MICA Food Resources
October 11, 2024 Food resources are available at MICA. A choice pantry is open M, T, Th, F from 9am-4pm. If you need an after hours appointment, please call the number below
Food coalition seeking donations to meet increased need
September 21, 2020 Members of the Grinnell Food Coalition (GFC) are seeking donations to help area families in need through the end of the year. Need grew dramatically in August as unemployment supplements ended and the derecho struck. And GFC is now asking community members who can, to contribute toward GFC food vouchers. Joe [...]
Marvin Garden donates fresh produce to MICA
September 24, 2020 Donations to MICA yesterday from Marvin Garden! Thank you Poweshiek County Master Gardeners of Iowa and Imagine Grinnell Foundation for your hard work on Marvin Garden.
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 [...]
Food Coalition Offers Vouchers, Resource Guide
April 15, 2020 The Grinnell Food Coalition, which formed in March to address pandemic-related food insecurity needs in the local community, has created a grocery voucher system with local grocers, as well as a resource guide listing local and state food assistance programs, mental health and wellness services, and financial stability resources. The coalition, [...]
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 [...]
Give A Garden
September 20, 2018 Get Into Grinnell Blog (Posted by the Grinnell Chamber of Commerce) Are you familiar with Grinnell's Giving Gardens? The first community Giving Garden was started in the summer of 2013 at Grinnell Regional Medical Center. The gardens were developed as a part of a community transformation grant, and are intended to give the [...]
IMAGINE GRINNELL’S GRAVEL TOUR AND ANNUAL GIVING GARDENS FAMILY RIDE
July 2, 2018 On Saturday, July 7, Imagine Grinnell (IG) will combine its third annual Giving Gardens bike tour with a new offering—the first annual Grinnell Gravel Tour, a cycling option that is growing in popularity nationwide and within the community. The bike tour is being coordinated this year by IG intern Kate Wiley, [...]
GIVING GARDEN ADDED AT AHRENS PARK
June 26, 2017 Grinnell ended 2016 with four giving gardens, and the 2017 gardening season has seen the addition of three more gardens, including one in Ahrens Park, as well as an increase in the people watching over those gardens. Imagine Grinnell will host a bike tour of giving gardens on Saturday, July 8. [...]