One Yard. One Visit.
One Life Made Easier.
We connect everyday volunteers with older adults, veterans, and neighbors who can no longer maintain their own properties โ providing temporary relief, one yard at a time.
No complicated training. No long-term obligation. Just a desire to help and a willingness to show up.
๐ฑ Free iPhone app with volunteer tools and a daily puzzle game
๐ฐ USA Today
๐๏ธ Times Square Billboard
๐๏ธ Registered 501(c)(3) Nonprofit
๐ Idealist Partner Nonprofit
๐ Benevity Verified Cause
๐ก๏ธ Insured Through Nonprofits Insurance Alliance
๐ฑ Free on the App Store
When a Yard Goes Unmaintained, a Person Can Lose Their Dignity
For older adults, veterans, and neighbors facing physical or financial hardship, the simple task of keeping up a yard can become an overwhelming burden. An overgrown lawn can signal to the world โ and to them โ that they’re losing their independence.
A single volunteer visit does more than cut grass. It restores pride, reduces safety hazards, and lets someone know their community hasn’t forgotten them.
That is what I Want To Mow Your Lawn was built to do โ and we’ve been doing it since 2020 as a grassroots nonprofit connecting volunteers with neighbors who need temporary lawn care relief.
There is no greater feeling than helping a neighbor who can no longer do it themselves. Not because it’s a chore โ but because in that one hour, you become their community.
โ Brian, Founder ยท I Want To Mow Your Lawn Inc.
Deserves to stay proud of their home
Older Adults
Neighbors who built and maintained their homes for decades, now facing physical limitations that make outdoor upkeep a daily struggle. Your visit provides real, temporary relief โ and a reminder they are not alone.
Veterans
Those who served our country deserve to come home to a well-kept space. Many live alone, face mobility challenges, or lack the resources to hire help. A clean yard is a small thank-you with a lasting impact.
Neighbors in Need
Disability, recovery from illness, financial hardship โ life can make the outdoors inaccessible. We connect volunteers with neighbors across every background who just need a helping hand.
Five Simple Steps to Making a Real Difference
Register as a Volunteer
Fill out our simple registration form. Tell us your location, availability, and what equipment you have. Background check is completed during onboarding to protect our clients and our community.
Browse Requests Near You
Once approved, use your online dashboard or the free MOW app to find service requests in your area. View the homeowner’s needs, distance, and preferred dates โ and in the app, listen to their original voicemail and read an AI-generated summary of their situation.
Choose a Visit That Fits Your Schedule
You’re never locked in. Pick a single visit or return as often as you’d like. Whether it’s a Saturday morning or a weekday afternoon โ you decide when you help.
Connect and Show Up
Coordinate with the homeowner through our privacy-protected calling and texting โ neither party shares personal phone numbers. Arrive with your equipment and do what you do. Mow, rake, clear โ whatever is needed. You’ll be reviewed on our Expectations of Service so everyone knows what a great visit looks like.
Log Your Visit and Track Your Impact
Upload before-and-after photos, log your hours, and watch your community impact grow โ from the web or the app. After your first completed job, we’ll send you a FREE I Want To Mow Your Lawn T-shirt as our thank-you.
The Numbers Behind the Kindness
Every figure below represents a real neighbor, a real yard, and a volunteer who chose to show up.
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Volunteering With Us Has Real Benefits Too
We believe those who give their time deserve to be recognized โ and rewarded.
Free T-Shirt After Your First Job
Complete your first service and we’ll send you an official IWTMYL logo tee โ wear your kindness proudly.
Shareable Volunteer Profile
Build a verified, searchable profile showcasing your service hours and photos. Perfect for resumes, college applications, or personal pride.
Free Eco-Friendly Equipment Upgrades
Log 10 volunteer hours or help at least 10 neighbors and may qualify for a donor-supported battery-powered equipment upgrade, subject to availability.
Complete Scheduling Freedom
No forced schedule. No monthly minimums. Even a single visit makes a measurable difference.
Outdoor Exercise That Actually Matters
Swap the treadmill for a real workout with real purpose. Mowing and yard work burns serious calories โ and someone’s life gets better because of it.
