Bloom Archives
Author: Bloom Intern
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Time to Sign Up for YMCA’s Annual Corporate Challenge
When the Monroe County YMCA hosted its first Corporate Challenge in 1985, it attracted 10 companies and a total of 200 employees. Last year,…
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Camp Yes And: Using Improv as a Learning Tool for Youth on the Autism Spectrum
Most people are familiar with improvisational theater—unscripted live-performance shows in which actors make up the scene on the spot. Improv works because everyone on…
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Green Camino—An Easy Way to Start Composting
Kathy Gutowsky and Randi Cox have a history of environmental activism that dates back to the late 90s when they met on a recycling…
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Alchemy the Bar: Where Cocktails Are King
At Alchemy, graduated cylinders and Erlenmeyer flasks get as much use as traditional shakers, strainers, jiggers, and spoons. “I’m always reading about the science…
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Celebration to Honor Hoosier War Correspondent Ernie Pyle
In this time of political discord, when it seems the two major parties find it hard to agree on anything and the media is…
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Runners & Would-Be Runners: Eight Training Tips for Fall Races
BY CARMEN SIERING If you’ve ever thought of tackling one of the 5ks, 10ks, or half-marathons that take place in the fall, now’s the…
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Business Podcasts from Shine Feature Local Entrepreneurs
“We love our community and want to help people,” says Jeremy Goodrich, who, with his wife, McKenzie, launched Shine Insurance in 2013. As part…
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Elvis Did It, You Can Too! Cut Your Own Vinyl Record
In the early 1950s, about the time Elvis Presley cut a record and changed the sound of popular music, anyone could walk into a…
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L. Julius Hanks II MCCSC Coordinator of Diversity Opportunities
On a wall in his office at the Monroe County Community School Corporation (MCCSC), L. Julius Hanks II has a picture of the Bloomington…