Episodes
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Trails on the Rise: Swedetown's Big Crowdfunding Moment
Big things are happening on the Swedetown Trails! This episode's guest is Dean Woodbeck, board member of the Swedetown Trails Club, the nonprofit behind the beloved Swedetown Trails in Calumet. This week marks a huge milestone for the trail system: the Swedetown Trails Club just launched its...
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Previewing GivingTuesday 2025 in Michigan's Copper Country
The Copper Shores Podcast is back with a preview of 2025 GivingTuesday! In this podcast host Michael H. Babcock introduces the 60 causes the community can choose to support, interviews two of the new nonprofits and dives into GivingTuesday Live. The first guest is Jason Mack from the Superior Fab...
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Farm-to-School Feast at Adams Township Schools
Amanda Andress, Farm-to-School Coordinator and English Teacher at Adams Township Schools join the Copper Shores Podcast to talk about the district’s upcoming Harvest Feast on Saturday, October 4, 2025, all of the hard work that students have put in, and the school garden project that started it...
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Nerd out and Geek U.P.
Celebrity guest Patricia Summersett, best known for voicing Zelda in “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” joins us on the latest podcast for a dive into Geek U.P. lore and legends. Summersett tells us how she grew Geek U.P. from the ground up alongside Shanna Porteen, owner of Black Ice…
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Previewing 2025 Suicide Prevention Walk
Please be aware that this episode includes topics that some listeners may find distressing, including mental health, suicide, suicidal ideation, depression and loss of life. Callisto Cortez, Youth Development Specialist at Copper Shores Outreach & Education and Andy Kalcich, Mental Health...
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Talking GivingTuesday 2024 with some of the newest GivingTuesday Partners, part 2
There is a record number of new partners participating in #GiveCopperCountry, and Copper Shores Community Health Foundation is excited to help introduce them to everyone. With GivingTuesday donations opening on November 12, 2024, these new partners are eager to get their messages out and bring in...
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Talking GivingTuesday 2024 with some of the newest GivingTuesday Partners, part 1
There is a record number of new partners participating in #GiveCopperCountry, and Copper Shores Community Health Foundation is excited to help introduce them to everyone. With GivingTuesday donations opening on November 12, 2024, these new partners are eager to get their messages out and bring in...
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Back to School with Farm to School
The latest episode of the Copper Shores Podcast is all about the new Farm to School program, and includes special guests Karyn Juntunen and Meghan Jaszczak! For over a decade, there has been a growing interest in Farm to School initiatives in the Copper Country. However, implementing these…
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Previewing 2024 Suicide Prevention Walk with Callisto Cortez and Taryn Mason
Copper Shores is shining a spotlight on a vital community event that’s close to the hearts of many: the 8th Annual Suicide Prevention Walk. This walk stands as a beacon of hope and solidarity, reflecting the collective commitment to addressing mental health challenges and supporting one another....
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Getting Ahead graduate shares realities of the working poor
In the latest episode of the Copper Shores Podcast, listen in as Danielle Thoune, a recent graduate of Getting Ahead, a Bridges Out of Poverty class, tells her life story and how she found herself face-to-face with the realities of poverty. As a child, Thoune grew up in a classic nuclear family,...
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Baraga State Park unveils new ADA friendly playground
With sunshine and a light breeze blowing in from Lake Superior, Baraga State Park officially opened their brand new playground on July 3, 2024 at a lovely ceremony in front of a few dozen partners, campers and park employees. The new park features nature inspired designs and ADA-accessible...
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2024 with Rachel Lamppa
It's Sexual Assault Awareness Month here at Copper Shores and the Copper Shores Podcast is ready to talk about what's happening here in Michigan's Copper Country! This episode's featured guest is Rachel Lamppa from Copper Shores Victim Support. In The episode, Lamppa discusses all of the things...
