50 Faces of Volunteers – Jean Allsteadt

Nominated by Payton Whiteaker with Iowa Legal Aid Tell us a little about the volunteer: Jean Allsteadt has volunteered with Iowa Legal Aid for more than nine years. Her dedication and service to others have been of the utmost importance to her ever since receiving …

Pen Pal Volunteers give North Central Iowa over 1,800 hours of service

Written By Molly Anderegg, Director, RSVP North Central Iowa in Mason City In the Pen Pal Program, fourth- and fifth-grade students exchange six letters per year with RSVP Volunteers.  Pen Pals meet in person at a reveal party in May.  During the 2016-17 school year, …

Super Size Your Service

Guest Contribution by Maddison Lange – Current titleholder of Miss Muscatine Many people have misconceptions about pageantry. Being a local titleholder in the Miss America Organization has taught me a how to give back to my community and to volunteer. The Miss America Organization teaches …

Continuing a legacy of accomplishments

Welcome Dave Layton to the Commission! Dave joins Volunteer Iowa as one of our new Commissioners – a position appointed by the Governor where volunteer Commissioners are empowered by federal and state statutes to set priorities and determine what programs best meet the needs of …

50 Faces of Volunteers – Dawn Stastny

Nominated by Kate Hogg – WHS PTA in Cedar Rapids Tell us a little about the volunteer: Dawn is a super volunteer, willing to do any job from leading our biggest fundraiser event of the year (a show choir invitational …twice!) to cleaning up mouse …

AmeriCorps: Changing Me and Changing My Community

Guest submission by Mariah Himes, AmeriCorps VISTA member with the Iowa Mentoring Partnership AmeriCorps caught my attention when, while standing at the PeaceCorps table at a college career fair, a brochure reading, ‘Fight Poverty With Passion’ caught my attention. That’s me! I thought.  Like many …

Make Life Better for One Another

Guest submission from former Volunteer Iowa Commissioner, Jeanine Nemitz, Foster Grandparent Program Director (Fort Dodge) Serving as a Commissioner with Volunteer Iowa from 2014-2017 gave me a great opportunity to witness the commitment of my fellow Iowans to making this state a great place to …