United Way of Johnson County
United Way of Johnson County is serving as a
clearinghouse to match volunteers with flood recovery and clean-up efforts in Iowa City, Coralville, and
surrounding communities. Volunteers and people with clean-up
needs may reach the Volunteer Center by calling 319-337-VOLS. For more information, visit the website.
UI Flood Exchange
Need help? Want to offer help? Members of the UI community are encouraged to log onto this website with their HAWKID to list needs or to volunteer help or household items: www.uiowa.edu/floodrecovery/uihelp.html. Needs will change, so please check the site frequently to see how you can help.
Hands On Disaster Response
Hands On Disaster Response is a non-profit organization dedicated to timely disaster response and relief. The work in Cedar Rapids is extensive and the need for volunteers immediate. Our focus is on helping residents muck, gut and clear out their homes with maximum speed and minimum bureaucracy. If you’re interested in helping your neighbors in Cedar Rapids please call 319/350-2684 or see the website at www.hodr.org
Corridor Recovery
The Corridor Recovery site is coordinating efforts to match volunteers with needed services. They ask interested volunteers to please be patient. One of their challenges has been to manage the overwhelming desire for people to help when there are no immediate needs. It takes time for needs to be communicated and the best course of action to keep volunteers safe and make their presence a benefit, not a hindrance. Signup online or call the Serve the City call center: (319) 378-0337. For more information, see the website.
UI Employees Can Donate Vacation Hours to a Flood Relief Pool
The University has created an opportunity for eligible employees to donate vacation hours to UI employees whose primary residences were damaged by flooding and who need time off to recover. By virtue of agreement with AFSCME and SEIU, employees represented by those entities are also eligible for participation. To learn how to particlpate, see this page.
Volunteers Needed to Provide Short-Term Home Stays for International Students
Increasing international student enrollment at the University of Iowa—combined with less housing due to the flooding—has created a need for community volunteers who can provide short-term home stays for these newly arriving students as well as volunteer at a Welcome Center in early August. More...
Temporary Housing for UI Student, Staff, Faculty
Anyone who has room in their home to offer to faculty, staff or students for short term use (days or weeks), should contact Cathy Fountain at 335-0082, or cathrine-fountain@uiowa.edu who will maintain a database of available and needed space.
UI seeks pregnant women and new moms for study on emotional impact of flooding
University of Iowa researchers want to study how the floods of 2008 have affected the emotional experiences of pregnant women and new moms. Researchers will examine the flood's impact on mothers and their babies by comparing the experiences of those who were and were not affected by flooding. Women who are currently pregnant and women who delivered babies in Johnson, Linn and Black Hawk counties after June 10, 2008, are invited to participate in the study. Participants must be 18 or older and will be compensated. More...
AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associate/State Member Opportunity
If you are interested in serving as a AmeriCorps VISTA summer associate or as an AmeriCorps state member providing disaster response in the Iowa City/Johnson County area or elsewhere, please see the Volunteer Iowa for more information.
2008 Flood.org
This site is a community bulletin board matching those in need with those who want to help. "We are running this on the honor system and counting on the basic good nature of all Iowans to 'Do the Right Thing'!" See www.2008flood.org.
Fostercare for Animals
In addition to coordinating the Animal Shelter for flood-affected companion animals, the Johnson County Humane Society is also seeking people interested providing temporary foster homes to companion animals displaced due to the flood. Johnson County Humane Society. HelpLine—338-3357 or e-mail jchs@johnsoncountyhumane.org.