Connecting A Better World

Alessandra (Aley) Desiderio is a serial entrepreneur and mom who has fought to overcome homelessness, cancer, the loss of her daughter, domestic violence, and divorce. She has dedicated her life to making an impact in the areas of family issues and security, justice, equality, education, and creating economic opportunity. As a result of her own insufficient and expensive childcare issues raising children as a single parent, Alessandra created CREW Childcare Rewards App, a technology solution to the high cost of childcare. The app pays parent users to share information about the care options in their area; draws a map of care check-ins for parents; and offers providers a marketplace where they can buy field trip vouchers, classroom supplies, and services for their center.For more information about Alessandra Desiderio or the Crew Childcare Rewards App, please visit:https://crewchildcareapp.comhttps://www.alessandradesiderio.comhttps://www.fiore3.consultinghttps://www.facebook.com/crewchildcarerewardsapp/https://www.facebook.com/alessandradesiderio.usa/https://www.facebook.com/Fiore3-Consulting-114522926624388/https://twitter.com/CrewChildcarehttps://www.linkedin.com/company/28440081/https://www.linkedin.com/company/48330496/Support us on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/nocofmHosted by Dr. Natalie Phillips. Produced by Stina Willemsen for NoCo FM.Hear more great podcasts at https://noco.fmFollow Natalie:https://twitter.com/AudioDrPhillipshttps://www.facebook.com/Connect4Excellencehttps://www.instagram.com/drnataliephillipsFollow NoCo FM: https://twitter.com/nocofmhttps://instagram.com/nocofmhttps://www.facebook.com/nocofm

High Performance Dance Theatre is an innovative, alternative style, dance company that enhances Northern Colorado's cultural community. As a nonprofit educational organization, their mission is to combine dance and modern technology to provide high quality training and productions, while increasing the community’s knowledge of the arts. Today, we will be talking with Founder and Owner, Artistic Director Kim Lang. She shares her vision and passion to perform throughout Colorado and hopefully beyond!Learn more:http://www.highperformancedancetheatre.orghttps://www.facebook.com/highperformancedancetheatre/https://www.instagram.com/hp_dancetheatre/

“It’s not just the homeless person on the corner...it’s sometimes your neighbor. It could be a job loss, sickness that causes them to have an interruption in their financial situation - Cherri HouleThe House of Neighborly Service is a faith based and non-profit organization which provides a variety of programs from basic and emergency intervention to preventative and educational programs in order to help strengthen vulnerable and at-risk families. 
Today, we will be talking with Glorie Magrum, Executive Director who joined the House of Neighborly Service staff in 2001, and Cherri Houle with us who has worked with the House of Neighborly Service for 3 ½ years – 2 years in case working and 1 ½ years as donor relations. She is honored to be a part of the life-changing work of the HNS – where every individual is treated with kindness and dignity.For more information about the House of Neighborly Service, please visit:https://www.honservice.orghttps://www.facebook.com/HouseOfNeighborlyServicehttps://www.instagram.com/HONServicehttps://twitter.com/HONService

Engineering Brightness is a FREE after-school program, started by Tracey Winey and John Howe. With volunteers, they continue to provide an environment for kids to build and work collaboratively to solve problems in order to eradicate a global problem of free access to clean light after dark, healthy indoor air quality, and access to education for youth and adults.“Helping kids discover their power of changing the world today, using their unique talents to make a difference…Engineering Brightness was a great way to harness the power of our youth to solve global problems today. While in the Philippines, I saw that kids are the same everywhere – they have the same hopes, dreams, and desires. They just have different obstacles in front of them.” ~ Tracey Winey.With an estimated 650 protoypes of their 3-D solar-powered lantern, John Howe talks about the importance of bringing STEM to Preston Middle School. “If kids know their work matters, you can’t stop them. We saw the application of STEM looked like ‘service’ in the community .” ~ John HoweFor more information about Engineering Brightness, please visit:https://philanthropic-engineering.org/https://www.facebook.com/EngineeringBrightness/https://twitter.com/Eng_Brighthttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwwmUdgkjDXy7SgUyyqZDcwWays to Support Engineering Brightness:Book on Amazon – written by kids in programAmazonSmiles program

