Theisens Home • Farm • Auto awards $208,000 to support food, education, and safety for kids
The holiday season is starting off especially bright for 143 nonprofits in Theisen’s Home • Farm • Auto store communities.
The sixth annual Theisen’s More for Your Community grant awards were announced today by Theisen’s President Jim Theisen. “With these grants of $208,588, we are simply giving back to our community and the people we serve,” said Theisen. “We are so proud to support these nonprofit organizations as they provide food, shelter, healthcare, safety and education to children and families in and near to our store communities.”
The corporate giving program is a partnership with the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque (CFGD). CFGD President and CEO Nancy Van Milligen said, “The most immediate and important needs of families and children were expressed in the 247 applications we received. The review process included a focus on meeting the most basic and urgent needs of children and families in 20 Theisen’s Home • Farm • Auto store communities, from Dubuque to Iowa Falls.”
Successful grant applications included evidence of project dollars directly reaching children, strong local matches, and opportunities for those served to give back to the community. Theisen, together with his sons Chris and Tony, makes annual grant site visits to learn about successful projects and encourage nonprofit leaders on the front lines serving vulnerable families and kids in the region.
The Dubuque store community, which is the corporate home to Theisen’s, fared well in the competition for grant dollars, with 21 successful applications, including the following organizations:
City of Asbury
Creative Expressions Workshops
Crescent Community Health Center
Dubuque Fire Department
Dubuque Lutheran School
Dubuque Noon Lions Club
East Dubuque Volunteer Fire Department
Family Resources
Foundation for Dubuque Public Schools
Friends of the Dubuque County Conservation Board, Inc.
Hillcrest Family Services
IIW Tri-State Marine Corps Toys for Tots
Mary's Inn Maternity Home
Northeast Iowa Council, Boy Scouts of America
Project Concern
Sherrill Fire Protection Association
St. Columbkille Early Childhood Center
St. Luke's United Methodist Church
United Churches Galena Food Pantry
Veterans Freedom Center
YP Dubuque Days of Caring
Visit www.dbqfoundation.org/theisens to learn more about the Theisen’s More for Your Community Grant Program. The next funding cycle will open in May, of 2015.