We Need Your Help!

No one in the Quad Cities should go without food. This holiday season, Skip-a-Long Family and Community Services is looking for donations of food items to support our families and individuals in need.

We are asking for your help by donating these items from Monday, November 24th through Friday, December 19th at any of these locations:

Davenport Campus
3520 Crow Creek Road
Davenport, IA 52807

Moline Campus
4800 60th Street
Moline, IL 61265

Rock Island Campus
1609 4th Street
Rock Island, IL 61201

Open Door
1609 4th Street
Building II
Rock Island, IL 61201

Top Needed Items
1. Canned Meals (Chili, Stew, Ravioli, Soups)
2. Canned Meats (Chicken, Corn Beef, Spam, Tuna)
3. Pasta (Macaroni, Spaghetti, Hamburger Helpers)

Thank you for your help!

For more information, contact our Open Door Director, Loredia Dixon, at (309) 793-8201

Rock Island, IL: The Rock Island Public Library's Main Branch at 401 19th Street, will be closed to the public starting at noon on Thursday, Nov. 13 in order to transform the library into a star-studded stage for "Lights, Camera . . . Literacy!"

The Food for Thought fundraiser is an annual event hosted by the Rock Island Public Library Foundation, as a means of both raising awareness of the Foundation and of raising funds for special projects and improvements at all three libraries in Rock Island. Lights, Camera . . . Literacy!" offers guests a walk down the red carpet with food from guest chefs, complimentary beverages, musical entertainment by the Edgar Crockett Duo and Lee Blackmon, just for fun magic, palm and tarot card readings by donation, and bidding on a variety of silent auction items. The event is from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm at Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street.

Guests get the Main Library to themselves for a night of socializing and dining around food stations on the first and second floors. The selections include dishes from:

• Eudell Watts, III, of  Eudell's Specialty Foods - Thai Lettuce Wrap
• Martha Cleveland of  Blue Cat Brew Pub - Cakes and other desserts
• Annette Zapolis, of  Cool Beanz Coffee House-  Olives, flatbreads, cookie bars, brownies, coffee and more.
• Kitchen Express, a program of the Thurgood Marshall Learning Center -  Hoisin Steak Rolls, Caramel Brownie Bites, and a Spicy Red Pepper Jelly/Lemon Goat Cheese Cracker
• Chef Craig Joos, HyVee of Rock Island- Hot pasta dish
• Chef Jose Zepeda of  QC Coffee & Pancake House - Chef Jose's #1 Seller, Homemade Corned Beef Hash. Special Recipe Hand-Made Sausage Links, Biscuits & Gravy and a Rock Island Favorite, Orange Grand Marnier Pancakes.
• Main Street Catering (Rock Island Holiday Inn) - Mini desserts

Also on the menu are complimentary soda, water , coffee, wine tastings from wine retailer Thad Miller, and beer tastings from Dan Cleaveland, the brew master for Blue Cat Brew Pub. Food and complimentary beverages are included in admission. Just for fun tarot card and palm readings will be available on a donation basis by Lady Cassandra, advisor to the stars, with walk-around magic provided by the "Great Matthew."

A wide variety of silent auction items will also be available for bidding. Packages include auctions for a window cleaning service for up to 25 windows, a truckload of firewood to keep cozy all winter, an outdoor fire pit donated by Crawford Company, restaurant baskets, and handmade arts and crafts. Literary-themed baskets include a Christmas book and quilt from Joy Murphy, a book and DVD set of "The Roosevelts," "My Little Pony" graphic novels, and an Eric Carle The Very Hungry Caterpillar poster, board book, and hand-sewn felt caterpillar "food."

Guests who RSVP in advance receive preferred admission of $35 per person. To RSVP, please call 309-732-7326 or email riplfoundation@gmail.com by 5:00 pm on Nov. 11. Walk-in admission without an advance RSVP is available at $40 per person. Admission is payable by cash, check or credit at the door.

While the Main Library will be closed after noon on Nov. 13, both the Rock Island 30/31 and Southwest Branches will be open for patrons with library needs, as will the library's online branch services at www.rockislandlibrary.org. For more information, visit the library website or call 309-732-READ.

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Make Your Reservations for QCI's
6th Annual Fundraising Breakfast !
Thursday, November 13th
7:30 am - 8:30 am 
Join QC Interfaith for our Individual Donor Breakfast at the Rogalski Center of St. Ambrose University in Davenport. This Year's theme is "We're Not  Flame, We're a Fire!"

On Thursday, November 13th, 2014 Quad Cities Interfaith will host its 6th Annual Individual Donor Breakfast from 7:30am to 8:30am in the Rogalski Center Ballroom at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. This one hour event will highlight the work of Quad Cities Interfaith and ask our Quad cities Community for support.

To reserve your spot, call 563-322-4910 or register at qcinterfaith@gmail.com.

QCI to Honor Judith Morrell With Marvin Mottet Leadership Award at November 13th Fundraising Breakfast

QC Interfaith  will also be honoring Ms. Judith Morrell, former Director of the Davenport Civil Rights Commission,  with the 2014 Marvin Mottet Leadership  Award. This award is named after long time Quad Cities Interfaith leader and co-founder Msgr. Marvin Mottet, and is given to a member of the community who has shown commitment to, and worked for, social justice in the Quad Cities area.

Also, Reverend Ron Stewart, long time pastor of Broadway Presbyterian Church in Rock Island, will be honored with the QC Interfaith President's Award for his significant contributions to Quad Cities Interfaith and to the community in his six years as  QCI President. Join us!

HCCTP at Black Hawk College  -Celebrating Success of Graduates 
& Beginning New Session Orientation in January 2015
Another session of the Highway Construction Careers Training Program (HCCTP) starts at BlackHawk College Sept 22nd. Last school year's session had 24 graduates, with more than 70% success rate in finding work and acceptance into apprenticeship programs in labor. For more information on the March session, call BlackHawk College at 309-796-5716.

Grants Awarded: 
QCI Awarded $5,000.00 from Peoria Diocese Office of Social Action  for work on Jobs, Immigration. Thank you for the support! 

Leadership Actions and Events

Jobs Equity Task Force

100 Ready Workers task force is working to kick the new year off right with a jobs preparedness event January 2015. Watch this space for more details!

PORT BYRON, IL - The Nick Teddy Foundation, in partnership with First Wealth Financial Group of Clinton, IA, is pleased to announce proceeds results for its Third Annual "Nick Teddy 5k." !

This year, the Port Byron-based foundation will donate $10,000 to the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative, to be used to fund Ewing's sarcoma research. The rare pediatric bone cancer currently affects several area children and young adults. An additional $5,000 will be used to support these local patients and their families. !

The "Nick Teddy 5k" is an annual celebration of the life of Port Byron native Nicholas Theodore Strub, who died of Ewing's sarcoma in November 2011 at age 29. The Nick Teddy Foundation was established in his memory, and works to raise money for Ewing's sarcoma research, to increase awareness of the disease in the Quad City area, and to support local Ewing's patients and their families. In three short years, the foundation has donated over $52,000 to Ewing's sarcoma research. !!!!!!!!!

This year's event was held in Port Byron, IL, on Saturday, September 13, and included a 1-mile family fun run/walk, a Teddy Trot for children 6 years of age and under, and the 5k run/walk. The festivities also included kids' games, a silent auction and raffle, and an after party with food and live entertainment. !

More information can be found online at: http://www.NickTeddy.org,
on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/NickTeddyOrg);
on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/NickTeddyOrg).