Good morning dear people! We have a great show for you all today. Our guests are Ale Hernandez & Christopher Miller of Road Home Program at Rush (Chicago) here to tell us about the services they offer to veterans. This is an important discussion and we're happy to have it with the team. Here is today's news: - Tedeschi Trucks Band, the revered 12-piece collective founded by husband-and-wife duo, guitarist Derek Trucks and singer-guitarist Susan Tedeschi, is rolling its annu

Good morning friends! Happy Thursday morning, and what a nice Thursday it is. Our guests today are Shauna Sisceo Weatherspoon and Giselle Gonzalez who the board of Raising Our Daughters Foundation. Get ready for a great discussion! Here is today's news: - Our friends of Hotel Indigo Naperville Riverwalk are hiring for many great positions such as: front office, bartender and maintenance. The hotel is located at 120 Water Street in Naperville on the riverwalk. Also offered a

Good morning friends, family and neighbors! It's Thursday, one more day before what looks to be a great weekend. Our guest today is our friend Nick Thompson who will be part of a great event this evening benefitting Simply Destinee Youth Center. Mental health, community, resources and taking care of each other are the topics of discussion today. Here is the news: - Thursday, May 26th from 9 am to 3 pm the Kane County Sheriff's Office will be hosting another forklift driver

Good morning everyone! It's Thursday, good morning, we have news and a special guest today. We have our friend Lizeth Quintana-Romero with us to discuss life and mortgages. Get ready for a great discussion. Here is the news of the day: - As mentioned, a proposed contract with Cities In Schools has been tabled pending east Aurora site inclusion. The contract, to benefit many schools and youth, is for $194,000. Read the full article here: https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburb

Happy Thursday everyone! Today we are here with the essesntials as usual: news, coffee, and a great interview. Our guest today is Tracy Hodges of Restoration One, Fox Valley. Here's today news: - Saturday, April 9 from 1 to 3 pm Egg Hunt on the Island returns! This is an egg hunt on and around downtown’s Stolp Island. Go on a scavenger hunt and search for eggs in storefronts and more. That same day the Easter Bunny will be visiting Millennium Plaza. Stop by Bunny at the Gazeb

Happy Thursday everyone! We are here with our friends of Alive Aurora to talk about what it means to be "Teen Led & Teen Driven". We also have coffee, water and a studio full of great guests. Here's today's news: - Representative Barbara Hernandez and Illinois House District 84 have partnered to collect donations for Mutual Ground! Donations are accepted through Friday, April 29th. Donations needed include: - men and women’s slippers (new or in very good condition) - men

Welcome back everyone! We are all here and blessed this morning. Thank you all for the kind words sent to us. It really meant a lot and is very much appreciated! Today we have special guest Mr. Sean Bieterman of Aurora Central Catholic High School here to talk about life, education and the GCAC (Girls Catholic Athletic Conference). Coffee, water, half a brownie and each other! Here's today's news: - Kevin Stout, a talented author, has completed his new book, “The 365 Day De

Good morning and happy Thursday! We hope you are all happy, healthy and ready for an awesome day. We have a great show and discussion today. We have our dear friends from VNA Health Care with us, Karina Suarez-Darden Elisa M. Lara & Claudia Lopez. They are friends of the show and we're happy to have them here. Let's get into the news: - Alive Aurora is hosting an open house for social workers and community leaders that are interested in learning more about our mission, spac

Good morning and happy Thursday everyone! It's a new day and we're excited for today's interview. We have special guest Andrea Kolasinski Marcinkus who is the founder of Adhara_Alchemy on the show with us. Green tea, coffee, water, news and energy. Let's do this! Here is today's news: - Aurora Downtown is celebrating Black History Month. Join via Zoom on Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 10 a.m. for a talk with Cathy Gaddis on How to be an Ally. Ms. Gaddis is the executive director of St

Happy Thursday everyone! Today we are here with Shivani Rhea & Garrett who are the founders and owners of The Real Ninja Science Academy. We have coffee, water and good vibe. We also have news! Get ready for a great show, here are today' topics: - Friday February 11th there will be live salsa dancing taking place at Java Plus. A great band called Impacto Boricua will be playing, there will be a specialty menu and the fun begins at 6:30 pm. Java Plus on Waterford is located

