The Point on KPOV Podcast features select segments and interviews from KPOV's weekday community affairs program.
The Shine a Light Vigil at Drake Park aims to bring awareness to mental illness and build community. Anyone is welcome to attend the 24-hour long event to shine a light with a glow stick on the footbridge at Drake Park in Bend.
Nico Carpinelli is Executive Director of HUE - Hearts Unknown Education, Casey Munck is Regional Director of NAMI Central Oregon, and Dr. Maya Heck is Clinical Director and Board President of HUE.
COPY project coordinator Bob Moore shares the need for volunteers to work with children of at least one incarcerated parent, a program that has been a part of Central Oregon for more than 20 years.
Rachel Cardwell, Executive Director for Friends of the Children Central Oregon, explains the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the long-term benefits of the unique Friends of the Children program which links at-risk kindergarten students with professional mentors for 12.5 years (the duration of their school years). www.FriendsCentralOregon.org