May 3, 2019 Thank you Girl Scout Troop 00882 for the generous donation of $300 from your “Give Back” project. Thank you for choosing Tiger Packs! What an amazing group of girls! (Pictured: Troop 00882 with Tiger Pack representatives-Nicole Brua Behrens and Shannon Fitzgerald)
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, [...]
April 1, 2020 The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) is deploying a comprehensive approach to address food insecurity due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC, will continue for all current, and new or returning WIC participants. IDPH submitted and received approval of [...]
January 31, 2020
January 29, 2020 The Tiger Packs program is partnering with Hy-Vee for the Food 4 Thought Fundraiser. Tiger Packs is a local backpack program for pre K- 8th grade students in the Grinnell-Newburg school district to help combat hunger. Each week a bag of kid-friendly, nutritious snacks are sent home for the weekend to [...]
December 20, 2019 You can see our Tiger Pack elves have been very busy! Thank you to all our special helpers for packaging yesterday! A big THANK YOU to our wonderful friends from Jensen Heating & Cooling for sponsoring a special holiday package! Another big THANK YOU to our friends at Pagliai's Pizza Grinnell [...]
November 1, 2019 Hooray, it's November! Tiger Packs will receive a $1 donation for every Reusable Bag sold in November at Hy-Vee 320 West Street S., Grinnell IA.
October 10, 2019 We truly do have some of the best volunteers! Today, teachers and staff from Fairview Elementary - Grinnell Newburg School District helped package food for our K-8 students. We also had a few Grinnell HS Tiger Paws Dance Team members there to join them. A big THANK YOU to this group for your help! [...]
September 12, 2019 Look at those Tiger Packs being assembled with love! Thanks to our kind volunteers today for making sure kids don’t go home hungry on the weekends.
