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F l o o d 2 0 0 8 F u n d r e p o rt
o c to b e r 2 0 1 1
L e t t e r f r o m t h e P r e s i d e n t & C e o
The flood of 2008 was a devastating experience for the Cedar Rapids community. The flood
had a direct impact on more than 18,000 people. Homes, neighborhoods and businesses in a
10 square mile area were damaged. Normal patterns of work and daily life were disrupted in
unprecedented ways.
The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation saw its role in flood recovery as restoring
community: providing support to individuals most directly affected by the flood, making sure
that agencies skilled at relief work had the resources
they needed to respond to our fellow citizens, and
helping the community regain its unique sense of place.
The Foundation sought to rebuild neighborhoods,
rehabilitate housing and make sure that people
were able to get back to work and to their ongoing
responsibilities. It sought to make sure that the nonprofit agencies on which we depend for the
quality of our lives were able to resume operations and their service to the community.
The Community Foundation and its family of donors played a significant role in the recovery through the Flood
2008 Fund. More than $5.7 million was donated by 2,200 donors from 43 states and four countries around the
world. The Flood 2008 Fund and corporate donor-advised flood funds, in addition to other grant programs of the
Foundation, have aided the Community Foundation in assisting individuals, rebuilding homes and sustaining
programming to support a variety of community needs through $15 million in grants to local nonprofits.
This report details how The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation developed the Flood 2008 Fund, our
grant progress and impacts and provides profiles on some of the grantees that assisted in the community relief,
recovery and rebuilding efforts. It shows how the Foundation sought to reweave the fabric of a community in ways
that we hope have left it a better place to live and a community more resilient in the face of potential disaster.
I am extremely proud of the progress, determination and hard work of our residents and the nonprofit community
in particular. The Community Foundation thanks the donors, businesses and nonprofits that have worked tirelessly
to help residents and their neighbors with vital services and most importantly, for your partnership in making
Cedar Rapids better than before.
Flood 2008 Fund Committee members June 2008 – June 2011
Lorna Barnes* (2008 Chair)
J. Scott Bogguss*
John Chaimov*Cathy GullicksonShadia Igram
Ron Olson* Jerry Matchett*
(2009 Chair)
Sigrid ReynoldsJohn Wasta*Dr. Ruth E. White *
(2010 Chair)
board oF direCtors, 2008-2011
Members of the Board of Directors from 2008 to 2011 that provided leadership throughout flood grant making and response:
Richard B. Altorfer Lorna M. Barnes Gary Bartlett John M. Bickel J. Scott BoggussLoren CoppockJohn Chaimov Swati A. Dandekar
Chris DeWolf Tiffany Ann EarlSara B. FitzgeraldKatrina Garner Ruth Hairston Elizabeth Hladky SchottKay L. Hegarty Nancy Kasparek Kathy Krusie
Jerry Matchett Sean McPartland Cheryle MitvalskyThomas Moore Doug Neumann Katie OberbroecklingRon Olson
John OsakoRich Patterson Carrie Powicki-KaufmanChris SkogmanGary Skogman Fred Timko John Wasta Kevin Welu Dr. Ruth E. White
GCrCF staFF, 2008-2011
Dan Baldwin**Emmy BallWendy BloodJean Brenneman
Elizabeth CwikLes GarnerKatie GiorgioAmy Johnson Boyle
Amber MulnikRochelle NaylorDeb OrrBud Synhorst**
Karla Twedt-BallBob Untiedt**Josie VellesPeggy Whitworth**
>10 14% of the City of Cedar Rapids engulfed.
squaremiles
Flood maGnitude
Les Garner Jr.
*GCRCF Board Member **No longer with GCRCF
As the water bubbled out of manhole covers and crept over street curbs on the morning of June 11, 2008, the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation staff and board worked behind the scenes to create a mechanism for community recovery. The Flood 2008 Fund was initiated on June 12, 2008 – a day before a record crest of the Cedar River inundated Cedar Rapids, the entire town of Palo and more than 5,000 homes, 50 charitable nonprofit organizations, the Cedar Rapids central business district, city hall, the main police and fire stations and the city library. The Foundation’s involvement in flood recovery helped harness the power of private philanthropy to address a public catastrophe. As a grant making institution rooted in the community, the GCRCF was ideally situated to help donors put their contributions to work in a thoughtful, timely, monitored process. GCRCF staff did their research, talking with community foundations in other disaster-affected regions, meeting with local nonprofit leaders about emerging needs and learning about federal and state disaster response. The research suggested that a foundation’s role in disaster recovery should focus on the sustained recovery effort after the first responders have come and gone. The Foundation made two early decisions that underpinned our approach to disaster grant making. First, we capitalized on the nimbleness of private philanthropy by focusing on flexibility and timeliness of our grant making. We prioritized a streamlined approach over regulation of duplication of benefits, which was already heavily monitored due to state and federal funding streams. Second, we chose to make grants to a broad number of organizations, recognizing that rebuilding community required broad participation from nonprofits using various approaches and serving various demographics. This approach worked because of the strength of our local nonprofit organizations and the manner in which organizations communicated throughout the recovery process. Grants to the Linn Area Long Term Recovery Coalition (LALTRC) and the Block by Block project anchored our investment in rebuilding homes and individual lives. These organizations kept each other informed of projects to avoid unwanted duplication. Furthermore, the LALTRC provided a
centralized and confidential forum for human service nonprofits to coordinate and minimize the overlap of services. The Foundation designed a grant program to address recovery needs for two years or more after the flood. The Foundation identified three funding priorities. The top priority was to help flood-affected individuals and families regain financial and physical security, largely through regaining housing stability. These grants were made to nonprofit organizations or partnerships for distribution to individuals. Second, the fund was to address systemic needs created by the flood, through increasing substance abuse services, caring for emotional well-being, supporting flood-affected children, building neighborhood relationships and supporting an infrastructure of volunteers. Third, the fund helped rebuild non-profit stability, focusing on flood-affected nonprofits that had substantial impact on human service provision or the economic and cultural future of Cedar Rapids. Within two months of the flood, the Foundation began accepting applications from nonprofit organizations. A committee of experienced grant reviewers initially met twice a month to make decisions. This dedicated group continued to meet monthly for two years after the flood, and periodically as needed for another eight months. Occasionally, the Foundation convened conversations of nonprofit leaders to continue to improve the process and meet the evolving community need. One such conversation occurred almost a year after the flood, when nonprofits reported that many clients still lacked basic necessities such as beds or tables. Based on this feedback, we encouraged human service providers to apply for discretionary funds to be used with their on-going clientele to address unmet needs. The Foundation is pleased to share the results of its work through this report. Community recovery is an on-going progress, but with the commitment and passion shown by flood-affected individuals, community leaders, and the entire community, we are building a strong community, together.
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Flood 2008 Fund 1
31.12 ft.Crest of Cedar River
on Friday, June 13, 2008
Flood maGnitude
f u n d i n g b y P r i o r i t y a r e a :
assist individuals and families through nonprofits $3,044,006
address systemic issues $1,570,386
Build nonprofit stability$1,112,638
53%
27%20%
Flood 2008 Fund Grant Making Priorities
top Grantees by total Flood Fund dollars reCeived:
1. Affordable Housing Network $1,225,000 (includes $1,200,000 for Block by Block)
2. Linn Area Long Term Recovery Coalition $968,596 (fiscal agent: United Way of East Central Iowa)
3. Horizons: A Family Service Alliance $275,000 (includes $200,000 for Flood Them with Love)
4. Community Corrections $151,650 Improvement Association (largely Americorps/VISTA)
5. Area Substance Abuse Council $150,000
6. The Salvation Army of Cedar Rapids $150,000
7. Matthew 25 Ministry Hub $137,464
8. Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity $116,690
9. Rebuilding Palo Fund, Inc. $115,000 (an additional $25,000 went to the Palo Senior Center)
10. Iowa Legal Aid $108,994
top Grantees in the arts, Culture & environment seCtor:
1. African American Historical Museum $75,000 and Cultural Center
2. National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library $75,000
3. Orchestra Iowa $75,000
4. Theatre Cedar Rapids $75,000
5. Indian Creek Nature Center $55,000
$3 Flood damage estimate
billion
2 Community impaCt report
Flood maGnitude
Photo: The Gazette
18,623 in flood impacted area
estimatedpersons
people
Impacts of Disaster Grant Making f r o m t h e f L o o d o f 2 0 0 8
Thanks to thousands of donors from Cedar Rapids,
across the nation and around the world, The Greater
Cedar Rapids Community Foundation served as
steward to more than $5.7 million in donations to the
Flood 2008 Fund from June 2008 to early 2011. Here
is an overview of some of the impacts as of spring
2011. This overview was compiled and analyzed by
Simon Andrew of Cedar Rapids, who interned at the
Community Foundation before receiving his master’s
in public policy from the University of Northern Iowa
in May 2011.
rebuildinG individual homes
More than $2.9 million in grants from the Flood 2008
Fund were distributed to efforts to rebuild residential
homes. Of this, more than $1.5 million was used to
directly assist flood-affected families return to safe
living conditions. Another $1.3 million has helped
to repair and replace the community’s low-income
housing units; a significant portion of the city’s low-
income housing was lost or damaged by flood waters.
Many families who lost their homes in the flood have
moved into permanent residences thanks, in part,
to these efforts which are described in the following
paragraphs.
Flood 2008 Fund grants contributed to 1,798
individual home rehabilitation projects. (Note: One
home may be the beneficiary of multiple rehabilitation
projects.) These projects produced some compelling
accounts of the positive impact Cedar Rapids’
nonprofit community has had on the city’s recovery.
For instance, $1.2 million in Flood 2008 Fund grants
were awarded to the Block by Block project, which has
helped in the rebuilding of 254 flooded homes as of
February 2011.
More than $668,000 was dispersed to the Linn
Area Long Term Recovery Coalition (LALTRC), which
has facilitated the rebuilding of 643 homes. Another
$300,000 was used to fund the LALTRC through grants
made to the United Way of East Central Iowa.
Grants totaling $151,650 were used to support the
AmeriCorps/VISTA rebuilding project through the
Community Corrections Improvement Association;
VISTA volunteers made physical improvements to
another 334 homes as well as providing important
assessments which have facilitated further
rebuilding projects.
Grants totaling $140,000 were allocated to
rebuilding efforts in Palo, helping 47 families return
home, including one family with an infant child
suffering from environmental asthma caused by
inadequate housing following the flood.
Hands On Disaster Response received $50,000 in
grants for drywall installation, which benefitted
another 56 families.
“Offering Hope,” a project sponsored by First Church
of the Nazarene, rebuilt seven homes with a $41,250
grant. One homeowner affected by this project began
to cry while watching his home being sided, repeating
“It’s just so beautiful!”
supplyinG daily neCessities
Grants from the Community Foundation also helped
nonprofits meet the daily necessities of families in the
aftermath of the flood.
Approximately $917,000 in flood grants was used
to meet these emergency needs, affecting more than
1,000 individuals.
Services in this category included:
▪ Overnight lodging for those left homeless by the flood
▪ Rental assistance
▪ Meals and food vouchers
▪ Transportation assistance
▪ Household items
Flood 2008 Fund 3
0 flood-relateddeaths
Flood maGnitude
Photo: The Gazette
Horizons, which provided assistance directly to
individuals and families through the Flood Them
with Love (FTWL) initiative, received $200,000 in
grants. The response from the families helped through
FTWL has been tremendous; feedback has included
statements such as, “No one has ever helped us like
you have,” and “Thank you, Lord, for Karla [Goettel]
and for sending her our way, and all the other angels
that help her every day.” FTWL efforts helped many
families stave off making tough choices between
paying utility bills and purchasing back-to-school
clothing for their children. One single mother who lost
her home was able to replace the crib mattress for her
newborn child.
The Salvation Army also received $150,000 in
Flood 2008 Fund grants to assist individuals in
meeting emergency needs.
Helping Hands Ministry and the American Red Cross
each received $50,000 in Flood 2008 Fund grants
which were distributed for rent and utility assistance.
The Partnership for Safe Families, ASAC and Aging
Services each received $25,000 to support families
and individuals recovering from the flood with rent
assistance and household items while Kingston Hill
received $25,000 to provide temporary housing for a
group of seniors whose homes were left uninhabitable
by the flood.
Furthermore, thousands of meals were provided
to families and rebuilding volunteers through a total
of $95,500 in grants allocated to the Meet and Eat
program housed at Echo Hill Presbyterian and First
Presbyterian Cedar Rapids and the food and nutrition
programs at Olivet Neighborhood Mission.
Abbe, Inc. also used another $25,000 in grants to
provide transportation assistance to clients receiving
meals at the Witwer Center.
soCial and human serviCes:
The Flood 2008 Fund also provided grants totaling
more than $660,000 that were used for specific, flood-
related social and human services to meet the needs
of nearly 3,000 individuals. These include mental
health services, childcare and child development
programs, legal representation and substance abuse
treatment.
More than $174,000 was distributed to local
nonprofits for flood-related mental health services;
these agencies include Abbe, Inc., Four Oaks,
Foundation 2, Partnership for Safe Families, Tanager
Place and Waypoint.
For instance, one young client was simultaneously
dealing with a death in the family and issues
associated with the flood, which negatively impacted
the student’s performance at school. After receiving
counseling funded by a Community Foundation grant,
this student has become one of the hardest working
students in class, no longer exhibiting the behavioral
issues that arose post-flood.
Another $200,000 was allocated to childcare and
enrichment programs for flood-affected families
through agencies such as Matthew 25, the Boys and
Girls Club of Cedar Rapids, Big Brothers Big Sisters
and Camp Noah. Children flooded out of their homes
were often uncertain about future living conditions,
which schools they would be attending and what
their after-school daycare situations would be.
These programs often provided some stability and
predictability in the lives of these children, which was
beneficial, academically and socially. One teacher
noticed the marked change in a student, remarking
how “awesome” the program has been for that
particular child.
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120 in flood areas receiving Section 8 housing
families
people
Photo:The Gazette
Iowa Legal Aid received $108,994 in grants from the
Flood 2008 Fund to assist families with legal issues
resulting from flood-damaged homes. These services
include legal representation in foreclosure actions and
buyout options, legal advice for tenants dealing with
landlords and homeowners dealing with contractors,
and assisting flood victims in qualifying for recovery
benefits. Dozens of homeowners have been assisted
in foreclosure actions, and several families have
remained in their homes specifically because of the
work of Iowa Legal Aid.
Another $75,000 in Flood 2008 Fund grants was
used by ASAC to extend treatment to a greater number
of flood-affected individuals. This funding allowed
199 flood-affected individuals to receive treatment,
individuals placed at a higher risk for substance abuse
through the loss of a home or a job. Six months after
treatment, 77 percent of these flood-affected clients
reported no substance abuse — a very high success
rate for substance abuse treatment.
rebuildinG nonproFit FaCilities and oFFiCes:
Grants to help the rebuilding process of local nonprofit
facilities and offices damaged by the flood were also
a significant component of the Flood 2008 Fund.
More than $685,000 was granted from the Flood 2008
Fund to minimize or eliminate the disruption of very
important services for thousands of clients, customers
and students. The Flood 2008 Fund provided up to
$25,000 to help organizations restart operations and
up to $50,000 toward capital rebuilding projects, for a
total of $75,000 towards rebuilding.
This category includes support of Abbe, Inc. and
its seven affiliate organizations that serve more than
13,000 at-risk seniors and physically/psychologically
challenged individuals annually. GCRCF provided
$25,000 to help Abbe, Inc. resume supportive office
operations, and $50,000 to help Witwer Senior Center,
an Abbe affiliate, rebuild a production kitchen to
continue serving more than 450 meals daily through
Witwer and Green Square Meals.
Horizons expanded their 5th St. SE facility, assisted
by $75,000 in Flood 2008 Fund grants. Horizons
serves over 9,000 clients out of its main facility, and
Foundation grants helped to ensure these clients were
able to continue services at a time when they were
needed the most.
A $25,000 grant helped address flood damage
at Waypoint’s Madge Phillips Center. In the year
following the flood, Madge Phillips Center provided
overnight shelter for 173 women and children and
2,167 women and children with daytime resources.
The ARC of East Central Iowa received $75,000
in Flood 2008 Fund grants to rebuild after their
downtown office was flooded; this agency serves more
than 800 developmentally-disabled individuals in the
community. The four months that the agency was
without its downtown facility was undoubtedly shorter
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> 57,218 flood recovery related volunteer hours donated
people
Photo: Clint Twedt-Ball
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than it would have been without an outpouring of
community support from many sources.
Other social service nonprofits that were able to
rebuild or relocate included Matthew 25, the
Boys and Girls Club, Neighborhood Transportation
Service, Olivet Neighborhood Mission and the
Kids First Law Center.
rebuildinG Cultural venues and aCtivity:
Many of Cedar Rapids’ cultural and activity centers
were displaced by the flood and the GCRCF provided
nearly $600,000 in grants to facilitate their rebuilding
and relocation efforts.
The YMCA received $75,000 in grants to help with
rebuilding their downtown YMCA facility, which was
able to reopen in three short months post-flood. More
than 14,000 individuals are members of the YMCA of
the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Area.
Theatre Cedar Rapids and the African American
Museum of Iowa (AAMI) each received $75,000 in
rebuilding grants. More than 40,000 eastern Iowans
participated in TCR programs in the fiscal year
following the flood. The AAMI was one of the first
nonprofits to resume occupancy in the fall of 2008,
and officially re-opened in January 2009.
The Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation received
a $50,000 grant as part of its rebuilding efforts.
The National Czech and Slovak Museum and
Library and Orchestra Iowa each received $75,000
in rebuilding grants.
The Science Station, the Cedar Rapids Museum
of Art and Ushers Ferry were allocated $25,000 to
either rebuild their facilities or stage temporary
exhibits and events.
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art was able to open
some exhibits within three months of the flood, fully
reopen within 12 months and even provide temporary
exhibit space for works from the National Czech and
Slovak Museum, the Cedar Rapids Public Library and
the Cedar Rapids Community School District.
The Science Station currently has an exhibition
space at Lindale Mall, partially funded through their
Foundation grant; the Science Station served nearly
27,000 people during the post-flood fiscal year.
Indian Creek Nature Center received $55,000 in
grants to repair exhibits and facilities.
