Linda Gellasch
Catalyst Radio: CASA advocates for children in child welfare system
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Submitted 02-17-2014 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW More than 1,000 children in Kent County are wards of the family court, having been victims of abuse or neglect. Court Appointed Special Advocates (or...
Catalyst Radio: The DAAC starts new life, seeks new location
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Submitted 02-10-2014 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW The beloved local arts organization The DAAC (Division Avenue Arts Collective) is reforming under the umbrella of a nonprofit, with renewed vigor, after...
Catalyst Radio: Food need at its highest in West Michigan
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Submitted 01-26-2014 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW Feeding America West Michigan Food bank distributed more food in 2013 than it has any previous year in its 3 decades of service. Ken Estelle, CEO of the...
Catalyst Radio: Izaak Walton League's Winterfest teaches love of outdoors Sat., Jan. 25
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Submitted 01-20-2014 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW The nearly century-old nonprofit conservation group Izaak Walton League is the focus of this episode of Catalyst Radio. Georgia Donovan from the League...
Catalyst Radio: Artist Gianturco, international exhibit subjects describe 'Grandmother Power' at GRPM
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Submitted 01-20-2014 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW In this episode of Catalyst Radio we have in studio special guests who are part of the international Grandmother Power movement – ...
Catalyst Radio: Silent Observer rocks the mic with youth competition Tues., Feb. 4
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Submitted 01-20-2014 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW This edition of Catalyst Radio features Silent Observer in Kent County – the anonymous crime-reporting service that liasons with law...
Catalyst Radio: Well House 19:1 fundraiser goes through end of year, plus concert Jan. 16
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Submitted 12-20-2013 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW The ‘housing first’ organization Well House is in the midst of a campaign called 19:1, bringing attention to the housing disparity in Kent...
Catalyst Radio: Open Projector provides chance for local filmmakers to showcase works
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Submitted 12-06-2013 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW Open Projector is a project at Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts focused on showcasing the work of local filmmakers. Organizers want to help create...
Catalyst Radio: Ele's Place offers support for children dealing with grief
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Submitted 12-02-2013 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW In this edition of Catalyst Radio we feature Ele’s Place -- the local nonprofit working to provide support for children, and their families, who...
Catalyst Radio: Plaster Creek Stewards work for restoration of local watershed
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Submitted 11-15-2013 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW On this edition of Catalyst Radio we learn about an effort to bring back to health a key watershed in the Grand Rapids area. Plaster Creek Stewards...