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Variety bow tie featured during Field of Dreams game

If you watched the Field of Dreams ballgame last week between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees, you may have missed a nod to Variety – the Children’s Charity of Iowa. Amid …

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Behn named director of development and outreach for Above + Beyond Cancer

Above + Beyond Cancer announced it has hired Melinda Behn as its director of development and outreach. The Des Moines-area nonprofit organization is dedicated to elevating the lives of those touched by cancer to create a healthier world. …

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Des Moines Renaissance Faire to move to new venue at Adventureland Resort

The Des Moines Renaissance Faire announced that its 2022 event will be held at the Meadow Lands, a new venue on the grounds of Adventureland Resort in Altoona. For the past three years the event has …

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Ingersoll, Grand avenues group seeking executive director

The nonprofit Avenues of Ingersoll & Grand is hiring an executive director to promote economic development in the Des Moines business and residential area. The group is a collaboration of business and property owners, professionals, merchants, residents …

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Storey Kenworthy Foundation accepting grant applications until Aug. 31

The Storey Kenworthy Foundation for Giving will accept grant applications from qualified nonprofit organizations until Aug. 31. Five $5,000 grants will be awarded to selected nonprofits whose programming aligns with Storey Kenworthy’s core giving priorities: …

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YSS to move forward with construction of youth recovery campus with $10M commitment from CICS

CICS has committed $10 million to help YSS build a youth recovery campus to help young people who are struggling with mental health and addiction issues.

CICS is a state-supported mental health and disability services …

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NAWBO Iowa launches second year of Business Institute

The Iowa chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners is seeking applications for its second Business Institute, which is designed for Iowa women business owners who have operated their business for at least …

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Branstad State Fair Scholarship winners announced

Three college-bound Iowans will receive the Governor Terry E. Branstad Iowa State Fair Scholarship for 2021-22, Iowa College Aid announced. The scholarship, named for the longtime Iowa governor and former U.S. ambassador to China, recognizes outstanding Iowa …

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ChildServe’s Axiotis promoted to vice president of development

ChildServe has promoted Erica Axiotis to the role of vice president of development, the organization announced in a press release last week. Axiotis joined the ChildServe Foundation department in 2016 and was most recently its executive director. …

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2021 inductees to the Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame announced

The Iowa Commission on the Status of Women has announced the 2021 Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame inductees. Honorees are Roxann Marie Ryan of Cresco, Cornelia Clark of Grinnell, Donna Reed of Denison and Jan …

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