11 Sep 2013

TEDDY BEAR DRIVE COLLECTS 150 BEARS

By Holly Larson

PORT BYRON, IL - The Nick Teddy Foundation collected nearly 150 teddy bears in August for its Teddy Bear Drive.  Several area locations accepted bears throughout the month.

Bears will be donated to pediatric patients at Children's Hospital of Illinois in Peoria, IL, http://www.childrenshospitalofillinois.org  and to grieving and traumatized children served by Rick's House of Hope in Davenport, IA.  http://rhoh.org

A contest at Riverdale Elementary in Port Byron netted 100 bears for the effort.  Classes competed to collect the most bears, with the winning classroom to be rewarded with its choice of either a root beer ?oat or a pizza party.  Drive coordinator Jamie Rice commented, "I think this is a great way to get the kids involved in giving back to the community."

A "Bear Tree" with a sample of the donations will be on display at the Foundation's 2nd Annual "Nick Teddy Fight Against Ewing's Sarcoma 5k" in Port Byron on Saturday, September 14 in Port Byron.

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).

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10 Sep 2013

Celebrating Twenty-Three Years of Helping Single Parent Families Move from Homelessness to Self-Sufficiency

By Sister Mary Ann Vogel, CHM
Humility of Mary Housing, Inc. is celebrating 21 years of service to the Quad Cities with a Jazz Brunch at Crow Valley Golf Club on Sunday, September 29, 2013, from 11am to 2pm.  Sarah Marie Young, a Chicago vocalist, will once again be the featured entertainer and she will be accompanied by a pianist and a string bass player.  To learn more about this fabulous singer with a unique voice, check out her website at www.sarahmarieyoung.

Last year we began auctioning lunches with prominent residents of the Quad Cities and the winners had a great time.  The following people have made these offers for our auction this year:

Paula Sands, KWQC personality and reporter, has graciously agreed to host a lunch for six.

David Heller, President and Owner of the River Bandits, has donated a 16 seat suite for baseball game in the 2014 season AND 10 tickets for a ride on the Ferris wheel.

Kim Findley, Putnam Museum President and Chief Executive Officer, has kindly offered to host a breakfast for six at the Putnam Museum with a private tour of the "DIANA a celebration" exhibit.  This offering will need to be arranged before January 5, 2014.

Humility of Mary Housing, Inc. (HMHI) has provided supportive housing for 742 single parents and their 1463 children during these past 23 years.  These families were homeless at the time they entered the program.  HMHI provides single parents with the tools and support to complete degrees, find jobs and move into their own homes.  Children learn there is a different way to live; some have become the first in their family to complete high school and go on to college.  The need is great, with nearly 400 applications a year; however, HMHI has space and staff to provide services to only 47 of these families at any one time.

Please join us in our celebration and support this valuable community asset.

For more information, please contact our office at 563-326-1330.
10 Sep 2013

Davenport Rotary Club Announces 2013 Charitable Fund Recipients

By Rick Best

Each year, the Rotary Club of Davenport distributes funds to local non-profits from the proceeds of the club's fundraising events. The following awards will be announced at noon today at the club's weekly meeting at the Outing Club. Representatives from the various organizations will be present to receive their awards.

The 2013 Charitable Fund Recipients are:

Big Brothers Big Sisters: Career Development institutes' for Matches creating a series of Saturday "Institutes" for at least 100 middle and high school students matched in our Career Navigator program. $1,000.

Family Resources, Inc.: Emergency Assistance Fund for Scott County Families to assist with gas, bus tickets/tokens, translation services, etc. $1,500.

Hand In Hand: Inspiration Studio, Art For Individuals With Disabilities is an adapted art program, which is a collaboration between local art professionals and artists with disabilities. $1,500.

Rick's House of Hope: Supply and Snack Stock Up to provide supplies to help with summer and fall programming. $1,000.

WQPT?Quad Cities PBS: The Ambassador Program is a unique opportunity for college students to develop and implement leadership skills through workshop presentations across the Quad Cities. $1,000.

