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Activate! Tory Crowe, Beacon

Tory Crowe is the volunteer coordinator at Beacon, the antipoverty organization that runs the Shalom Center day shelter. Beacon is now the largest housing provider of any nonprofit in Monroe County. Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer …

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Activate! Jan Gavin, Wonderlab

Jan Gavin is a volunteer at WonderLab, Bloomington’s nonprofit hands-on science museum for kids. Her own grandkids live far away, so she’s happy to be “Grandma Jan” to YOUR kids and help them learn as they play. Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. …

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Activate! Dr. Gloria Howell, MLK Commission

Dr. Gloria Howell talks about our local Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration Commission. It’s not just one day in January – these volunteers work year-round to build a beloved Bloomington. Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about …

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Activate! Ben Wendell, CJAM

Ben Wendell from Community Justice and Mediation talks about how volunteers help this nonprofit employ restorative justice to find alternative solutions to conflict in Bloomington. Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area …

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Activate! June Taylor, Community Kitchen

June Taylor talks about feeding people at Community Kitchen, and not just the homeless – this Bloomington nonprofit also helps hungry kids, seniors on a fixed income, and anyone else on a tight budget. Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn …

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Activate! Maryann Iaria, Monroe County Civic Theater

In this episode, Maryann Iaria talks about Monroe County Civic Theater, our community’s only all-volunteer nonprofit theater group. MCCT is about to launch their annual Shakespeare in the Park production and is currently accepting submissions for a fall series of one act-shows and shorter pieces. Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together …

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Activate! Devta Kidd, Bloomington Trash Force

In this episode, may the force be with you! The Bloomington Trash Force is a group of volunteers cleaning up litter in neglected parts of the city and they want YOU to help. Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more …

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Activate! Dan Cates, CASA

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) volunteer Dan Cates talks about the urgent need for local people to stand up for kids who are going through the justice system due to abuse or neglect. Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more …

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Activate! Pealer, Community Bike Project

Pealer from the Community Bike Project talks about this volunteer-run do-it-yourself bicycle shop “re-cycling” hundreds of bikes back onto the streets of Bloomington every year. Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area …

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Activate! Liz Barnhart, Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard

Liz Barnhart from Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard talks about the fight to reduce Bloomington’s 17 percent food insecurity rate. The national rate is 10.2 percent. Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build a strong, healthy and engaged community. You can learn more about volunteer opportunities in the WFHB listening area at …

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