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WGAN 98-5

Thursday, November 14, 201911/14/2019

Maine Points: 100+ Women Who Care Southern Maine

In Maine Points

  100+ Women Who Care Southern Maine is a group of 385 local women who are interested in supporting our…

MAINE REAL ESTATE TODAY

Sunday, November 10, 201911/10/2019

Building Wealth in Real Estate

In Maine Points

On today’s show: how to use real estate investments to build wealth.

WGAN 98-5

Friday, November 8, 201911/08/2019

Maine Points: Stuff The Bus

In Maine Points

Rewind 100.9 ‘s 14th annual Stuff The Bus Food Drive for Preble Street, presented by Bristol Seafood! Chuck Igo speaks with Preble Street. 

Now in their 44th year, Preble Street operates three full-time kitchens and a food pantry to aid our fellow Portland-area residents who would otherwise go hungry. This includes families and individuals who may be employed but sometimes have to choose between basic necessities such as paying for housing or being able to provide enough food to meet their needs.

This program focuses on the need for assistance in supporting our Mainers in providing food to our fellow Portland-area residents that are in need.

Friday, November 8, 201911/08/2019

Grow Maine Show: Beth Shissler

In Grow Maine Show

Beth Shissler is President of Sea Bags in Portland. Starting from making just a few of the iconic tote bags made from recycled sails each year, she and the Sea Bags team have grown the business into one of Maine’s largest manufacturing companies, and saved over 700 tons of sails from the landfill while doing it.

Maine Real Estate Today

Sunday, November 3, 201911/03/2019

Negotiation tactics

In Grow Maine Show

On today’s show: how to negotiate like a pro.

WGAN 98-5

Friday, November 1, 201911/01/2019

Maine Points: Helping Maine’s Veterans

In Maine Points

Danny speaks with Joe Reagan from Veterans Count, Cumberland County DA Jonathan Sahrbeck and NAMI Maine about the upcoming event on Tuesday November 12, 2019 – Pathways To Recovery: Resources For Maine’s Veterans & Families, which is presented by RALI MAINE.

In the second half of Maine Points Danny, then goes over Veterans Day Fundraiser on WGAN happening on Saturday November 9th at Bill Dodge GMC in Westbrook.

This program focuses on our Maine veterans and what our Maine organizations are doing to help support our Maine Veterans and their Families

Thursday, October 31, 201910/31/2019

Grow Maine Show: Elizabeth Ross Holmstrom

In Grow Maine Show

Elizabeth Ross Holmstrom is Founder & President of Mindful Employer of Portland, Maine. Here’s her pitch: employees are choosing purposeful work over standard pay and benefits, and they are staying with companies invested in their professional development and wellbeing. By working with Mindful Employer, you can quickly learn about your employee experience and improve recruitment & retention through simple daily practices.

MAINE POINTS

Thursday, October 24, 201910/24/2019

Maine Points: Four A Cause

In Maine Points

Four A Cause is a free annual holiday party and charity event presented by Benchmark Real Estate., it’s FREE to the public, includes complimentary food, drink, live music from Dean Ford and the Keepsakes, and a video premiere for four local nonprofits. Danny acknowledges the 4 winners in this weeks program.

This program focuses on the importance of businesses supporting our non-profit organizations in Maine.

Thursday, October 24, 201910/24/2019

Grow Maine Show: Maddie Purcell

In Grow Maine Show

Maddie Purcell is founder and president of Fyood Kitchen. The fast-growing Portland company puts on amateur cooking competitions known as “Fyoods” for birthdays and wedding parties, as well as providing creative team-building events for corporate groups and small companies.

MAINE POINTS

Friday, October 18, 201910/18/2019

Maine Points: EqualityMaine’s Pumpkin Ball

In Maine Points

Rock your Halloween with Blake and Eva at the 2019 Great Pumpkin Ball to benefit EqualityMaine Saturday 10/26 7pm-1am at the State Theatre, starring Peppermint, Season 9 Runner Up on RuPaul’s Drag Race. Blake speaks with Shane And Gia Drew from EqualityMaine

This program focuses on the work that’s EqualityMaine does to create safer schools for LGBTQ+ youth in our community.

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