Opportunities

Join us for the Labor Day parade on Monday, September 1! Volunteers are needed to help make sure spectators stay out of the street and barricades stay where they are, unless they need to be moved for emergency purposes. The parade will follow the reg...

Sponsored by Nebraska State AFL-CIO, join United Way of the Midlands as we honor the hard work and dedication of all workers. Bring your friends, family, and neighbors to enjoy a day filled with music, floats, and fun!Volunteers will hand swag and...

Volunteer Interest LinkWe are looking for a few volunteers to help find and pick up Golf Balls prior to mowing, every week during the season.There are specific time limitations, and weather permitting.Monday                            Â...

Looking for people to assist putting food away on truck days, helping with our food drives, and taking clients through our food pantry. 

Justyna Miranda, owner of City Girl Farming + Prepared Meals, has nourished our community with her delicious meals, warm friendship, and her unwavering spirit – and now she needs our help.Very recently, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ...

Every Tuesday during the growing season, Garden Volunteers are invited to join us from 9 - 11am to learn and assist with watering, weeding, mulching, harvesting and more. All garden tools will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own. Don't...

Grow Pamoja - Southwest Food Pantry provides nutritious food, supporting local food systems and empowering newcomers to grow and contribute to their communities.

Justyna Miranda, owner of City Girl Farming + Prepared Meals, has nourished our community with her delicious meals, warm friendship, and her unwavering spirit – and now she needs our help.Very recently, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ...

Justyna Miranda, owner of City Girl Farming + Prepared Meals, has nourished our community with her delicious meals, warm friendship, and her unwavering spirit – and now she needs our help.Very recently, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ...

Justyna Miranda, owner of City Girl Farming + Prepared Meals, has nourished our community with her delicious meals, warm friendship, and her unwavering spirit – and now she needs our help.Very recently, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ...

Volunteer Interest LinkWe are looking for a few volunteers to help find and pick up Golf Balls prior to mowing, every week during the season.There are specific time limitations, and weather permitting.Monday                            Â...

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...

Grow Pamoja - Southwest Food Pantry provides nutritious food, supporting local food systems and empowering newcomers to grow and contribute to their communities.

Join United Way of the Midlands as we inventory supplies for our upcoming Good on the Go projects. Volunteers will assist staff in inventorying supplies for upcoming kit builds in the community. These kit builds will benefit local nonprofit partners...

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...

Every Thursday through the growing season, volunteers will help with processing and preserving the fruits & vegetables harvested each week from our gardens.  Shifts are scheduled from 10am to noon and noon to 2pm, but you are welcome to sign up for ...

Help us kick off an evening of live music with a smile! We’re looking for a friendly volunteer to welcome guests at the library entrance and guide them to the third floor (via the elevator) where the performance will be held. This is a sit-down rol...

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...

Are you looking for a great team-building volunteer opportunity for your work group/department, school team or group, church group, social club, or friend group? If so, we invite you to learn, work and have some fun together in the Meals on Wheels Hy...

Join Groundswell Cafe at the Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market this summer! We are looking for dedicated volunteers to help run our booth at the Market. Work alongside our team to help serve food, raise funds for our pay-it-forward program, and sp...

Join Groundswell Cafe at the Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market this summer! We are looking for dedicated volunteers to help run our booth at the Market. Work alongside our team to help serve food, raise funds for our pay-it-forward program, and sp...

Assist art instructors with classes/workshops that host students under the age of 18.Experience working with children is preferred.

Volunteer Interest LinkWe are looking for a few volunteers to help find and pick up Golf Balls prior to mowing, every week during the season.There are specific time limitations, and weather permitting.Monday                            Â...

We offer a one-hour ORIENTATION for all interested in learning more about Rhythms of Grace, a volunteer-driven nonprofit organization that partners with special horses to offer healing and hope to children and adults with special needs. During ORIENT...

Volunteer Interest LinkWe are looking for a few volunteers to help find and pick up Golf Balls prior to mowing, every week during the season.There are specific time limitations, and weather permitting.Monday                            Â...

Looking for people to assist putting food away on truck days, helping with our food drives, and taking clients through our food pantry. 

Justyna Miranda, owner of City Girl Farming + Prepared Meals, has nourished our community with her delicious meals, warm friendship, and her unwavering spirit – and now she needs our help.Very recently, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ...

Justyna Miranda, owner of City Girl Farming + Prepared Meals, has nourished our community with her delicious meals, warm friendship, and her unwavering spirit – and now she needs our help.Very recently, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ...

