ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (October 25, 2019) — Quad City artists, musicians, and community-leaders are collaborating in this one-day event to celebrate art and cancer awareness at River Music Experience (RME) in downtown Davenport, 4-10PM. Tickets are $10 (ovarian cancer survivors and children under 12 are free). The girlpARTs project is sponsored by Regional Development Authority, Quad City Arts, KWQC-TV6, Quad City Times, TownSquare Media, Royal Neighbors of America and 20 bodice benefactors who have underwritten the bodice project.
Here's the line-up:
- Free Meet and Greet session for teenage girls with "America's Got Talent" golden-ticket winner (from Simon Cowell, no less), Caly Bevier at 3PM;
- Survivor Photo with host Paula Sands at 4:30PM for all ovarian-cancer survivors;
- Bodice Viewing. Your only chance to see the 24 amazing artistic creations in one place. Guests can pre-bid or "buy it now" before the online auction which starts November 1.
- Music. Music. More Music. Enjoy performances by Caly Bevier at 4:30PM and 8:30PM, YoYo y Yo at 5:30PM, Owl Creek Collective at 6:30PM, and Douglas and Tucker at 7:30PM;
- Artists' Market and Raffle. Shop a dozen artist booths and enter win one of 28 wonderful raffle-items.
- Craftivities for the kids and Bad Boyz Pizza for sale.
Tickets are available at the door or through this link:
https://normaleah.networkforgood.com/events/13410-girlparts-fest.
All women are at risk for ovarian cancer, even if they no longer have their ovaries. Women with a family history of breast and other cancers or who have had a history of gynecologic issues may be at increased risk. There is no screening test; a pap-test screens for cervical cancer.
NormaLeah Ovarian Cancer Initiative, headquartered in Rock Island, enriches lives through early-detection education, patient-support services, and research funding for ovarian cancer. The organization honors the memory of Mrs Kavensky's mother, Norma Yecies Shagrin, and her aunt, Leah Yecies Hantman, whose lives were cut short by this deadly disease. “Sisters share a lot of things, but ovarian cancer should never be any of them,” Kavensky said.
For more information, call us at 309.794.0009, email normaleah@normaleah.org or visit the website at www.normaleah.org.
