ABOUT
US
MISSION.
The Jesse Cosby Neighborhood Center is in the heart of Waterloo; the Center has been dedicated to keeping and enhancing the quality of life of our neighborhood families.
For over 59 years the center has provided Senior services and activities and Crisis Services to include assistance with rent, mortgage, prevention of Water and utility shut off weekly throughout
Blackhawk County
LEGACY.
Jesse Cosby legacy includes using his talents and square-dance calling skills, he was responsible for creating some of the Cedar’s Valley’s first racially integrated social social venues, bringing the community together in a radical way. In 1950, his efforts were recognized at the National White House Conference on Children and Youth in Washington D.C. It was here that he began organizing a traveling choir, the proceeds of which were intended for a Waterloo Community Center-a dream that he would not actualize during his life. (The Jesse Cosby Community Choir was recreated in 2023 to perform at the Gallagher Bluedorn Sounds of The Season” and continues to perform to this day.
FUNDERS.
Black Hawk County General Assistance (BHCGA)
Cedar Valley United Way
City of Waterloo
Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa
Emergency Food & Shelter
Helen Guernsey Foundation
Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging (NEI3A)
Otto Schiotz Foundation
Black Hawk County Gaming Association
TruStage Foundation
US Bank Foundation
COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS.
Antioch Baptist Church Union Baptist Church
Bakari Behavioral Health Gallagher Bluedorn
CBE Group Amazon Cedar Falls, Iowa
Corinthians Baptist Church The White Family
Audrey Wallican-Green Kelly Price
First Presbyterian Church Retiree's Local 838
Payne A.M.E. Church Ball, Kirk & Holm, PC
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church Family of Jeanne Lucas
Savior Baptist Community Church Mary Ann Burk
Tyson Foods YWCA of Black Hawk County
UAW Local 838 Charles & Alice Shirley
University of Northern Iowa Audrey Wallican-Green
Veridian Credit Union Roman Turner
Dr. Allen Green We Arose Cooperative
James Lechey Family Next Generation Wireless
Becker Elementary School Waschek Family Fund
KWWL-TV Rocki N Chaveevah
Northend Festival East Side Ministerial Alliance
Faith Temple Church KBBG
Unity Point Believers of Christ Church
Big Head Burger Crossroads Hy-Vee
The Jesse Cosby Community Collective Choir