MLK NOW 2024
2024-01-13 10:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Veterans Memorial Building, 50 2nd Avenue Bridge, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52401, United States
Recreating Black Economies

Changing Policies and Practices

You’re invited to attend the free MLK NOW 2024 event on Saturday, January 13 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids. This event, organized by BOB Rewards Club, is a traveling event being held in Cedar Rapids this year.

Enjoy speakers, live entertainment and performing arts, mini-carnival and games, and celebrate with over 70 black-owned businesses.

Event Highlights:

Renowned Speakers, Community Influencers and Guests

Live Entertainment and Performing Arts

Mini-Carnival, DIY Activities and Gaming Fun

Over 70 Black-Owned Businesses

Food, Beverages and Giveaways

BOB Annual Awards Ceremony

Event Focus:

Sustainable Income (Employment and Business Development)

Remain Free From Incarceration

Increase Home and Commercial Property Purchases (Transferring Real Estate)

Investing in Predominantly Black Communities

Advanced Financial Literacy and Estate Planning

Balancing Personal Necessities to 50% of Your Take-Home Pay

Teaching Real Native Black History in Public Schools, Colleges and Universities

Nonprofit Know-How: 2024 Grants at the Community Foundation
2024-01-30 09:00 - 10:00
Linn County nonprofit professionals who are interested in learning more about grant programs at the Community Foundation are encouraged to attend this learning opportunity. Attendees of the Nonprofit Know-How: 2024 Grants at the Community Foundation will have an opportunity to:

Meet the grants staff and our new Vice President of Community Impact Joe Heitz.

Hear a brief overview of 2024 grantmaking at the Community Foundation from Senior Program Officer Rochelle Naylor.

Engage in small group conversations with Program Officers Casey Baustian, Dylan Cooley, Sanjana Raghavan, and Program & Grants Manager Bernadette Gladish, to learn more about each grant program and how to best engage with grant opportunities. There will be several groups to choose from for 10-minute roundtable discussions. Attendees will have the option to move around the room to engage in conversation that best suits their needs.

Coffee and light snacks will be offered.

Register here by Monday, January 29, 2024.

‘daBluesapalooza
2024-02-03 18:00 - 22:00 | The Olympic South Side Theater, 1202 3rd St SE #200, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52401, United States
KCCK’s All-Star Jam to support ‘da Blues, Iowa’s longest-running blues radio shows!

Scheduled To Appear:
The JaneysD-Dog & The BBiTsMatt Panek & the Electric Kool Aid TrioThe Tanya English BandHomebrewedDr. Z’s Experiment
Plus, a truckload of special guests!
BBQ provided by CR Midnight Smoker BBQ
More info atwww.kcck.org/dabluesapalooza

Break the Ice
2024-02-22 14:00 - 17:00 | CSPS, 1103 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States
Join us for our 2024 Rock Academy Season Kickoff!FeaturingIndigo Soul | False AlarmPink Slips | Spiral Lites | FlashbackShip of Fools | We the PeoplePlus an Art Market and Gallery featuring student art works.Tickets are $12, children 12 and under are free.Ticket proceeds will benefit our Rock Academy program, where we teach young musicians how to be Rock Stars, free of financial barriers.Eastern Iowa Arts Academy is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and your support makes all the difference!

Immigration & Business Luncheon
2024-02-29 11:30 - 13:00 | Radisson Hotel Cedar Rapids, 1200 Collins Road NE, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52402, United States
Join us for the 2024 Immigration & Business Luncheon – a celebration of the contributions of refugees and immigrants in our business community and workforce!
Do you know someone who deserves recognition for their outstanding contributions to business in the Corridor? Nominate an individual or organization to be honored with an Immigration & Business Award! Nominations are due by Friday, January 12, 2024.

14 Under 14 Awards
2024-02-29 16:00 - 17:00 | Cedar Rapids Public Library, 450 5th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52401, United States
On February 29, 2024, Kids First will host the third annual “14 Under 14 Awards” to honor youth leaders. Outstanding student-citizens are nominated by teachers and celebrated in a free public event.

Corridor Jazz Project - Night 1
2024-03-04 06:30 - 21:30 | Paramount Theatre, 123 3rd Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52401, United States
Join Iowa’s Jazz Station, KCCK-FM and some of the Corridor’s top jazz bands for night 1 of 2 of the only event of the year that features all of our area’s jazz bands, along with top jazz players joining the students as featured guest artists!

