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The Geological Society that gets together in Longmont, shares its tactics and successes of finding family members of the past. Christine Treen chats with host Nikki Kayser about what makes the search so fun. She shares resources and tells of workshops when they learn from the pros.

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In 1988 Dr. Bill Suro owned a large veterinary practice in suburban Denver. His wife Nanci was practice manager. They had recently added 24-hour emergency care to the hospital services. One problem immediately became obvious-what to do with all the animals in dire straits who are found by Good Samaritans, usually along side of the road? There is no publicly funded hospital to take care of injured animals with no known owners. They are sent to animal control and euthanized after no one comes forward. Tony Willemse, director, chats with host Nikki Kayser about some of the cats and dogs that Max Fund helps.

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Each fall after the tulips bloom the City of Boulder gives away the bulbs that were in brilliant splendor along the Pearl Street walking mall. Host Maeve Conran finds out more about the Boulder tradition.

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There’s a lot of talent in Colorado’s beautiful Front Range.  And a lot of passion.   Thousands of non-profit organizations are providing essential services, innovating new solutions and building a brighter tomorrow. Front Range Source is where the talent in the front range nonprofit community comes together to focus on fund- raising.  From direct marketing to planned giving, board development to staff training, special events to major gifts, and everything in between, they tackle the tough issues – together. They have an online fund-raising site to build nonprofit capacity, share resources and celebrate local talent. They offer opinions – mostly strong ones – and sometimes invite guests to sound off about fund-raising, too.  Leslie Allen chats with host Nikki Kayser about the workshops they offer that focus on the most pressing issues facing professional and volunteer fundraisers.

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Lindsay Bauer chats with host Nikki Kayser about current research and theories about Muscular Dystrophy.

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Comunidad Liberación/Liberation Community in Aurora, Colorado is a bilingual, multi-cultural community of faith in the Christian tradition, which strives to live faithfully, to embody God’s vision of the beloved community, and to resist joyfully oppression and injustice. All people are welcomed into full inclusion in the life and leadership of Comunidad, no matter your age, race, nationality, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, economic class, or ability. Liberation Community has established an Emergency Fund to provide “economic sanctuary” for our immigrant brothers and sisters who are experiencing the deepest kinds of systemic injustice and oppression. Anne Dunlap chats with host Nikki Kayser about the increased numbers of requests for services they are seeing these days.

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Susan Williams chats with host Nikki Kayser about the stigma of asking for mental health services and the folks that need it most. Teens and young adults benefit most form early help. The Mental Health Center of Boulder and Bloomfield Counties helps a variety of folks with all sorts of problems.