Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

Buzzing about "The Angel Effect" & R.A.M. House

On today’s show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill introduces a new segment, The Angel Effect, which is being produced in partnership with Angels of Assisi. Based in downtown

Buzzing about House of Bread

On today’s Buzz4Good, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill is buzzing about … bread! Specifically the nonprofit House of Bread, based in Roanoke, Virginia, that helps women who

Buzzing about Harvest Time & Historical Preservation

Today’s show is yet another reminder of the breadth and depth of the powerful work that nonprofits do to build better community for us all. If you have a garden you know

Buzzing about the power of POWHR: Environmental Justice nonprofit's win over Mountain Valley Pipeline

On today’s show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill is buzzing about the power of POWHR (Protect Our Water Heritage and Rights).  Whenever nonprofits have to go up against bi

Buzzing about GiveLocalNRV nonprofit giving day

On today's show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill is buzzing about one of his favorite days of the year, a day that celebrates more than 130 nonprofit organizations in

Buzzing about Law Enforcement's SHIELD Chaplaincy

On today's show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill talks with the founder of SHIELD Chaplaincy amidst this week's tragic killing of Carroll County Sheriff’s Deputy

Buzzing about Refugees, Immigrants and Commonwealth Catholic Charities

On today’s show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill is buzzing about Commonwealth Catholic Charities ... specifically its vital role welcoming to our communities some of the m

Buzzing about College Access Nonprofits

On today’s show BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill buzzes about about college … and the unaffordability of it for too many high school graduates who are getting ready to walk

Buzzing about The Bridge Institute: Nonprofit Community Mediation and Restorative Justice

Conflict is natural, but can be painful, so on today show's show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill chats with Chelsea Cleary, program manager of The Bridge Institute, a

LEAP-ing into Spring with Farmer and Food Nonprofit

On today's show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill is buzzing about food ...  specifically a Roanoke, Virginia nonprofit dedicated to supporting farmers and fresh, local

Buzzing about Sleep in Heavenly Peace founder Luke Mickelson

On today's show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill buzzes about ... beds! Specifically a nonprofit founded in Idaho that builds and provides free beds for low-income chi

Buzzing about Defending Democracy and being On Our Own

On today's show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill buzzes about Defending Democracy, founded in Blacksburg, Virginia, in response to what organizers say is the increasin

From addiction to inspiration: Joey Donovant's journey to founding nonprofit SML Gives Inc.

On today's show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill is buzzing about SML Gives Inc. SML stands for Smith Mountain Lake and the nonprofit SML Gives Inc. works to fight, po

Nonprofit Schools for Different Gifts: Buzzing about Noah-Christian Academy & Shepherds College

On today's show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill buzzes about two very different nonprofit educational institutions that are sure to tug at your heart, hopefully your

Buzzing about Black History Month

On today's show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill is buzzing about Black History Month.  A couple of weeks ago we premiered our newest episode starring Harrison Museum

12 BUZZes buzzing! Top 12 moments of 2025

Merry Christmas! Yes, yes, we know it’s at least Jan. 3 if you’re listening to this, but in celebration of the 12 days of Christmas,  on today’s show BUZZ creator Michael

Buzzing about Wicked Festival, Williamson Road, Elimisha Kakuma

Something wicked this way comes on today's Buzz4Good. On Nov. 6 Radford University hosts The Wicked Festival in which hundreds of students grapple in public presenta

Buzzing about On Our Own mental health nonprofit, and former Virginia Tech football coach Brent Pry

Today BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill buzzes about On Our Own of the Roanoke Valley, a nonprofit drop-in center that strives to improve the quality of life of people with m

Buzzing about Blacksburg Refugee Partnership

On today's Buzz4Good, creator and host Michael Hemphill is buzzing live from the historic Lyric Theatre in downtown Blacksburg, Virginia, to feature the inspiring pe

Buzzing about The Athena Award: Conversations with 3 finalists about women in leadership

BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill buzzes about the Athena Leadership Award, given by the Roanoke Regional Chamber that celebrates women who have achieved the highest levels o