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In-home Fire Safety Visits - Sound the Alarm Des Moines, IA @ 12:00am
by American Red Cross

Help Us Sound the Alarm in 2025! The Red Cross is holding a Sound the Alarm. Save a Life.home fire safety and smoke alarm installation event on May 3rd, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. Red Cross volunteers and local partners will be canvassing neighborhoods, installing free smoke alarms, replacing batteries in existing alarms and helping families create...

Won't you help make a child's holiday season special? Volunteers are needed to help children ages 1 to 17 with crafts, games, and activities that our staff will plan. Our shelter provides emergency housing for up to 8 families with children at a time...

Stuff the Bus 2025 @ 11:00am
by United Way of Central Iowa

Stuff the Bus book drive is being held at Athene on Tuesday, May 13th from 11:30am to 1pm. Our goal is to collect 30,000 books for children from birth to middle school. (Our greatest need is for early childhood books -- birth to age 8.) Books are donated to childcare centers and child-serving programs in Dallas, Polk, and Warren counties to help us...

This is our largest event on the schedule! We are hosting just under 50 7v7 teams in Des Moines at the James Cownie Soccer Complex. We could really use some help with admissions, merchandise, and overall event support if anyone is interested! Availab...

Register to volunteer HERE!Each season comes to an end with a celebratory 5K. This closing event gives program participants of all abilities a tangible sense of accomplishment. Crossing the finish line instills confidence through completion and is a ...

Won't you help make a child's holiday season special? Volunteers are needed to help children ages 1 to 17 with crafts, games, and activities that our staff will plan. Our shelter provides emergency housing for up to 8 families with children at a time...

Won't you help make a child's holiday season special? Volunteers are needed to help children ages 1 to 17 with crafts, games, and activities that our staff will plan. Our shelter provides emergency housing for up to 8 families with children at a time...