Thousands of visitors have enjoyed refurbished
Ushers Ferry sites partially funded by the Flood 2008
Fund. The grants to Ushers Ferry also allowed
them to leverage tens of thousands of dollars in
public and private funds that would have otherwise
not been available.
Legion Arts/CSPS used $12,500 to stage flood-
related events and the Cedar Rapids Opera
Theatre was able to minimize the flood’s effect on
programming through a $10,000 grant.
Flood 2008 Fund grants were also allocated to
The Old Creamery Theatre, Hawkeye Area Council
Boy Scouts of America and the Cedar Boat Club,
among others.
1,360estimated jobs lost as a result of flood
people
Photo: The Gazette
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Grant RecipientsAs of July 1, 2011, the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation has awarded $5.7 million grants from the Flood 2008 Fund to 81 local nonprofits:
▪ $25,000 to Abbe Center for Community Mental Health for Gap Funding for Mental Health Services to provide immediate counseling services while an on-going payer source was identified, and for follow-up appointments with flood-affected households.
▪ $25,000 to Abbe Center for Community Mental Health for Community Mental Health Disaster Recovery Work to continue mental health outreach, counseling and education services for individuals affected by the flood after the federal funding stream ended.
▪ $25,000 to Abbe Inc. for Abbe Inc. 2008 Flood Recovery and Stabilization to cover the purchase and installment of IT equipment and wiring post-flood, enabling a continuity of its support services to the seven nonprofits that provide post-flood mental health services and care for older adults.
▪ $25,000 to Aging Services for Remaining Independent Funding to help with flood-related needs of individuals age 55 and older.
▪ $25,000 to Affordable Housing Network, Inc. (AHNI) for AHNI Six-Plex Apartment Rehab to help rehabilitate and repair an apartment six-plex at 420 B Avenue NW in Cedar Rapids that was donated to the Affordable Housing Network.
▪ $700,000 to Affordable Housing Network, Inc. for Block by Block to identify and assist flooded neighborhoods with customized rebuilding solutions. The Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church of Iowa provided volunteers to help with rebuilding efforts
and Matthew 25 Ministry Hub provided community organizing and project management. The first neighborhood to participate in Block by Block was the 1300 block of 8th Street NW, between L and M avenues. The organization rehabilitated and/or rebuilt eight blocks by the end of 2009.
▪ $500,000 to Affordable Housing Network, Inc. for Block by Block, the second grant for the initiative, which in the summer of 2009 identified and helped eight flooded neighborhood blocks with customized rebuilding solutions. This second grant enabled Block by Block to work with 16 blocks in 2010, rehabilitating up to 200 homes with volunteer labor.
▪ $25,000 to the African American Museum of Iowa, for Sustaining Operations at the African American Museum of Iowa, to help sustain the museum until it partially reopened in January 2009.
▪ $50,000 to the African American Museum of Iowa for Returning the African American Museum of Iowa to its Pre-Flood Status (a Flood 2008 Fund Nonprofit Rebuilding Capital Grant).
▪ $15,000 to Aging Services for 2008 Flood Recovery, to support the increased case management and employee mileage costs incurred due to the flood, and replace computers that are used to track client data as required by the State of Iowa.
▪ $50,000 to the American Red Cross Grant Wood Area Chapter for emergency response to the disaster and provision of food and shelter for flood-affected residents.
▪ $25,000 to the ARC of East Central Iowa for Recover, Rebuild, Return to cover a portion of the cost associated with building repair, enabling the organization to return to its downtown offices and continue fulfilling its mission of providing advocacy and services for people with intellectual disabilities and their families.
▪ $50,000 to ARC of East Central Iowa for Program Structure Improvement and Expansion (a Flood 2008 Fund Nonprofit Rebuilding Capital Grant).
▪ $25,000 to the Area Substance Abuse Council (ASAC) for Heart of Iowa Flood Recovery to replace loss of operating revenue and sustain essential drug and alcohol addiction recovery programs.
▪ $100,000 (issued as four grants) to the Area
Substance Abuse Council for Treatment for Flood-Affected Families. ASAC developed a new program to serve flood-impacted households with free outpatient treatment. ASAC hired two substance abuse counselors to reduce the wait time for services, and served at least 80 people as a result of the project.
▪ $25,000 to the Area Substance Abuse Council for Client Assistance to establish a discretionary fund to help current and former clients who were impacted by the flood with financial support as they made progress on their recovery plans.
▪ $25,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters for Flood Recovery for Children to maintain their support for 25 of 136 “littles” who were flood-impacted.
▪ $25,000 to Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids for Club Outreach to help re-establish programming on the northwest side of Cedar Rapids. The interim site was established in the basement of The Salvation Army.
▪ $50,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids for Rebuilding Administrative Offices (a Flood 2008 Fund Nonprofit Rebuilding Capital Grant).
▪ $25,000 to Camp Fire USA, Iowana Council; $25,000 to First United Methodist Church of Marion. Campfire and First United Methodist Church worked together to house and feed more than 800
volunteers the summer of 2009 and to rebuild at least 38 homes.
▪ $1,500 to the Cedar Boat Club to restore the meeting house that was destroyed by the flood of 2008.
▪ $5,250 to the Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission for Housing Conference. The conference addressed some of the systemic housing needs post-flood. $5,000 of the grant was to support the costs of the conference and $250 was used to pay for the registration costs for homeowners/renters who were flood-affected and attended the conference.
▪ $15,000 to the Cedar Rapids Community
169 (during first 3 weeks of disaster)
citizens intemporaryshelters
people
Schools Foundation for Sports, Academic, Fine Arts and Enrichment Activities for Kids (SAFE) in flood-affected neighborhoods.
▪ $25,000 to the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art for Flood Cleanup and Recovery. The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art experienced $1.4 million in damage. After insurance and other flood recovery grants, they still had a $211,240 shortfall. This grant helped defray the costs of cleanup and rebuilding.
▪ $10,000 to Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre for Flood Deficit Recovery for replacement of set and props from the summer 2008 performance of Aida and for lost ticket revenue as a result of the flood.
▪ $50,000 to the Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation for the new public library (a Flood 2008 Fund Nonprofit Rebuilding Capital Grant).
▪ $93,512 to Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity for CVHFH 2011 Flood-Impacted Home Rehabilitations.
▪ $17,660 to Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity for Habitat RV Base Camp to install an RV base camp in the Time Check neighborhood to house long-term, out-of-town volunteers helping build/rebuild low-income housing lost in the flood.
▪ $25,000 to Cedar Valley Montessori School for Security System for Downtown School in preparation for its return to the Ground Transportation Center for the 2010-2011 school year.
▪ $2,800 to Christ Episcopal Church to purchase an institutional refrigerator and ice maker to better accommodate the many flood recovery volunteer groups hosted by the church.
▪ $13,674 to The Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of Cedar Rapids for Rebuilding Lives by Rebuilding Homes for volunteer teams to clean, gut and install insulation,
drywall and flooring in homes in the Time Check neighborhood and to purchase rebuilding materials.
▪ $3,596.64 to Churches United, Inc. for Assisting Individuals and Families through their AmeriCorps partnership with the Zero Poverty Project. The ZPP worked with four flood-affected women who were at or below the poverty line and paired them with supportive community volunteers who provided guidance in making life changes.
▪ $15,000 to the Community Corrections Improvement Association for a Post-Flood Community Assessment.
▪ $105,296 (issued as five grants) to Community Corrections Improvement Association for VISTA Flood Recovery. CCIA coordinated a multi-year Americorps VISTA program focused on flood recovery. Five grants supported the cost-share of more than 65 VISTA positions, supply and equipment kits used by volunteer groups, tools, volunteer recruitment and transportation assistance, and administrative support.
▪ $25,000 to the Community Corrections Improvement Association for AmeriCorps Green Initiative to purchase energy-efficient materials
to rehabilitate homes for flood-affected households. CCIA received a Green AmeriCorps grant to assist with energy audits and education services and use information gathered from the audits to determine materials needed to rehab flooded homes.
▪ $6,354 to Community Corrections Improvement Association to purchase a truck for AmeriCorps/VISTA workers to use while transporting combustible materials such as generators to and from flood-related work sites.
▪ $15,000 to Crest Services to help reestablish the permanent office. Crest Services provides residential services to adults with disabilities.
▪ $26,240 to Crossroads Mission for Crossroads Mission Rehabilitation from the Flood of 2008 (a Flood 2008 Fund Nonprofit Rebuilding Capital Grant).
▪ $25,000 to the Eastern Iowa Arts Academy to provide free arts opportunities in flood- impacted neighborhoods with more than 20 classes serving more than 300 students.
▪ $75,000 to the Meet and Eat Meal Program. The summer neighborhood meals program based at Echo Hills Presbyterian Church was able to continue through the
summer of 2010 to serve flood-affected families and cleanup workers, as well as others in the community who were impacted by the relocation of Green Square Meals due to the floods. The program relocated to First Presbyterian Church Cedar Rapids in the summer of 2009.
▪ $71,516 to the Ecumenical Community Center/Helping Hands Ministry to Assist Individuals and Families Impacted by the Flood.
▪ $5,000 to Eight Days of Hope for Eight Days of Hope Cedar Rapids. Eight Days of Hope organized an eight-day work trip in November 2008 involving skilled and unskilled volunteers from around the country, who completed $2 million worth of work on 140 flood-damaged homes.
▪ $16,250 to First Church of the Nazarene to purchase materials for volunteer teams to winter weatherize seven homes in the Czech Village and Time Check areas. Work included replacing duct work and purchasing furnaces and hot water heaters for flooded households.
▪ $25,000 to First Church of the Nazarene for Mission of Hope to purchase additional materials to rebuild six homes in the Czech Village and Time Check areas.
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$2.4 estimated cost in damage to public infrastructure and future flood management options
property
billion
Photo: JoAnn Wood
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▪ $25,000 to First Lutheran Church for Hosting, Housing and Assisting Rebuild of Flooded Homes to provide food, showers, shelter and building materials for out-of-town groups rebuilding homes in the community.
▪ $25,000 to the First United Methodist Church of Marion to purchase rebuilding supplies for work on an additional 26 homes. The FUMC volunteers worked on 65 homes during the summer of 2010. The church has already completed 16 homes since the flood.
▪ $19,191 to Foundation 2 for Increased Mobile Crisis Outreach Services to Linn County residents. Foundation 2 experienced a 18 percent increase in calls to the MCO program in 2009 as compared to the same time in 2008, with about 75% of the increase in calls due to the flood. Foundation 2 used the grant to help fund the portion of outreach due to the flood-related increase.
▪ $36,672 to Foundation 2 for Increased Crisis Center Staffing & Marketing in response to flood-related calls. Foundation 2 experienced an increase in crisis calls post-flood, with most of the increase from flood-affected individuals. Two foundation grants funded increased staffing for the suicide prevention hotline, and increased marketing to increase awareness of this service.
▪ $25,000 to Four Oaks Family and Children’s Services for Four Oaks D Street Flood Recovery to recoup operating losses that will enable supervised community treatment programs for juvenile offenders, family therapy, HACAP Headstart and the remedial program for children and families to resume at the D Street facility.
▪ $25,000 to Four Oaks Family and Children’s Services for Support Services for Students with Mental Health Needs. Four Oaks has partnered with Abbe Inc. to create Abbe Oaks, a specialty clinic for children with mental health problems and their families. This grant supported the work of a community/family support specialist to implement this integrated treatment plan for flood-affected children who are not covered by Title 19.
▪ $25,000 to Hands on Worldwide, Inc. for Project Cedar Rapids to equip volunteer drywall teams to install and finish drywall on 25-35 flooded homes.
▪ $25,000 to Hands on Worldwide, Inc. for Project Cedar Rapids – Rebuild to purchase materials as they work with other local volunteer groups to rebuild additional homes.
▪ $4,950 to Hawkeye Area Community Action Program, Inc. to provide temporary emergency housing to flood-affected households while HACAP and the Long-Term Recovery advocates help find the families a more stable situation.
▪ $3,313 to the Hawkeye Area Council Boy Scouts of America for Eagle Strike Force Flood Fund for local Boy Scouts to undertake flood-related projects for their Eagle Scout projects. The grant supplied matching funds for Eagle projects.
▪ $25,000 to Horizons: A Family Service Alliance to help support their increased operating costs resulting from building displacement and a temporary revenue drop following the flood.
▪ $200,000 to Horizons: A Family Service Alliance for Flood Them with Love to assist flood-affected families with rebuilding/furnishing homes, supply household products, home safety improvements and discretionary needs such as utility bills and rent payment. Funding
was released in $50,000 increments.
▪ $50,000 to Horizons: A Family Service Alliance for Rising Above, Expanding the Horizon (a Flood 2008 Fund Nonprofit Rebuilding Capital Grant).
▪ $50,000 to the Human Services Campus of East Central Iowa (a Flood 2008 Fund Nonprofit Rebuilding Capital Grant) on behalf of Aging Services and Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois.
▪ $50,000 to Indian Creek Nature Center to renovate its headquarters building and begin planning for a new facility on higher ground (a Flood 2008 Fund Nonprofit Rebuilding Capital Grant).
▪ $10,347 to International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers/Old Fart Electric for House Warming for Recovery to purchase indoor heaters to use while rewiring and rebuilding flooded homes in the fall of 2009 and winter of 2010.
▪ $108,994 to Iowa Legal Aid for Disaster Recovery Project to help fund a lawyer to provide free legal assistance for housing and other flood-related issues to flood-affected households 2008-2011. Funding was released in five grants.
▪ $10,000 to the Kernels Foundation for Construction of Ball Diamonds in Jones Park near flood-affected neighborhoods as a way to continue additional instructional programs for at-risk youth in Cedar Rapids. Baseball fields at Riverside Park, Hayes Park and Time Check Park were destroyed or damaged by the flood.
▪ $25,000 to Kids First Law Center for Rebuilding Kids First.
▪ $25,000 to Kingston Hill for Making Kingston Hill Home to provide affordable, independent housing at a reduced rate for flood-affected elderly individuals.
▪ $12,500 to Legion Arts/CSPS for Cedar Rapids Rising: Forums for Creative Workers to mitigate the potential loss of the creative community through a series of forums. The forums provided models, assisted with planning efforts and connected local individuals and organizations to national resources.
▪ $968,596 to the Linn Area Long Term Recovery Coalition for financial assistance for flood-affected individuals and families; to assist households with rebuilding costs; and for case management and advocacy. United Way served as fiscal sponsor for the LALTRC.
▪ $25,000 to Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota for Camp Noah, a one-week day camp to help children and youth heal and recover mentally and emotionally from the trauma of the flood disaster. The organization conducted four camps during the summer of 2009 that served nearly 200 children.
▪ $25,000 to the Matthew 25 Ministry Hub for the Matthew 25 Tool Library. The tool library lends tools to community members, specifically tailored to flood rehab and recovery. Households with a FEMA ID received their first year’s membership free, so households didn’t need to rent or purchase tools for short-term use.
▪ $25,000 to Matthew 25 Ministry Hub for the Matthew 25 Tool Library to hire a skilled staff to manage the day-to-day ongoing operations of the tool library and drive the process of long-term program development.
▪ $25,000 to Matthew 25 Ministry Hub for Community Rebuilding Center to build out space to be used for community meetings, youth programming, Tool Library, offices and a warehouse. The warehouse space will allow bulk purchases and storage for Block by Block building materials.
▪ $62,464 to Matthew 25 Ministry Hub for Basic Needs Assistance, Youth Development, and Neighborhood Advocacy to support staffing in three areas – resource referrals for Matthew 25 neighbors, youth programming after school and during the summer, and continued work with block leaders.
▪ $25,000 to the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library for replenishment of lost revenue to re-establish operations, to establish a temporary operating location for exhibits, programs and the museum store, which will re-establish the museum’s revenue stream.
▪ $50,000 to the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library to Relocate and Expand Exhibition Center and Library (a Flood 2008 Fund Nonprofit Rebuilding Capital Grant).
▪ $15,000 to Neighborhood Transportation Service for Automated Phone System to install a new phone system at its current post-flood location to meet the needs of clients who call to reserve transportation services.
▪ $7,794 to Neighborhood Transportation Service for Driver’s Office and Storage Replacement for a mobile office for bus drivers to receive schedules, complete time sheets and other paperwork and for adequate storage for vehicle batteries, engine fluids and other equipment.
▪ $9,100 to Neighborhood Transportation Service to re-establish their office, including a server, copier and network system. This allowed NTS to operate more efficiently and helped them get back to pre-flood ridership levels.
▪ $3,420 to New Bohemia for the New Bohemia Arts Festival to waive juried art show and exhibit fees for artists who lost a studio, equipment, exhibit and/or retail space in the flood of 2008.
▪ $5,000 to the Northwest Neighbors Association for the purchase of two heavy-duty snow blowers to assist the neighborhood association in clearing flood-affected neighbors’ walk ways and to contract with a snow removal service to clear areas too large for the residential snow blowers. The grant supported the Northwest Neighborhood Association goal of strengthening the fabric of the neighborhood.
▪ $23,005 to the Northwest Neighborhood Association for the Northwest Neighborhood Resource Center start-up.
▪ $18,625 to the Oak Hill Jackson Neighborhood Association for the Oak Hill Jackson Neighborhood Resource Center start-up.
▪ $2,190 to the Old Creamery Theatre Co. to purchase a lighting system for a permanent post-flood facility.
▪ $25,000 to Olivet Neighborhood Mission for Clothing Closet and Food Pantry to establish a discretionary voucher fund and to help with the food pantry inventory and increased staffing needs as a result of increased demand post-flood.
▪ $20,500 to Olivet Neighborhood Mission for food assistance and nutrition education for families with children.
▪ $50,000 to Olivet Neighborhood Mission for Reconstruction of Pre-Flood Program Facility for ONM After-School Program (a Flood 2008 Fund Nonprofit Rebuilding Capital Grant).
▪ $25,000 to Orchestra Iowa for Rebuilding Symphony Stability through
Audience Retention and Growth to produce additional concerts that include new venues and equipment in an effort to make up for lost ticket revenue as a result of the flood.
▪ $50,000 to Orchestra Iowa for Rebuilding the Symphony Center (a Flood 2008 Fund Nonprofit Rebuilding Capital Grant).