A Daily Puzzle That Keeps You Connected
The free MOW app includes a daily lawn-mowing path puzzle โ a calm, two-minute game that keeps the mission in your routine even between service visits. Build a streak. Share your results.
Everything You Need to Manage Your Service โ All in One Place
Your personal dashboard is built around your schedule, your neighborhood, and your impact.
- Browse local service requests by distance and date
- Accept visits and manage your upcoming commitments
- Log completed service hours automatically
- Upload before-and-after photos of your work
- Track your total impact and hours over time
- Build and share your verified volunteer profile
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Everything You Need to Spread the Mission โ From a Social Post to a Press Pitch
Whether you want to recruit volunteers in your area, pitch a local news outlet, or run a P2P fundraiser โ we built the tools and resources so you don’t have to start from scratch.
The toolkit gives you platform-specific sharing for six social networks, a full media and press kit with branded PDFs, mission copy and impact stats ready to paste anywhere, field collateral, and an embeddable widget for your website or organization.
- One-tap sharing for Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Nextdoor, and Pinterest
- Media and press kit โ story angles, fact sheets, and branded templates
- Logos, colors, mission copy, and impact stats ready to use
- Peer-to-peer fundraising tools to rally your network
๐ Registered volunteers unlock additional resources including press kit PDFs, phone extensions, and fundraising tools.
You don’t need to mow a lawn to make a difference.
Some of our most impactful volunteers never pick up a mower โ they share the mission with someone who will.
can reach a volunteer we’d never find on our own
can put the mission in front of an entire city
can fund equipment for a volunteer who can’t afford it
Whether You Own a Mower or Just Want to Help, There Is a Place for You Here
Our volunteers are college students, retirees, weekend warriors, professional landscapers, veterans themselves, and working parents who want to model kindness for their kids. You need equipment (or the physical ability) and the ability to travel 5โ15 miles in your area. That’s it.
๐ฟ Professional Landscapers
๐ฉโ๐ผ Working Professionals
๐ข Corporate Teams
๐ช Veterans
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ง Families
๐ซ Community Groups
Your volunteer hours with IWTMYL may qualify toward the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal. We document every hour.
Volunteer 10 Hours. Earn Free Battery-Powered Landscaping Equipment.
By logging a minimum of 10 volunteer hours โ or helping at least 10 neighbors โ you qualify for a FREE upgrade to battery-powered landscaping equipment through our donor-supported program.
Go gas-free. Mow quieter. Leave a cleaner planet behind for the same neighbors you’re serving today. Learn about the benefits โ
10 volunteer hours
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10 neighbors helped
= Your free eco-friendly
equipment upgrade
Why I Started This in the Middle of a Pandemic
In 2020, I looked around my community and saw neighbors who were completely isolated โ unable to leave their homes, unable to keep up with the simplest outdoor tasks, and too proud or too afraid to ask for help. I knew the world needed an act of service that was tangible, consistent, and deeply human.
What I didn’t expect was how much the volunteers would get out of it. The emails I receive most are not from homeowners โ they’re from volunteers who say this changed their life. That is the real mission of I Want To Mow Your Lawn: to build a community where giving is its own reward.
We’ve spent years building a real system behind the mission โ one that helps volunteers find local requests, show up with confidence, and track the impact they make. We have been featured on national television, covered in major publications, and recognized coast to coast โ but none of that matters as much as the fact that every single day, a volunteer in this organization is quietly making someone’s world better.
I hope that’s you next.
Everything You Need to Know Before You Sign Up
No guesswork. Just honest answers.
Do I need my own equipment?
How far do I have to travel?
Can I volunteer just once?
Is there a background check?
Am I covered by insurance while I’m volunteering?
Is there an app?
What is the daily puzzle game?
What does a typical service visit look like?
Can my company or organization volunteer as a group?
Help Us Reach More Volunteers
The more people know about this, the more neighbors we can help. Share this page โ it takes 5 seconds and it changes lives.
Your Neighbor Is Waiting.
Will You Show Up?
Right now, someone near you has submitted a request for help. They can’t do it themselves. They’re hoping a volunteer will say yes. Be that person.
New requests reflect continuing need among seniors, veterans, and neighbors with disabilities.