Tickets are $15 and available at the door. Your ticket also entitles you to a download or CD copy of The Corridor Jazz Project XVI, a limited-edition album featuring each jazz band in performance with their guest artist.

For the full performance schedule, visit the KCCK-FM website: www.kcck.org/corridor-jazz-project/

Corridor Jazz Project - Night 2
2024-03-05 18:30 - 21:30 | Voxman Music Building, 93 East Burlington St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Join Iowa’s Jazz Station, KCCK-FM and some of the Corridor’s top jazz bands for night 2 of 2 of the only event of the year that features all of our area’s jazz bands, along with top jazz players joining the students as featured guest artists!

Night 2 at Voxman is Free.

For the full performance schedule, visit the KCCK-FM website: www.kcck.org/corridor-jazz-project/

Tours and Treats
2024-03-11 17:30, 2024-04-08 17:30
Get and up-close view of just what happens inside His Hands Free Clinic. We’ve doubled the amount of patients we’ve been able to help in the past year. Find out how it works and enjoys some beverages and treats. You’ll see why His Hands is such an important service in our community.

Hot Soup-Cold Noses Drive Through Supper
2024-03-15 16:30 - 19:00 | Iowa Humane Alliance, 6540 6th Street SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52404, United States
Warm up your winter – and dish up some love for Iowa’s companion animals by joining us for Iowa Humane Alliance’s Hot Soup/Cold Noses DRIVE THRU Supper on Friday, March 15th.

Designed to thaw you out during the frostiest weather, the take home meal includes two bowls of your choice of five delicious soups, bread and dessert. Help pets and the people who care for them by supporting the Iowa Humane Alliance spay neuter solution!

All proceeds benefit Iowa Humane Alliance’s mission to provide low cost, high quality spay/neuter services for individual pet owners, shelter and rescue partners and community cat caretakers.

For more information visit iowahumanealliance.org or call 319-363-1225

Nonprofit Know-How: Strategic Planning
2024-03-20 09:30 - 11:30
Join us on March 20, 2024 for Nonprofit Know-How: Strategic Planning. Community Foundation President & CEO Karla Twedt-Ball will share insights and resources for engaging in strategic planning at any level within your organization. Participant-led workshops will provide opportunities to learn from peers across the nonprofit sector.

This event will be especially helpful for organizations that don’t have a strategic plan, are thinking about a refresh, or are in a time of leadership transition. However, the information and resources to be shared are applicable to strategic thinking for all roles in nonprofit organizations.

This event is being held in lieu of March Peer Groups; members of all Peer Groups are encouraged to attend.

Register here by Tuesday, March 19, 2024.

Arts in Action
2024-03-22 18:00 - 21:00 | The Olympic South Side Theater, 1202 3rd St SE #200, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52401, United States
Join us on March 22nd for our Arts in Action event. We’ll have live music from local band, Running in Place, hors d’oeuvres and an art market featuring local and Eastern Iowa Arts Academy artists. Eat, drink & support the arts! Show starts at 6pm!

Celebrate Waypoint!
2024-03-28 15:15 - 18:15
Celebrate Waypoint!
Join us after work for a celebration of our longstanding history, community impact, and the thousands of lives that are touched every year by our services. We’re marking 130 years of community service this year!

This event will include 40+ incredible silent auction baskets, complimentary appetizers from Peppercorn Food Company, a cash bar, and live entertainment from the dueling pianos group, Fun Pianos of Iowa!

Doors will open at 3:15 p.m. with happy hour until 4:15 p.m., program beginning at 4:15 p.m. and Fun Pianos playing from 5:00-6:30 p.m. So grab a friend, put on your dancing shoes, and join us on March 28th as we Celebrate Waypoint!

Thank you for your commitment to helping us fulfil our mission of inspiring people to move forward!

All proceeds from the event benefit Waypoint’s critical programs: Housing Services, Domestic Violence Services, the Survivors’ Program, and KidsPoint Child Care Programs.

Date: March 28, 2024
Time: 3:15-6:15 p.m.
Location: The Olympic South Side Theater130

Learning Cohort: Engaging in the DEI Journey (Spring 2024)
2024-04-10 11:30 - 13:00, 2024-05-08 11:30 - 13:00
The Nonprofit Network is proud to announce an investment in DEI learning through a partnership with Top RANK, a CedarRapids-based diversity facilitation, consulting, and talent acquisition firm. The three-part series is designed to offernonprofit leaders tools and concepts to help guide implementation of equitable practices and policies in Linn Countynonprofits, with a focus on racial equity. This Learning Cohort will be held in lieu of Managers Peer Group for the Fall andSpring sessions over the next year. All meetings will be held at the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, 324 3rdStreet SE, Cedar Rapids, in the first floor meeting room.

