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Big Give Results

November 16, 2018 The Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation's annual Big GIVE for Poweshiek County Campaign raised $146,000 for 50 local funds and nonprofits supported by GPCF. The month-long fund drive in October encourages donors to think locally when they consider their giving priorities and contribute to the many nonprofit funds that affect Poweshiek County. [...]

2020-10-08T21:23:35-06:00November 20th, 2018|Foundation News|

Annual Big GIVE for Poweshiek County kicks off with Spirit of Giving on October 4th

September 26, 2018 Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation will celebrate the launch of the 2018 Big GIVE fundraising campaign with the annual Spirit of Giving event which applauds the important role donors and volunteers have in community success throughout the county.  The public is welcome to attend the event to celebrate with the Foundation. Heavy hors d’oeuvres [...]

2020-09-29T20:23:07-06:00September 26th, 2018|Foundation News|

Family Memorializes Infant Daughter By Supporting and Promoting the Tiger Packs Program

August 2, 2018 The Tiger Packs program, established to combat hunger in the Grinnell-Newburg School District, recently was gifted more than $2,830 from a family mourning the loss of their infant daughter.  This collective gift will provide approximately 800 Tiger Packs packages to Grinnell-Newburg students in the 2018-19 school year. Gustie Pearl Hanson, infant [...]

2020-10-08T21:25:59-06:00August 3rd, 2018|Foundation News, Tiger Packs|

AHRENS FOUNDATION RECEIVES ART OF GROWING COMMUNITY AWARD

October 13, 2016 The Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation (GPCF) bestowed its four annual awards during an Oct. 8 event and added a new award to be given as appropriate. The event raised over $12,000 for the foundation's Big Give Month, including an auction of two paintings created as attendees watched. Award recipients were Sig [...]

2020-10-21T15:30:37-06:00October 17th, 2016|Awards, Foundation News|

2016 “LEAVE IT BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT” AWARD TO GRINNELL EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP

August 18, 2016 The Grinnell Education Partnership, a collaboration of area institutions, employers and individuals committed to educational success, is the 2016 recipient of the “Leave It Better Than You Found It” award from the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation (CDAF). The “Leave It Better ThanYou Found It” award commemorates the August birthday [...]

2020-10-08T21:50:03-06:00August 22nd, 2016|Foundation News|

Governor Signs Proclamation for Attendance Awareness Month

September 29, 2015 On September 4, representatives from five Iowa Campaign for Grade Level Reading communities convened at the State Capitol for the signing of a special proclamation by Governor Terry Branstad in honor of Attendance Awareness Month. Community members representing the Grinnell Campaign included Julie Gosselink president and CEO of the Claude W. [...]

2020-10-08T21:55:46-06:00September 29th, 2015|Foundation News|
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