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Daily Local News – July 11, 2016

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Democratic candidate for US Senate, Baron Hill, announced today that he is withdrawing from the race; Monroe County Clerk Nicole Brown has alerted the County Election Board that the county’s election equipment could soon be de-certified; The City of Bloomington and Monroe County are encouraging people with disabilities to sign up with the Special Needs Registry; The Monroe County Council is now accepting applications for funding from the Sophia Travis Community Services Grant program.

FEATURE
According to studies performed by the Continuum of Care, there are more than 400 people experiencing homelessness in our region on any given night. The region includes Monroe, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Morgan and Owen counties. More than 27 percent of the homeless individuals are children. IU student reporter, Victoria Hansel, looked into the issue of childhood homelessness for today’s WFHB community report.

Each Monday during June and July, the Daily Local News is bringing you reports produced through a partnership between WFHB and Indiana University’s J460 Community Journalism class taught by Professor Mike Conway. During the spring semester, students volunteered at WFHB and produced final projects about a variety of under-reported subjects; from wealth inequality to racial justice. This story is the fifth in our series.

ACTIVATE
The Community Kitchen works to eliminate hunger in Monroe County by providing free, nutritious meals to those that would otherwise go without food. In addition, the Community Kitchen seeks to educate the general public about the extent of hunger in Monroe County. In this episode of Activate!, volunteer Chrissy Geels shares insights about the extent of food insecurity in our community and talks about the fun, camaraderie, and pleasure she gets out of volunteering with the Community Kitchen of Monroe County. That’s this week on Activate – our weekly segment spotlighting people working for positive change in our community.

CREDITS
Anchors: Maria McKinley & Doug Storm
Today’s headlines were written by Taylor Haggerty, Cathi Norton and Jerrod Dill; along with Sarah Vaughan for CATSweek, a partnership with Community Access Television Services.
Our feature was produced by Victoria Hansel
Activate! is produced by Jennifer Brooks; along with the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network.
Board Engineer: Sarah Hetrick
Theme music by the Impossible Shapes
Executive Producer: Joe Crawford

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