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Spirit of Giving winner, Dr. JR Paulson

November 1, 2020 Dr. JR Paulson, Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation's final Spirit of Giving award winner, has made a habit of giving back to our community. He led the Grinnell Hospice program for over 30 years, providing compassionate end-of-life care to patients while always seeking to improve services through innovative programs like music therapy. He [...]

2020-11-04T22:17:00-06:00November 1st, 2020|JPK|

October is We Give month

October 14, 2020 The month of October is We Give at the Claude W. & Dolly Ahrens Foundation/ Ahrens Park Foundation and Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation. The JPK fund gives back to the community by helping individuals with expenses related to mental health care, funding trauma training in the school district and much more. To [...]

2020-11-04T22:14:08-06:00October 14th, 2020|JPK|

JPK Fund Supports Trauma Sensitivity Training for Local Educators

September 21, 2020 The Grinnell Area Mental Health Consortium--JPK Fund recently sponsored trauma sensitivity training for all employees of the Grinnell-Newburg school district. The Sept. 2 training was administered by Please Pass the Love, the Des Moines chapter of a national nonprofit organization that focuses on strengthening and developing mental health systems for schools. [...]

2020-09-29T20:56:20-06:00September 21st, 2020|Foundation News, JPK|

You Are Not Alone

September 14, 2020 The JPK fund can help those who are needing mental health treatment. Please reach out to your local health care provider.

2020-10-09T01:09:04-06:00September 14th, 2020|JPK|

Supporting someone who is suicidal

September 11, 2020

2020-10-09T02:59:33-06:00September 11th, 2020|JPK|

September is Suicide Awareness Month

September 1, 2020 September is suicide awareness month. You can help prevent suicide by learning the warning signs.

2020-10-09T01:13:20-06:00September 1st, 2020|JPK|

Giving to Grinnell in the wake of Derecho

August 20, 2020 The Grinnell Area Chamber of Commerce is proud to partner with the Claude W. & Dolly Ahrens Foundation, Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation and the Grinnell United Way in an effort to communicate organizational information and options to individuals wishing to make financial contributions in the wake of the August 10 derecho. [...]

Our office is partnering with the Claude W. & Dolly Ahrens Foundation/ Ahre…

[ad_1] Our office is partnering with the Claude W. & Dolly Ahrens Foundation/ Ahrens Park Foundation, Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation and Grinnell United Way to help communicate where financial contributions can be made to benefit the Grinnell community in the wake of the August 10th #derecho. If you're looking to donate, we encourage them to [...]

2020-11-13T19:37:25-06:00August 8th, 2020|JPK|

#End the Stigma

July 20, 2020

2020-10-09T01:16:26-06:00July 20th, 2020|JPK|
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