Family Volunteer Day - A Success!

One of the goals of Family Volunteer Day is to engage families in making the community a better place to live. This is what happened at Irving Elementary School on Saturday, November 22.

Approximately forty participants worked diligently for 2 ½ hours making picture frames for a nursing home, placemats for food boxes from the Northeast Iowa Food Bank, letters and cards to members of the military, and literacy bags for People’s Community Health Clinic.

This year, agencies were asked if they would like to provide a family friendly activity. The Cedar Bend Humane Society responded by asking families to make dog toys and brought a dog for families to love. The Grout Museum also attended and asked families to make dog tags for the museum. The Volunteer Center was pleased to have member agencies respond to this request. It is important for families to know there are family friendly places to volunteer in the community.

Parents and Grandparents were enthusiastic about volunteer opportunities for children to serve the community. Most left asking when we could do this again.

This year the event was sponsored by Macaroni Kids, an online resource for parents.