March 21, 2019 At the March meeting of the Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation (GPCF) board of directors, the business agenda ended with the pop of a champagne cork. The board members were toasting the 30th anniversary of the inception of the community foundation and looking forward to many more years of growth and local [...]
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 [...]
April 1, 2016 The foundation administrative offices building for the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation went through a recent makeover with the renovation of a new reception area and additional conference room space. With increased traffic over the past several years due to the foundation's growing Community Support Services (CSS) program now in its tenth [...]
March 25, 2015 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tom Marshall, 81, founder and past president of the Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation. Tom died yesterday in the Mayflower Health Center after battling colon cancer. Two of Tom’s three children were with him and the third completed a visit just [...]
