One of Iowa’s oldest and most trusted nonprofits, EveryStep has been providing health care and community services since 1908.
We are committed to delivering exceptional care and support when it matters most. From hospice care and home health services to community health programs for growing families and grief and loss support, our dedicated team walks alongside individuals and families during life’s most challenging times, ensuring compassion, dignity and empathy. To learn more about EveryStep and our more than 30 programs and services, please visit www.everystep.org.
12/18/2025
“EveryStep exists to serve Iowans with compassion and dignity, and that begins with ensuring our own team members are supported. This increase reflects our belief that competitive, livable wages are essential to sustaining the high-quality care our staff provide to patients, families and communities.”
At EveryStep, veterans serve veterans through their volunteer service to fellow members of the brotherhood of our armed forces.
December 15, 2025 Veteran Volunteers Share Lifelong Connection with Patients Who've Served Linda Glasford says she enjoys all parts of volunteering for EveryStep. But there’s one thing for which she gets most excited. “Oh, I love the veterans,” says Linda, “I love the veteran pinning cer...
12/15/2025
Last week EveryStep's office on Easton Boulevard was the surprise recipient of a lovely holiday gift from the heart. An anonymous local baker left us these treats as a part of a 'Twelve Days of Giving' campaign.
Thank you for the gift and for keeping us in your heart!
The included note read as follows:
"The holidays have a way of reminding us just how deeply we miss those who are no longer with us. Their laughter, their lessons, their presence – each memory becomes a light we hold onto a little tighter this time of year. To honor these precious lives, I’ve created Sweet Memories – 12 Days of Giving.
Beginning December 1st, I will be delivering a box of homemade sweets to a different organization each day. Inside each box is a story – someone’s loved one, someone’s legacy, someone whose memory still deserves to be felt and shared. My hope is that, as you read their story, you’ll pause for a moment and let their spirit touch your heart. Even though they are no longer here, the love they left behind continues to ripple through us in the most beautiful ways.
Happy Holidays. May this season remind you to hold your loved ones close, to honor those who have passed, and to find comfort in the sweetness of the memories that remain."
12/12/2025
Volunteer tasks may not always be glamorous, but Jackie Riccio will tell you that every little thing that EveryStep volunteers do carries big meaning for patients and families in hospice care.
December 10, 2025 Little Things Add Up to Make a Big Difference at Kavanagh House In her first year as an EveryStep volunteer, Jackie Riccio has done a little bit of everything. But the little things that she’s doing are making a big difference for the clients she’s helping serve. Jackie says ...
12/11/2025
We're hiring at EveryStep!
We are looking for a dedicated Registered Nurse to join our Home Care team in the metro.
Apply today and find out why EveryStep has been voted the Best Non-Profit in Des Moines: https://www.everystep.org/careers
12/10/2025
Thank you, Scheels , for including EveryStep in your annual Day of Giving. We are honored to be one of the local non-profits Scheels is supporting in 2026.
Thank you for your continued support of our programs!
12/09/2025
Thank you, Hello Iowa, for welcoming EveryStep on to talk about grieving during the holidays. You don't have to face this season alone!
The holidays can be especially hard for those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. Denise Nahnsen, Hospice Bereavement Counselor for EveryStep, shares strategies to help. To learn more, visit&…
12/08/2025
EveryStep Spiritual Director & Bereavement Care Counselor, Joshua Kenryu Yusha, recently sat down with the Waukee Podcast to talk about guiding families through one of life's toughest hours.
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12/05/2025
EveryStep simply cannot say thank you enough to all of the wonderful sponsors and volunteers who made Cheer Box 2025 a reality and granted holiday wishes for more than 700 Iowans this year!
Thank you to Prairie Meadows Storey Kenworthy Sammons FINANCIAL Scheels Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa Farm Bureau Financial Services Voya F&G American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company Graham Construction a 3G Company IMT Insurance NCMIC Jen Stanbrough Real Estate R&R Realty Group Homesteaders Life Company SHAZAM Inc Pam & Dan Sargent, Emily Ann Weikert Foundation, Suzie Glazer Burt, Bill and Susan Benskin, Kyle Predergast Charitable Family Holdings, Buckeye Corrugated, and everyone who gave their time to make it all happen.
We'll see you all again next year!
12/03/2025
Thank you to the Young Professional Advisory Group for your help to build Share the Joy totes this week!
Families shouldn’t have to choose between buying household essentials or Christmas gifts.
These totes are filled with items every family needs and will give them the freedom to celebrate the holidays like they should be.
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One of Iowa’s oldest and most trusted non-profit organizations has a new name. HCI Care Services & Visiting Nurse Services of Iowa is now called EveryStep.
HCI Care Services & Visiting Nurse Services of Iowa is now called EveryStep.
Our people and our programs remain the same. Only our name has changed.
EveryStep is a name that has been six years in the making. During that time, HCI Hospice Care Services, Visiting Nurse Services of Iowa, Amanda the Panda and our more than 30 programs and services have come together under one umbrella, as part of one non-profit organization and a shared mission.
EveryStep is the same independent, non-profit organization with the people and programs Iowans have trusted for decades. Our family of community-based health care and support services offer compassion and guidance during life’s most challenging moments.
Today, our organization serves more than 60,000 people annually across 47 counties and dozens of programs. We have grown in our ability to offer care and support to people during vulnerable moments and difficult times. We have truly become stronger together.
However, our programs have been known under many different names – programs like HCI Hospice Care Services, Visiting Nurse Services of Iowa, Amanda the Panda, HCI Giving Tree, VNS Home Care, Community Voices, Hospice With Heart, VNS of Iowa Wellness, Stork's Nest, Storybook Project – and many more.
EveryStep has been named a "2019 Top Workplace" by the Des Moines Register and "Runner Up: Best Nonprofit" by the Des Moines Business Record. Learn more about us at www.everystep.org.
