Local Food Resources
August 6, 2023 Looking for local food resources? Check out the guide below
Volunteers maintain nine Giving Gardens for fellow residents
July 1, 2023 Grinnell is home again this year to nine giving gardens, gardens tended by volunteers from which anyone is welcome to take any produce ready for harvest. Those overseeing the gardens invite everyone to walk into the gardens and harvest ripe produce to consider volunteering to help keep the gardens weeded, watered [...]
Proud to be 2023 Grinnell farmer’s market headline sponsor!
June 16, 2023 Claude W. & Dolly Ahrens Foundation is proud to be the 2023 Grinnell farmer's market headline sponsor! The community farmer's market is a wonderful community resource and outing for so many and it is not possible without our community sponsors. The Claude & Dolly Ahrens Foundation was established in 1993 as [...]
All 9 Giving Gardens are planted!
May 7, 2023 Garden plans are starting to heat up! Soon we will see lettuce, spinach, radishes and more... Stop by one of the 9 gardens in Grinnell: Ahrens Park Garden Grinnell Early Learning Center Summer St. Garden St. John's Lutheran Church Fairview Elementary Davis Elementary Bailey Park Elementary UPH-GRMC Marvin Garden
Ahrens Foundation Celebrates 30 Years! GalleryAhrens Foundation Celebrates 30 Years!
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Ahrens Foundation Celebrates 30 Years!
March 22, 2023 Come celebrate the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation’s (CDAF) 30th anniversary and watch the NCAA Basketball Tournament on Friday, March 24th! Join us at the Grinnell Athletic Recreation Center at Ahrens Park for games, drinks, fun, and fundraising for CDAF. Doors open for the March Blowout Bash Fundraiser at 6:30 PM [...]
Local Food Resources
March 1, 2023 The Iowa Kitchen serves a free meal every Saturday at Noon! Call 641-236-3657 to reserve yours. Located at 834 Park St. Learn more at their website: https://www.theiowakitchen.org/ Also, we support the Drake Community Library Food Cupboard. This food resource is open during Library hours: Mon-Thurs. 10am-8pm; Fri. 10am-6pm and Sat. 10am-5pm. Limited [...]
MICA Food Pantry Info
February 8, 2023 The Grinnell Food Coalition supports MICA with food donations and other resources. To access the MICA food pantry please see the information in the flyer below.
Grinnell Food Coalition Data
January 17, 2023 Donations to the Grinnell Food Coalition support access to food in the Grinnell area. We support the MICA food pantry, the Drake Community Library food cupboard, grocery vouchers, egg vouchers at MICA and more! If you need help with access to food, send us a DM.
Imagine Grinnell’s Get-Together at Marvin Garden
September 12, 2022 Imagine Grinnell invites volunteers, friends and community members to Get-Together at Marvin Gardens for an end of the season celebration! The event takes place on Sunday, September 18 from 1 – 3 p.m. and includes appetizers, beverages and live music from Emma Kieran, singer-songwriter from Grinnell College. Seating will be limited and [...]
Grinnell has 9 Giving Gardens providing free produce to all
July 28, 2022 Fresh, free produce is available anytime at local Giving Gardens! See the locations And watch the facebook page Grinnell Giving Gardens for updates.