for October 2025
City Impact
Monday, October 27
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
City Impact, located in Lincoln Nebraska, empowers under-resourced communities by providing holistic youth, family, and neighborhood development programs and services. Students can help by reading to youth, assisting them with homework and facilitating activities (coloring, sports)
Sign up to volunteerBelmont Community Center
Tuesday, October 28
3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The mission of the Belmont Community Center is to identify and define the social, cultural, recreational and educational needs of the residents of the Northwest Lincoln community. Students can help with facilitating activities for youth, sorting donations and cleaning.
Sign up to volunteerFriendship Home
Wednesday, October 29
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Friendship Home is an organization of people who are passionate about helping survivors of domestic violence and their children. Students will have the opportunity to do yard work, planting flowers and sorting donations.
Sign up to volunteerFood Bank of Lincoln
Thursday, October 30
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The Food Bank of Lincoln is a proud member of Feeding America. Since our founding in 1982, we’ve been focused on our mission to alleviate hunger in Southeast Nebraska. Volunteers will have the opportunity to organize a donations and distribute items to individuals.
Sign up to volunteerF Street Community Center
Friday, October 31
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
“F” Street Community Center is committed to creating a safe, fun, recreation-based environment where children, adults and senior citizens can come together. Students can help with facilitating activities for youth (foosball, coloring, basketball..etc).
Sign up to volunteerLincoln Parks Sunken Gardens
Saturday, November 1
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
The Lincoln Parks and Recreation Public Garden Section created the event to involve residents in the joy of gardening at Sunken Gardens. Volunteers will help with dumping buckets of dirt into flower beds and turning the soil materials with a shovel. Participants should dress in work clothes, wear shoes and have gloves.
Sign up to volunteerQuestions? Connect with Andrew Brown andrew.brown@unl.edu | 402-472-8721
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