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Housed in the University of Iowa College of Education, the growing initiative partners with schools across the state to give kids an opportunity to learn about the natural world through immersion.
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Cedar Rapids Pride will hold its second annual pride parade on June 10, as part of a day filled with youth-focused activities. The parade is set to begin at 1 p.m. in the NewBo City Market area.
Local nonprofit Friends of Noelridge is fundraising to add another mural highlighting the beauty and benefits of native species to the Noelridge Greenhouse. Here’s how you can pitch in.
An annual holiday tradition comes to life through Festival of Trees. Festive trees are sponsored and themed by area businesses, organizations and individuals, then put on display for a silent auction bid in a holiday setting that is welcoming to all ages and interests
Inside Out, a Johnson County nonprofit organization that supports people returning to society after being incarcerated, will be opening a reentry house in Iowa City for low-income, formerly incarcerated men.
Available at the Cedar Valley Humane Society
As he prepares to retire at the end of the month after nearly 30 years of service to the community, Les Garner, Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation president and CEO, considers his ultimate impact to be “the extent to which I have enabled those people to be better at what they do.”
Camp Courageous will feature over 400 show and vintage vehicles, motorcyles and trucks on display at its 36th annual car show on Sunday. The event also will have food, music, crafts, zip line and train rides and a silent and live auction.
This year is a special one for the free annual community festival held at Centennial Park as it celebrates 15 years of blues-inspired live music, barbecue, craft beer and family-friendly activities. Last year’s event attracted 20,000 people.
Available at the Cedar Valley Humane Society
As an empty nester — her older children are in their 20s — Denia Davis, 52, felt like a part of her had died when her children moved out. Then a family member asked Davis if she would consider fostering her cousin’s infant son.
The Ricochet leadership program is being offered this spring and next fall at Vernon Middle School through a grant from Women Lead Change, a Cedar Rapids-based nonprofit.
Eric Christenson, Cedar Rapids schools executive director of elementary education, is retiring from the school district to begin his new position July 10
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