More than a Badge – Girl Scouts as a Positive Childhood Experience Bloom Kentucky’s new series of “sprout-outs” is our take on worthwhile “shout-outs”! This particular sprout-out is in honor of the great work happening with the Girl Scouts in creating positive childhood experiences across the Commonwealth. When you think of the Girl Scouts – a few things might come to mind. Your favorite cookies… badges for leadership and community service… you might even think [...]

Yes Arts: Mobilizing the Power of Community and the Arts to Disrupt the Cycle of Addiction When we have the opportunity to celebrate the great work taking place in Kentucky, we make sure to SPROUT it out (our Bloom take on a Shout-Out!) when it comes to opioid abatement efforts. Sometimes tragedy can be a catalyst for change. After losing her daughter to a heroin/fentanyl overdose in 2015, Doris Thurber, along with other local [...]

What happens when passionate people who want to make a difference come together to listen and learn from one another? Pretty incredible things.  On March 26th, Bloom Kentucky and the Greater Clark Foundation came together in Winchester at the Clark County Public Library for a Listening & Learning Session. During this session, attendees learned more about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Positive Childhood Experiences, Clark County regional data, received an update from the Sowing Resilience [...]