▪ $25,000 to Palo Senior Citizens Housing, Inc. to help rehabilitate eight one-bedroom apartment units in the Palo Senior Housing complex. The Palo Senior Housing complex was flooded in June, forcing the 12 low-income seniors to find other living accommodations.
▪ $23,773 to Partnership for Safe Families for Family Team Meetings for
families recovering from the Flood of 2008. The Family Team Meeting (FTM) is a research-based model shown to be effective in assisting families responding to crisis situations. A total of 47 flood-affected households participated in one- to two-family team meetings and left with a plan and a way to succeed with a support system.
▪ $25,000 to Partnership for Safe Families for Family Support Funds for discretionary funds to use for addressing remaining needs of flood-affected families.
▪ $25,000 to Partnership for Safe Families for Family Support Funds to help pay for the family support worker staffing the Taylor Family Resource Center at Taylor Elementary School. The worker assists families affected by the flood.
▪ $75,000 to Prairiewoods for Assisting Families in the Flood Recovery Process to make repairs on their homes and provide furnishings. Funding was released in $25,000 increments (issued as four grants).
▪ $100,000 to Rebuilding Palo, Inc. for Rebuilding Palo to help Palo residents
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property
Photo: Karla Twedt-Ball
purchase tools, materials or labor to finish rebuilding and move back into their homes (issued as four grants).
▪ $150,000 to the Salvation Army of Cedar Rapids for Flood Recovery Support and Basic Needs Assistance that includes discretionary financial assistance to flood-impacted residents for rent, utility and other expenses, provided through four grants.
▪ $25,000 to the Science Station for Moving Up, Out and On: Science Station Post-Flood to help re-establish an early childhood science education presence at Lindale Mall.
▪ $25,000 to Serve the City Resource Group, Inc. for their Community Flood Relief Fund to help families get back into their homes or other stable living situations.
▪ $19,700 to the St. Luke’s Health Care Foundation for Linn County Mind Body Medicine Coalition to provide trauma recovery education for professionals serving those affected by natural or man-made disasters.
▪ $25,000 to St. Mark’s Lutheran Church for Rebuilding Flooded Houses to support the materials for youth and adults from Illinois, Michigan and Iowa, who spent a week installing drywall and insulation, painting and doing yard work.
▪ $16,430 to the Taylor Area Neighborhood Association for Tiger Cub Club to support before and after school programming for flood-affected children.
▪ $4,884 to Tanager Place for Crayon Conversations for elementary school children and their families directly impacted by the flood. The project enabled children the chance to share their flood story through the arts to improve coping skills, increase communication and boost the artist’s self-confidence. The program modeled a similar project created following the September 11 tragedy in New York City.
▪ $22,528 to Temple Judah for Flood Disaster Relief to continue providing furniture, bedding and appliances donated to flood-impacted households through 2010.
▪ $25,000 to Theatre Cedar Rapids for the purchase of a replacement lighting system that was used at their temporary location and then installed in the renovated downtown facility.
▪ $50,000 to Theatre Cedar Rapids for The Next Act (a Flood 2008 Fund Nonprofit Rebuilding Capital Grant).
▪ $12,500 to Trinity Lane Preschool and Matthew 25 Ministry Hub for Summer Childcare. The two nonprofits offered childcare in the summer of 2009 for families in a flooded neighborhood. The funding
provided scholarships to children from low-income, flood-affected households.
▪ $25,000 to Ushers Ferry Historical Village for Ushers Ferry Historic Village Flood Reconstruction of the College Township School, the Oak Hill Free Methodist Church, Telephone House, and the gazebo. They also replaced the electrical systems and conducted general cleanup of the village grounds.
▪ $25,000 to Waypoint for Elevator Repair. The Madge Phillips Center provides daytime and nighttime services to homeless and near-homeless women and children. The Center was unable to reopen until the elevator was repaired, as per the Americans with Disabilities Act.
▪ $2,000 to Waypoint for Responding to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Following a Natural Disaster. Waypoint hosted a domestic violence and sexual assault conference in Cedar Rapids in November 2008 in an effort to prepare the community to handle an expected increase in domestic violence and sexual assault resulting from the flood.
▪ $50,000 to The Witwer Center for Rebuilding Witwer Center’s Production Kitchen (a Flood 2008 Fund Nonprofit Rebuilding Capital Grant).
▪ $20,000 to the Witwer Center for Witwer Center Nutrition Program Rebuilding to help the
organization continue providing meals to the Linn County senior population.
▪ $25,000 to the Witwer Center for Reducing Transportation Barriers for Witwer Center participants to help clients and residents of Geneva Towers with transportation to and from the Green Square Meals/Ecumenical Center. Other flood-impacted individuals benefited from bus passes or LIFTS assistance.
▪ $25,000 to the YMCA for “Getting Quickly to ‘Better-than-Ever’ at the Helen G. Nassif YMCA!” to support the re-establishment of the YMCA post-flood.
▪ $50,000 to the YMCA of Cedar Rapids for Rebuilding the Future of the YMCA (a Flood 2008 Fund Nonprofit Rebuilding Capital Grant).
▪ $20,815 to Young Parents Network for Taylor Neighborhood Project for a community collaboration for the character development of flood-impacted youth and their families. The project brings together Young Parents Network, Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids/Tiger Kids Club, Taylor Elementary School and Matthew 25 to identify existing assets in the Taylor neighborhood, pinpoint gaps and build programming around those gaps to create a healthier neighborhood and family culture.
Additionally, Pioneer Hi-Bred contributed $40,000 to support flood recovery in east central Iowa. In consultation with Pioneer, these funds were directed toward:
▪ $20,000 to the Jones County Long Term Recovery Team to support flood recovery efforts in Jones County.
▪ $15,000 to Rebuilding Palo Fund for flood recovery efforts in Palo.
▪ $5,000 to Indian Creek Nature Center to help rebuild stream crossings.
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Block by Block, group by group: Uniting for recoveryBrick by brick, house by house, recovery struggled
along, but nearly one year after the flood, progress was
hidden by the sheer magnitude of the disaster. A new
model of recovery tackled the problem block by block
– literally – bringing momentum and energy. Matthew
25 Ministry Hub, Four Oaks’ Affordable Housing
Network, Inc. (AHNI) and the United Methodist Church
(UMC) joined forces to create a grassroots recovery
process starting in the worst-hit neighborhoods west
of the river.
CollaboratinG to Create hope
Clint Twedt-Ball and his brother Courtney Ball, Co-
Executive Directors of Matthew 25 Ministry Hub, were
already doing neighborhood outreach on the west
side of the Cedar River before the flood. With the flood,
their efforts expanded. But, a year after the flood, they
sensed hopelessness taking hold.
Through a relationship rooted in the city’s Recovery
and Reinvestment Coordinating Team, Twedt-Ball talked
with Four Oak’s CEO, Jim Ernst, about ways to push the
recovery forward. Meanwhile, Matthew 25 brainstormed
with the United Methodist Church about how best to use
volunteers flowing in from across the country.
Together, the three organizations created Block by
Block to build on homeowners’ efforts. By working
with homeowners to complete one block at a time, the
partners believed they could move recovery forward in
a visible way.
When the Greater Cedar Rapids Community
Foundation (GCRCF) offered support, the program
leapt into action. The GCRCF invested $1.2 million
from its Flood 2008 Fund, and donor-advised fund
holders John and Dyan Smith contributed $1 million
from their GCRCF fund. As the program gathered
speed, contributions poured in from other local
foundations, including large awards from the Iowa
Finance Authority and the Department of Human
Services. One block at a time, the results of the
program became clear.
united methodist ChurCh’s role
When Block by Block was formed, the United
Methodist Church was struggling to find work for its
massive volunteer work force.
“We were frustrated because there was so much
to do,” explains Becky Wood, who oversees UMC’s
volunteers. “With Matthew 25’s neighborhood
connections and Four Oaks’ history of effective
program management and fiscal responsibility, the
partnership came together because each of us could
contribute.”
Over two years, the UMC provided 8,500 volunteers.
“Seeing the difference we’ve made over the last three
years is really overwhelming,” Wood says. “We have seen
people break down in tears as we begin our work. They
had almost given up, but our volunteers provide a ray of
hope. That’s what gets me up every day.”
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aFFordable housinG network
and Four oaks’ role
In 2011, Joe Lock, AHNI’s executive director, joined
Twedt-Ball in lobbying the city to let them take on
rebuilding homes that builders rejected. “We have
taken on 42 complete home rehabilitation projects
since we started so we could reweave the fabric of
these historic neighborhoods,” he says. “Re-developing
a sense of community was really important.”
More than $4.6 million has been spent on 25 blocks
that contain more than 350 homes and dwellings,
Lock says. Today, he adds, “we are evolving from
disaster recovery to neighborhood revitalization.”
Four Oaks, the umbrella agency of AHNI, is the fiscal
agent for the multi-million dollar project and provides
business services including finance, fundraising and
public relations.
bloCk by bloCk
The initial goal was to engage neighborhoods and
restore homes in eight blocks between July and
December 2009. The group added another 16 blocks
in 2010; by December 2011, 25 blocks will have been
rehabilitated.
“The most inspiring part has been watching
neighbors take control of their own recovery. As
neighbors begin to feel empowered, the program really
takes off,” Twedt-Ball explains. “They can talk in their
block meetings about what is working and what isn’t.
They no longer feel isolated and alone in their struggle
against a bureaucratic and rule-bound program.”
Initially, it took a lot of convincing to get
neighborhoods to accept the plan. They were
frustrated that nothing was moving forward. Soon,
blocks requested participation in the program.
“In the beginning, we simply asked one block if
they’d trust us and they said yes,” Twedt-Ball says.
“I think we’ve exceeded expectations. We still have
volunteers arriving from across the country. Local
groups continue to volunteer at an amazing rate.
Some local employers still encourage their employees
to take time off to help. Talk about a willingness to run
the marathon of recovery. This community is made up
of incredible people.”
Twedt-Ball still remembers the woman who received
FEMA and Jumpstart funds to rebuild. She hired
contractors to fix her house. The foundation they built
disintegrated. Block by Block tore down the house,
built a new foundation and moved another house onto
the site, all at no cost to the owner. “Without flexible,
private funding, she would have gone into foreclosure
on a home that had become a hazard simply because
she trusted the wrong contractors.”
Then there were the three elderly women who
moved into FEMA trailers and faced losing their homes
of 30 years. Their neighbors told them to work with
Block by Block. “They were stunned and grateful,”
Twedt-Ball recalls. “When you are a widow in your
seventies or eighties, rebuilding a whole house is
overwhelming. They never thought they’d get their
homes back. Because of their neighbors’ love and
support, they are all back on the block.”
The GCRCF has been an essential partner.
“The Foundation recognized the need to be creative
and try a new approach to push the community’s
recovery forward,” Twedt-Ball explains. “They were
willing to take a thoughtful risk and were trusted
by John and Dyan Smith, who were willing to step
in as partners on the program. Once Block by Block
proved itself, government funding was able to
help scale the program up. To me, the Community
Foundation exemplified what can happen with skilled
leadership and generous philanthropy in the midst of a
challenging crisis.”
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Photo: Four Oaks/AHNI
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Flood Them with Love: Grassroots camaraderie at its best Karla Goettel never envisioned what her compassion
would create when she started helping flood victims,
one by one.
It all began on Christmas Day of 2008, when her
goal was to help one person she knew who lost
everything in the flood. Three families joined her
in contributing funds, household goods and other
needed items.
“It felt great and we thought we were done,”
Goettel recalls. “But I couldn’t stop thinking about
it and dreaming of what could be done.”
Her enthusiasm was contagious, as friends, family
and neighbors helped find others in need of immediate
help. The ongoing effort led Goettel to form Flood
Them with Love, an all-volunteer, local grassroots
group with a mission. Soon, the group was helping
28 more families.
“It grew way beyond
what we ever thought it
would be,” Goettel says,
“but it was so effective.”
Goettel’s approach was
one-by-one. She visited
flood victims in their
homes to find out their needs. She had volunteered at
the recovery center established to help victims, “but I
wanted to avoid all the bureaucracy because that was
so overwhelming for flood victims.”
Goettel began speaking and circulating flyers about
the enormous need for immediate help for flood-
affected families. Soon, donations rolled in. A friend
found a warehouse for storing donated household
items – at no charge.
At a luncheon for nonprofits hosted by the Greater
Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF), Goettel
talked about her efforts. Scott Jamieson, executive
director of Horizons, was impressed.
“He said, ‘We need to find out how to be Karla
Goettel because she’s so effective with her outreach,’”
Goettel recalls. That led to a wonderful partnership
between Horizons and Flood Them with Love. By the
summer of 2009, more families were finding them.
“It really exploded then. We helped another 200
families in a matter of months,” Goettel recalls.
“We held a Christmas Party in 2009 too, for flooded
families.”
Ultimately, Goettel says, they raised almost $500,000
with Horizons, providing furniture and household
items to more than 350 families from Flood Them with
Love’s 6,400 square-foot warehouse.
The group met with flooded families in their homes,
assessed their needs and helped them shop for free
in their warehouse. Networking with other helping
agencies helped locate medical, food, clothing and
legal support. They helped homeless families, getting
them off the streets and into motels when shelters
were full. Through Horizons, the group was also able
to provide consumer credit
counseling to flood victims.
“The credit counseling
was absolutely key to what
we were doing,” Goettel
says. “I can’t say enough
about Horizons and their
initiative because they allowed us to double what we
could have done otherwise.”
The GCRCF was also a major supporter, providing
four grants totaling $200,000 from its Flood 2008 Fund.
“It’s the renewable grants from the Foundation to
Horizons that have made the greatest impact,” Goettel
says. “It was the best partnership ever. Those funds
allowed us to help people in other ways. It took a lot
of stress off a lot of flood victims.”
Goettel officially closed Flood Them with Love on
Jan. 1, 2011, “but Horizons has carried it on.”
In her last contribution to help flood victims,
Goettel distributed $10,000 in her group’s remaining
funds to support services in the trenches: Horizons,
the Community Health Free Clinic and Habitat
for Humanity.
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ILA: Disaster Recovery Project still at workIowa Legal Aid (ILA) is best known for providing free
legal assistance to low-income and other vulnerable
residents. But in the wake of the 2008 flood, ILA’s
Cedar Rapids staff members found themselves in
critical demand by new clientele: flood victims.
In addition to the recession and nationwide
foreclosure crisis, the flood left many low-income,
vulnerable homeowners struggling to cope with the
physical, emotional and financial realities of flood
damage. Sorting through buy-out options, unscrupulous
contractors, flood-related issues with landlords and
how to qualify for flood recovery assistance were just a
few of the obstacles flood victims faced.
Each flood victim faced a unique mix of needs and
many ultimately needed someone to advise them
on the best way to move forward. That’s where ILA
staff attorney Lisa Gavin came in. She became ILA’s
Disaster Relief Coordinator, partnering with other local
agencies to ensure that flood victims got the services
they needed to recover.
“We started getting lots of calls from clients we already
had who were now also facing flooding,” Gavin recalls.
“In the beginning, we were focused mostly on housing
issues and advising people on what was out there to
help them.”
Gavin brought a unique perspective to the work.
Both the ILA office and her own home flooded, giving
her particular passion for the effort, credibility with
other flood victims and valuable insight into the
challenges flood victims faced.
The need for Gavin’s full-time attention to flood
recovery quickly became clear. A $25,000 initial grant
from the GCRCF’s flood fund established her full-time
position; continued funding was critical to provide
ongoing help. The GCRCF’s flood fund would ultimately
provide $108,994 in support through 2011 so ILA could
counsel and represent low-income flood victims to keep
them from becoming homeless, help them find financial
guidance, advise them on buy-outs, educate them on
resources available and provide tax help.
“The Community Foundation was instrumental
in helping us respond,” Gavin says. “That continued
funding was really important because the flood
recovery went on for years. It allowed us to continue
doing our work and see cases to conclusion.”
Gavin hosted
workshops and meetings
to educate flood victims
of their rights and
responsibilities. She
helped train volunteer
attorneys, met with other
agencies and represented
many individual
flood victims.
Some of the most
satisfying work, Gavin
says, was helping homeowners who had their flood
homes repaired and moved back in, only to fall
behind on house payments and face foreclosure.
A homeowner couple from the Time Check
neighborhood experienced this situation.
The flood left several feet of water in their home’s
main floor. They had to rebuild that floor and the
basement, plus replace nearly all their furnishings
and personal property. They fell behind on their
mortgage and were served with a foreclosure lawsuit.
ILA defended them, slowing the foreclosure process
enough so Horizons had time to work out a loan
modification with the mortgage lender. With that
negotiated, the foreclosure lawsuit was dismissed. The
clients now have a lower, more affordable monthly
payment and are back in their newly-repaired home.
One thing nearly every homeowner needed most,
Gavin found, was to find someone to listen to them.
“I notice with buy-out cases, at the last step of the
process, people need to tell the story of their house.
It’s saying goodbye to their home,” she explains. “So
many people affected were elderly and grew up in
those houses. They needed support.”
From January through September 2009, ILA handled
200 cases for flood victims. Another 140 new clients
were helped between January and September 2010.
That doesn’t include numerous meetings and trainings
ILA hosted for flood victims and ongoing cases this
year. The GCRCF helped ILA locate state funding so that
the work could continue in 2011. The remaining cases
focus on foreclosures, resolving funding disputes and
helping homeowners with the buy-out process.
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The Arc: Recover, Rebuild, ReturnRecover, rebuild, return.
That phrase summed up the ultimate goal of the
Arc of East Central Iowa in the wake of the June 2008
flood. The Arc’s facilities were inundated with flood
water and muck, a sight that shocked staff when they
were allowed to return to their building.
“When we were first allowed back downtown,”
says Delaine Petersen, Arc’s Executive Director, “I
remember the imprint of a refrigerator on the ceiling
and muck covering everything. That’s when reality
really hit and we wondered if there could ever be an
Arc building downtown again. We thought we were
just cleaning up to close the doors.”
That sad view soon gave way to glimmers of hope,
as contributions from all over the country started
pouring in to help Arc continue providing care for
more than 800 clients and their families of people
with intellectual and other related disabilities. And the
Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF)
urged Arc to apply for funds to help recovery.
“The Community Foundation was a real leader in
saying, ‘we’re going to overcome,’” Petersen says.
