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Restoring Dignity will bring the community together on April 6, 2024 to makeover a refugee family's home!  Even if you aren't able to volunteer, you can help us provide much-needed items to this family by purchasing an item from their Amazon wishlis...

Restoring Dignity will be completing our 43rd Home Makeover on April 6, 2024!  Volunteers are needed between 8am and 4pm to move furniture, deep clean the inside of the home, assemble furniture and more!  Sign-up yourself or a group to work a 2 hou...

This event is for Food Preparation. The Distribution event will be listed separately. Please respond to each event individually if attending both.   Volunteers needed each week to help prepare approximately 200 meals which include burritos, sandwich...

This event is for Food Distribution. The Prep event is posted as a separate need. Please indicate if you are attending each event individually.   UBFM will deliver/distribute by car and occasionally by bike. If you'd like to deliver by bike, please...

It is Global Volunteer Month! Come help us inventory items that will be put into kits during National Volunteer Week! We will be putting together almost 4,000 kits that will be donated to local non-profit programs in Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro Area.Â...

We are looking for volunteers to help serve our Gala Banquet dinner and dance. This event is to honor and award people who have supported the center in its effort to serve the community. We normally have around 200 guests. The event time usually take...

Fun Fair volunteers will assist with games and food to create an enjoyable atmosphere for students and families. Fun Fair provides this event to raise funds to support the school's needs: field trips, playground equipment and classroom needs.   Each...

Help with our Celebrate Africa Event at the MFC! There are several ways you can serve to help make the event a great one for our community! 

On April 13, 2024, American Red Cross volunteers, fire departments and partners will install 700 free smoke alarms in Cedar Rapids, IA. Working smoke alarms can cut the risk of death from home fires in half. That’s why we’re rallying volunteers...

This event is for Food Preparation. The Distribution event will be listed separately. Please respond to each event individually if attending both.   Volunteers needed each week to help prepare approximately 200 meals which include burritos, sandwich...

This event is for Food Distribution. The Prep event is posted as a separate need. Please indicate if you are attending each event individually.   UBFM will deliver/distribute by car and occasionally by bike. If you'd like to deliver by bike, please...

We have a great number of Milkweed seed pods generously donated by many residents of Linn County. For the seed to be utilized at the Monarch Research Station or be distributed to the public, we need to separate the seed from the pods (& fluff)!  It ...

Riverview Center is looking for volunteers to help with setting up for our annual fundraiser, our Evening of Light event! All proceeds of the fundraiser goes directly towards survivors of sexual violence in our communities. We would love any support ...

The Wine, Women, and Shoes Fundraising Event has benefited the Des Moines Ronald McDonald House Charities for the past three years, helping us keep families close. Your enthusiasm and commitment are invaluable, and we can make a significant impact wi...

Self-Help International is looking for 1-2 volunteers that would be willing to act as greeters and directional help as guests arrive to our annual Spring Gala on Thursday, April 18th. Greeters are needed from 5:15-6:15pm at the Saemann Student Center...

Help us freshen up the old tennis court and turn it into a new outdoor play area! 10-12 volunteers needed! The youth love games like 4-square and our old tennis court is the perfect place to paint a new game outline. Help us clean, and paint the cou...

The Wine, Women, and Shoes Fundraising Event has benefited the Des Moines Ronald McDonald House Charities for the past three years, helping us keep families close. Your enthusiasm and commitment are invaluable, and we can make a significant impact wi...

Join us on a field trip to the University of Dubuque to watch "Git Hoan: People of Salmon" A performance of tribal dancing by the Tsimshian tribe. Volunteers will be present to help support staff with keeping an eye on teens as they watch the show. ...

Give the basketball court a fresh coat of paint for the residents to enjoy all summer! 10-12 volunteers needed!

Lend a hand in celebration of Earth Day at Duck Creek Park! Spend your afternoon helping with a spring cleanup throughout the park and woods and get more familiar with your local ecosystems. Our goal is to remove excess woody plants and early spring ...

The annual Neighborhood Energy Blitz is back on Saturday, April 20, 2024. Volunteers are needed for two shifts. The morning shift will deliver energy saving kits to households in the Washington Hills neighborhood. The afternoon shift will pick up any...

Help collect and analyze water samples throughout the Dry Run Creek (Cedar Falls). Volunteers will be grouped together and assigned several water monitoring locations. After a brief training on water monitoring procedures, groups will be sent out to ...

Help us celebrate Earth Day at Families Forward. We will celebrate on the weekend (Sunday, April 21st) from 1pm - 4pm at our Hartford Avenue location. Volunteers will help in the following ways: Community Garden: doing some clean up, getting the gar...

This event is for Food Preparation. The Distribution event will be listed separately. Please respond to each event individually if attending both.   Volunteers needed each week to help prepare approximately 200 meals which include burritos, sandwich...

This event is for Food Distribution. The Prep event is posted as a separate need. Please indicate if you are attending each event individually.   UBFM will deliver/distribute by car and occasionally by bike. If you'd like to deliver by bike, please...

