Shows: Asheville Area Focus

Buncombe County Boys & Girls Club “Beat the Pro” Desmond Penigar 3/19/2023

Are you ready to take on the challenge? Do you have what it takes to beat the pro? We are…

Trauma Intervention Program of WNC (TIP) 3/12/2023

Trauma Intervention Program  of Western North Carolina (TIP) LISTEN Christi Hayes, Program Director and Walter Dove, volunteer discuss their next volunteer…

Zelda Fitzgerald Week – Lori Greenberg Aurora Studios & Gallery 3/5/2023

Lori Greenberg, M.Ed, LCAS Founder and Board President of Aurora Studio & Gallery talks about who Zelda Fitzgerald was and…

Champion Credit Union

Lorinda Whaley Champion Credit Union Explains the steps they are taking to teach financial literacy to students here in Western…

Abilities Workshop

Jeanetta Bryant Executive Director & Founder Enrich, improve and empower the lives of children with Autism through series of community…

Asheville Area Focus – Irene Wortham Center

Matt Henry from Irene Wortham Center came into the Mix 96.5 studio to tell us all about the great work…

Asheville Area Focus – YWCA of Asheville

Dianna Sierra, CEO and Shannon Cornelius, Director of Health and Wellness joined Melanie & Michael in the Mix 96.5 studio to…

Asheville Area Focus – UMOJA Michael Hayes

The Morning Mix with Melanie & Michael talk with Executive Director Michael Hayes from UMOJA about their programs and the…

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

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

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