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Suicide prevention hotline to have three-digit number for mental health emergencies: 988

December 13, 2019 A three-digit suicide prevention hotline number will soon make seeking emergency mental health help more like calling 911, federal regulators announced. Read more at... https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/12/12/988-suicide-prevention-number-fcc-approval/4411812002/?fbclid=IwAR3mDZKKtk7zt6qivlIVE1V6PWHSXalKfNpl2KefjoJ1HeSW69-4CvJr7e0

2020-10-09T03:04:08-06:00December 13th, 2019|JPK|

Grinnell Food Coalition Resources

9th Annual Big Give Results

December 3, 2019 The ninth annual Big GIVE for Poweshiek County raised $189,252 for 61 local funds and nonprofits supported by the Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation (GPCF) and the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation (CDAF). The annual campaign sponsored by the two foundations reaches over 2,000 households via a mailed catalog of giving [...]

2020-01-29T22:15:34-06:00December 4th, 2019|Foundation News|

Students emphasize importance of philanthropy during week-long celebration

November 19, 2019 During the hustle and bustle of a busy fall semester, taking a moment to appreciate the importance of philanthropy doesn’t always happen. That’s why during National Philanthropy Week (Nov. 11-15) members of the Grinnell College Student Alumni Council wanted to make sure students recognize how philanthropy is intertwined with their Grinnell [...]

2020-09-29T21:28:19-06:00December 4th, 2019|Foundation News, Uncategorized|

American Brawn event

November 19, 2019

2020-10-09T01:27:44-06:00November 19th, 2019|JPK|

Packaging event hosted by Grinnell College

November 10, 2019 Thank you Grinnell College for letting us hold our community packaging event on campus today!!

2020-10-01T17:15:35-06:00November 10th, 2019|Take Away Hunger|

Hy-Vee Fundraiser in November

November 1, 2019 Hooray, it's November! Tiger Packs will receive a $1 donation for every Reusable Bag sold in November at Hy-Vee 320 West Street S., Grinnell IA.

2020-10-08T21:03:14-06:00November 1st, 2019|Tiger Packs|

National Period Day

October 17, 2019 An average woman spends over $7k-18k buying period products. Help us to reduce this burden by asking lawmakers to exempt essential hygiene products from state sales tax. 33 states, including Iowa, continue to tax these items as luxury products!

2020-10-01T17:46:29-06:00October 17th, 2019|She Counts|

Take Away Hunger packaging event

October 13, 2019 It was a great packing event at the Harris Center at Grinnell College yesterday. Thank you to all the students who came and helped cooperatively package 52 boxes of meals for those in the South devastated by hurricanes and floods.

2020-10-01T17:18:16-06:00October 13th, 2019|Take Away Hunger|

The best volunteers!

October 10, 2019 We truly do have some of the best volunteers! Today, teachers and staff from Fairview Elementary - Grinnell Newburg School District helped package food for our K-8 students. We also had a few Grinnell HS Tiger Paws Dance Team members there to join them. A big THANK YOU to this group for your help! [...]

2020-10-09T00:33:16-06:00October 10th, 2019|Tiger Packs|
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