Hope, Nevada – Details, episodes & analysis

Meet Sydney Roberts & Jenny Angius with Urban Roots, a Reno-based nonprofit striving to change the way our community eats and learns through garden-based education. Their many programs - including farm camps, monthly workshops, preschool programs, and even a Dead Plant Society - enrich lives and create friendships for all ages. Whether you don’t know where to start with gardening in the high desert or are a seasoned green thumb, Urban Roots provides many ways to get outside and grow.

Learn more about Urban Roots and get involved at https://www.urgc.org/

Additional links from the episode:

• Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport: https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Minimalism-Choosing-Focused-Noisy/dp/0525542876/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3V5TF8Z89CBYY&keywords=digital+minimalism&qid=1699558330&sprefix=digital+minimalism%2Caps%2C141&sr=8-4
  

We welcome Sharon Chamberlain to the podcast this week. Sharon is the CEO of Northern Nevada HOPES, a community health center in Reno providing affordable, high-quality, medical, behavioral health, and support services for all. What started as a single-room clinic to serve those with HIV/AIDS has expanded to providing comprehensive, patient-centered healthcare for 14,000 people in our community. Through their presence on 4th Street, they are turning a healthcare desert into a “Corridor of Hope,” including northern Nevada’s first bridge-housing community called Hope Springs and the new clinic being built across the street projected to open summer 2024.

Learn more about Northern Nevada HOPES at https://www.nnhopes.org/

Let’s talk addiction, empathy, prosocial activities, relational resources, and being parental with licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor, Jolene Dalluhn! Jolene is the co-founder and Executive Director of Quest Counseling. Quest brings hope, recovery, and healing to our community by providing comprehensive, caring, and quality behavioral health treatment to each person and family seeking services.

Learn more about Quest Counseling and their many treatment services at https://www.questreno.com/

Additional links from the episode:

-Solace Tree’s episode of Hope, NV: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5lCsaet5wQCeLWhymDrqUH?si=b88ec84d087646d9

-Jennifer Garner on why her teens aren’t on social media: https://youtu.be/QZb8BLek1S8

-Jeff Foxworthy at North Point Community Church, talking about his experience at the Atlanta Mission (starts around 15:20): https://youtu.be/UZiHJ5wWkvU

This week we had a conversation with Samantha Perez, volunteer coordinator for the Salvation Army. The Salvation Army exists to meet human needs wherever, whenever, and however they can. Every program is rooted in the passion to serve God by serving the lost, vulnerable, needy, poor, hurting, helpless, and hopeless. 

Learn more about the Salvation Army and get involved at reno.salvationarmy.org

Meet Scott Nessel, director of the Reno Adolescent Boy’s Center through Teen Challenge - a unique and successful long-term, residential recovery program. Scott describes Teen Challenge as more of a discipleship program than rehab, approaching recovery through mentoring, education, training, and spiritual direction. What started as one pastor’s desire to see young men have the opportunity for restoration rather than incarceration has turned into nearly 1500 residential recovery centers around the world. The NorWestCal-Nevada region has ten Teen Challenge centers that welcome men, women, teens, children, and families facing addiction, substance abuse, and trauma. They put hope within reach.

Learn more about Teen Challenge and get involved at https://www.teenchallenge.net/

Meet Susan Nissenbaum with Washoe CASA Foundation - and a CASA herself since 1995. CASAs are Court Appointed Special Advocates speaking up for abused and neglected children. Assigned to a child for the duration of their court case, the CASA may be the only consistent adult in the child’s life in an unfamiliar world of social workers, lawyers, judges, and courtrooms. The foundation is on mission to support the CASA Program through fundraising, advocacy, outreach, and community awareness. 

Learn more about the CASA program and the foundation at: https://washoecasafoundation.com/

Schedule a Virtual Coffee with CASA to learn what it’s like to advocate for a child in our community at: https://washoecasafoundation.com/get-involved/coffee-with-casa.html

Sophie Moeller is back! This time, she tells us about Reps 4 Recovery, which strengthens the sober community one rep at a time. They strive to strengthen the sober community and health of recovering persons through fitness coaching, community, and mentorship.

Learn more about Reps 4 Recovery and get involved at https://www.reps4recovery.org/

Additional links from the episode:

-Biopsychosocial approach to well-being explained: https://www.verywellmind.com/understanding-the-biopsychosocial-model-7549226

-Reno Food Systems: https://www.renofoodsystems.org/

Meet Sophie Moeller - program director with the Northern Nevada Ronald McDonald House Charities. She sums up her job beautifully as, “I get to help families.” Located in Reno, the Ronald McDonald house lodges families living more than 30 miles away with a child receiving treatment at an area hospital. Doing so eases the emotional and financial strain families experience when children face health complications. In addition to the house, they offer additional programs bridging service gaps for families including the Ronald McDonald house, the Family Room at Renown, the Care Mobile, and the Travel-for-Treatment program.

Learn more about Northern Nevada Ronald McDonald House Charities and get involved at https://rmhcnnevada.org/

Additional links from the episode:

-Step 2 episode of Hope, NV: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4tcPXosskO96bWh6aABAJ0?si=5e5df09a283f4af5

-Teen Challenge: https://www.teenchallenge.net/

Meet Kathleen Teipner, program director at Community Services Agency - which exists to help people get out of poverty. Empowering individuals and families to become self-sufficient through advocacy, results-based programs, and community partnership in Northern Nevada, they offer a wide variety of programs from Head Start, Energy Efficiency, Victim Advocacy Program, Employment Assistance and Training, and Free Income Tax Preparation. Kathleen says this non-profit work needs to be “in your blood” - and you will hear through this episode, it is definitely in hers. We are a better community for it.

Learn more about the Community Services Agency and get involved at https://www.csareno.org/

Meet Emilio Parga, the founder and Executive Director of The Solace Tree, as well as Solace Tree participants and advocates - sisters Hailey, Lily, and Chloe. The Solace Tree provides grief and loss support for children, teens, and families. They have much to teach us - and you will love learning from their wisdom and experience! Through their peer support programs and education opportunities, children and teens learn to cope and adjust to the many changes in their lives associated with grief - because as Emilio teaches us - “if children are old enough to love, they are old enough to grieve.” Whether you are grieving or love someone who is, this one has value for us all.

Learn more The Solace Tree and get involved at https://www.solacetree.org/

Additional links from the episode:

• TIP (Trauma Intervention Program) episode of Hope, NV: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3cPu4rmofgVc6Is0zLqwNq?si=a18a3f59205a4dac

• The Dougy Center: https://www.dougy.org/

• On Mortality seminar: https://www.youtube.com/live/nTMzuIpQMy0?feature=share

• Girls on the Run episode of Hope, NV: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7xAYWH5h9rdjz9Ba1Q3AyU?si=4351aac672104065