New life. New Hope. New future.

Renewing Our City by providing services for our community with compassion, truth and hope.

our mission & vision

The mission of the ROC Center is to renew our city by proving 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

Areas of Impact

Areas of impact

EDUCATION

Partnering with Metro High School and offering tutoring, ACT prep courses, ESL, college prep classes and workforce development tools.

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

Daniel Winn

Board Member
New City Church

Dan Devore

Board Member
Cedar Rapids Community School District, Metro

Emily Davis

Board Member
ADM

Rod Dooley

Board Member
Cedar Rapids Community School District

Matt Jenkins

Board Member
College Community School District, Prairie

Dede Fantroy

Board Member
Cedar Rapids Community School District, Hoover

George Bounds

Board Member
General Mills

Steven Wilson

Executive Director
CIRAS

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Blog

ROC Renovations

Feb 19, 2020

If you have visited the ROC Center lately, you probably noticed things look a little bit different.

Making a (Snack) Impact

Feb 9, 2019

What’s a Thanksgiving dinner without a turkey? For a few Cedar Rapids families, that is a worry they did not have to face this holiday season.

ACT Prep Course

Feb 8, 2019

Several students from the Cedar Rapids area braved the snowy roads for an afternoon of preparing for the ACT.

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Whether you have a question regarding one of our programs, would like to request meeting space or, would like to learn about volunteer opportunities, our team is looking forward to hearing from you and will be in touch soon!

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1202 10th Street SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401

The ROC Center

daniel

winn

Board Member
New City Church

Daniel and his wife, Kelly, have lived in Marion, Iowa for 16 years, where he serves as co-pastor of New City Church, located in Cedar Rapids. Daniel graduated from Rhema Bible Training Center in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma in 1985. He has served as a youth pastor in 3 different churches for 17 years. Daniel is the President of Drop
Inn Ministries of Iowa, a non-profit organization that helps provide humanitarian aid to countries around the world. He also has served on the board of an organization called Serve The City.

Dan Devore

Board Member
Cedar Rapids Community School District, Metro

Dan graduated from Jefferson High School in 2000. He graduated from University of Northern Iowa and began his career in education in 2005. He started this work as an at-risk coordinator at Alburnett JR/Sr High School. Dan accepted the Principal position at Metro High School in Cedar Rapids in 2017. He looks forward to continuing to push youth to explore their possibilities and create concrete plans that can help them reach those goals.

Emily Davis

Board Member
ADM

Emily came to Cedar Rapids by way of Kansas in the summer of 2017. She grew up on a cattle farm and studied at Kansas State University. Eager to give back to the community she calls home, she accepted the opportunity to serve at the ROC Center. In her spare time, she enjoys staying active in her church, cooking, reading, and exploring Iowa state parks.

Rod Dooley

Board Member
Cedar Rapids Community School District

Rod and his wife, Karen, have lived in Cedar Rapids, IA for 21 years where he serves as co-Pastor of New City Church. Rod is also employed by the Cedar Rapids Community School District where he serves as the Chief of Equity and Office of Learning and Leadership. Rod has served as a lead pastor for 16 years and prior to that, he served as a youth pastor for 4 years. Rod accepted his call to the ministry in November 2000 and was ordained in May 2002.

Matt Jenkins

Board Member
Cedar Rapids Community School District, Prarie

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DEDE Fantroy

Board Member
Cedar Rapids Community School District, Hoover

GEorge Bounds

Board Member
General Mills

Steven Wilson

Executive Director
CIRAS

Steven works for CIRAS, a company that creates specific solutions that allow each business, along with its community, to prosper and grow. Prior to that, Steven was the owner of Zoned Strategies (a WCTS, Inc company), a business consultancy that helps businesses become the best they can be by helping them apply the best and brightest strategies, tools and methods to their operation. Steve is the member of several professional associations and serves as an adviser on local and national non-profit boards.