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. [...]
September 18, 2020 Dear Volunteer, Thank you for your time and service to the Tiger Packs program. Unfortunately, due to the current pandemic we have had to halt our volunteer program for Tiger Packs until further notice. COVID-19 has forced us to reduce the number of volunteers we can permit. Your health and safety [...]
September 15, 2020 We need your help! Please consider a gift to support individuals and families in need in Poweshiek County with rental assistance. A county-wide survey of landlords and others involved revealed the following: An estimated 900 individuals need affordable housing in the Poweshiek County area ($535 per month or lower). Only 40 [...]
September 14, 2020 The JPK fund can help those who are needing mental health treatment. Please reach out to your local health care provider.
September 11, 2020
September 10, 2020 The first Tiger Packs of the 2020-2021 school year packaged and ready to go! This Friday every Grinnell-Newburg student K-8 will be receiving a sample pack to take home with information about the Tiger Packs program. If you have any questions please call 641-236-5518, email localresources@ahrensfamilyfoundation.org or visit the website https://ahrensfamilyfoundation.org/partner-program-funds/ for [...]
September 8, 2020
September 1, 2020 September is suicide awareness month. You can help prevent suicide by learning the warning signs.
September 1, 2020 The pandemic and derecho may have changed league and tournament play at Ahrens/Paschall Memorial Park this summer but they didn’t deter the park’s capital improvement project checklist. Ahrens Park is home to eight youth softball and baseball fields, outdoor basketball courts, a tennis court, four pickleball courts, a sand volleyball court, [...]
August 27, 2020 LINK is the 2020 recipient of the “Leave It Better Than You Found It” award from the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation (CDAF). The “Leave It Better” award commemorates the August birthday of the late philanthropist Claude W. Ahrens. More than 300 area individuals, groups and [...]