“That was a huge commitment from the GCRCF. We
had a solid mission and a good bottom line; that gave
us a good shot at getting those ‘healing dollars.’”
The GCRCF provided a $50,000 nonprofit rebuilding
capital grant from its Flood 2008 Fund, giving the Arc
a substantial lift for its rebuilding effort.
During the initial recovery, Arc’s administrative staff
was spread among three community locations for four
months. By October 2008, staff returned to the second
floor of their building; renovation of the first level
continued. In late April 2009, Arc began accepting
some day care clients on the first floor.
“We had absolute confidence because of GCRCF
support,” Petersen explains. “The karma coming off of
them was so positive.”
The Arc’s staff and board of directors realized
that rebuilding provided a chance to redefine how
they used their space to transform Arc into a better
organization. As Petersen noted in a report to the
GCRCF, “Sometimes disasters give you the opportunity
to make lemonade out of lemons.”
Still, the recovery took more than a year to really
take hold, Petersen says.
“It wasn’t until early fall of 2009 that we felt like we
had our feet underneath us,” she says.
Today, the renovated Arc provides more services
more efficiently than before the flood.
“Sometimes I’m sort of grateful to the flood for what
we’ve found since then,” Petersen points out. “I think
people really valued what our services were about. We
really found out who our friends were.”
Photo: The Arc
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National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library: Building for the FutureThe Cedar Rapids building that drew perhaps the most
attention during the 2008 flood was the National Czech
and Slovak Museum and Library (NCSML), its red roof
vivid above the floodwaters that surrounded it.
The Cedar River that raged through the NCSML left
heavy damage, breaking through doors and walls,
crushing exhibits, up-ending 500-pound display cases
and flipping a grand piano. Nearly all of the archival
materials and most of the library’s book collection
were removed before the 2008 flood, but everything
else was totally submerged.
“The power of that water coming through there was
really indescribable,” recalls Jason Wright, NCSML’s
vice president for development. Museum staff and
volunteers spent five straight days working to salvage
what they could and cleaning mud-soaked books in
preparation for restoration.
Amazingly, 80 percent of the museum’s collection
was saved, Wright says. Support began pouring in.
Frank N. Magid & Associates in Marion provided
NCSML staff with temporary office space. The
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art took in NCSML’s
exhibits free of charge.
NCSML staff stepped back to reconsider the
museum’s future. Initially, the only certainty, notes
Wright, was the loss of revenue from admissions,
space rentals and gift store sales.
“Without those sources of revenue, all we had was
our donors and our endowment,” he explains.
Then, the Greater Cedar Rapids Community
Foundation (GCRCF) Flood 2008 Fund gave the
museum a $25,000 grant in October 2008 to help open
an interim exhibit and gift store Lindale Mall.
“That money was critical because of our cash flow,
and being visible at Lindale,” says Wright. “Our entire
museum culture was exposed to different people
who had never been to the NCSML. The Community
Foundation’s flood fund helped us manage all that. It
really supported us emotionally. Through their funds,
they showed they believed in us.”
The NCSML received a nonprofit rebuilding capital
grant from the Flood 2008 Fund in October 2009 to
help renovate a building in Czech Village. The NCSML
offices are now temporarily housed in the renovated
Kosek Building of Czech Village, formerly the Kosek
Dime & Dollar Store. In July 2010, NCSML officially
opened its new offices, gift shop and a new exhibit,
Rising Above: The Story of a People and the Flood.
Today, the community has rallied around
the remarkable effort to move the museum’s
17,000-square-foot building to a higher site further
away from the river, but still part of Czech Village.
That retained the museum’s historic value – and saved
a fortune, Wright notes. The relocation cost $718,000;
building replacement was estimated at $3.5 million.
The library’s ongoing fundraising has been rewarded
locally, regionally and nationally, Wright says.
More than $26 million has been pledged or given;
$25 million of that was raised in 19 months, from
state and federal grants, local nonprofit foundation
grants and individual gifts.
The title of the NCSML campaign says it all:
“Rebuilding the Future.”
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Foundation 2 Crisis Center: Helping on a Grassroots Level
Sometimes the name of a place says it all: Foundation
2 Crisis Center. Amid the chaos and anxiety the 2008
flood triggered, struggling flood victims could turn to
Foundation 2 to get back on solid ground.
The June 2008 flood met every definition possible for
“crisis” and that’s exactly what Foundation 2, founded
in 1970, addresses. It helps adults and young people,
offering youth and family counseling, support groups,
a 24-hour crisis line, a 17-bed youth shelter for those
between ages 11 and 17, as well as an after-hours
food pantry and two licensed social workers providing
counseling.
After the flood, the Foundation 2 Mobile Crisis
Outreach service, an extension of the Crisis Center,
was experiencing an 18 percent increase in calls,
most flood-related. The need for counseling and
shelter was immediate.
“The ripple effect of the emotional shock waves
people were experiencing was coming through
in those calls,” says Cheryl Plotz, Crisis Center
Coordinator. Most calls were from vulnerable people
such as the elderly and low-income residents living
in the worst flooded areas.
Through its Flood 2008 Fund, the Greater Cedar
Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF) was able to
provide $24,172 to Foundation 2: $19,191 to increase
its staffing to better address flood-related crises and
$5,000 for marketing the Crisis Center services.
“Because of that GCRCF funding, we were able to
have people working extra hours so we could be more
responsive,” Plotz says. “It allowed us to be healthier,
focused and clear-minded so we could function better
as counselors.”
Frustrated by delays in flood relief, many residents
felt overwhelmed and angry.
“We were reaching out to people who were coming
apart and couldn’t see how they were going to get past
this,” Plotz explains.
In order to provide accurate, helpful information,
Foundation 2 staff tapped into the wide range of
community services and programs, working together
to help clients.
In the year
following the
flood, Foundation
2 served 759 flood-
affected residents.
“Our mission is
to be a resource for people in crisis,” says Elisabeth
Kissling, Foundation 2 director of development and
marketing. That includes prevention and help before
problems become full-blown crises. The marketing
funds helped get the word out on Foundation 2’s
crisis services.
The immediate crisis has passed, Plotz and Kissling
say, but they still hear from people who lost everything
in the flood and are still struggling.
Today, Kissling says, “The calls are down some
but the flood is usually still part of the picture with
clients’ struggles.”
759flood-affected
residents served
Foundation 2 Crisis Center
Photo: Foundation 2
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Abbe Center: GCRCF flood fund enabled immediate responseThe 2008 flood was an emotionally draining time for
the community. Sometimes the strain of the situation
was overwhelming for individuals, and it was helpful
to work through the crisis with a skilled mental health
professional.
The Flood 2008 Fund helped make mental health
counseling and treatment available without the
complications and frustration of delays due to
bureaucratic red tape. In crisis prevention and treatment,
delays magnify and
worsen problems and
anxieties.
The Abbe Center
for Community
Mental Health
counted on federal
grant assistance for
its crisis counseling
outreach to locate
flood-affected
residents who
needed help.
“We were out
canvassing the
community,” explains
Cindy Kaestner,
Abbe’s Executive
Director. “We had
a great deal of
outreach going on.”
However, new clients often must wait for days or
weeks for their first appointment, while insurance, state
or federal assistance is approved. The $25,000 grant
from the GCRCF Flood 2008 Fund made it possible to
immediately treat flood victims while the on-going
payment source was secured, which Kaestner says made
an enormous difference.
The GCRCF funds covered costs for those who couldn’t
pay, so they could get immediate counseling or therapy,
Kaestner recalls. “It allowed us to tell people to come
in and we’d serve them right away. Some just needed
to unload their frustration. Others needed to share their
loss,” Kaestner commented. “People were very, very
thankful for it. It eliminated one more roadblock for them
to reach help.”
The GCRCF grant enabled the Abbe Center to
help 72 residents, providing for 137 therapy visits,
25 psychiatric evaluations and 51 psychiatry
follow-up visits
from April through
November 2009.
Federal grants
provided the major
dollars for mental
health services for
flood victims. As
federal disaster
assistance tapered,
the Abbe Center for
Community Mental
Health received
another Flood 2008
Fund grant to extend
Abbe’s outreach and
cover other aspects
of Abbe’s services,
such as the cost
of providing public
transportation
and gift cards for gas. Making counseling accessible
was important to encourage people to get the help
they needed.
Looking back at the flood and the response it
triggered, Kaestner says, “I am still very impressed with
how well this community came together and responded.
People did a nice job of working together and helping
people in the community.”
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900 people displaced
Cedar rapids downtown
or 100% of the people residing downtown were displaced
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ASAC: Partnering for extra outreach to those in crisis The flood of June 2008 was overwhelming in the
scope of its damage and destruction in Cedar Rapids,
and beyond. And no one saw its devastating human
impact more than crisis outreach nonprofits trying to
help needy residents who also became flood victims.
At the time of the flood, Cedar Rapids’ Area
Substance Abuse Council (ASAC) was struggling to
adequately serve its clients with a tightened budget.
“We were down by five counselors already because
of funding cuts,” explains Laurel Merrick, Resource
Development Director for ASAC. The repercussions of
the flood hit hard those already struggling with alcohol
and drug addictions. “We had fewer counselors
available, with more clients in crisis.”
With two of its facilities flooded, ASAC had
to relocate its downtown staff and the Heart of
Iowa Mother and Child Center to keep operating.
Simultaneously, ASAC had to somehow provide a
safety net of support for flood-affected clients.
“As is true in disasters, some flood-affected
individuals who were in recovery relapsed and others
turned to alcohol and drugs to cope,” Merrick explains.
The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
(GCRCF) helped ASAC recover and respond to the
initial crisis through $50,000 in grants from its Flood
2008 Fund. Subsequent grants in 2009, 2010 and
2011 have enabled ASAC to provide substance abuse
treatment and client assistance for flood-affected
residents struggling with alcohol and drugs.
The difference GCRCF’s assistance made was
profound.
“It was wonderful,” Merrick says. “Grant funding
helped us to remove barriers for clients to receive
needed treatment services. One GCRCF grant gave us
the opportunity to provide treatment free of charge,
another allowed us to hire additional staff to reduce
wait times to obtain an assessment and/or treatment,
and a third grant provided dollars for us to provide
flood-affected clients with gas cards, clothing and
other items to help them get to treatment or remove
obstacles to their recovery.”
The ongoing support – both from the Community
Foundation to ASAC and from ASAC to its clients –
came at a critical time, and recognized the long-term
consequences of such a catastrophic event. Outreach
continues, Merrick notes.
“Today, we are still seeing 40+ flood-affected
clients each month,” she says. “It’s been a very good
partnership with GCRCF, very beneficial. We are very
appreciative of all the help the Community Foundation
has given us.”
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African American Museum: Back and Better
Tom Moore, executive director of the African-
American Museum of Iowa (AAMI), can look back
on the desolation in the wake of Cedar Rapids’
2008 flood and see blessings.
One is that the rising Cedar River left 5 feet,
4 inches of floodwater in the AAMI building – but it
did not flow through it, a catastrophe other sites
nearby experienced. None of the Museum’s doors or
windows were broken.
After sustaining $1.3 million in damage – including
the loss of its two prime exhibits – the Museum staff
had operations up and running in three months. By
December 2008, the entire Museum building reopened
to welcome visitors once again. It would be another
year before the Museum’s new permanent exhibit
would be complete.
Still, the AAMI was one of the first nonprofits
to re-open. Key to that was a $25,000 grant from
the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
(GCRCF) Flood 2008 Fund grant specifically to sustain
operations as AAMI recovered.
“It came at a very strategic time for us,” Moore
says. “We needed money for our payroll and programs.
It was a sustainability grant. And because of it,
we were able to continue with our programs and
exhibits, off-site.”
Staff relocated temporarily to a conference room
provided by the Iowa Masonic Library. One staff
member remained on site to oversee clean-up and
artifact recovery and restoration. Other staff found
other sites to temporarily host their exhibits and other
scheduled events.
“We were able to conserve some of our artifacts
because our curators could stabilize them. They saved
and relocated the ones that were dry,” Moore notes.
Moore is also gratified at the community response
– both corporate and individual – of support through
financial contributions for recovery. The AAMI also
received a $50,000 rebuilding capital grant from the
GCRCF’s Flood 2008 Fund.
“All of that allowed us to focus on raising that $1.3
million for full recovery,” he says. “We were working at
flood recovery as well as exhibitions.”
The flood experience ultimately prompted a new
perspective among AAMI staff.
“It gave us an opportunity to really see what we’re
talking about when we say ‘museum,’” he explains.
“It’s more than just a building. The real work of the
museum is telling the story of the African American
experience – education. The light came on as to who
we really are.”
Today’s AAMI focus is more about education than
artifact preservation. Exhibits have been redesigned
to incorporate improvements and new ideas, such
as creating gathering spaces for children visiting
the museum.
“This gave us a chance to repurpose our use of
space,” Moore says with a smile. “We’re back and
better. It’s an immersive environment now.”
$1.3 in flood damage to museum
aFriCan-ameriCan museum oF iowa
million
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Theatre Cedar Rapids: Better and Stronger Theatre Cedar Rapids’ comeback from the June 2008
flood may have been its greatest performance ever.
Restoring its historic gem of a theater, the Iowa
Theater building, was a daunting undertaking for even
the most dedicated of theater groups. But TCR took
on the effort and exceeded even its own expectations,
maintaining its commitments.
A $50,000 capital rebuilding grant from the Greater
Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF) Flood
2008 Fund came at a critical time, says Casey Prince,
TCR’s Managing Director.
“The Foundation helps us year in and year out in
so many ways,” Prince notes. “But the Flood Fund
grant was really like having a life preserver thrown
to us. Without that money, I think our story would be
different today.”
TCR salvaged what it could from the theater
building. The lighting system, a total loss, was
replaced through a $25,000 grant from the Flood
Fund. And, a two-year, $50,000 grant from GCRCF’s
Momentum Fund kept TCR’s education programs on
track.
“We were really tenacious and stubborn after the
flood,” Prince explains. “We forced ourselves to be
incredibly creative. We willed ourselves to do much
more.”
TCR reopened in the fall of 2008 in space by the
Lindale Mall, where they remained until January
2010. The goal was to successfully open all 2009-
2010 productions on schedule and maintain its
commitments in educational workshops.
Despite the flood, TCR did eight shows – up from
their usual six-show season. Attendance increased
from 20,000 to 30,000. The education program
expanded. And in the first full year after TCR’s return
downtown, attendance has exceeded 40,000, Prince
says. Seventeen shows have been presented this year.
Next season, 12 are planned.
“We’re also diversifying,” Prince points out. “We’re
also designing and building sets for other nonprofits,
like the Brucemore classics. We’ve become a resource
for other nonprofits as well as a venue.”
TCR’s success story inspired and gave hope to the
Cedar Rapids community, especially the downtown,
showing by example that down-and-out was a
temporary condition.
“We knew that if we failed, it could be a
psychological blow to the whole community,” says
Prince. “We centered ourselves on our programs. The
very nature of what we do is cathartic and allows for
escape and respite. So, it’s very rewarding.”
TCR reopened in February 2010 in its resurrected
theater with The Producers, the biggest production
TCR ever did, Prince says. Today, TCR now has a
sizable endowment fund managed through the GCRCF
and no debt.
“Despite the flood and a recession, we rose up out
of the ashes with a dynamic new facility and increased
programs,” he adds. “Everything we set out to do
is done.”
Community support and attendance have continued
to climb. The best feedback has been unspoken,
Prince says.
“Our lounge and lobby are filling up an hour or
more before and after our shows,” he notes. “There’s
a cultural change in how people attend our theatre,
which is pretty fantastic. We now have people
enjoying the whole experience.”
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Meet & Eat: Fueling the Flood Recovery VolunteersWhat started as an outreach effort of two Cedar Rapids
women mushroomed into a popular, effective and
even delicious meals program to feed flood recovery
volunteers over more than two years.
Feeding those in need was nothing new to Joan
Force or Deb Sedlacek. Sedlacek helped with
Neighborhood Meals and Enrichment Program. After
the June 2008 flood, among the many volunteers
helping with clean-up and recovery were the
AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer workers. They were
being provided with a noon meal each day, but when
Force and Sedlacek asked where the workers were
getting their evening meals, they found that none was
being provided.
“We both said, ‘that’s not right,’” recalls Force.
That led directly to “Meet & Eat,” a program to feed
volunteers noon meals when Neighborhood Meals
ended that summer. Sedlacek funded most of the
program costs while Force and volunteers did fund-
raising and grant-writing. Force was named Director,
holding the only paid position, doing all the cooking.
Force and Sedlacek planned menus and directed
volunteers. They started serving meals on Aug. 17,
2008, initially serving about 70.
“We thought we’d be done by June of 2009,” she adds.
But the AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers asked them
to continue. Force made the meals from scratch,
including food choices appropriate for vegetarians
and those who were gluten-intolerant. They watched
for sales and welcomed donations of both food and
funds. From August through November 2008, however,
Sedlacek was primarily funding it herself.
Home Depot donated to Echo Hill Presbyterian
Church, a meal site for Boys and Girls Club members,
which Meet & Eat tied . That contribution provided
much-needed space and a well-equipped kitchen.
Volunteers began helping prepare the meals. Force
sought grants to help fund the program. Then, they
were finally approved for access to HACAP Reservoir
for food at a tremendous savings.
“That was a big help,” Force says.
A big step forward came with a $25,000 Flood 2008
Fund grant from the Greater Cedar Rapids Community
Foundation (GCRCF).
“I was going to end things in December,” Force
recalls. “I could see the toll it was taking on us. It
had become a full-time job. But when we got that
Foundation check in December, it was a huge relief.”
First Presbyterian Church in Cedar Rapids also asked
them to continue and donated $10,000. More groups’
donations of food and funds came in. Ultimately, the
group received two more $25,000 Flood Fund grants
from GCRCF.
Every day, Monday through Friday, “Meet & Eat”
provided meals for hundreds. When the numbers of
workers began thinning late last fall, they closed the
program on Dec. 22, 2010.
“It went beyond anything we ever envisioned,” Force
says. “People really appreciated our meals. Some of
those groups told us they were the best meals they’d
ever had.”
By the time “Meet & Eat” shut down, it had drawn
more than 14,000 volunteer hours.
“We tried to be very good stewards with that
money,” Force says of the GCRCF grants. “We were
really blessed having the Foundation supporting us.”
