Unlocking the Future Capital Campaign

Unlocking the Future is a Capital Campaign to build a stand-alone Boys & Girls Club on the Southeast side of Cedar Rapids on Washington Ave. We are grateful to First Congregational United Church of Christ for housing our South Unit for nearly 20 years and look forward to continuing our partnership with them through community outreach.

We've got progress at the site of our new Busse Unit! After COVID, supply chain snags, and a shortage of skilled workers threw some curve balls our way, causing delays and pushing our timeline back a ways, we are thrilled to share that we broke ground at the end of September. Construction crews are now finishing putting in the footings and foundation. Next spring, brick laying will begin and the major construction phase will officially kick off! We're now estimating that we’ll be ready to open the doors to the Busse Unit and begin serving kids in early 2025.

Once our Busse Unit opens, Club membership and programming will expand significantly by providing the following:

• A safe haven for an additional 300 Cedar Rapids children and teens not currently served, doubling the number of youth we serve organization-wide
• Dedicated rooms for our six core program areas
• Specialized programming for teens in a Teen Center
• Increased number of free healthy meals served annually
• Additional Club time for our members
• Rental space for sports leagues & community gatherings
  

Provides dedicated space for each of our six core program areas

Middle school size gymnasium to keep

kids and teens active

Provides opportunity to develop new skills through STEAM Lab, Music Studio & Career Academy

Teen center with specialized programs for teens

Teaching kitchen to develop cooking skills

Game room where
kids can relax and have fun

Lavern T. & Audrey Busse Foundation

Hall-Perrine Foundation

Linn County

City of Cedar Rapids

John & Cindy Bloomhall

Chris & Suzy De Wolf

Wayne & Nan Kocourek

John & Dyan Smith

Jared & Carol Hills

Kings Material/Charlie Rohde

MidAmerican Energy

New Leader Manufacturing

Brimmer Foundation

Transamerica Foundation

Terry & Marjorie Bjornsen

Optimist Club of Cedar Rapids,

Tuesday Noon

TrueNorth/Duane Smith

GreenState Credit Union

Gary & Cathy Rosek

Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust

Patrick & Malora Cosgrove

ITC Midwest

United Fire Group

World Class Industries

Bill & Rocki Shepard

Crescent Janko Foundation

F & M Bank

ImOn Communications

Don & Bobbi Kaas

Tim & Ann Kortemeyer

Mcleod Charitable Foundation

Dawn Orr

Schimberg Co.

Variety - the Children's Charity

Campaign Committee Members

A huge thank you to our campaign executive committee for their work over the last year to secure over $8 million in support of our campaign.