WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
A group of local professionals will be present to answer questions posed by Blooming Zone Initiative volunteers and audience members. Founders Bridgett DiVohl and Cynthia Schultz will host and moderate the discussion, focusing on this question:
How might the greater Bloomington Community improve its health and wellness programs and services to become eligible for Blue Zones Project certification?
Panelists
- Mary Hoedeman Coniaris: Professional Dance Instructor; Movement Expert; Blue Zones Principles & Healthy Living Advocate
- Landry Culp: Cook Medical, Studio Manager; COB’s Commission on the Status of Women and Blooming Zone Initiative, Director of Strategy & Development
- Julie Hill: Indiana Arts Commission Fellow, Dementia Friendly Bloomington, Founder; and Creative Aging Professional
- Phil Stafford, Co-Design Commons LLC, Co-Founder; IU Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Anthropology and Retired Director of IU’s Center on Aging & Disabilities
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The Blue Zones Project© aims to make healthy lifestyle choices readily available to individuals and communities. The Blooming Zone Initiative (BZI) is a local, all-volunteer team working toward a Blue Zones Project certification for Bloomington.
Founded in January 2024, BZI has offered programs and services to familiarize the community with the Blue Zones lifestyle principles. One of the most popular programs is the Health & Wellness program, which has been meeting monthly on the third Monday to read and discuss the book, The Blue Zones: 9 Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest by Dan Buettner, author and founder of the Blue Zones Project. Now that the book is finished, we are changing the meeting format to a panel discussion with a Q&A session and everyone is invited.
