CorridorCAN | Making Iowa's Corridor Better Together

Monday, 10/11/21

All Day — Chomp Fundraiser For Free Mobile Clothing Closet #CCANClothesCruise 

COOK a meal for guests, families, and caregivers at The Bird House – Hospice Home of Johnson County (6 adults). Sign up, then deliver to 8 Lime Kiln Lane in Iowa
City, preferably by 5pm. Call 319-499-1882 when you arrive, and they
will come out to get it.

If you want to cook but cannot deliver, please email us. We can probably arrange pick up and drop off if needed.

11 am – Linn County Board of Supervisors Meeting-Formal Board Room—Jean Oxley
Public Service Center 935 2nd St. SW, CR

See the agenda.

12 pm – What’s Happening | Understanding and Dismantling Racism

3:30-6 pm – Open Volunteer Hours at North Liberty Community Pantry

4-5:30 pm – Collins Aerospace Garden Volunteer Night

4-6 pm – Volunteer hours at the shop (1506 10th St. SE, CR) with Feed Iowa First

5 pm – LinnMar Community School District School Board Meeting- boardroom of
the Learning Resource Center (2999 N 10th St, Marion)

View the agenda.

5-7 pm –  Group Volunteer Hours for Houses Into Homes

5:30 pm – Cedar Rapids Community School District School Board Meeting-
Educational Leadership & Support Center, Board Room

See the agenda.

6-8 pm – Indigenous Peoples Day – Iowa City

6:30 pm – Mount Vernon Community School District School Board Meeting- Mount
Vernon Community High School Learning Commons (adjacent to the library)

See the agenda.

Tuesday, 10/12/21

9-10 am: Celebrating Differences: Getting Comfortable Through Disability Awareness

12-1 pm: Truth Tuesday protest with Indivisible Iowa at corner of 8th Ave & 2nd St SE, CR

12 pm: Cedar Rapids City Council Meeting- Council
Chambers, 3rd Floor, City Hall, 101 First St

See the agenda.

12-1 pm: Question. Pursuade. Refer Suicide Prevention Training for Ag Professionals & Producers

1-2:30 pm: Great Courses: Law School for Everyone, North Liberty Library

4:30-5:30 pm: Volunteers needed for mobile pantry to Ecumenical Towers (320 E. Washington St, IC)

5:30 pm: Iowa Utilities Board Informational Meeting (Virtual) Regarding Summit Carbon Pipeline

5:30pm: Iowa City Community Police Review Board
Meeting- Emma J Harvat Hall (City Hall, 410 E. Washington St)

See the agenda.

5:30-7:30 pm: Question. Pursuade. Refer. Suicide Prevention Training for Youth Professionals

5:30 pm: Humans For Racial Justice Gathering. Contact jstax@jonnystax.com for information.

6 pm: Iowa City Community School District School Board Meeting– Educational Services Center – Room 142A, 1725 N Dodge Street Agenda Link:

6:30-8 pm: Domestic Violence Awareness Month Panel Discussion

6:30 pm: Coralville City Council Meeting– Council Chambers at City Hall, 1512 7th St 

See the agenda.

6:30 pm: North Liberty City Council Meeting– Council Chambers, 1 Quail Creek Circle

See the agenda.

Wednesday, 10/13/21

9 am: Johnson County Board of Supervisors Work Session- Second Floor Boardroom Johnson County Administration Building, 913 South Dubuque Street, IC

View the agenda.

3:30-6 pm: Volunteers needed for mobile pantry to Breckenridge Estates

4-5:30 pm: Noam Chomsky On The Consequences of Capitalism

8-9 pm: Orientation for Prospective Foster/Adoptive Parents: ONLINE or phone.

Thursday, 10/14/21

4-5 pm: One Community, One Book Virtual Book Club: Part 2

4-7 pm: Cultivate Hope Harvest Festival

4:30-6 pm: Volunteer Gardening Hours at North Liberty Community Pantry

4:30-7 pm: Volunteers needed for mobile pantry to Forest View

5 pm: Marion Community Equity Task Force Meeting– City Hall, 1225 6th Avenue

Zoom Viewing Meeting ID: 897 8841 1826.

Audio only can be heard by calling 1-646-558-8656 and entering the same Meeting ID listed above.

See the agenda.

