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Volunteer with Matthew 25

Help us make Cedar Rapids an even better place to live by donating your time and talents to Matthew 25! Together, we will grow strong neighborhoods through food, housing, education, and community building.

Whether you’re looking to volunteer regularly, occasionally, or as part of a group, we have plenty of opportunities to get involved. Find one that fits your interests, abilities, and availability.

Current volunteer opportunities include:

Housing & Transform Week

Volunteers with our housing and neighborhood building program help complete vital home repair and maintenance projects, addressing safety and livability concerns as well as storm and derecho damage. Projects and tasks may include small projects like painting and landscaping, as well as larger projects like carpentry, roofing, and weatherization. During Transform Week, the last full week in June, we focus a large number of volunteers on more than 25 home repair and maintenance projects.

Helpful skills:

  • Handyman skills
  • Knowledge of tools and construction
  • Physical labor and working outdoors

Groundswell Cafe

Volunteers play a major part in food service and preparation in our Groundswell Cafe, including cooking and baking, helping and greeting guests, washing and organizing dishes, sanitizing surfaces, rolling silverware, and packaging to-go meals.

Helpful skills:

  • Culinary skills
  • Food safety
  • Customer service

Tool Library

Our Tool Library is fully sustained by the support of volunteers, who perform tasks like greeting customers and helping them fulfill their tool reservation, performing tool repairs as needed, organizing and maintaining inventory, working with our online inventory software, and responding to calls regarding tool checkouts.

Helpful skills:

  • Knowledge of tools
  • Computer proficiency
  • Customer service

Urban Farm

Volunteers play a key role in gardening and farming operations at our Urban Farm with tasks and activities including planting, weeding, tilling, and harvesting, as well as landscaping and general maintenance of farmland, greenhouse, and playground equipment.

Helpful skills:

  • Knowledge of gardening and agriculture
  • Physical labor and working outdoors
  • Attention to detail
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Office

Volunteers provide essential support in our main office by assisting with a variety of clerical tasks, like answering the front desk phone, scanning documents, and organizing files.

Helpful skills:

  • Clerical and administrative skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Computer proficiency

Individual Volunteers

To become a volunteer, please complete our volunteer inquiry form and our volunteer coordinator will follow-up with you.

Volunteer Inquiry Form

Group Volunteers

Looking for ways that your community organization, church group, or company can volunteer together at a Matthew 25 program or event? Complete our group inquiry form and our volunteer coordinator will follow-up with you.

Group Inquiry Form