Podcast appearances and mentions of melissa hovey

This month, we're putting our focus on volunteer opportunities here in Charlotte. Host Pamela Escobar is joined by Melissa Hovey, SHARE Charlotte's Managing Director, to talk about Do Good Week (April 15-19) and by Jack Sheehan, Executive Director at Assist ME, and Sherry Simpson, Volunteer & Board Member at Assist ME.

Learn over 400 reasons for you, your family, friends, and coworkers should check out Share Charlotte. The Managing Director, Melissa Hovey sat down with Fran Marie to discuss 690 nonprofits they are presently supporting in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Many thanks to Julie Campbell, Director of Community Partnerships, and Amanda Wisethe Nonprofit Partnership Director and their team at Share Charlotte. 

If you haven't donated to any favorite nonprofits during the holiday season, local charities are encouraging you to start the new year with charitable giving. "Be searching for those ways to support nonprofits all year long," Melissa Hovey, managing director of Share Charlotte, said. "Think about a January start. It's never too late and there's always a need." Share Charlotte offers a technology platform that allows people to search its database of 650 local nonprofits.  Hovey calls it "the Google of nonprofits."  "The demand for services is way up on our nonprofit partners," Hovey said. According to the North Carolina Secretary of State's office, charitable giving increased 18% over the last year, totaling $58 million. "North Carolinians are very generous," NC Secretary of State Elaine Marshall said.   Marshall urges people to donate to local, reputable organizations so you have a better idea of how that money will be used.  You can look up charities registered with the state on www.sosnc.gov.   The Salvation Army, WCNC Charlotte's partner for The Magical Toy Drive, also encourages people to revisit donating in 2024. "Need knows no season," Salvation Army Area Commander Jason Burns said. "You know, it's not just a Christmas season. It's an all-year thing. When people come to us in crisis, it doesn't matter what time of the year." Flashpoint is a weekly in-depth look at politics in Charlotte, North Carolina, South Carolina, and beyond with host Ben Thompson. Listen to the podcast weekly.  SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts || Spotify || Pandora  || Google Podcasts || iHeart  All of WCNC Charlotte's podcasts are free and available for both streaming and download. You can listen now on Android, iPhone, Amazon, and other internet-connected devices. Join us from North Carolina, South Carolina, or on the go anywhere. 

If you haven't donated to any favorite nonprofits during the holiday season, local charities are encouraging you to start the new year with charitable giving."Be searching for those ways to support nonprofits all year long," Melissa Hovey, managing director of Share Charlotte, said. "Think about a January start. It's never too late and there's always a need."Share Charlotte offers a technology platform that allows people to search its database of 650 local nonprofits. Hovey calls it "the Google of nonprofits." "The demand for services is way up on our nonprofit partners," Hovey said.According to the North Carolina Secretary of State's office, charitable giving increased 18% over the last year, totaling $58 million."North Carolinians are very generous," NC Secretary of State Elaine Marshall said.  Marshall urges people to donate to local, reputable organizations so you have a better idea of how that money will be used. You can look up charities registered with the state on www.sosnc.gov.  The Salvation Army, WCNC Charlotte's partner for The Magical Toy Drive, also encourages people to revisit donating in 2024."Need knows no season," Salvation Army Area Commander Jason Burns said. "You know, it's not just a Christmas season. It's an all-year thing. When people come to us in crisis, it doesn't matter what time of the year."Flashpoint is a weekly in-depth look at politics in Charlotte, North Carolina, South Carolina, and beyond with host Ben Thompson. Listen to the podcast weekly. SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts || Spotify || Pandora  || Google Podcasts || iHeart All of WCNC Charlotte's podcasts are free and available for both streaming and download. You can listen now on Android, iPhone, Amazon, and other internet-connected devices. Join us from North Carolina, South Carolina, or on the go anywhere. 

Enjoy this classic episode from July 2008, where Sean Forker and Melissa Hovey discuss theories in the Bigfoot Field. Take a trip down memory and listen to see how views may have changed over the years...PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW ON ALL PLATFORMS: YouTube, Facebook, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Spreaker, or wherever you listen! SASQUATCH EXPERIENCE, SASQUATCH EXPERIENCE CLASSICS, & SASQUATCH EXPERIENCE: STILL SEARCHING are brought to you by Sean Forker and Henry May, with Vance Nesbitt and James Baker. This show would not be possible without our Executive Producers: Tom Mihok, Aaron Homyak, Jeffreylee Matthis, & Brian Corbin.  Our show Intro Music “Epic Action Trailer” by Roman Senyk Music is licensed to us under commercial use. “9-11 Bigfoot Call” is also used under Fair Use: Intro and Exit Voiceover work credited to Sean Forker and Gabriel Forker.  Please consider becoming one of our supporters if you enjoy this podcast: https://www.patreon.com/SasquatchExperience. If you'd like to hear a particular topic or guest, EMAIL US: info@sasquatchexperience.com. Check us out on Social Media:facebook.com/sasquatchexperienceTwitter.com/SquatchEXPInstagram.com/sasquatchexperienceVisit Our Website: http://www.sasquatchexperience.comSasquatch Experience by Sean Forker, James Baker, Henry May, and Vance Nesbitt is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.Based on a work at https://www.spreaker.com/show/sasquatch-experience.Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://www.sasquatchexperience.com/permission.