5-6:30 pm: U for Us PRESENTS: Q&A ON MEN’S HEALTH AND HEALTHY MASCULINITY

5-7 pm: Group Volunteer Hours for Houses Into Homes

5:30 pm: Johnson County Board of Supervisors Formal Meeting – Second Floor Boardroom, Johnson County Administration Building, 913 South Dubuque
Street, Iowa City

6-8 pm: Hops for Housing at Big Grove Brewery, IC

7 pm: Policing and the War on Terror

8 pm: “It Happened Here” Documentary Screening with U For Us at IMU Big Ten Theater

Friday, 10/15/21

11 am: National Poor People’s Campaign Press Conference

12 pm: Lunch & Learn with Iowa Chapter Sierra Club

2-5 pm: Volunteers needed for mobile pantry to Capitol House Apartments, IC

3:30-4:30 pm: Rally for Peace, East side of the Pentacrest, Iowa City

“Bring a sign, a lawn chair, and an umbrella if you wish. Signs and handouts
will be available. PLEASE WEAR A MASK. 

Sponsored by Veterans For Peace
#161 and PEACE Iowa”

4-8 pm: RayGun Give Back Day for Horizons, A Family Service Alliance

Saturday, 10/16/21

8:45am-4:15pm: Racial Awareness and Mindfulness Festival 2021

9 am-12 pm: Volunteers needed for Bed Delivery Day with Sleep In Heavenly Peace

10-11:30 am: Cedar Lake Cleanup

10-11:30 am: Meet the Iowa City Council Candidates in The Kingdom Center parking lot (611 Southgate Ave). You can also register to vote, get a COVID-19 vaccine and free food, enter drawings, and more.

10 am-1 pm: Empowering BIPOC Women to Serve in the Community

4:00pm: Brush & Barrel Fundraiser for Free Mobile Clothing Closet #CCANClothesCruise

4-7 pm: Volunteer hours at Iowa City Catholic Worker. Call (515) 729-6482

6 pm: Community Meal at Whetherby Park

Sunday, 10/17/21

Cook and deliver a meal for 25 people to St. John of the Cross Catholic Worker House in Cedar Rapids between 7 am and 5 pm. Please call Larissa at 319-362-9041
with any questions.

COOK a meal for guests, families, and caregivers at The Bird House – Hospice
Home of Johnson County (6 adults). Sign up, then deliver to 8 Lime Kiln Lane in Iowa
City, preferably by 5pm. Call 319-499-1882 when you arrive, and they
will come out to get it.

If you want to cook but cannot deliver, please email us. We can probably arrange pick up and drop off if needed.

10 am-2 pm: Houses Into Homes Delivery Day 

12-4 pm: Volunteer hours at Iowa City Catholic Worker. Call (515) 729-6482

1-2:30 pm: Anti-Racism/Racial Literacy Dialogue Sessions

1-7 pm: Volunteer Work Day for Mobile Closet (Iowa City) #CCANClothesCruise

All Week

• Together We Achieve in Cedar Rapids needs volunteers at the resource
  center Monday through Saturday
• CommUnity Crisis Services and Food Bank in Iowa City needs help
  • Pantry (Mon-Sat)
  • Drivers (Wed-Fri)-
• Houses into Homes needs volunteers Monday through Saturday.
• Volunteer as a tutor with Families Helping Families of Iowa to help a Cedar Rapids high school student in foster care catch up on their math skills. Contact them at 319-294-9706 or office@fhfia.org
• Donate to Eastern Iowa Diaper Bank’s Sixth Annual Diaper Drive. You can donate
  disposable diapers and wipes at any Corridor Hy-Vee Food and
  Drugstores. All sizes, brands and even open/partial packages of unused
  diapers are welcome. You can also add a monetary donation to your cart
  during checkout with a Hy-Vee cashier or self-checkouts. ($2 for 10
  diapers or $5 for 25 diapers) or donate directly online.
• Enter The Arc of East Central Iowa’s raffle.
• Help reimagine recreation in Iowa City! The City of Iowa City is working on the Gather Here Recreation Master Plan. Your ideas, opinions, and feedback are needed and encouraged. There are several ways for you to get involved in person or online.
• Volunteer to help Matthew25 with their Winterization Blitz – a month dedicated to helping homeowners get
  ready for winter.
• Call Johnson County Supervisor Chair Pat Heiden at 319-530-2023 and Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague at 319-536-1200 and tell them:
  “Iowa City and Johnson County should put at least $15 million in an Excluded
  Workers Fund – direct aid and hazard pay should go to the essential,
  frontline and excluded workers who have risked their health to keep our
  communities going during the pandemic. Streamline the application
  process so that aid goes directly to the people – the 3 basic
  requirements for aid should be proof of residency, proof of identity,
  and a self-certification of need.” What we do with American Rescue Plan
  relief money can redefine our communities for years to come. Make your
  voice heard!
• Watch Carbon Pipelines: A Disaster Waiting to Happen – YouTube and then sign the petition. Written comments or objections to the proposed pipeline can be filed electronically using the IUB’s Open Docket Comment Form, by email, or by postal mail to the Iowa Utilities Board, Attn: Docket No. HLP-2021-0001, 1375 E. Court Ave., Des Moines, IA
  50319.
• Volunteer as a tutor or office assistant for Center For Worker Justice. Call (319) 594-2250 for more information.

