Dahl Ford and Christian Care have teamed up to give the Quad Cities community an opportunity to win free oil changes for a year?plus a complete auto detailing from Dahl Ford. All participants must do is be accepted as a friend of Christian Care and/or Dahl Ford on Facebook. They will then be entered in a drawing to win this unique prize package. Individuals who are accepted as a friend on Facebook by both Christian Care and Dahl Ford will double their chances of winning.

The contest runs from August 15 to September 15, 2011. For complete contest rules, please visit www.christiancareqc.org.

To find Christian Care on Facebook, go to www.facebook.com/christiancareqc;

to find Dahl Ford on Facebook, go to www.facebook.com/thedahldifference.

Founded in 1916, Christian Care is a non-profit organization committed to serving the least, the last and the lost of the Quad Cities. The organization's vision is to eliminate homelessness, hopelessness, and domestic violence by transforming the lives of those they serve.

Christian Care's services are available to a growing number of homeless men and abused women and children 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In addition to safe shelter, food, clothing, and personal care items, the organization provides a Community Meal Site as well as a 24/7 Crisis Line for those in need throughout the community and beyond. Its two facilities?a domestic violence shelter for women and children and a rescue mission for homeless men?allows it to focus on every member of the family. Christian Care serves homeless individuals, victims of domestic violence, veterans, men and women coming out of prison, and those with mental illness.

There is a good reason that customers keep coming back to Dahl Ford. Five generations of Dahl's have influenced the automobile industry for almost 100 years. This has been made possible through years of customer's loyalty, which stems from a constant focus on the customer's complete satisfaction with its products and services. The rich history of the family as they continue to grow alongside the automotive industry is a great legacy in the making. The Dahl family legacy will continue for generations to come as they are committed to making the "Dahl Difference".

(A sidebar about Christian Care's August 6 "Walk the Walk" event can be found here.)

Quad City Pheonix Festival organizer Emily JawoiszA celebration of survival in the face of seemingly unbearable hardship, August 7's Quad City Phoenix Festival - taking place in Rock Island's Schwiebert Riverfront Park - will find local performers, artists, self-defense instructors, and guest speakers raising funds for area shelters, halfway houses, and domestic-violence awareness programs. And as the phoenix is a mythological bird that famously rises from the ashes to become a newer and stronger version of its previous self, the festival's name, says organizer Emily Jawoisz, is perfectly apt.

For well over two years, Christian Care's Domestic Violence Shelter has been operating at full capacity and maintaining a waiting list for those who cannot immediately be admitted. In response to the pervasiveness of domestic violence in the Quad Cities and in order to offset some of the expenses that result from this unrelenting need, Christian Care is hosting its second annual walk to end domestic violence.

Christian Care's Walk the Walk to De "feet" Domestic Violence will take place onSaturday, August 6 at 10:00 AM, in Sunset Park in Rock Island. This free walk is a leisurely, non-competitive stroll through a beautiful section of the park. Its purpose is to show that domestic violence will not be tolerated in our community. Immediately following the walk, pork chop sandwiches, hot dogs, and homemade baked goods will be for sale. Adults and children will enjoy a variety of activities, including live music, presentations by domestic violence survivors, a professional self-defense demonstration, a magician, a cake walk, face painting, bean bag toss, trivia competitions and much more! Attendees will be able to bid on many silent auction items, luxuriate at one of the chair massage stations and purchase special event T-shirts, DV awareness ribbons, and survivor-made jewelry.

Domestic violence is a widespread problem, touching one in every three women and impacting the lives of their family and friends, as well. Christian Care invites community members to walk beside them as they support domestic violence survivors and work to break the cycle of violence in the future. Contributions to Christian Care can be mailed to PO Box 4176, Rock Island, Illinois 61204. For further information about this event, ways to help, or to find out more about domestic violence, call (309) 788-2273.

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