Sophia Yager, Immunization Coordinator with Boulder County Public Health, reminds us of the importance to maintain up-to-date immunizations. Immunizations help maintain and improve individual and community health. No child will ever be turned away from receiving a flu shot due to lack of funds. Sophia Yager, Immunization Coordinator with Boulder County Public Health Department, chats with host Nikki Kayser about why fewer people get immunizations, the risks and benefits.

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In addition to her book Take Control of Your Kitchen, Mary Collette Rogers of Everyday Good Eating offers kitchen coaching and classes on healthy cooking.  She supports the work of visionaries and leaders engaged in reestablishing food, farming, cooking, and the kitchen as valued and respected aspects of our culture. Mary’s Whole Kitchen Way creates supportive kitchens where it’s easy to make meals that support our health and the health of the planet. Host Nikki Kayser speaks with kitchen coach Mary Collette Rogers.

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As one of the nation’s largest and best-known youth development organizations, they build character, train young people in participatory citizenship, and develop personal fitness. For more than a century, the Boy Scouts of America has helped build the future leaders of this country by combining educational activities and lifelong values with fun. Long’s Peak Boy Scouts coordinator Luis Hernandez and scout Connor Page chat with host Nikki Kayser about their neighborhood food collection for hungry kids.

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The Green Route highlights the cutting edge places in Colorado that are leading our way to a  sustainable future.  They have gone through extensive research and have been selected and reviewed by the Advisory Committee The Green Route before being selected. The initiative is a groundbreaking platform, showcasing the emerging green economy happening in Colorado, including businesses and organizations, eateries and grocers, retailers and shared transportation options. The Green Route will be displayed publicly in Green Route locations. Host Kristen Daly gets the story from founder Jennie Nevin.

Boulder County Department of Housing and Human Services has a new on-line application process for benefits called, PEAK. Boulder County is leading the initiative’s statewide implementation through unprecedented collaboration with state agencies, community-based organizations and leadership in each of Colorado’s  counties. Host Kenneth Flowe chats with Jaqueline Sullivan about the initiative that aims to ensure that every eligible individual, child and family in Colorado is screened for and enrolled in the health, food and financial self-sufficiency benefits.

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RMBO was founded in 1988 to address a bird conservation and related public education need in the western United States. Kacie Enrenberger chats with host Nikki Kayser about their mission to conserve birds and connect people with their habitats through science, education and stewardship. RMBO is headquartered at Barr Lake just east of Brighton, approximately fifteen miles northeast of Denver. Barr Lake State Park is a nationally important stopover point for birds migrating along North America’s Central Flyway and a favorite spot for birders locally and throughout the region. The Park’s importance to birds makes it an ideal location for a bird observatory’s offices.

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Attention Homes is committed to the youth of this community, to changing lives and to reuniting families in difficult times. Our community-based programs offer teens street outreach, day drop-in services, shelter and residential care. These services provide teens psychosocial development through positive behavioral change. Their goal is to help our at-risk residents become healthy, productive members of our community. In their 45-year history, they have provided treatment and safety to approximately six thousand adolescents, ages twelve to eighteen. Host Nikki Kayser chats with Glenda O’Rourke, executive director.

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Sensory Processing Disorder is a complex disorder of the brain that affects the way information from the senses (sight, sound, taste, smell, touch, and movement) is experienced and turned into behavior. A person with SPD misinterprets sensory information and may over-react or under-react to it. He/she may cover his/her ears when hearing a siren or be unable to distinguish his teacher’s words from background noises. Other symptoms may include motor clumsiness, behavior problems, anxiety, depression, or school difficulties. Host Nikki Kayser chats with founder, Dr.Lucy Jane Miller of the Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation about the challenges specifically for students.

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Elephant Energy distributes appropriate sustainable energy technologies in Namibia and on the Navajo Nation.  Doug Vilsack chats with host Nikki Kayser about the similar challenges to rural development, and a few good technologies to help. While 70% of Namibia’s urban population has access to electricity, only 15% of rural households are connected. Rural Namibians must either find alternatives to grid-based power or continue to live without electricity for the foreseeable future. Efficient cookstoves reduce emissions and decrease the amount of wood needed to cook a meal; solar-powered lights increase the amount of time available in a day for activities like reading and craft-making; crank radios allow access to information; and solar-charges allow the chance to charge cell phones and maintain contact with family members.

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Started by a Veterinarian and his wife, Max Fund is a no-kill shelter that takes in sick or injured dogs and cats, and then finds permanent homes for them.  Shannon VanDzura chats with host Nikki Kayser about their humble beginnings.

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