{"id":3234820,"date":"2015-04-02T15:35:38","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T18:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3234820"},"modified":"2016-03-24T02:18:28","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T05:18:28","slug":"the-lunchbox-interview-jason-surette-big-hearts-small-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-jason-surette-big-hearts-small-cities","title":{"rendered":"The Lunchbox Interview: Jason Surette (Big Hearts, Small Cities)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-BigHeartsSmallCity.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3234824\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-jason-surette-big-hearts-small-cities\/attachment\/lunchbox-bigheartssmallcity\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-BigHeartsSmallCity.png\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LunchBox-BigHeartsSmallCity\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-BigHeartsSmallCity-800x800.png\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3234824\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-BigHeartsSmallCity-300x300.png\" alt=\"LunchBox-BigHeartsSmallCity\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-BigHeartsSmallCity-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-BigHeartsSmallCity-100x100.png 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-BigHeartsSmallCity-800x800.png 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-BigHeartsSmallCity.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A fire has consumed everything you owned. <em>What do you do now?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve lost all your money and your ids. <em>What do you do know?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t be embarrassed if you don&#8217;t have the immediate answer for that. Most of us don&#8217;t. Most of us don&#8217;t even think about what happens next.<\/p>\n<p>But now there is even more help for that: <strong>Big Hearts, Small City<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Today my guest is <strong>Jason Surette<\/strong>, founder and principal worker at <a title=\"Find them on Facebook if you are in need, or can help.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bigheartsfredericton\"><strong>Big Hearts, Small City<\/strong><\/a>. Just in January, his group added coverage to Fredericton to the original city of Moncton to provide a very powerful service: interconnection between victims of disasters (fire, extreme water damage, devastating theft) and services that can help provide support during their time of need. John joined me to talk about the focus of the organization, where it started, and recounts a couple of tales of how they&#8217;ve been able to help people right away.<\/p>\n<p>Music today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.shaunleblanc.net\/\"><strong>Shaun Leblanc<\/strong><\/span> reminds us that <em>Paradise<\/em> is right around the corner. Taken from his <strong>Kaleidoscope<\/strong> album.<\/li>\n<li>And just in time for Easter, <a title=\"Pick up the album on Bandcamp.\" href=\"https:\/\/mindseedmusic.bandcamp.com\/releases\"><strong>Mindseed<\/strong><\/a> sings about the aftermath of strange bunny hunts with <em>Eggshells<\/em>, from their self-titled album.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9163\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20150402%20-%20Interview%20-%20Jason%20Surette%20-%20Big%20Hearts%20Small%20City.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9163','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20150402%20-%20Interview%20-%20Jason%20Surette%20-%20Big%20Hearts%20Small%20City.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20150402%20-%20Interview%20-%20Jason%20Surette%20-%20Big%20Hearts%20Small%20City.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3234820-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20150402%20-%20Interview%20-%20Jason%20Surette%20-%20Big%20Hearts%20Small%20City.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20150402%20-%20Interview%20-%20Jason%20Surette%20-%20Big%20Hearts%20Small%20City.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Surette of Big Hearts, Small City joins me to talk about his organization and how they help people after catastrophic loss due to things like fire. Music today by Shaun Leblanc and Mindseed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9164\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20150402%20-%20Interview%20-%20Jason%20Surette%20-%20Big%20Hearts%20Small%20City.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9164','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20150402%20-%20Interview%20-%20Jason%20Surette%20-%20Big%20Hearts%20Small%20City.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20150402%20-%20Interview%20-%20Jason%20Surette%20-%20Big%20Hearts%20Small%20City.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3234820-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20150402%20-%20Interview%20-%20Jason%20Surette%20-%20Big%20Hearts%20Small%20City.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20150402%20-%20Interview%20-%20Jason%20Surette%20-%20Big%20Hearts%20Small%20City.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player--><p><a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-jason-surette-big-hearts-small-cities\">Read more...<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3234824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[495,2866,491,949,2017,2354,2788],"class_list":["post-3234820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lunchbox","tag-community-2","tag-disaster","tag-interview","tag-non-profit","tag-organization","tag-recovery","tag-support"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-BigHeartsSmallCity.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3234820"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3240109,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234820\/revisions\/3240109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3234824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3234820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3234820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3234820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}