Bloom Archives
Category: Home & Family
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Thrive By Five: A Fund Drive For Early Childhood Education
Research has long recognized that when children attend quality preschool programs, they are more likely to succeed in school and in life. To ensure…
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Scott Sanders’ Children’s Books Encourage Kids to Go Outdoors
IU Press has just reprinted two children’s books with a simple plot: families go for a walk.
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Boys & Girls Clubs Auxiliary Supporting Kids for 50 Years
As its single largest donor, the Auxiliary to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bloomington has made a difference in the lives of Bloomington…
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Sing for Joy! A Choir that Uplifts Seniors
When lifelong music educator Sandra Freund visited area retirement communities to sing for the residents, she noticed that many initially would sit quietly, their…
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Moms Demand Action Working for Better Gun Laws
When 20 first-graders and six staff members were fatally shot at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012, Rachel Guglielmo…
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New Book by B-town Author Celebrates Arts & Crafts Furniture
Nancy Hiller is out to persuade readers that Arts and Crafts furniture offers more than the heavy, massive, unadorned pieces most Americans associate with…
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The Serviceable Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemums were aptly described by the title character in the 1969 film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as “serviceable flowers.”
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Group Helps Kids When A Parent Is Imprisoned
Mary Goetze, founder of Kids with Absent Parents (KAP), estimates there are 1,000 children in Bloomington with an incarcerated parent. It’s a largely hidden…
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CASA Has New Eyes & Ears To Check on Welfare of Kids
Due to an increase in abuse and neglect cases in Monroe County, more than 100 children have been waiting for a CASA—a Court Appointed…