MOLINE, ILLINOIS (February 17, 2022) — EveryChild, the non-profit formerly known as the Child Abuse Council, is expanding its mental-health training for teachers this year, part of its proactive efforts to reach more children, families, and early-childhood educators.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (February 14, 2022) — Red Cross volunteers responded to two home fires in the Quad Cities and West Central Illinois from February 7 through today. Volunteers responded to incidents in Galesburg (Illinois) and Alexis (Illinois).

JOHNSTON, IOWA (February 1, 2022) — Iowa schools have the opportunity to receive a new water-bottle filling-station through the Rethink Your Drink program, funded by the Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation. Selected schools will have an old drinking fountain replaced with a new Elkay water-bottle filling-station.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (January 27, 2022) — Don’t let the cold winter weather stop your fitness goals. Stretch yourself with Zoom Chair Yoga, a weekly, 45-minute virtual class hosted by the Moline Public Library. Classes are available Thursdays, February 3, 10, 17, and 24 at 11AM upon registration.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (December 15, 2021) — Gilda’s Club Quad Cities is inviting anyone impacted by cancer to become more Digitally Empowered™ by completing an online class to help participants become more confident using technology.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (December 7, 2021) — Gilda’s Club will host their 23rd annual Lighting of the Blessing Tree event on Tuesday, December 7.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA (November 18, 2021) — One in eight people will experience food insecurity in America during their lifetimes, and the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic crisis that followed has exacerbated hunger across the country. Here in Iowa, the search interest for “food pantry near me” went up 50% this year and search interest in SNAP reached an all-time high in Iowa in January 2021.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (November 18, 2021) — Gilda’s Club Quad Cities will host Frankly Speaking About Cancer: Living with Uncertainty — a free workshop for those living with uncertainty. This workshop discusses common challenges and worries, mental health, and cancer, acknowledging the known and unknown and what’s next.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (November 17, 2021) — The Wellmark Foundation awarded Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates (iJAG) $25,000 to assist with their fall leadership-development conference and spring career-development conference. More than 300 middle- and high-school students from 42 Iowa cities were provided an opportunity to learn more about a potential career in the health-care industry and hone their leadership skills.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (November 2, 2021) — Gilda’s Club is hosting two FREE educational workshops for anyone impacted by cancer who wants to learn how to be more tech-savvy on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 6-8PM and Thursday, December 2, 2021, 6-8PM, at the Moline Board Room at UnityPoint — Trinity Moline, located at 600 John Deere Road, Suite 300, Moline, Illinois, 61265.

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