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AHRENS FOUNDATION: Community Support

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: Mentors

FAULCONER GALLERY: Community Outreach

GRINNELL AREA ARTS COUNCIL. Call-In Gallery Docent, Marketing & Administration Assistant, Teacher's Aid, Performance or Reception Usher, Monthly Volunteer Day, Jack/Jill Of All Trades.  

GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: Clinic Courier, Patient Tray Favors, Patient Activity Projects, Information Desk, Mailings, Auxiliary Gift Shop, Surgery Waiting, Breakfast Services Cashier, and Pediatric Orientation. 

IMAGINE GRINNELL Local Foods, Energy & Conservation, Grinnell Area Recreation Trail Expansion

IOWA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM: Information Desk Docent

MICA: Head Start and Early Head Start Classroom volunteers, EITC Tax Preparer, EITC Translator, and Food Pantry Volunteer.

PALS. Dog Walker, Clean/Feed Animals, Play with Animals 

POWESHIEK HISTORY PRESERVATION PROJECT: Historical Preservation

SIGNAGE INNOVATIONS: Project Manager/Customer Service

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS OF GRINNELL (SEG): Loan Recipient Partners, SEG Committee

TOUR GUIDES AT THE LOUIS SULLIVAN BANK/ GRINNELL VISITOR CENTER: Docents 

ARBORS APARTMENTS 

EXIT-HULS REALTY  

GRACIE PARK APARTMENTS 

GRINNELL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT - small office suite for rent

GRINNELL REALTY  

Weekend open house flyer. 

GRINNELL RENTALS 

NOBIL ENTERPRISES

RAMSEY-WEEKS

RE/MAX PARTNERS REALTY 

SEAJAE PROPERTIES

NEW 3-BEDROOM HOME FOR SALE-$215,000

ATTENTION: CONTROLLED FIRE. A controlled burn of the library prairie is scheduled for this afternoon (Thursday) around 5pm. Conditions will be unpleasant and the area should be avoided during that time by those with respitory or other health concerns.

BOOK TALK: HOW WE DIE NOW is at 4:15 today by author Karla Erickson at Grinnell College.

GRINNELL MIDDLE SCHOOL BOOK FAIR is currently underway through April 18 at the Grinnell Middle School

CLASSES AT IOWA VALLEY CONTINUING EDUCATION

- Dog Obedience: It's all in the Communication: Tuesdays, April    15-May 20 from 5:30-6:30pm; Saturdays, April 19-May 24  11-      12pm

- Start Your Own Worm Bin: April 16 from 6:30 to 9pm 

- Digital Storage: April 23 from 6:30 to 9:30pm

BOOK TALK: KARLA ERICKSON is April 17 at 4:15pm in Burling Library. 

FRESH FLUTES CONCERT is April 17 at 7:30pm.

GRINNELL COLLEGE JUNIOR VISIT DAY is April 18. 

PRESENTATION: HOLLYWOOD HAS-BEENS is April 18 at 4:15pm in the Alumni Recitation Hall, Room 102. 

STAGED READING: HEART OF DARKNESS is April 18 at 7pm in Bucksbaum Theatre. 

SHOWCASE: SALSEROS DE GRINNELL is April 18 at 8pm in Harris Center. 

HYVEE EASTER EGG HUNT is April 19 at 9am at HyVee Grinnell.

MAMA'S HAPPY SPACE OPEN HOUSE is this Saturday from 10am to 4pm. Our regular ours are Monday, Wednesday, & Friday 10 to 5 and every other Saturday. 

 GRINNELL COLLEGE SOFTBALL HOME GAMES 

-April 19, Knox College @1pm

-April 21, Greenville College @3pm

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE PRAGUE CONCERT is April 19 at 2pm in Bucksbaum Center. 

IMAGINE GRINNELL'S TREE INVENTORY PROJECT. Sarah Smith to speak at the SE*ED program on April 21 from 10 to 11am at Drake Library. 

THE BALANCING ACT is April 21 at 3pm in St. Francis Manor/Seeland Park.

BEGINNING SPANISH CLASS begins April 21 from 6 to 7pm at Iowa Valley Grinnell. 

FIREARM MAINTENANCE CLASS is April 21 from 6 to 9pm at Iowa Valley Grinnell. Cost is $45. 

PRAIRIE STUDIES PRESENTATION. "Will China Save the World?" is April 21 at 7pm in Noyce Science Center.

GRINNELLIANS ABROAD is April 21 at 7:30pm in Burling Library. 

PRIDE WEEK KEYNOTE: JANET MOCK is April 21 at 8pm in the Stonewall Resource Center of Grinnell College.

(RE)CONSIDERING THE COMMONS. Lecture is April 22 at 7pm in the Rosenfield Center. 

HOW TO HARVEST RAINWATER. Class is April 22 from 7 to 8:30pm at Iowa Valley. 

APOLLO PROJECT FOOTPRINT TO THE MOON TALK is April 23 at 6:30pm in Spaulding Center for Transportation

BUCKET COURSE "Emotional Well-Being: From Depression to Happiness" is Wednesdays from April 23-May 14

COACHING AUTHORIZATION CLASS is April 24 and 25 at Iowa Valley Grinnell. Online course also available. 

SMART TOOLS FOR THE FARM & GARDEN. Class is April 24 from 6 to 7:30pm at Middle Way Farm.  

POWESHIEK COUNTY JOB FAIR is April 24 from 4 to 7pm in the Poweshiek County Fairgrounds. 

TRANS IOWA BIKE RACE is April 26. 

SYMPHONIC BAND CONCERT is April 26 at 7:30pm in Bucksbaum Center, Sebring-Lewis Hall. 

MISSION IMPROVable is April 26 at Grinnell Golf Club. Cocktails start at 7pm and Improv starts at 9pm.

GRINNELL COLLEGE BASEBALL HOME GAMES 

- April 26 at 1pm against Knox College

- May 4 at 12pm against Cornell College

DESIGN YOUR OWN BUTTERFLY & POLLINATOR GARDEN is April 27 from 6:30 to 8:30pm. 

OPENING RECEPTION & GALLERY TALK for Between These Pages: A Study of Collective Memory in Art is April 28 from 4:15 to 5:15pm at Grinnell College Burling Library.

GALLERY TALK: SHARING COMPLEX CONVERSATIONS is April 30 from 4:15 to 5:15pm at Faulconer Gallery.

OPENING RECEPTION for the Grinnell Elementary Art Show is May 1 from 5:30 to 7pm at Grinnell Arts Center. 

PLP GOLF OUTING is May 2 hosted by the Poweshiek Leadership Program.

SUSTAINABLE LIVING EVENT is May 3 at Drake Community Library, hosted by Imagine Grinnell.

CHAMBER FORUM is May 6 at 9:30am at Drake Community Library.

MIDWEST CHAMPIONSHIPS: OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD are May 9-10 at Grinnell College. 

GRINNELL AREA GARDEN CLUB PLANT SALE is May 10 at 8am at the Elks Club.

SPRING WILD EDIBLE PLANT WALK is May 10 at 10:30am at Jacob Krumm Preserve.

GPCF SPRING AUCTION EVENT is May 10 at 5:30pm at Grinnell College and is a fundraiser for the Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation.