# roanoke (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover roanoke. Page: Feed: --- ## Buzzing about Harvest Time & Historical Preservation _2026-08-10 · Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing_ Today’s show is yet another reminder of the breadth and depth of the powerful work that nonprofits do to build better community for us all. If you have a garden you know it’s almost harvest time, so BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill shares a conversation with Mo McGonagle, director of the Roanoke Foodshed Network, about its work strengthening our region’s agricultural ecosystem that now includes a… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/701335/episodes/19628655-buzzing-about-harvest-time-historical-preservation.mp3) ## Buzzing about the power of POWHR: Environmental Justice nonprofit's win over Mountain Valley Pipeline _2026-07-10 · Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing_ On today’s show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill is buzzing about the power of POWHR (Protect Our Water Heritage and Rights). Whenever nonprofits have to go up against big for-profit companies it’s often like David vs. Goliath … but with David lacking any stones for his sling. But recently a Southwest Virginia environmental nonprofit used its power to successfully stymy – for now at least –… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/701335/episodes/19474325-buzzing-about-the-power-of-powhr-environmental-justice-nonprofit-s-win-over-mountain-valley-pipeline.mp3) ## Buzzing about GiveLocalNRV nonprofit giving day _2026-06-13 · Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing_ On today's show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill is buzzing about one of his favorite days of the year, a day that celebrates more than 130 nonprofit organizations in the New River Valley of Virginia: GiveLocalNRV kicking off at noon on June 24 and ends noon on June 25. It’s a 24-hour fundraising marathon coordinated by our good friends at the Community Foundation of the New River Valley, which… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/701335/episodes/19339824-buzzing-about-givelocalnrv-nonprofit-giving-day.mp3) ## Buzzing about Law Enforcement's SHIELD Chaplaincy _2026-06-05 · Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing_ On today's show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill talks with the founder of SHIELD Chaplaincy amidst this week's tragic killing of Carroll County Sheriff’s Deputy Logan Utt. Just before Utt's May 29 shooting death, the nonprofit SHIELD Chaplaincy reached out seeking some buzz for its work helping law enforcement officers throughout the Roanoke area handle the trauma and stresses of their work so that… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/701335/episodes/19301098-buzzing-about-law-enforcement-s-shield-chaplaincy.mp3) ## Buzzing about Refugees, Immigrants and Commonwealth Catholic Charities _2026-05-15 · Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing_ On today’s show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill is buzzing about Commonwealth Catholic Charities ... specifically its vital role welcoming to our communities some of the most incredible and inspiring people you’ll ever meet, though they're increasingly under attack by our very government: immigrants and refugees. Michael chats with the nonprofit’s Khalefia Dungee, volunteer extraordinaire Beth… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/701335/episodes/19183517-buzzing-about-refugees-immigrants-and-commonwealth-catholic-charities.mp3) ## Buzzing about College Access Nonprofits _2026-05-08 · Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing_ On today’s show BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill buzzes about about college … and the unaffordability of it for too many high school graduates who are getting ready to walk the stage this month and receive their diplomas. Thankfully some nonprofits have stepped up to work on this issue, and we speak with two that are headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia: Project Discovery and Friends of the Blue Ridge! [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/701335/episodes/19147760-buzzing-about-college-access-nonprofits.mp3) ## Buzzing about The Bridge Institute: Nonprofit Community Mediation and Restorative Justice _2026-04-24 · Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing_ Conflict is natural, but can be painful, so on today show's show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill chats with Chelsea Cleary, program manager of The Bridge Institute, a nonprofit resource center that provides mediation and restorative justice for individuals, families, neighborhoods, and businesses in Roanoke Virginia. In increasingly unsettling times, The Bridge Institute helps people resolve… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/701335/episodes/19071614-buzzing-about-the-bridge-institute-nonprofit-community-mediation-and-restorative-justice.mp3) ## LEAP-ing into Spring with Farmer and Food Nonprofit _2026-04-09 · Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing_ On today's show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill is buzzing about food ... specifically a Roanoke, Virginia nonprofit dedicated to supporting farmers and fresh, local food for all: the Local Environmental Agriculture Project, aka LEAP . LEAP is celebrating another milestone – a harvest if you will – on April 14 when it cuts the ribbon to a new $250,000 pavilion at its West End Farmers Market.… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/701335/episodes/18988944-leap-ing-into-spring-with-farmer-and-food-nonprofit.mp3) ## Buzzing about Sleep in Heavenly Peace founder Luke Mickelson _2026-03-27 · Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing_ On today's show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill buzzes about ... beds! Specifically a nonprofit founded in Idaho that builds and provides free beds for low-income children: Sleep in Heavenly Peace . Luke Mickelson founded Sleep in Heavenly Peace in 2012 in his garage. Today, it's a $25 million operation with more than 400 chapters throughout the U.S. and world, including here in Roanoke, Virginia.… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/701335/episodes/18919380-buzzing-about-sleep-in-heavenly-peace-founder-luke-mickelson.mp3) ## [One platform, from silicon to agent (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/aPnajJomWFhp) _2026-03-27 · **Sponsored**_ Serverless inference plus Inference Router to optimize cost and latency at scale. ## Buzzing about Defending Democracy and being On Our Own _2026-03-16 · Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing_ On today's show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill buzzes about Defending Democracy, founded in Blacksburg, Virginia, in response to what organizers say is the increasing authoritarianism of the second Trump administration. Michael chats with Virginia Tech professor emeritus Jim Bohland, and asks how Virginia Democrats' redistricting effort squares with Defending Democracy's mission. Regardless of… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/701335/episodes/18853555-buzzing-about-defending-democracy-and-being-on-our-own.mp3)