27 Apr 2019

African Dinner to Feature Singer/Songwriter David Smith

By Linda Golden

 

13 Sep 2013

Annual Interfaith Women's dialogue to be held at Jewish Center

By Linda Golden

The eighth annual Jewish, Christian, Muslim Women's Dialogue will be held this year on Monday, Sept. 30th and Monday, Oct 7th at 7:00pm at the Tri-City Jewish Center at 2715 - 30th Street in Rock Island.

This year's topic, "Who Is Stranger?" will be discussed from the perspective of each of the three faiths. The discussions, previously held at St. Mary's Monastery and teh Moline Mosque, will begin with a welcome from Rabbi Tamar Grimm.

For more information, call Linda Golden at 309-786-7031, Sister Catherine Cleary at 309-283-2118 or Lisa Killinger at 563-650-5733.  All women are invited to attend.

 

27 Apr 2010

Local schools join to help bring clean water to Kenya

By Linda Golden

The Thurgood Marshall Learning Center Green Team and the Rock Island High School Studen Council are partnering in a project to bring clean water and toilets to Goitab Kalyet Primary School int he Great Rift Valley of Kenya.  The partnership is sponsored by Water for Live Foundation to make an impact on the 1.1 billion people that lack access to safe drinking water around the globe.

The two groups of students will be holding a joint Walk for Water on Saturday, May 1 at the Rock Island High School stadium from 11am until Noon. Students with sponsors will be walking three miles to represent the average walk that young girls and women make each day in the developing world to carry water to their families.  The students are hoping to reduce the 1.4 million deaths that occur yearly due to diarrhea.

Anyone withing to participate or sponsor a walker can contact Linda Golden at 309-793-5924 or Sheila Guse at 309-793-5950.

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