| The First Friday Breakfast Club
(FFBC) is an educational,
non-profit corporation for gay men in Iowa who gather on the first
Friday of every month to provide mutual support, to be educated on
community affairs, and to further educate community opinion leaders
with more positive images of gay men. It is the largest breakfast
club in the state of Iowa. The club
provides a safe and supportive environment for its members, and the
membership list is kept confidential. Help is also available for
those who need assistance in the "coming out" process.
Activities of the First
Friday Breakfast Club
The club raises money for a scholarship fund
and awards a yearly grant to an Iowa high school senior who has
contributed to reducing the degree of homophobia in his/her school
and/or community. Letters are sent to every high school counselor in
Iowa to solicit scholarship candidates.
Club members receive the monthly newsletter,
First Friday News and Views. The newsletter contains editorials,
club and community announcements, articles of interest to the
membership, reviews, and profiles of one of the club's members.
Other club activities have included a Fourth
of July Picnic, participation in the GLRC Gay and Lesbian Expo,
guided tours of The Principal Financial Group's art collection, and
attending theatrical productions together.
Mission Statement
The First Friday Breakfast Club, Inc.'s,
primary purposes are to work toward the elimination of prejudice and
discrimination against all people based on their disclosed or
perceived gender orientation. The First Friday Breakfast Club will
seek to achieve these purposes through education directed at the
public, and by providing its current and prospective members with a
forum for discussion, organization and dissemination of
informational and educational materials designed to further its
purposes.
About the
four-leaf clover in our logo
In 1620, Sir John Melton wrote: "If a man
walking in the fields find any four-leaved grass, he shall in a
small while after find some good thing."
As time has gone along, the four leaves of the
clover have also taken on further meanings:
One leaf is for HOPE ...
The second for FAITH ...
The third for LOVE ...
And the fourth, for LUCK.
And so, for ourselves, our friends, and our
community, we wish for all four as our lives progress. |
