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The Fresh Air Fund's College Connections Program Helping With College Applications

The Fresh Air Fund is a New York City institution, a 150-year old nonprofit known for summer adventures for urban kids with their signature Volunteer Host Family programs and free sleep-away camps. Among their year-round programs is the College Connections Program [https://freshair.org/college-connections/] for high schoolers which hosts workshops to help students with the college application process. Bentley Gordon is the Director of the College Connections Program.

EPIC Players Presents "BUM BUM" (Or This Farce Has Autism)", Dec 1-14 at Here Arts Center in Manhattan

EPIC Players [http://epicplayersnyc.org/], New York’s leading neuro-inclusive theater company, led by Founder and Executive Artistic Director Aubrie Therrien, presents the world premiere of the original play “BUM BUM (or, this farce has Autism)”, by award winning playwright Dave Osmundsen, Dec 4 - 14 at Here Arts Center in Manhattan. Epic Players is a nonprofit, neuro-diverse theater company dedicated to creating professional performing arts opportunities and supportive social communities in the arts for Neurodivergent and Disabled artists.

New York State Coalition for Children's Behavioral Health on the Fight to Access Mental Health Services

While healthcare is top of mind for so many, we speak with a New York State organization focused on children’s health. Kayleigh Zaloga is the president and CEO of the New York State Coalition for Children's Behavioral Health [https://www.ccbhny.org/], a statewide association of children's service providers. CCBH represents 50 provider agencies with 21,000 employees who serve nearly 200,000 children and families. We discuss the fight for access to behavioral health services, and the reality of mental health services for children in New York State.

For Hungerthon, Meet Brooklyn-Based Soup Kitchen Neighbors Together

iHeartRadio NY is once again teaming up with WhyHunger for Hungerthon. Hungerthon is an annual radio tradition, organized by Why Hunger to educate and raise funds to confront the root causes of hunger in America, and defend the right to nutritious food for all. You can take action, donate or bid on exclusive iHeartRadio auction items at Hungerthon.org [https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhungerthon.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7CNinaDelRio%40iheartmedia.com%7C5c2781a293b744f4d56f08de23c6b0e7%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638987533464734095%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=rX2ZOF3KI%2BtqazBU7G1JbD9uArt9%2BL2Sv4qfT85LcfU%3D&reserved=0] now through Dec 9th. WhyHunger works with community-based organizations across the country that are tackling the systemic injustice at the root of hunger through creative, local solutions. Our guest is Denny Marsh, Executive Director of Neighbors Together [https://neighborstogether.org/], a Brooklyn based soup kitchen, social service and community advocacy center that Why Hunger has been proud to work alongside for over a decade.

THE PERIOD BRAIN: The New Science of Why We PMS and How to Fix It.

THE PERIOD BRAIN:  THE NEW SCIENCE OF WHY WE PMS AND HOW TO FIX IT, by research psychologist, professor, leading advocate for women’s health Dr. Sarah E. Hill, answers questions about the hormonal changes that regulate women’s bodies, and what’s true and not true about PMS.