Grandparents Gifts Foundation

Monday January 18th, 2010

 "A Celebration of Life for Edna M. Pike, Shelby, Iowa, who died December 29, 2009, at the age of 101 will be held in the Shelby school gymnasium on Saturday, January 23, 2010, at 1:00 P.M.  Edna taught at Shelby-Tennant High School for many years and was active in her community.  Please join her family, friends, and former students to remember a life well lived." 

GGF is receiving memorials in memory of Edna

*we need volunteers to help set up, tear down and bring cookies or bars for the refreshments after. 

*we could also use some help with snow removal at the gym if anyone can assist.

Community Foundation Week Celebrates Giving in Shelby County with $47,184 in grants. Shelby county, Iowa - (November 19, 2009) -

 The foundation works with individuals, families, businesses and organizations to creat permanent funds that address the changing, vital community needs. Donors from across our county are finding that the Shelby County Community Foundation is a perfect vehicle for the charitable giving - providing them an opportunity to give back to the area they love-today and tomorrow quotes Frank Powers, Chair of the Shelby County Community Foundation. Shelby County agency representatives received their checks this week. During brief check distribution activites, Mr. Powers honored the nonprofit agencies for their individual efforts to provide a better quality of life for the residents of Shelby County. The fifteen agencies receiving grants represent their communitys efforts at building stronger communities. The is what the Shelby county community foundation is all about.

In the picture are Dennis Nissen - Iowa Program Officer, Peg McCool and Frank Powers.  We received 5 thousand dollars and that will be used to get as much updating in the restrooms to make sure they are handicapped accesible in the new gym - which as of right now, they are not accessible. "We want everyone to be able to come and use our facilites and be assured that if they need handicapped accesibilty - then that is not a problem."

REWARD:

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Grandparents Gifts Foundation (GGF) is Shelby’s non-profit organization leading the restoration efforts of the Shelby School Building.  The GGF Board of Directors is offering a $500 reward to the person(s) providing information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the recent vandalism of the Shelby School Building.  

Please contact Frank Paul (712-544-2452) or Lee McNabb (712-544-2614) with any information you have regarding the vandalism of the Shelby School Building.

Thank you,

Grandparents Gifts Foundation Board of Directors

GGF Mailing List- I have set up a mailing list of everyone who has contacted the website about the project.  If you would like to recieve an update whenever something is added to the website via e-mail, just send me your e-mail address and I will add you to the mailing list. jcunningham@grandparentsgiftsfoundation.org

If you are visiting this page welcome to the beginning of what we hope will be a successful venture for the community of Shelby, Iowa.

We are currently working on a project to save the historic Shelby-Tennant school from demolition.  This project can not be done without the support and assistance of our entire community.

It is our intention to take over ownership of the school.  Then through both public and private grants make the necessary repairs to make it a viable option for any number of projects.  Thereby making a positive impact on our community while also preserving a historic local building.

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