Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:27 — 9.4MB)Subscribe: RSSBack in 1968, a group of Bloomington women who all went to the same church came up with a brilliant idea. They were trying to solve two challenges associated with poverty: the cost of goods, and the cost of childcare. They opened Opportunity House, a secondhand store providing a …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 38.5MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, February 24th, 2026. In today’s newscast, you’ll hear Katie Broadfoot from the local family support agency Pathways, on the recent tightening squeeze of Bloomington’s poorest families. Learn more later in the show in a feature report. Also coming up in the …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.1MB)Subscribe: RSSOpportunity House is a Bloomington thrift store run almost entirely by volunteers. It started out in 1968 as a revenue stream to subsidize church-based childcare, and Suzanne Faulk remembers going there as a child with her grandmother. Today Suzanne is at the helm of an expanded operation helping all …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 81.1MB)Subscribe: RSSGiovanni Perez from Monroe County United Ministries shares information and services provided in Spanish for the Hispanic and Latino population of Monroe County. Escucha el programa en español para saber más información sobre los servicios y apoyos en español para la comunidad Hispana y Latina de Bloomington.
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:57 — 11.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe City of Bloomington plans to distribute $800,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds, this year. The Community Kitchen, Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard, and Hoosier Hills Food Bank are to receive $25,000 dollars each, for emergency needs; Monroe County United Ministries and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bloomington are …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:54 — 3.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMarge Penrod has been volunteering each Wednesday at Opportunity House for 41 years, close to 2,000 days. Her expertise in jewelry and skill in jewelry repair are an invaluable asset to Opportunity House, creating a dependable income stream that benefits so many. Opportunity House proceeds help supplement …
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