MAAC first-responders training center

MAAC Foundation to Host 5th Annual First Responder Appreciation & Demonstration Day (FRADD) Saturday, September 14, 2024

Lakeshore Public Media host Dee Dotson speaks to MAAC Foundation President and CEO Celina Weatherwax and Makenna Schon, Director of Programming on Mental Health Awareness Month.

Lakeshore Public Media host Dee Dotson host speaks to MAAC Foundation President and CEO Celina Weatherwax about Northwest Health & MAAC Foundation Team Up to Offer Emergency Medical Technician Training Course.

Indiana Youth Institute President and CEO Tami Silverman is with us to mental health and youth mentoring. PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Chief Economist Gus Faucher gives an economic outlook at the start of the new year. But up first, Northwest Health & the MAAC Foundation are teaming up to offer an Emergency Medical Technician Basic (EMT-B) Training Course, right here in Northwest Indiana. Celina Weatherwax, president and CEO of the MAAC Foundation joins us to discuss how this course will ensure our first responders can respond effectively to any situation to protect the public. All of that on this edition of Regionally Speaking after the news.

Soaring interests rates are leading to higher housing costs. The MAAC Foundation will recognize first responders with a special event and Indiana hit peak manufacturing production earlier than you think.

The MAAC Foundation is hosting a First Responders Appreciation Day event, small business owners are lobbying for support on Capitol Hill and Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky will not close clinics in Indiana following the newly signed abortion law.

Firefighters from a number of area departments recently had a chance to get some more realistic training last month. Back in April, real estate agent Kimberly Sut donated a house in Porter County's Union Township for training purposes, giving dozens of firefighters a rare chance to conduct a controlled burn in an actual home.

The MAAC Foundation, Inc. is hosting a First Responders Appreciation Day August 27, 2022. NWI Financial Advisor Greg Hammer is back to discuss retiring in a bear market. And as the Indiana Legislature convenes a special legislative session consider a ban on abortions we bring back our conversation with Dr. Tracey Wilkinson with Indiana University Health to discuss a new survey of Hoosier abortion seekers and physicians.

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