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• Grantmaking in Action Grantmaking Snapshot: Gym Floor Transformation

  The Lake Mills Community Preschool and Daycare received a grant from the Winnebago County Community Foundation to assist in the replacement of its gym floor. The former floor was filled with holes, cracks and uneven...

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• Grantmaking in Action Grantmaking Snapshot: Building Our Brand Murals

  Mason City, Iowa is known as a city rich in art and culture. It’s dubbed as one of the “World's 20 Best Cities for Architecture” and is a hot spot for Prairie School design thanks...

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• Grantmaking in Action Celebrating Culture and Community

  Now in its 11th year, Waterloo's North End Arts and Music Festival has truly hit its stride. Syncing with the KBBG Parade and Marching Against the Darkness drill team competition brings a new energy, adding...

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• Donor Stories A Forever Gift to Worth County: A "Sister" Recounts a Loving Family and Their Legacy

  It all started with a horse, according to Pat Muehl.When Pat was 14, she wanted to do what most teens do, buy a car when she turned 16. She had saved $500 with that idea...

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• Grantmaking in Action River Project Provides Access to Nature and Community Benefits

  Iowa's rivers have been an invaluable resource to the people who have called these lands home before we were even a state. They have supplied life-giving water, provided transportation, been keys to booming industries, and...

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• Grantmaking in Action Grantmaking Snapshot: Virtual Reality in the Classroom

  Teaching 21st century skills in the classroom has changed the ways in which students learn. Crestwood Elementary and Junior High School students in the Howard-Winneshiek School District have now begun using virtual reality (VR) goggles...

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• Donor Stories HusomeStrong Foundation founder finds passion through struggle

  In September 2014, Steve Husome went out for a motorcycle ride with friends, not knowing his life would never be the same. A semi pulled in front of the group causing an accident that would...

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• Grantmaking in Action Helping Students Believe and Achieve

  It's hard to believe in yourself when you don't have a support system encouraging you and supporting your efforts. For many students across Iowa, this is their reality. Thankfully, iJAG (Iowa Job's for American Graduates)...

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• Grantmaking in Action A Safe Space for Creative Voices

  It's Sunday evening at 800 Broadway Street in Waterloo and a group of youth from a wide range of ages and backgrounds gathers at the former church building. They gather to be part of something, to create...

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