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Coalition provides food vouchers, local resource guide

July 7, 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic reached Iowa in March and emergency closures triggered unemployment, Grinnell residents began discussing how they could help fellow townspeople in need. Those discussions quickly resulted in formation of the Grinnell Food Coalition, a public-private church partnership which is now regularly providing vouchers and information to people who [...]

2017 “LEAVE IT BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT” AWARD TO GRINNELL COLLEGE STUDENT GROUP

August 18, 2017 The Grinnell College Social Justice Action Group (SJAG), the student organization that coordinates the weekly Community Meal at Davis Elementary School, is the 2017 recipient of the “Leave It Better ThanYou Found It” award from the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation (CDAF).  The “Leave It Better” award commemorates the August [...]

2020-10-08T21:46:08-06:00August 25th, 2017|Foundation News|
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