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Join us for a fun morning event to help children with special health care needs and their families.  We're looking for volunteers to help run carnival games at our festival, help on the 5K/1Mile course, serving breakfast/drinks, kid's run and etc....

ALS Night with the Iowa Cubs is our annual night to spread awareness about ALS at a Cubs game. We will be handing out promotional items prior to the game, and the Cubs will be hosting a baseball auction benefiting The ALS Association Iowa Chapter dur...

Each summer the Food Bank of Iowa receives thousands of pounds of fresh produce from the gardens at the Newton correctional facility, the farm in Madrid, corporate gardens and from distributors.  This produce needs to be sorted and bagged for easie...

Each summer the Food Bank of Iowa receives thousands of pounds of fresh produce from the gardens at the Newton correctional facility, the farm in Madrid, corporate gardens and from distributors.  This produce needs to be sorted and bagged for easie...

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but many low income Iowans don’t have easy access to fresh produce.  The Food Bank of Iowa could use your help sorting their recent shipment of apples!  You will get a quick orientation and then dive into ch...

Help create a hunger free Iowa by sorting and packing donated food and produce items in preparation for their distribution to our partner agencies and the people they serve. Each week the Food Bank of Iowa receives food and produce donations that ne...

Iowa International Center at the Des Moines Art Festival needs Volunteers! @ 11:00am
by Iowa International Center

The Iowa International Center has been invited to be part of the Des Moines Arts Festival at Western Gateway Park.  We will be tabling this year and running an art-activity based on recognizing cultural diversity and appreciating one’s own identity, through self-portraiture. At the event, volunteers will be:  Explaining the project and welcomi...