September 22, 2021 Ahrens Park has been selected as a #HealthyChoicesCount ambassador for Healthiest State Month! Throughout October, we’ll be sharing how we make the healthy choice the easy choice. Learn more about 5-2-1-0: IowaHealthiestState.com/5210
September 14, 2021 Are you wanting to talk with someone confidentially? The Grinnell Area Mental Health Consortium has a list of local mental health providers. Please contact us at jennifer@ahrensfamilyfoundation.org if you would like this list emailed.
September 13, 2021 SHE Counts board members gathered to distribute over 4100 feminine hygiene products. Thank you for all of the donations! Contributions can still be made at HyVee in Grinnell. All products to benefit, the high school and middle school, MICA and Crisis Intervention Services.
September 8, 2021 A BIG thank you to our customers who shopped with us in August. We contributed $1 of each sale to SHE Counts and are ecstatic to donate a total of $840 to this wonderful local organization. We are so proud to #GrinnTogether
September 7, 2021 Save the date- Sept. 18, 3-5pm for Apple Cider Making with Middle Way Farm. Bring your own apples or pick from the trees at Marvin Garden
September 1, 2021 SAVE THE DATE! After a year of social distancing and disconnection, we are excited to participate in the Healthiest State Initiative 11th Annual Walk, presented by Delta Dental of Iowa, and connect with our fellow Iowans! Please register here for the October 6th walk at Ahrens Parkat 1:00 p.m. The walk [...]
September 1, 2021 Thank you to Great Western Bank for supporting the Poweshiek Housing Assistance Fund with a $2,500 Making Life Great Grant! This grant will be used to assist individuals and families who are facing housing insecurity in Poweshiek County. The Poweshiek Housing Assistance Fund is one of our partner programs helping individuals [...]
August 31, 2021 The Giving Gardens are ready for harvest! Check out Marvin Garden on Marvin Ave. west of Los Girasoles, UPH-GRMC garden in the healing garden- wheelchair accessible, and Summer St. garden at the end of Summer St. south. Grinnell Rotary Club
August 27, 2021 Yesterday was Women's Equality Day, commemorating the struggles of women to be heard, as fierce advocates who gained the statutory right to vote. Women’s Equality Day gives us an opportunity to reflect on the continuing struggle for equality in the workplace and the role of women in our public life. We are [...]
August 26, 2021 Sample Tiger Packs going out tomorrow! The sign up for students in preK-8th grade is included in the bag or see the district newsletter. A big shout out to our volunteers today!
