Rotary for Young, Old, and In-Between (Aired on May 30 & 31, 2015)

Roger Risko

Roger Risko

RadioRotary co-host Jonah Triebwasser and producer Kathy Kruger interview the man who conceived and launched RadioRotary: Poughkeepsie-Arlington Rotarian Roger Risko. Mr. Risko, who is about to retire after many years of teaching at Dutchess County’s BOCES (Bureau of Co-operative Services), not only started RadioRotary but also has been instrumental in forming and helping grow several Rotaract and Interact clubs, organizations for youth—respectively college-age and high-school age—in the Hudson Valley. Inspired by a question from the mother of an Interact student, Mr. Risko created the first Rotary-oriented service organization for senior citizens, Elderact. As he moves his base of operations to Florida, he plans to introduce Elderact to that state.

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Rotaract
Interact
Elderact
Poughkeepsie-Arlington Rotary Club
Dutchess County BOCES

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May 30, 2015 · Posted in Aging, Education, New Generations, Youth  

Art Therapy for Abandoned Boys (Aired on May 23 & 24, 2015)

Gloria De Pietro

Gloria De Pietro

Gloria De Pietro is the author of Abandoned: The Story of Boys Forgotten, the tales of four boys who received art therapy from her while they lived in a residential treatment center. Ms. Di Pietro first encountered art when she suffered a near fatal illness as a child; the nurses at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City had set up an art corner for their young patients. She determined then to become a visual artist, which became her career until September 11, 2001. After the World Trade Center collapse, witnessed by many children, there was a call for art therapists to help these children recover. Ms. De Pietro went back to school and became an art therapist, someone who uses art to help subjects uncover and understand their own problems. Her book chronicles what she learned from four of the boys who had been abandoned by their own families as she worked with them.

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Abandoned: The Story of Boys Forgotten
Art Therapy
Child Abandonment

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May 23, 2015 · Posted in Children, Health, Youth  

Seventh Annual Millbrook Literary Festival (Aired on May 16 & 17, 2015)

(l-r) Jonah Triebwasser, Bryan Bunch, Tim Tocher, Sarah O'Connell (front)

(l-r) Jonah Triebwasser, Bryan Bunch, Tim Tocher, Sarah O’Connell (front)

Authors Bryan Bunch (Millbrook Rotary), and Tim Tocher discuss the seventh annual Millbrook Literary Festival with co-hosts Jonah Triebwasser and Sara O’Connell. The Festival features several talks by journalists and authors as well as panel discussions on historical fiction, mysteries, cookbooks, journalism, history, and getting published. Books for younger readers featured include picture books and young-adult novels. Younger writers also have a chance to participate with their short works published in a special booklet distributed at the event. Some 50 authors will be part of the Festival, with all signing copies of their books. The Festival will take place on May 30, 2015 in the Millbrook Village at the Millbrook Library.

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Millbrook Literary Festival
Millbrook Library
Millbrook Business Directory
Bryan Bunch
Tim Tocher

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May 16, 2015 · Posted in Arts & Letters, Education, Events, Hudson Valley, Literacy  

Health Information Privacy and Portability (Aired on May 9 & 10, 2015)

Rich Silva

Rich Silva

Rich Silva, Founder and President of Pain Point IT Solutions Inc., describes some of the complications concerning health information privacy and accountability rules. Before 1996, most hospital and other medical records were kept on paper and were easily available to persons other than a patient’s doctor and the patient. As part of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPPA) and its later extensions, the privacy of medical information is assured and kept in electronic form. Pain Point IT Solutions as part of its services helps medical providers and their business associates follow the rules, which are enforced by a 164-point audit by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources. One problem of special significance is disaster recovery of information; even though all information has been backed up, without help it may require days to restore it.

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HIPAA
Health Information Privacy Rules
Pain Point IT Solutions

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May 9, 2015 · Posted in Health, Law  

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