October 2026 Meeting
Postpartum Support International - Iowa Chapter was formally awarded over $7,000 in collective donations from our July meeting.
During our October meeting, those in attendance selected Iowa Safe Schools as the awarded nonprofit for the 4rd Quarter of 2026.
In addition to Iowa Safe Schools two other non-profits were randomly selected from member nominations to present:
Community Youth Concepts
Miracle Travel Works
Thank you to our PRESENTING SPONSOR
Syverson Strege
We are so grateful for their support
Thank you to our Mission Sponsor
Fidelity Bank Iowa
If your organization would like to sponsor future meetings, please contact us here.
Watch for 2027 meeting announcements soon!
July 2026 Meeting
Dental Connections was formally awarded over $9,000 in collective donations from our April meeting.
During our July meeting, those in attendance selected Postpartum Support International - Iowa Chapter as the awarded nonprofit for the 3rd Quarter of 2026.
In addition to Postpartum Support two other non-profits were randomly selected from member nominations to present:
Building Lives Through Reading
Ronald McDonald House Charities
We also announced the addition of our NEW PRESENTING SPONSOR
Syverson Strege
We are so grateful for their support
We’d like to thank our Mission Sponsor for this meeting:
Fidelity Bank Iowa
If your organization would like to sponsor future meetings, please contact us here.
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April 2026 Meeting
Youth Justice Initiative was formally awarded over $10,000 in collective donations from our February joint meeting with 100 Men on A Mission. Combined with the men’s total, YJL received $22,729 in donations.
During our April meeting, those in attendance selected Dental Connections as the awarded nonprofit for the 2nd Quarter of 2026.
In addition to Dental Connections, two other non-profits were randomly selected from member nominations to present:
DSM Hack
The Pet Project
We were sad to announce the closing of the foundation that has provided a generous matching grants over the years. We hope to continue our high level of monetary impact even without the matching grant be encouraging all members to donate $100 or more each quarter.
We’d like to thank our Mission Sponsor for this meeting:
Fidelity Bank Iowa
If your organization would like to sponsor future meetings, please contact us here.
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February 2026 Joint Meeting
We once again celebrated our first meeting of the year with 100 + Men On A Mission.
The Free Store was formally awarded over $14,000 in collective donations and matching grant from our November 2025 meeting.
The Youth Justice Initiative was selected as the awarded nonprofit for the 1st Quarter by members of both groups in attendance.
During our joint meeting, we heard from 4 non-profits - instead of the usual three during our 100+ Women (only) meetings. The other three non-profits in addition to the Youth Justice Initiative included:
Bras for the Cause
Strands of Strength
Very Good Firewood Foundation
We’d like to thank our financial sponsors for this joint meeting:
MHCS, CPAs
Fidelity Bank Iowa
Christopher’s Fine Jewelry
If your organization would like to sponsor future meetings, please contact us here.
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November 10, 2025 Meeting
We ended our last meeting of 2025 in style.
We said goodbye to two outgoing board members - Jessie Phillips and Katelyn Gonzalez.
Raise The Bar Initiative was formally awarded $15,3456 in collective donations and matching grant.
We heard from three non-profits doing so much in our community.
AHeinz57 Pet Transport & Rescue
DSM Children’s Museum
The FreeStore
The FreeStore was voted by our members in attendance as the Awarded Nonprofit for 4th Quarter 2025. Donations made be made here.
The FreeStore provides gently used furniture and other household items at no cost to children and families in central Iowa who are recovering from domestic violence or other trauma.
A bar for our pre-event cocktail reception was made possible by the generous support of our sponsor, Suzanne
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Joins us for our next meeting on February 9, 2026.