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Getting Ahead, Through the Eye of an Investigator
Copper Shores Bridges is underway, and the first Investigators have graduated from the Getting Ahead program. Cheyenne, a graduate of the first Getting Ahead program, joined the Copper Shores Podcast to look back and talk about her experiences. Cheyenne originally saw the program as an…
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State of the Foundation with Kevin Store
The Copper Shores Podcast is BACK! With a new name and a great new soundtrack thanks to Ontonagon-native Noah Lukkari! Our first episode back - episode No. 70 overall - is actually a special insert episode thanks to our friends at Copper Country Today. We’re calling it our “State of the…
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Michigan Nonprofit Relief Fund with Amy Quinn from Grow and Lead
Nonprofit organizations in the U.P. now have another opportunity for funding with the Michigan Nonprofit Relief Fund. Amy Quinn joined us to talk about the opportunity, which ranges from $5,000 to $25,000 to nonprofit organizations in Michigan. Quinn is a member of the statewide committee…
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Help Us Plan a Healthier Future with a Wellness Campus
Portage Health Foundation is considering the construction of a multi-use community wellness campus and is seeking public input from community members in Michigan’s Copper Country. In this podcast Executive Director Kevin Store discusses the project, which is years in the making. Initial concept…
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Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly Talks Leadership Transition and #GivingTuesday
In the third and final PHF Podcast episode previewing #GivingTuesday 2022 we welcome Carol Korpela and Cathy Kass-Aten from Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly to the podcast. Kass-Aten is stepping down as the executive director of the Hancock-based nonprofit opening the door for the longtime...
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A new location and a mighty match to inspire #GivingTuesday donors
In this episode of the PHF Podcast we continue previewing #GivingTuesday by interviewing two of the 26 amazing nonprofit organizations who are seeking donations this year. Portage Health Foundation is matching $200,000 once again this year and donations are being accepted now at...
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Talking #GivingTuesday 2022 with 31 Backpacks and unite Mental Health and Wellness
We’re three weeks away from #GivingTuesday and what better way to prepare than a podcast featuring a couple of the incredible nonprofits focused on making our community a healthier place - unitē Mental Health and Wellness and 31 Backpacks! This year Portage Health Foundation is matching donations...
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Community Health Interns Reflect on Summer 2022 Experience
This summer Portage Health Foundation staff was joined by Community Health Interns Ally Ronis and Lucy Campbell. The two helped with a number of projects, shadowed PHF staff through many of their daily duties, helped with logistics involved with the Collective CSA Program and write a guest blog...
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Get to know Project Lifesaver with Detective Lieutenant Charlie Klein
It's been nearly a year since Project Lifesaver launched in Michigan's Copper Country, and with that Portage Health Foundation thought it would be a great opportunity to catch up with the project's lead, Detective Lieutenant Charlie Klein from the Houghton County Sheriff's Office. Detective...
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Community Meals Bring Neighbors Together | CCSM Older Americans Month Part 4
Welcome to the final episode of our four-part series highlighting the amazing work done at Copper Country Senior Meals! In this episode we visit the congregate meal site in Calumet to meet the staff that makes it happen and a couple of the regulars who find these regular events to be incredibly...
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Delivering Joy and Kindness | CCSM Older Americans Month Part 3
As part of Older Americans Month, CCSM is partnering with the Portage Health Foundation for a special series of podcast episodes highlighting what makes Senior Meals such a special organization in Michigan's Copper Country. In the third episode we head out for a delivery route along the shores of...
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Cooking Up Joy and Kindness | CCSM Older Americans Month Part 2
As part of Older Americans Month, CCSM is partnering with the Portage Health Foundation for a special series of podcast episodes highlighting what makes Senior Meals such a special organization in Michigan's Copper Country. In the second episode we meet several staff members as they work through...
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Overview of Copper Country Senior Meals with Kathleen Harter | CCSM Older Americans Month Part 1
As part of Older Americans Month, CCSM is partnering with the Portage Health Foundation for a special series of podcast episodes highlighting what makes Senior Meals such a special organization in Michigan's Copper Country. In episode 1 we visit with Copper Country Senior Meals Executive Director...
