Our Vision

Our vision is to improve the physical and economic health of individuals, families in Adams, Brown and Hancock Counties, and the region in which we live and work.

Goals

• Improve the health of individuals, families and future generations

• Provide economic support and stimulus

• Help seniors live more actively and productively and stay in their homes longer

• Build life-long health habits for children by promoting sports, fitness and healthy choices at a young age

• Support the tri-county region as a place of choice for spending family recreation time and dollars

• Support area school athletics and community athletic programs with new and year-round sports opportunities

• Provide attractive space for community use

• Enhance value of the region for economic development as support in attracting and retaining good employees/employers and maintaining a stable population

• Be self-sustaining through active participation and memberships

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The Project 

A 33,000-square-foot wellness and community center located on 5 acres on the eastern edge of Camp Point, Ill. along Highway 24. The West Central Illinois Community Centers (WCICC) is designed as Phase II of a regional Community Centers project that included the Mt. Sterling YMCA. The WCICC is designed to include a Teen Center, three community multipurpose rooms, two pools (a cool water 6-lane lap pool and a warm water therapy pool), a fitness track with weight and exercise area, locker rooms, offices and room for future development of a gymnasium. Programming will include: Senior Programming, Youth Programming, Intergenerational and Family Activities and Exercise, Aqua-therapy, and Healthy Choices and Wellness Education.

Regional Partnerships

Many community groups, agencies, and service providers will work together to provide the health activities and programming that will take place in the center.

Currently, WCICC partners with the Quincy Family YMCA and the University of Illinois Extension Service to provide family-friendly programming to our community while we build toward a facility.

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Who We Will Serve:

The Need for A Rural Health Center

While the WCICC will serve families who seek fitness and recreation opportunities on a membership basis, the WCICC will address critical needs of rural health, senior adult health, and youth-at-risk in our community.

The service area for the proposed wellness center includes the four community school districts of eastern Adams County, Brown County, and southern Hancock County.

The region has many low-income senior housing facilities, as well as residential facilities for mentally ill and physically and developmentally adults. Four nearby rural nursing homes will benefit from therapies offered through the center.

Leadership

Board of Directors

Dr. Debra Phillips, Golden
Martin Cook, Superintendent, Central School District
Todd Fox, Superintendent, Southeastern School District
Bill Reed, Principal, Central High School
Earl Bricker, Camp Point
Don Humke, Camp Point
Kelsey Likes, Camp Point
Bob Rhea, Camp Point
Roman J. Salamon, Camp Point
Amanda Wallace, Clayton
Deb Walter, Camp Point

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Governance and Operations

The WCICC is a 501(c) (3) non-profit governed by a local board of regional representatives. Once it is built, the WCICC intends to operate the center under contract with the Quincy YMCA. A business plan shows how, through membership estimates based on the actual experience of the Mt. Sterling YMCA, the WCICC will be self-sustaining.

Phase Two, located east of Camp Point, Illinois will have a regional aquatherapy center which will serve both locations. It will include a community gym, locker rooms, a multipurpose room, weight and exercise room, teen center, offices and an aqua-therapy complex. The aqua-therapy complex would be centrally located within the region between the four school districts and four nursing homes at the phase two campus. The aqua-therapy complex will include two pools. One pool that can be used for exercise classes, cardiovascular training, swimming instruction, water sports and family activities. The other part of the complex will be a warmer therapy pool that will house the arthritis exercise classes and therapeutic interventions for the population with disabilities.

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