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Old Fart Electric: Old-timers joined contractors to help rewire & rebuildAn impressive, somber name it may not be, but the
retirees known in flood recovery circles as Old Fart
Electric can hold their own when it comes to rewiring
and rebuilding homes.
All the better for flood-damaged Cedar Rapids area
homes badly in need of renovation, and their owners in
need of a hand up.
Bill Hanes, business manager of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 405, credits
Wayne Engle, founder of Esco Electric, as the “driving
force” who pulled together members of the IBEW,
retired electrical workers and other tradesmen to
contribute their skills to flood recovery.
“Wayne is very civic-minded,” Hanes says. “He came
to us and suggested we work together to help finish
some of the rebuilding.”
Before long, the IBEW and electrical contractors
backed Engle, who helped secure building materials.
Together, Hanes says, the two groups contributed
$100,000 for materials. A Flood 2008 Fund grant of
$10,347 from the Greater Cedar Rapids Community
Foundation (GCRCF) also sustained the work.
“We started working about three years ago,” Engle says.
He first got involved helping with rewiring in a flood-
damaged home of someone he knew. Then another
house nearby needed work done and it multiplied from
there. Engle talked with Hanes; they sent out a letter to
retired electrical contractors they knew; 14 answered
the call for help. The Metropolitan Electrical Licensing
Bureau agreed, with City Council approval, to renew
their licenses specifically for flood recovery.
The initial goal, notes Hanes, was to rebuild 50
homes. The total?
“We’ve wired more than 280 homes. It amounted
to $1.7 million in homeowners’ value – at no cost,”
says Engle. The work and building materials were free,
thanks to funding from the workers and a discount
from Van Meter Industrial, Engle notes.
Five retired Rockwell Collins engineers and local
plumbers also joined the effort.
“It took a lot of cooperation among a lot of people,”
Hanes notes. “These guys are a great group.”
Says Engle, “It really was fun. But we also really
appreciate so much what the Community Foundation
did, and still does.”
The core Old Fart group still meets – for breakfast
every Monday morning, Christmas gatherings and
dinner once a month.
They’re not resting on their laurels, Engle says.
This summer, they’ve voluntarily helped rewiring at
the new site of His Hands Ministries’ new free clinic.
And they’re taking on smaller jobs through Aging
Services to help out.
“It had just seemed like we were going to take a
break for some golfing this summer,” Engle jokes, “but
we’re still going.”
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Other Flood-Related Funds and Grant Programs
Job and small business reCovery Fund
In partnership with the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of
Commerce, the Community Foundation developed and
managed the Job and Small Business Recovery Fund.
More than $6 million was granted to 335 Cedar Rapids
businesses that contribute to the economic and social
vitality of our community.
nonproFit reCovery Fund
Soon after the flood waters receded, the Community
Foundation opened the Nonprofit Recovery Fund to
provide immediate assistance grants of up to $5,000 to
Linn County nonprofits and places of worship directly
impacted by the flood.
Approximately $313,000 was granted to 70
nonprofits and/or places of worship from the Nonprofit
Recovery Fund.
Of the total amount granted, $231,000 came from
the Community Foundation’s operating reserves. The
final deadline for applications from this fund was
February 27, 2009.
ARTS/CULTURE ▪ African-American Museum of Iowa
▪ Cedar Rapids Library Foundation
▪ Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
▪ Orchestra Iowa/The Follies
▪ Freedom Festival Office
▪ Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois
▪ Indian Creek Nature Center
▪ Iowa Art Works
▪ Legion Arts/CSPS
▪ National Czech & Slovak Museum and Library
▪ New Bohemia Group
▪ Seminole Valley Farm Museum
▪ Science Station
▪ SOKOL Cedar Rapids
▪ Theatre Cedar Rapids
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT/ENVIRONMENT/HOUSING ▪ Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity
▪ Cedar Valley Humane Society
▪ Diversity Focus
▪ Plains Justice
CHURCHES ▪ Bethel AME Church
▪ Cedar Christian Church
▪ Cedar Rapids Christian Center
▪ Eden United Church of Christ
▪ Ellis Community Church
▪ Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church
▪ First Presbyterian Church
▪ Holy Ghost Missionary Baptist Church
▪ Lifeline Ministries
▪ Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church
▪ New Life Church of God in Christ
▪ New Life Pentecostal Church
▪ Olivet Presbyterian Church
▪ Palo United Methodist Church
▪ Redemption Missionary Baptist Church
▪ Salem United Methodist Church
▪ Southeast Church of Christ
▪ St. James United Methodist Church
▪ St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
▪ St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
▪ Trinity United Methodist Church
▪ Word of Faith Church of God in Christ
EDUCATION ▪ Cedar Valley Montessori
School
▪ Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa Inc.
▪ HACAP Headstart
▪ Read, (W)Rite, Ready
▪ Trinity Lane Preschool
HEALTH/HUMAN SERVICES ▪ Abbe, Inc.
▪ Aid to Women
▪ ARC of East Central Iowa
▪ Area Substance Abuse Council
▪ Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids
▪ Cedar House Shelter
▪ Cedar Rapids Jaycees
▪ Cedar Rapids Metro YMCA
▪ Crossroads Mission
▪ Four Oaks
▪ H.D. Youth Center
▪ Horizons Family Services
▪ Iowa Legal Aid
▪ Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
▪ Matthew 25 Ministry
▪ Neighborhood Transportation Services
▪ Olivet Neighborhood Mission
▪ Salvation Army
▪ St. Vincent de Paul
▪ Waypoint
▪ Witwer Senior Center
nonproFit Capital Grant proGram
(part oF the Flood 2008 Fund)
As impacts of the flood to nonprofits and community
needs emerged, the GCRCF awarded Nonprofit
Rebuilding Capital Grants through the Flood 2008
Fund to assist Linn County nonprofits that were
involved in substantial capital projects as a result of
the flood of 2008.
The intent of the grants was to enable nonprofits
that had a need for new construction or substantial
rehab to fulfill their mission as it was before the flood.
The Nonprofit Rebuilding Capital Grant opportunity
was the first major capital-oriented funding the
Community Foundation provided to nonprofits. Until
then, grant making largely focused on programmatic
and operational aspects of local nonprofits.
The Community Foundation reserved $626,240 from
the Flood 2008 Fund and awarded the following grants:
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▪ $50,000 to Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation, CRPL Foundation’s Nonprofit Rebuilding Grant
▪ $50,000 to Indian Creek Nature Center, Rebuilding and Planning for a Sustainable Nature Center
▪ $50,000 to National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Relocating and Expanding the Exhibition Center & Library
▪ $50,000 to Witwer Senior Center, Re-building Witwer Center’s Production Kitchen
▪ $50,000 to African-American Museum of Iowa, Returning the African American Museum of Iowa to its pre-flood status
▪ $50,000 to ARC of East Central Iowa, Program Structure Improvement & Expansion
▪ $50,000 to Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids, Administrative Offices
▪ $50,000 to Horizons: A Family Service Alliance, Rising Above, Expanding the Horizon
▪ $50,000 to Human Services Campus of East Central Iowa, Human Service Campus Construction on behalf of Aging Services and Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois
▪ $50,000 to Orchestra Iowa, Rebuilding the Symphony Center
▪ $50,000 to Theatre Cedar Rapids, The Next Act
▪ $50,000 to YMCA of Cedar Rapids, Rebuilding for the Future of the YMCA
▪ $26,240 to Crossroads Mission, Crossroads Mission Rehabilitation From the Flood of 2008
Corporate donor-advised Flood Funds
Several local businesses and service organizations
in Eastern Iowa established funds to assist with
community needs following the flood. The following
funds have distributed more than $730,000 in grants
for recovery and rebuilding efforts:
▪ Berthel Fisher 2008 Flood Relief Non-Endowed Donor Advised Fund
▪ CRSA 2008 Flood Relief Non-Endowed Donor Advised Fund
▪ ITC 2008 Flood Relief Non-Endowed Donor Advised Fund
▪ Rockwell Collins 2008 Flood Relief Non-Endowed Donor Advised Fund
▪ Rotary 2008 Flood Relief Non-Endowed Donor Advised Fund
▪ Van Meter Industrial Corporate Donor Advised Fund
▪ Weitz Company 2008 Flood Relief Non-Endowed Donor Advised Fund
▪ World Class Industries, Inc. 2008 Flood Relief Non-Endowed Donor Advised Fund
embraCe iowa
In August 2008, then Iowa Governor Chet Culver and
Iowa business leaders established the Embrace Iowa –
2008 Iowa Disaster Fund to receive contributions from
individuals, businesses and organizations to benefit
Iowans who have experienced significant hardship as
a result of the storms and floods of 2008.
The Fund’s purpose was to promote private sector
contributions from many of Iowa’s business leaders,
corporations and individuals, as well as to seek funds
outside of Iowa.
The disaster leadership collaborative included Barry
Griswell, Collaborative Co-Chair and chairman of
Principal Financial Group; Fred Hubbell, Collaborative
Co-Chair and retired board member of ING Group;
Pat Baird, president and CEO of Aegon USA; Clayton
Jones, chairman, president, and CEO of Rockwell
Collins; Sally Mason, president of the University of
Iowa; Amy Nimmer, president of the John Deere
Foundation; Linda Washburn, president of the Iowa
Chamber of Commerce Executives and executive
director of the Glenwood Area Chamber of Commerce
and Glenwood/Mills County Economic Development
Foundation and Craig Lang, president of the Iowa
Farm Bureau Federation and dairy farmer.
Embrace Iowa’s private fundraising efforts secured
more than $8 million directly from individuals and
corporations residing in and outside Iowa, and from
numerous special events. The fund is housed at the
Greater Des Moines Community Foundation.
Funding decisions began with locally-formed
advisory committees throughout Iowa aware of
community needs and funding requests. The Flood
2008 Fund grant committee at the GCRCF served in
this capacity for our area.
Local community-based organizations throughout
Iowa (such as the GCRCF) received funding for victim
relief, capacity building efforts for nonprofits and small
business recovery.
The GCRCF received almost $3.2 million from
Embrace Iowa that was administered through the
Flood 2008 Fund and an additional $950,000 directed
to the Job and Small Business Recovery Fund.
$11.7 in total flood realted damages to Churches, Worship Centers & Ministries
ChurChes, worship Centers & ministries
million
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Reflections on Disaster Grant Making KarLa twedt-baLL, viCe President of Programs
When disaster strikes, the recovery effort is long,
exhausting and expensive. While tax dollars may
provide the majority of recovery funds, the generosity
of both strangers and friends provides critical
resources to care for those impacted by the disaster.
Community foundations often receive disaster
recovery contributions and act as a steward to direct
the resources to the areas of greatest impact. This role
is derived from a community foundation’s knowledge
of the local area, relationships with donors and
community leaders, experience in convening multiple
constituencies to accomplish a common goal and
expertise as a grant maker.
As new natural disasters occurred in 2011,
I received calls from several of my community
foundation colleagues around the country doing
exactly what I did in 2008 – researching and learning
about disaster recovery. My reflections on our flood
recovery work included the following observations:
1. Consider the local circumstances that will
shape and influence recovery efforts. In
Cedar Rapids, the neighborhoods that were
affected by the flood represented a significant
portion of the city’s affordable housing. These
were not expensive riverfront homes, but
workforce housing – small homes in family-
friendly neighborhoods. Additionally, our
flood was a federally-declared disaster, and
with numerous Iowa communities flooded in
2008, the state took an active role in recovery
efforts. Furthermore, as the recovery efforts
unfolded, it became apparent that we were the
beneficiaries of an extraordinary level of post-
flood volunteerism.
2. Know the recovery landscape, and build
partnerships when possible. Who is doing
what? Where are the gaps in service or in
funding? What is your unique role as a community
foundation, and where can collaboration multiply
your impact? Disasters are times for communities
to come together and join forces for the good of
the whole.
3. Identify your time horizon for grant making.
Our community was blessed with generous first
responders, from the Red Cross and Salvation
Army to a Buddhist group distributing $500 gift
cards. We resisted the pressure to make large
immediate grants and targeted our grant making
to span at least the first 18-24 months.
4. Seek information that includes but goes
beyond the traditional power brokers. Find
key informants “on the ground” who can tell you
what is happening for individuals and families
directly affected by the disaster. This will lead to
grant making that resonates with the ultimate
beneficiaries of your funds.
5. Recognize that disaster recovery is high-
burnout work – from the nonprofits that you
fund, to your own staff at the foundation - and
that disaster recovery takes not just money but
people power. We passed 100% of contributions
back to the community and did not charge a fee.
Fortunately, we had recently added a second staff
person to our program department so that we had
the staffing to engage in the work. If necessary,
seek a source of funds (an informed donor, for
instance) for increased staffing to make sure
you can do the work well.
450 100% of downtown business impacted by flood
Cedar rapids downtown
businessesimpacted
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what did we learn as we Gained experienCe?
1. Our investment in volunteers was an
efficient and effective way to rebuild homes
and lives. Volunteers were the heart and soul
of housing recovery. We provided typically small
grants to equip churches and a local camp to
house volunteers, as well as providing part of
the local match for a massive Americorps/VISTA
effort.
2. The network of faith-based VOADs
(Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters)
are experts in disaster recovery. They bring
the skill, compassion and commitment to do
the job well. Community foundations are often
hesitant about funding religious groups, but we
found it valuable to expand our usual network of
grantees to include faith-based organizations.
3. Communicate your work frequently and
be as transparent as possible. We issued a
press release after each round of grants, and
posted grant awards to our web site in addition to
sharing updates on grantees and their work and
community needs via our quarterly newsletter.
(For an outstanding model of reporting back
to the community, refer to the Community
Foundation of Middle Tennessee’s website
at www.cfmtfloodresponse.org) Be sure that
communication is a two-way street – listen to
the feedback. Our grant priorities of helping
individuals and families, addressing systemic
issues and rebuilding nonprofit stability were
generally well-received.
Finally, the Greater Cedar Rapids Community
Foundation learned a great deal about our community
by listening, keeping an open mind and asking
questions. The flood compromised our own operations
and location so we too had to be patient and develop
multiple strategies to allow flexibility in our response.
This experience has sometimes felt like a marathon
with progress being made with every step. We haven’t
done it all by ourselves but collectively we’ve done
so much.
To learn more about this report, contact
Karla Twedt-Ball, Vice President of Programs at
[email protected] or 319.366.2862, or log
onto www.gcrcf.org.
100% Ground Transportation, municipal city transportation hub completely displaced
transportation
of municipal transportation hub displaced
Photo: JoAnn Wood
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f L o o d f u n d 2 0 0 8 C o r P o r a t e d o n o r s
A-1 Performance Marine and Indian Motorcycle, Inc.
A. N. Palmer Chaper IAAP
Acme Tools
ACP, Inc.
Alice I. Sullivan Foundation
Allegis Group Foundation
Alliant Energy Foundation
Allied Insurance
Alternative Gift Markets, Inc.
Altorfer, Inc.
AMEE Sales
American Escrow, Inc.
American Golf Foundation
American Legion Auxiliary Colorado Columbine Girls State Inc.
American Legion Auxiliary Marion Post No. 298
Andrews McMeel Universal Foundation
Lila and Frank Arney
Aviano Firefighter Association
Bank of America
Bank of America Foundation, Inc.
Bankers Trust
Base Tactical Disaster Recovery
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
BE & K, Inc.
Beaton, Inc.
Beeline
Benchmark Inc.
Berthel Fisher & Company
Beta Sigma Phi
Big Ben Industries
Black Hawks Hockey, Inc.
Ron and Lisa Brill Charitable Trust
Brooks Utility Products Group
Brucemore, Inc.
Buccaneer Computer Systems & Service, Inc.
Buffalo Wild Wings
Build to Suit, Inc.
Helen Burgess – Spring Rev. Trust
BVS, Inc.
Campbell Steele Gallery
Can Shed
Cedar Hills Hair Cuts
Cedar Rapids Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
Cedar Rapids Ball Club, Inc.
Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust Co.
Cedar Rapids Brewing, Inc. d/b/a Irish Democrat
Cedar Rapids Downtown District
Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival
Cedar Rapids Moose Riders Club
Cedar Rapids Roller Girls
Cedar Rapids Rough Riders
Cedar Rapids Run the Flood
Cedar Rapids Smile Center
Cedar Rapids Television Co.
Cedar Rapids Welding Supply
Cedar Valley World Travel
City of Cedar Rapids
City of Cedar Rapids Traffic Engineering Dept. Employees
City Revealed, Inc.
Classic Tax and Accounting
Clifton Gunderson L.L.C.
Club Reign, Inc.
Coe College
Coffee Talk Cafe
Color Me Green
Community Foundation for Southwest Washington
Community Foundation of Central Illinois Depository
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
Community Foundation of Johnson County
Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin
Community Foundation of the Great River Bend
Comprehensive Emergency Management Associates, L.L.C.
Construction Publications, Inc.
CSA Lodge Christa #479
Janice Cuffel Music Studio
D.J. Auto Sales
Dairy Queen of Linn County
DC Bocce League
Denny’s Muffler Center, Inc.
Destinations Unlimited, Inc.
DJ Smith Enterprises
Dupaco Community Credit Union
Dupaco Community Credit Union–Dubuque
East Central Iowa Charitable Trust
Edgar Wibble Puppet Theatre
Edgewood 5 Seasons Car Wash
Elmcrest Country Club
Employees of the University of Phoenix Online
Executive Benefit Services
F & W Service Co.
FactSet Research Systems Inc.
Fairfield County Community Foundation
Farber Bag & Supply Co.
Farmers State Bank
Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Fifth Season Cedar Valley
Flecksport, Inc.
Fleming Family Living Trust
Franklin Templeton
Friends Indeed
Gabriel Group
Galena United Methodist Church
Gannett Foundation
Gazette Communications
Gazette Foundation
GE Capital
GE Foundation
Geonetric, Inc.
Genova Technologies
George Washington High School Class of 1958
GL&V
Glanzer and Nelson, P.C.
Grainger
Grainger Foundation, Inc.
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Griffith, Ballard and Company Network Microdesigns
Guaranty Bank & Trust Company
Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice
Hallmark Corporate Foundation
Harding Middle School
Hawkeye Downs
Health Enterprises of Iowa
Hertz Farm Management Inc.