Youth Harvest: Project for underprivileged youth to attend a fall harvest event. Project is done in cooperation with Rotary Club of North Scott. $1,500.

Handicapped Development Center: Assist in the purchase of a wheelchair?accessible scale to obtain accurate weight on wheelchair?bound individuals that are served through their Personal Independence Services program. $1,000.

District 6000 Grant: If awarded a District 6000 grant, the club will work with a local human trafficking organization to prevent trafficking in the Quad Cities. $2,500

Additionally, funds will be used to support FAMSCO/H.E.F. ($500), Miles of Smiles Team ($500), Military Appreciation Week ($500) and the MAC High School Awards ($175).

06 Sep 2013

Wounded Warriors Speak Out

By Steven Nardizzi
Wounded veterans return home from war ? only to realize their injuries will affect them for the rest of their lives. Through Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP), you can offer these warriors hope and provide programs that empower them to rebuild and recover.

Today I would like you to hear directly from American servicemen and women who continue to cope with these everlasting wounds:

"I wouldn't even know where to begin describing WWP. They have been a life-saver, especially in the recovery process. They have been there through the ups and downs, even when we needed them most."
? Carlos De León

WWP strives to aid the rehabilitation process of warriors no matter the injury. Wherever possible, we aim to heal through our many programs that help veterans cope with every kind of mental and physical wound.

Deserving servicemen and women are counting on you to keep WWP programs alive and growing. Without your loyal support, thousands of injured warriors will be unable to receive the help they so richly deserve. Please make a generous gift to our nation's service members today.

Thank you on behalf of injured warriors,


Steven Nardizzi
Executive Director
Wounded Warrior Project
06 Sep 2013

Just Kids Boots & Bling Fundraiser

By M. McNeil
Friday, September 27, 2013

Doors open at 6:30

Basic line-dance lessons from 6:30-7:30

Music by North of 40 from 7:30-11:30

Happy Joes Pizza will be sold by the slice from starting at 6:30

Raffle drawings at 7:30, 8:00, 8:30 and 9:00pm?Cash and Prizes!!

*Tickets can be purchased for $5.00 each

Buy 10 tickets to reserve a table for your friends/family!!

*$100 to be a table sponsors

$100 towards the bar for the best decorated table!!

*Special Raffle drawing @ 9:00pm-tickets will be presold until the event

Only 250 tickets sold at $10.00 each


06 Sep 2013

CHRISTIAN CARE RECEIVES GRANT Rock Island Community Foundation Supports Domestic Violence Shelter

By Ann Ring
September 5, 2013 - The Rock Island Community Foundation has awarded a $1,000 grant to Christian Care's Domestic Violence Shelter in Rock Island.  "Christian Care is especially grateful to the Rock Island Community Foundation for supporting our services for abused women and their children," said Dr. Elaine Winter, the shelter's Executive Director. "This grant will provide us with the means not only to serve abused women and their children, but also will enable us to help women change and shape their lives in a way they never thought possible."

Christian Care is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization operating two facilities?a domestic violence shelter for women and children and a rescue mission for homeless men. It serves homeless individuals, victims of domestic violence, veterans, men and women coming out of prison, and those with mental illness.

Its community meal site is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner on weekdays Monday through Friday, and for breakfast and dinner on Saturday and Sunday. Breakfast is served at 6:30 a.m., lunch at 12:15 p.m., and dinner at 6:30 p.m. If you know of someone in need, call Christian Care's crisis hotline any hour of the day at (309) 788-2273 or visit its website, christiancareqc.org.

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06 Sep 2013

Quad City Interfaith News

By QC Interfaith
June "Dream for All" Rally for Immigration Reform Brings Together Hundreds to Call for Change

Nearly 300 clergy, elected officials, lay leaders, union members and concerned citizens joined together t at QCI 's "Dream for All" Rally in Rock Island this summer to call on Congress to pass humane, comprehensive immigration reform that provides a path to citizenship. Casa Guanajuato, World Relief Quad Cities, QC Alliance for Immigrants and Refugees and the QC Federation of Labor all lent their voices to this call to justice and action and 
we thank them for their support.

