Make A Difference Day With Green Iowa AmeriCorp

Millions of volunteers will unite to improve the lives of others in their communities on Make A Difference Day. The Day, October 24, is an annual event that takes place on the fourth Saturday of every October. The Volunteer Center of Cedar Valley is hosting an upcoming event to celebrate Make A Difference Day:

 
Students at the University of Northern Iowa will partner with the Volunteer Center of Cedar Valley and Green Iowa AmeriCorps to clean the Cedar Valley. Groups of students will participate in roadside clean-ups throughout Black Hawk County on Saturday, October 24 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Registration is open to all UNI students, faculty and staff here. 

Green Iowa AmeriCorps is coordinated by the University of Northern Iowa’s Center for Energy & Environmental Education providing residential energy audit services to under-served communities across Iowa, weatherization services with free materials for low-income, elderly, veterans and persons with disabilities, and energy-related education programs to engage communities in volunteer generation. The organization was founded in 2009 to address conservation and sustainable usage of energy resources in several Iowa communities as they struggled to rebuild from the devastating floods of 2008. Since the start of the flood recovery, Green Iowa AmeriCorps has been an active community partner. Other involvement in the community includes deconstruction projects, creating energy educational programs for all ages, and assisting in the development of energy-related community events. With the addition this year of the new site in Fairfield, Green Iowa AmeriCorps now have six sites spread throughout Iowa in Black Hawk, Dubuque, Jefferson, Linn, Polk, and Winneshiek counties.

Visit www.vccv.org to learn about these opportunities. For more information regarding Make A Difference Day opportunities, call 319-272-2087 or email the VCCV.