easier to access. In person or online, Goodwill's s…

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Hire Houston Youth for a productive summer 30:42

2y ago30:42

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Dave Moss is a McDonald's Owner and Operator and founder of Hire Houston Youth. Juliet Stipeche was the Director of Education for the City of Houston when we talked about the inception of this very successful program which was born out of tragedy, Dave explains how a friend's legacy turned into one of the major job events of the year for young Hous…

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Lupus Warriors: The Lupus Foundation helps people cope with a cruel, incurable disease 29:49

2y ago29:49

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Anne Marie Blacketer is the CEO of the Lupus Foundation of America – Texas Gulf Coast Chapter. Lupus is a rare and currently incurable disease that is not benefitting from much media exposure nor is it receiving enough research funding. The Lupus Foundation is changing this by creating support groups and sharing advice on how to alleviate Lupus sym…

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Rebuilding Together Houston: Disaster Recovery Experts 30:33

2y ago30:33

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Christine Holland is the CEO of Rebuilding Together Houston. They are Disaster Recovery Experts they celebrating serving the Houston area for 40 years. They help the most vulnerable among us (the elderly, veterans and others fallen on hard times), with repairs to their homes. Making homes safer, more comfortable and more prideful is their mission. …

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Lunch Brunch Mentoring with Literacy Now 30:42

2y ago30:42

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Jacque (Jacky) Daughtry is the executive director of Literacy Now. Since the pandemic has accelerated the decline in reading abilities among children, Literacy Now has created programs to help kids keep up with their reading levels. From Lunch Brunch Mentoring, Parent Partnerships and the Reading Express Mobile Classroom, these highly successful pr…

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AIDS Foundation Houston's new B.E.S.T. Box & PrEP programs 30:23

2y ago30:23

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John Huckaby is the CEO of AIDS Foundation Houston. We discuss the beginning of his tenure which coincided with the beginning of the pandemic and how they kept their programs going during lockdowns. There is great news about treatments, including the free B.E.S.T. Box, an at-home HIV Testing kit, STI treatment, the PrEP program which is a Pre-Expos…

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Houston Hospice: compassionate, end-of-life care 30:31

2y ago30:31

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Rana McClelland is the President and CEO of Houston Hospice, and Dr. Elizabeth Strauch is their medical director and vice-president medical affairs. They offer a beautiful and hopeful picture of what it is like to work in hospice care. Houston Hospice is a nonprofit organization that provides uncompromising, compassionate, end-of-life care to patie…

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Trees for Houston - To plant 1 million trees in 10 years 30:31

2y ago30:31

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Barry Ward is the executive director of Trees For Houston. They will plant 1 million trees in Houston in the next decade and we discuss how this is made possible in one of the most philanthropic cities in the world. Houston's can-do attitude is like a superpower. We also discuss how planting trees restore some natural habitat for the billions of mi…

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Younique Abilities & Casa de Esperanza de Los Ninos 30:37

2y ago30:37

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Adam Farris is the founder and President of Younique Abilities and an autism advocate. He lives with Tourette syndrome and autism and he talks about how his company gives opportunities to people living with special abilities and how his dad helped him overcome Tourette by taking him out in public when he was young. With Adam is his dad, Anthony Far…

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Medical Bridges 30:20

2+ y ago30:20

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Walter Ulrich is the CEO of Medical Bridges and he has vivid stories to tell of operating a non-profit dedicated to exporting medical care to the poorest corners of our planet during a pandemic. He starkly contrasts the challenges of operating in a pandemic versus in normal times. The troubles in our shipping supply chain is literally preventing Me…

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