Opportunities

Group Sign Up: Groups can email Missy Reams at missy@familiesforward.org to schedule. For group of 4 or more, you can choose your date and time. We are pretty flexible as long as another group isn't already signed up.Volunteers are needed to organi...

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. Most children's activities have between 5 to 15 chi...

Join us in restoring Iowa’s woodland habitats and supporting the growth of native trees, grasses, and wildflowers!Together with the Blank Park Zoo and Polk County Conservation, volunteers will help remove invasive plant species that threaten the he...

Make your way to the woods for a spring morning outdoors! Volunteers will hand-pull garlic mustard—one of Iowa’s most invasive plants—from Mathes’ woodlands. Garlic mustard spreads rapidly and displaces native plants and wildflowers, causing ...

Volunteers are needed to help organize clothing donations, household donations and stock the pantry on Tuesday nights and some Saturdays. Volunteers will help in the following ways: Clothing Pantry: Sorting, hanging, and organizing clothing and ho...

Group Sign Up: Groups can email Missy Reams at missy@familiesforward.org to schedule. For group of 4 or more, you can choose your date and time. We are pretty flexible as long as another group isn't already signed up.Volunteers are needed to organi...

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. Most children's activities have between 5 to 15 chi...

Group Sign Up: Groups can email Missy Reams at missy@familiesforward.org to schedule. For group of 4 or more, you can choose your date and time. We are pretty flexible as long as another group isn't already signed up.Volunteers are needed to organi...

Group Sign Up: Groups can email Missy Reams at missy@familiesforward.org to schedule. For group of 4 or more, you can choose your date and time. We are pretty flexible as long as another group isn't already signed up.Volunteers are needed to organi...

Group Sign Up: Groups can email Missy Reams at missy@familiesforward.org to schedule. For group of 4 or more, you can choose your date and time. We are pretty flexible as long as another group isn't already signed up.Volunteers are needed to organi...

Help feed families at our emergency shelter — one dinner at a time.Volunteer meal donors prepare or purchase a child-friendly dinner for up to 20-25 people and drop it off at the shelter between 4:00–4:30 pm. No serving involved — just drop and...

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. Most children's activities have between 5 to 15 chi...

Group Sign Up: Groups can email Missy Reams at missy@familiesforward.org to schedule. For group of 4 or more, you can choose your date and time. We are pretty flexible as long as another group isn't already signed up.Volunteers are needed to organi...

Group Sign Up: Groups can email Missy Reams at missy@familiesforward.org to schedule. For group of 4 or more, you can choose your date and time. We are pretty flexible as long as another group isn't already signed up.Volunteers are needed to organi...

Help us celebrate the biggest day of the year for our Preschool Graduates! The Child Development Center's annual Preschool Graduation is a meaningful milestone for children and families, and we need enthusiastic volunteers to help make the evening sh...

Help us celebrate the biggest day of the year for our Preschool Graduates! The Child Development Center's annual Preschool Graduation is a meaningful milestone for children and families, and we need enthusiastic volunteers to help make the evening sh...

Help feed families at our emergency shelter — one dinner at a time.Volunteer meal donors prepare or purchase a child-friendly dinner for up to 20-25 people and drop it off at the shelter between 4:00–4:30 pm. No serving involved — just drop and...

Help feed families at our emergency shelter — one dinner at a time.Volunteer meal donors prepare or purchase a child-friendly dinner for up to 20-25 people and drop it off at the shelter between 4:00–4:30 pm. No serving involved — just drop and...