April 19, 2024 SHE Counts had an amazing period product collection for 2024! Thank you to all who donated. We collected: ->8 menstrual cups ->1,406 liners ->2,494 pads ->2,797 tampons All to be donated to the MICA pantry, the Drake Community Library Food Cupboard, and the Grinnell-Newburg Middle and High School. [...]
March 12, 2024 S.H.E. Counts (Supporting Helping Empowering Women), Grinnell Mutual, The Grinnell Chamber of Commerce, and Solera are celebrating Women’s History Month with Women + Friends: Women’s History Month Night Out on Wednesday, March 20th, 2024, from 10am-8pm. The event is an opportunity for anyone to shop deals at Grinnell retailers, support S.H.E Counts [...]
February 13th, 2024 S.H.E. Counts (Supporting Helping Empowering Women) and the Brooklyn Opera House are kicking off Women’s History Month with an International Women’s Day event on March 1. The event is being held at the Brooklyn Opera House and Michael J. Manatt Community Center in Brooklyn. The day will begin at 8:30am with [...]
January 5, 2024 Country star Kelli Rachel Belles is coming to the Brooklyn, IA Opera House for a live show on Friday, February 23. Belles has amassed more than 24 million views of her original songs on TikTok, and has been featured on CMT, The Heartland Network, Spotify’s New Music Nashville, New Music Friday [...]
November 7th, 2024 Grinnell College 1st generation students teamed up with SHE Counts to share information with Grinnell Middle School students on steps after high school. The students answered questions with whether they agreed, disagreed or were still thinking. We can't wait to visit again!
October 8th, 2024 Davis Math Club for Girls begins next Wednesday, Oct. 11! This includes fun math related games and activities. Won't you consider volunteering? See the sign up below https://www.signupgenius.com/.../10C0C44AEAB2DA3F9C07...
June 1, 2023 What a busy spring! Our period products were delivered to area agencies, 1st generation information was shared at the Grinnell Middle School, and the 1st Gen scholarship was awarded on Honors Night at GHS. We're excited to announce the dates for the Grinnell Chamber of Commerce spring series of Connecting For [...]
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 [...]
March 9, 2023 The Women + Friends event ending at Solera was a great way to kick off our Period Product drive. We received many items that night, but still need more. Period products of pads, liners, tampons and unused menstrual cups may be donated. Collection boxes at >>Solera >>Grinnell Mutual >>HyVee >>Fareway >>Edward Jones- [...]
February 28, 2023 For the month of March, SHE counts will be collecting donations for Period Products. These items will go to GHS, GMS, MICA, and the Drake Library Food Cupboard. >>Tampons >>Pads and Liners >>Menstrual cups in original packaging >>small toiletry bags See the list of locations to donate