Volunteer Literacy Tutor (Coach) OrientationDMACC Urban Campus, 1100 7th St, Des MoinesTuesday, September 910:30 AM to NoonTo attend the orientation, volunteers complete a literacy coach application:Volunteer Literacy Coach ApplicationThis orientati...

Are you ready to advance inclusion in our community?Join us for a transformative experience at the Autism Ally Masterclass on September 9th, 2025 from 4:30-5:30 PM, brought to you by Autism Action Partnership (AAP).Discover the keys to fostering a m...

Every Tuesday during the growing season, Garden Volunteers are invited to join us from 9 - 11am to learn and assist with watering, weeding, mulching, harvesting and more. All garden tools will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own. Don't...

Grow Pamoja - Southwest Food Pantry provides nutritious food, supporting local food systems and empowering newcomers to grow and contribute to their communities.

Justyna Miranda, owner of City Girl Farming + Prepared Meals, has nourished our community with her delicious meals, warm friendship, and her unwavering spirit – and now she needs our help.Very recently, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ...

Volunteer Interest LinkWe are looking for a few volunteers to help find and pick up Golf Balls prior to mowing, every week during the season.There are specific time limitations, and weather permitting.Monday                            Â...

Are you looking for a great team-building volunteer opportunity for your work group/department, school team or group, church group, social club, or friend group? If so, we invite you to learn, work and have some fun together in the Meals on Wheels Hy...

Grow Pamoja - Southwest Food Pantry provides nutritious food, supporting local food systems and empowering newcomers to grow and contribute to their communities.

Kindly greeting individuals at the front desk as they arrive to their art class, sorting art supplies, answering the phone, etc. As well as assisting the instructor in setting up the workshop 15 minutes before and assisting with light cleanup 30 minu...

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 chil...

Servers will serve four plated courses to dinner guests. This includes delivering the food to each guest at their table, removing plate at the conclusion of course, and assisting with dishwashing and clean up.  This task will require good balance a...

Every Thursday through the growing season, volunteers will help with processing and preserving the fruits & vegetables harvested each week from our gardens.  Shifts are scheduled from 10am to noon and noon to 2pm, but you are welcome to sign up for ...

Every Thursday through the growing season, volunteers will help with processing and preserving the fruits & vegetables harvested each week from our gardens.  Shifts are scheduled from 10am to noon and noon to 2pm, but you are welcome to sign up for ...

If you've ever been to the Millwork Night Market and wondered, "How do I get involved with awesome community events like these?", the universe has answered, THIS IS IT! If you haven't been to the Millwork Night Market, you SHOULD!Once a month, we inv...

The most interesting part of the Millwork Night Market is that after it's over, and everyone goes home, the once-buzzing community gathering returns to an ordinary brick street, its usual state. Between the two extremes, a small, environmentally-cons...

In conjunction with Day of Caring and the celebration of volunteerism across our great community, we are inviting you to join us to prepare nutritious, grab-&-go meals for the young adults at Omaha Home for Boys.As a volunteer, you will be preparing ...

Support donor stewardship by assisting with mailing support!Task: Volunteers will label and stuff envelopes.Additional details:This clerical task will occur at the United Way of the Midlands office. Volunteers are welcome to sit or stand. No lifting...

Support is needed for our 29th Annual golf event.  Join us to help with registration, raffle ticket sales, serve lunch, or sit at a hole and provide fun for the golfers.  Also seeking people to drive golf carts.  

At Nebraska Diaper Bank Volunteer Diaper Wrapping Event you can expect to be active, move diaper boxes, unload diapers out of boxes, bundle diapers, stack and bag bundled diapers.Diaper wrapping takes place in a warehouse setting; closed-toe shoes ...

Volunteers have a tremendous impact on Heart Ministry Center and the community we serve. We offer opportunities for individuals, families, companies, schools, and organizations to work together to provide critical meals to our neighbors in need. You ...

In honor of its rich Mexican heritage, Nebraska's South Omaha Latino community has been hosting Mexican festivals in Omaha for decades, dating back to 1920. Join us at this year's festival as we celebrate 105 years of history.(Fiestas Patrias webs...

The Great Draw: A Street Art Competition hosted annually by Outside the Lines Art Gallery as a fundraiser for art scholarships.

Harvest Fest | Fejervary Learning Center o   12p.m. – 3p.m. o   Saturday, September 13 o   (3-5 Volunteers needed)Fejervary Learning Center will host free family activities. Each day will have a special theme t...

