Podcasts about kennedystrong

Hello and welcome to this episode of the KennedyStrong podcast. We have some Kennedy students here joining us and today we’re going to take a dive into different ethnicities. One not well known, and the other recognized world wide -- Armenian and Filipino to be exact.

Today we have three students from Kennedy here to talk about how the Podcast grant our teacher received that allowed us to do the KennedyStrong podcast. Also, in the recording , we have a special guest from the Education Foundation in Orange County, Kristin Crellin.

One Kennedy junior joins a couple KennedyStrong podcast club members to discuss a local nonprofit organization: Casa Youth Shelter. This is an important organization whose mission is to help struggling teens. Listen in and learn how you, too, can help.

This episode of the KennedyStrong podcast brings you a discussion of students in our school who have special talents. The three tenth grade students in today’s episode brought in a tenth grade guest, James Le. James is in a band and wants to spread positivity to the world with his music -- and he is very gifted. You, too, will be wowed by not only his talent but also hard work.

Join host Matt Starnes with special guest Betsy Boone of #Kennedy Strong. Betsy explains the origin of #KennedyStrong and giving back to the Charlotte, NC Down syndrome community.  KennedyStrong Foundation began with a realization followed by an idea. One day Betsy and her husband, Brendon were talking about their kids heading off to college and leaving home. As they thought about it they realized that as many options as 3 of their kids have, there weren’t nearly as many options for their littlest one because she has intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Betsy and her family wanted to make a difference and that’s where the idea comes in. Betsy asked, "Why not us? Why don’t we work to create more options for individuals with IDD? And while we’re at it, why don’t we also show support for families who are in the hospital for extended stays taking care of their loved ones. After all, we had been there done that ourselves when Kennedy was hospitalized for 48 days following her 2nd open heart surgery." That led Betsy and family to create the KennedyStrong Foundation. They named it KennedyStrong- to get through all that Kennedy has gone through so far you have to have strength and they want others to have the support they need to be strong as well. Betsy launched KennedyStrong Foundation with two programs to get things started: 21andUP and IHEARTKENNEDY Listen and learn as Betsy and Matt discuss:  The difference between 21andUP and IHEARTKENNEDY Upcoming events and activities for #KENNEDYSTRONG The many ways you can get involved or contribute Connect with Betsy and team here!  Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Stitcher,and Tunein and never miss an episode!