💦🛹🍗 Swim Days, Skate Parks & Supporting Angels | What’s Up Big Rapids Ep. 26

This week on What’s Up Big Rapids, the summer sun is blazing but the community is even hotter! ☀️💥 We recap fireworks and demolition derbies, talk heat-beating tips, and celebrate the ribbon cutting at Swede Hill Skate Park. 🛹

Then, we welcome a very special guest — Kim Eastler, Director of Angels of Action, to talk about the incredible programs they’re running:
🍗 Grilled chicken dinners at the fair
🎒 Weekend food programs for kids
🧑‍🍳 Virtual cooking classes
📚 Tutoring and The Giving Shop for families

So much heart, and so many ways to help! 🧡

0:00 – Intro and Welcome 👋
0:50 – Live listener comment + next guest tease 🎧
2:40 – Fireworks review 🎆
4:15 – Pat hits the Demolition Derby in Sand Lake 🚗💥
9:40 – Weekend plans: Burt & Mullet Lakes 🛶
11:15 – Beat the heat! Open swim hours + splashpad 💦
12:23 – Extra Farmers Market day this summer 🥕
14:50 – Ribbon cutting at Swede Hill Skate Park ✂️🛹
16:15 – Jonah Foundation hosts 2nd annual fundraiser 🤝
18:57 – Fall REBOOT event for vets & first responders 🇺🇸
20:44 – Party nights at The PEAKS Event Center 🎉
22:49 – It’s fair time! Angels of Action Chicken Dinner 🍗
24:51 – Welcome Kim Eastler from Angels of Action 🎤
27:11 – Weekend food program growth: 25 kids to hundreds 🧃
28:22 – Tutoring program made possible by volunteers 📚
29:10 – The Giving Shop – free private shopping for families 👕
31:44 – Virtual cooking classes to help feed families 🍳
34:19 – Small things = Big impact 💛
35:07 – How to support Angels (even with little time) 🙏
38:50 – Want to volunteer? Here’s how 💪
39:59 – Get your chicken dinner! 🍗
41:20 – Two simple ways to give back ❤️
42:01 – Kids Day at the Fair – July 9 🎡
43:29 – Thank you Kim & Angels for all you do 🙌
44:55 – Dom’s Corrections 📝
45:50 – Thank yous & Outro 👋

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