 WFIU Public Radio, WTIU Public Television, and Indiana Public Broadcasting News (IPB News) earned 24 awards at the Indiana Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Best in Indiana Journalism Contest on April 26. The awards recognize the most outstanding work of the year in Indiana in print, broadcast, and online journalism.
The WFIU-WTIU News team won 18 awards, including five first-place awards for best radio newscast, best TV newscast for Indiana Newsdesk, radio breaking news coverage of the death of Indiana University basketball coach Bob Knight, radio sports reporting, and environmental reporting; five second-place awards for radio breaking news coverage, radio sports reporting, radio continuing news coverage, best podcast for Rush to Kill, and election and campaign coverage; and eight third-place awards for radio feature story, best online multimedia for Paper Cuts, serious feature story, best documentary/special for IU Women’s Basketball: Rising to the Top, business/consumer affairs reporting, coverage of children’s issues, coverage of social justice issues, and medical/science reporting. WTIU received three first-place awards for its TV series Journey Indiana. The program was honored with best general news/sports videography for a story on The National Model Aviation Museum and best features news videography and best light feature story for a segment on 16mm film.
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On Saturday, May 11th, local letter carriers will once again collect food for Hoosier Hills Food Bank. Sponsored locally by National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 828 and supported by the National Rural Letter Carriers Association and US Postal Service, Stamp Out Hunger is a nationwide event occurring every year on the second Saturday in May.
Community members are encouraged to place a bag or box of food at their mailbox on Saturday, May 11 and their letter carrier or a volunteer will collect it for Hoosier Hills Food Bank. The food drive is HHFB’s largest and last year’s event resulted in 35,482 pounds donated. Organizers hope to bring the total back up over the 40,000 pounds received in 2022. “I can’t overemphasize the importance of this food drive to the food bank, and the agencies and neighbors that we serve,” said HHFB Executive Director and CEO Julio Alonso. “Over half our agency partners are seeing more neighbors than last year and half say those numbers are still increasing. One-third of our agencies are not receiving enough food from us to meet the demand. This is one of the easiest ways for people to help – just put the food at your mailbox and your letter carrier will deliver it to us!”  At the end of the spring semester, we host a graduation celebration, Hospitality Showcase, for our graduates with food, games, and recognition. This grad party also serves as the final project for the culinary class that cooked for the Yellowwood during the 8 weeks; this year, the class is International Cuisine and the project will focus on street food, with each student hosting their own station to serve the public...you know, street food.
This year, we decided to expand the celebration and make it a fundraiser for our 2024 student trip. A casual indoor/outdoor gathering with tables to sit or stand at, as well as a chance to walk around and mingle. Food, desserts, beverages, chef demos, tours of the culinary labs, games. Food will be self serve, but service staff will be on hand. 5:30pm - 7:30pm Thursday May 9, 2024 $40/person - Tickets can be purchased here! Festivities located at The Yellowwood and the Yellowwood Patio - 200 Daniels Way 47404, Entrance 7 All proceeds will go to our Hospitality Foundation fund for student travel.  The Monroe County YMCA is thrilled to host Bike 4 All, a fun, non-competitive community bike/run/walk on Saturday, May 11, 2024! This two-mile course around Switchyard Park and the B-Line Trail also features live music, health and wellness booths, games and activities for all ages, and free helmets for kids (while supplies last) and is FREE for kids to attend!
Registration Fee: - Adult: $20 for Y members | $25 for non-members - Youth (ages 0-17): Free to attend! T-shirts are available for purchase. Secure your commemorative Bike 4 All t-shirt! To allow ample ordering/printing time, please register by April 24 to secure a Bike 4 All t-shirt. Event shirts may be picked up at the event on Saturday, May 11 or at our Southeast Y on Friday, May 10, 6:00-7:00 pm.  Tuesday, April 23, 2024, marked the College’s second annual Ivy Tech Day of Giving, an online fundraising event aimed at generating resources to support the more than 190,000 students statewide, and the more than 11,500 students at Ivy Tech Bloomington. The Bloomington campus received 124 gifts, totaling more than $40,000, the second highest in the state. Dollars raised go toward the area of greatest need fund.