Spring Cohort Schedule:Embracing the DEI Journey in the Nonprofit Sector, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Committing to the DEI Journey, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Implementing Best Practices on your DEI Journey, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Celebrate the opening of Eastern Iowa Health Center's NEW DENTAL BUILDING
2024-04-11 15:00 - 17:00
Join us for Eastern Iowa Health Center’s Floss Cutting Event celebrating the opening of our new dental center!

1210 4th Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403

Dental tours, light refreshments, and special remarks at 4:00 pm

Floss Cutting will be attended by state and community officials, press, and members of the communities that we so proudly and diligently serve.

Blue Door Bash
2024-04-13 17:30 - 21:00 | Double Tree by Hilton, 350 1st Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52401, United States
Our Blue Door Bash, gala event, raises critical funding to support our mission. Complete with live and silent auctions, cocktail hour, food tasting and program, Blue Door Bash enables us to serve the kids and families in the Corridor who need us most.

Donor Learning Series - Shaping Our Community: Stories of Local Philanthropists
2024-04-18 09:00 - 10:30 | Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, 324 3rd Street SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52401, United States
The Community Foundation is proud to help donors strengthen our community through philanthropy. This year, as yourpartner in charitable giving, we’ve created a new Donor Learning Series to help you learn, be inspired, and connect withother donors for the greater good of our community. The Series includes a variety of topics, expert presentations, paneldiscussions, and time for questions or guidance. Register to attend all three or pick the one(s) that interest you the most.

A panel of local philanthropists will share their personal stories of charitable giving; how they’ve incorporated planned giving to leave a legacy and support the communities and organizations they care about; and how they’ve partnered with the Community Foundation. Donor panelists include Debbie and Greg Neumeyer, Mike Stallman, and Kristen and Kyle Wilcox. Coffee and pastries will be served.

Please note: The Donor Learning Series is by invitation for Community Foundation donors and their families.

Literary Vines: A Wine & Beer Tasting to Benefit the Library Foundation
2024-04-19 18:00 - 20:30 | Cedar Rapids Public Library, 450 5th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52401, United States
Join us on Friday, April 19 for an event featuring literature-inspired tasting tables, a mobile silent auction, and entertainment. Tastings include selections of wine and beer with heavy appetizers paired accordingly. All funds raised benefit the Library Foundation and Foundation-funded programs, including Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
For more information, please email Foundation@CRLibrary.org.

YPN Trivia Night
2024-04-19 18:00 - 21:00 | Eastbank, 97 3rd Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52401, United States
Join us for the 2024 YPN Trivia Night, an exciting night of trivia, fun games and more supporting our programs and services.

Just for the Health of It
2024-04-21 14:00 - 17:00 | Big Grove Brewery, 170 First Street SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States
Join Eastern Iowa Health Center at Big Grove for our first ever, co-branded signature event to raise funds and awareness for EIHC as we continue to provide outstanding care for all. Live music from the amazing band Funk Stop, games, a silent auction, drinks and heavy appetizers will have you saying CHEERS while supporting a great cause.

Tickets will be available for purchase online at Big Grove!

Catherine McAuley Center Pickleball Tournament
2024-04-23 08:00 - 17:00 | Smithfield Tennis & Pickleball Center, 3511 18th Ave SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52404, United States
The Catherine McAuley Center is hosting a round-robin play pickleball tournament for players of all skill levels. Games will be scheduled throughout the day; players will be notified of their time slot (of approximately 3 hours) the week prior.

Cost is $100 per team of 2. Breakfast and/or lunch and bottled water will be provided.

Trophies will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in each division:

Men’s beginner, intermediate, advanced
Women’s beginner, intermediate, advanced
Mixed beginner, intermediate/advanced

Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa Stock Market Challenge®
2024-04-25 09:00 - 20:00 | The Olympic South Side Theater, 1202 3rd St SE #200, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52401, United States
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa’s (JAEI) 5th Annual JA Stock Market Challenge® event allows participants to experience the fast pace, cut throat day in the life of a stock market trader. The Stock Market Challenge is a technology based simulation of the stock market in which every 60 seconds represents a day of trading. Beginning with a hypothetical account balance of $500,000, the stakes are high and the competition is fierce. There will be a straight forward student competition during the day and a no holds barred adult version in the evening.

