The Daily Blend w/ AC: Beth Shepard, Cranktivus 2025

By Travis McMillen,

Adonica Coleman

Published October 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM CDT

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Beth Shepard

Cranktivus is a 12-year-old annual food drive where participants ride their bikes to various grocery stores to collect items for a holiday meal. Those items are then donated to The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri. Founder Beth Shepard says, "...the community has really...made it what it is." October 14, 2025

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Travis McMillen

Travis McMillen is the senior media producer at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. For KBIA, Travis oversees production of "The Daily Blend w/ AC."

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Adonica Coleman

Adonica Coleman is the owner of A2D Events, established in Columbia Missouri in 2011. The company specializes in corporate, fundraising, virtual, and community events. She is also the creator of The Como 411, a digital media company focused on the Columbia and surrounding communities. She is the host of the weekly talk show, The Daily Blend w/AC, airing on KBIA and all social media platforms as well as host of Community Connections airing on KRCG 13 on the third Thursday on the news at sunrise.

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