Leave it Better

Read 2 Lead Receives 2023 “Leave It Better Than You Found” Award

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 [...]

2023-08-18T10:28:20-06:00August 18th, 2023|Foundation News|

LINK is “Leave It Better Than You Found It” 2020 winner

August 27, 2020 LINK is the 2020 recipient of the “Leave It Better Than You Found It” award from the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation (CDAF). The “Leave It Better” award commemorates the August birthday of the late philanthropist Claude W. Ahrens. More than 300 area individuals, groups and [...]

2020-09-23T17:38:17-06:00August 27th, 2020|Foundation News|

“LEAVE IT BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT” Nominations Open

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 [...]

2020-10-08T20:45:27-06:00June 29th, 2020|Foundation News|

“Leave It Better” Nominations Open

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 [...]

2020-10-08T20:59:02-06:00July 16th, 2019|Foundation News|

Grinnell Connected PTO Receives 2018 “Leave It Better Than You Found It” Award

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 [...]

2020-10-08T21:21:24-06:00August 20th, 2018|Foundation News|

NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR “LEAVE IT BETTER” AWARD

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 [...]

2020-10-08T21:37:44-06:00June 27th, 2018|Foundation News|
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