Feeding Charlotte's Mendy Godman and SHARE Charlotte's Melissa Hovey discuss with host Pamela Escobar how people can buy items for nonprofits. And Godman shares why they need to-go containers to continue their mission to reduce food waste and help people who are facing food insecurity. 

If you've ever wanted to volunteer with a charity that fits your passions, but didn't know where to look -- Good news. There IS a one-stop shop in Charlotte that serves that purpose exactly. SHARE Charlotte is where you can go to find ways to "plug in and make an impact," with more than 400 non-profits in the area, as well signature campaigns like "Giving Tuesday CLT" and "Do Good Week." Nicole Copsis and Melissa Hovey are here with us on the BrandBuilders Podcast to tell us how easy it is to get involved.

Charlotte's non-profits can always use a helping hand, enter Seed20 - the Charlotte organization that targets innovative non-profits and gives them an infusion of cash to help them take that next step. Joining Sharon Smith in the studio are Melissa Hovey from Seed20, Becky Santoro from Foster Village, and Shannon Houlihan from Para Guide.

Cryptid month comes to a close as Fred Kracke is our last contestant in the BTE Radio Search For A New Co-Host Contest. Fred and Eric welcome three well recognized ladies of Bigfoot Research, Kathy Strain, Monica Rawlins, Melissa Hovey-Larsen and Sharon Lee to the program this week. Kathy Strain is the Heritage Resource and Tribal Relations Programs Manager for the Stanislaus National Forest in Sonora, California. She has a M.A. in Anthropology and is conducts research on native cultures and their traditional bigfoot beliefs. Her book, Giants, Cannibals & Monsters: Bigfoot in Native Culture covers this subject in depth, including 154 stories from 57 tribes from throughout North America. Kathy is also the on the Board of Directors for the non-profit Alliance of Independent Bigfoot Researchers www.bigfootresearch.com and a member of the North American Wood Ape Conservancy. Monica Rawlins is a stellar figure in the world of sasquatch/bigfoot studies and investigations. A cofounder of the Texas Bigfoot Research Center and vice chair of the Alliance of Independent Bigfoot Researchers, Monica enjoys great popularity as co-host of the acclaimed CryptoCast web-based broadcast. Among Monica's other major achievements is her role as the co-organizer of the Original Texas Bigfoot Conference which brings together hundreds of investigators and researchers from across North America and globally. The conference has previously shattered attendance records for events of this nature. Monica is an experienced outdoors woman with an extensive background in Bigfoot research and the paranormal. Her experience has included training new investigators in the areas of field work, safe outdoor practices and evidence collection. She's been a field researcher for over 11 years and has traveled across the U.S. to conduct her research in the field of Bigfoot. Her television work includes featuring in the MonsterQuest episode on the History Channel where she was a member of a historic all-woman bigfoot investigations team, a first in the field of Bigfoot and in television history. As well, Monica was featured in Weird Travels on the Travel Channel. Her other media experience consists of co-hosting popular pod casts “Beyond the Edge Radio”, “The Grey Area”, “The Bigfoot Field Reporter” and most recently the videocast, “The CryptoCast”, where her quick wit and no-nonsense attitude toward research and evidence has garnered her a solid fan base. While her main research recently has been dedicated to the search for Bigfoot, Monica has also kept an active interest in all things cryptozoologial and paranormal. Her points of interest and knowledge, outside of Sasquatch, are Native American legends with a focus on Skinwalkers and Windego. When time permits, Monica also researches and investigates ghosts and hauntings in the North Texas Area. In addition to Monica's paranormal investigations in Texas, she also has extensive knowledge on hauntings and legends of the British Isles. TV appearances: Travel Channel 2005 Weird Travels, episode “Bigfoot” MonsterQuest 2006 Episode “Bigfoot”, all female expedition to Skookum Meadow in Washington State: Weird Travels: https://www.google.ca/search?q=weird+travels+bigfoot&oq=weird+travels+bigfoot&aqs=chrome..69i57j0.9437j0j8&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=0&ie=UTF-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM3QV3OYzoc Melissa Hovey-Larsen, began her research into the Bigfoot Phenomenon while living in Dallas, Texas in 2005. Since then she has conducted or organized field expeditions in the great states of; Texas, Washington, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Louisiana. Melissa then moved to Ohio in 2008 and married fellow ABS Board member, Wayne Larsen, in October of 2014 where they continue to conduct research in the large expanses of Ohio's State Parks and private property. Melissa is a tough, no-nonsense, researcher who applies her educational background, and work experience in criminal investigations, to the research. Melissa is the current president of the "American Bigfoot Society", (ABS). Melissa owns the blog, "The Search for Bigfoot," (txsasquatch.blogspot.com). Where she discusses the research and her own personal opinions of, "evidence," being released publicly and the larger issues affecting the research community as a whole. Since 2007, Melissa, has co-hosted many Internet radio shows starting with: "Let's Talk Bigfoot," on Talkshoe. She then joined Sean Forker and, "The Sasquatch Experience," in February 2008. In June of 2008 she began co-hosting a new program on Talkshoe, with friend and Field Researcher Monica Rawlins, titled, "The Grey Area," which moved to BlogTalk Radio. Melissa was also featured in the all-female expedition episode of the History Channels "Monster Quest" titled "Bigfoot". She also appears in Nat Geo channels, "Paranatural 2: Sasquatch Planet." Melissa has also appeared as a guest on many internet radio programs and nationally syndicated radio talk shows in reference to this mystery. Melissa was also a speaker at the 2012 and 2013, "Chautauqua Lake Bigfoot Expo," in Chautauqua Lake, New York. Starting in 2006, Melissa has endeavored to discover the answer to the question, "why do artifacts happen in casting?" She has also been an outspoken advocate for women in the field of research and, the need for more women, to become actively involved in this mystery. www.txsasquatch.blogspot.com www.americanbigfootsociety166.weebly.com Join us as we welcome Kathy, Monica, Melissa and Sharon Lee this week.

