Local volunteers, free meals, and community events across Eastern Iowa
Neighbors Feeding Neighbors
This cluster highlights how Eastern Iowa communities rally around service, from Nine Who Care honorees and an Ely volunteer organizing free monthly meals to efforts to relocate Green Square Meals after a dumpster fire shut down downtown Cedar Rapids’ only free dinner service. It also features everyday community life: an employee-owned home improvement business, Restaurant Week at Goldfinch Tap & Eatery, a Dogs Forever indoor golf fundraiser, and a call for frog-and-toad monitoring volunteers. Rounding it out, a John Mulaney show in Cedar Rapids underscores how local arts and entertainment coexist with strong grassroots support systems, illustrating a region balancing fun, resilience, and care for its most vulnerable neighbors.