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LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH DRIVE BENEFITS AREA RESIDENTS

May 15, 2019 May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and the Grinnell Area Mental Health Consortium is kicking off its annual JPK Fund Drive with a goal of $25,000 to help local individuals receive needed mental health services. The JPK Fund was established in 2017 by physician J.R. Paulson to honor his late colleague, [...]

2020-09-29T20:52:28-06:00May 22nd, 2019|Foundation News, JPK|

Celebrating 30 years of giving and growing

March 21, 2019 At the March meeting of the Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation (GPCF) board of directors, the business agenda ended with the pop of a champagne cork. The board members were toasting the 30th anniversary of the inception of the community foundation and looking forward to many more years of growth and local [...]

2020-10-08T21:13:24-06:00April 1st, 2019|Foundation News|

Americorps Volunteer Coordinator Application

March 1, 2019 Now accepting applications for an Americorps Volunteer Engagement Coordinator position. Come join the team at the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation this summer! Deadline to apply is Friday, April 5, 2019. Coordinator Position - Download the Volunteer Engagement Coordinator application packet to learn more. The Grinnell AmeriCorps Partnership brings together community [...]

2020-10-08T21:14:25-06:00March 21st, 2019|Foundation News|

VOLUNTEERS RAISE $270k for MICA BUILDING UPGRADES

February 1, 2019 Mid-Iowa Community Action (MICA) recently began a renovation of its Poweshiek County Family Development Center at 611 Fourth Ave. in Grinnell. Some of the renovation is now complete, and the rest will be finished in May. The center now includes the agency's Head Start classroom. Future renovations will include creating a [...]

2020-09-29T20:32:57-06:00February 14th, 2019|Foundation News|

TIGER PACKS LAUNCHES FUNDRAISER

January 28, 2019 Tiger Packs Launches Fundraiser with Hy-Vee; Key Cooperative Makes Grant to Program Tiger Packs, the local program fund that provides healthy food to food insecure students in the Grinnell-Newburg school district, will join forces with Hy-Vee in February to raise funds to support [...]

2020-09-29T21:30:00-06:00January 29th, 2019|Foundation News, Tiger Packs, Uncategorized|

International Women’s Day

January 18, 2019 Plans are being made to observe International Women’s Day in Grinnell, the fourth consecutive year the day has been marked with a local event. This year’s theme is Balance for Better: Building a Gender-Balanced World. S.H.E COUNTS , the Grinnell League of Women Voters and the Claude [...]

2020-09-29T20:27:20-06:00January 23rd, 2019|Foundation News, She Counts|

Power Up, Financial Fitness for Women

January 8, 2019 Beginning January 25th, S.H.E. Counts will launch a quarterly financial educational workshop series for women, titled Power Up, Financial Fitness for Women. Each session will focus on providing financial skills and management advice. Delphina Baumann and Melissa Vine, advisory committee members of S.H.E. Counts, will lead the [...]

2020-10-09T03:13:56-06:00January 8th, 2019|Foundation News, She Counts|

New Fund Created with the Ahrens Foundation

Pictured above: Nate and Karie Smith, Linda and Skip Lowe January 3, 2019 Area families may benefit from a new fund established by Grinnell residents Skip and Linda Lowe and Nate and Karie Smith to “strengthen marriages and families.” The STRONG Foundation, a program fund partner of the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation, [...]

2020-10-08T21:16:39-06:00January 4th, 2019|Foundation News, Strong Foundation|

AMERICORPS POSITIONS OPEN

December 17, 2018 2018-19 Taskforce Coordinator Position Details

2020-10-08T21:17:20-06:00December 20th, 2018|Foundation News|

IMAGINE GRINNELL INVITES YOU TO HOLIDAY EVENT

Where: Peace Tree Brewing Company When: Thursday, December 13th, 5:30-9 PM What: A holiday party and fundraiser for Imagine GrinnellFor more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/342025099932818/ Imagine Grinnell will host a holiday mixer at the Grinnell Peace Tree Brewing Co., Thursday, December 13th from 5-9pm. Imagine Grinnell’s volunteer board members will be on hand to thank supporters and greet [...]

2020-09-29T18:44:18-06:00December 20th, 2018|Foundation News, Imagine Grinnell|
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