South Central Iowa Community Foundation

05/29/2026

📦 We Need Your Help! 💪☀️

With students out for the summer, we could use some help unloading deliveries at the pantry from the Food Bank of Iowa! Our first summer delivery arrives Monday, June 1 at 8:00 AM, and we’d love your help if you’re available.

Many hands make light work — thank you for always supporting our students and community!

05/29/2026

Opening night for Tuesday nights in the park is right around the corner! We hope to see some familiar faces and new ones too!

05/29/2026

05/27/2026

SPLASH PAD IS OPEN FOR THE SEASON!!! 🥳🤩

05/27/2026

05/27/2026

We are so excited to announce our free summer kids' movies again this summer! Thank you to our many sponsors who have helped make this happen year after year. As a reminder, in order to get into these movies for free each week, you must go to the businesses listed and pick up your free ticket. We will be showing both a matinee at 1:00 and an evening show at 7:00 on the listed Wednesdays. Each show requires their own ticket for that time slot. There are a couple sponsors this summer who will have a different pick-up location since they don't have a store front in town, so make sure to check on Facebook during that week!

We hope to see you all there next Wednesday!

05/27/2026

🎉 Exciting news for our Fourth of July Celebration! 🎉

Thanks to funding provided through a grant from the South Central Iowa Community Foundation, we have a brand new beer tent for this year’s festivities! 🍻🇺🇸 We’re excited to continue improving the celebration and creating an even better experience for our community.

With the addition of the new tent, we’ll need extra helping hands! If you’re willing to volunteer, we’d love your help with:

📍 Set Up: Thursday, July 2nd at 5:00 PM on the Chariton Square
📍 Clean Up: Sunday, July 5th

Volunteers make this celebration possible, and we appreciate everyone who gives their time to help make Chariton’s Fourth of July celebration a success! ❤️🤍💙

If you can help, please comment below or reach out to us. Thank you for supporting our community traditions! 🇺🇸✨

05/26/2026

Vogel Garage donated $500 towards the Mallory Park Renovations!! We are only $2,550 away from receiving the $50,000 Dekko matching grant!!!

05/26/2026

Swim bus information for the summer! ☀️