Join Connected Roots Care Center (CRCC) at this year’s Race for Big Dreams — a celebration of community, courage, and compassion. The event brings together families, friends, and supporters for a day of fun and purpose, while raising essential fu...

Assist art instructors with classes/workshops that host students under the age of 18.Experience working with children is preferred.

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...

Volunteer Interest LinkWe are looking for a few volunteers to help find and pick up Golf Balls prior to mowing, every week during the season.There are specific time limitations, and weather permitting.Monday                            Â...

Diaper Day is the Heart Ministry Center's day to supplement our smallest community members with diapers, wipes, and other essentials every third Monday of the month. We are looking for volunteers to help hand out items to families. Bagging diapers an...

Volunteer Interest LinkWe are looking for a few volunteers to help find and pick up Golf Balls prior to mowing, every week during the season.There are specific time limitations, and weather permitting.Monday                            Â...

Looking for people to assist putting food away on truck days, helping with our food drives, and taking clients through our food pantry. 

Are you looking for a great team-building volunteer opportunity for your work group/department, school team or group, church group, social club, or friend group? If so, we invite you to learn, work and have some fun together in the Meals on Wheels Hy...

Justyna Miranda, owner of City Girl Farming + Prepared Meals, has nourished our community with her delicious meals, warm friendship, and her unwavering spirit – and now she needs our help.Very recently, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ...

Every Tuesday during the growing season, Garden Volunteers are invited to join us from 9 - 11am to learn and assist with watering, weeding, mulching, harvesting and more. All garden tools will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own. Don't...

Grow Pamoja - Southwest Food Pantry provides nutritious food, supporting local food systems and empowering newcomers to grow and contribute to their communities.

Justyna Miranda, owner of City Girl Farming + Prepared Meals, has nourished our community with her delicious meals, warm friendship, and her unwavering spirit – and now she needs our help.Very recently, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ...

Justyna Miranda, owner of City Girl Farming + Prepared Meals, has nourished our community with her delicious meals, warm friendship, and her unwavering spirit – and now she needs our help.Very recently, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ...

Justyna Miranda, owner of City Girl Farming + Prepared Meals, has nourished our community with her delicious meals, warm friendship, and her unwavering spirit – and now she needs our help.Very recently, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ...

Volunteer Interest LinkWe are looking for a few volunteers to help find and pick up Golf Balls prior to mowing, every week during the season.There are specific time limitations, and weather permitting.Monday                            Â...

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...

Grow Pamoja - Southwest Food Pantry provides nutritious food, supporting local food systems and empowering newcomers to grow and contribute to their communities.

Kindly greeting individuals at the front desk as they arrive to their art class, sorting art supplies, answering the phone, etc. As well as assisting the instructor in setting up the workshop 15 minutes before and assisting with light cleanup 30 minu...

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...

Camp Hantesa is a local summer camp for youth in grades K-12. With more than 150 acres, it takes a lot of extra hands to maintain our facilities and grounds. Join us for a day of service dedicated to closing our seasonal facilities, making minor main...

Every Thursday through the growing season, volunteers will help with processing and preserving the fruits & vegetables harvested each week from our gardens.  Shifts are scheduled from 10am to noon and noon to 2pm, but you are welcome to sign up for ...

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...

Join United Way of the Midlands as we inventory supplies for our upcoming Good on the Go projects. Volunteers will assist staff in inventorying supplies for upcoming kit builds in the community. These kit builds will benefit local nonprofit partners...

We're looking for enthusiastic volunteers to support our upcoming adaptive tree-climbing event at Fontenelle Forest!This high-flying experience is designed for blind and low vision youth (ages 10+) and adults who are ready to take on wooden planks, s...

Sprint the Miss is a high-energy rowing regatta set against the iconic backdrop of the Mississippi River in Moline, IL. This unique event offers rowers the chance to sprint 1500 meters down one of America's most legendary waterways in a mad dash to c...

Join Groundswell Cafe at the Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market this summer! We are looking for dedicated volunteers to help run our booth at the Market. Work alongside our team to help serve food, raise funds for our pay-it-forward program, and sp...

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

Join Groundswell Cafe at the Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market this summer! We are looking for dedicated volunteers to help run our booth at the Market. Work alongside our team to help serve food, raise funds for our pay-it-forward program, and sp...

Volunteer Interest LinkWe are looking for a few volunteers to help find and pick up Golf Balls prior to mowing, every week during the season.There are specific time limitations, and weather permitting.Monday                            Â...

Volunteer Interest LinkWe are looking for a few volunteers to help find and pick up Golf Balls prior to mowing, every week during the season.There are specific time limitations, and weather permitting.Monday                            Â...

