My Hometown

By: 90.3 WHPC
  • Summary

  • Exploring clubs, organizations, businesses, and issues in towns across Nassau County, Long Island.
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Episodes
  • Families For Inclusion
    Nov 21 2024
    Bill Horan and Stacy Raine learn about an organization in Nassau County called Families For Inclusion - where they promote education about autism, neurodiversity, and inclusion in elementary schools, and to assist the process wherever they can. They speak with Gina DeGregorio-Sonbert, the Founder of Families For Inclusion, and the author of a children's book series called Theodore Bearkins, about the first autistic, non-speaking main character in a children’s book where autism is NOT the focus of his tale.
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    28 mins
  • Love, Nana
    Nov 14 2024
    Bill Horan talks with Joan Hyland, the founder of Love, Nana - a Community Service Project presented by another group called Backyard Players and Friends, Incorporated. They are a volunteer & donation based non-profit whose mission is two-fold: to assist local families in need by providing gently used clothing for newborns and offering a skills training and community experience program for their participants. He also speaks with Ellen White, the Director of Backyard Players & Friends, Incorporated.
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    29 mins
  • Alzheimer's Association Long Island Chapter
    Nov 7 2024
    Over 400,000 New Yorkers are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and more than 500,000 family and friends are providing care. Bill Horan and Stacy Raine learn about the Alzheimer's Association Long Island Chapter - who help families, caregivers, health care professionals and those living with the disease by providing education and support, advocate for the needs and rights of those facing Alzheimer’s disease and all other dementia, and advance critical research to develop new treatments and, ultimately, a cure. They speak with Alaina Nathan, the Senior Manager of Programs for the Alzheimer's Association Long Island Chapter.



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    28 mins

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