United We Thrive from United Way of Southwest Michigan
Sep 29, 2026 · 9 min · 7 segments
As heard on The Morning Show with Ken & Friends, this is the weekly United We Thrive segment from United Way of Southwest Michigan. This podcast is your opportunity to learn more about the mission…
Zach EastGuestKenHost
A quick reminder that Rake a Difference, of course, is still accepting volunteers.
So if you got an email from the Southwest Michigan Regional Chamber who helped send out that message this morning today, That is a big push that we're continuing to try to make because we have seniors on a wait list right now.
And we need volunteers to understand what our volunteer numbers are in order to serve those seniors.
look at that.
I got the email this morning at 8.05. I'm telling you, I control your airwaves and your inbox.
Marianne, break a difference.
needs your team no no you've talked about it a lot rake a difference it's a great opportunity not only to help our seniors but to help yourself uh help your organization if you're looking for that team building activity exactly and
you want to do good in the community this is it very few organizations end up with the opposite of that where they all hate each other by the end of the day trust me it's it's a fun event I don't see a lot of those cases in pictures and video that we get from people.
And the best part usually is that these folks get to meet the seniors that they're serving and they hear their stories.
Sometimes they get like cookies or muffins and stuff like that just for their appreciation.
their their help so again one of the reasons to go to rakedifference.com and get signed up as a volunteer
A quick reminder that Rake a Difference, of course, is still accepting volunteers.
So if you got an email from the Southwest Michigan Regional Chamber who helped send out that message this morning today, That is a big push that we're continuing to try to make because we have seniors on a wait list right now.
And we need volunteers to understand what our volunteer numbers are in order to serve those seniors.
look at that.
I got the email this morning at 8.05. I'm telling you, I control your airwaves and your inbox.
Marianne, break a difference.
needs your team no no you've talked about it a lot rake a difference it's a great opportunity not only to help our seniors but to help yourself uh help your organization if you're looking for that team building activity exactly and
you want to do good in the community this is it very few organizations end up with the opposite of that where they all hate each other by the end of the day trust me it's it's a fun event I don't see a lot of those cases in pictures and video that we get from people.
And the best part usually is that these folks get to meet the seniors that they're serving and they hear their stories.
Sometimes they get like cookies or muffins and stuff like that just for their appreciation.
their their help so again one of the reasons to go to rakedifference.com and get signed up as a volunteer
The rest of this transcript — segmented and speaker-labeled, so you land on the exact moment something was said
Search every transcript — by keyword, by phrase, or by meaning, across every show Radar indexes
Trends — what is surging across podcasts, measured against its own baseline
Alerts — when a name you follow appears in a newly indexed episode
No account is needed to search Radar.
