The Bettendorf Discovery Shop in Cumberland Square invites you to their Annual Holiday Open House Sunday, November 22nd from Noon to 4 pm.

The American Cancer Society's Discovery Shop is ready to kick off the holiday season.  Mark your calendars and plan to stop by and help us to ring in the season as we unveil all of our wonderful holiday items. The shop will be bursting at the seams with all kinds of Santas, snowmen, nativity sets, holiday clothing, ornaments, village pieces, collectibles, and many other fantastic items.  If you will be looking for the perfect sweater for your upcoming theme parties be sure to stop by and look through our great selection, we have lots of contest winners.  What a great way to help in the fight against cancer!

If you need something for yourself or for someone on your list, this is a great place to start. Get a sneak peek before the event starts on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/QCdiscoveryshop

The shop will be closed Saturday, November 21st to prepare for this event.

The Discovery Shop is an upscale resale shop.  All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society to fund cancer research, patient services, education and advocacy.

If you have items that you would like to donate for this event, donations are accepted anytime the shop is open and a tax receipt is always available.  Hours are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 am to 5 pm, Thursday from 10 am to 7 pm and Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm.

(Rock Island County)  It's that time of the year again....

Each year a coalition of caring community leaders comes together for a cause as worthy as they come:  handing out bikes to the youngest and the neediest among us.  Teaming up this year is the Rock Island County Regional Office of Education, Bike N'Hike and Queen's Parlour.

This initiative, called "Bikes for Brains," seeks to give out 150 bikes (with helmets and training wheels) to qualified QC-area children deemed eligible by Rock Island Head Start,  Children's Therapy Center, The Project and Youth Hope.  The average cost of a bike with training wheels is about $50. The Pilot Club of Moline has pledged to donate helmets for all of the new young bikers and will fit the children with the helmets properly at the giveaway day.
The goal is to raise a total of $6,000 between now and December 14th which is the happy day we give away the bikes.  On that day, from 11 am-5 pm at the Martin Luther King Center in Rock Island, we help the young children pick out their new bikes.

Organizer Sandy Seeley loves to help with this program.  "This initiative provides bicycles, helmets, and books to young children who would not be provided the opportunity to own and ride a bicycle, if it were not for the generous donations provided for by our community. Children who are recipients of this initiative will use their gross motor skills every time they ride their bike which, in turn, promotes brain development."

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$2500 Community Health Care
$2050 Vera French
$1050 St. Joseph's Worker House
$1050 SEAP
$550 Bethany
$500 Humility of Mary Housing
$500 Humility of Mary Shelter

In From the Cold also announces this year's Mayors Hunger Luncheon will be November 4th in the Golden Leaf Banquet Center, 2902 East Kimberly Road in Davenport. Doors open at 11 with a meal at noon.

? Wednesday, November 4th, 2015 
? Cost is $25 per person or $200 for a table of 10
? Raffles, cookies, silent auction items and a 50/50 drawing will be available
? Tickets can be purchased at: sss.infromthecoldqc.org

About: In From the Cold of the Quad Cities is a committee of volunteers from the Quad Cities are whose sole purpose is to raise money on behalf of the member agencies of the Quad Cities Shelter and Transitional Housing organization.

Since it's inception in 1992, In From the Cold has worked to create and coordinate a grant review process for the distribution of all funds raised. In From The Cold is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization, operated by a volunteer board. In 1992, In From the Cold began the Mayor's Hunger Luncheon as a major fundraising event. 

This event is held on the first Wednesday in November offering a simple meal of bread and soup. On that day we ask all attending to "eat simply so that others can simply eat." All area Mayors have graciously participated by hosting this event and serving the meals. To date, In From the Cold has raised more than $330,000 for the Homeless of the Quad Cities. 

Details for the 2015 Luncheon include : 
? Wednesday, November 4th
? Golden Leaf Banquet Center, 2902 E Kimberly Rd # 1, Davenport, IA 52807
? Cost is $25 per person or Table of 10 is $200
? Raffles, cookies, silent auction items and a 50/50 drawing will be available

Over the years, IFTC has raised more than $330,000 to help fund homeless service providers and related agencies in the Quad City area. 

For more information: 
? Barry Gallagher, President 563-320-2679 barryg@verfrenchmhc.org
? Harvey Wiley, Vice President 563-940-3104 hwiley@casiseniors.org
? Danielle Richardson, Secretary 563-468-7887 drichardson@chcqca.org
? Jennifer Bullock, Treasurer 563-940-0167 jbullock@chcqca.org

Bettendorf, Iowa - Thanks to the fundraising efforts of the Rotary Clubs of Bettendorf, Davenport and Iowa Quad-Cities, 966 Iowa Quad-City school children in families with limited means will have warm coats this winter.

The clubs received generous donations from their own members and outside donors, and leveraged those donations with matching funds from the Rotary District 6000 (Southern Iowa) annual Warm Coat Drive.

The coats will arrive by truck at 9 a.m. Saturday (Oct. 17) at the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency, 729 21^st St., Bettendorf. They will be distributed to children as part of the AEA's David E. Lane Coats for Kids Program.

"This program is especially meaningful for Bettendorf Rotarians," said Bettendorf Rotary President Kevin Kraft. "This is not a budgeted item, so every year we simply ask our members to reach into their pockets and donate what they can. To work with other Rotarians to provide nearly 1,000 new coats to kids in our community is gratifying beyond words."

"The Coats for Kids project has been such a rewarding experience for the Davenport Rotary. There's something special about being able to put a warm coat on a child in need," says Rotary Club of Davenport President Tom Bowman.  "We also appreciate the opportunity to partner with the other area Rotary groups to extend the reach of the program throughout the Iowa Quad Cities."

Operation Warm Coat provides brand new winter coats to children in need, giving them a newfound freedom and confidence to play, learn and do more. To date, Operation Warm Coat has given winter coats to more than 1.7 million children throughout America and beyond.

Rotary brings together a global network of volunteer leaders dedicated to tackling the world's most pressing humanitarian challenges. Rotary connects 1.2 million members of more than 34,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Their work improves lives at both the local and international levels, from helping families in need in their own communities to working toward a polio-free world. 

The Bettendorf Rotary Club was chartered on May 22, 1957, and has more than 100 members fulfilling the Rotary mission.  Rotary Club of Davenport is the oldest service club in the Quad Cities, chartered on November 11, 1911.  The Rotary Clubs of Bettendorf and Davenport co-sponsored the Iowa Quad Cities club in 1985.  All three clubs work to fulfill the mission of "Service Above Self" in a variety of local, regional, national and international ­community volunteer projects.

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