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4 12, 2019

Grinnell Food Coalition Resources

2020-10-08T20:50:59-06:00December 4th, 2019|Foundation News, Grinnell Food Coalition|

4 12, 2019

9th Annual Big Give Results

2020-01-29T22:15:34-06:00December 4th, 2019|Foundation News|

December 3, 2019 The ninth annual Big GIVE for Poweshiek County raised $189,252 for 61 local funds and nonprofits supported by the Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation (GPCF) and the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation (CDAF). The annual campaign sponsored by the two foundations reaches over 2,000 households via a mailed catalog of giving [...]

4 12, 2019

Students emphasize importance of philanthropy during week-long celebration

2020-09-29T21:28:19-06:00December 4th, 2019|Foundation News, Uncategorized|

November 19, 2019 During the hustle and bustle of a busy fall semester, taking a moment to appreciate the importance of philanthropy doesn’t always happen. That’s why during National Philanthropy Week (Nov. 11-15) members of the Grinnell College Student Alumni Council wanted to make sure students recognize how philanthropy is intertwined with their Grinnell [...]

19 11, 2019

American Brawn event

2020-10-09T01:27:44-06:00November 19th, 2019|JPK|

November 19, 2019

10 11, 2019

Packaging event hosted by Grinnell College

2020-10-01T17:15:35-06:00November 10th, 2019|Take Away Hunger|

November 10, 2019 Thank you Grinnell College for letting us hold our community packaging event on campus today!!

1 11, 2019

Hy-Vee Fundraiser in November

2020-10-08T21:03:14-06:00November 1st, 2019|Tiger Packs|

November 1, 2019 Hooray, it's November! Tiger Packs will receive a $1 donation for every Reusable Bag sold in November at Hy-Vee 320 West Street S., Grinnell IA.

17 10, 2019

National Period Day

2020-10-01T17:46:29-06:00October 17th, 2019|She Counts|

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!

13 10, 2019

Take Away Hunger packaging event

2020-10-01T17:18:16-06:00October 13th, 2019|Take Away Hunger|

October 13, 2019 It was a great packing event at the Harris Center at Grinnell College yesterday. Thank you to all the students who came and helped cooperatively package 52 boxes of meals for those in the South devastated by hurricanes and floods.

10 10, 2019

The best volunteers!

2020-10-09T00:33:16-06:00October 10th, 2019|Tiger Packs|

October 10, 2019 We truly do have some of the best volunteers! Today, teachers and staff from Fairview Elementary - Grinnell Newburg School District helped package food for our K-8 students. We also had a few Grinnell HS Tiger Paws Dance Team members there to join them. A big THANK YOU to this group for your help! [...]

2 10, 2019

Big GIVE launches today

2020-10-08T20:52:12-06:00October 2nd, 2019|Foundation News|

October 1, 2019 During the month of October Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation (GPCF) and the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation (CDAF) launch the 2019 Big GIVE fundraising campaign. Big GIVE Month is a focused effort to help donors—first-time and repeat—to find the fund or project that best matches their giving interest or to [...]

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