Tuesday night, WTIU partnered with the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network to recognize more than one-hundred unsung heroes.
Michelle Davenport couldn’t have captured the moment any better.
“I really feel so honored. This is so much better than Miss America.”
Overall, nine recipients were handed trophies and over a hundred nominees were congratulated for their volunteerism in the Bloomington community, including 8-year-old Bella Caruso.
“I was kind of excited.”
And so was the audience. Little Bella received the “Be More Energized Award” for raising cancer awareness. This school year, Bella raised nearly 300 dollars for Templeton Kids Fighting Cancer – a group she helped create to aid cancer patients like her mother, Camile.
“I can’t imagine at 8 that I had short term goals, let alone long term goals,” said her mother Camile. “And Bella’s long term goal she says, is that she would like to see this happen in every school.”
Bella received an overwhelming applause from more than 600 people, but even that recognition doesn’t measure the impact she’s made on many lives.
