May 30, 2019 Big day for Tiger Packs today! Packaging bags for the end of the year. Thank you to the many individual donors and volunteers throughout the year! We couldn’t do it without you! A big shout out today to Jensen’s Heating & Cooling, Family Dentistry and HyVee for the items going in [...]
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! [...]