Cryptid month comes to a close as Fred Kracke is our last contestant in the BTE Radio Search For A New Co-Host Contest. Fred and Eric welcome three well recognized ladies of Bigfoot Research, Kathy Strain, Monica Rawlins, Melissa Hovey-Larsen and Sharon Lee to the program this week. Kathy Strain is the Heritage Resource and Tribal Relations Programs Manager for the Stanislaus National Forest in Sonora, California. She has a M.A. in Anthropology and is conducts research on native cultures and their traditional bigfoot beliefs. Her book, Giants, Cannibals & Monsters: Bigfoot in Native Culture covers this subject in depth, including 154 stories from 57 tribes from throughout North America. Kathy is also the on the Board of Directors for the non-profit Alliance of Independent Bigfoot Researchers www.bigfootresearch.com and a member of the North American Wood Ape Conservancy. Monica Rawlins is a stellar figure in the world of sasquatch/bigfoot studies and investigations. A cofounder of the Texas Bigfoot Research Center and vice chair of the Alliance of Independent Bigfoot Researchers, Monica enjoys great popularity as co-host of the acclaimed CryptoCast web-based broadcast. Among Monica’s other major achievements is her role as the co-organizer of the Original Texas Bigfoot Conference which brings together hundreds of investigators and researchers from across North America and globally. The conference has previously shattered attendance records for events of this nature. Monica is an experienced outdoors woman with an extensive background in Bigfoot research and the paranormal. Her experience has included training new investigators in the areas of field work, safe outdoor practices and evidence collection. She's been a field researcher for over 11 years and has traveled across the U.S. to conduct her research in the field of Bigfoot. Her television work includes featuring in the MonsterQuest episode on the History Channel where she was a member of a historic all-woman bigfoot investigations team, a first in the field of Bigfoot and in television history. As well, Monica was featured in Weird Travels on the Travel Channel. Her other media experience consists of co-hosting popular pod casts “Beyond the Edge Radio”, “The Grey Area”, “The Bigfoot Field Reporter” and most recently the videocast, “The CryptoCast”, where her quick wit and no-nonsense attitude toward research and evidence has garnered her a solid fan base. While her main research recently has been dedicated to the search for Bigfoot, Monica has also kept an active interest in all things cryptozoologial and paranormal. Her points of interest and knowledge, outside of Sasquatch, are Native American legends with a focus on Skinwalkers and Windego. When time permits, Monica also researches and investigates ghosts and hauntings in the North Texas Area. In addition to Monica’s paranormal investigations in Texas, she also has extensive knowledge on hauntings and legends of the British Isles. TV appearances: Travel Channel 2005 Weird Travels, episode “Bigfoot” MonsterQuest 2006 Episode “Bigfoot”, all female expedition to Skookum Meadow in Washington State: Weird Travels: https://www.google.ca/search?q=weird+travels+bigfoot&oq=weird+travels+bigfoot&aqs=chrome..69i57j0.9437j0j8&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=0&ie=UTF-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM3QV3OYzoc Melissa Hovey-Larsen, began her research into the Bigfoot Phenomenon while living in Dallas, Texas in 2005. Since then she has conducted or organized field expeditions in the great states of; Texas, Washington, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Louisiana. Melissa then moved to Ohio in 2008 and married fellow ABS Board member, Wayne Larsen, in October of 2014 where they continue to conduct research in the large expanses of Ohio's State Parks and private property. Melissa is a tough, no-nonsense, researcher who applies her educational background, and work experience in criminal investigations, to the research. Melissa is the current president of the "American Bigfoot Society", (ABS). Melissa owns the blog, "The Search for Bigfoot," (txsasquatch.blogspot.com). Where she discusses the research and her own personal opinions of, "evidence," being released publicly and the larger issues affecting the research community as a whole. Since 2007, Melissa, has co-hosted many Internet radio shows starting with: "Let's Talk Bigfoot," on Talkshoe. She then joined Sean Forker and, "The Sasquatch Experience," in February 2008. In June of 2008 she began co-hosting a new program on Talkshoe, with friend and Field Researcher Monica Rawlins, titled, "The Grey Area," which moved to BlogTalk Radio. Melissa was also featured in the all-female expedition episode of the History Channels "Monster Quest" titled "Bigfoot". She also appears in Nat Geo channels, "Paranatural 2: Sasquatch Planet." Melissa has also appeared as a guest on many internet radio programs and nationally syndicated radio talk shows in reference to this mystery. Melissa was also a speaker at the 2012 and 2013, "Chautauqua Lake Bigfoot Expo," in Chautauqua Lake, New York. Starting in 2006, Melissa has endeavored to discover the answer to the question, "why do artifacts happen in casting?" She has also been an outspoken advocate for women in the field of research and, the need for more women, to become actively involved in this mystery. www.txsasquatch.blogspot.com www.americanbigfootsociety166.weebly.com Join us as we welcome Kathy, Monica, Melissa and Sharon Lee this week.