Volunteers will gather at the Hall of History Museum for orientation and a review of Boys Town’s unique history and current programs. Each spring the National Historic Landmark Dowd Memorial Chapel at Boys Town is thoroughly cleaned and prepared fo...

Volunteers will work in teams of 6-10 to unbox and wrap diapers into uniform bundles to be distributed to families in need.  Additional duties may be packing partner orders, cutting labels, etc.   Diaper wrapping takes place in a warehouse setting...

At  Kids Can Community Center, our mission is to educate, engage, and inspire children through early childhood care and out-of-school experiences. Founded in 1908 as the Social Settlement Association of Omaha, we changed our name to Kids C...

 Put your strength to good use - join Boys Town in mulching during this year's Day of Caring. Boys Town is a campus that houses and educates the children and families that we serve. The entire campus, including all buildings, landscaping and other ...

We will meet at the Boys Town Hall of History to do a tour and learn about Boys Town and Father Flanagan then we will head over to the Flanagan House Museum to decorate and clean the home for spring visitors.  

Celebrate Earth Week by helping to beautify NIACC's campus!  The college received a grant through Alliant Energy to help replace ash trees that were lost and we need help to get them planted!   Volunteers will meet at the Muse Norris Conference Cen...

CASA for Douglas County's parking lot is need of a spring cleaning!  Volunteers will pick up trash, pull weeds and help ensure our lot is well cared for!   Volunteers will meet at the CASA for Douglas County office and bring your own gloves, tools ...

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...

Restoring Dignity teaches over 1,500 in-home classes every year to teach refugee families home health and fire safety!  Help us pack cleaning and fire safety kits for our educators to take to families!

We serve over 300 families a week at our pantries and you get to be part of that impact! Volunteers will be helping with the following tasks at our South O pantry.  Distributing food items from shelves Replenishing clothing center Bagging fruits an...

Help in the Stamp Center at Boys Town! Volunteers will assist in the Leon Myers Stamp Center sorting postage and making packets to sell.

A key activity for all of inCOMMON’s work is community engagement. One of our primary ways of understanding and engaging with our neighbors is through a door-to-door survey. Volunteers will go out in pairs to assigned blocks to conduct short survey...

Every NEIA Region Red Cross volunteer who completes their first 10 hours of volunteering earns our Red NEIA Region T-shirt. We could not be successful in our mission without our valued volunteers and this is just one way that we recognize their effor...

Become a vital part of transforming urban spaces into vibrant green spaces! Our small-scale urban garden volunteers play a crucial role in sowing the seeds of positive change. Dive into the world of urban gardening with like-minded individuals, foste...

To provide additional exposure to opportunities to aid in disaster relief, please find an opportunity to support the Salvation Army following:    The West Omaha Donation Center will be opening in the parking lot of Brite Ideas at 156th and Blondo s...

Have you ever wondered what happens to a local family when their house burns down?  When a tornado strikes or floodwaters rise?  The American Red Cross shows up to help your Quad Cities neighbors on their worst day, to offer help and hope.  And yo...

Volunteers can observe Celebrate Trails Day April 27th. Cedar Valley Trails Partnership is holding the annual EARTH DAY TRAIL CLEAN UP on Saturday, April 27th. We hope to locate enough volunteers to cover the entire 130 miles of paved trails in the C...

To provide additional exposure to opportunities to aid in disaster relief, please find an opportunity to volunteer with the City of Bennington following:  Volunteers are gathering at noon Sunday at Bennington High School. Assignments will be made on...

To provide additional exposure to opportunities to aid in disaster relief, please find an opportunity to volunteer with Omaha Rapid Response following:   Rapid Response Volunteer Waiver + Application Omaha Rapid Response (Facebook Page)

This event is for Food Preparation. The Distribution event will be listed separately. Please respond to each event individually if attending both.   Volunteers needed each week to help prepare approximately 200 meals which include burritos, sandwich...

This event is for Food Distribution. The Prep event is posted as a separate need. Please indicate if you are attending each event individually.   UBFM will deliver/distribute by car and occasionally by bike. If you'd like to deliver by bike, please...

Please register to serve meals on Sign-up Genius. To provide additional exposure to opportunities to aid in disaster relief, please find an opportunity to serve with Hot Meals USA at Bethany Lutheran Church. For more information, contact Dick at (308...

Please call the the volunteer hotline at 402-898-6000 to express interest in volunteering. To provide additional exposure to opportunities to aid in disaster relief, please find an opportunity to support the Salvation Army following:  The drive-thr...

Join us as we welcome 100-200 people to our new office for our ribbon cutting including government officials, board members and the community. Volunteers will help with the refreshments during the event so staff can provide tours of the space and min...

Ensure each guest feel welcome and guide them to the United Way of the Midlands (UWM) office as we cut the ribbon on our new location in Millwork Commons, introduce our new Strategic Plan and say thank you to everyone who made this all possible. Volu...