Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.8MB)Subscribe: RSSEvery day Elizabeth Capetillo helps Bloomington girls become strong, smart and bold. That’s the mantra over at Girls Inc., a local mentorship and learning program cultivating safe spaces for girls to take risks, learn from experiences, and grow. Elizabeth started off as a student volunteer and now she’s the …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.6MB)Subscribe: RSSThe Black y Brown Arts Festival is happening Saturday September 14 in Switchyard Park, showcasing arts and culture of Bloomington’s Black Hispanic, and Asian communities. Fiesta del Otoño, our local celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, is the following Saturday (September 21) in the same park, The brains behind both …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.2MB)Subscribe: RSSWorking from home can get a little lonely. Eric Weigold has found a way to connect with others and make a difference in our community. His employer, Bloom Insurance, has a volunteer engagement program that helps their staff do good things in service to others. One of their biggest …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.7MB)Subscribe: RSSThe annual City of Bloomington Volunteer Fair on August 24, 2024 features more than 40 local nonprofits that need your help! Bloomington Volunteer Network coordinator Michelle Moss is here with the details. Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, working together to build …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.9MB)Subscribe: RSSKatie Hopkins knows firsthand the power of allyship in building bridges out of poverty. Back when it was called “Circles,” Katie was a participant in a local program that puts people struggling with poverty into supportive relationships. Now it is called “Thriving Connections,” and Katie is a coordinating volunteer …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.0MB)Subscribe: RSSChris Herring has been around horses her whole life. She understands the special bond that can happen between a horse and a person, and now she puts that bond to therapeutic use through People and Animal Learning Services (PALS). This innovative “equine-assisted learning center” harnesses the connection between people …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.0MB)Subscribe: RSSWhen Maria Douglas heard about an Asian IU student being stabbed while riding the bus in Bloomington in January 2023, she got mad. Really mad. This hate crime ignited a drive in her to fight racism in Indiana through Hoosier Asian American Power, an organization recently reinvented to focus …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.1MB)Subscribe: RSSFor Lesley Davis the Bloomington Council for Community Accessibility is more than volunteer work – it also ties into her own lived experience. As a wheelchair user she sees every day where Bloomington is accessible and where it is not, and she’s on a mission to make our town …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 38.5MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, July 16th, 2024. Later in the program, WFHB News hears from Brown County Pickleball Club Members Danny Key and Josie Grey a push for outdoor pickleball courts which are currently lacking in Brown County. More in today’s feature report. Also coming …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:56 — 41.2MB)Subscribe: RSS This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, July 15th, 2024. Later in the program, WFHB News Correspondent Madison Stratton speaks with non-profit organizations and local advocates about the importance of “shopping local” and addressing food insecurity issues in the community. More in today’s feature report. That’s Vinal Lee, …
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