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Christoph Trappe/United Way of East Central Iowa wrote a new blog post: The impact of mental health cuts 5 days, 16 hours ago · View
Mental Health cuts could affect the daily lives for one local family who use the Abbe Center services. An Abbe therapist is assigned to each school in the Cedar Rapids School District. The therapist, student and their parents meet and decide on what services will best meet their needs. The school-based health services provided by the [...]
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Christoph Trappe/United Way of East Central Iowa commented on the blog post What it’s like to eat with $4.00 a day? 1 month ago · View
Thanks for the comment, Karen. Appreciate it.
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Christoph Trappe/United Way of East Central Iowa wrote a new blog post: What it’s like to eat with $4.00 a day? 1 month ago · View
Nearly 17,400 households in the United Way’s six county service area are receiving Food Assistance through the State. These households are receiving an average of $10 a day, or $4.00 a day for individuals. Feeding yourself for $4.00 a day is challenging, at best. For some people, this may be the only funds they have to [...]
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Christoph Trappe/United Way of East Central Iowa wrote a new blog post: Addressing Mental Health in the Workplace 1 month, 1 week ago · View
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one in four adults are living with a diagnosable mental health disorder, yet less than one-third will receive mental health services.
Source: United Way
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Christoph Trappe/United Way of East Central Iowa wrote a new blog post: Learn about being a volunteer mentor 1 month, 2 weeks ago · View
Have you considered being a mentor? Adult mentors are positive role models that can provide emotional support and guidance that enhances a child’s self esteem. This improves positive outcomes for our youth. United Way is partnering with Big Brothers, Big Sisters and the Children of Promise Mentoring Program to hold a mentoring information/recruitment event and [...]
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Christoph Trappe/SourceMedia Group commented on the blog post ROUGHRIDERS FIGHTING SAINTS HOCKEY 7 months ago · View
Please email Diana Pesek at Diana.Pesek@sourcemedia.net for information on how to get a copy. Thanks.
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Christoph Trappe/SourceMedia Group wrote a new blog post: A few more Firefighter Challenge pictures 7 months, 1 week ago · View
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Christoph Trappe/SourceMedia Group wrote a new blog post: Scott Firefighter Challenge in Cedar Rapids 7 months, 1 week ago · View
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Christoph Trappe/SourceMedia Group wrote a new blog post: Car in fence in Cedar Rapids 7 months, 1 week ago · View
Spotted this along First Avenue near Seventh Street SE on my commute out of downtown tonight.
Related:Traffic signals without power in downtown Cedar Rapids
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Christoph Trappe/SourceMedia Group wrote a new blog post: Traffic moving slowly without traffic lights along First Avenue in Cedar Rapids 7 months, 1 week ago · View
Lights are currently out near Seventh Street East. Also along A Avenue in the area.
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Christoph Trappe/SourceMedia Group wrote a new blog post: Nice gesture at under-13 baseball game 7 months, 1 week ago · View
I ran into a very nice person today at the baseball complex at Mount Vernon Road and Highway 13 in Cedar Rapids. I was part of a KCRG 9.2 crew that was broadcasting live a couple of under-13 baseball games. There wasn’t much time for breaks and it was hot out. I was running the camera [...] -
Christoph Trappe/SourceMedia Group wrote a new blog post: United Way: Improve education by volunteering 7 months, 2 weeks ago · View
People filled 16 tables this morning at a United Way breakfast in southeast Cedar Rapids to learn about how volunteering can improve education. According to United Way, every year nearly 1 million U.S. students fail to graduate from high school. United Way says it knows that volunteering makes a difference. How to volunteer? 1) As a tutor. One presenter with [...]
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Christoph Trappe/SourceMedia Group wrote a new blog post: A foggy morning in Marion 7 months, 3 weeks ago · View
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Christoph Trappe/SourceMedia Group wrote a new blog post: Playing golf near Boyson Road near Linn-Mar in Marion 8 months, 1 week ago · View
You didn’t know there was a place to play there? I didn’t either and it doesn’t look like an official golf course from across the street. But I did spot a person playing golf on the green space that’s pictured today. This is located near the apartments that are at the corner of 10th Street [...] -
Christoph Trappe/SourceMedia Group wrote a new blog post: Bowling with a three-year-old 8 months, 1 week ago · View
I hadn’t used my Here’s The Deal coupon for six games and shoes at the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center . So last night my three-year-old and I went there. As you probably guessed it wasn’t about who would win, but about having fun. We did have that. Some of the highlights – many of them comical (in my [...]
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Christoph Trappe/SourceMedia Group wrote a new blog post: PICTURES: Clouds over Marion, Iowa 8 months, 2 weeks ago · View
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Christoph Trappe/SourceMedia Group wrote a new blog post: Three-year-old soccer at Butterfield Park in Marion 8 months, 2 weeks ago · View
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Christoph Trappe/SourceMedia Group wrote a new blog post: 3-year-old soccer: No parents in line 8 months, 3 weeks ago · View
My daughter is currently participating in this Marion Parks and Rec program at Butterfield Park. They do lots of stations: Kicking the ball, dribbling it and some shooting in a little goal. No games, yet. Some parents had been standing in line with children, so today there was an announcement that parents should stay on the sidelines. That didn’t [...] -
Christoph Trappe/SourceMedia Group wrote a new blog post: This morning’s task: Finding a whistle for the ref 8 months, 3 weeks ago · View
I’m volunteering at the Senior Olympics at Coe College this morning and one of the referees needed a whistle. Other volunteers suggested that somebody should run to Hy-Vee to buy one. Volunteer and Metro North Rotarian Katie Johnson suggested that there might be one in the building. So, I went off to find one. I went to the training [...] -
Christoph Trappe/SourceMedia Group wrote a new blog post: Eastern Iowa’s Senior Olympics: Granny basketball and swimming at Coe College’s Eby Fieldhouse 8 months, 3 weeks ago · View
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Competitors from Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska and other places are competing this morning in the parking lot near the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
I took this moments ago with my cell phone.
Taken a few moments ago with my cell phone.
The CR Sizzlers are playing the Williamsburg Elite Grannies in the basketball game.