Services
Explore the free services and community partnerships available through Clive Community Services, including food assistance, clothing, medical care, and education.
Food Pantry
Clients may shop the DMARC pantry once a month and receive a three-day supply of food and personal care items.
Clothes Closet
We provide seasonally appropriate clothing for adults and children.
Free Clinic
The Clive Community Services Free Clinic is open on Mondays. Patient registration is 5:00-6:30 p.m. and patients are seen 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Education
We provide free English language classes for adults.
Community Garden
Clive Community Services is proud to stand in friendship with the Walnut Hills Garden of Faith, Food, and Learning.
Food Pantry
Hours:
Monday, 4:00 – 7:00 PM
Friday, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location:
2190 NW 82nd St, Ste A
Clive, IA 50325
We are located on NW 82nd Street in Clive, between Crestview School of Inquiry and Hickman Road.
Clive Community Services is a member of the DMARC network of food pantries. Clients may shop a DMARC pantry once a month for a three-day supply of food. Quantities are based on family size. Fresh produce and meat are available; selection varies. Clients can shop once a month for personal care and household cleaning items (selection varies). To receive the full selection of items, bring a photo ID. Click here to view our non-discrimination policy.
In addition to the DMARC pantry, Clive Community Services offers an Anytime Room. This room is stocked entirely by donations. A client may shop from the Anytime Room on days when not receiving food from the DMARC pantry. No ID is needed to visit our Anytime Room.
Clothes Closet
Clive Community Services offers clothing and shoes to all in need. We do our best to offer high-quality, seasonal clothing in infant to adult sizes. The Clothes Closet is open Mondays 4:00-7:00 PM and Fridays 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.
Clients can visit our clothes closet once per week.
Donations of gently used, in-season clothing and shoes are greatly appreciated and can be dropped off Monday 9:30-7:00, Wednesday 9:30-2:30, and Friday 9:00 AM-12:00 PM. Seasonally appropriate clothing is appreciated since storage is limited. We have a greater demand for children’s clothing and men’s and women’s sizes small and medium
To volunteer to help sort and stock items in the Clothes Closet or assist clients while they shop, please email our Clothes Closet manager.
Education
Current English Classes:
Mondays & Wednesdays 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Harbach Center
8505 Harbach Blvd, Clive
Clive Community Services is excited to provide English classes for clients who need them. The class size averages four students. At this time our classes are for adults only; we cannot accommodate children.
We are seeking additional volunteers to enable us to offer more sessions. Students have expressed a desire for evening and weekend sessions.
In the future, we hope to offer classes on food and nutrition, basic finances, etc. If you have ideas for future classes, please share them!
We are also interested in partnering with other organizations that would like to hold educational or other functional programming for our clients in our facilities. Please contact director@clivecommunityservices.com for more information.
Free Medical Clinic
The Free Medical Clinic is open every Monday night (unless a major holiday falls on Monday). Patient registration takes place from 5:00-6:30 PM and patients are seen from 5:30 to 7:30. Patients are seen on a first-come, first-served basis; no appointments are accepted. Patients who arrive early should wait in the parking lot until registration begins at 5 p.m. The Clinic is intended to serve people who otherwise lack access to affordable medical care. It is not intended to replace regular healthcare services for patients who have access to care.
School sports physicals are available for students who are unable to obtain one on their own. A parent or guardian must be present. Please bring your school’s sports physical form which you can print off your district website. For West Des Moines students, you will need this form: 2024-25 Sports participation form (1)
Clive Community Services Free Clinic opened its doors in the summer of 2017. Our clinic is a member of the Free Clinics of Iowa Network. Clive Community Services Free Clinic offers basic healthcare through volunteer physicians, nurses, and other health professionals at no cost to patients.
In addition to basic care, the Clinic may host occasional events/clinics such as a sports physical event, flu shot clinics, a mobile dental clinic, or vision screenings. These events are advertised ahead of time on our website and social media.
Volunteer physicians and nurses are needed. Insurance for medical professionals is offered through the Volunteer Health Care Provider Program which offers indemnification to free clinics and its volunteer health care providers through the State of Iowa.
Other volunteers will include greeters, receptionists, interpreters, and social workers.
Contact CliveFreeClinic@gmail.com or 515-850-1026.
Community Garden
Clive Community Services is proud to stand in friendship with the Walnut Hills Garden of Faith, Food, and Learning. This garden, located on the grounds of Walnut Hills United Methodist Church at the corner of 128th & Hickman in Urbandale, offers gardening space to many of the families we serve.
The garden houses 60 plots – or allotments – for families to tend their own crops. In an allotment gardening system, each family grows the crops of their choice, is responsible for all labor in their own plot, and harvests from their own plot. The garden is fenced, has water available, and offers tables, benches, composting and a porta-potty.
For information on the Walnut Hills Garden of Faith, Food, and Learning, contact whumcgarden@gmail.com.
If you love to garden and are looking for a way to serve, Clive Community Services would love for you to take a plot at the Walnut Hills Garden of Faith, Food, and Learning to grow food for our pantry!! Our donations of traditional American garden produce are very strong, but international garden offerings would be welcome. This would be a meaningful experience through which you would experience fellowship with your fellow gardeners, many of whom are immigrants.