Quad Cities – The Salvation Army of the Quad Cities will bid a fond farewell today to Captains Ronnie and Bridgette Amick.  After five years of dedicated service to the Quad Cities community, the Amicks have been assigned to command the Cape Girardeau, MO Corps starting July 1, 2013.

FAREWELL RECEPTION:

DATE:  Thursday, June 20, 2013

TIME:  4:00pm - 5:30pm

LOCATION:  Heritage Temple Corps, 2200 - 5

The community and press are welcome.

You are invited to donate your gently used items to the Quad City Symphony Orhcestra's 30th annual 2nd Fiddle Sale today from noon to 8:00 p.m. The 2nd Fiddle Sale has found a new home this year at 2252 24th Street in Rock Island, formerly the Rock Island Country Market and Eagle Country Market.

The 2nd Fiddle Sale accepts antiques and collectables, automotive parts, hardware, tools, books, costumes, children's toys and clothes, electronics, furniture, games, office supplies, stationery, gifts, holiday decorations, house wares, jewelry and fashion accessories, clothing, lawn and garden tools, linens, men's clothing, pictures, plant gallery, sporting goods, and just about anything else in gently-used condition.

The 2nd Fiddle Sale opens for business at 6:00 p.m. this Thursday with a Grand Opening party. Admission is $10 and includes food and live music, along with the first chance to buy from the Quad Cities' largest selection of gently used items.

MOLINE, IL -The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Mississippi Valley (BGCMV) announced today that registrations are still available - but filling fast - for its 2013 Golf Invitational, to be held Tuesday, July 9, at Short Hills Country Club in East Moline.

Now in its 12th year, the Invitational has helped the BGCMV raise more than $1.2 million since 2002.  The event offers attendees a full day of golf and networking followed by an evening dinner reception and silent auction.

"For more than a century, the Boys and Girls Clubs have been helping young people realize their potential and develop skills for a better future," said Gregg Ontiveros, Group O CEO and 2013 Invitational Co-Chair.  "More than 500 young people attend a Club activity every day in the Quad Cities - and the Invitational is an important part of helping the Club continue to meet the needs of our community.  It's a way that all of us can come together to have a great time for a great cause."

Teen Center

Funds raised from the 2013 Invitational will be focused on completing and operating the Club's new Teen Center / Club-Choice. The center is a new concept that combines traditional Boys and Girls Club programs with career and job skills development opportunities.

Located in the Floreciente neighborhood of Moline, the center is based on similar projects in Chicago and Milwaukee. A unique component of the Teen Center will be a full-service bank - open to the entire community - which will provide teens with specific job and career development skills. The Club's bank partner will train 10-12 teens annually and will offer financial literacy education to the entire community.

Title sponsors for the 2013 Invitational include US Bank, Samsung and Group O.  Registration pages and more information are available at www.BGCMVgolf.com

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Davenport, IA - This weekend, the Quad Cities will welcome back more than 40 former Hawkeye football players to coach and take part in a Legendary weekend, which begins with a special camp for area disabled youth. On Friday, June 14 at 2:30 p.m. nearly 50 disabled youth in the Quad Cities will gather at Brady Street Stadium in Davenport to practice football with the best, play games and experience prime field time.

Highlights of the All Stars Camp include :

  • One-on-one helmet fitting

  • Special take home HAVlife™ jerseys for all participants

  • Skills and games coached by Hawkeyes including current and former NFL players

  • Autographed take home helmets for all participants

Sponsored by Rock Valley Physical Therapy, CEO Mike Horsfield explains, "Our company has always been a big supporter of the Legends of Iowa Football Camp and the HAVlife™ Foundation. We thought it would be wonderful to provide this experience to our area's disabled youth. For many, this may be their first time to participate in a football camp, a very memorable opportunity for all of us involved."

The Legendary weekend will continue with a fundraiser event at Jumer's Casino & Hotel on Friday evening. Guests will have the opportunity to meet and greet with coaches as well as take photos and get autographs from coaches. The event is open to the public, tickets are $50. Details are available at HAVlife.org. On Saturday, June 15 the 3rd annual Legends of Iowa Football Camp will be hosted at Brady Street Stadium. The camp will be for all youth entering grades 5 - 10 in Iowa and Illinois. Details are also available at HAVlife.org.

