Check out a recent article about the Quakerdale prep-basketball program in the Star Tribune!
Read up on recent Promise Academy news!
The Promise Academy strives to provide students with educational leadership opportunities. Learn about Quinn's recent experience.
Recent newspaper articles featuring Quakerdale.
Along with our educational opportunities we offer opportunities for families and communities to get the support they need. Read a recent story of success through the Functional Family Therapy program.
Join us in touching the lives of others through your talents and abilities. Check out the latest job openings.
Mobile Camp 2011 is upon us! Take a peek at the locations, dates, etc. for your child
Watch as Rob speaks about Quakerdale's new direction and mission
Check out our photo contest- prizes are available for winners
A press release regarding Quakerdale's continued prescence in Jasper County regardless of the Newton shelter closing.
Help support Quakerdale by purchasing Christmas Cards!
Read about highlights of the summer and fall in our latest newsletter.
Hooray it's National Philanthropy Day!
Channel 5 reports on news regarding Quakerdale's Newton Shelter
Upcoming events and great ways to support Quakerdale!
Check out the Eagles basketball photos courtesy of Tom Apgar
An invitation to join us in our environmental friendly initiative
Gear up for basketball season with t-shirts and sweatshirts!
A personal story of faith written by a Promise Home resident, Age 11
Quakerdale Promise Academy announces basketball team name & colors!
Quakerdale's Promise Academy Basketball Program has gone cross country!
The 2010 John Deere Classic opens up great opportunities for your support, including chances to win over 500 prizes!
"Quakerdale is an open opportunity to build something special." - Coach Stan Hughes
Mobile Camp has kicked off in Waterloo today and will be making its way across Iowa with openings for children ages 6-11 & their families.
Help us to Serve as Christ Serves by joining us on Facebook today!
$13,600 raised for Quakerdale of Manning at golf outing.
Quakerdale forms a partnership with Keep Iowa Beautiful where the goal is to make a difference in the State of Iowa with the people and communites we serve.
Please join us at our New Providence Campus on April 29, 2010 from 3-6 pm in helping us plant trees and tour the Sustainable Agriculture Farm Program.
Please join us. We are having a come and go open house breakfast on May 1, 2010 from 6 to 10 am. We invite you to come and see the ranch and have some breakfast.
Sustainable Agriculture Program utilizing a Ecosystem Based Concept modeled after Growing Power located in Milwaukee, WI
QUAKERDALE IS REACCREDITED
Quakerdale Mobile Camps is expanding their program to include year-round activities!
Last summer, Quakerdale hosted “Mobile Camp” at four different locations in Waterloo. (Click here to watch video.)
Now, kids age 6 - 11 and their families can come join us for Free Mobile Camp Weekends!!!
Quakerdale ONLINE STORE
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If you are interested in purchasing any of our products, please contact the Development Department at 641.497.5294 or email development@quakerdale.org.
All purchases benefit our youth!
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NEW! QUAKERDALE HERBAL TEAS
CHRISTMAS CARDS
LARGE WREATHS
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OTHER CRAFTS
On Saturday September 5th, 3 Manning shelter clients and Quakerdale staffer Amy Bengard volunteered at "Meals from the Heartland" in Des Moines, along with others from the Methodist church in Manning. Over 15,000 volunteers took part in packaging 4,019,904 meals. These meals will be sent to starving people in Haiti, Jamaica, South Africa, Nigeria, Mexico, Israel, and homeless shelters here in Iowa. The group really enjoyed their time and were proud of the work they did to help others.
Do you need prayer for something in your life? Quakerdale is happy to offer you the opportunity to submit your prayer requests through our online form. We would like to pray for and encourage you in your time of need.
Click HERE to submit your prayer request.
Strategic America, an integrated marketing firm in Iowa, recently received a Gold Award for their work on Quakerdale's new Public Service Announcement (PSA). The Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP) has donated $500 toward Quakerdale's marketing expenses through the Gold Award.
Read Strategic America's Press Release highlighting the Award.
Watch Quakerdale's Award-Winning PSA HERE!
To see the Winter 2009 issue of News & Views, click HERE.
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To get your own copy of News & Views delivered to your door, fill out our online contact form and we'll be glad to add you to our mailing list!
The Rhoads family just celebrated their ‘best Thanksgiving ever’ for many reasons. For one, it coincided within days of Carol and Stan’s fifth wedding anniversary. It’s a miraculous milestone for the Rhoads, since Stan was told shortly after their marriage that he had only a few months to live.
Two Quakerdale students have won first place in their respective divisions in the Creative Writing and Fine Arts Competition of the National Fellowship of Child Care Executives 2008 Summer Conference.
A grant of $3,000 from the Hardin County Community Endowment Foundation made possible the recent installation of new shingles on Tatum Cottage.
Martha-Ellen Tye Scholarships for Quakerdale residents have been increased to reflect rising education costs, and to better assist our students in their academic careers.
A group of 20 Quakerdale members of Team F.U.N. (Fundamentals U Need), a program of Kurt Warner's First Things First foundation, were special guests for "An Evening With Champions," at the Paramount Theatre in Cedar Rapids Sunday May 25.
The spring weather made golf impossible at Elmwood Country Club but it did not dampen the spirit of the 2008 Lennox/Quakerdale Invitational Pro-Am Golf Tournament Thursday, June 12, in Marshalltown.
Okoboji businessman and philanthropist Gerald “Bud” Pearson has given Quakerdale a half million dollars to establish the Bud Pearson Promise Home.
You can now provide for a child’s stay in Quakerdale’s life skills training and Residential Treatment program through the Sponsor A Child initiative.
Robert Talbot became Executive Director of Quakerdale in January of 2008. His appointment marks only the third leadership change at Quakerdale in the past 44 years.