• Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard Helps to Educate and Provide Healthy Food Options in Bloomington

  Many people across the nation struggle to eat healthily and this can often be attributed to a lack of resources or education on the topic. Access to healthy and nutritious food is a challenge within

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• HealthNet’s Homeless Initiative Program

  HealthNet is a not-for-profit organization that provides primary care health services to the medically underserved. From beginning as just a presence in the Indianapolis inner city, they now are one of Indiana’s largest Federally Qualified

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• Bloomington Health Foundation’s Lead and Convene Model Reshapes Community Health Funding

  As the needs of community health are ever-changing, Bloomington Health Foundation (BHF) remains a strong and enduring organization rooted in the collective power of community. Recently, the foundation launched full speed ahead announcing a radical

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• Hoosiers Outrun Cancer Helps Cancer Patients, Survivors, and Family Members

  Hoosiers Outrun Cancer is the largest 5K and 1-mile walk or run in the state of Indiana. Nearly 4,000 participants gathered together to raise over $360,000 to ensure individuals and families impacted by cancer in

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• The Bloomington Health Foundation Awards Nearly $800,000 to Community Organizations

  The Bloomington Health Foundation (BHF) recently awarded multi-year grants totaling nearly $800,000 to five non-profits as part of their 2022 Request for Proposal.  Priority was given to proposals that focused on BHF’s impact areas which

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• Healthy Eating for the Longterm

  Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, eating from home has become more of a constant for many people. This was due to the closure of restaurants and the recommendation for people to stay home.

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• What is Mental Health?

  According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, “Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being.” It can affect all aspects of our life including how we think, feel, and act. Those

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• More and More Viruses

  While COVID-19 is still very relevant, there have been other viruses popping up around the world, as well, like the most recent: Monkeypox. Though we have better testing and monitoring methods to detect outbreaks sooner

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• How Your Eating Schedule Can Affect Your Mental Health

  College students are not the only ones who are staying up during the later hours. Those in the regular community who work jobs that are shift jobs like restaurant workers, nurses, security guards, and police

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• Updated COVID-19 Booster Shots are Now Available

  Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to authorize a new formula that is now ready for

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