Jim and Cathy Haagen-Smit

Jim and Cathy Haagen-Smit have been listeners and supporters of CapRadio for more than 25 years. “We have outdoor speakers and sometimes they’re still going at 11 p.m. Our neighbors have never complained, but they probably think of us as ‘The people who play NPR all day’…because we do!”

They’ve listened since their college days, and according to Cathy, “CapRadio provides a significant, honest, credible, valuable news source, as well as a wonderful place for listening to programs that are everything from hilarious and entertaining, to fascinating, to emotional, to serious.”

“How else but through CapRadio could I go, in one morning walk, from considering the vulnerable humanity discussed on Hidden Brain, right into the fab humor of Wait, Wait, with slices of news in between?”

We couldn’t agree more!

In addition to their steady Evergreen support, they recently joined our Legacy Circle. “We don’t have any kids and for the last five years we’ve been meaning to do our estate plan. It was finally time to get it done. We live below our means and hope to give a lot to charity when we pass, but we still never know what could happen,” Jim explains.

To learn how you can include Capital Public Radio in your future plans, like Jim and Cathy have, contact Aatisha Singh at aatisha.singh@capradio.org or (845) 699-3978.