Bloom Magazine
Category: Home/Family
Interior design inspiration, home improvement, gardening, parenting, and family life stories for Bloomington households.
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Master Gardener Program Celebrates 30 Years Here
Monroe County’s Master Gardener program celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2019. Begun in the greater Seattle area in 1972, the…
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InBloom: Ancient Hellebores–You Can’t Have Too Many!
The hardy Helleborus plants, both those that bloom at Christmas (Helleborus niger) and those that bloom during Lent (Helleborus orientalis)…
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Stone Belt: Serving People With Disabilities for 60 Years
Today, Stone Belt is a $21 million nonprofit agency that supports 1,300 people with disabilities in three counties. Sixty years…
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Toddlers & Seniors Learn Together at Jill’s House
Every weekday morning, small groups of preschoolers at Jill’s House Intergenerational Preschool take field trips from their lower-level classrooms up…
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MCPL Sensory-Friendly Films Mean No ‘Shushing’ Allowed
With the lights up and the volume down, the Monroe County Public Library (MCPL) Autism & Sensory-Friendly Movie program flips…
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Thrive By Five: A Fund Drive For Early Childhood Education
Research has long recognized that when children attend quality preschool programs, they are more likely to succeed in school and…
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Scott Sanders’ Children’s Books Encourage Kids to Go Outdoors
IU Press has just reprinted two children’s books with a simple plot: families go for a walk.
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Boys & Girls Clubs Auxiliary Supporting Kids for 50 Years
As its single largest donor, the Auxiliary to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bloomington has made a difference in…
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Sing for Joy! A Choir that Uplifts Seniors
When lifelong music educator Sandra Freund visited area retirement communities to sing for the residents, she noticed that many initially…
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Moms Demand Action Working for Better Gun Laws
When 20 first-graders and six staff members were fatally shot at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on December…
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