October 21, 2020 S.H.E. Counts is launching its year-long county wide personal care drive and would love to help you give the best gift ever – the gift of supporting area women and girls in need. S.H.E. Counts is collecting donations of personal care items to send to Crisis Intervention Services (CIS) and Mid-Iowa [...]
October 10, 2020 October is We Give month at the Claude W. & Dolly Ahrens Foundation/ Ahrens Park Foundation. The mission of S.H.E. COUNTS is to support, help, and empower women and girls in Poweshiek County. S.H.E. COUNTS is headed by a diverse group of women within the county who are committed to helping move [...]
September 8, 2020
May 5, 2020 Needing a unique way to recognize the "Moms" in your life this weekend? SHE Counts is wrapping up its personal care drive on Mother's Day and would love to help you give the best gift ever - the gift of supporting area women in need. SHE Counts has been collecting donations [...]
April 10, 2020 The Personal Care drive items that Grinnell Mutual collected in conjunction with International Women's Day during the months of February/March are being distributed today. Half going to MICA and CIS. Thank you for all your efforts! We are able to make an immediate impact now!
March 26, 2020 The deadline for our S.H.E. Counts First Gen Scholarship has been extended to April 15th. This application will also be available on the school/counselor’s website for students to apply!
March 6, 2020 In order to mitigate any potential spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the March 9 International Women’s Day event scheduled to be held at Grinnell Mutual has been cancelled. While there are no confirmed cases in Iowa right now and the risk is low for COVID-19, the situation is fluid and [...]
March 2, 2020 At the International Women's Day event, we will be collecting donations of personal care items to send to Crisis Intervention Services (CIS) and Mid-Iowa Community Action (MICA). CIS helps people rebuild their lives in the aftermath of sexual assault, domestic violence, or other violent crimes. MICA helps low-income central Iowan families. [...]
February 10, 2020 On March 9, S.H.E. Counts, the Grinnell League of Women Voters, and the Claude W. & Dolly Ahrens Foundation will be hosting the fifth annual International Women’s Day at the Grinnell Mutual Bartelt Conference and Education Center! This year’s theme is Each for Equal because each one of us can help [...]
October 17, 2019 An average woman spends over $7k-18k buying period products. Help us to reduce this burden by asking lawmakers to exempt essential hygiene products from state sales tax. 33 states, including Iowa, continue to tax these items as luxury products!
