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United Way of Central Iowa’s Buck announces her retirement

Elisabeth Buck, who has served as president of the United Way of Central Iowa since 2017, will retire in July, the organization announced this afternoon.

Buck joined United Way of Central Iowa in 2011 as chief …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Toymaker’s ‘My Home Office’ lands ‘somewhere between dark satire and meme’

One of my favorite business article bookmarks is Marker, a site that bills itself as “pop business for the intelligent reader.” Today on Marker the top story happened to be contributor Rob Walker’s Object of the …

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DART accepting applications for van donation program

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority is seeking applications for its annual van donation program. According to a news release, DART donates multiple retired RideShare vans each year through the program, which was created …

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Youth Leadership Institute seeks applications and nominations

The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute is now accepting applications for the Youth Leadership Initiative Class of 2022. Current high school freshmen, sophomores and juniors are invited to apply for the program. YLI provides students …

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Capital City Pride announces 30 Days of Pride events in place of 2021 Pride Fest

The annual three-day Pride Fest Weekend Celebration will be changed to 30 Days of Pride for 2021, Capital City Pride announced Tuesday on Facebook. The events will take place across the month of June with …

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Meredith Corporation to launch Good Impressions

Meredith Corporation announced the launch of Good Impressions, a pro bono media and marketing consultation program created to help BIPOC and LGBTQIA-majority owned small businesses succeed by driving awareness, supporting sales efforts and providing mentorship. Individual …

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World Food Prize laureates call on Biden administration to take immediate action on hunger

The World Food Prize Foundation recently released a letter signed by 24 of its laureates urging the Biden administration to focus on the issues of hunger, poverty and malnutrition around the world. The laureates called on President …

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ISU Student Government launches programming series focused on women

To celebrate Women’s History Month, Iowa State University’s Student Government is hosting Women’s Week 2021, an events series with the goal of empowering and highlighting strong women around the world, March 8-12. The series, which …

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Variety’s annual telethon will go virtual on Saturday

Variety – the Children’s Charity will be broadcasting its 47th Annual Telethon virtually this year. The telethon is scheduled from 7-8 p.m. on Saturday, March 6. It will be broadcast on Local 5 and on …

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First female NFL official to headline Women Lead Change Conference

Sarah Thomas, who officiated the Super Bowl last month, will headline the 2021 Women Lead Change Quad Cities Conference on Oct. 13. Thomas officiated her first NFL game in 2015 and was the first female …