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Making a Difference Where You Live is a collaboration between KSMU and the Community Foundation of the Ozarks. Each quarter we will focus on a topic that explores how volunteerism and philanthropic efforts address community needs.

Learn how you can make a difference by visiting the Community Foundation and the New Ventures in Philanthropy websites. Feel free to contact us with your questions and comments.

2008

04/29/08 Making a Difference in the Aurora Area

• On this edition of Making A Difference Where You Live, Mike Smith talks with Randy Howard and Regina Leitle, members of the Aurora Area Community Foundation. The Aurora Area CF is the 40th affiliate of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks. Listen ViewText


• On this edition of Making A Difference Where You Live, Mike Smith visits with Randy Howard and Regina Leitle of the Aurora Area Community Foundation. You will also hear from Aurora resident Carolyn Cook, speaking about the Ed Cook Memorial Scholarship Fund. Listen ViewText

01/30/08 Making a Difference in Stone and Eastern Barry County

• With support from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, this series introduces you to people in the Ozarks who through organizing and participating in charitable giving, are making their communities better. I’m Mike Smith, and on this edition of Making a Difference, we travel to Crane, in Stone County, where the Table Rock Lake Community Foundation board of directors is holding its January meeting. Listen ViewText


• Here's the second part of the January 31 edition of Making A Difference Where You Live. Today, a visit with the Table Rock Lake Community Foundation. Listen ViewText

2007

Links

• Community Foundation of the Ozarks

10/31/07 Making a Difference in Lockwood

• Produced by Mike Smith,this morning edition of Making a Difference Where You Live takes us to Lockwood Missouri. Listen ViewText


• Produced by Mike Smith, this afternoon edition of Making a Difference Where you Live takes us to Lockwood Missouri. Listen ViewText

Links

• Community Foundation of the Ozarks

07/30/07 Polk County Citizens are Making a Difference

• On this edition of Making a Difference Where You Live, we travel to Polk County to meet a group of givers from the Bolivar Area Community Foundation. Listen ViewText


• Members of the Bolivar Area Community Foundation and Making a Difference for their community. Mike Smith has the story. Listen ViewText

Links

• Community Foundation of the Ozarks

04/26/07 Making a Difference in Willow Springs

• Making A Difference Where You Live is KSMU’s quarterly series which introduces you to Ozarkers making their communities better places in which to live. I’m Mike Smith, and today we travel 82 miles east of Springfield to Willow Springs Missouri, population 2,147. Listen ViewText


• Making A Difference Where You Live is KSMU’s quarterly series which introduces you to Ozarkers making their communities better places in which to live. I’m Mike Smith, and today we travel 82 miles east of Springfield to Willow Springs Missouri, population 2,147. Listen ViewText

2006

Links

• Community Foundation of the Ozarks

11/28/06 Small Businesses in the Rural Ozarks

• Small businesses are the lifeblood of any small town. In this segment of Making a Difference Where You Live, Michele Skalicky talks with small town business owners and with the director of the Small Business Development Center at Missouri State University. Listen ViewText


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08/28/06 Capital Flight

• "Capital Flight" or the "Inheritance Drain" is a problem facing many small towns. In this segment of Making a Difference Where You Live, we talk with representatives of small towns in Southwest Missouri to find out how big of a problem it is and what steps are being taken to address the issue. Listen ViewText


• Today on Making a Difference, we’re exploring the topic of “Capital Flight.” Listen ViewText

05/30/06 Funding for Public Education in Rural Schools

• In this segment of Making a Difference Where You Live, Michele Skalicky talks with state legislators and rural school superintendents about the new state funding formula and about the funding issues rural schools face. Listen ViewText


• In this segment of Making a Difference Where You Live, Michele Skalicky talks with rural school administrators as well as a teacher about how they make their budgets stretch. Listen ViewText

02/28/06 Environmental Issues in Rural Ozarks

• This segment of Making a Difference Where You Live focuses on water quality in the Ozarks. Michele Skalicky talks to representatives of two groups working to make a difference in that area. Listen ViewText


• In this segment of Making a Difference Where You Live, we visit a farm in Webster County to find out how a farmer has made changes for conservation, and Michele Skalicky talks to Greene County Presiding Commissioner Dave Coonrod to find out what the top environmental issues are in rural Greene County. Listen ViewText

Links
• Upper White River Basin Foundation
• Missouri Department of Conservation Online
• Bryant Watershed Education Project

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