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We talked with Tracy Maddoux from Denton County MHMR about the LOSS Team, which is a program that provides immediate support and resources to suicide survivors (someone who has lost a loved one to suicide) as close to the time of their loss as possible.

We talked with two mentor navigators from NewDay Services' Fatherhood EFFECT Program, which is a class that gives male caregivers the skills they need to become more involved and stronger dads.

We interviewed Amber Shattuck from Communities in Schools North Texas to talk about a new mentoring program coming to Denton called Lunch with a Leader, which focuses on leadership development in a small group atmosphere.

This is the second segment of our "Homelessness in Denton" episode! We talked to Leslie Wisenbaker and Michael Pirtle about what is already going on to alleviate homelessness in Denton and what the community can do to help.

We took some time to talk to a mother of 5 who once was homeless to hear her story about moving into transitional housing at The Wheeler House and then to permanent housing. We also talked to Michael Pirtle, director of Vision Ministries, about his perspective on homelessness in Denton.

We took a look at the tiny house lifestyle with Alexis and Christian from Tiny House Expedition. They built their own tiny house from scratch and have been traveling the nation to document the tiny house movement. Now let's bring it to Denton!

Is using mobile bidding for your gala worth the money? Find out the pros and cons to switching over and how much more money you can raise with this new platform.

Serve Denton partnered with CrossFit Denton to introduce a new type of fundraiser. Instead of the infamous 5K, we are holding a CrossFit competition called Fit 2 Serve to support The Wheeler House.

There are over 109,000 Denton County residents who are food insecure. That is why Denton has established Mayor’s Day of Concern for the Hungry, an annual food drive to support the food pantries in Denton, TX. Mayor Chris Watts, the Denton Hunger Coalition and Serve Denton encourage you to donate non-perishable food items from April 18-22 or cash to support our community and help feed the hungry. Learn more about the event and the food insecure in this podcast with Mayor Chris Watts!

Collaboration is such a buzzword, so we brought in collaboration expert, Bryce Olson to talk about what the word actually means. He gives advice on how to collaborate and how his famous movie nights on the Courthouse Lawn come to be! * This podcast is made for nonprofit agencies and those who want to learn!