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RUSSELL THOMAS
A little about
Russell is a 19 year resident of Wood Buffalo, a community builder, facilitator, social media practitioner, actor, director and artist. He began his Middle Age Bulge blog as a way of capturing his journey to wellness. It has morphed into a daily journal about all aspects of life in the north. Russell works with The United Way of Fort McMurray and co-owns Birdsong Connections with his wife Heather.
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Apr
03
2018
Volume
6-3
Joan Furber, President of the Golden Years Society, was a guest on a recent edition of IMPACT. A long-time resident of Fort McMurray - she arrived in 1966 - she has been an avid volunteer for decades. She shared her story with host Russell Thomas.
Nov
23
2017
Volume
6-1
Over the last couple of years, I’ve watched Crista Watts Baker blossom into an amazing artist, expressing profound ideas through the use of what she calls “Karmatography”. I’ve also watched as she has gone in and out of hospital dealing with flare ups of her relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis. I…
Oct
01
2017
Volume
5-6
Steve Yatauro is the Chair of the 2017 United Way Community Campaign. He has been spending a lot of hours preparing the the Herculean fundraising effort by attending planning meetings, going on Seeing is Believing tours, and doing Days of Caring. Steve has a lot of passion for the work…
Jul
28
2017
Volume
5-5
One of the young leaders stepping up to be a champion of recovery in our community is Chantal Beaver. In addition to being Executive Director of The Hub Family Resource Centre and sitting on a number of boards, she is also Chair of the Social Recovery Task Force and the…
Jul
28
2017
Volume
5-5
In a way, very similar to how firefighters have a natural aversion to being described as heroes, teachers, and school administrators bristle at the suggestion that they go above and beyond. The six individuals that I interviewed were very uncomfortable with shining any light on their extraordinary efforts and abilities. …
May
23
2017
Volume
5-4
One of the bonafide sports icons in Fort McMurray is Sandy Bowman. Owner of Bowman’s Tae Kwon Do, an accomplished athlete, and an inductee in the Wood Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame (2012), Sandy has coached and influenced several generations of athletes. In a recent interview on the IMPACT radio…
Mar
20
2017
Volume
5-3
Each week I get to sit down for 30 minutes with leaders, volunteers and frontline life changers in the community. The only difference with these visits is that they are done live on the radio thanks to airtime provided by KAOS 91.1. I had been talking with Rick Kirschner (Executive…
Mar
20
2017
Volume
5-3
It is hard to believe that The Redpoll Centre at Shell Place will soon be two years old. It seems like yesterday that we frantically put all the pieces together and got our occupancy permit. That was June 1, 2015.
Jan
27
2017
Volume
5-2
I can think of so many individual stories of people who came to Fort McMurray on one career trajectory and found themselves moving in a completely different and surprising direction. I’m a good example of this anomaly; I came north 20 years ago as the natural next step in my…
Nov
27
2016
Volume
5-1
I have had several dozen guests on our IMPACT radio show on KAOS 91.1 since we began the program in February. Among them have been social profit leaders, volunteers, and front-line life changers. More recently, I was joined by Adem Campbell, a grade 7 teacher at Father Mercredi Community High…
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