Help CCAN This Week

Mobile Community Clothing Closet Update!

We are in the process of customizing our motorhome so we can begin providing service! You can help us get going over the next couple of weeks by:

• Join us for volunteer workshop days! Sign up and subscribe to the Clothing Closet Volunteer email list by emailing us. We will also need drivers, organizers, a route coordinator, and shopping assistants once service starts, so please let us know if you are interested in those positions as well!
• Email us to subscribe to our Clothing Closet Volunteer email list to make sure you don’t miss any.
• We will also need drivers, organizers, a route coordinator, and shopping assistants once service starts.
• Donating your extra hooks, racks, hangers, bins, and other improvement/organizational supplies by dropping them off at Iowa City Fab Lab or emailing us
• Emailing us if you have any special skills or services to offer that could help us get the mobile closet on the road.
• Donating needed items by ordering from our Amazon Wishlist 
• Sending financial contributions to Corridor Community Action Network, C/O Iowa City Fab Lab, 870 S. Capitol St, Iowa City, IA 52240, Venmo at corridorcan, CashApp at $CorridorCAN, Paypal, or our GoFundMe.
• Letting us know what locations you think we should add to our popup routes!
• Joining our Auction Group for the chance to win some great items from local businesses and support our efforts to bring a Free Mobile Clothing Closet to The Corridor! Watch for clothing, tea items, and gift cards to be posted this week!
• Creating an informational pamphlet. Email us for more info.
• Hosting a fundraiser for us!
• Buying a limited edition “DRESS PEOPLE WHERE THEY’RE AT” #CCANClothesCruise shirt
• Getting your business or institution to sponsor #CCANClothesCruise and having your logo included in promotional materials and eventually on the vehicle itself. Email us for more info!

Why The Mobile Clothing Closet Matters

The Mobile Clothing Closet will simultaneously address an unmet need for free clothing resources in the corridor and the high volume of textiles that enter our landfill every year, much of which we will be able to re-route to those in need. We already have two storage sheds full of donated clothing and the vehicle! We just need to cover customization and operating expenses now. For more info on #CCANClothesCruise, check out Free mobile clothing closet coming to the corridor (msn.com)

We would like to give a huge thank you to our individual donors, our sponsors GreenState Credit Union, North Liberty City Government, MidWestOne Bank, Hills Bank and Trust Company, Veridian Credit Union, Town Square Family Foot Care, Thompson & Co Salon Parlor, and ReUnion Brewery, our supporters Sidekick Coffee & Books, Airport National Golf Course, Maestro Empanadas, RAYGUNshirts, Applebee’s Grill + Bar, Aroma Artisan Pizza, Textiles, Renee’s Ceramic Cafe, Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, Hudson’s, Big Grove Brewery, The Map Room, Speedeezz Indoor Karting, Kae Apothecary Brass Ring Coffee, Monica’s, Shop Iowa, Molly’s Cupcakes Iowa City, Iowa City Downtown District, Players, Andrew’s Bar Exam, The Chocolate Haus, Prairie Kitchen Store, Kae Apothecary, Vue Rooftop, WOOFABLES, AOK Photography, Quinton’s Bar & Deli Coralville, CHOMP Delivery, Tru Salon, and everyone who participate in the fundraisers we’ve held to date. We couldn’t have made it this far without you!