All are invited to take pleasure in native meals and wine, music, and early fall surroundings at Examine Midwest’s annual fundraiser to assist its IowaWatch newsroom.
Sundown on the Farm will happen Sunday, Sept. 22, from 5 to eight p.m. at Walker Homestead simply outdoors of Iowa Metropolis. Tickets are $25 for youths over 5 and $50 for adults, which incorporates limitless wood-fired pizza, salad and a make-your-own s’mores equipment. Purchase tickets right here.
There will even be a money bar, silent public sale and stay music from the Mission Bluegrass Band.
“Sundown on the Farm is at all times a beautiful occasion – rain or shine – and we’re pleased to host it once more on the Walker Homestead, which is a ravishing setting,” stated Erin Orr, Examine Midwest’s government director.
Examine Midwest is a nonprofit, nonpartisan information group that gives information shops with investigative reporting on agribusiness and industrial agricultural firms. IowaWatch operates underneath the auspices of Examine Midwest.
In attendance would be the IowaWatch newsroom employees, together with information journalist Mónica Cordero, a Report for America corps member in Des Moines, and Mary Ungs-Sogaard, donor relations supervisor of Dyersville. Orr, who lives in Northwest Indiana, additionally shall be available.
Tickets and different donations for Sundown on the Farm assist investigative, data-driven journalism and assist prepare school college students. This yr the coed assistant is Payton Spindler of Hubbard, Iowa, a College of Iowa senior pursuing a certificates of occasion administration and minors in worldwide research and world well being research. Different college students will assistance on the day of the occasion via UI’s occasion administration program. Heather Spangler is affiliate professor and coordinator of this system.
The primary fall IowaWatch fundraiser was in 2015 with a yr break in 2020 because of the pandemic. The occasion started when Lyle Muller served as IowaWatch’s government director. He now sits on the Examine Midwest board of administrators, together with Erin Jordan, affiliate professor of observe, within the College of Iowa Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication.
The night additionally will function stay music from Muller’s band.
Presenting sponsors are Iowa Freedom of Info Council, the Cedar Rapids Gazette, Alan Swanson with Clean & McCune Actual Property of Iowa Metropolis and Hills Financial institution.
Examine Midwest, also referred to as the Midwest Middle for Investigative Reporting, has gained nationwide and regional awards for its data-driven, investigative reporting.
Please contact Ungs-Sogaard at mary.ungs-sogaard@investigatemidwest.org with questions.
Walker Homestead Farm and Vineyard is positioned 3867 James Ave. SW, outdoors Iowa Metropolis.
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