October 5, 2020 October is We Give month for the Claude W. & Dolly Ahrens Foundation/Ahrens Park Foundation and Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation. Take Away Hunger is a food relief organization that unites teams of local volunteers. The Grinnell advisory board coordinates four community-wide packaging events annually where teams package highly nutritious food that is sent [...]
October 1, 2020
September 28, 2020 Imagine Grinnell board members and friends gathered on Saturday to clean up perennial spaces at Marvin Garden. After getting through multiple layers of burs we successfully moved 4 truck loads to the brush dump! Thanks to everyone who helped!
September 21, 2020 Members of the Grinnell Food Coalition (GFC) are seeking donations to help area families in need through the end of the year. Need grew dramatically in August as unemployment supplements ended and the derecho struck. And GFC is now asking community members who can, to contribute toward GFC food vouchers. Joe [...]
September 24, 2020 Donations to MICA yesterday from Marvin Garden! Thank you Poweshiek County Master Gardeners of Iowa and Imagine Grinnell Foundation for your hard work on Marvin Garden.
September 23, 2020 Imagine Grinnell has convened community volunteers and City partners to form the 1000+ Trees Grinnell initiative to replace trees lost during the August 10th derecho. A significant portion of the Grinnell tree canopy fell victim to the storm as well as the previous emerald ash borer infestation. As part of its mission [...]
September 23, 2020 Area residents may qualify for funding from this Affordable Housing Assistance Fund. Up to $25,000 of housing improvement assistance is available. Some of the housing assistance loan amount will be forgivable and some repayable, depending upon income. Please help spread word to those in need in our community. For more information [...]
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 [...]
