New life. New Hope. New future.
Renewing Our City by providing services for the community that offer opportunities for a new life, a new hope, and a new future.
our mission & vision
The mission of the ROC Center is to renew our city by providing services for our community with compassion, truth and hope. We will do this by providing services in five areas of impact: Education, Recreation, Business Partnerships, Community Support and Spiritual Growth & Development.
The board members and executive director look to achieve success by working together with community leaders to best care for the community. Located in the heart of the Oakhill-Jackson area of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the ROC Center looks to not only provide new programming for the community but also assist and provide support for organizations that are already serving the community. By Renewing Our City, the ROC Center seeks to serve the community as a thriving hub of activity for youth, families, senior citizens, civic organizations, parks and recreation departments, and more.
Life’s most persistent and urgent question is what are you doing for others?
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
Volunteer Opportunities
Areas of impact
EDUCATION
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RECREATION
Athletics, community game nights, cooking and other life skills
BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS
Working with businesses in the area to help them grow and develop
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Providing neeeded serivces such as weekly meals, community garden & neighborhood meetings
SPIRITUAL GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
Bible studies, worship services & prayer
Meet our Team
LaShunda McFarland
Board President
Coe College
Keith Burgh
Board Vice President
Retired
Steven Wilson
Executive Director
CIRAS
Kayla Juehring
Executive Administrative Assistant
The ROC Center
Rod Dooley
Board Member
New City Church
Dede Fantroy
Board Member
Cedar Rapids Community School District, Hoover
Emily POLLARD
Board Member
Aegon Asset Management
Daniel Winn
Board Member
New City Church
Drop Inn Ministries
Dan Devore
Board Member
Cedar Rapids Community School District, Metro
Matt Jenkins
Board Member
College Community School District, Prairie
George Bounds
Board Member
General Mills
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Blog
Introducing Buxton Hall
Our heart today at the ROC Center is to recapture, renew and build on that work ethic, love of family and friends and fully integrated sense of community that sparked this neighborhood in the early 1900’s. We honor the memories that precede us and look forward to what God is going to do afresh in the Oak Hill Jackson neighborhood in the years to come.
The ROC Center welcomes Kinyange House
Meet our partner Georges Dakonsa, founder of Kinyange House and learn about their vision. My name is Georges Dakonsa. I come from the Democratic Republic of Congo. I have five kids; four boys and one girl. I have an extensive background in diverse fields, and have...
ROC Renovations
If you have visited the ROC Center lately, you probably noticed things look a little bit different.
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