Archive for August 2019
Confronting the Impact of Trauma on Children to be Topic of Women’s Fall Forum
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – A public forum about confronting the impact of trauma on children will be hosted by the Women to Women Giving Circle from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, at the ISU Alumni Center, 1101 N. Main St., Normal. The forum is free and open to the public. Trauma is a deeply…
Read MoreWest Bloomington Revitalization Project Dedicates Memorial Garden, Murals
By Michele Evans, Grants & Communications Director Ideas, like plants, need a nurturing location in which to grow and take root. The West Bloomington Revitalization Project, at the corner of Washington and Allin streets, offers the perfect environment for ideas to germinate and blossom. It is the growing ground for many west-side community projects like…
Read MoreFUTURE IN STORE: Family Members Favor Turning B-N Building Into Training Center for Women
Reprinted with permission from The Pantagraph By Paul Swiech, Health Editor; Photos by David Proeber BLOOMINGTON — Gloria McKittrick, her sister Patricia Killian and brother Greg Erickson walked through the former neighborhood grocery store once owned and operated by their great-grandfather and grandparents at 1311 W. Olive St., Bloomington. “I love seeing the old, wood…
Read MoreNew Park Provides Harmony of All Children Playing Together
Reprinted with permission from The Pantagraph By Maria Nagle, Pantagraph reporter; Photos by David Proeber BLOOMINGTON — There were a lot children playing with 5-year-old Max Chapman in the newly opened Harmony Park on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019, and that made his mother happy. “To see Max in his wheelchair playing right along side his peers…
Read More‘A Long Way to Go’: B-N Celebrates 40th Annual Cultural Festival at Miller Park
Reprinted with permission from The Pantagraph By Kelsey Watznauer, Education/Public Safety Reporter; Photos by Lewis Marien BLOOMINGTON — Tip-toeing ballerinas, poetry-inspired rappers, a country rock duo, a squad of jump ropers, aspiring pop singers and a dashiki-clad drummer took the stage Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, to celebrate the 40th annual Cultural Fest at Miller Park.…
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