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District Volunteer Opportunities

Metro Volunteer Opportunities

Meals from the Heartland

Meals from the Heartland’s packaged meals help feed the hungry throughout
the world. Meals are delivered directly to locations in Iowa, the U.S. and
around the world — wherever people are undernourished or starving. When
you volunteer to fight hunger with us, not only are you feeding hungry
children, but meal packaging is an enjoyable, rewarding experience. We
welcome individuals and teams from businesses, schools, churches,
community organizations, clubs and more.

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Many Hands Thrift Market - Thrift Store Volunteer - Ongoing

NO SCHEDULING...flexible hours! Perfect for Silver Cord and Student Volunteers. Come Monday - Friday 10AM-7pm and Sat 9AM-5PM at your convenience. At the thrift store, you can sort and process donations, tag clothing items, create displays, stock merchandise and much more. Volunteers can earn discounts and learn about our mission trips. Many Hands Thrift stores support our local communities and global missions in Haiti and Abaco, Bahamas. 

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ASAP - Work-from-Home Projects

ASAP ( After School arts Program) provides quality arts programming free of charge for thousands of kids throughout the Des Moines area. ASAP has an ongoing need for volunteers to do a variety of tasks from home: preparing art supplies for classes; preparing kits for virtual programs; and other behind-the-scenes help. 

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Ahimsa Wildlife Medicine and Rehabilitation - Volunteer

Wildlife patients are raised in specific ways to heal and return to the wild. You must be able to follow instructions and work as part of a team. Duties include but are not limited to: Preparing food, feeding animals, doing laundry, washing dishes, sweeping, restocking and organizing supplies. All volunteers will have the opportunity to attend the release of patients back into the wild. 

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Clive Community Services – Laundry Pod Packet (assembled at home)

Silver Cord volunteers can earn 2 hours of Silver Cord credit per month for assembling laundry pod packets for our food pantry clients. Take one laundry pod, wrap in a dryer sheet, tie with a ribbon or twist tie and put in a Ziplock. Each Ziploc should have five laundry pods packets in it. Volunteers should plan to donate at least 8 Ziplock bags of five apiece.  Thank you!

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The Freestore - Assist with Warehouse Tasks

The FreeStore was started in 2001 to provide furniture for women leaving the domestic violence shelter in Des Moines. As the community learned of our mission, it responded generously and we were able to expand our services to referrals from all Iowa DV agencies and other Des Moines human services agencies, schools and churches. The first year, 2001, we gave furniture to 7 families. Now we serve over 250 families a year with over 200 tons of furniture. Items we can’t use are passed to other agencies, whenever possible.

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