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On The Monday, April 29, 2019 Edition Of Idaho Matters

  • A Treasure Valley program provides essential goods for low income students.
  • Remembering the Holocaust on Yom Ha'Shoah.
  • Story Story Night's latest installment is lighter than air.
  • The James Castle House and Studio receive historic recognition.

- Purposityis an app that helps Treasure Valley social workers use crowdfunding to raise money to by essential products like clothes, toiletries and sundries for low-income students. We'll learn how social media, crowdfunding and mobile apps have coalesced to meet the needs of area students.

- Wednesday is Yom Ha'Shoah, the day when people around the world remember the horrors of the Holocaust. Idaho Matters discusses this somber day with Boise State's Janet Kaufman.

- HELiUM is the theme of the newest installment of Story Story Nightand storytellers will present material that reflects the three qualities of the noble gas: non-reactive, lighter than air and superfluid. Presenter Ella Weber joins Idaho Matters.

- The James Castle House in Boise and his studios in New York and Florida have been accepted by the National Trust for Historic Preservation into the Historic Artists' Homes and Studios program. We find out the importance of this designation with Rachel Reichert, Cultural Sites Manager with the City of Boise.

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