CGD Community Corral

04/03/2026

Another successful parent teacher conference thanks to our community

A big thanks to the Presbyterian Church ladies for supplying Tuesdays meal and Gary & Deb Olson for delivering and picking up!!

Big thanks to our donors for Thursday
Jan Bordwell
Amy Bahnsen
Eric & Amanda Meyer
Sarah Shelton
Mark & Emily Bernhardt
Jeff & Amanda Spencer
Mike & Rosie Bowman
Aaron & Laura Phillips
Jeff Watne

Our bakers
Megan Ring
Sandi Gangestad
Jen Sheehan
Missy Loux
Brittany Redenius
Another big thanks to Rosie Bowman and the use of the Hagie kitchen to help prepare Thursdays meal

None of this would be possible with out the community support and you’re all greatly appreciated ❤️🖤

03/04/2026

Hey All we need your help again. Conference week will be here before we know it! If you would like to donate to the meal you may Venmo Elizabeth McOllough or Brittany Redenius. If you would like to donate via cash or check let either of these two know! If anyone is willing to bake for us we would also greatly appreciate that as well ❤️🖤. As always thanks for the support our teachers appreciate it 🫶🏻

11/09/2025

We wrapped up another week of conferences here at CGD. We provided two nights of meals thanks to our generous donors :
Jan Bordwell
Amy Bahnsen
Eric & Amanda Meyer
Steve & Julie Dunker
Bobbie Tillman
Monte Leichsenring
Jimmy & Beth Ott
Amanda Spencer
Jim & Barb Moore
Jeanette Tate
Jeffrey Wayne
Another thanks to our generous bakers
Meghann Solis
Hagie -Roseann Bowman
Jan Bordwell
Katy Simmons
Beth Ott
Brittany Redenius
It takes a village and we’re extremely fortunate for all those that support us to make these nights happen
❤️🖤❤️🖤

10/17/2025

🍽️ Help Feed Our Teachers! 🍽️

Parent/Teacher Conferences are quickly approaching! With two late nights ahead, we want to make sure our teachers are fueled and supported on November 3rd & 5th.

Here’s how you can help:
💵 Donate to help cover the meals (Venmo and Paypal QR codes are below or message us to send a check)
🍪 Bake some bars or cookies to sweeten their night (Comment below if you can help bake and which night works best so we can arrange for pickup)

Thanks to the incredible support of this community, we get to keep showing our teachers how much they’re appreciated!

09/16/2025

📚✨ Book Fair Volunteers Needed! ✨📚

CGD's book fair is always held during fall conferences, but we need a few helping hands to make it a success this year! Missy is looking for volunteers to help with set-up before conferences.

🗓️ Date: Wednesday, October 29th
⏰ Time: Afternoon/Evening TBD
📍 Location: Elementary/MS Library

If you can spare an hour or two, your help will go a long way in creating a fun and inviting space for our students and families to shop for books.

Comment below or send us a message if you’re available!

Thank you for supporting our school and helping bring the love of reading to kids. ❤️📖

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08/22/2025

We are so thankful for the incredible support of this community. Together, you gave more than $26,000 to this year’s Adopt a Classroom, making it possible for us to present CGD teachers with extra resources as they begin the new school year!

Your support truly makes a difference for our teachers, staff, and students, and we could not be more grateful. ❤️🖤

Below is the full list of donors who made this possible. Thank you for investing in our classrooms and for showing our educators how much they are valued.

Wishing all of the CGD teachers, staff, and students a wonderful year ahead!

CGD Fine Arts Boosters
Abby Goodenow & Beth Toomer
Scott & Melinda Anderson
Ryan & Becca Anderson
Monty & Spook Anderson
Margaret Askelsen
Amy Bahnsen
Bradford Group
Brother's Market
Cascades
Central Waste Solutions
Centrum Valley Farms
Todd & Diana Christians
Clarion Distributing
Clarion First Methodist Church
Clarion Lion's Club
Clarion Locker
Clarion Ruritans
CORN, LP
Mark & Cathy Cramer
Cramer Chiropractic
Jim Dahlgren
Dows United Methodist Church
El Jalapeno Mexican Store & Grill
Jake & Jenny Etheredge
Ewing Funeral Home & Monument Company
Corey & Heidi Farnum
First Bank
First Citizens Bank
First State Bank/Town & Country Insurance
Dave & Jill Flurer
Todd & Denise Foss
Kyle & Alecia Frink
Bruce & Lori Frink
Fuel
Gift of Giving
Gold-Eagle Cooperative
Joe Granzow
Grass Masters Lawn Care & Landscaping
H&R Block
Steve & Michelle Haberman
Alan & Lisa Hagie
John & Barb Hagie
Hagie Manufacturing Company
Hair by Brenda
Paul Hardy
Hennigar Construction
John & Pat Holmes
Holmes Christmas Club
HOPE
Iron Men
Italics Boutique
Jack Sports - Jack Conlon
Steve & Beth Jackson
Gary & Deb Keller
Austin & Taylor Keller
Ken Stoakes LPA
Judy Kirstein
Kent & Kelly Kirstein
Linda Klehm
Dean & Lisa Kluss
Jenny Kreitlow
Land O'Lakes Foundation
Matt & Missy Loux
Maasdam Construction
John & Lavon Marshall
Kevin & Alison Marshall
Mary's & Martha's
Linda McCormick
Michael & Andrea McLoughlin
Nick & Elizabeth McOllough
Sue Mechem
Curtis & Karla Meinke
Anthony & Miriam Meinke
Eric & Amanda Meyer
Meyer Ag Services
Mom Prom
Jim & Barb Moore
Morgan Genetics
Dennis & Kris Mraz
North Iowa Real Estate
Oaks Garden Spot/Rasmussen Lawn Care
Pat & Sherri O'Brien
Dave & Annette Odland
Andrew & Katie Odland
Dan & Lynne Odland
Matt & Laura Odland
Oldson Plumbing & Heating
Bob & Kim Ott
Jimmy & Beth Ott
Paradigm Benefits
Aaron & Laura Phillips
Myron & Shelley Pohlman
Prairie Energy Cooperative
Preppy Farmer/Art U Creative
PSI
Pushing Up Daisies
Eric & Cyndi Rector
Rich & Jan Bordwell
Brian & Nancy Ring
Amanda Rink, Editor & Author
John & Julie Rohrer
Ruba Kitchen & Bath
Sally's Sewing Room
Sam's Chinese Kitchen
Denny & Missy Schultz
Bob Cramer & Diane Schutt
Seaba Law Office, PLC
Scott & Deb Sebby
Rod & Leann Sebert
Sigmeth Roberts Law, PLC
Scott & Katy Simmons
Dave & Jenny Smith
Jeff & Amanda Spencer
Spencer Steel
St. John's Parish
Doug & Katie Stecher
Stellar Industries
Sumners Insurance Agency
Todd & Shelly Terhark
Allen & Mary Tesdahl
The Barn at Walton Farms
The Bru
The Hair Studio
The Main Scoop - Jared & Kelsey Burres
The Red Shed Event Center - Steve & Julie Dunker
Thrifty White Pharmacy
Brad & Jen Traub
Travis Rink Trucking
United Bank & Trust Company
Urness Hardware & Appliance
US Cellular
USA Chemical
Adam & Madalyn Vorrie
Adam & Kathy Walton
Judy Watne
Jeff & Jill Watne
Karen Weld
Wright County Family Dental
Nic & Jen Wycoff

