June 25, 2021 Looking for some free fresh veggies? Check out the Giving Gardens this weekend. Pick some peas or basil at Marvin Garden. Add some zucchini or yellow squash from Summer St. Garden and head over to Ahrens Park garden for more zucchini or kohlrabi. All free! A map to the gardens can be [...]
June 24, 2021 Yesterday, along with our community partners, the Grinnell Area Chamber of Commerce officially submitted a video to the #IowansUnite Community Pride Video Contest to win a mural for Grinnell! You heard it -- a free mural for the video with the most votes! Over the past year we have seen our community, [...]
June 9, 2021 Meet our newest hire, Jennifer Cogley! Jennifer is the director of partner programs for the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation, a brand new position for the Foundation. Jennifer will have oversight of all CDAF partner programs and will work closely, supporting and collaborating, with partner committees. She will also have [...]
May 9, 2021 The final round of "Time to Eat", our free food box program is Thursday, May 13. Starting at 4pm for the public. Located at 2021 6th Ave.
May 6, 2021 Great post from the Chandler Museum- AZ about Grinnell local Susan Ahrens Witt , CDAF Board Member and Granddaughter of the late Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens. So cool! Have you ever visited a museum and found a picture of yourself on the walls?? Well, this visitor did! Grand-daughter of Claude W. [...]
May 3, 2021 Trees were distributed at Ahrens Park on May 1st to be planted in wards 3 and 4- generally, south of Hwy 6 in Grinnell. Day 3 of the first big community tree distribution for 1000+ Trees . Thanks to the many community volunteers including the GHS boys [...]
April 22, 2021 Gifting Grinnell, a virtual month-long auction intended to stimulate business activity and benefit nonprofit programs, raised approximately $14,000 to be distributed among twenty-two local nonprofit programs. Gifting Grinnell was a community initiative spurred by six area organizations that have partnered throughout the past year to ease the pandemic’s local burden. At [...]
April 21, 2021 Let's Eat! Free Food box distribution is tomorrow- Thursday, Apr. 22 at 4:00. Share with your neighbor, these food boxes are available to anyone. No restrictions or limitations. Find us at 2021 6th Ave.
April 15, 2021 Because of our very generous and caring community, SHE COUNTS has been able to donate over 4100 personal care items to women in our communities to date! THANK YOU! BUT. Our work isn't done yet. Every day, women across our county, our state, and our country face "period poverty" with issues [...]
March 29, 2021 Imagine Grinnell and its 1000+ Trees Grinnell project is the most recent recipient of funds from Alliant Energy and Trees Forever Branching Out Grant. The grant totals $10,000 to go towards planting trees in the third and fourth wards of Grinnell. Property owners in the third and fourth wards (south of Highway [...]
