Bloom Magazine has four missions: to support local businesses, local charities, the arts, and diversity. The Bloom Community Awards were created to honor individuals and organizations who advance these missions in Bloomington.
2025 Bloom Magazine Community Awards
The 2025 winners were (l-r) Andrew Miller and Mia Hilkowitz on behalf of the Indiana Daily Student, for Support of Local Journalism; Bloom Editor and Publisher Malcolm Abrams; Robert Meitus, for Support of Local Arts; Emily Pike, for Support of Local Charities; Charles Sykes, for Support of Local Diversity; and Andrea de la Rosa, for Support of Local Business.
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2024 Bloom Magazine Community Awards
The 2024 winners were (front row, l-r) Nicole Griffin, for Support of Diversity; Melinda Seader and Aubrey Seader, Off-Night Productions, for Support of the Arts; (back row, l-r) Don Griffin, for Support of Diversity; the Rev. Forrest Gilmore, Beacon Inc., for Support of Charities; John Whikehart, for Support of Local Businesses; Dave Askins, B Square Bulletin, for Support of Local Journalism; and Jeremy Hogan, The Bloomingtonian, for Support of Local Journalism.
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2023 Bloom Magazine Community Awards
The 2023 winners were (l-r) Rachel Veronesi and Dee Bohler with Bloomingfoods Inc., for Support of Local Businesses; Carl Cook with Cook Group, for Support of the Arts; Vicki Pierce with the Community Kitchen of Monroe County, for Support of Local Charities; and Erin Acquino, Jill Perkins, and Grace Clark with Exodus Refugee Immigration-Bloomington, for Support of Diversity.
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2022 Bloom Magazine Community Awards
The 2022 winners were (l-r) Lennie Busch and ô€€eff ô€€°ease for support of local business; Michael Shermis for support of local charities; Elizabeth Mitchell, Danielle Bruce, and Gladys DeVane for support of diversity; and Dave Weber and Krista Detor for support of local arts.
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2021 Bloom Magazine Community Awards
The 2021 Bloom Community Award winners were: (l-r) Michael Cassady, owner of The Uptown Cafe; Adria Nassim, disability advocate and columnist for The Herald-Times; Pat East, executive director of The Mill; Audrey Heller, co-founder and artistic director of the Jewish Theatre of Bloomington; and Sylvia McNair, Grammy Award–winning opera singer and humanitarian.
Photos by Rodney Margison
2019 Bloom Magazine Community Awards
(l-r) Beverly Calender-Anderson, Talisha Coppock, Martha and David Moore, Leslie Green, and Diane Legomsky were honored as the inaugural recipients of the Bloom Magazine
Community Awards.
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