SUPPORT THE WALLACE CENTERS OF IOWA
Since its inception, The Wallace Centers of Iowa has received generous support from the community in many ways: volunteer efforts, financial contributions, in-kind support, memberships, and artifact donations. We are pleased to feature these generous contributions for 2009-2010:
Willard Olesen of Greenfield is always ready to help where needed: mowing the Country Life Center grounds, painting the birthplace home, cleaning gutters at the Wallace House, and delivering produce for the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. Willard also chairs The Wallace Centers of Iowa Board of Directors.
Technical Assistance Grant Helps Merger
In 2009, the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines awarded a $2,000 technical assistance grant to help the Henry A. Wallace Country Life Center and the Wallace House Foundation merge operations. The grant provided funding assistance to secure high-speed internet at the Country Life Center location, combine accounting systems, and provide the two locations with compatible computer software. Matching efforts included merging the two websites into one and redesigning the site to provide for more changing information. A donor enhanced the project by donating a computer and monitor to the CLC location.
The Fleming Family Foundation
A $25,000 contribution in 2009-2010 for general operating support deepens the Foundation's long-time commitment to both former organizations and celebrates the merger of the Wallace House Foundation and the Henry A. Wallace Country Life Center.
Anonymous Donor
A $10,000 gift in December 2009 was divided between general operating support and The Wallace Centers of Iowa endowment fund held at the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines.
Creston Bank lends support
Iowa State Savings Bank of Creston, Iowa donated $3,000 in support of operations. Our thanks to bank president Karl Knock and marketing director Jan Knock for their generosity.
Principal Financial Group Foundation
A $2,500 gift from the Principal Financial Group Foundation in Des Moines, IA will be used to support a series of regional community-building workshops across Iowa.
Artifact Donation
Marion James of Creston recently donated a historic photo of Henry A. Wallace accompanying President Franklin Roosevelt on whistle-stop campaign in October 1936 that paused in Creston, Iowa.(See the photo on the Henry A. Wallace page.)
Implement Dealership Lends a Hand
Barker Implement, with eight locations in southwest and south central Iowa, has committed to an annual cash gift, plus the loan of a John Deere gator utility vehicle. The much needed gator will be put to use immediately at the Country Life Center with its four acres of vegetables and ten acres of restored prairie. Our thanks to Todd Barker and all of Barker Implement's staff.
Pioneer Hi-Bred Contributes $5,000 to The Wallace Centers of Iowa
The Wallace Centers of Iowa has received a $5,000 grant from Pioneer Hi-Bred International, a DuPont business. The grant will be used to support the Wallace Centers’ signature Dialogue Dinner program. Dialogue Dinners bring together community experts with local residents for a shared meal and civil discussion. The Fall 2010 schedule of Dialogue Dinners will be announced at a later date.
Headquartered in Des Moines, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, a DuPont business, was founded by Henry A. Wallace in 1926. The company is now the world's leading developer and supplier of advanced plant genetics, providing high-quality seeds to farmers worldwide in more than 90 countries.
Please contact Ann Taylor, Vice-President of Marketing and Development at 515.243.7063 or anntaylor@wallace.org if you would like to join our efforts.
