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The Shelley Irwin Show Podcast for 8-5-26

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Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy, Sparta Celtic Festival, National Health Center Week, Kitchen Rat Sharpening, and Guiding Light Ministries.

Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy recently broke ground for a state of the art expansion. The Roving Mic visited the celebration, catching up with Leaders on site, including Co Chair of the Capital Campaign Brian Cloyd.

Sparta's Celtic Festival is in its 16th year. It's a non profit and the largest admission free Celtic Festival in Michigan. Check out workshops, vendors, a beer tent, and Highland Games. Sean Murphy and MC Sky Kieft, an Irish princess, discuss.

This is National Health Center Week, speaking today with the President and CEO Dr. Kyu Rhee, National Association of Community Health Centers about the week, and how centers are working to meet demand in communities across the nation, including Michigan.

Local knife sharpener Cody Austhof stops by to discuss his business, KitchenRat Sharpening. Cody is a local sharpener that specializes in German style sharpening and knife repair and works with garden tools, the barber shop and more. We talk about his niche.

Guiding Light helps men and women begin their journey and more. Melissa Janes, Major Gifts and Planned Giving Officer, discusses the fundraising arm, including a spotlight on August as Make a Will month, where a will is about values, not wealth, and charitable gifts are not only for the wealthy.

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Shelley Irwin is the host and producer for The Shelley Irwin Show, a news magazine talk-show format on the local NPR affiliate Monday through Friday. The show, broadcast at 9 a.m., features a wide variety of local and national news makers, plus special features.
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