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Goodman Community Center

We strengthen lives and secure futures – with your help!

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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Ron Daynestands in front of Goodman Community Center's Ironworks building

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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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Upcoming Activities

50+ Free Blood Pressure & Glucose Testing

May 19, 2025
10:30 am–12:00 pm

Older Adults, Fitness, Older Adult Fitness

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Culture Club Discussion Group for Older Adults

May 19, 2025
10:30 am–12:00 pm

Weekly discussions for big thinkers

Older Adults

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Older Adult Knitting Group

May 19, 2025
12:30 pm–1:30 pm

Open to knitters of all levels! This is not a formal knitting class.

Older Adults

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Host Your Event with Us!

Large or small, casual or dressed up – our hospitality team is ready to help you make your event one to remember.

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Better Together

Our community is at its best when we stick together.

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The Latest Goodman News

Common Grace Church is home to the Eastmorland Community Center.

Eastmorland Community Center poised for greater neighborhood impact

May 15, 2025

Starting this summer, the home of Eastmorland Community Center will begin its transformation.

Eastside News Stories, Neighborhood News

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Building connection through greetings and goodbyes

May 9, 2025

Greetings and goodbyes are key tools we use to build connection, trust, and a sense of belonging, while also helping children practice important social skills.

Childcare, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Kids

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O’Keeffe Middle School speller top in city, earns top 15 at state bee

May 8, 2025

O’Keeffe’s Benjamin Tekin competed at the 2025 Badger State Spelling Bee.

Eastside News Stories, Neighborhood News

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For more information about the Goodman Community Center, or if you just want to get in touch, contact:

Letesha Nelson

President & Executive Director
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