Approximately 150 high school students will have the option to complete five lessons on investments before competing in teams of four at the student JA Stock Market Challenge earlier in the day from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., allowing the students to experience all the rush with none of the risk. Students will also have a chance to review their results and analyze the impact of their trades after the event. Student team registration is open to any 9th-12th grade students.

Flock to the Flights Pubcrawl Fundraiser for CRPF
2024-04-25 16:00 - 20:00
2nd Annual Flock to the Flights Pub CrawlThursday, April 25 from 4:00pm – 8:00pm

Join CRPF for the 2nd annual Flock to the Flights Pub Crawl! This event will occur April 25, 2024 from 4:00pm-8:00pm with stops at Big Grove Brewery, Clock House Brewing, and Iowa Brewing Company. An estimated 100 participants will enjoy local beer, a cool t-shirt, and fun games along the trail.
Interested in joining the fun? Purchase your participant t-shirt (pictured on the right) ASAP, which serves as your “ticket” for the event! T-shirts cost $35 and can be purchased at the crparksfoundation.org ‘Shop’ or here https://cedar-rapids-parks-foundation.square.site through April 1!
Interested in becoming an event sponsor? Sponsorships are valued at $250 and your name/logo will be proudly displayed on the Pub Crawl t-shirt and brewery passport. Sponsorship acknowledgements will occur across CRPF social media, e-communications, and at the event. Contact crparksfoundation@gmail.com if interested in becoming a sponsor

KCCK's Taste of Jazz
2024-04-26 18:00 - 21:00 | Hotel at Kirkwood Center
Join KCCK in collaboration with Kirkwood’s Culinary Arts and Hospitality Arts Departments for an evening of food, wine, beer and music to benefit KCCK’s Jazz Education Programs.
Music by 10 of Soul and the Kirkwood Jazz Combo
The event features wine and beer tastings, heavy hors d’oeuvres, dessert and a silent auction. And of course great live music!
Featuring Wine from Fireside Winery, Tabor House Winery, and Lubben Vineyards and Wine. Beer from House Divided Brewery, Iowa Brewing Co., and Reunion Brewery.
Individual Tickets are $75 or $700 for a reserved table of 8.
More information at tickets at: www.kcck.org/taste

Willis Dady's 9th Annual Hops for Housing Event
2024-04-27 14:30 - 17:30 | Hotel at Kirkwood Center, 7725 Kirkwood Blvd SW, Cedar Rapids, IA
Good Beer, Great Cause!

Join us on April 27th for an afternoon of beer and cider tasting from 20+ local and national breweries. We will have live music, a silent auction, games, and plenty of samples to enjoy! 100% of proceeds benefit Willis Dady Homeless Services.

Tickets can be pre-ordered for $40 through our Givebutter site https://givebutter.com/HOPS24 , or can be purchased for $45 at the door. Ticketholders will receive a pretzel necklace, tasting glass, beer booklet, and admittance to the event with over 20 breweries and cideries to sample from.

Hops for Housing is an annual fund and awareness-raising event to benefit Willis Dady Homeless Services, who provides homeless prevention, housing, emergency shelter, outreach, employment, and veterans services to all experiencing or near homeless in Linn County. 100% of the proceeds will benefit Willis Dady’s mission and vision.

Fourth Annual Race for a Fresh Start
2024-05-04 08:00 - 10:00
This annual event helps support the services provided through Fresh Start Ministries.

Cultivate Hope Spring Plant Sale
2024-05-04 10:00 - 13:00 | Cultivate Hope Urban Farm, 437 G Ave. NW, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52404, United States
Cultivate Hope’s Annual Spring Plant Sale, held on May 4, 2024 from 10 am – 1 pm at the Urban Farm, will feature fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers grown in our greenhouse as well as affordably priced annual and perennial plants grown by our local partners. This event helps us fund our programs and services throughout the year. We will also have Yard Tools available to help support our Tool Library.

Happy Hour for Kids First
2024-05-09 16:30 - 18:30 | The Olympic South Side Theater, 1202 3rd St SE #200, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52401, United States
Mark your calendar!
Join us Thursday, May 9 from 4:30 – 6:30 PM at The Olympic in the NewBo District. Entry is free, fabulous auction items await, and the bar is open! We can’t wait to celebrate with you.

All of the proceeds directly support Kids First’s mission to give children a voice in divorce, custody, and other conflicts by providing focused legal representation and services for kids.