07/29/2025

A HUGE thank you to everyone who has already donated to this year's Adopt-A-Classroom - we’re incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support! 🙌 We’ll be listing all of our generous donors below!

Even though the list is long, we’re only about halfway to our usual fundraising total from the past couple of years. That means there’s still a big opportunity to make an impact!

If you’ve been meaning to give but haven’t yet, now’s the perfect time. 💛 Every dollar helps teachers stock their classrooms with the tools they need to give students a great start.

👇 Keep reading for our amazing donor list thus far!

Monty & Spook Anderson
Scott & Melinda Anderson
Margaret Askelsen
Brother's Market
Cascades
Todd & Diana Christians
Clarion Distributing
Clarion First Methodist Church
CORN, LP
Jim Dahlgren
Corey & Heidi Farnum
First Bank
First Citizens Bank
Todd & Denise Foss
Alan & Lisa Hagie
Paul Hardy
John & Pat Holmes
Holmes Christmas Club
HOPE
Scott & Katy Simmons
Gary & Deb Keller
Maasdam Construction
John & Lavon Marshall
Mary's & Martha's
Meyer Ag Services
Jim & Barb Moore
Morgan Genetics
North Iowa Real Estate
Oaks Garden Spot/Rasmussen Lawn Care
Dan & Lynne Odland
Oldson Plumbing
Bob & Kim Ott
Paradigm Benefits
Aaron & Laura Phillips
Myron & Shelley Pohlman
Prairie Energy Cooperative
Eric & Cyndi Rector
Brian & Nancy Ring
John & Julie Rohrer
Denny & Missy Schultz
Bob Cramer & Diane Schutt
Scott & Deb Sebby
Rod & Leann Sebert
Dave & Jenny Smith
St John's Parish
Doug & Katie Stecher
Stellar Industries
Sumners Insurance Agency
Allen & Mary Tesdahl
The Main Scoop - Jared & Kelsey Burres
Thrifty White Pharmacy
Brad & Jen Traub
United Bank & Trust Company
Urness Hardware & Appliance
USA Chemical
Adam & Kathy Walton
Jeff & Jill Watne
Judy Watne
Karen Weld
Nic & Jen Wycoff

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07/14/2025

Adopt-A-Classroom 2025 has officially begun! Check out the form here - we are looking forward to another great year of being able to put cash in the hands of our CGD teachers to purchase needed items for their classrooms and students!

05/13/2025

Thanks to all our donors we were able to give the 5th grade teachers a little spending money for the kids going to the ICubs this week. Again thanks to all who support us 🖤❤️

05/08/2025

Donuts delivered to all buildings this morning. A big thanks to our teachers and staff on this Teacher Appreciation week.
And thank you to Hollie Nickell and Goldfield Casey’s for always being up for the tall task of making us 14 dozen fresh donuts. We couldn’t do it without them
📝🍩

03/28/2025

Two Successful nights of feeding our teachers this week!
Huge Thanks to our sponsors
Rich & Jan Bordwell
Joseph Granzow
Amy Bahnsen
Heidi Farnum
Dawn Butler
Amanda Meyer
Emily Bernhardt
Amanda Spencer
Anna Warnke
Aaron & Laura Phillips
Jim & Barb Moore
Nick & Elizabeth McOllough
Reid & Brittany Redenius

Our generous bakers
Brittany Redenius
Alexis Morgan
Beth Ott
Meghann Solis
Miriam Meinke & Kylee Lamb at Hagie's

None of this would be possible without our generous community !

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03/24/2025

It's conference week! There are two late nights for teachers this week and the CCC is planning to provide a meal for both of these nights, but we could use your help! In an effort to keep costs low, would any of our community members be willing to make and/or donate a pan of bars for Thursday? If we have enough volunteers, we could even use a pan or two for tomorrow evening. Please comment on the post or PM the page so we can arrange for pickup/drop off - thank you!

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