As a business owner and massage therapist, Clara Gonzales Santillan volunteers her time as she continues to follow her heart and uses the passion and skills of her hands providing massages to help support many non-profit organizations and their fundraising efforts.She specifically shares about her continuous involvement with the work of the Saruni organization by participating in their annual volleyball tournament in Greeley, Colorado, as a massage therapist for athletes to raise funds and benefit the girls who have been rescued through the organization. The Olooloitikoshi Girl’s Rescue Center (GRC) is now in its 10th year of existence. The GRC home provides a safe haven where girls in Kenya who have been rescued from the tragic practice of marrying young girls to older men can now pursue their dreams of an education and an independent life without fear. As of November 2018, the center has rescued 87 girls who range in age from 8 to 16. One of Clara’s favorite quotes she has read: “We are not human beings on a spiritual journey but we are spiritual beings on a human journey.”For more information about Clara or the Saruni organization, please visit the following:Saruni: The One Who Rescueshttps://www.saruni.orginfo@saruni.org

“I grew up seeing images of war. I grew up in an environment knowing how it feels to not have enough.” ~ Dr.Emily LetranJoin our host, Dr. Natalie Phillips, as she talks with refugee, wife, mother of three, dentist, business owner, high performance coach, author, and speaker, Dr. Emily Letran, who started her own non-profit organization, The Emily Letran Foundation, in which she opens her doors once a month to provide free dentistry to the community. Dr. Phillips and Dr. Letran talk about time, energy, and the importance of setting intentions and looking for opportunities. “We are in business.…BUT, if you want to give...just give because that is what makes it fulfilling in your heart and it makes life more meaningful to you. You will never know the extent of your touch or your impact” – Dr. LetranFor more information about Dr. Emily Letran, please visit the following:http://www.dremilyletran.com/https://www.facebook.com/coachemilyletran/https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachemilyletranhttps://podcasts.apple.com/ai/podcast/your-life-business-fast-track/id1105004842

“I’m just a guy…it doesn’t take much time or effort…it’s worth it for me to do this because I SEE how grateful people are and what a difference it makes.”Join Dr. Natalie Phillips as she spends time with Rich Cruse, an award-winning photographer living near San Diego, California who’s work has been featured in Sports Illustrated, People Magazine and Runner’s World. They talk connection, meeting Oprah Winfrey, and connecting to people the RIGHT way using social media. Rich is deeply involved in fundraising for the Challenged Athletes Foundation and helping the homeless.“Believe in the goodness of people – there are good people out there.” ~ Rich CruseFor more information about Rich Cruse, please visit the following:https://www.crusephoto.comhttps://www.facebook.com/crusephoto/https://www.instagram.com/crusephoto/https://twitter.com/CrusePhoto

“I felt like God said...What’s in your hand to do? How can you help people? Getting a car is a big deal - it’s independence and freedom...but the skill sets that we get to impart on these ladies buoys them beyond what a car can do. We have a “holistic” approach to get people to the next level in their lives...We teach budgeting, life skills, single parenting skills, help with job interviews...we partnered with a local food bank so with every car that we give away, we give away 25 lbs of groceries...we have a clothing ministry that provides business attire, we have a photographer taking professional headshots, an insurance company that gets them insurance with a bank that sets up free checking accounts.When I help someone else, there is a hole inside me that gets fulfilled in a deep and meaningful way - nothing can compare to it. And we all have that hole because we weren’t made to be islands and just take care of ourselves - we were made to work together and help each other.”~ Chris Williams, President at God’s GarageFor more information about God’s Garage, please visit the following:https://godsgarage.orghttps://www.facebook.com/GodsGarageCar/https://www.instagram.com/godsgaragecar/Other Media Links:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGEP8qNRXichttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10156073912248689https://people.com/human-interest/former-texas-pastor-free-auto-shop-gods-garage/Hosted by Dr. Natalie Phillips. Produced by Chris Lanphear for NoCo FM.Hear more great podcasts at https://noco.fmFollow Natalie:https://twitter.com/AudioDrPhillipshttps://www.facebook.com/Connect4Excellencehttps://www.instagram.com/drnataliephillipsFollow NoCo FM: https://twitter.com/nocofmhttps://instagram.com/nocofmhttps://www.facebook.com/nocofm

