Prairie Burn 100
June 8th, 2019! Join us for a non-competitive 25-100 mile gravel ride around Grinnell. Come for the challenge…stick around for the music. Proceeds go to support Imagine Grinnell! Visit the Prairie Burn 100 Website for more….
Celebrating the life of Mollie Tibbetts
May 18, 2019 On Saturday, May 18, a special project celebrating the life of Mollie Tibbetts came to fruition in Grinnell. Two sculptures, created by artist Gail Chavenelle of Dubuque, Iowa, were unveiled and installed in memory of Tibbetts. One sculpture was installed in Ahrens Park near the Memorial Flag Pole and the second [...]
LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH DRIVE BENEFITS AREA RESIDENTS
May 15, 2019 May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and the Grinnell Area Mental Health Consortium is kicking off its annual JPK Fund Drive with a goal of $25,000 to help local individuals receive needed mental health services. The JPK Fund was established in 2017 by physician J.R. Paulson to honor his late colleague, [...]
Celebrating 30 years of giving and growing
March 21, 2019 At the March meeting of the Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation (GPCF) board of directors, the business agenda ended with the pop of a champagne cork. The board members were toasting the 30th anniversary of the inception of the community foundation and looking forward to many more years of growth and local [...]
Americorps Volunteer Coordinator Application
March 1, 2019 Now accepting applications for an Americorps Volunteer Engagement Coordinator position. Come join the team at the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation this summer! Deadline to apply is Friday, April 5, 2019. Coordinator Position - Download the Volunteer Engagement Coordinator application packet to learn more. The Grinnell AmeriCorps Partnership brings together community [...]
VOLUNTEERS RAISE $270k for MICA BUILDING UPGRADES
February 1, 2019 Mid-Iowa Community Action (MICA) recently began a renovation of its Poweshiek County Family Development Center at 611 Fourth Ave. in Grinnell. Some of the renovation is now complete, and the rest will be finished in May. The center now includes the agency's Head Start classroom. Future renovations will include creating a [...]
TIGER PACKS LAUNCHES FUNDRAISER
January 28, 2019 Tiger Packs Launches Fundraiser with Hy-Vee; Key Cooperative Makes Grant to Program Tiger Packs, the local program fund that provides healthy food to food insecure students in the Grinnell-Newburg school district, will join forces with Hy-Vee in February to raise funds to support [...]
International Women’s Day
January 18, 2019 Plans are being made to observe International Women’s Day in Grinnell, the fourth consecutive year the day has been marked with a local event. This year’s theme is Balance for Better: Building a Gender-Balanced World. S.H.E COUNTS , the Grinnell League of Women Voters and the Claude [...]
Power Up, Financial Fitness for Women
January 8, 2019 Beginning January 25th, S.H.E. Counts will launch a quarterly financial educational workshop series for women, titled Power Up, Financial Fitness for Women. Each session will focus on providing financial skills and management advice. Delphina Baumann and Melissa Vine, advisory committee members of S.H.E. Counts, will lead the [...]
New Fund Created with the Ahrens Foundation
Pictured above: Nate and Karie Smith, Linda and Skip Lowe January 3, 2019 Area families may benefit from a new fund established by Grinnell residents Skip and Linda Lowe and Nate and Karie Smith to “strengthen marriages and families.” The STRONG Foundation, a program fund partner of the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation, [...]