 

The Legends of Iowa Football Camp program was established by the Iowa Football Club in 2011. The Iowa Football Club is a non-profit organization, whose members are all former University of Iowa football players and football department staff members. The club's mission is to provide a camp opportunity to help youth be successful on both the playing field and in the game of life. For more information visit www.legendsofiowa.com.

 

HAVlife™ was established in 2007 in honor of Hunter Aaron Vondran, who passed away at the young age of 13 due to injuries sustained in a tragic accident. The organization serves to prevent lost potential of youth through sponsoring participation scholarships in the areas of music, arts and athletic programs for at-risk youth in the schools and community. To date the foundation has raised and granted over $350,000. For more information visit www.havlife.org.

Officers:

President: Winnie Williams, of Monticello, Retired Fawn Creek Homes, Anamos, IA

President-Elect: Margo Ahrendsen, Farmer, Camper Parent, and Advocate, Olin, IA

Secretary: Mary Van Houten, Banquet Manager, Kirkwood Hotel, Cedar Rapids IA

Treasurer: Randy Faulkner, Pres. Hawkeye Dry Ice/Owner The Firehouse, Cedar Rapids, IA

 

Those re-elected to a three-year term included:

Jim Foels, Farmer, Brooklyn, IA

Merlin Hulse, Farmer, Clarence, IA

Bob Thoeni, Retired owner of Bob's Pioneer Seed, Monticello, IA

 

Other board members include :

Dr. John Bailey, Retired Medical Doctor, Anamosa, IA

Steve Carter, Branch Manager, Dr. Pepper/Snapple Group, Cedar Rapids, IA

Aaron Cook, Farmer, Winthrop, IA

Brian Gay, Executive Director, Midwest Free Community Papers, Coralville, IA

Larry Greco, Retired Cedar Rapids Police Department, Solon, IA

Mary Johnson, Retired, Rockwell, Marion, IA

Jim Klinger, Retired, Cedar Memorial Funeral Homes, Cedar Rapids, IA

Phil Martin, Retired United Airlines, Marion, IA

Bill Northup, Wells Fargo Bank, Regional Manager for Private Client Services, Des Moines, IA

Trish Ohlson, GE Capital, Cedar Rapids, IA

Kay Pitlik, Retired Special Educator/Advocate/ Cedar Rapids, IA

Steve Supple, Farmer, Cascade, IA

Dan Vorhies, Newton Sales, Monticello, IA

Mag Welter, Retired Special Educator, Monticello, IA

Chris Wiese, VP Sales LimoLink, Cedar Rapids, IA

Jim Zimmerman, Principal Sacred Heart, Monticello, IA

Camp Courageous is a year-round recreational and respite care facility for individuals with disabilities. In its 39th year of serving those with special needs, a volunteer board of directors governs the camp. This year Camp Courageous will serve over 6,500 campers with special needs. The camp is run on donations, without government assistance, without formal sponsorship, and without paid fundraisers. What this means is everything that is donated to the camp goes directly to benefit the campers. Camp Courageous is available 24-hours a day, 365-days a year to meet the emergency needs of families with a special needs family member living at home.

Tours of the camp and programs about this unique facility are available by contacting the camp at 319/465-5916 or going to www.campcourageous.org

In November, 1953, the Moline Foundation was established to accept charitable gifts to benefit Moline and the surrounding area. Today, in honor of its 60th Anniversary, the Moline Foundation announces a gift to the community. This announcement is the first in a series of six charitable gifts or activities to be given monthly as a part of "Six Gifts for Our Sixtieth." The last gift announcement will coincide with an anniversary celebration in November, 2013.

The Moline Foundation announces the complete funding of a home to be built in Moline as a part of Habitat for Humanity Quad Cities. A news conference will be held at the groundbreaking of the house building site.

 Saturday, June 15, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.

Located at 509 - 5th Avenue, Moline

During the news conference, Habitat for Humanity will also be named as the first recipient of the Karen and Tom Getz Award for Excellence. A grant will be given annually to non-profit organizations in the Quad Cities that promote community service and have values consistent with those of the Getz's. The award will also honor quality non-profit leadership in civic and community projects.

