The non-profit’s new social enterprise involves creating 13 supportive housing apartments, and giving people exiting homelessness a place where they can learn new skills and prepare to enter the workforce.
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
The non-profit’s new social enterprise involves creating 13 supportive housing apartments, and giving people exiting homelessness a place where they can learn new skills and prepare to enter the workforce.
The Reflections collection also includes kits with themed photo and activity cards and DVDs. They are designed to prompt conversations and reminiscing between people with dementia and their caregivers or other friends and family.
Support the sports organization for those with physical disabilities in Wellman on March 26.
Officials with the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in the Cedar Rapids said the Russian invasion of Ukraine has “startling parallels” with the 1968 Soviet Union occupation of former Czechoslovakia, which stopped the country’s path toward democracy for another 20 years.
The Iowa City Council this month unanimously approved installation of a new playground and removal of the old one on the Ped Mall. The goal is to finish the work by July 1.
Nearly six months after the first Afghans arrived in Cedar Rapids as they fled the Taliban in Afghanistan, a Catherine McAuley Center case worker said about 250 live in the area.
Most of Iowa depends on volunteer fire departments to respond to fires and other emergencies, but available volunteers can be hard to find. More and more fire departments are partnering together to make sure they’re prepared.
Many people dream of traveling in retirement. But most envision that happening by plane or by car, involving hotels or at least beds, and affording them the chance to relax and take it easy.
Big Grove Brewery announced Friday a total of $24,000 in grants to a trio of local nonprofits as part of its Big Grove for Good program.
Each grade level collected a different item for the box with a goal of putting together 60 bedtime boxes, which they met and celebrated with a pajama party last month.
Author uses new children’s book to unite generations
Available for adoption at Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control
After two years of pandemic shake-ups, Cedar Rapids’ annual SaPaDaPaSo St. Patrick’s Day parade is returning to its traditional downtown Cedar Rapids route. But not on its traditional date.
Nikki and Paul Hynek want to get a 10-year-old Ukrainian boy they’ve hosted and his siblings out of their home country amid Russia’s invasion. While the Hyneks hope to make the kids part of their family, they face bureaucratic hurdles in getting the kids to safety.
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