Sinopsis
Difference Makers: Stories from Main Street, is a weekly profile of a person or organization making a difference in communities across the Tri-State area.
Episodios
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Grandpas Teaming Up To Make White Plains A Better Place
09/12/2019 Duración: 06minOur "WCBS Difference Makers" this week are a group of grandfathers who are lending their wisdom and guidance to less fortunate teenagers and children in White Plains. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Pearl Harbor Survivor Shares His Story
02/12/2019 Duración: 07minOur "WCBS Difference Maker" this week is a living history lesson. Sean Adams talks with a witness to Pearl Harbor. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Deputy Chief Looks To Change FDNY’s Ways To Prevent Occupational Cancers
24/11/2019 Duración: 10minIn this week’s “Difference Makers: Stories from Main Street,” WCBS 880’s Sean Adams meets an FDNY deputy chief trying to eliminate the iconic image of the past: “A Salty Firefighter.” See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Veteran Hopes To Honor Friend By Singing Anthem At Yankee Game
17/11/2019 Duración: 09minIn this week’s Stories from Main Street, Dr. Gabriel Vitalone tells WCBS 880’s Sean Adams that while he’s lived a long, amazing life, he’s far from done. He wants to honor his best friend, who died in World War II, by singing the national anthem at a Yankee game. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Man On A Mission To Preserve Firsthand Accounts Of WW2
10/11/2019 Duración: 09minIn this week’s Stories from Main Street, WCBS 880’s Sean Adams meets 78-year-old Bob Abate, who is on the search for a museum or library to help him preserve a very important collection. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Equestrian Community Rallies Behind Paralyzed Olympic Athlete
04/11/2019 Duración: 10minIn this week’s Stories from Main Street, WCBS 880’s Sean Adams speaks with the family of an Olympic showjumper who was paralyzed in an event in the Hamptons this past summer. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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109 Years Young
28/10/2019 Duración: 03minSean Adams with the story of a woman who is young at heart and the toast of her Westchester Retirement community. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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To Improve Community Relationships, NJ Police Offer Ride-Alongs
20/10/2019 Duración: 07minIn this week’s Stories from Main Street, WCBS 880’s Sean Adams goes on a police ride-along and explains how you can too. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Bullied Teen Becomes An Advocate For Tolerance
13/10/2019 Duración: 07minIn this week’s Stories from Main Street, WCBS 880’s Sean Adams meets a 16-year-old who is using his experiences as a victim of bullying to improve schools across the country. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Stories From Main Street: Animal Shelter Looks For Help While Relocating
06/10/2019 Duración: 07minIn this week’s Stories from Main Street, WCBS 880’s Sean Adams stops by the SPCA of Westchester County to meet some furry friends looking for a home. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Stories From Main Street: Exonerated Man Becomes Lawyer To Fight Wrongful Convictions
29/09/2019 Duración: 09minIn this week’s Stories from Main Street, WCBS 880’s Sean Adams sits down with Jeffrey Deskovic, who at 17-years-old was wrongly convicted of the rape and murder of his 15-year-old classmate, Angela Correa. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Stories From Main Street: NJ Priest Fulfills Dream Of Becoming Filmmaker
22/09/2019 Duración: 09minIn this week’s Stories from Main Street, WCBS 880’s Sean Adams meets a priest from New Jersey whose film, “Trinity’s Triumph,” will be released next year, after 20 years of work. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Stories From Main Street: Teens Teams Up With Stop & Shop To Raise Money For Cancer Research
15/09/2019 Duración: 11minIn this week’s Stories from Main Street, Sean Adams meets with a 19-year-old who is teaming up with Stop & Shop to raise money for pediatric cancer research. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Stories From Main Street: Health Clinic Treats New 9/11 Victims, 18 Years Later
08/09/2019 Duración: 11minIn this week’s Stories from Main Street, WCBS 880’s Sean Adams heads to the World Trade Center Health Clinic at Mount Sinai, where doctors continue to treat new 9/11 victims every day. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Stories From Main Street: The Unofficial Falcon Club Of NJ
18/08/2019 Duración: 07minIn this week’s Stories from Main Street, WCBS 880’s Sean Adams heads to the palisades with the “unofficial falcon club” of New Jersey. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Stories From Main Street: FDNY Engine Trains For More Than Just Fires
05/08/2019 Duración: 07minIn this week’s Stories from Main Street, Sean Adams visits the Rockaways, where firefighters do so much more than just fight fires. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Stories From Main Street: Nonprofit Rebuilding Veteran’s Home, Life
28/07/2019 Duración: 13minIn this week’s Stories from Main Street, WCBS 880’s Sean Adams meets an Army veteran who has been given a new life thanks to the generosity of the non-profit HEART 9/11. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Stories From Main Street: Running Cross-County For Charity
22/07/2019 Duración: 08minIn this week’s Stories from Main Street, Sean Adams meets a 64-year-old doctor who was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease that’s planning to run cross-country for charity. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Stories From Main Street: Café Trains Workers With Autism
14/07/2019 Duración: 09minIn this week’s Stories from Main Street, WCBS 880’s Sean Adams visits Lillian’s Café, a coffee shop with a special purpose. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Stories From Main Street: Jersey Boys To The Rescue For Boston Firefighter
23/06/2019 Duración: 12minIn this week’s Stories from Main Street, WCBS 880’s Sean Adams talks with Boston Fire Lt. Glenn Preston who says he was shown unconditional love and support from firefighters in New Jersey while undergoing surgery at Jersey Shore University Medical Center. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices