Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.8MB)Subscribe: RSSHolly Bales-Hall joined Girl Scouts in fifth grade and it was a deeply formative experience for her. Now she pays it forward as the scout leader for her daughter’s troop, helping the next generation of Girl Scouts discover, connect and take action to make the world a better place. …
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Activate! Tory Crowe, Beacon
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.2MB)Subscribe: RSSTory 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 …
Read More »Activate! Jan Gavin, Wonderlab
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.6MB)Subscribe: RSSJan 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 …
Read More »Activate! Dr. Gloria Howell, MLK Commission
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.9MB)Subscribe: RSSDr. 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 …
Read More »Activate! Ben Wendell, CJAM
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.7MB)Subscribe: RSSBen 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 …
Read More »WFHB Local News – June 5th, 2023
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:08 — 40.1MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, June 5th, 2023. In today’s feature report, Dave Askins of the B-Square Bulletin reports on the resignation of David Wolfe Bender from his city council campaign. We turn to Askins for more. More in today’s feature report. That’s Ben Wendell from …
Read More »WFHB Local News – May 22nd, 2023
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:51 — 41.1MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, May 22nd, 2023. Later in the program, we have Part Three of an ongoing series from Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze. He speaks with eco architect and sustainability pioneer Bill Brown. More in today’s feature report. That’s June Taylor from Community Kitchen, …
Read More »Activate! June Taylor, Community Kitchen
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.1MB)Subscribe: RSSJune 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 …
Read More »Activate! Maryann Iaria, Monroe County Civic Theater
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.8MB)Subscribe: RSSIn 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 …
Read More »WFHB Local News – May 8th, 2023
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:01 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, May 8th, 2023. Later in the program, WFHB Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze asks local eco architect and sustainability pioneer Bill Brown about the environmental considerations involved in constructing energy efficient public libraries that Brown designed for two communities in Indiana. More …
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