The Karen and Tom Getz Award for Excellence was established in 2012 with a gift from the estate of Tom and Karen Getz, noted community leaders and philanthropists in the Quad Cities. Karen Getz, who served for eight years on the Moline Foundation Board, died in October, 2007. Tom Getz, who established a memorial fund to honor his wife and served on a grant making committee for the Moline Foundation, died in January, 2012.

Habitat for Humanity Quad Cities is a nonprofit Christian housing organization dedicated to eliminating poverty housing. Habitat builds simple, decent, affordable housing to eliminating poverty housing. Habitat builds simple, decent, affordable housing for low income, working families. Founded in 1993, HFHQC has made the dream of home ownership possible for 76 local families.

The Moline Foundation, founded in 1953, is a community foundation which provides grants to benefit health, human services, education, community development, the arts and other charitable organizations which help the citizens of Moline and the surrounding area, including the Quad Cities. The Moline Foundation receives and administers charitable gifts in Scott County, Iowa, and Rock Island, Henry, Mercer, Warren, Henderson and McDonough counties in Illinois. The Moline Foundation has a current endowment of approximately $18 million.

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Monticello, Iowa.  Food & Wine on The Links will be held Friday, June 7, 2013 at 6PM at the Monticello Golf Course to benefit Camp Courageous. For $25 one can sample 4 great wines and hors d' oeuvres?Dinner, Chicken Fillet with Rice Pilaf or Iowa Pork Chop with Baked Potato, Engraved Wine Glass and $100 Prize Drawing. Reservations are required by June 3, 2013 by phone 319/465-5225 or e-mail: webmaster@monticellogolfcourse.com Wine Tasting & Food Pairings by Stone Cliff.

For More Information Please Contact: Ben Bruggeman <bruggemanlumber@hotmail.com>

Hello, NewBo City Market supporter.

Are you or someone you know and/or love able-bodied and looking to improve your NewBo City Market campus this Sunday, 6/2?

Then please come help as we excavate the Learning Garden space in preparation for the installation of five raised masonry beds. Stone mason Matthew Reilly is volunteering his time and expertise as foreman on this project but we need workers with shovels to make it really happen.

If you can help anytime between 9-4 this Sunday, please contact Lori at ljlk@mediacombb.net or text at 319/431-2429 with your availability or questions.

Thank you, in advance, for your help!

Lori

Today we announced the route for next year's eight-month coast-to-coast march for climate action. We're delighted at the story in today's Des Moines Register. Please help spread the word by sharing the article with your local media, your personal contacts, and on Facebook. Also, please check out the map of the route and list of cities. We welcome any feedback as we further refine the details.


I am grateful to our awesome staff for pulling this together so quickly. We received excellent input and guidance from people across the country, too. Thanks to all of you as well.

In today's press release, March Route Coordinator, Courtney Kain, writes, "We now turn our attention to the challenge of figuring out logistics, such as feeding marchers, transporting gear, providing portable bathroom, laundry and shower facilities, and showcasing the sustainable practices we need to embrace if America is to grapple successfully with the climate crisis. As we continue to build a strong foundation for this March, by mid-summer we'll be well-positioned to actively recruit marchers."

Thanks again for getting us this far. We have a long way to go, of course. But establishing the march route is an accomplishment we can all celebrate.

Ed

Rock Island, IL - The Rock Island Arsenal Welcome Club has awarded a $500 grant to help Christian Care publicize information about those veterans who reside at Christian Care's rescue mission, the various benefits Christian Care provides them, and news and events that pertain to veterans.

"Christian Care is grateful to the Rock Island Arsenal Welcome Club for supporting those veterans we serve on a daily basis," said Dr. Elaine Winter, Christian Care's executive director. "On any given day, up to 35% of the men residing at our rescue mission are veterans. This grant will help us disseminate information about these exceptional individuals who deserve our attention, and help those veterans in need."

Christian Care is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization operating two facilities?a domestic violence shelter for abused 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 illnesses.

Christian Care's 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 online at christiancareqc.org.

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