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Meet Alpha Women's Center, a pro-life pregnancy care center with a heart for the woman suspecting that she might be pregnant.
 
Vision Statement: To glorify God as a Christ-centered resource for affirming the sanctity of human life from conception to the grave.
 
Alpha's Staff:
Executive Director
Linda Albertson
Pleasant Hill
 
Volunteer Supervisor
Ankeny & Des Moines Offices
Crystal Vance
Ankeny
 
Volunteer Supervisor
Des Moines Office
Debbie Owens
Pleasant Hill
 
Volunteer Supervisor
Ankeny Office
Sarah Lounsbrough
 
Also 22 trained volunteers who are born-again members of Baptist churches.
 

Board of Directors:

  • Don Godwin - Ankeny, Broker/Owner of RE/MAX Real Estate Group
  • Keith Bishop - Indianola, Controller at RPW Headlamps
  • Dr. Kenneth Hansen, Ankeny, Owner of Ankeny Family Vision Center
  • Martha Hartog - Ankeny, F.B.B.C. Teacher
  • Jude Higday - Ankeny, Temporary Services
  • Emily Webb - Carlisle, Retired state government employee

Alpha's clients by ethnicity:

  • Caucasian - 57%
  • Latino - 21.3%
  • Afro-American - 14.5%
  • Other - 7.2%

Religious affiliation:

  • Catholic - 21.3%
  • Baptist - 10%
  • Non-affiliated - 20%
  • Penecostal - 9%
  • Other - 39.7%

Average age: 15-19 years old. The next common group consists of clients 20-24 years old.

Alpha's support base: Individuals and churches (many in fellowship with the IARBC). We receive no government support.

Address & Contact Information:

Alpha Women's Center

E-mail: awc1dsm@mchsi.com

DES MOINES
3605 Southeast 14th Street
Des Moines, IA 50320
(515) 285-5700

ANKENY
406 SW School Street, Room 206
Ankeny, Iowa 50023
(515) 965-7885