Bloom Archives
Category: Community
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Efrat Feferman United Way of Monroe County Executive Director
The United Way logo—a human figure standing in a cupped hand, encircled by the arch of a rainbow—may be one of the country’s most…
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Center for Sustainable Living Wins Award for Making Bloomington Better
Operating since the mid-1990s, the Center for Sustainable Living (CSL) has long had a hand in helping advance community ventures like the Bloomington Winter…
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Emily Pike New Director Of New Hope for Families
Since 2011, New Hope for Families has sheltered families experiencing homelessness, and Emily Pike has been a part of the nonprofit organization’s mission since…
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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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Farm Animal Sanctuary Moves but Mission Remains the Same
Moving is widely acknowledged to be one of life’s most traumatic events. Almost no one looks forward to it. Now, imagine not only moving…
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Bloom Hires Stone Belt To Distribute Magazine
Beginning with this issue, Stone Belt clients are now distributing Bloom to the more than 200 locations where readers can pick up a free…
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The Trials LGBTQ+ Groups Face With Booth at Monroe County Fair
Vandals scrawled anti-gay insults on their booth. Parents pulled children away from their rainbow stickers. A woman told them they were all going to…
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Join the Club! Get to Know A Squirrel (PHOTO GALLERY)
Emily Jones, a senior at Indiana University, is double majoring in music performance and journalism. However, she spends so much time observing the squirrels…
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County History Includes Whiskey Barrel Mystery and an Auction (PHOTO GALLERY)
On June 22–23, 1818, in the first public sale of real estate in the newly formed Monroe County, commissioners sold parcels of land by…