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month with Dial Help’s Paige Setter-Hallwachs
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and for the fourth straight year Dial Help is bringing it to the attention of Keweenaw residents with their #CopperCountrySAAM campaign. This year Portage Health Foundation is jumping in as a sponsor of their premier event – the Puppy Parade! That event is...
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People of 2022 Keweenaw Seed Swap
The PHF Podcast is doing something a little different this time as host Michael H. Babcock was the reporter on the street at the annual Keweenaw Seed Swap. This year’s event was at the Portage Lake District Library as part of the Portage Lake Seed Library. In addition to providing amazing...
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Community Food Survey Needs Participants Like You
Taking 20 minutes out of your day will help researchers better understand the Western U.P. Food System. That’s the idea behind the recently announced Regional Food Systems Assessment that Portage Health Foundation (PHF) is funding in partnership with Michigan Technological University, Western…
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Get to know Superior Educators and Capturing Kids’ Hearts with Hillary Sundblad
Hillary Sundblad has turned into a real MVP of sorts when it comes to Portage Health Foundation. She’s a process champion at Ontonagon Area Schools with Capturing Kids’ Hearts, she’s on the committee that makes Superior Educators a reality, this winter she took her students out to the PHF-funded...
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Job Opportunities at PHF with Executive Director Kevin Store
Portage Health Foundation Executive Director Kevin Store is back on the PHF Podcast to talk about some huge things happening at the Foundation with the postings of four new positions. The positions are all posted at phfgive.org/careers and applications are currently being accepted for the…
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Superior Search and Rescue 101 with President Darian Reed
In this edition of the Portage Health Foundation Podcast, we visit with Superior Search and Rescue (SSAR) President Darian Reed. In the podcast we talk in detail about everything happening with the non-profit organization that serves Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties. Below is an overview...
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Stephanie Graef joins The Dirkside to talk Human Trafficking
This special edition of the PHF Podcast features Stephanie Graef of the U.P. Human Trafficking Task Force on Mix 93 WKMJ with morning DJ Dirk Hembroff. They preview the upcoming film screening of Ring of Silence. The film is being screened on Tuesday, February 8 at Hancock Central High School....
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Ring of Silence Director Nicole Bowers Wallace Discusses Film
When Film Director Nicole Bowers Wallace was first presented with the idea of making a film about human trafficking, she had questions. It’s a touchy subject she didn’t know a lot about, but the more she dove in, the more she knew she was appalled. She interviewed investigators from the FBI…
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New location and more local food part of Keweenaw Co-op’s vision
On this edition of the Portage Health Foundation Podcast we welcomed Curt Webb from the Keweenaw Co-op. Webb has been with the Co-op for more than two decades and has been working with their board to create a vision for a better future. “We’re hoping we celebrate our 50th anniversary in a new...
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Giving Tuesday 2021 - Episode 3 (Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter, Calumet Township Fire Department, Copper Country Angel Mission and Copper Country Senior Meals)
Giving Tuesday 2021 is November 30, 2021 and the Portage Health Foundation is once again supporting our non-profit community with a $200,000 match that will go to 22 non-profit organizations! This week we're releasing a series of PHF Podcast episodes highlighting these partners! In this episode…
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Giving Tuesday 2021 - Episode 2 (Habitat for Humanity, Mercy EMS, Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club, Ontonagon County Cancer Association)
Giving Tuesday 2021 is November 30, 2021 and the Portage Health Foundation is once again supporting our non-profit community with a $200,000 match that will go to 22 non-profit organizations! This week we're releasing a series of PHF Podcast episodes highlighting these partners! In this episode…
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Giving Tuesday 2021 - Episode 1 (Gift of Music, Search & Rescue, Swedetown, KFRC)
Giving Tuesday 2021 is November 30, 2021 and the Portage Health Foundation is once again supporting our non-profit community with a $200,000 match that will go to 22 non-profit organizations! This week we're releasing a series of PHF Podcast episodes highlighting these partners! In this episode…
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ConnectUP provides non-emergency medical transportation in Upper Peninsula of Michigan
In the latest episode of the PHF Podcast we talk with Clark Harder, Administrator of the Michigan Transportation Connection which received $800,000 in grant funding from Superior Helath Foundation for non-emergency medical transportation in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The grant included...
