Conversations Around Good

In this Snippet of Good we hear from Canadian Female Elite Paddle Boarding Champion Madeline LeBlanc.  She shares how she fell in love with the sport while on vacation with her family. Stay tuned for her entire Conversation Around Good podcast that drops on Friday to hear how she took her love for Stand Up Paddle Boarding and raised thousands for cancer research.

In this episode Terrance Craft, Executive Director of OKC Young Professionals, will make you feel so good about you. He shares how celebrating the little things in life helps him succeed and can help you as well. He is a small business owner, horror movie addict, and huge supporter of young professionals. He also shares how OKCYP has meant everything to him and how they choose to invest in its communities through volunteering with organizations like Food Bank, OK Children Rehab, OU Children Hospital, Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Great OKC Bake Off.

In this Snippet of Good we hear from Terrance Craft, Executive Director of OKC Young Professionals. He shares how OKCYP invests in its community through volunteering with organizations like Food Bank, OK Children Rehab, OU Children Hospital, Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Great OKC Bake Off. Don’t miss his full episode that drops on Friday.

May is National Foster Care Month, which is a time to acknowledge families and professionals who help children and youth in foster care find permanent homes and connections.  Dr. Deb Shropshire, the director of Child Welfare for OK Department of Child Services, shares about the incredible support Oklahoman foster families have not just from DHS but from a plethora of community organizations. She also shares how more homes are needed. This is an inspiring conversation and quite possibly the sign you have been looking for to take the next step.

May is National Foster Care Month which makes it the perfect time to hear from Dr. Deb Shropshire. She is the director of Child Welfare for OK Department of Child Services. In this Snippet of Good Dr. Deb talks about the desperate need for more therapeutic foster homes. Stay tuned to catch her entire Conversations Around Good podcast that drops on Friday.

Part of our vision at Made Possible By is to equip, align and inspire companies, causes and people to do make a bigger difference together. Focus Federal Credit Union fits right in. Their heart to help their community succeed financially is inspiring. Their programs, their mission, their community involvement are all centered around serving their community. As Abigail Cabello, their Community Development Officer, shares “Can’t isn’t a word.”. If you are in need of a second chance bank account or simply want to work with an organization that cares about others, Focus is at the top of the list. Thank you to Focus for supporting the YMCA, YWCA, Litter Blitz, Feed the Children and more. We see you working!

In this Snippet of Good we hear from Abigail Cabello, Community Development Officer of Focus Federal Credit Union. She shares what community means to Focus and about their CDFI accommodation programs including: Fresh Start Program; second chance checking accounts; financial literacy classes and more. Stay tuned to catch the entire Conversations Around Good episode that drops on Friday.

Meet the two, female founders of Wellness World Canada. Eve Straszczyszyn and Livia Han . They share how having 5 suicides their senior year in college drove them to create the platform. Learn how Wellness World, designed by students for students, makes it easy for students to navigate the saturated wellness system with a recommendations tool that directs them to existing resources on campus, off campus, or online.

In this episode we hear from attorney; accountant; public speaker; author and more, Shiny Rachel Mathew of Polston Tax.  She shares how Polston fervently fights for the “little guy”,  and how giving is a part of the Polston culture. All employees receive a quarterly paid day off to volunteer with an organization of their choice. They have also volunteered together with the Regional Food Bank, painting an elementary school, to helping a cancer patients family move. So much goodness here. Enjoy!

In this Snippet of Good Rachel Mathew of Polston Tax shares a few tax tips for businesses. She didn’t become a nun, as she planned as a teen, but that hasn’t stopped her from living her life for others. Catch her full episode of Conversations Around Good on Friday.