Wednesday, April 25, 2012

New Podcast: Chesapeake Rubber Duck Race

Trish O'Brien of the Children's Health Investment Program (CHIP) comes on the program to talk about the annual Chesapeake Rubber Duck Race.  For more information about the race, visit www.ChesapeakeDuckRace.org

Thursday, April 19, 2012

The Chesapeake Rubber Duck Race

Sunday, 4/22 @ 6am 
92.9 The Wave, ESPN Radio 94.1, Star 1310 and 97.3 The Eagle 


This Sunday's editon of Hampton Roads Topics looks at the 6th Annual Chesapeake Rubber Duck Race. This fundraiser for Children's Health Investment Program allows anyone to adopt one of 10,000 rubber ducks that will be simultaneously dropped into the Intracoastal Waterway at Great Bridge on Saturday, April 28th. The person whose duckie crosses the finish line first will win a new Nissan Versa. My guest is CHIP's president, Trish O'Brien.

For more information about the race, visit www.ChesapeakeDuckRace.org

New Podcast: Still Standing

My interview with Elaine Roberts, the founder of Still Standing: Surviving Suicide Support Group, is now available in the podcast.

Friday, April 6, 2012

Still Standing: Surviving Suicide Support Group

Sunday, 4/8 @ 6am 
92.9 The Wave, ESPN Radio 94.1, Star 1310 and 97.3 The Eagle


This week on Hampton Roads Topics I talk with Elaine Roberts, founder of the new organization, Still Standing:  Surviving Suicide Support Group.  Elaine founded the group after losing her 15 year old daughter, Kaila, to suicide.  Still Standing provides support for the people suicide leaves behind, who may have intense feelings of guilt and depression.


Elaine is still setting up the group's website.  In the meantime, who you can contact the group at 757-464-9289.

New Podcast: The Power of Belief

The complete interview with Laura Smart of Virginia Beach Public Schools and student Jealously Finkbinder is now available in the podcast.  They are discussing The Power of Belief, a collection of essays by Virginia Beach Public School students, teachers, and parents.  The featured essayists detail the key decisions and events that change their lives.  During the interview, Jealously reads her essay, The Best Gift Ever.

The book is available for $10.00 at the Virginia Beach Schools website.