About Us

Meet Alpha Women's Center, a pro-life pregnancy care center with a heart for the woman suspecting that she might be pregnant.

Alpha's Staff:
Executive Director: Linda Albertson, member of Grandview Park Baptist Church, Des Moines, Iowa.
Volunteer Supervisor, Crystal Vance, member of Saylorville Baptist Church.
Volunteer Supervisor, Jeanie Thomas, a member of Saylorville Baptist Church.
30 trained volunteers who are born-again members of Baptist churches.

Board of Directors:
Dale Baker - Des Moines, State Government Attorney, Faith Baptist Church (Cambridge, IA)
Lowell Bond (M.D.) - Ames, Retired doctor, Campus Baptist Church
James Bryan - Ankeny, Industrial Machinery Sales, Ankeny Baptist Church
Don Godwin - Ankeny, Broker/Owner of RE/MAX Real Estate Group, Saylorville Baptist Church
Martha Hartog - Ankeny, Pastor's wife and F.B.B.C. Teacher, Faith Baptist Church (Cambridge, IA)
Jude Higday - Ankeny, Temporary Services, Grandview Park Baptist Church
Emily Webb - Carlisle, Retired state government employee, Missionary Baptist Church

Alpha's clients by nationality:
Caucasian - 57.8%
Latino - 20.3%
Afro-American - 12.2%
Other - 9.7%

Religious affiliation:
Catholic - 19.5%
Baptist - 13.1%
Non-affiliated - 10.7%
Penecostal - 10.5%
Other - 46.2%

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

Alpha's support base: individuals and Baptist churches (many in fellowship with the IARBC)

Vision Statement: To glorify God as a Christ-centered resource for affirming the sanctity of human life from conception to the grave.

ADDRESS:
Alpha Women's Center
3605 Southeast 14th Street
Des Moines, IA 50320
(515) 285-5700