January 23, 2023 S.H.E. Counts is hosting a pancake dinner at West Side Diner on February 20th evening. Proceeds will benefit the GHS First Generation scholarship, administered by S.H.E. Counts. A partner program of the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation, S.H.E. COUNTS supports, helps, and empowers women and girls in Poweshiek County. Created in [...]
January 10, 2023 The Grinnell Area Mental Health Consortium, American Brawn, and the Grinnell-Newburg Community School District are collaborating to present Suicide Awareness and Prevention: Support and Strategies on March 4th from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at Hotel Grinnell. The event will consist of two speakers presenting on identifying and coping with mental [...]
January 6, 2023 322 Tiger Packs bags out the door! Thank you to our amazing volunteers. To learn more about Tiger Packs and how you can give, check out the link below https://ahrensfamilyfoundation.org/tiger-packs/
November 29, 2022 In this season of giving, Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation (GPCF) and the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation (CDAF) are filled with gratitude and thanksgiving about the 2022 We GIVE campaign. The twelfth annual giving campaign for Poweshiek County raised a total of $146,387 among 65 funds supported by both non-profits. CDAF [...]
November 16, 2022 A new program has been established by the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation (CDAF) to educate and empower Grinnell elementary students to make healthy lifestyle choices, in and outside the classroom. P.O.W.E.R. Kids (Positive Opportunities for Wellness, Exercise, and Reading for Kids), a partner program of CDAF, teaches and empowers [...]
November 10, 2022 The Build a Better Grinnell 2030 Community Visioning Project is kicking-off and is seeking broad community input. The Visioning Project is an effort to assess Grinnell’s strengths, community needs, and priorities. The project will use a collaborative approach focusing on community input and engagement to identify and initiate quality-of-life improvements for people [...]
October 25, 2022 As you may or may not be aware, several racially-motivated incidences have occurred in Grinnell over the last few months targeting people of color, specifically Grinnell College students. These incidents have escalated in frequency in recent weeks. The Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation and Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation are working to [...]
October 24, 2022 The Grinnell Food Coalition (GFC) is currently partnering with other organizations in the community to continue to address food insecurity among area residents. A food cupboard will be established at the Drake Community Library, support for the MICA food bank and the Tiger Packs programs is ongoing, re-starting of the community [...]
October 21, 2022 Celebrating another successful planting of trees by 1000Trees volunteers, a project of Imagine Grinnell, partner program of the Claude W. & Dolly Ahrens Foundation. Thank you to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for the grant to plant 50 public trees. Thank you to our community partners, Bayer Crop Science, Grinnell [...]
October 14, 2022 The new partner program of Claude W. & Dolly Ahrens Foundation , P.O.W.E.R. Kids, has been busy this fall. Starting off with 3rd and 4th graders at Davis Elementary for a mini Farmers Market. Local vendors participated and offered such great selections for the students from peppers and garlic, apples, flowers, and [...]
