The Goodman Center has been here for our community for over 70 years, and with you in our corner, we'll be around for another 70 (and then some!). We serve people ages 3 to 103 with our children and youth programs, older adult activities and meals, food pantry, fitness center, event spaces and more. Take a look around and see what we're all about, and then get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!
From Backfield to Back of House
Ron Dayne works behind the scenes to ensure Goodman Community Center's programs have meals, and anchors our program kitchen team. Together, our program kitchen prepares 650 meals a day for SSM Health Meals on Wheels and participants in GCC's programs.
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The Great Dayne does great things at Goodman Community Center
Ron Dayne anchors Goodman’s program kitchen team
By Florence Edwards-Miller, GCC director of communications and annual giving
Geographically, the Goodman Community Center program kitchen isn’t that far from where Camp Randall Stadium is, but few would have expected that GCC is the place where football legend Ron Dayne gets things done these days. And yet, there he is on most mornings, efficiently slotting bread rolls into small compartments of compostable food trays to the tinny music from a Bluetooth speaker.
Dayne is part of the team that primarily prepares food for Meals on Wheels. The program kitchen is one of the least public but most essential aspects of the center’s work. Dayne joined the kitchen team in 2023 as a volunteer but quickly became a stalwart of the program, showing up daily and becoming one of the program’s most reliable volunteers.
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Letesha Nelson
President & Executive Director
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