Holzberg-Rampart Agency L.L.C.
Hunter’s Specialties, Inc.
Hy-Vee West Des Moines
IA Homes For Sale.com
ICIA, Inc.
Ignition Petroleum
Imon Communications L.L.C.
Insurance Associates of Cedar Rapids, Inc.
Integrity Fundraising, Inc.
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Iowa Solutions
Iowa United Methodist Foundation
Iowa West Foundation
IPCS Wireless, Inc.
ITT Corporation
Jenewein Family Trust
Keating Family Foundation
Kelly Integral Solutions L.L.C. Insurance Group, Inc.
Kimberly Clark Foundation Matching Gift Center
Susan L. King Trust
KZIA, Inc.
Lake Design & Decor L.L.C.
Learn’ Care
Ledford Engineering
Lil’ Drug Store Products
Lindale Mall
Linn County 4-H Youth Council
Linn County Auditor
Linn County Democratic Central Committee
Linn County Historical Society
Loving Care Learning Center Inc.
M & M Health Services L.L.C.
Mainstream Boutique
Manatee Chamber of Commerce
Marion Musical Literary Club
ME & V
Mercy Medical Center
Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc.
Metal Etching Technology Associates, Inc.
MGM Mirage Entertainment & Sports
MidAmerican Energy Foundation
Millhiser Smith Foundation
Minnesota Community Foundation
Moms Club of Cedar Rapids North
Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP
Mount Vernon Lisbon Woman’s Club
National BBQ Cookers Association
NECA
Network For Good
New York Community Trust
Noel Levitz, Inc.
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
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Olberg Family Charitable Trust, Inc.
Our Lady of the River Altar and Rosary Society
PAETEC
Paulson Electric
Pediatric Center, PC
Pella Rolscreen Foundation
Irene W. and C. B. Pennington Foundation
PEO Chapter HJ
Perfect Vision Productions
Pharmetics
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland
Plexus Corp Charitable Foundation
Premier Escrow Services
Premier Inc.
Premier Investments of Iowa
Principal Financial Group Employee Fund
Pro Systems Professional Electrical Systems Inc.
Products, Inc.
Quintrex Data Systems
Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.
RBC Foundation
RCI Imaging Center
Real Property Specialists Group
Recycling Services, Inc.
Red Hawk Embroidery
Rehab Management Services, L.L.C.
Reuben and Muriel Savin Foundation
Rockwell Collins
Rohde Family Charitable Foundation
Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids
RSM McGladrey, Inc.
Russell Investment Group
Ryan Companies US, Inc.
Saint Joseph’s University
Schneider Electric/Square D Foundation
Schwab Charitable Fund
Secondlife.com
Securian Advisors MidAmerica, Inc.
Segal McCambridge Singer and Mahoney, Ltd.
Shirley M. Stewart Trust
Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Sioux Falls Stampede Hockey Club
SkirtSports, Inc.
Skogman Companies
Sopwith Productions
Sovereign Partners L.L.C.
Springville Community
St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
Steve’s Ace Hardware, Inc.
Storypeople Graphics, Inc.
Strategic Development, Inc.
Successful Living Foundation
Summary Systems, Inc.
Swenson Family Foundation
Tails A Wagg’n Doggie Daycare
Takeda Pharmaceuticals Matching Gift Company
Talaski & Co.
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
The ESCO Group
The Foundation for Enhancing Communities
The Hawkins Family Foundation Trust
The Intermec Foundation
The Jared & Carol Hills Foundation
The Men’s Wearhouse
The PrIncipal Financial Group Foundation
The Rivers Trust
The San Diego Foundation
The Seattle Foundation
The Views, L.L.C.
The Saint Paul Foundation
Third Step Enterprises DBA Plato’s Closet
Trenam Kemker
Tri-Mount Publications/ Tae Kwon Do Times
Triangle Community Fdn.
TrueNorth Companies
Truist, Inc.
Trust for the Future
UAW 616 Region 4
United Way
United Way of East Central Iowa
UTG, Inc.
Van Meter Industrial, Inc.
Vaughn Farm Company
Vector Corporation
Veridian Credit Union
Viterra
Wabtec Foundation
Walker Methodist Chruch
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Westside Lounge
WRH, Inc.
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Brian and Laura Abney
Jeffrey and Lea Abel
F. R. and V. C. Abraham
Roberta Adams
John Francis Adams and Mary Eichhorn Adams
Rachelle and Brad Adams
Carole Agnello
Daniel Ahern and Kathleen Coon
Jan Aiels
Michael and Dawn Ainger
Gary and Donna Albaugh
Gary and Diane Albers
Billy and Karen Alday
Robert and Lois Alenson
Richard and Barbara Alexander
Clifford and Beth Allen
Faye Allen
Jeffrey and Lisa Allen
Sandra Allen
Lloyd Aller
E. William and J. Arlene Allison
Mary Altman
Shirley Ann Amthauer
Phillip and DeEtta Andersen
Eva Andersen
Margorie Andersen
David and Laura Andersen
Margaret Anderson
Paul and Jean Anderson
James Anderson and Mary Bruning-Anderson
Raymond and Betty Anderson
Ross and Kim Anderson
Thomas and Vickie Anderson
Simon and Lindsey Andrew
Nancy Andrews
Patricia Andrews
James Angelichio
Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Anhalt
Nathan and Lisa Apprill
Lori Archie
Alicia Archunde
Kevin and Jolee Arensdorf
Elisa Arespacochaga
R. Brett and Susan Arnold
Mark Arnold and Frances Gedney
Jacqueline C. Aschoff
Donald and Marilyn Ash
Barbara Ashlock
Richard Asprooth
Robert and Marilyn Aucutt
Sharon Autrey
Bryant and Judy Aydelette
Zeid Ayer
Danielle Ayers
Douglas and Kathy Babb
Arthur Bacci
Sandra Baertsch
Pamela Bagley
Samantha Bagley
Vivian Baier
Sharon Bailey
John Baird
Rebecca Baker
Thomas and Pamela Baker
Daniel Baldwin and Anne Ylvisaker
Kris Baldwin
Billy and Kelsie Ballard
Marc and Christine Banks
Cathy Bannick
Stephen Banuelos
Briana Barclay
Andrew and Shari Barden
Keith and Christine Barnes
Bruce and Judith Barnes
Lynda Barrow
Elizabeth T. Barry
Nancy Barry
Lindsey Bartlett
VIncent and Rose Barto
Lawrence and Catherine Basile
Marianne Bastian
Cliff and Susan Batchelder
Connie Baugh
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Jason and Stephanie Baumann
Conrad and Jeannette Baumler
Sula Baye
S.W. and S.J. Bayliss
Susie Bearbower
Kathleen Beardsworth
Michael and Mary Beattie
Dennis Beatty
H. Edward and Nancy Beatty
Sandra and Larry Beatty
Marsha and John Beckelman
Brian and Sherri Becker
Michelle and Gary Becker
Ashley and Troy Beeler
Jo Ann Beer
Jean Beers
Lois Beier
R. Lee Belfield
Belden and Rae Bell
Brandon and Amy Beltz
Jeffrey and Julie Benadum
Jeremy and Amy Bender
David Benderson
Randy and Denise Benish
Bruce and Yvonne Benkusky
Timothy and Mary Bennington
Dedra Benser
Thomas and Varaluck Berg
Gary Berger and Sean Hanas
Connie Berger
Ron Berquist
Thomas Bergstrom
Dan Bern
Renate and Neil Bernstein
Kristie Berntsen
Shelly Berry
Becky Bethke
Kenneth and Joyce Betz
Robert Bevenour
Nicole Bianchi
Stan and Casey Bickel
John and Linda Biedermann
Michael and Linda Bigley
Alan and Diana Billhorn
David and Rita Bilsland
Angela Bizek
Susan Black
Barbara and Steve Blair
Chris and Mary Lou Blanchard
Del and Delores Block
Timothy Block
Chris and Patti Blodi
Ottilie Blodi
Wendy and Chris Blood
Marjorie Bode
James Boebel
Vernon and Penny Boenish
Katherine Bohannon
Earl and Dora Bohlken
Patricia and Dennis Bole
Eric and Meredith Bong
Brittany and Jason Booth
Shawna Booth
David and Martha Booth
Jennifer Booth
Shannon Booth Biderdorf
Amy Bornong
Harlow and Cheri Bosman
Marilyn and James Boudouris
Crystal Bounds
Pamela Bowe
Ivan and Rosalie Bowers
Marilyn Bowker
Gary and Anne Boyea
Dana Bradley
Costantino Braggiato
John Braley
Brian and Jonette Brandsgard
Laura Brandt
Gayle Braud
Angela Breemeersch
Lawrence and Margaret Breimhurst
Kaitlin Breitbach
Jean Brenneman
Kerry Brewer
Laurie Brewington
Amber Bricker
Thomas and Teri Brickley
Jeremy and Selma Brigham
Thomas and Kathleen Bright
John and Kim Bro
Doug and Michelle Brock
Jeff and Ann Brockmeyer
Jill and Bill Brockschink
Richard Brondel
Jane Brossart-Boss
Pamela Brown
William Brown
Robert and Christine Brown
Russell and Diane Brown
Nicholas Brown
Joan Brucha
Rose Bruene
Scott and Amy Bruner
Tracy and John Brunner
Chelsea Bryant
Julie Bryant
R. J. and Anne Buchacek
Grecelda Buchanan
Robert and Ann Buckheister
Bruce and Susan Buckingham
Edna Buckwalter
Mark and Lisa Budde
Walter and Andrea Buechner
Julie Buhmeyer
Clara Bulfer
Anita Bullard
Thomas and Susan Bullinga
Paul and Leanne Burdick
Dean and Germaine Buresh
Kenneth and Dorothy Burger
Charles and Paula Burgmeier
David and Dorea Burkamper
John and Patricia Burke
Laura Burke
Jennifer Burke
Sherry Rae Dvorak Burke
Bret Burkhart
Kent Burkle
Bob and Kathy Burnes
Jeff Burnham
James Burns and Nancy Kring Burns
Marcus and Megan Burns
Allan and Marlene Burns
Gayle Buroker
Richard and Carol Burr
Benjamin Burrell
Edward and Kay Burton
Richard and Donna Butikofer
Charlotte and Eric Butikofer
Cinque and Charmaine Butler
Mary Butrick
Stephanie Butschi
Kathleen Caggiano
Stephanie and Robert Caldwell
Michael and Susan Cameron
Anastacia Campa
Benton Campbell and Yiba Ng
Tony and Dana Campbell
Ricardo and Yolanda Campos
Gary Canady
Lisa Canney
Dwight and Mary Canning
Frank and Sue Cannon
Mary Cannon
Ronald and Mary Capps
Evelyn Carano and Linda Meyeraan
Martha and James Caristi
J. Allen Carley
Paul and Jean Carlson
Roger Carlson
Jane and Christopher Carlson
Randall and Alyce Carlson
Judith Carr
Sylvia Carter
Dave and Sylvia Carter
Barry and Susan Carter
Doug and Diane Carter
Darin and Holly Carver
Ann Cathcart
Joseph and Misti Cave
Jean Cavin
Suki and Don Cell
Warren Chadima
Allen and Paula Chapman
Will and Elaine Chapman
Robert and Patricia Chapman
Stebbins and Pamela Chandor
Ashok and Purnima Chawla
Craig and Maria Cheatham
Judy Cheney
Ivan and Mary Bess Chester
Jerry and Mary Chilton
Carrol Chipokas
Stephen and Christine Chittick
Sandra Choi
Cy and Jeanne Christenson
Eric and Mary Christopher
Rolf and Clarice Christophersen
Henry and Joann Chun
Angelo and Karen Ciampa
Helen Cielo Craft
Brian and Wendi Cigrand
Robert Clancey
Greg and Inge Clancy
Darla Clark
David and Lisa Clark
Tara Clemens
Deanna Clemens-Pedersen
Nancy Clifford
Margo Cline
Amanda Clingan
Sandra Coates
Barbara Cochrane
Jodi Cohen
Ron Coleman
Tia Coleman
Louis and Sharon Collins
Julie Comine
Laura Comried
Tim and Sharon Connelly
Aaron and Janita Conner
Shannon Conrad-Maddox
Nicholas Conrardy
Christopher Contard
Ed and Jo-Ann Cook
William and Carol Coon
Richard and Michele Cooper
Tranay Core
Cecilia Corken
Karisti Cormier
Marcia and Mark Correll
Mary Ann Costello
Gordon and Jackie Cover
Lois Craig
Dick and Brenda Craig
Alan Craker
Mary Crandall
W. Murray and Karen C. Creasy
David and Olive Crew
Terry Crist
Dale and Christine Crosby
D. L. Cross
Megan and Joshua Crosser
Bruce and Janice Crossley
Vickie Cullis
Kenneth and Jamie Cummins
Ed Cunningham
Deborah Curley
Richard Currie and Kimberly Kinney Currie
Elizabeth Cwik and Bryan Schlotfelt
David D’Eca
David and Karla Dalton
Shauna Dart
Ronald and Marilyn Davenport
Beverly and Frank Davey
Stuart and Lori Davidson
Charles and Debra Davis
Mark Davis
Kristina and Janice Davis
George and Linda Davison
Robert and Roberta Davison
Dale Davisson
Kimberly Dawson
Elinor Day
Christine Day
Scott Dayhoff
Juan and Lettie De Jesus
Betty Debban
Elizabeth Debrower
Kathi Decker
Christopher Deimerly
Tyler and Maryann Deke
Lisa Del Monte
Karen DeLathower
Michelle Dellamuth
Avery and Laura Dement
Daniel and Barbara DeMeulenaere
Sharon Dendurent
Ann Denney
Ellen and David Dennis
Irma and Dee Dennis
Mary Depew
Melinda Derynck
William and Ruth Deskin
Mike and Anne Deupree
Steve and Marie DeVries
Brandon and Sara Dewitt
Paula Diaconescu
Marjorie Dickmeyer
Robert and Nicole Dighton
Roger and Nancy Digmann
Marie Dillon
Karla Dippel
Rosi Disterhoft
Rebecca Divis
Sharlyn Dixon
Jeffrey Dolan
Mary Dolan
Dennis and Susan Dollash
John Donnelly
Jean Dooley
Erin Donath
Gale Dorman
Erin Dorton
Chris and Deb Doughty
Katie Downing
Richard and Mary Doyle
Alan and Jenni Doyle
Matthew and Amy Drahos
Angelea Drahozal
Dave Draker
Dana and Thomas Drape
Janet Driscoll
Julie Driscoll
Arthur Drtina
Rachel Druker
Susan Dryden
Melinda Drynck
Dale and Cynthia Dugenske
Mark Dukes
Joe and Lisa Dumond
John and Donna Duncan
Rebekah Dunn
Kristi Dyer
Todd and Myson Eadie
Linda East
Andrew and Catherine Eberhart
Gary and Patricia Eckley
Marina and David Eckman
Susan Edge-Gumbel
Allan and Marcia Edwards
Gloria Eells
Michael Egan
William Egan
Kelli Eggert
Susan Eggert and Marty Feeney
Aaron Eichenberger
Gregg and Karen Eiles
Andy and Kim Eitel
Beth Elder and Bryan Leisure
Mark and Julie Elias
Jeffrey and Ann Ellinger
Sarah Elliott
Malcom and Carol Ellison
Joel and Sarah Elscott
Jack and Sarah Else
Brian and Monica Elwood
Wayne Embree
Marilyn Emerson
Daniel Enderson
Joshua Engelbart
Bob and Carol Engelken
Taketoshi Enomoto
Susan Enzle
Rosemary Erenberger
Kimberly and Philip Erisman
Robert and Linda Erlandson
Mary Ernest
Roma Ernst
Denise Erusha
Thomas Ervin
Kristin Eschweiler
R. John Evans
Perry and Lois Ewins
Elaine Fair Noe
RaeAnnon Fairlie
Debra Farrington
Amy Faulkner
David and Kimberly Fawer
Julie Fay
Jessica Fazio
Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Feerer
Thomas and Patricia Fehlberg
Jeffrey and Alison Feldman
Matthew Fenwick
Thomas Ferguson
Austin and Judith Fernow
James and Connie Fetzer
Stephanie and Raymond Feuss
Chad Fickbohm
James and Martha Fif ield
Mary Jane Regan Finley
Michael and Michelle Finn
Kay and Francis Fischer
Liesel Fischer
E.J. and Allen Fisher
Gary and Myrna Fisher
Sara Fitzgerald
Jeffry and Carol Fitzpatrick
Melissa Flack
Ann Fleckenstein-Hass
Lisa Fleisher
Frank Flentye
Julie Foertsch
Michael and Lisa-Marie Forcier
Nancy and Stephen Ford
Shannon and Andrew Ford
R.A. Foster
Sarah Foster
David and Dena Foster
Rikki Franck
Mark and Deb Franke
Koren Franklin
Kellie Frankowski
Diane and George Franks
William and Paula Frazier
Wanna Fredericksen
Cinthia Freeman
John and Angela Freeman
Frederick and Jacqueline Freese
Timothy Frey
Larry and Sally Friedhoff
Jaclyn Froelich
David Froiseth
Wendy and James Frost
Joseph Frost and Joyce Horstman-Frost
Kathryn Fuger
Douglas and Karla Fuller
Thomas and Catherine Fuller
Jeffrey Fulmer
Dorothy Fulton
Douglas Funke and Wendy Willenbring
Roy and Deb Gaddis
Kevin and Donna Gade
Deborah and Nick Gaeta
Bonnie Galbraith
Donald and Mary Lou Gallagher
Laurie Gallo
Danielle Gallo
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Gambach
Kevin and Karen Gamble
Susan Garber
