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Click to listen Jim Derick – Chapters068 Lisa and Kyle Brodeur 54m31s [2-2-138-2]

Lisa and Kyle Brodeur share the story of the tragic drunk driving accident with the goal of raising awareness about the life changing consequences of drunk/drugged driving. They share their story with young and old alike raising awareness with the hope that lives will be saved. Lisa’s book, “A Mother’s Journey” tells the story of how this family has survived and thrived in the face of tragedy, though faith hope and courage.

“This is the story of an incredible and inspirational journey of a mother dedicated to her three children. She was determined to survive a tragic event through faith, hope, and courage.

The mother was severely injured, and her devoted husband and father of her children was killed instantly. She watched her son fight for every breath he took to survive. Her daughters, only three and five years old, were traumatized. The young girls screamed in pain and wondered where their father and brother were.

This book will make someone think about his or her choices. Making the wrong choice, like doing drugs or driving intoxicated, can have a lasting impact on your life and the lives of others. Someone else’s choices caused this mother’s family to go on a journey that no one should ever have to endure.”

Purchase the book at www.lisabrodeur.com

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Jim Derick – Chapters068 Lisa and Kyle Brodeur 54m31s [2-2-138-2]

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From Ben Speaks “In a fleeting moment of despair, Benjamin Giovangelo, our beautiful, intuitive, creative, sensitive and loving son, chose to end his life on April 16, 2009, just six days after his 18th birthday. Benjamin struggled with Bipolar Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) beginning early on in his life, and so did his family, both with him and the stigma of mental illness.

Ben Speaks Louder Than Words was born through his loss and today is a powerful voice in the world for change through the team at Ben Speaks Louder Than Words. “

Jim Derick – Chapters066 Jamie Hellen 59m59s [2-2-138-2]

Jamie Hellen – Set to take over as Franklin MA Town Administrator

The Franklin Town Council voted unanimously to negotiate with Deputy Town Administrator Jamie Hellen on a contract to become the new Town Administrator. Jamie will take over the post from the retiring Jeff Nutting.

Jamie has served as Deputy Town Administrator in Franklin since January 2016. Prior to that he served as operations assistant to the town manager in Hopkinton, worked at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council and for the Massachusetts Legislature.

Jamie is an avid outdoorsman, cook and music fan.

In this episode I am joined by comedian and radio personality Michael Petit and Peter Jay to talk all things radio. We also talk about how you can create and host your own radio program right here at 102.9 WFPR Franklin

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Jim Derick – Chapters065 Radio University 58m30s [2-2-138-2]

Jeff Roy is the State Representative for the 10th Norfolk District is Massachusetts Norfolk District of Massachusetts. He represents all of the residents of Franklin and precincts 2, 3 & 4 in Before his run for State office, Roy held a number of municipal positions in the town of Franklin. In 2011, he was elected to the Town Council and was later selected to chair the town’s Master Plan Committee.

Before his run for State office, Roy held a number of municipal positions in the town of Franklin. In 2011, he was elected to the Town Council and was later selected to chair the town’s Master Plan Committee.

Prior to Town Council, he served on the School Committee in Franklin, and served as its chairman for 9 of his 10 years of service with that board.

In 2010, he was elected as the chairman of the Franklin Democratic Town Committee, co-chaired Franklin’s Anti-Bullying Task Force, served as a member of Franklin’s Horace Mann School Building Committee, and was the chairman of the board of directors for the non-profit Masque Theatre Co., Inc. in Milford, Massachusetts. Other memberships include the College Club and Alumni-in-Admissions for Bates College.

Roy is an avid cyclist and an 11-year veteran rider in the annual Pan-Massachusetts Challenge event which raises money for the Jimmy Fund. He has been riding as a member of the Phil Phriends team since 2003. He is also a guitar player and member of the band Ben Gardner’s Boat.

His honors and awards include the St. Thomas More Society of Worcester Scholarship and the American Jurisprudence Award for Constitutional Law.

Rev. Eric Cherry began service as the minister of the First Universalist Society in Franklin during August 2018.

He is humbled and excited by FUSF’s welcoming embrace of all people who seek integrity, purpose, and joy in life. He brings a spiritually alive appreciation for our broad-based faith tradition to the day-to-day ministry of the congregation.

From 1994-2007, Rev. Eric served UU congregations in Burlington, Iowa, and North Easton, Massachusetts. And, from 2007-2018, Rev. Eric served as the International Office Director for the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Eric loves biking, cooking, reading, gardening, old VWs, and wondering. He and his wife, Linda, make their home on a pond in Mansfield, Massachusetts.

Contact Eric by email at: minister@fusf.org, or by phone: 508-528-5348.

Click on link to listen : Jim Derick – Chapters056 Project 2069 51m21s [2-2-138-2

As a small group of people met as an outreach committee seeking to be more present in their small community of Wrentham, MA. they were led to a discovery. A discovery that at a single moment somewhere in the fall of the year 2016 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts alone 2,069 beautiful souls had lost their lives to Substance Use Disorder or SUD. For that committee that staggering statistic was a call to action.

The simple #2069 signs that are seen across the state today began as a simple attempt to raise awareness about this epidemic that seemed to leave no one untouched. Intended to be a small local project the #2069 yard sign campaign took on a life of its own and grew to be a movement of awareness across the state and beyond.

The campaign which began in the fall of 2017 continues today in a variety of efforts to work with so many others in raising awareness about this crisis, to continue to support those who live this difficult journey, and to offer all that we can as “The #2069 Project, A Mission of Trinity Church, Wrentham.”

The number of people lost in that moment of awareness for that outreach committee remains important and relevant in the battle against opioid addiction as each moment even now holds in it both sorrow and hope.

Please contact the #2069 Project at Trinity Church, Wrentham, MA for more information at: 508-384-3958 And visit our group page on Facebook At: #2069_signs

Local fan favorite and award-winning police officer, Michelle Palladini

Michelle Palladini is widely respected for her law enforcement expertise, and commitment to the care and protection of children, and even more loved for her unrelenting positivism, passion, and dedication to the community. A strong proponent of community policing, and “building villages” to instill, nurture and foster a strong, fundamental support for children, her zeal for bettering the lives of others took on an amazing life of its own. She was inspired to develop the L.E.A.P. (Leadership, Empowerment, Awareness, Protection) Program in 2013, which offers a solution-focused method for connecting the police with the schools and parents as a pathway to children’s success in four areas: happiness, health, safety, and resilience.