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Do this when someone confides to you about domestic violence
In this edition of the PHF Podcast we talk with Mary Niemela - Executive Director at Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter Home. Niemela provides insight into what people should do if someone comes forward and says they are having issues in a relationship. For many people - even professionals - they...
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Human Trafficking 101 Events Coming to Copper Country
In this edition of the PHF Podcast we talk with Stephanie Graef of the U.P. Human Trafficking Task Force about upcoming events in the Copper Country. Details on the events are below. This month residents of the Copper Country will have a chance to learn the facts and myths about human…
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Vern Hazard discusses the life-changing effect of Capturing Kids’ Hearts
The 2021-22 academic year is fast approaching and with that comes the fourth year in a row Portage Health Foundation (PHF) is bringing Capturing Kids’ Hearts to the public schools of Michigan’s Copper Country. To help everyone understand what the benefit of that is, we invite you to listen to the...
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Chef James Rigato Previews Gordon Ramsay's Uncharted in Upper Peninsula
This weekend the Upper Peninsula's food scene will be highlighted during an episode of Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted on National Geographic TV. The episode will feature a bunch of scenes in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, and as you'll find out in this episode of the PHF Podcast, that's because Chef...
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Introducing Bridges Out of Poverty with Treasure McKenzie
In July 2021 Portage Health Foundation (PHF) welcomed Treasure McKenzie to Michigan's Copper Country to introduce community members to Bridges Out of Poverty. McKenzie leads the Bridges program in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and through 10 years they've seen more than 300 families utilize the program. Of...
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UP and Moving just getting started after more than 100 workouts
When it became clear COVID-19 was a serious threat, there were many emotions for people around the world. For students led by Steve Elmer, PhD, including Doctoral Student Isaac Wedig, it meant trying to do their part by starting UP and Moving. “We’re the exercise people,” Wedig said of those…
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Discussing UPSET West’s Profound Impact with Detective Sergeant Jason Wickstrom
Detective Sergeant Jason Wickstrom from the Michigan State Police stopped in to discuss the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team for the Western Upper Peninsula. The group has been around for more than four years, and among other things they’ve sent 26 people to federal prison for delivery…
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Seedy May discussed with Rachael Pressley and Dr. Michelle Seguin
The Portage Health Foundation Podcast is about to get to the roots of an incredible event series taking place this month with the title “Seedy May.” These four events are all free and open to the public starting May 12 and finishing up with a pair of events Memorial Day weekend. This Episode’s...
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National Child Abuse Prevention Month with Iola Brubaker
Iola Brubaker of the Keweenaw Family Resource Center joined the PHF Podcast to discuss National Child Abuse Prevention Month. National Child Abuse Prevention Month recognizes the importance of families and communities working together to strengthen families to prevent child abuse and neglect....
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Good Grief is Group Grief at Omega House with Cynthia Drake
In this episode we talk with Cynthia Drake, the Grief Educator at Omega House. She is the host of a monthly community grief support group. The Third Thursday Community Grief Support meets every month for an hour from 5 to 6 p.m. “We noticed we could use a lot more grief support in our community,”...
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Karyn Juntunen discusses school gardens, community gardens and more
In the latest PHF Podcast, Karyn Juntunen from the Copper Country Intermediate School District joins host Michael H. Babcock and Portage Health Foundation’s (PHF) Director of Community Health Michelle Seguin, M.D. to discuss school gardens, community gardens, seed saving, gardening in general and...
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Leah Polzien recaps Main Street Calumet Farmers Market's Incredible 2020
The Main Street Calumet Farmers Market had a banner year in 2020. Despite the challenges brought on by a global pandemic, they saw more vendors, more sales, more customers and even extended the market well into the fall for the first time in the market’s history. For Portage Health Foundation...
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