The Bock Family Foundation recently held their spring grant cycle meeting on Thursday to present over two dozen organizations in Dallas County with monetary donations.

According to Executive Director Scott Finneseth, $97,895 was handed out to 31 grant recipients. Of those, the Perry Area Child Development Center received two separate grants for a total of $6,700. PACDC Director Kim Bonjour-Eiteman tells Raccoon Valley Radio that $5,600 will go towards scholarships that the organization always offers families to make it easier for their children to attend. She emphasizes that there is a greater need for these financial scholarships with the impact of last year’s closure of the Tyson Foods Pork Plant.

“Those families are starting to find jobs now, but they’ve taken jobs with less pay, so scholarships are almost more important now than they’ve ever been for families to have the opportunity to still go to work, but they need child care, but they also need to be able to afford it.”

Bonjour-Eiteman shares the remaining $1,100 is allowing the Perry Area Child Development Center to expand the enrollment of infants and purchasing cribs. 

The full list of recipients can be found below.

Dallas County Conservation Board:  $4,308.00 toward all-terrain adaptive wheelchair

City of Perry Parks & Rec Dept. $3,400.00 toward bats, helmets & storage for McCreary

Perry Public Library / Friends  $1,900.00 toward KidsFest 2025

City of Perry $5,000.00 toward PerryNext Strategic Plan

Perry Scout Troop 127 $1,500.00 toward trailer repairs

Perry Cub Scouts Troop 127 $1,500.00 for pinewood derby track, uniforms/shirts, joining & camp fees

Perry Girls Softball Association $1,000.00 for softballs

Perry Area Child Development Center  $5,600.00 for scholarships

Perry Area Child Development Center  $1,100.00 for infant enrollment & cribs

PACES  $8,500.00 for Before/After Summer Program Pre-K – 5th grades

Everybody Wins! Iowa  $4,000.00 for reading program at Perry Elementary

Perry Alano Club  $3,000.00 toward electrical system and fire safety

Perry Area Emergency Food Council $6,000.00 for gallons of milk

Perry Chamber of Commerce Foundation  $5,000.00 toward Business Development Initiative

Acorns & Oaks Christian Academy  $2,000.00 for Micro School K-2nd grade

Perry Lutheran Homes $5,000.00 toward replacing wheelchair-accessible van

Crossroads Church, C. & M.A. $2,000.00 for Care Closet/Mobile Food Pantry

Woodward Community Food Pantry $3,000.00 to purchase food items

Washington Twp Cons School Foundation  $5,000.00 toward brick wall repair

Minburn Community Betterment Group  $900.00 for Meet Me in Minburn Concert Series

Dallas County Fair Association $5,000.00 to purchase additional goat pens

Panther Creek Church of the Brethren  $4,000.00 for Blessing Box

Good Samaritan Food Pantry $5,000.00 for Summer Food Packs for children

Blue Kindness Foundation $1,500.00 toward Safety Day, winter gear, Student & Random Awards

Dallas County Habitat for Humanity $2,500.00 toward Home Preservation and Rock The Block

Overlooked Cat Refuge $1,000.00 toward installing insulation at facility

Rhythms of Grace  $2,500.00 toward ramp, lift, mounting area for accessibility

The Brenton Arboretum  $1,187.00 for audio equipment, laptop for accessibility

Van Meter Public Library  $1,500.00 for Wonderbooks & STEAM Launchpads

Heart of Transit $1,500.00 toward Fleet Maintenance Program

Inside Out Wellness and Advocacy  $2,500.00 toward expanding Service Modality Services