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Daily NewslettersGoldfinch Tap + Eatery is back with a new holiday theme and more activities throughout the month with the goal of fulfilling wish lists for over 100 children this Christmas.
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Goldfinch Tap + Eatery is back with a new holiday theme and more activities throughout the month with the goal of fulfilling wish lists for over 100 children this Christmas.
Available at the Cedar Valley Humane Society
The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train is returning with 10 Iowa stops to again raise money, food and awareness for local food banks in communities along the Canadian Pacific network.
The 30-foot LED panel tree is set to debut at this year’s event.
The Domestic Violence Intervention Program in Iowa City is hosting a gift drive through Dec. 24 that will benefit domestic violence survivors who have used the program’s services this year.
The project – a collaboration of Corridor Community Action Network, The LENA Project, Iowa City-based social justice advocate Anne Ventullo and others, with financial backing from Velvet Lotus Tattoo –is in the process of collecting toy donations to stock several distribution sites across the community this season.
Available for adoption at Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control
The Primary Source Sets — photos, maps, documents, audio recordings and even cartoons — cover more than 65 broad topics about Iowa and its role in the broader sweep of national and world history, including the Underground Railroad, women’s suffrage, the Cold War and the Iowa caucuses.
ChildServe is doubling the size of its location in Coralville and opening its first satellite location in Hiawatha. This is a “proactive approach to investing in the children of Iowa,” ChildServe CEO Teri Wahlig said in a statement.
Johnson County hospice walk and drive-through holiday lights display officially opens on Thanksgiving. All admission proceeds benefit Bird House Hospice.
Available for adoption at Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control
As manager of Habitat for Humanity’s The ReStore Rachel Bromann knows that first hand because every donation and sale helps fund the cost of someone’s new home.
The Iowa Organic Association will hold its annual meeting Dec. 1 in Marion with guest speakers Angela Tedesco, author of “Finding Turtle Farm: My Twenty-Acre Adventure in Community Supported Agriculture,” and Dr. Andy Nish, medical director of the John Stoddard Cancer Center.
A Thanksgiving prank in 2017 is still going strong six years later after gaining non-profit status and making big expansions.
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