American Home Finding Association

The Newton YMCA provides many services in the areas of team sports, health improvement and other activities. The Newton branch was created in 1927. Six years after Mary Frances Skiff Memorial Hospital opened, a $40,000 debt hung over the hospital, largely due to unpaid donations from the original fund drive. F.L. Maytag, founder of the Maytag Company and a supporter of the hospital, agreed to a personal pledge of $250,000 to build a YMCA if Newton residents would pay the pledged funds for the hospital s debt. The Newton Chamber of Commerce gathered to form a 30-member committee. It raised $54,191 in a week to allow the Mary Frances Skiff Memorial Hospital to be debt-free, and Newton s YMCA was subsequently built. The Newton YMCA continues more than 70 years later. Officially known as the Young Men's Christian Association, the YMCA has been apart of the community in several ways. Services such as gymnasium and weight lifting equipment are available to Newton residents. The YMCA is also a major organizer of youth and adult athletics in the community.

American Home Finding Association, founded in 1899, is a nonprofit agency providing adoption and foster care for children, family counseling, maternal child health program, emergency shelter for adolescents, mediation services and foster grandparent program. It is a licensed adoption agency finding adoptive homes for both infants and children with special needs and offers private counseling for individuals and families. The agency also provides adoptive parent home studies and updates and post-placement supervision. Its WIC program is a nutrition program for pregnant and postpartum women, infants and children below 5-years old and provides supplemental food through a voucher system, nutritional education and referral for appropriate health care. The agency operates an emergency shelter care facility for children and adolescents to improve the physical and emotional health by providing primary and preventative health services. It is located in Ottumwa, Iowa.

The American Home Finding Association (AHFA), founded in July 1899, is a private non-profit organization based in Ottumwa, IA, dedicated to providing exceptional services for children and families. With a mission to nurture and enhance the quality of life for their clients, AHFA offers a range of programs including WIC, adoption services, emergency shelters, and support for young adults. Generated from the website