Bloom Archives
Category: Community
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How Community Foundation Can Help You Help Others
Named endowments can start with just $1,000! BY ELISABETH ANDREWS What’s on your wish list for a stronger local community? Whether you dream of…
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Deadly Amazon Weapons Now Safely in Bloomington (Photo Gallery)
BY ADAM KENT-ISAAC January 6, 1956: Five American missionaries discover a remote settlement of the Huaorani tribe in the Amazon jungle of Ecuador. After…
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Big Brothers Big Sisters: Helping Kids—286 at a Time
BY ROSIE PIGA PIZZO A breezy fall evening doesn’t stop Mark Howard, 31, and his “Little Brother” Dillan Hawkins, 15, from enjoying Blizzards on…
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Bloominglabs: A Techie Place to Work and Play
BY MEGAN SAMUELS There is a hacker space in Bloomington called Bloominglabs, but you won’t find members of this group breaking into high-tech computer…
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Middle Way House Wins Awards For Preservation and Revitalization
BY ELISABETH ANDREWS Middle Way House has long been in the business of restoration, as the organization has spent 40 years helping women put…
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Community Kitchen: Helping to Feed Our Kids
BY ADAM KENT-ISAAC The Community Kitchen of Monroe County, founded in 1983 to combat hunger in Bloomington, is probably best known for its public…
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Bike Project Offers Help and Free Bikes
BY CASSANDRA ORTON Want to build your own bike? How about for free? That can happen at the Bloomington Community Bike Project, a nonprofit,…
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B-town’s Bus System Is the Best! Bloomington Transit Wins Top Award
BY NANCY HILLER Amid the glorious sensory overload that is Bloomington in the spring, you may not have noticed the posters on Bloomington Transit…