United Voices WRC
United Voices WRC
Podcast Description
United Voices is a podcast by United Way Waterloo Region Communities, dedicated to bringing you closer to the stories, challenges, and solutions that shape our community. In each 15-minute episode, we dive into important and often-overlooked issues—from the housing crisis and mental health to poverty and community well-being. Through candid conversations with frontline workers, local leaders, and those directly affected by these challenges, we aim to amplify voices that are too often unheard.
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The podcast covers a range of significant themes including the housing crisis, mental health, poverty, and community well-being. Specific episodes highlight topics such as leadership in community impact with Joan Fisk, the support systems for marginalized communities with Duaa Al-Aghar, and the complexities of homelessness with Julie Kalbfleisch. Each episode aims to illuminate the challenges faced and foster a sense of empowerment within the community.
United Voices is a podcast by United Way Waterloo Region Communities, dedicated to bringing you closer to the stories, challenges, and solutions that shape our community. In each 15-minute episode, we dive into important and often-overlooked issues—from the housing crisis and mental health to poverty and community well-being. Through candid conversations with frontline workers, local leaders, and those directly affected by these challenges, we aim to amplify voices that are too often unheard.
In this episode of United Voices, Senior Director of Community Engagement & Communications Scott Hamilton sits down with longtime broadcaster and community champion Mike Farwell. Best known as the voice of the Kitchener Rangers and host of The Mike Farwell Show, Mike opens up about the personal experiences that shaped his lifelong commitment to giving back—including how the loss of his sisters to cystic fibrosis inspired his Farwell for Hire fundraising campaign, now surpassing $1.3 million. Together, Scott and Mike explore why volunteerism matters, how sports can strengthen communities, finding motivation during tough times, and the balance between holiday consumerism and generosity. Filled with honesty, warmth, and barn-raiser spirit, this is an inspiring reminder that we are always stronger together—and that kindness costs nothing.
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