“We need to start [the conversation] as early as freshmen and sophomores. This group of the next generation coming up…is struggling with what they want to do, what direction they want to take, what education or career path would work for them as well as moms [and transitioning careers.]”“We know there is a lot more depression and anxiety and addictions, yet there is an affluence that we have not seen before. We want to empower people. If we can work with highschoolers while they are still going through the curriculum they are going through but before they have chosen a career or an education path, then we can actually hijack that, interrupt it, and understand what their gifts, talents, and strengths are and play off of that and map them into their careers.”Discover Pathwaze applies self-knowledge, self-introspection, behaviors, interests, and values and works throughout the entire United States with high school students on the college or non-traditional path as well as college students with degree and career matching, individuals who are on the path to launch their careers, or transition into a new career, as well as offer a plethora of career services.For more information about Discover Pathwaze, please visit the following:http://discoverpathwaze.comhttp://www.discoverpathwazefoundation.orghttps://www.facebook.com/DiscoverPathwaze/https://www.instagram.com/discoverpathwazehttps://twitter.com/DPathwazeHosted by Dr. Natalie Phillips. Produced by Chris Lanphear for NoCo FM.Hear more great podcasts at https://noco.fmFollow Natalie:https://twitter.com/AudioDrPhillipshttps://www.facebook.com/Connect4Excellencehttps://www.instagram.com/drnataliephillipsFollow NoCo FM: https://twitter.com/nocofmhttps://instagram.com/nocofmhttps://www.facebook.com/nocofm

“You can do all these great things but at the end of the day, it may not mean anything if you have not done anything positive for the community.” ~ Dr. Amit GosaliaMany people know Dr. Amit Gosalia for his passion and rallying behind his profession to encourage individuals to have healthy discussions, lead a healthy lifestyle, and to get involved in making a difference! Find out where Dr. Gosalia also spends his time and energy into giving back outside of the world of Audiology!For more information about Dr. Gosalia, please visit the following:https://www.drgosalia.comhttps://www.facebook.com/DrGosaliahttps://www.instagram.com/drgosaliahttps://twitter.com/DrGosaliahttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYsgsCrCPfX04RbvukYONAHosted by Dr. Natalie Phillips. Produced by Chris Lanphear for NoCo FM.Hear more great podcasts at https://noco.fmFollow Natalie:https://twitter.com/AudioDrPhillipshttps://www.facebook.com/Connect4Excellencehttps://www.instagram.com/drnataliephillipsFollow NoCo FM: https://twitter.com/nocofmhttps://instagram.com/nocofmhttps://www.facebook.com/nocofm

Come listen as we chat with Yee Campbell, Founder of the Young Men’s Service League - Fort Collins Chapter. Listen to the story of how Yee brought the first chapter in Colorado to life from an incredible national non-profit organization and her vision to serve in the community, provide opportunities for other mother-son relationships, and to watch her own son thrive in leadership, education, and philanthropy.Young Men’s Service League is a 4-year program for moms and their high school sons to serve together and impact their local communities. YMSL believes that not every important lesson is learned in the classroom. Getting out into the community in order to serve and learn from others offers a wealth of knowledge and experience to last a lifetime. YMSL provides moms and sons opportunities to develop, practice, and enhance leadership skills. For more information about the Young Mens Service League (YMSL), please visit the following:https://ymsl.orghttps://www.ymslfortcollins.orghttps://www.ymslnoco.orghttps://www.facebook.com/YMSLFortCollins/https://www.instagram.com/ymslfortcollins/Support us on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/nocofmHosted by Dr. Natalie Phillips. Produced by Chris Lanphear for NoCo FM.Hear more great podcasts at https://noco.fmFollow Natalie:https://twitter.com/AudioDrPhillipshttps://www.facebook.com/Connect4Excellencehttps://www.instagram.com/drnataliephillipsFollow NoCo FM: https://twitter.com/nocofmhttps://instagram.com/nocofmhttps://www.facebook.com/nocofm

“I remember my mom would always read me the book about the ‘Little Engine that Could’ climbing up that mountain...and I found out later why...she KNEW that like many other deaf children out there, we would have our own mountains to climb and our own challenges to face”.Join our host, Dr. Natalie Phillips, as she learns from Justin Osmond as he shares the REAL story behind how the Osmond Brothers, Donny and Marie, and how the Children’s Miracle Network came to be!“I believe everybody has a gift. We may be broken, but I truly believe that we do not overcome hopelessness by removing the obstacle in our lives. I believe we conquer adversity by not letting it own us, control us, or even define us...my personal motto is: I may have a hearing loss, but my hearing loss does not have me!”Fill in the blank with Justin:“I may be/have __________, but my __________ doesn’t have me!”For more information about Justin Osmond and his work, please visit the following:https://www.justinosmond.comhttps://www.hearingfund.orghttps://www.facebook.com/JAOsmond/https://www.facebook.com/HearingFund/https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinosmondhttps://www.instagram.com/justin_osmond/https://twitter.com/justinosmond1Support us on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/nocofmHosted by Dr. Natalie Phillips. Produced by Chris Lanphear for NoCo FM.Hear more great podcasts at https://noco.fmFollow Natalie:https://twitter.com/AudioDrPhillipshttps://www.facebook.com/Connect4Excellencehttps://www.instagram.com/drnataliephillipsFollow NoCo FM: https://twitter.com/nocofmhttps://instagram.com/nocofmhttps://www.facebook.com/nocofm

