June 3, 2015 The Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation (GPCF), founded by the late Tom Marshall, honored his legacy with a Pie in the Sky event at the foundation’s office on June 2, Marshall’s birthday. The event launched a plan for GPCF to receive nominations and give a pie to a community member on the [...]
March 25, 2015 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tom Marshall, 81, founder and past president of the Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation. Tom died yesterday in the Mayflower Health Center after battling colon cancer. Two of Tom’s three children were with him and the third completed a visit just [...]
November 18, 2014 Ahrens Park added four large directional maps and eight distance markers to its walking path this fall. The purpose for the signage was to enhance the walking and exercising path and encourage more physical activity. Funding for the signage came from the Poweshiek County Transformation Grant (CTG), which was administered through [...]
October 23, 2014 From left: Todd Linden, GRMC President and CEO; Shannon Fitzgerald, Ahrens Foundation CFO and Controller; Julie Gosselink, Foundation President and CEO; Chad Ahrens, Foundation board member; Susan Witt, GRMC and Foundation board member; Vanessa Doty, Administrative Manager The Paul W. Ahrens Fitness Center in Grinnell Regional Medical Center's (GRMC) Postels Community [...]
October 12, 2014 Facility Possible Thanks to Philanthropy There’s a lot of philanthropic muscle behind the new Paul W. Ahrens Fitness Center at Postels Community Health Park. Thanks to more than 300 gifts to the $500,000 project—including support from many fitness center members and lead gifts from the Claude W. [...]
August 29, 2014 It is easy to overlook how unique it is for a small, rural town to have the many assets Grinnell, Iowa possesses. From its strong regional hospital, to its nationally ranked and financially solid college; Grinnell sets a high standard for the quality of its citizen's rural life. Perhaps most significant [...]
August 18, 2014 Representing the board in receiving the award are (from left) board members Sue Drake, Rachel Bly, Melissa Strovers and Jill Allen. S.H.E. COUNTS, a fund to support and empower women and girls throughout Poweshiek County, is the 2014 recipient of the “Leave It Better Than You Found It” award from the [...]
November 12, 2013 Leaders from the Iowa Council of Foundations and Iowa community foundations commemorate the recent expansion of the Endow Iowa Tax Credit program with Governor Terry Branstad and Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds. Des Moines, IA — This week, local community foundations will join more than 750 community foundations across America for the [...]
January 31, 2010 Pictured above: President and CEO, Julie Gosselink, accepts the national Critical Impact Award in San Diego, CA presented at the annual Council on Foundations conference in January, 2010 Critical Impact Award Awarded by the Council on Foundations In 2010, the Council on Foundations awarded the Claude W. & Dolly Ahrens Foundation [...]
November 18, 2005 At the 20th Annual Philanthropy Day Luncheon on November 18th the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation received the Association of Fundraising Professionals Outstanding Corporate/Foundation Philanthropists award. President and CEO, Julie Gosselink, accepted the award on behalf of the Foundation at the Des Moines Marriott Hotel.
