YMCA
The YMCA Mission is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit,mind, and body for all. In addition, the YMCA's core values are caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. The YMCA of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan started in Cedar Rapids in 1868. Presently, we have three branches, the Helen G. Nassif YMCA, the Marion YMCA, and the Stoney Point YMCA. The association also includes YMCA Camp Wapsie. The first YMCA building in Cedar Rapids opened in 1888 on the banks of the Cedar River. The first Central YMCA stood at the corner of First Avenue and First Street NE, the present location of the Tree of Five Seasons sculpture. The water was pumped directly from the Cedar River. Swimmers were encouraged to not wear swim attire because the wool fibers wreaked havoc with the filtering system. The marble used in the pool was originally from Italy. The following is a Timeline for the YMCA in Cedar Rapids, Iowa:
1868: YMCA started for young men in Cedar Rapids
1888: First building at First Avenue and First Street in Cedar Rapids
1918: Second building at First Avenue and Fifth Street
1918: YMCA Camp Wapsie opened southeast of Central City
1921: Boys over age 12 could join the YMCA
1939: Women were admitted as voting members
1952: Ellis and Marion branches organized and chartered in 1955
1953: YMCA Camp Wapsie moved to present location, northwest of Central City
1959-1960: Campaign for Youth: Joint capital campaign with YWCA and Jane Boyd
Community House
1963: New buildings at Ellis and Marion
1969-1970: Reorganization of YMCA as a Metropolitan Association
1973: New addition at Central YMCA dedicated
1975: Big Brother program sponsored by YMCA
1977: Health Center Bonds for remodeling
1978: Capital Campaign; Dormitory Closed
1980: Expanded and renovated facilities
1984: Stoney Point YMCA opened
1985: Metropolitan membership started
1987: Reorganization of Board structure; Developed 1992 Corporate Goals
1988: Authorized Capital Development Process
1990: Sold Ellis facility and entered into service contract with
Friends of the Ellis Community, Inc.
1991: Received all-time record contributions to annual sustaining
Partnership With Youth Campaign
2002: Central YMCA closed; Helen G. Nassif YMCA opened in August
2003: $2.5 million expansion project completed at Stoney YMCA;
Grand reopening held in October; Marion YMCA renovated
2004: Central YMCA demolished:
Partnership With Youth Campaign is renamed Strong Kids Campaign
WAYPOINT: Our Mission:
Waypoint strengthens and empowers women and families in their life's journey by providing advocacy, crisis intervention, supportive services, shelter, quality child care, and community leadership. Formerly YWCA.
Timeline for the YWCA
1894 The Cedar Rapids chapter of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is established. A lodging house at 3rd Ave & 6th St SE, Cedar Rapids, was acquired to help with housing of young women from rural areas to the city of some 20,000.
1909 The YWCA purchases the present-day Waypoint building at 318 5th St SE. Along with temporary housing, the organization's efforts were to support women entering the workforce and to teach the "feminine disciplines" of vocal music, dressmaking and fancy work. Exercise classes were offered to increase stamina of factory women.
1910 thru 1950s Most YWCAs tried to find a balance of "work, play, service and inspiration," the "ideal Christian citizenship." After World War I, the clubs settled into Bible study, crafts, self-improvement, physical fitness, socializing and community outreach projects. Classes offered by the Cedar Rapids YWCA included such pursuits as upholstery repair, ceramics, baton twirling, bridge, hat making, and tap dancing. Co-ed dances attract teens, and volunteers help with reconditioning dolls for disadvantaged little girls at Christmas time.
1962 Swimming pool and fitness center added.
1974 A staff person was added to provide crisis intervention, information and referral services to help victim/survivors of domestic abuse, rape and other sexual abuse.
1975 Recreation classes began for women and adults with special needs.
1976 YWCA and other agencies open Women's Emergency Shelter.
1982 The first Tribute to Women and Industry dinner is held to honor outstanding women in business and industry.
1985 YWCA opens child care center to provide quality care, including before and after school, for working mothers.
1986 All fitness programs haulted. YWCA changes its mission to meet the needs of the community for services addressing domestic violence, sexual assault and homelessness.
1989 The present Domestic Violence Shelter is built in an anonymous location.
1990 The Madge Phillips Resource Center opens - offering homeless women and their children daytime refuge including hot meals and supplies.
1995 Junior League of Cedar Rapids undertakes a capital campaign and builds a comprehensive 16-bedroom, 24-hour shelter and daytime resource center for homeless women and children. It's called the Madge Phillips Center.
1999 YWCA becomes manager of AEGON's RiverRidge Kids Child Care Center on AEGON's Edgewood Road campus.
2001 YWCA of Cedar Rapids and Linn County disaffiliates from the national YWCA and changes its name to Waypoint Services for Women, Children and Families.
2006 Waypoint celebrates the 25th Anniversary of its Tribute to Women of Achievement recognition event.
2008 Waypoint creates subsidiary child care management company, Waypoint Kids, and becomes managers of AEGON's Park Ridge Kids Child Care Center on AEGON's C St. campus.