“Lead with your heart and be genuine and unapologetically YOU.”“It wasn’t until my grandma passed away that I read her biography and saw that everything she did was to serve others – it’s IN my DNA! My definition of success has changed…it is no longer a monetary thing, but how many lives I have been able to touch and impact.”Markiss Stone delivers daily motivation and positivity on his daily show, The Daily Dose Show, on Facebook LIVE, Monday-Friday at 6:30amEST. In addition to being a military veteran and inspirational and motivational speaker and trainer, Markiss was a student in radio/TV communications and is dedicated to make the world smile and to change peoples’ lives.For more information about Markiss Stone, please visit the following:http://www.thedailydosestore.comhttps://www.facebook.com/TheDailyDoseShowMarkissStone/https://www.instagram.com/TheDailyDoseShowhttps://twitter.com/TheDailyDoseShowMShttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMEHTDCiWXyB3vypVgefZ0gSupport us on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/nocofmHosted by Dr. Natalie Phillips. Produced by Chris Lanphear for NoCo FM.Hear more great podcasts at https://noco.fmFollow Natalie:https://twitter.com/AudioDrPhillipshttps://www.facebook.com/Connect4Excellencehttps://www.instagram.com/drnataliephillipsFollow NoCo FM: https://twitter.com/nocofmhttps://instagram.com/nocofmhttps://www.facebook.com/nocofm

“I do not want to give a hand out, but want to give a HAND UP.” – Dr. Judy HuchHow do you give back to the community while running a private practice AND serve your own staff? Discover Dr. Judy Huch’s take on providing the gift of hearing as well as her way of encouraging recipients to pay it forward in a community-wide effort to spread awareness of hearing and hearing loss as she strives to make the world better ONE. RELATIONSHIP. AT. A. TIME.For more information about Dr. Judy Huch, please visit the following:https://hearintucson.com/https://gracehearing.org/https://www.facebook.com/HearInTucson/https://www.facebook.com/GraceHearingCenterInc/https://www.facebook.com/judy.huchhttps://twitter.com/drjudyhuchhttps://twitter.com/grace_hearinghttps://twitter.com/hearintucsonhttps://www.instagram.com/jhuch/https://www.instagram.com/grace_hearing/https://www.instagram.com/hearintucson/Support us on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/nocofmHosted by Dr. Natalie Phillips. Produced by Chris Lanphear for NoCo FM.Hear more great podcasts at https://noco.fmFollow Natalie:https://twitter.com/AudioDrPhillipshttps://www.facebook.com/Connect4Excellencehttps://www.instagram.com/drnataliephillipsFollow NoCo FM: https://twitter.com/nocofmhttps://instagram.com/nocofmhttps://www.facebook.com/nocofm

The OtterCares Foundation is an organization that was founded by Nancy Richardson to invest in the education and to empower youth to create lasting change through philanthropy and entrepreneurship. Since 2009, the foundation has equipped kids, classrooms and communities to recognize their true potential to make a difference. In this episode, Linda Crum, Executive Director of The OtterCares Foundation, chats about the mission of the Otter Products company of “Grow to Give” and how working for and with the company starts from the interview process all the way to their end goal of inspiring people in business through their investment in their employees to truly CONNECT to their own passions and to go out and make a difference in our community.For more information about The OtterCares Foundation, please visit:http://www.ottercares.org/https://www.facebook.com/OtterCaresFoundation/https://www.instagram.com/ottercareshttps://twitter.com/ottercaresSupport us on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/nocofmHosted by Dr. Natalie Phillips. Produced by Chris Lanphear for NoCo FM.Hear more great podcasts at https://noco.fmFollow Natalie:https://twitter.com/AudioDrPhillipshttps://www.facebook.com/Connect4Excellencehttps://www.instagram.com/drnataliephillipsFollow NoCo FM: https://twitter.com/nocofmhttps://instagram.com/nocofmhttps://www.facebook.com/nocofm