After the pandemic accelerated declining membership trends, service organizations like Downtown Rotary and the Junior League are reevaluating how to recruit new members.
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After the pandemic accelerated declining membership trends, service organizations like Downtown Rotary and the Junior League are reevaluating how to recruit new members.
Monarch Research is providing large private landowners with native trees to be planted this spring in the 2022 Planting Forward for Woodlands project. Interested landowners have from now until Feb. 18 to order trees in time for spring planting.
Since the pandemic, libraries have seen an increase in the number of donated books that are not usable for resale purposes. Here are some guidelines to consider before you donate.
The pandemic created financial challenges the professional troupe couldn’t overcome. So instead of celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Amana venue announced Friday it is closing.
After a life in service to others, in particularly women and children through her work in Cedar Rapids’ nonprofit community, Elizabeth Hoskins, the former executive director of Waypoint Services, died Jan. 27 at age 73.
Iowa City will be hosting and co-hosting numerous events throughout February to commemorate Black History Month. Events will include presentations, a book club discussion, movie screening, dance workshop, trivia, and more.
Herb Miller of Maquoketa spent 61 days on a bicycle this past year traveling from Oregon to Maine. Hear about his adventure at a presentation on Sunday at the Hurstville Interpretive Center.
Chuy Renteria will sign copies of his book “We Heard it When We Were Young”
The Tanager Place Speaker Series presents nationally acclaimed Harvard University educator and author, Brandon P. Fleming, on Saturday. The public is invited to hear Fleming's inspiring story of struggle, success, and service as he transformed his life as a college dropout to an award-winning educator through literature and debate.
This February, the African American Museum of Iowa will host special programming in honor of Black History Month.
The Cedar Rapids Public Library is among 22 libraries nationwide chosen to participate in a national initiative to develop programming that will expand access to opportunities in STEM fields for middle school students.
Linn County Master Gardener presentations are taking place this month, with Tuesday events at the Hiawatha Public Library, 150 W. Willman St., and Thursday events at the Lowe Park Arts & Entertainment Center 4500 N. 10th St., Marion. All presentations are from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The Linn Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting a tree fundraiser this spring for the organization's education initiatives, including field day sponsorship, future workshops and scholarship opportunities for those pursuing careers in conservation or agriculture.
Get outside and enjoy the winter at the annual Barneløpet, a non-competitive ski or walk event Saturday at the Decorah Community Prairie for skiers ages 3-13.
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