WCBS 880 Difference Makers

Mike Sugerman speaks with John deBary of the Restaurant Workers Community Foundation. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Peter Haskell reports. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WCBS 880’s Sean Adams speaks with former toy designer Suzi Gerace, who is on a mission to make 20,000 medical masks. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A 9/11-inspired charity is pitching in to help those on the front lines of the battle against COVID-19. Peter Haskell reports. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Retired Air Force Captain Jack Licata tells WCBS' Neil A. Carousso about the inspiration for why he employs disabled workers at his BagUps factory in New Jersey. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WCBS' Mack Rosenberg with CEO of Related Companies Jeff Blau.  See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WCBS' Marla Diamond reports with app creator Andra Tomsa. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WCBS' Neil A. Carousso speaks with David Munshine of The Munshine Group, which specializes in marketing for non-profit organizations, about his clients' efforts to support those in need during the COVID-19 health crisis. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WCBS' Sean Adams speaks with Stamford Mayor David Martin about "Stamford Together" - a citywide volunteer program to help support the emergency response efforts to the coronavirus pandemic. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s WCBS 880 “Difference Maker” is Ramzi Saber, a Union City high school student who was miraculously able to discover an exoplanet light years from Earth. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week’s “Difference Makers: Stories from Main Street,” Sean Adams meets the “MacGyver” of Blythedale Children’s Hospital. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s WCBS 880 “Difference Maker” is Danielle Kohn, aWestchester County teenager who was recently named the area’s first Youth Poet Laureate. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s WCBS 880’s “Difference Maker” is 22-year-old Christine Peyreigne, who has made it her life’s mission to protect some of Connecticut’s most vulnerable denizens. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Three teenagers from Eastchester have managed to turn their hobby into a charity. Ava Tsapatsaris, Felicia Mazzone and Georgette Cosentino are this week’s WCBS 880 “Difference Makers.” See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Vietnam war veteran from Westchester County often puts on the gear of Revolutionary War soldiers to honor a unique military unit: the 1st Rhode Island Regiment. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s WCBS 880’s “Difference Maker” is the author of the “Loukoumi” book series, who has teamed up with a Broadway show to promote good deeds and charity. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s “Difference Maker” is the Westchester Chordsmen, a non-profit that offered free singing lessons to anyone who wants to try their hand at a four-part harmony. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week's "Difference Maker" is the founder of a non-profit based in Brooklyn, who recognizes that sometimes the key to success is how you look. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week’s “Stories from Main Street: Difference Makers,” Sean Adams meets with the CEO of the Winter4Kids program – a non-profit looking to improve children’s lives through winter activities. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our "WCBS Difference Maker" this week is a Long Island couple that is using their contracting skills to renovate the homes of disabled people, totally for free. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices