Category: Community Leadership

Celebrating 65 Years of Here for Good

This week, the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa celebrates 65 years of being here for good. A simple thank you to all our partners and donors, past and present, isn't enough, but I want to...

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Stories tagged with 'Community Leadership'

Community Leadership Former Teen Trustee Reflects on Life Lessons Learned
Actor Tory Flack didn’t always know what she wanted to do with her life. During her junior year in high school in 2003 when she was involved in Teen Trust, she felt she was playing...
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Community Leadership CFNEIA Continues Commitment to Racial Equity
Racism and inequity are far from new to our communities. Generation after generation of Blacks, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) have endured racism intentionally built into the systems meant to guide and protect communities....
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Community Leadership Rise to the Challenge: 2020 Impact Report
Dear Friends and Partners,We rise to the challenge. In a year like no other in our lifetime, we were called to rise to meet new and renewed challenges. We endured, and continue to navigate, the...
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Community Leadership Celebrating 65 Years of Here for Good
This week, the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa celebrates 65 years of being here for good. A simple thank you to all our partners and donors, past and present, isn't enough, but I want to...
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Community Leadership Women Supporting Women Leads to Local Change
By Laurie Everhardt, Director of DevelopmentDuring March, the spotlight on women, our achievements, and unfortunately gender inequality in society, is in full force. Even with recent increased attention, disparities continue nationally and locally. Here in Black Hawk County, women...
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Community Leadership Leading the Way for Vibrant Communities
Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa is making an impact now and will forever.The Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa (CFNEIA) is proud to be one of over 900 community foundations in the United States making tremendous impacts and providing...
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Community Leadership Nurturing Children for a Healthy Community
CFNEIA is working to provide solutions to the current child care crisis in Iowa, making grants and helping child care organizations establish funds across our region. We are also providing hands-on leadership and are key...
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Community Leadership Grin & Grow Child Care - Child Care Success Story
The working poor, or those hovering at or just above the poverty line, are often those most impacted by the current child care crisis. It affects their ability to get ahead or to just get...
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Community Leadership It Takes a Village - Child Care Success Story
When you’re discussing a premier senior living retirement community, you don’t typically think of high-quality child care, but in 2019, Waterloo-based Friendship Village made the two synonymous. “It’s interesting because it’s the opposite end of...
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