Charles Gardner
Jason and Trisha Gardner
Randall and Jeanie Gardner
Brian Garoutte
Ronald and Nadine Garrett
John and Mary Anne Garry
Susan and Paul Garvin
Patti Garwood
Gregg and Patricia Gatens
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Scott and Margaret Gaulter
John and Charlotte Gavin
James and Susan Geddes
Lydia and James Gehling
Marta Gellerman
Lauree Gerber
Thomas and Julia Gerhold
Timothy and Marcy German
Kevin and Deborah Gertsen
Gail and Joseph Gevock
Tony and Janet Giannini
Warren and Lori Gichard
Catherine Giglio
Philip and Jean Giglio
James and Lisa Gignac
Harold Gilbert
Amanda Gilchrist
Beth A. Gill
Barbara Gill Kouba
Sharon Gillund
Gerald and Geraldine Gilson
Laura Gingrich
Katie and Matt Giorgio
Patricia and Herbert Giorgio
Jill Giorno
Robert and Terri Gipson
Darrel and Ann Gire
Martha Glantz
Peter and Megan Glashagel
Cindy Glenn
Dennis and Christine Glover
Roseann Goettsch
Richard and Barbara Goings
Carol and Mark Golde
Trudy Goldman
Gary and Katherine Goldstein
Christine Goodendorf
Sara Goranson
Joseph Gordon
Phil and Janette Gorman
Anne Gorman
Paul and Trudy Gormley
Cat Gornet
David and Joan Gradt
James and Jamie Graham
Jeffrey Graham
Salvatore and Patricia Grasso
James and Valerie Gray
Russ and Patti Jo Gray
Georgia Gray
Diane Gray
Kimberly Green
Elaine Green
Virginia Greene
Amanda Gregory
Leah and Michael Greif
Ann Grimm
Donald and Marjorie Grimm
Walter and Penni Griffin
Mr. and Mrs. Steven L. Griffith
John and Sharon Grimes
Kyle and Lonna Grimm
Duane and Sue Groenenboom
Dana Groff
Patricia Grogan
Lawrence Grubryn
Raymond and Delores Grulkey
Renee Grummer-Miller and Melanie Miller
Adam Gudenkauf
Catherine and Marc Gullickson
Diane Gunka
Ryan and Dixie Lee Gusta
Robert and Stephanie Hackney
Irene Haerther
Barbara Hafner
Mark and Colleen Hageman
Ilene and Harold Hagen
Richard Hahn
Sherry Hale
Marie Hall
Shawn and Corrina Hall
Brooke Hall
James and Sandra Ham
Lori Hamann
Kimothy Hamer
Jon and Alicia Hamilton
Doug Hammell
Beth and Bruce Hammell
Herbert and Carmen Hammerberg
Elaine Hamos and Bonnie Sain
Lance Handel
Jeffrey and Diane Hanft
Julie Hanna
Rick and Sharon Hannen
Cory Hannen
Robin Hanover
Charlene and Russell Hansen
Karen Hanson
Pamela Hanson
Eric and Shannon Hanson
Jonathan Hanst
Mary Hanzelka
Bonnie Hargis
Scott and Barbara Harms
Ronald and Denise Harriman
Lileah and Percy Harris
Robert and Virginia Harris
Sharon and Bob Harschnek
Tim and Jean Hart
Lawrence and Christina Hart
David and Nancy Hart
Jolene Hartgrave
Barbara and Dave Hartle
Jeanie Hartman
Timothy Hartnell
Julie Hartwig
Gregory Harvey
Jackie Hastings
Patrick Hastings
Bradley Hauge
Margaret Haupt
Jason and Jacqueline Hauschild
Robert and Diane Hawkins
Kate F. Hawkins
Marianne Hayden
Jennifer Hayden
Becky Hayes
Sara Hazen
Ted and Tish Healey
Jewel Heart
Nancy Heaverlo
Edward and Kathleen Heffren
Kay and John Hegarty
James and Sally Hehlke
Bruce and Michelle Heiken
Dr. Bernard Heilicser and Mrs. Marcia Heilicser
Cassandra Heim
Julie and James Hein
Edna Heitmann
Daniel and Lesley Hellerstedt
Jill Hellmer
Frances Hembera
Ed R. Hemphill
Matthew Hemphill
Julie and Eric Hender
Douglas and Joyce Henderson
Trudy Hendricks
Linda Henecke
H.M. and Maree Heng
William and Mary Henricksen
George Henry and Kay Shive-Henry
Denise Henry
Sally Henry
Kenneth and Diana Hepker
Steven Hepker
Jay and JoAnn Hepner
Jerry and Pauline Herb
Mark Hermann
Patrick and Jennifer Herron
Carly Herron
Jan Herweijer
Janet Hettick
Thomas and Myrl Hicks
Julie Hiemstra
Sharron Hiemstra
Cynthia Higgason
Darryl and Amy High
John Hill
Samuel and Amy Hinderks
Nicole Hinderman
Megan Hindman
Airo Hino
Tonya Hinton
Michael Hirleman and Nancy Loonan Hirleman
Keith and Helen Hixson
James and Ruth Hodges
Susan Hoehl
Jill Hoff
Betsy Hoffman
Ann and Edward Hogle
Josh Holland and Dawn Svenson Holland
Robert and Mary Esther Holland
Chris Holst
Wayne and Anna Holstine
Elizabeth and Michael Holtman
David and Barbara Holzhauer
Tracy and Carrie Hoover
Thomas and Brittmarie Hooverman
David Hope and Amber Spencer
Marvin and Catherine Hoppenworth
Lee Horn
Jan Horner
Melissa Horton
Carole Hoskins
William Hotchkiss
Dorris Hotchkiss
Cathryn Houck
Heather Houg
Melissa G. Hough
David and Robin House
Jo Ellen Hovind
Garvin and Peggy Howard
Jon Howe
John and Melinda Howerton
John and Debra Howes
Colin and Robin Howrey
Dennis and Laurie Hoyt
Gary and Marianne Hoyt
Noel and Patricia Huber
Sharon Huffer
John and Heather Hughes
Barbara J. Hughes
Vernon Hunstad
Adam and Sara Hunter
Tima and Bill Hutchings
Karla and Jonathan Ice
Alyssa Ingalls
Sarah and Michael Jackson
Margaret Jackson
Judy Jackson
Steve and Lois Jackson
La Nel Jacobs
Rachel Jacobson
Mary C. James
Michelle Jamison
Jamison and Sheila Janda
Lori Jantzen
Glenn and Bridget Janus
Valerie Jaramillo
Peter and Janice Jauhiainen
Karen Shaff and Steven Jayne
Joyce Jeanblanc
Julie Jeck
Kirk and Jeanne Jeffords
Norman Jellison
Janet and Loren Jellison
William Jenks
Nancy Jenner
Steven and Diane Jensen
Sherri and Mark Jensen
Jerry and Jeanette Jessop
Greg Jewiss
Gregory and Deanna Jobe
Mary Jobst
Roger Johanson and Judy Vopava
Gene Johnson
Jeffrey and Jayne Johnson
John and Cynthia Johnson
Mary and William Johnson
Dawn Johnson
Karon Johnson
B. Larry and Judith Johnson
Lila and Joel Johnson
Janea and Mark Johnson
Joanne Johnson
Thelma Johnston
Audrey Johnston
Steven, Kari and Tyler Jones
William and Christine Jones
James Jorgenson
Mildred Joslin
Susan Joy
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Julich
Martin and Kris Junge
Laura Jurkovic
Jay and Kathy Kacena
Clarence Kadlec
Peggy Kahr
James and Brenda Kalamaja
Hassan and Margaret Kalell
Jeremy and Brenda Kalous
Andrea Kaminski
Michael and Sasha Kamper
Julie Kasper
Dennis and Teri Kauffman
Audrey Kauphusman
VIncent and Karen Kavlick
Kristen Kaylor
Mark and Peggy Keele
Kayleen Keesy
Robert Kehoe
Angie Keister
Brenda Kelchen
Richard and Sylvia Keling
Sandra Keller
Merry Kelley
Dana Kellogg and Shelly Wurzer-Kellogg
Matt, Gary and Julie Kelly
Anne Kelly-Berg
David and Amy Kempfe
Laura Kendrick
Steven Kennedy
Gloria Kenney
Patricia and John Kerr
Alan and Karen Kessler
John Kester
Glenn Kester
Stephen and Tami Ketchum
Jennifer Ketelsen
Hope Kettelkamp
Jill Kianka
Marcel and Sarah Kielkucki
Ms. Beth Kielts
Chad Kiesau
Harry and Miriam Kiliper
Sean Killackey
Edie Kimberling
Ray and Wilma Kimm
Kathy King
Kristin King
Donald and June King
Jared and Stephanie Kinsinger
Timothy and Nancy Kintner
Ruth E. Kinzey
Stuart Kipnes
Dianne Kipp
Norma Kirby
Joseph and Carolyn Kirby
Nickelas and Alana Kirkpatrick
Christine and Roger Kirpes
Jeff and Diane Kitzman
Flora Kitzman
Scott Klees
Jason and Regina Klein
Kenneth and Cathy Klein
Tom and Barb Klein
Nathan and Stephanie Klein
Rachel Klimek
George Klingler
Crystal Kloft
Daniel Klostermann
Julie Kluber
Shirley Klug
Scott Knapp
Charlotte and John Koch
Sherwin and Aileen Koch
Daniel and Carrie Koch
Stefan and Cynthia Koczo
Melanie Sue Koepp
Bruce and Jean Koerber
Jean and Bill Koffemann
Betty Kohnen
Terry Kohout
Douglas and Cathrine Kolsrud
J.W. Konzen
Mike and Tammy Koolbeck
Bill and Jennifer Koons
Margaret Kopecky-Donald
Joyce Koppenhaver
Lynn Korus
Mark Koskamp
Daniel and Robin Koskamp
Ronald Kotaska
Cheryl Koyzis
Leslie Kramer
Elaine Kramer Cortesio and Brain Cortesio
Britta Krantz
Lee Krapfl
Terry and LaDonna Krejci
Jeff and Mary Krivit
Shawnee Krueger
Mr. Edward J. Krug
David Krumboltz
Ty and Debbie Krumm
William Kuba
James and Margaret Kubczak
Gail Kucera
Brian and Susan Kucera
Katherine Kunau
David and Elizabeth Kutter
Nancy and Thomas Lackner
Ed and Jennifer LaCroix
John and Sophia Lafferty
Ellen LaGow
Del and Pam LaGrange
Carlton and Wilma Lake
Ms. Kellie Lala
Eric Lam and Mary Taylor
Bill and Vicki Lamb
Miriam Lamb
Kathryn and John Lamb
Dan and Marilyn Lambertsen
Alan Lampe
Ruth Lancaster
Mary Lancaster
James and Kimberly Lande
William and Sheila Landers
John and Pamela Lane
Karolyn Lang
Dana Langley
Michelle Langston
Linda and David Langston
Thomas and Patricia Lanz
Michelle Lapoint
Scott and Heidi Holding Larsen
Dennis and Cheryl Larsen
Ryan Larson
Carol and Sven Larson
Mary Larson
Pauline and Evan Larson
Rita Lasar
Shirley Laska
Edmund LaTour
Sue Latting
Mariette Lavoie
Julie and Paul Lawrence
John K. Lawrence and Jeanine A. Delay
Sylvia Leal
Beth Leas
Jennifer and Michael Leaven
Jason and Terri Leblanc
Herbert and Edana Mae Leblanc
Dwight and Arlene LeClere
Caroline Ledeboer and Alan Eacret
Lowell and Dolores Ledford
Sarah Legler
Deborah Leichsenring
Russell and Judy Leidigh
Patricia Lentz
Terry and Debra Leonard
Steven and Diane Leonard
Thea Leslie
Todd and Mary Levari
Ivan and Wendy Levison
Jennifer Lewis
Charlyn Lightfoot
Richard and Carol Lilledahl
Jessica LIncoln
J.M and C.N. Lindsay
Norma Lindsey
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William and Elizabeth Linneman
Belle Lipsky
Elsie Listrom
Teri Little
Laura and John Locher
Marilyn Lodge
B.L. and Amy Lofland
Michael and Joni Long
John Long
Jeffrey Lounsberry
Laura and Jonathan Lovseth
Wesley Lucken
Annette Lutz
David and Candyce Lyman
Michael and Julie Lynch
Margaret Lyttle
Jean Maass
Sue and John MacGregor
Carrie Machacek
Donna Madsen
Marilyn Magid
Sharon Maguire
Paula Main
Marsha Maire
David Manarchik
Daniel and Rachel Manders
Steven and Betsy Maniloff
Sharla Manley
Joel and Carol Mann
Mary and Robert Mann
Nicole Manos and Aaron Tritle
John and Ingrid Mansen
Mike and Jacquilyn Manson
Matt and Kristi March
Jim and Cara Marek
Peter and Lori Margellos
J. Thomas and Marilyn Mark
Amanda Marrow
Robert Marrs
Kim Martin
Patricia Martin
Byron and Judith Martin
Thomas and Catherine Mataloni
Michele Matt
Rick and Sue Matthews
Shannan Mattiace
Kent Mattison
Carol Maxwell
David May and Ashley Anderson
Helga Mayhew
Robert and Kathleen Mazzeo
Timothy and Jeanne McAdam
Teresa McAllister
Christopher McAlpine
James McAndrew
William and Lynn McArthur
John and Sarah McBride
Judy McClain
Tom McClain
Brian and Angela McClain
Janelle and George McClain
Kevin and Patricia McClimon
Michael and Diane McCormick
Gerald and Linda McCoy
Martha McCracken
Beth Ann McCune
Sara McDermott
Daniel and Kathleen McElaney
Shirley McElroy
Anne McFadden
Nicole McFerrin
Theresa McGinnis
James McGonnigal
Michelle McGovern
Marvelyn McGrath
Donald McGraw
Mr. and Mrs. David F. McGuire
Nancy McHugh
John and Cheryl Mckenna
Linda McKinney
Vance and Susan McKinnon
John and Frances McLaughlin
Kristina McLaughlin
John and Patricia McLaughlin
James and Neta McMahon
Erik and Brandi McMaster
Robert and F. Louise McMaster
Daniel and Karla McMurrin
Jalaa McNeal
Tracy and Sean McPartland
Nicholas Mead
Alan and Marlene Meeker
Harold Meeker
Mary Meggers
Josephine Mehlberger
Mary Meier
Jonathan and Shauna Meier
Wendy and Jeffrey Meier
Jane and Michael Melloy
Amy and Ronald Merfeld
Bob and Anne Merkel
Patricia Mershon
Andrea Meyer
Robert and Janna Meyers
Andrew and Mary Meyers
Larry and Angela Michael
Noel and Carla Michael
Donald and Doreen Michel
Robert Miklo and Matthew Lage
Justin and Milissa Miller
Gary Miller
Megan Miller
Denise Miller
Robert Miller
Donald and Carol Miller
Howard Miller
Jeffery Miller
Jason and Wanda Miller
Dennis and Sheri Miller
Ray and Judy Miller
Bill and Wanda Miller
Bettie Miller
Jay Miller and Donna Faw
Darrell and Marcia Miller
Ted and Sally Miller
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Bernadine Milota
Joe and Jennifer Minessale
Sarah Minier
Jaren and Dawn Minkoff
Frank Minnice
Jacqueline Mishler
Glen Miska
Mark and Denise Mitchell
Joanne Mitchell
Cheryle and Frank Mitvalsky
Andrew and Erin Moeller
Shannon Mohrfeld
Janie Monreal
Brian and Kathy Montz
Katie Moon
Mark Moore
E. Maxine Moore
James and Rika Moore
Z. Morales
Betsy Morgan
Meredith Morgan
Richard Morningstar and Judith Witherell-Morningstar
Robert and Rachel Morris
Timothy and Jeanne Morrissey
Farrell and Margaret Moseley
Dean and Shirley Moser
Jeffrey Mosic
Deborah and Craig Mrkvicka
Elizabeth Mulcahy
Ann Mulcahy
John and Shirley Mulherin
Jodie Mullinnix
Suzanne Mullins
Jeff and Carol Murdock
Dennis and Gail Murphy
Michael and Kristen Murphy
Milo and Helen Murray
Eva Lu Murrison
Joey and Jennifer Musick
Barb Mussman
David Mutnick
Heather Myers
Thomas and Karen Myers
Karen Myers
Terry and Sherry Myhlhousen
Daniel and Linda Nasution
Paul Natvig
Robert Naughton
Carla Nauman
Kristin Nearad
Kevin and Kay Nebergall
Robert and Charlotte Nechanicky
Kermit and Julie Negley
David and Orla Nelson
Jeff and Alisa Nelson
William and Dorothy Nelson
Margaret and Ronald Nelson
Ronald Nelson
Natalie Nelson
Jon and Patricia Nelson
Travis and Mandee Nelson
Karen and Bob Nemecek
Larry and Ruth Neppl
William and Diana Neppl
Josh Ness
Daniel and Sarah Netolicky
Krista and Steve Neumann
Phillip and Louanne Neville
Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Newell
Kathryn Niblick
Jeanette Nicholas
Dana Nichols
Greg and Lisa Nichols
H.J. Nicholson
Janice Niehaus
S.L. and M.K. Nielsen
Jamin and Phoebe Nixon
Rachel Njus
Peter and Stacia Nkumu
Thomas Noerenberg
John and Kathleen Noid
Kimberly Noles
Rebecca Norlien
Christine and John North
Bradley and Diane Nosek
Philip and Cecilia Noss
Matthew Novak and JoAnne Lilledahl
Kenneth Novak
Lucille Novotny
Alvin and Dawn Nunnikhoven
Paul and Dawn Nylin
Cindy O’ Toole
Kate O’Brien-May
James and Barbara O’Connell
Melanie O’Donnell
Margaret O’Donnell
Steven and Jill O’Hara
Tim and Ninon O’Neil
Dorothy Oakman
Lori Oatts
Kristi O’Brien
Andy and Kathleen Ockenfels
Steve and Mary Odegaard
Stefanie Oelmann
Marlyn Oeltjen
Mark Ogden and Iris Muchmore
Abraham and Susan Oglanian
Ann Oglanian
Young S. Oh
Thomas and Dixie Olmstead
Ronald and Jane Olson
Denis and Carol Olson
Christopher and Connie Olson
Scott and Joni Oltmanns
Debra Orr
Daniel Ortz
Ken and Mary Osborn
Terry and Kent Ostertag
John and Jeannette Osullivan
Missi Otdoerfer
Curtis and Milly Ouellette
Pamela Owen
Jihan Palenca
Richard and Peggy Palma
Eric Palmer
Barb Palmer
Kenneth and Lauren Palmersheim
Donald and Joyce Panter
William and Darlenne Park
Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Park
Gordon Parker and Judy Goldberg
Kathleen and James Parker
Todd and Stephanie Parker
Robert and Joy Pashby
Pamela Pasker
Roshni Patel
Girish and Sucheta Patel
Jennifer Patras
Diana Patten
Curtis Patton
Janet Patterson