Good morning everyone! We have the usual today, the essentials: coffee, hot cocoa and water. That's the starter kit. In fact, from now on we'll just refer to it as that. Shout out to Tredwell Coffee aka TW. Our guest today is Rita Alejandra Oceguera of Injustice Watch here to talk about reporting and accountability. Here are today's news headlines: - February 12th join the Groundhog Day panel hosted by the Paramount School of the Arts from 6 to 7 pm. This event is free and

Good morning on this cold Thursday! Our guest today is Earl James who is an artist here in the city of Aurora. Music and coffee, and also the news of course. Here are your headlines: - This Saturday the 8th of January at noon there will be a helpful health resource clinic, hosted by our friends of Family Focus Aurora Walk-ins are welcome and this will be held at 555 Second Avenue in Aurora. Please share and spread the word. Thank you to our friends of Family Focus for all t

Good morning, dear friends! Hot lemon ginger tea, coffee and the world's most swole cookie. "Swole" means big, just an FYI. But we aren't here to hip you to cool vernacular today. We have a special guest and friend of the show Lily Rocha, who works for Young Invincibles as a policy advocate. We've got the news you love as well. Let's get into it! - Families can start their New Year’s Eve activities early with a celebration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 31, at the Fox

Happy Thursday everyone! Tune in to learn more about an awesome store in Aurora, Nice Find. We have the owner Damian Polak live in the studio with us to talk business and life. Get your coffee ready, and let's dig in! - Round 2 of the Illinois Rental Payment Program is open and accepting applications. Eligible households may qualify for up to 18 months of assistance from June 2020 through April 2022. The deadline for applications is Sunday, January 9th at midnight. For more i

Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We are here with friend of the show Natale Bianchi of Talented Tenth Social Services, Inc. to check in and discuss all the great initiatives her organization has been involved in. We have news to disseminate and food to cook so let's get into it! - There’s a helpful and fun family event coming up for the month of December. Working with great sponsors and community partners, The Neighbor Project & Aurora FEC (financial empowermen

Good morning everyone! Happy Thursday. Coffee, water and hot chocolate this morning. We're here with Mr. Toussaint Smith of Alliance Associates Realtors. We have news and education, just what we all need for today. Let's do it! - This Saturday November 6th from 1 to 3 pm there will be a community food distribution event hosted by Waterford Place Cancer Resource Center. In partnership with Rush Copley Medical Center and Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Illinois, this will be accessib

Good morning Aurora! Tune in to learn more about It's Fit Time with Yolanda Dunn! Lets get it! 🎖 - Get ready for Trunk or Treat! Our friends of Wesley UMC in Aurora, IL are holding this great celebration this Sunday, October 24th from 12:30 to 2:30 pm. This will take place in the church parking lot at 14 N. May street. Volunteers will decorate vehicle trunks to dispense treats and trinkets! A prize will be awarded to the best decorated trunk. Save the date and come out for s

Good morning everyone! Today is a very special day. We have our friend Hailey Edwards Chief Of Staff to Representative Barbara Hernandez here with us today! Public service, information, motivation; all on a Thursday morning. Tune in for news and more! 🎖 - As mentioned, City of Aurora, IL, Government has detailed new guidelines for illegal fireworks. With fines from $250 to $1,000, citations can be issued by the Aurora Illinois Police Department Aurora -IL Fire Department and

Coffee, a cold brew with cream and sugar, and news. All the news. More news than ever. Newsies. Our intern Monica delivers local news as well. Let's do this. - A Chicago Alderman was the subject of an attack for responding to a constituent complaint. Not good. This was our topic of the day. Read the article here: https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/09/21/ald-james-cappleman-attacked-3-times-in-office-says-uptown-is-facing-a-mental-health-crisis/ - Fox Valley Hands of Hope Prese

Books, books and more books. Even more books and stay tuned for a brand new Bookmobile! Today we have our friends of the Aurora Public Library, Illinois (Santori Library) Foundation on to discuss Lace Up For Literacy. Here's the news! - Saturday September 18th from 9 to 11 am at the Santori Library there will be a free community shredding event. This is hosted by the KCT Credit Union and the Aurora Public Library. This will be a safe, secure and contactless event. Fight ident