In celebration of its 125th anniversary, Modern Woodmen will partner with Habitat for Humanity-Quad Cities to build a home in the Habitat Park area of Rock Island. Modern Woodmen will provide the funding as well as volunteers to help build the 52nd Habitat house in the Quad Cities. Groundbreaking is tentatively slated for late summer, and the home is scheduled to be dedicated on the organization's 125th anniversary: January 5, 2008. Founded in 1883 as a fraternal benefit society, Modern Woodmen offers financial services and fraternal member benefits to individuals and families throughout the United States. This house will be the 15th home to be built in the city of Rock Island since Habitat for Humanity-Quad Cities was founded in 1993.
Singer-songwriter
Carrie Newcomer tells about a friend who leads a group of people who
knit for the local food bank. They'll set up somewhere and knit
with a sign that reads, "Knitting for the Food Bank."
It's
apparent both in its publicity materials and in its recordings that
the Chicago-based band Tenki aspires to the epic.
Most
people think of bluegrass as music for old people, and Alex Kirt of
the Woodbox Gang doesn't disagree. He calls it "timeless," but
as a performer that has one big advantage.