Marion and Richard Patterson
James and Vicky Paul
Kara Paulsen
Douglas Paulus
Paul and Stephanie Pawlaczyk
John and Julie Peglow
Barb Perkinson
Betty and Michael Perry
Kevin and Lisa Perry
Sandra Peters
Lori Petersen
Michael and Donna Petersen
Burgess and Joan Petersen
Prudence Petersen
Carl Peterson
Michael and Barbara Peterson
Philip and Barbara Peterson
John and Maryann Petesich
Anton and Margery Petrzelka
Joel and Kerry Peyton
Melissa Phelps
Jeremy Phillips and Debra Copeland
Dennice and Chad Phillips
Thomas and Kathleen Phillips
Rebecca Picard
Andrew Pickens
Tami Pickering
Kathryn Pickett
Ann Pickford
Robert Pierce
Jon Pilarski
Ekaterini Pino
Donald Piper and Mary Sheka
Bonnie Pisarik
Jeff and Michelle Pitz
Mary Platt
Dennis and Carla Platt
Mark and Kristine Platte
Sharon Poplawski
Bradley and Kimberley Port
Kevin and Cherri Porter
Brian and Mary Porter
Melissa Poulsen
Robert Poundstone
Amy Powell
Bryan and Sue Powell
Arlene Prane
Carol Preston
Cindy Preussner
Robert and Charlene Price
Lyle and Nancy Primrose
David and Rema Prosche
Jane Prowell
Brad and Lohree Pull
Wade and Tracy Pursell
Glenn and Diane Putman
Elizabeth Putman
Kenneth and Madonna Putnam
Dirk Putzke
Mary and Jon Quass
Gerard and Patricia Quinn
Frances Quirk
Martin and Connie Rabinovitz
Richard Raczynski
Troy and Cherie Ralfs
Mark Ramsey
Brian Randall and Mary Kemen
Melissa Randall
Virginia Randall
Steve and Mary Rankin
Erik and Kristen Ransom
Amanda and Ted Rasmusson
Mary Joan and David Rater
Martin and Roxanne Rathje
Sarah Sosic-Ratzlaff and Chris Ratzlaff
Richard Raulston
Lisa Caron and Craig Rawson
Kathleen Raymon
Paul and Mary Reams
Amanda Reber
David and Nancy Reed
Elizabeth Reese
Debra and Gregory Reiman
Lorna Reinecke
Richard Reinert
Ardith Reinhardt
William Reinhardt
Martin and Laurie Reinhart
Maureen McDonald Reiter
Margo Remington
David and Elizabeth Remley
Dana Renken
Mark and Linda Reschly
Sigrid and Curtis Reynolds
Curtis Reynolds
Jennifer Reynolds-Smith
Ronald and Elaine Riaff
Joanne and Don Ribble
John Oscar Rice
M. Maya and Douglas Richards
Alice Richardson
Richard and Teresa Richmond
Mark Richmond
Autumn and Luke Ricker
Dean and La Donna Ricklefs
Kelsey Rico
Margaret Ridler
Kevin Rife
Alicia Rigdon
David and Patty Riley
David and Richelle Riley
Kathy Rinkerberger
Diane Rinkert
Richard and Janice Risdale
Catherine and Martin Roach
Walter and Barbara Roach
Derek and Jennifer Roberts
Laura Robertson
Jack and Diane Robertson
Ken and Judy Robertson
Dave and Joy Roelfs
John and Lorene Rodriguez
Earl and Susan Rogers
Gordon and Lynda Rogers
Jason Rogers
Charles Rohde
Jody Rohlena
Erik Roland
Therese Rolfes
Michael and Wendy Roltgen
Michael and Lucy Romano
Michael and Mary Rooney
Kate and Richard Rose
Jeffrey Rosenbaum
Laura Rosenthal
Susan Ross
Paul Rossberger and Barb Fulton
Pamela Rothlauf
Curtis and Kristi Rottman
Teddy and Shelby Rowe
Stanley Rowen
S. Joseph Rubenstein
Martha and Al Ruffalo
Chris and Marcia Ruhl
Dominique Ruiz
Lee Ann Runy
David Rust and Joy Smith
Rose Rutherford
Kevin and Caren Ryan
Jonathan Rydberg
Shawn Sachs
John M. and Wilma Ann Wallin Sagers
Donald and Connie Salyer
Leslee and Michael Sandberg
Mark and Carol Sanderson
Courtney Sanderson
William Saporito
Scott Saunders and Sandra James-Saunders
Mary Ellen Sauser
Ralph Savoy
Aaron Saylor
Darlene Schaefer
Traci and Mike Schaeffer
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Ed and Joan Schaffer
Sue Ann Schantz
Gregory and Kristine Schares
Neal and Kathleen Scharmer
Jane Scheer and Robin Hursh
Michael Scheetz
Betty Scheible
Claudia Schepp
Janice Scheurs
Meredith Schiffer
Chad Schlager
James and Staci Schiltz
Jennifer Schissel
Schlapfer/Zart Family
Sandra Schlesinger
Geralyn Schlotfeldt
Michael Schlueter
Jeff and Tracy Schmidt
Douglas and Norma Schmidt
Jim and Ann Schmitt
C. Schmitz
Thomas and Jean Schmuhl
Henry and Phyllis Schnackel
Kristine and Randy Schneekloth
Sheri Schneider
Allen and Glenna Schnell
Steven and Janet Schnoebelen
Lori and Steven Schoenauer
Kathy Schoenfelder
Lori and Brian Schouvieller
Christy Schrader
Michael and Julie Schreckengast
Arleen Schreiber
Lance and Solveig Schueler
John and Janet Schuett
Carl and Dawn Schuettpelz
Janeen and Michael Schultz
Scott and Dawn Schumacher
Jeffrey and Kathleen Schumacher
Thomas and Christine Schuster
Larry and Georgie Schuster
Nicole Schuster
Anne Schutte
Glenn Schwartz
Laura and Matthew Schwarz
Glenda Schweitzer
Helen Schwietert
Barbara Scoles
Nick and Janett Scott
Wayne and Ann Scott
Susan Scott
Kay Scroggs
Gretchen and Craig Sealls
Lloyd and Elaine Seaman
Sally Seath
Michelle Seavy
Timothy and Julie Sebetka
James and Lona Sedlacek
Floyd and Dona Seiberling
Robert and Victoria Sedlacek
Kevin and Geri Seiberling
Christopher and Doreen Seibert
Kathleen Serafino
Robert Severson and Lora Freeman
Tara Davis and Patrick Shanahan
Margaret Shangle
Brenna Shay
Sarah Shea
Richard and Julie Shebek
Maria Shelton
L.L. Sherwood
Steven and Tracy Sherzer
Barton Showalter
Joe Shreeves and Becky Robertson-Shreeves
Dean and Colleen Shupe
Valerie Siechert
Glenda Siekert
Darcey Siemering
Robert and Linda Sigwarth
David Silber
Elizabeth Silver
Julie Silverstein
Brad Simanek and Tricia Hoffman-Simanek
Steven Simmen
Judy Simmons
Paula Sion
Marilyn Sippy
Michael and Amy Sir
Gilles and Solange Skilling
Bradley and Tamara Skiver
Rhonda Slowey
Wendy Smalley
William and Patricia Smejkal
Jane Smerdon
Timothy and Donna Smith
Alice Smith
Jillian Smith
Patricia Smith
Monique and Roy Smith
Richard and Joella Smith
Teresa and Roger Smith
Jennifer Smith
Laurie Smith
Nancy Smith
Scott and Sherry Smithhart
Grace Snedden
Roberta Sniffin
Vera Snow
Thomas and Jan Snyder
Justin and Michelle Sobaski
Sara Sorensen
Bonnie Sorensen
Jennifer Sorensen
Leonard Sorgini
Thomas Sorrells
Albert Soukup
Stacey and Theresa Spear
Carolyn Sperry
Sue and Gary Speicher
Randy and Evelyn Spilde
Michele Spina
Nancy Spivey
David and Teresa Staab
Bette Stadlen
Paul and Lorna Stadtmueller
Arthur and Susan Staed
Dorothy and Michael Stallman
Cary Stamp
Frances Stanley
Cory Stanton
Joseph and Elizabeth Stapleton
Jon and Diane Starkell
John E. and E. Diane States
Diane Staudt
Toby and Jeanna Stecklein
Raymond Stefani
Richard and Diane Stefani
Brett and Angela Steffen
Paul and Carol Steingreaber
Joan Steinmetz
Michael and Rhonda Stepanek
Kate Stepanek
Tim and Brenda Stephany
Tammy Stephenson
Dean and Lisa Stevens
George and Polly Stewart
Paula and Peter John Stewart
Matthew and Patricia Stewart
Maryann Stewart
Diane Stickney
Roger and Oline Stigers
Wendy Stivers
Jordan Stone
Cindy Stone
Eric Stone
Meagan Stone-Fulton
David and Dotty Storer
Renell Strait
Rosalie Strang
Scott and Angie Strauss
Adam Strauss
Sheila Streicher
Scott Streicher
Bonnie Streif
Eleanor Streletzky
Shelly Strellner
David and Susan Strickland
Victoria Striffler
Anita Strong
Cynthia Strong
Marilyn Struchen
James and Adona Struve
Jeff Stuckenschneider
Mindy Studer
Richard and Margaret Stumpff
Timothy Stumpff
Richard and Sandra Sublett
Anne Suggs
Debra Sulima
John Sullivan
Mary Sullivan-Pondell and John Pondell
Amy Sundermann
Mike and Kim Suther
Keith and Nancy Sutherland
Thomas Sutton
Leslie Suzuki
Ronna Swacker
Carl and Nina Swanson
Jean Sweat
Emily Sweet
Marilyn Sweet
Gary and Shelley Sweet
Michael and Karen Sweet
Olive Swendson
David Swenson
Robert Synhorst
Hendra and Aulia Tandradinata
Todd and Kimberly Taylor
Aylssa Taylor
Sara TeBockhorst
John and Patricia Tenhundfeld
Amanda Sue Teply
Jeffrey Textor
Shannon Thacker
Wendy Thaden
Terry Thayer
Amy Thedinger
Gregory and Lisa Thirnbeck
James and Kathy Thomas
Tommy and Amanda Thomas
Jacqueline Thomas
Bradley and Michelle Thomason
Byron and Sheryl Thompson
Guerin and Mary Thompson
Loren and Michelle Thompson
Dale and Joy Thompson
Gary and Diane Thompson
Jeff and Marla Thompson
Cynthia Thompson-Adhikari
Don and Marilyn Thomsen
Lindsey Thornton
Diana Thrift
Robert and Shannon Throndson
E. Charles and Janet Thulin
Colleen Tierney
Mary Tilden
Erin Timmerman
Sean and Cynthia Timp
Kent Tisdale
Terrence and Maureen Tobin
Roberta Tomlinson
Melinda Tomsic
Kate Tomsic
Kevin and Melissa Torner
Chad Tousey
Eric and Sarah Tow
Tyler Townsend
Darlene Trachta
Leigh Tracy
Joy Tranel
Joseph B. Trecek Jr.
Gary and Therese Treanor
Marjorie and Carlton Tronvold
Harold and Janet Trotter
Shavonne Troupe
Paul and Kristen Trovas
Mary Troxel
Donna Trudeau
Larry and Barbara Trujillo
Demetri and Pauline Tsamis
Justen and Kimberly Tucker
Brad Tucker
Shaun Tullis
Wendy and Trent Turner
Kevin Twedt
Karla and Clint Twedt-Ball
Katherine Ulmer
Timothy Ulrey
Bob Untiedt
George Uribe
Ersan Ustundag and Tuba Geredelioglu
Angie Valencia
Art and Linda Valles
Dolores Van Dyke
R. Todd and Deanna Van Horbeck
Phyllis Vance
Nora Vance
Gerald and Ernestine VanderSanden
Mark VanderSchaaf
James and Karen Vandeventer
John and Diane Vanis
Sandra Vas
Susan Vedeen
Karrie Velky
Josie Velles
Monica and William Vernon
George Veto and Sheila Hibbard
Ronald and Nancy Vickerman
Mrs. W. H. Vigars
Vickie Vlasek
Sue Ellen and Betty Vogt
Daniel and Kathleen Vondrum
Geraldine Vrbicek
Hurbert Wagner
Roger and Sally Wagner
James and Nicole Wagner
Benjamin Wagoner
JoAnn and Steven Wahle
Janice Wahle
Dennis and Deborah Walker
Brad and Andrea Walker
Cynthia Walker
Michael and Sarah Wall
Sharon Wallace
Justin Wallig
Calvin and Gloria Waltke
Luann and Dennis Wangeman
David and Sharon Ward
Loraine Ward
Scott C. Ward
Kim Ward
Kim Warrick
Roy and Janice Watkins
Frank and Paula Watters
Robert and Nadia Wattnem
Larry and Susan Wear
Julie Weaver
Karlya Webber
Barbara W. Weeks
David and Jill Weetman
Paul Wehr
Richard and Julia Weidman
Diane Weimer
Frank Weinstein
Michael and Loretta Welsh
Robert and Nancy Welsh
Scott and Jennifer Welsh
Diane Welsh
Marek and Kelli Wensel
David Wenzel
Daniel and Carol Werner
Lisa Wernimont
Kristen Wessels
Margaret Wessels and Kathleen Halupnik
Cassie Wessels
S.E. West
Tamara West
Frederic and Diana Westbrook
Stephen and Sharon Westbrook
Brandy Westfall
Roger and Mary Wetlaufer
Devin Wever
Charles and Susan Whetstine
Ely Whitaker
Raymond White
Carolyn White
R. Don and Geraldine Whited
Thomas and Joyce Wibe
DeLoris Wickham
Glen and Shawna Wiebel
Victoria Wieben
Ronald and Susan Wieben
Shawn Wiederin
Daniel and Brenda Wiese
Diane and Martin Wiesenfeld
Sheri Wilford
William and Sharee Wilkinson
Fred and Lois Willhoite
Nicholas Williams
Lisa Williams
Rob and Alissa Williams
Lawrence and Kristin Williams
Arthur and Melissa Williams
Sarah and Jerald Williams
Nicholas and Bree Williams
Amy Williams
Felicia Williams
Darrell Williams
Michael Williams
David and Joyce Willis
Sandra Wilson
Thomas and Sally Wilson
Glenn Wiltgen
Cathy WInch
Mary and Nore Winter
Ferris Winterberg
Jim Wittnebel
Betty Woito
Steven Wolcott
Louise Woodier
Carlton and Ladonna Woods
John and Barbara Woodward
Kelli Worfford
Shawn Worley and Kealy Batley
Sharon and Thomas Worsfold
Floyd Worth
Debbie Wozniak
Gerald and Nancy Wright
Amelia Wuest
Mary Wyckoff
Matthew and Stephanie Yamilkoski
James Yanda and Ellen Dreyer
Gary Yanda
Sandra Yarrington
Corinne L. Yaw
Michele Yoder
Erica Yoder
Edward and Tamara Yong
Jerry York and Rachel Baldwin York
Donna Young
Angela Young
F. Michael and Anne Zachara
Abbie Zahler
Gerald and Rae Zahradnik
Laurie and Mark Zaiger
Kenneth Zamzow
Dean and Audrey Zart
Matthew and Cari Zeimet
David and Cyndia Zias
Jerry and Nancylee Ziese
Justin and Sarah Zimmerman
Steven and Mary Zins
Robert and Mary Joan Zirbel
Gloria Zmolek
Emily Zousel
Connie M. Zuber
Beth Zubrod
Brian Zumhof and Carol Zhanel Zumhof
38 Community impaCt report
the Greater Cedar rapids Community Foundation is in compliance with national standards for services and operations that have been established by the Council on Foundations to guide sound policies, accountable practices, and ethical and operational integrity that strengthen the effectiveness of community philanthropy.
FLood Magnitude▪ 31.12 feet - Crest of Cedar River
on Friday, June 13, 2008
▪ More than 10 square miles (14%) of the City
▪ No flood-related deaths
▪ Flood damage estimate $3 billion
PeoPLe▪ 18,623 estimated persons in
flood-impacted area
▪ 120 families in flood areas receiving Section 8 housing assistance
▪ 1,360 estimated jobs lost as a result of the flood
▪ More than 57,218 flood recovery- related volunteer hours donated
▪ 169 citizens in temporary shelters (during first three weeks of disaster)
ProPerty▪ 7,198 affected parcels (5,390
residential)
▪ $2.4 billion estimated cost in damage to public infrastructure and future flood management options
▪ As many as 1,500 properties will be demolished
▪ 86 farms in Linn County were damaged
Cedar raPids downtown▪ 900 (100%) people residing
downtown displaced
▪ 450 (100%) downtown businesses impacted
▪ 35 (95%) restaurants impacted
▪ 9,000 (69%) people working downtown displaced
▪ 101 of 132 greater downtown blocks were impacted by the flood
Linn County nonProFit resourCe Center▪ Nearly $36 million in total flood-
related damages to Linn County nonprofit organizations
Cedar raPids CoMMunity sCHooLs▪ Six District Facilities were flooded
▪ An estimated 1,834 students flood-affected (The school district has 33 schools and 17,000 students)
▪ The District sustained $33.5 million in flood damage
▪ 180 staff members were displaced
CHurCHes, worsHiP Centers and Ministries▪ 25 organizations displaced/
destroyed
▪ $11.7 million in total flood related damages
transPortation▪ Ground Transportation,
municipal city transportation hub, completely displaced
▪ $90 million in total flood-related damages to railroads
▪ $172 million in total flood-related damages to future disaster evacuation routes
agriCuLturaL▪ $51 million agriculture land
costs in Linn County (crop loss, top soil loss)
MuseuMs, CuLturaL arts and reCreation ▪ Eight iconic cultural assets
displaced/destroyed
▪ Mother Mosque of America
▪ National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
▪ African American Historical Museum & Cultural Center
▪ Theatre Cedar Rapids
▪ Paramount Theatre
▪ Legion Arts (CSPS)
▪ Indian Creek Nature Center
▪ Science Station
▪ Ushers Ferry Historic Village
▪ $29.7 million in total flood-related damages
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*Statistics cited from www.cedarrapidsfloodstory.com