The Friday Night Dream Makers program donates proceeds raised from the Cedar Rapids Jaycees Uptown Friday Nights, a ten-week concert series in Greene Square Park from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. every Friday night beginning Memorial Day weekend until the last Friday in July.

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Witwer Senior Center will receive donations from the Cedar Rapids Jaycees on Friday, July 6 to surpass $250,000 in donations to local charities given out through the Jaycees� Friday Night Dream Makers program. Other local organizations benefiting from Friday Night Dream Maker donations this year include: American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Red Cross, Animal Welfare Foundation, Big Brother Big Sisters, Catherine McAuley Center, Cedar Valley Humane Society, Christmas Toyshop, Clothe-A-Child, Greene Square Meals, Habitat for Humanity, HD Youth Center, The Heart Connection, Junior Achievement, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Meals on Wheels, Molly�s Closet, Rapids AIDS Project, University of Iowa Dance Marathon, and Waypoint.

The Cedar Rapids Jaycees established its Friday Night Dream Makers program in 2001, as another way to donate funds to local non-profit organizations.

Each year, recipients of the Friday Night Dream Makers program are nominated and selected by a vote of the general membership of the Cedar Rapids Jaycees. This process enables every member of the Jaycees to have a voice in the organization�s charitable giving, and ensures that gifts go to causes which Jaycee members feel strongly about or are involved.

### The Cedar Rapids Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) is comprised of more than 150 young professionals in the Cedar Rapids area. We are dedicated to the personal growth of our members through social and professional interaction, and to the betterment of the Cedar Rapids community through our projects. For more information, please visit www.cedarrapidsjaycees.com.