Leadership Actions and Events

Transportation and Jobs Equity


The next meeting of the Transportation Equity/100 Ready Workers Project will be Wednesday September 11th at 900 am at St Johns Lutheran Church - 4501 7th Avenue in Rock Island.

We continue to develop the 100 Ready Workers project, and have developed a survey tool to asses what skills potential participants may have an may need to work on. We are working with community groups and congregations to create a pipeline of workers who want to prepare themselves for jobs in construction and other fields.

If you or your organization is interested in helping mentor participants or if you have potential candidates for this job preparedness project, please contact us at the QCI office - 563.322.4910.  Join us in recruiting organizations that want to help identify potential candidates in the area for job preparedness training, including the HCCTP through BlackHawk College, and creating a criteria for participating in 100 Ready Workers project. More information will be rolled out this month on 100 Ready Workers....


Tod Rowe from the Illinois Community College Board joined IDOT and BlackHawk College at QCI's 100 Ready Workers Community meeting in July at Church of Peace, Rock Island. They discussed the Highway Construction Careers Training Program coming to the QCA that will recruit more minorities and women into construction careers and prepare them for a path to good paying jobs! Work it QCI!

Immigration

On August 15th,QCI leaders presented our Congressional Representative's local offices with "anniversary" half cakes  to commemorate the First Anniversary of DACA - or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals- the Executive Order signed by the President in 2012, giving  youth who were brought to the United States by their parents without documentation, a discretionary grant of relief from deportation and so they may then apply for papers to work in the US.

The half cake to celebrate the progress made on immigration reform but to also symbolize that the work for immigration reform is only "half finished" and to call on our elected officials to finish the job and pass comprehensive immigration reform this year. Cakes were delivered to members of Congress' local offices in 17 states on that day as part of the Dream for All Campaign of the Gamaliel Foundation. 

Immigration Task Force next meets on Tuesday September 24th at 530pm at the new QCI Office at 601 Brady Street Ste 208 . Join us.

"Half" Cake to Commemorate DACA's First Birthday. Lets finish the job and pass immigration reform!

Health Equity

The Task force continues to work with the local health systems to ensure equitable access to medical translation services for those whose first language is not English. In July Health Equity Task Force members were invited by Genesis Heath Systems to tour their emergency rooms facilities in the Iowa and Illinois locations and to provide feedback and ideas. By working together, our community is removing barriers to access to professional medical translations services for those in our community. Call Karen if your congregation would like more information about our work and ways you can help. 563.322.4910. 

QCI Leadership Assembly meets Tuesday , Sept 10th at 6:30pm at St. Mary's Church in Davenport - 516 Fillmore.

Community Events

Friday, Sept 6th -Sunday Sept 8, 2013. Maitreya Project Heart Shrine Relic Tour / The Loving Kindness Tour- An Exhibition of Sacred Relics of the Buddha and other Buddha Masters.
At the Figge Art Museum - 225 W. 2nd Street Davenport Iowa.  Admission is FREE.  
Opening ceremony at 6:00 pm Friday. For more information visit www.buddharelicsqc.com

Wednesday, September 11th, 2013.  Political Activism and Civic Responsibility - Quad City Federation of Labor.
9:00 am -3:00pm.
UA Local 25 Hall 4600 46th Street in Rock Island. Presented by the Labor Center, University of Iowa  with support from the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO. Send your reservation to quadcityfed@netexpress.net with your name, local phone number and email.


Saturday - September 21st, 2013  6pm.  NAACP #4019 Davenport's Freedom Fund Banquet - "We Shall Not Be Moved,"
at the Clarion Hotel in Davenport. Tickets are $40.00 a person and $450.00 for a reserved table. Keynote speaker is Kameron Middlebrooks, NAACP Region IV Director.
Call Ms. Shirleen Martin at 563.340-0011 to purchase tickets. 

QCI is On the Move - Really! Office Relocation!!


The QCI office has relocated to the Priester Building - 601 Brady Street Suite 208 in Davenport. Just three blocks up on Brady Street from the old office - more office space and still close to downtown IL and Davenport!

