August 18, 2023 Read 2 Lead Board members (left to right): Jess Kite, Megan Farrell, Lisha Marsh and Jill Harris Not pictured: Lindsey Altenhofen, Lisa Cirks, Nikki Harter, Jamie McClenathan, Renee Menary, Jennifer Palmer, Lindsey Starrett, Karen Veerhusen-Langerud The Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation announced today that Read [...]
June 30, 2020 Nominations are open for the 2020 “Leave It Better Than You Found It” awards from the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation. All Grinnell area nonprofit, social, civic, fraternal, and community groups making a difference in the local community are eligible to be nominated by the Aug. 1 deadline. The 2020 [...]
May 10, 2020 Summer is just around the corner and we would like to offer your Kindergarten child the opportunity to receive swimming lessons. The Claude W. & Dolly Ahrens Foundation, Grinnell-Newburg Schools and the Grinnell Recreation Department have teamed up once again for the FREE Kindergarten swimming lessons that Claude Ahrens started so many [...]
March 10, 2020 The new Miracle Recreation Equipment 2020 Catalog features scenes from the Ahrens/Paschall Memorial Park's new playground areas along with some history of Miracle Recreation and it's former founder and owner, Claude W. Ahrens. Click on the graphics below to read excerpts from the catalog. [...]
August 18, 2019 The Poweshiek County Fair Foundation is the 2019 winner of the “Leave It Better ThanYou Found It” award from the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation (CDAF). The fair foundation was established in 2004 as a nonprofit organization to benefit the upkeep and ensure the future of the 18-acre county fairgrounds facilities on [...]
July 1, 2019 Nominations are open for the 2019 “Leave It Better Than You Found It” awards from the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation. All Grinnell area nonprofit, social, civic, fraternal, and community groups making a difference in the local community are eligible to be nominated by the Aug. 1 deadline. The 2019 [...]
August 20, 2018 Grinnell Connected is the 2018 recipient of the “Leave It Better ThanYou Found It” award from the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation (CDAF). Grinnell Connected is the volunteer-run, combined school booster group for elementary and middle schools formerly known as PTO. The nonprofit organization encourages engagement among families, teachers and [...]
June 25, 2018 Nominations are open for the 2018 “Leave It Better Than You Found It” awards from the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation. All Grinnell area nonprofit, social, civic, fraternal, and community groups making a difference in the local community are eligible to be nominated by the Aug. 1 deadline. The 2018 [...]
May 29, 2018 On Friday, May 25, second grade students from Bailey Park and Fairview Elementary Schools initiated the latest in recreation equipment on two new playgrounds at Ahrens/Paschall Memorial Park. Last fall, the Ahrens Park Foundation announced a $1 million multiphase, multiyear capital improvements project for the nearly 25-year-old park. The new playgrounds—one [...]
April 26, 2018 Ahrens Park is replacing equipment and surfacing in two playgrounds which had reached the end of their useful lives, and the April 20 We Are Grinnell Day came along at just the right time. Led by Coach Tony Stenburg, the GHS Student Athlete Leadership Team (SALT) arrived at Ahrens Park on [...]
