Lotus Blossoms
Announcing Lotus Live-Stream Concerts
Like all other arts-presenting organizations, Lotus was greatly saddened to have to cancel all of our spring Blossoms events, due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Although recent weeks have brought incredible challenges, they have also allowed us to envision new ways to do...
Volunteer Profile: Andy Qualls
How did you first hear about the Lotus organization Promotional material for the Festival. What initially inspired you to volunteer for our organization? I thought it was so cool that such a broadly diverse world music event was happening in my hometown and was...
Volunteer Profile: Cherri DuPree
How did you first hear about the Lotus organization? Cindy L. (now Beaule) came to Sunrise Greetings with a ton of little index cards 20 years ago looking for volunteers. What initially inspired you to volunteer for our organization? I was interested in being more...
Volunteer Profile: Jacob Smith
How did you first hear about the Lotus organization? As with most of the best things in my life- purely a happy accident. My freshman year at IU, I took a class that required each of us to join any campus organization. I randomly choose Union Board. At the call out...
Volunteer Profile: Bill Holladay
How did you first hear about the Lotus organization Lee told us about the very first one, which we attended. Been volunteering ever since the following week or so. What initially inspired you to volunteer for our organization? The first Lotus Festival was such a...
Volunteer Profile: Lynn Schwartzberg
How did you first hear about the Lotus organization? I can’t remember, it’s been a long time! What initially inspired you to volunteer for our organization? We loved the event, volunteering is always my next logical step! I love working behind the scenes to help make...
Volunteer Profile: Garrett Poortinga
How did you first hear about the Lotus organization? Well, I'm a Bloomington native, born and raised, so it was always seemingly part of the woodwork of B-town culture. My parents would Volunteer when I was a kid, so perhaps that may have been some my first encounters...
Volunteer Profile: Judy Farnsworth
How did you first hear about the Lotus organization? I don't remember how I heard about the volunteer call out. I did have friends who volunteered in the first year or so. Malke Rosenfeld was the volunteer.coordinator, my first year. What initially inspired you to...
Special Feature: Celebrating Festival Volunteers
To celebrate the 500+ fabulous folks who make the Festival possible, we kick off Festival Volunteer Season by highlighting some favorite memories as shared by the volunteers profiled in our "Lotus Lovers Who Light Up Lives" series. Judy Farnsworth How would you...