We do have a few needs - we are in need of a bookcase to replace the built in we had to leave behind, and a medium sized meeting table - round or rectangular . Please call the QCI office at 563.322.4910 if you'd like to help.... Also would appreciate anyone who is especially good at hanging pictures....

Welcome to Quad Cities Interfaith Newsletter

We hope you are enjoying our newsletter.  QCI welcomes information about justice,and faith-based activities to post to our newsletter. We reserve the right to edit f or space and content.  If you like this, please forward to your friends. QCI is a 501c3 and donations to QCI are tax deductible as allowed by law. Visit our website for more information and to donate!

Quad Cities Interfaith

601 Brady Street Suite 208 Davenport Iowa  52803  - qcinterfaith@gmail.com - 563.322.4910
06 Sep 2013

QCI Trivia Night Fundraiser is this Saturday, Sept. 7th !!!

By Jared Johnson
A Trivia Night Fundraiser to Benefit QCI is this

Saturday, September  7th

Knights of Columbus Hall -

1111 W. 35th Street , Davenport , Iowa .  

$10.00 a person or $80.00 for a table of 8.  

Mulligans, Basket Raffles, 50/50 Raffle. Bring your own food, but drinks must be purchased the venue.

To reserve your table, or for questions,  call 562.233.4910 .

Please spread the word and join us!
29 Aug 2013

Wish Granting Volunteers Needed in Illinois Quad City Area

By Dr. Jeffrey Bassman

October 15 Training Session in Moline Now Open for Registration

 

PEORIA - Have you ever thought about the impact you could make in the life of a child with a life-threatening medical condition? More than 11,000 children across Illinois have experienced the magic of a wish coming true, thanks to the hundreds of community supporters of Make-A-Wish Illinois. Volunteers in your community are needed to help grant wishes for local children.

Make-A-Wish Illinois is hosting a free training session for wish-granting volunteers in the Moline area on Tuesday, October 15th with a 5:00 PM check in and training from 5:15-7:45 PM.  Exact training locations will be provided upon sign up.  Volunteers bilingual in English and Spanish are especially needed.

Wish-Granting volunteers will work in teams of two to help grant the wishes of children in their community. Volunteers plan and carry out wishes from start to finish with support from the Make-A-Wish staff. Wish Granters are asked to give 10-12 hours per month to grant at least three wishes per year.

To attend the training, potential volunteers must complete the volunteer application and online training in advance; therefore RSVP is required by October 1.  Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Reserve a spot by contacting Tonisha Daniel at daniel@illinois.wish.org or 312.602.9413. All volunteers must be over 21 and submit an application, reference and background check; complete an online and brief in-person training to begin granting wishes.

Make-A-Wish® Illinois grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich their lives with hope, strength and joy. Since being founded locally in 1985, the chapter has granted more than 11,000 wishes and continues its mission to share the power of a wish® with special children across the state with help from dedicated volunteers and generous community members. For information visit www.illinois.wish.org.

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20 Aug 2013

UNDERWEAR COLLECTION TO BENEFIT THE NEEDY AND HOMELESS

By Grant Curtis
Underwear Because We Care is excited to announce the dates for this year's underwear collection. The campaign will begin on October 6, 2013 and conclude November 3, 2013. The campaign will collect packages of new underwear; underpants, undershirts, bras and socks for Women, Children and Men. We will also collect clean, serviceable prosthetic bras for distribution to women in need.

The following places have agreed to be drop points: Trinity Episcopal Church, Trinity Lutheran Church, St. Albans Church, Blue Grass Presbyterian Church, all Churches in the Catholic Diocese of Davenport. The following business has agreed to be collection points: The Hair Society, Bettendorf. Additional drop off points are being developed and will be announced prior to the beginning of the campaign.

The underwear will be distributed to organizations that provide shelter for the needy and homeless.

Additional distribution, subject to adequate collections, will be made to other organizations that serve clients who have a need for underwear.

Please call Grant Curtis at 563-528-0835 for information or email Underwear@mediacombb.net with a subject line of Underwear Donations.

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