Archives

America's Discards, Third World Treasure

By John Walters on Monday, December 24, 2001.

Tom Keefe used to be a hospital executive. Now he runs a charity that collects used medical equipment and furniture in the US and sends it to hospitals and clinics overseas. International Medical Equipment Collaborative is based in Rollinsford and is only a few years old, but it's bringing help and hope to poor areas around the world. www.imecamerica.org

listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).

New England Humor

By Trish Anderton on Monday, December 24, 2001.

Our guests find Northeast's sense of humor is quite a bit different than the rest of the country's. We'll find out what tickles our funnybones--and share jokes you might have to live around these parts to appreciate. Trish swaps jokes with Tim Sample, downeast humorist http://timsample.com , and Cameron Nickels, English professor at James Madison University www.jmu.edu and author of "New England Humor: From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War" and This is a rebroadcast of an earlier program.

listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).

The Willing Workers of Sugar Hill

By Rebecca Brown on Monday, December 24, 2001.

Just before Christmas in the North Country town of Sugar Hill, Santa Claus makes a stop at the Meeting House.
Every child in town gets a present, courtesy of Santa, but with a little assistance from a group called the Willing Workers.
In Sugar Hill, it?s a Holiday tradition.
But Sociologists like to label it a form of Social Capital?..or community connectedness.
Small town New Hampshire tends to rich in Social Capital, but as Rebecca Brown reports, it can?t be taken from granted.

listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).
NPR News