Cedar Falls Friday Roundup: Wrapping for Food, Scholarships, Harry Potter

Harry Potter:

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A is on display on the Cedar Falls Library's second floor. Check it out before the end of the year!

Deck the House:

Are your holiday lights as magical as Harry Potter? Show off your cheer - there are only a few days left to enter Patch's Deck The House contest, which could win $100,000 for . What better gift could you get for our kids this holiday season?

'Tis the Season:

Patch ran about a West Des Moines woman who works two jobs and still has to choose between her medicine and food. She relies on her local food bank to supplement her pantry, but many food banks are cutting back on how much they give due to increasing numbers of people asking for assistance.

You can help the Northeast Iowa Foodbank by stopping by their gift wrapping station in the food court at College Square Mall. They'll be wrapping, for a free-will donation, until 5 p.m. Dec. 24.

Congrats:

Patch would like to congratulate three students who were selected as recipients of the Next Generation Nonprofit Leaders Program (Nextgen) Scholarship from the National Nonprofit Leadership Alliance. The Nextgen program awards students $4,500 which allows them to complete their internships and certification process.

Recipients include Natalie Greve, leisure, youth and human services major, Danielle Means, mathematics major, and Elizabeth Messerli, a psychology major. Only students seeking certification in nonprofit management through the nonprofit leadership alliance can earn this scholarship.