Boy Scouts of America
Troop 42 of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Our goal is to help young men learn leadership skills while participating in inviting activities and community projects. We encourage our scouts to enjoy camping, canoeing, skiing and other rewarding adventures in the great outdoors. A unit of the Red Cedar District of the Hawkeye Area Council. Boy Scouts is a program designed to achieve character development, citizenship training, and personal fitness through an inviting outdoor program and peer group leadership with the advice of an adult Scoutmaster. Troop 42 has always had a very strong Patrol Leaders Council. The charter organizations, St Pius X and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Churches.
Scout Oath or Promise:
On my honor I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law;
To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
Scout Law:
A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly,
courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is the largest youth organization in the United States, with over five million members in its age-related divisions. Since its founding in 1910 as part of the international Scout Movement, more than 110 million Americans have been members of the BSA. The YMCA was an early promoter of reforms for young men with a focus on social welfare and programs of mental, physical, social and religious development. Scouting had two notable predecessors in the United States: the Woodcraft Indians started by Ernest Thompson Seton in 1902 and the Sons of Daniel Boone founded by Daniel Carter Beard in 1905.[8] In 1907, British General Robert Baden-Powell founded the Scouting movement in England using elements of Seton's works. Several small local Scouting programs for boys started independently in the U.S. soon after, most of these later merged with the BSA
Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa & Western Illinois
Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa & Western Illinois has five service centers located in the Iowa cities of Cedar Rapids, Decorah, Dubuque, Waterloo and West Burlington and one in Rock Island, Illinois. Camp properties are located near Burlington, Decorah, Dubuque and New Liberty, Iowa.
Our Mission:
Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
The Girl Scout Promise and Law
The values of the Girl Scout Promise and Law are at the heart of the new Leadership Program. Through these values, girls form their own beliefs and values, learn to consider ethical aspects of situations, and are committed to social justice and community service and action.
The Girl Scout Promise
On my honor, I will try:
To serve God and my country,
To help people at all times,
And to live by the Girl Scout Law.
The word "God" can be interpreted in a number of ways, depending on one's spiritual beliefs. When reciting the Girl Scout Promise, it is okay to replace the word "God" with whatever word your spiritual beliefs dictate.
The Girl Scout Law
I will do my best to be
honest and fair,
friendly and helpful,
considerate and caring,
courageous and strong, and
responsible for what I say and do,
and to
respect myself and others,
respect authority,
use resources wisely,
make the world a better place, and
be a sister to every Girl Scout.
Girl Scout Philosophy of Leadership
The Girl Scout philosophy of leadership says that for girls to become leaders they need to:
DISCOVER: Understand their values, and use their knowledge and skills to explore their world
CONNECT: Care about, inspire and team with others locally and globally
TAKE ACTION: Act to make the world a better place
Girl Scout Keys to Leadership
Founded in 1912 by Juliette Gordon Low, Girl Scouts' membership has grown from 18 members in Savannah, Georgia, to 3.7 million members throughout the United States, including U.S. territories, and in more than 90 countries through USA Girl Scouts Overseas.
American Legion
Our Beginnings:
The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, war-time veterans organization. A community-service organization which now numbers nearly 3 million members -- men and women -- in nearly 15,000 American Legion Posts worldwide. These Posts are organized into 55 Departments -- one each for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, France, Mexico, and the Philippines.
Who We Are:
Since its chartering by Congress in 1919, The American Legion has been based on four founding principles:
Service to Veterans
Care and Education of Children
Americanism
Strong National Defense
Post 5 Cedar Rapids, Iowa
4719 J St SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
(319) 364-6146
Post 298 Marion, Iowa
319-377-8320
625 31st St., Marion, IA 52302-0194
Email, post_298@commspeed.net
The Library has an interim location at Westdale Mall lower level. The mission of the Cedar Rapids Public Library is to provide a complete spectrum of information to the community through a variety of materials, appropriate technology and a well-trained staff. Together with the Friends of the Library volunteer group, the Foundation is the vehicle for private support of the Cedar Rapids Public Library. Established in 1972, the Foundation was reorganized in 1980 to help finance a new building. The Foundation Board of Directors secured a $6.8 million contribution from the Hall Perrine Foundation with the stipulation that the City of Cedar Rapids provide a site and the Foundation raise $1 million. A successful fund raising campaign exceeded the goal. Since the 1985 opening of the new building, the Foundation has assisted the Library in its mission to promote literacy, develop superior collections, and expand technological services. The Cedar Rapids Public Library participates as a Cooperating Collection with the Foundation Center of New York. (http://fdncenter.org). Grain processor Archer Daniels Midland is giving $500,000 to help the Cedar Rapids Public Library rebuild after the flood.
Officials from ADM, a multinational corporation that operates a huge processing plant along Highway 30 southwest of Cedar Rapids, will present the check to the Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation.