This week we are focusing on an incredible program, Celebrate Recovery, and specifically the group based in Warrenton, VA - Fauquier Celebrate Recovery. We'll be covering what the program does, who it serves, how to get involved, and what the experience is like. Our guest...
This week we are hosting 2 interviews which are somewhat related to the continuing impact Covid-19 is having on us as individuals - the first is with Clare Kushing, sposkesperson for Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing about how we are impacted by surprise medical billing...
This week we are featuring a 2-part series on Transitions4You, an organization based in Fredericksburg and serving the region in empowering, equipping and reclaiming the lives of displaced in Virginia one family at a time. They work with families who are transitioning to permanent housing,...
This week we have the honor to speak with 2 pastors in the Fredericksburg area, Pastor Ernest Custalow with Grace Church of Fredericksburg, and Rev. Dr. Raymond A. Bell, Jr., Senior Pastor of Mount Hope Baptist Church in Fredericksburg. On Sunday, November 1st they along...
This week we are catching up with Elizabeth Gilkey from the Fredericksburg Food Bank! Tune in to hear more about how they get their support from the community, how you can get involved, and to learn general information about hunger in the area. [audio mp3="https://wper.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/10172020-CM-FredFoodBank.mp3"][/audio]...
This week we talk with Jan Monroe, President and Co-Founder of StepVA, an organization based in Fredericksburg, VA with a mission to empower people with special needs through artistic expression and sensory exploration. We're also joined by 3 participants in the program (Adelynn, Bridget and...
This week we get to connect again with Anne Miller, President of the Home Educators Association of VA, to talk about resources that are available to parents that are still new to the homeschooling process for 2020. She discusses many different areas of support including...
This week we talk with a recipient of a shoebox from Samaritan's Purse "Operation Christmas Child" program and hear his story of what it was like to receive that blessing, and how his life has changed since that one day many years ago. He is...
This week we are highlighting two interviews, both which still focus on some of the outlying effects of the Coronavirus pandemic we continue to face. The first interview is with Sue Peschin, President & CEO of the Alliance for Aging Research, on the work they...
For this week in Community Matters we are sharing two great interviews with you. The first is with Dr. Sani of the Lown Institute, and he'll be sharing some results from the Hospitals Index his organization has just completed. This index essentially compares Virginia hospitals...