Looking for people to assist putting food away on truck days, helping with our food drives, and taking clients through our food pantry. 

Justyna Miranda, owner of City Girl Farming + Prepared Meals, has nourished our community with her delicious meals, warm friendship, and her unwavering spirit – and now she needs our help.Very recently, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ...

Justyna Miranda, owner of City Girl Farming + Prepared Meals, has nourished our community with her delicious meals, warm friendship, and her unwavering spirit – and now she needs our help.Very recently, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ...

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...

Every Tuesday during the growing season, Garden Volunteers are invited to join us from 9 - 11am to learn and assist with watering, weeding, mulching, harvesting and more. All garden tools will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own. Don't...

Grow Pamoja - Southwest Food Pantry provides nutritious food, supporting local food systems and empowering newcomers to grow and contribute to their communities.

Justyna Miranda, owner of City Girl Farming + Prepared Meals, has nourished our community with her delicious meals, warm friendship, and her unwavering spirit – and now she needs our help.Very recently, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ...

Justyna Miranda, owner of City Girl Farming + Prepared Meals, has nourished our community with her delicious meals, warm friendship, and her unwavering spirit – and now she needs our help.Very recently, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ...

Convivium serves as a Food Box Distribution location every second and fourth Tuesday of the month in partnership with the St. Stephen's Branch of the Riverbend Food Bank.  Boxes are distributed starting at 3 pm, first come first served, and are ava...

Volunteer Interest LinkWe are looking for a few volunteers to help find and pick up Golf Balls prior to mowing, every week during the season.There are specific time limitations, and weather permitting.Monday                            Â...

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...

Grow Pamoja - Southwest Food Pantry provides nutritious food, supporting local food systems and empowering newcomers to grow and contribute to their communities.

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 chil...

Are you looking for a great team-building volunteer opportunity for your work group/department, school team or group, church group, social club, or friend group? If so, we invite you to learn, work and have some fun together in the Meals on Wheels Hy...

Every Thursday through the growing season, volunteers will help with processing and preserving the fruits & vegetables harvested each week from our gardens.  Shifts are scheduled from 10am to noon and noon to 2pm, but you are welcome to sign up for ...

Every Thursday through the growing season, volunteers will help with processing and preserving the fruits & vegetables harvested each week from our gardens.  Shifts are scheduled from 10am to noon and noon to 2pm, but you are welcome to sign up for ...

Volunteers will have multiple roles including:- Packing the professional attires,- Steaming the professional attires,- Transporting to the event's venue, and- Setting the attire up for distribution at the event's venue.

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...

Be ready to make some noise with a variety of exciting musical instruments, you get to make. Volunteers will assist our young crafters with their art projects. This may include passing out supplies, re-explaining the craft instructions, helping with...

Volunteer Interest LinkWe are looking for a few volunteers to help find and pick up Golf Balls prior to mowing, every week during the season.There are specific time limitations, and weather permitting.Monday                            Â...

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...

Volunteer Interest LinkWe are looking for a few volunteers to help find and pick up Golf Balls prior to mowing, every week during the season.There are specific time limitations, and weather permitting.Monday                            Â...

Looking for people to assist putting food away on truck days, helping with our food drives, and taking clients through our food pantry. 

Justyna Miranda, owner of City Girl Farming + Prepared Meals, has nourished our community with her delicious meals, warm friendship, and her unwavering spirit – and now she needs our help.Very recently, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ...

Justyna Miranda, owner of City Girl Farming + Prepared Meals, has nourished our community with her delicious meals, warm friendship, and her unwavering spirit – and now she needs our help.Very recently, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ...

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...

Every Tuesday during the growing season, Garden Volunteers are invited to join us from 9 - 11am to learn and assist with watering, weeding, mulching, harvesting and more. All garden tools will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own. Don't...

Are you looking for a great team-building volunteer opportunity for your work group/department, school team or group, church group, social club, or friend group? If so, we invite you to learn, work and have some fun together in the Meals on Wheels Hy...

Grow Pamoja - Southwest Food Pantry provides nutritious food, supporting local food systems and empowering newcomers to grow and contribute to their communities.

Justyna Miranda, owner of City Girl Farming + Prepared Meals, has nourished our community with her delicious meals, warm friendship, and her unwavering spirit – and now she needs our help.Very recently, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ...

Justyna Miranda, owner of City Girl Farming + Prepared Meals, has nourished our community with her delicious meals, warm friendship, and her unwavering spirit – and now she needs our help.Very recently, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ...