Asheville Area Focus

Asheville Area Focus

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Trauma Intervention Program 
of Western North Carolina (TIP) LISTEN
Christi Hayes, Program Director and Walter Dove, volunteer discuss their next
volunteer training and give an update on TIP.

Champion Credit Union LISTEN

Lorinda Whaley Champion Credit Union

Explains the steps they are taking to teach financial literacy to students here in Western North Carolina.

Abilities Workshop LISTEN

Jeanetta Bryant Executive Director & Founder

Enrich, improve and empower the lives of children with Autism through series of community building programs and parental training, so children obtain optimal success with health improvements and independence.

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Haywood Waterways’ 11th Annual Plunge; Benefit-t-t-ting Kids in the Creek & Environmental Education LISTEN

Bill Eaker – Cofounder & Board Member
Preston Jacobsen – Executive Director

6th Annual Polar Plunge - Town of Canton

ABC Raising the Bar: The Rise of Holiday Drinking LISTEN

Al Bottego, Chief of Police for the Asheville ABC Law Enforcment Division gives tips on how to stop the overuse of alcohol during the Holiday season.

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UMOJA Michael Hayes  LISTEN

Executive Director Michael Hayes from UMOJA discusses programs and the people they serve here in Asheville.

 

 

 

 

 

YMCA of Asheville LISTEN

Dianna Sierra, CEO and Shannon Cornelius, Director of Health and Wellness joined Melanie & Michael in the Mix 96.5 studio to talk all things YWCA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Irene Wortham Center LISTEN

Matt Henry from Irene Wortham Center came into the Mix 96.5 studio to tell us all about the great work they are doing in our community

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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