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Service Highlight: Art Activity Packs for Children
Ziggy Thétard is the AmeriCorps VISTA member in the Healthy Reader Taskforce Coordinator position. In this role, she has recruited a...
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Service Highlight: Saturday Programming with Drake Community Library
Grace Morrison is the AmeriCorps VISTA member in the School Readiness Taskforce Coordinator position. This role has involved recruiting a...
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Service Highlight: Tuesday Dance Parties with Drake Community Library
Athena Frasca is a Grinnell College student and the GEP AmeriCorps After School Enrichment Aide. In this role, she serves with Drake...
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Service Highlight: Time to Eat! Grinnell
Jill Harris is a retired GNCSD educator and currently an AmeriCorps VISTA member in the Skills Gap Taskforce Coordinator position. In...
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It's AmeriCorps Week!
AmeriCorps Week is March 7 to March 13th, and we thought we'd start the week by sharing some “Fun Facts” about the GEP-AmeriCorps...
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GEP 2021 Summer Learning Corps Positions Now Available!
The Grinnell Education Partnership would like to announce that applications are now being accepted for AmeriCorps service member...
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Member Spotlight: Family Engagement Taskforce Coordinator
Saiham Sharif is a recent graduate of Grinnell College. He had served as an AmeriCorps member during GEP's summer programming during his...
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GEP Grant and Gift Announcements
The Grinnell Education Partnership is pleased to announce a recent grant award from an anonymous donor in the amount of $96,000 over...
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Member Spotlight: Healthy Readers Taskforce
Sieglinde (Ziggy) Thetard is a recent graduate of Grinnell College who has dedicated her first year post-graduation to service as the...
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Member Spotlight: After School Enrichment Aide
Athena Frasca is joining the AmeriCorps team at GEP to serve as the After School Enrichment Aide. Athena is a Grinnell College student...
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Member Spotlight: GEP Planner
Riah Coley moved to Grinnell two days before the Derecho this year, and is excited to be here to serve with GEP. While new to the...
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Member Spotlight: Skills Gap Taskforce Coordinator
Jill Harris has returned for her second year serving as the AmeriCorps VISTA Skills Gap Taskforce Coordinator at GEP. The benefits of...
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Member Spotlight: School Readiness Taskforce Coordinator
Grace Morrison is a long-time Grinnell resident who had recently returned from service in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica. When her service...
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Food Drive Success: Thank You, Grinnell!
Thank you to all who provided donations to the Martin Luther King Day food drive, organized by GEP AmeriCorps VISTA members. Because of...
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Food Drive on MLK Day
Hunger has been a growing concern for many families during the coronavirus pandemic. 11% of folks in Poweshiek county are considered...
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#GEP12Days — Day 12 : Science!
Science is a broad term that covers many different branches of inquiry, and therefore there are many ways to get into science! Kids might...
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#GEP12Days — Day 11 : The Great Indoors
Getting up and moving when it’s so comfy being snuggled up on the couch covered in blankets is hard! However, being cooped up indoors...
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#GEP12Days — Day 10 : Kids Love Chores!
You may be thinking, “chores… really?” And as an adult who still doesn’t enjoy doing chores sometimes, I’d agree with you. But there are...
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#GEP12Days — Day 9 : Share a Story
People tell each other stories a lot. They often start with phrases like “You’ll never believe what happened!” or “Guess who I saw?” Or...
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#GEP12Days — Day 8 : Kids in the Kitchen
A viral video from September shows a two-year-old and his nana making cookies. Every time the nana turned her back, the little boy stuck...
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