Train a Dog, Save a Warrior

“Train a Dog, Save a Warrior”, matches veterans with PTSD or traumatic brain injuries with service dogs. Sherrie King, a dog trainer from Springfield, and military veteran Robert Davis join Jim Madigan in the studio to talk about the program, and what it...

Operation Castle

Operation Castle was a series of classified nuclear tests conducted by the United States in the Marshall Islands during the 1950s, and army veteran Ronald Benoit of Holland, MA was an MP assigned to it. The operation was declassified in the 1990s, and Benoit spoke...

Soldier On

1 in 5 homeless in this country is a veteran, which means that on any given night more than 275,000 veterans in this country are sleeping on the streets. But a new approach to housing theses veterans is being pioneered in our region at Soldier...

Autism

Bruce Waslick, MD of Baystate Child Behavioral Health at Baystate Medical Center  discusses autism, the particular challenges parents and children face with an Autism diagnosis and clinical drug trial  pf a possible medicine to help treat autism, which Baystate Med...

MassMentors

Denise Cogman, Executive Director of Springfield School Volunteer,  and  Marty Martinez,  President and CEO of Mass Mentoring Partnership, discuss that program and the continuing need for adult volunteers to make a commitment to mentor young people across the...

Gerena Teacher Round Table

Connecting Point’s Carolee McGrath sits down with Burt Freedman, Enrique “Henry” Figueredo and Ursula Hogan at Gerena School to talk about their memories as teachers when the school was known as New North Community School. They describe the school as being state...

Gerena Community Agencies

Community leaders share their thoughts for the Gerena School tunnel and discuss the importance of the various agencies that once occupied that space. Many of them have played a vital role in coordinating programs inside the community space and share their thoughts....

Gerena Community Voices

Since opening in 1975, the Gerena School has truly been a resource for the North End. It was designed to be a multi-purpose structure, providing not only a school for the children, but a community space for residents to enjoy. Producer Zydalis Zayas shares stories...