Chris Abbert, director for the IRA, started the program in 2013 with a few of his friends, widing around on bikes delievering blankes and clothing to people in need. Now with a van that allowed them to expand, Abert prepares the van before heading out to Peoples Park in early October 2016.
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The Indiana Recovery Alliance takes their van out to different places in Bloomington, three times a week, to provide clothing, clean needles and HIV/HepC testing to those in need. The van is part of the Needle Exchange Program in Monroe County. One of their regular stops is Peoples Park on Kirkwood Avenue.
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IU Senior Tommy Butler, left, punches his fist towards his opponet during a practice spar in November 2016. Butler joined B-Town Boxing Club as a means to combat his depression.
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B-Town Boxing Club started in December 2013 when Rob Scardina and his wife, Dianna, opened a space in The Warehouse, located on south Rodgers Street, for boxers of all levels to learn and train. Since then the Club has grown to 30-40 boxers a day that Rob and his step-son Josh help train.
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Josh McRoberts, 19, practices with a punching bag at the B-Town Boxing Club gym. Before his mother, Dianna and his step-dad, Rob, got married, Josh hadn't thought about boxing but grew to enjoy the sport.
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IU graduate student, Albert Sostre, right, spars during a practice in early November 2016. Sostre is a dual-masters student who studies international development and eastern European language and culture at IU. Steppign outside of the gym Sostre dosn't strike you as the stereotypical boxer.
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In order to maintain clean language in the gym at all times, Rob Scardina has enforced a rule that if and when anyone cusses, they have to put a doller into the cuss jar.
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Coach Rob Scardina leads a boxing practice in early November 2016. The boxers in training start with stretches and slow warm up exersizes before sparring off against each other.
Josh McRoberts, Dianna and her husband Rob Scardina stand outside of the boxing ring during a practice in January. Rob is teaching Josh how to train other boxers and believes he'll be able to take over B-Town Boxing Club in five to six years.
Rob Scardina chats with his step-son Josh before the begining of practice. Rob believes in five or six years Josh will take over B-Town Boxing Club.
Dianna Scardina, 46, scribbles notes in preperation for a boxing practice in January. Dianna is often refered to as a mom to many of the boxers; "God made me to be mother," she said. This is what makes B-Town Boxing Club feel like a second home to a lot of the boxers.
Rob Scardina, 49, works in the office of the B-Town Boxing Club, preparing for practice by pairing up boxers for practice spars.
Before the boxers prepare for their practice spars, Rob Scardina pairs them with who they will be going up against.
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Caranee Bryan, 28, Olive Shields, 8 and Liam Shields, 9, of Elletsville raise their signs at the No Ban, No Wall protest on the courthosue lawn in Bloomington Sunday afternoon.
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Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton listens to the speakers during the "No Ban, No Wall," Protest Sunday afternoon.
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Owen County resident Bill Breeden waves his sign in front of the Bloomington Courthouse Sunday afternoon during the "No Ban, No Wall," protest. The protest was in response to President Trump's executive order he signed Friday.
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Protesters wave signs and chant, "No ban, no wall," Sunday afternoon on the Bloomington Courthouse lawn in response to President Trump's executive order that was signed Friday banning refugees from seven middle eastern countires to enter the U.S.
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Owen County resident Glenda Breeden, 66, beats on a drum during the "No ban, No Wall," protest on the Courthouse lawn Sunday afternoon. Glenda and her husband Bill came to support those effeced by Trump's ban.
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Protesters wave signs and chant, "No ban, no wall," Sunday afternoon on the Bloomington Courthouse lawn in response to President Trump's executive order that was signed Friday banning refugees from seven middle eastern countires to enter the U.S.
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Protesters wave signs and chant, "No ban, no wall," Sunday afternoon on the Bloomington Courthouse lawn in response to President Trump's executive order that was signed Friday banning refugees from seven middle eastern countires to enter the U.S.