Ken Gearhard's Search for Hidden Beasts My guest tonight will be Melissa Hovey, one of America's top Bigfoot researchers!

Steve Kulls along with co-host Chris Bennett delve into the Bigfoot mystery each week with guests from around North America discussing their research or encounters. Tonight we welcome back Melissa Hovey, the last time Melissa was on Steve couldn't make the show, so he's looking forward to a great discussion tonight with her and the Bigfoot mystery.   For more info go to SquatchdetectiveRadio.com Squatchdetective.com or BigfootResearchProject.com

Steve Kulls along with co-host Chris Bennett delve into the Bigfoot mystery each week with guests from around North America discussing their research or encounters.Tonight we'll have President of the American Bigfoot Society, Melissa Hovey.

Nite Callers continues their Search for the American Bigfoot Researcher and brings you tonight, Melissa Hovey of the American Bigfoot Society(http://americanbigfootsociety.weebly.com/).Melissa is a researcher from Dallas, Texas and is the President of the American Bigfoot Society (ABS) and a former member of the TBRC. Melissa runs her own blog and forum entitled The Search for Bigfoot. In 2007, Melissa began hosting an Internet radio show, "Let's Talk Bigfoot," on Talkshoe. Melissa joined Sean Forker and "The Sasquatch Experience" in February 2008. In June of 2008 Melissa began co-hosting a new program on Talkshoe, with her friend and TBRC Board Member and Field Researcher Monica Rawlins, called “The Grey Area" (http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=19957&cmd=tc)which is simulcast on "Global 1 Radio". Melissa was also featured on the all female expedition episode of MonsterQuest titled "Bigfoot".Since 2006 Melissa has endeavored to explain the question of how and why artifacts sometimes occur in the casting of alleged bigfoot impressions, as described in a series of articles explaining the materials used and her casting procedures. The introductory article can be found here: Dermal Ridges, Flexion Creases and Casting Artifacts.(http://txsasquatch.blogspot.com/2006/07/dermal-ridges-flexion-creases-and.html) Join us tonight as Nite Callers interviews Melissa Hovey.