Community

The community is invited to enjoy free to-go soup from some favorite local restaurants, available in drive-through format in the parking lot of the First United Methodist Church of North Liberty at 85 N. Jones Blvd. The variety of soups available are free to anyone in need of a hot meal. For those who wish to come out and support the Pantry, donations are accepted

Part of the Building Better Birders Workshop Series, designed to improve bird identification skills and promote greater citizen science.

Volunteers needed to prepare boxes this week, help with distribution

Elizabeth Deam, Mya Gourley, McKenna Mann and Ruby Stuessel from Girl Scout Troop 1969 earned the award in late August for a community project benefiting the Animal Welfare Friends in Monticello.

Join Jackson County Conservation naturalist Tony Vorwald on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. to help rehabilitate the “Shooting star Knoll” at Prairie Creek Recreation Area in Maquoketa.

Available for adoption at Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control

Shop for Shelter will take place Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Hy-Vee stores in Iowa City and Coralville, as well as Iowa City’s Fareway. October is Domestic Violence Awareness month.

Each year the city’s forestry division seeks a homeowner to donate an evergreen tree to be placed in Greene Square and decorated for the holiday season. The derecho made that task a bit more challenging, though.