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Nov. 22: Are You Smarter Than a Little?

Host: Big Brothers Big Sisters
About: This event will feature business and community leaders from across the Greater Des Moines area as contestants in a game based on the popular “Are You Smarter Than a …
By BPC Staff | Sep 26, 2019
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Volunteers needed for annual Graduation Walk

United Way of Central Iowa is seeking volunteers to support students at risk of not graduating. On Oct. 19, volunteers will team up with Des Moines Public Schools staff members to visit the homes of …
By BPC Staff | Sep 25, 2019
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LGBTQ Legacy Leaders to be recognized

Seven community leaders and role models from across the state have been selected to receive dsm Magazine’s first awards recognizing the important contributions of LGBTQ Iowans. The magazine, part of Business Publications Corp., is partnering …
By DSM MAGAZINE STAFF | Sep 25, 2019
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read:Can WeWork survive?

WeWork CEO Adam Neumann is out and Fast Company asks, “Can WeWork Survive?” Neumann, who remains non-executive chairman and We’s largest individual shareholder, told employees in an all-staff memo Tuesday that “our business has never been stronger, …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Sep 25, 2019
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Pink at the Pump launches

Ethanol retailers in October will donate 3 cents of every gallon of Unleaded 88 sold during its Pink at the Pump campaign to help prevent breast cancer. More than 70 stations will participate. Proceeds will …
By BPC Staff | Sep 25, 2019
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read:The shift in travel styles that did Thomas Cook in

The collapse of travel company Thomas Cook might have taken us all by surprise — along with the 600,000 people thought to be stranded when air operations ceased — but the changes to the travel …
By KATE HAYDEN | Sep 24, 2019
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Child abuse prevention council disbands; Orchard Place picks up award program

Orchard Place has assumed responsibility for continuing a longtime award program from the former Polk County C.A.N. (Child Abuse and Neglect) Prevention Council, which disbanded recently, according to a post on Blank Children’s Hospital website. Orchard Place …
By BPC Staff | Sep 24, 2019
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Family Promise of Greater Des Moines receives $4,000 grant from Variety

Family Promise of Greater Des Moines has received a $4,000 grant to fund supplies and guest expenses associated with efforts to assist families with children experiencing homelessness, the organization announced this week. Family Promise provides …
By BPC Staff | Sep 24, 2019
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Feds ask Ames officials to remove ‘inclusive’ crosswalks

Ames officials say the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration sent a letter to the city manager saying the city’s “inclusive” multicolored sidewalks do not meet code. According to Ames officials, the highway administration …
By BPC Staff | Sep 23, 2019
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Dhawans’ gift establishes undergraduate research fund at Central College

Central College announced that Tej Dhawan and his wife, Karen Dhawan, both 1991 graduates of the college, have established the Franks-Mahmood Fund for Undergraduate Research. Dhawan, chief data officer with Principal Financial Group and a …
By BPC Staff | Sep 23, 2019
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