Theisen’s grants go to 11 local non-profits

     Theisen’s Home•Farm•Auto stores announced the recipients of their annual “More for Your Community” corporate giving grant program. The Dubuque, Iowa-based company will award nearly $350,000 in grant funds to 233 different non-profits in the 23 communities where stores are located in Eastern Iowa and Southwest Wisconsin.

     In the Monticello area, 11 non-profits received a total of $8,250. Organizations receiving a grant include:

     • Cedar/Jones Early Childhood Iowa (ECI)

     • City of Monticello – Police Department

     • City of Monticello – Public Library

     • Iowa State University Extension & Outreach – Jones County

     • Jones County Family Council

     • Jones County Public Health

     • Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa

     • Monticello Rotary Club

     • St. John’s Daycare

     • United Way Jones County Volunteer Center

     • Vision to Learn

     “More for Your Community” grants go directly to agencies to jumpstart and/or sustain projects that most effectively and directly serve the basic needs of families and children: food, shelter, education, safety, and health. Recipients are all 501(c)(3) non-profits, government-sponsored organizations, or school-sponsored organizations who directly serve children and families within 60 miles of a Theisen’s store.

     Chris Theisen, president and CEO of Theisen’s notes, “While we have always believed in giving back to the communities where our customers and associates live, work, and shop, it has become especially important right now to give back to people who have been impacted by COVID-19 in so many ways. And for many of our store communities, they were also impacted by the summer derecho storm. The needs are great, and we want to continue to do our part to help non-profits meet those needs for kids and families.”

     Theisen’s Home•Farm•Auto is a four-generation family-owned business. Currently, three generations of the Theisen’s family support this grant program, taking active roles in evaluating each year’s many applications. They also make annual site visits to non-profit grantees to learn about community needs and to meet the non-profit leaders serving children and families.