December 3, 2025 Did you know that Math Club for Girls at GMS does origami? How about an escape room? Or looks at the symmetry of snowflakes? So many fun experiences and all about learning math. SHE Counts Math Club is open to 4th & 5th grade girls at Grinnell Middle School. Build confidence Make [...]
December 1, 2025 The Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation is proud to be a title sponsor of the Holiday Matinee series at Strand 3 Theatre. FREE tickets are available at the Foundation Offices at Ahrens Park and other sponsoring businesses. Stop by between 9 AM – 4 PM Monday - Friday or call [...]
August 15, 2025 The Grinnell Food Coalition (GFC) is excited to announce the launch of its new Seed Grant program—a pilot funding opportunity designed to strengthen food access in Grinnell and throughout Poweshiek County. The Seed Grant offers flexible funding to support food programs addressing urgent challenges or filling short-term gaps in service. Applications are [...]
June 26, 2023 The Prairie Burn 100, sponsored by Imagine Grinnell, filled Central Park with people and activities on Saturday, June 10. A total of 182 riders and runners completed a gravel bike ride or 5K run while others enjoyed activities in the park and welcomed the athletes as they returned to the park. The [...]
November 4, 2022 Imagine Grinnell’s Prairie Burn group is holding 4, no-cost, 60-minute educational clinics about gravel biking, and hosting a Gravel Gobbler event on Thanksgiving coinciding with the annual Turkey Trot run. The Burner Gravel Clinic series, for all aged 14 or older, will focus on biking basics, from safety to pro tips. [...]
October 1, 2022 The Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation (GPCF) and the Claude W. & Dolly Ahrens Foundation (CDAF) will kick-off the year-end giving season with the annual We GIVE for Poweshiek County, a month-long fundraiser starting October 1 and continuing through October 31. Nicole Brua-Behrens, Executive Director of Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation, invites givers across [...]
October 1, 2021 The Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation (GPCF) and the Claude W. & Dolly Ahrens Foundation (CDAF) will kick-off the year-end giving season with the annual We GIVE, a month-long fundraiser starting October 1 and continuing through October 31. Last year, Poweshiek County was drastically affected by a series of unprecedented disasters, but out [...]
June 9, 2021 Meet our newest hire, Jennifer Cogley! Jennifer is the director of partner programs for the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation, a brand new position for the Foundation. Jennifer will have oversight of all CDAF partner programs and will work closely, supporting and collaborating, with partner committees. She will also have [...]
March 5, 2021 Let's Eat! The next round of free food box distribution will be March 11. We have seen the communities desire to participate and have made some changes for this round. If you have a specific need, please private message the GFC.
January 22, 2021 The Racial Equity Fund, established in December 2020, announces its first grant in the amount of $6,500 to the Grinnell-Newburg School District’s Re-Imagining Diversity Equity and Inclusion in Grinnell (REDI) Committee. The REDI Committee will use the grant award to perform a curriculum review and audit. Dr. Janet Stutz, Grinnell-Newburg Community [...]
