Want to Volunteer?

Get involved! Together, we CAN make a difference!

Ready to volunteer and give something back to your community? Explore the possibilities:

• USA Freedom Corps
• AmeriCorps
• Senior Corps
• Learn & Serve America (Service Learning)
• Corporation for Community and National Service
• Points of Light Volunteer Networks
• United Way agencies
• Volunteer Solutions
• American Red Cross
• America’s Promise
• Virtual Volunteering (Yes, you can volunteer from home!)
• Idea List
• ServeNet
• Big Brothers/Big Sisters
• Iowa Mentoring Partnership
• IOWATER
• Volunteers for Prosperity (Opportunities for highly skilled professionals to serve abroad)

Need more ideas? Check in with your local:

• AmeriCorps Program
• Community Betterment committee
• Community of Promise committee
• City Hall
• Chamber of Commerce
• Main Street Iowa office
• Library
• School
• Hospital or Nursing Home

Are your employees/retirees looking for ways to get involved?
Individually, they can visit the Web sites listed on the “possibility” list above.

If they wish to volunteer as a group, please let us know. We want to help connect you with opportunities for their involvement.

Looking for volunteers?
To increase the visibility of your volunteer position openings, we encourage you to join one of the free online matching systems available through the USA Freedom Corps Web site. Whenever we hear from people searching for volunteer opportunities, we recommend they start there.

If you would like your organization’s Web site address added to the “possibility” list above, let us know!.

If you have a work day or special event coming up and need lots of volunteers, let us know! We want to help connect you with corporate/business employee volunteer programs that have people ready to help.