Statewide, Ivy Tech received 2,892 gifts, totaling more than $395,000 to support students across Indiana. Contributions will create opportunities for students to improve their lives while driving Indiana’s economy forward. “We are beyond thankful to all of the supporters of Ivy Tech students,” Heidi Schulz, executive director of development, said. “Funds raised by the campus and community illustrate the power of collective giving to forge futures and positively impact lives. These gifts will allow us to continue to meet our students where they are and address needs, so they are able to persist toward reaching their graduation goal.”  Bloomington area nonprofits, an exciting new program has been made available to tax-exempt entities through the federal Inflation Reduction Act. Nonprofits may now apply to receive Direct Pay tax credits through the IRS for investments made into renewable energy projects, including EV purchases, solar and wind energy installations, and EV charging stations. This is a fantastic opportunity to receive financial reimbursements when installing and acquiring renewable energy systems and leverage other funding opportunities. For example, nonprofits who received a Solar, Energy Efficiency, and Lighting (SEEL) grant from the City of Bloomington in 2023 and beyond to purchase solar installations are eligible for Direct Pay Reimbursements. To learn more about how to apply for a SEEL grant visit https://bloomington.in.gov/sustainability/seel
For those interested in learning more about the Direct Pay program, please contact Jonas Chang at the City of Bloomington’s Controller’s Office via email at [email protected] so that we may gauge interest and needs when planning these sessions. In the meantime, the Local Progress Impact Lab will host a free Direct Pay informational webinar, titled “Cash for Communities: Leveraging Historic Federal Funds for Racial, Economic, and Climate Justice” on May 9 at 1pm ET. You can register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2817104582781/WN_lhngl0fdRC-hXFxksNpBDQ#/registration Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington (Ivy Tech Bloomington) in partnership with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), today unveiled a series of free online learning modules aimed at small businesses and entrepreneurs with the goal of increasing their ability to engage with various entities within the Department of Defense (DoD).
The multi-part course entitled Federal Lab Technology Transfer for Beginners is designed to show users how to work with Federal Laboratories and Technology Transfer Offices to develop and grow their small businesses.  The Indiana Uplands is a Region on The Rise! Our region has been selected to receive $30 million more in READI funding from the Indiana Economic Development Corporation.
This investment by the state is also an acknowledgment of the momentum we’ve achieved so far as a region. READI 2.0 funding will be used for new capital invest ments in quality of life, quality of place, and quality of opportunity projects. We have opened up project inquiry forms to gather information on potential projects that could be good candidates for READI 2.0 and associated funding for blight remediation. A separate inquiry form is available to collect information on potential arts and culture projects. Submissions due May 17, 2024! For more information about READI in the Indiana Uplands, sign up for READI updates. To learn more about the Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative, visit the IEDC’s READI website. To learn more, view the READI 1.0 Plan, learn about READI 1.0 Projects & Programs currently underway, or check out the latest READI News & Updates.   If your business or non-profit is located within the Bloomington city limits you may qualify for a FREE $25,000 8K Solar System for your building. There are a limited number of Grants so if you are interested you need to act quickly. MPI is partnering with the city to provide the equipment and installation. For questions please call 812.336.8518.
http://www.mpisolar.com The 2024 SEEL program provides grant funding and technical assistance for nonprofits, community organizations, and small businesses to improve building efficiency and install solar. Eligible projects for funding under the 2024 SEEL program fall into two project types, energy efficiency or solar grants. See below for more information on eligibility and how to apply.  NEW BREW release and Cinco De Mayo party with BBC and Pili's Taco Truck!!
Mark your calendars! Join Bloomington Brewing Co. and Pili’s Taco Truck for a family-friendly day at the brewery to celebrate Cinco De Mayo. Pili’s will offer their famous Taco eating contest and their full array of delicious Mexican cuisine. BBC will set up the gaga ball pit and corn hole games, and we have a NEW BEER to release, specially brewed for Cinco De Mayo. We are debuting Aquila, our first-ever salted lime Mexican Lager. This is a free family-friendly event open to the entire community. Please share and join us for a fun, laid-back day at the brewery!! |
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