United Ways of Iowa Foster Grandparents

We now have a posting for volunteers on the Volunteer Center of Story County page!

Foster Grandparent Program | Volunteer Center of Story County Foster Grandparents are role models, mentors, and friends to children with exceptional needs. The program provides a way for volunteers age 55 and over to stay active by serving children and youth in their communities.

Foster Grandparent Program Promotional Video This video tells the story of the Foster Grandparent Program which serves Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino, Del Norte and Humboldt counties.

More winter weather! Stay safe.

UPDATE: The DMPS Welcome Center, which handles all enrollment and registration, will close at 3:00 PM today.

Due to the Winter Storm Warning and the forecasted timing of today's storm, all classes are cancelled at Des Moines Public Schools for Tuesday, January 22. Offices will be open. For further details, please visit https://www.dmschools.org/about/emergency-weather-closing-info/weather-closing-information/

Many of our Foster Grandparents volunteer for more than one program. Are you one of them, where else to you volunteer?

Letter to the editor: Thanks, blessings from Cattery queen | ThePerryNews Prairie ViewsLettersLetter to the editor: Thanks, blessings from Cattery queen By The Perry News - January 8, 2019 0 4 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Dorothea Peterson, longtime Humane Society of Perry volunteer, is grateful for the community's steadfast support of the Cattery and the P...

In honor of International Thank You Day, which was this past Friday, we would like to share this video one of our volunteers did.

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Pablo Ortega and Dr. Roslyn Billy from Des Moines Public Schools kicked off Polk county Foster Grandparents' first in-service for 2019! Volunteers learned about comprehensive input as well as some tips for engaging ELL youth.

CBS This Morning did a segment about the Foster Grandparent Program! Did you see it?

Foster grandparents volunteer and share their love at schools More than 20,000 seniors participate every day across the country

Yes, we have been posting lots of articles lately but this one is to good to pass! It has great information about FGP while listing benefits youth and seniors gain by participating in the program! This particular article is from Michigan.

Children get taste of love with Community Action's ‘foster grandparents’ The Foster Granparent Program has helped seniors and kids for almost 50 years.

Another story about the impact of Foster Grandparents! This one is from Louisiana.

Foster grandparents program helps local children in school An organization is utilizing senior citizens to help young Southwest Louisiana students academically.

Great story from Memphis spotlighting Foster Grandparents!

Foster Grandpartents: Enriching lives while improving literacy Foster grandparents read to and with the students. They help them with their numbers. Really anything a student needs a little extra time learning.