WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
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In July, President and CEO Michelle Gilchrist and COO Heather Robinson of the Bloomington Health Foundation joined LWV-BMC’s Civic Conversation to discuss their role in the Bloomington community and how the foundation works to address numerous health issues in the community. Bloomington Health Foundation started in the 1960s as the Bloomington Hospital Foundation under the auspices of the Local Council of Women, which the Bloomington Hospital then owned. In 2018 the Bloomington Hospital Foundation began to expand its community health focus and officially became the Bloomington Health Foundation. Their focus is on community health initiatives such as expanding community cancer services by connecting with the Cancer Support Community of Central Indiana and opening a Cancer Support Community South Central Indiana. BHF also focuses on funding food security and mental health programming and avidly supports the STRIDE Center.
