07 Nov 2019

Vera French Honors "Friend of Vera French Award" Recipients at 2019 Gala

By Allison Courville

 

DAVENPORT, IOWA (November 7, 2019) — The Vera French Foundation hosted its annual Gala on Saturday, October 26th at The Outing Club in Davenport, Iowa. The event celebrated the organization’s 70th anniversary. Since 1949, Vera French Community Mental Health Center (previously the Scott County Mental Health Center before being renamed after Dr Vera French in 1982) has been providing community mental health services.

01 Nov 2019

Hy-Vee and Its Customers Fundraise for Veterans, Active-Duty Military Members, and their Families

By Christina Gayman

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (November 1, 2019) — Hy-Vee announced today it will team up with customers for the seventh consecutive year to fundraise for veterans, active-duty military members, and their families during its annual Hy-Vee Home-Front Round-Up event. The fundraiser will be held from November 1-17 at Hy-Vee’s more than 265 stores across its eight-state region.

01 Nov 2019

Local 2020 Scholarships Now Available Online Per The Moline Foundation

By Susan Zelnio

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (November 1, 2019) — The Moline Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of the latest scholarships that are available online at www.molinefoundation.org. This year's application process features a new, simplified application requiring only one essay-submission for over 38 scholarship awards.

28 Oct 2019

Hy-Vee and Hormel Foods to Donate 1,000 Pounds of Skippy® Peanut Butter in Muscatine

By Josh Fisher

MUSCATINE, IOWA (October 28, 2019) — As part of Hormel Foods’ "Spread the Smiles" campaign, Hy-Vee and Hormel Foods have partnered to donate 1,000 pounds of Skippy peanut-butter to the Muscatine Food Bank.

25 Oct 2019

girlpARTs fest3 on October 26: Celebrating Art and Cancer Awareness

By Jodie Kavensky

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (October 25, 2019) — Quad City artists, musicians, and community-leaders are collaborating in this one-day event to celebrate art and cancer awareness at River Music Experience (RME) in downtown Davenport, 4-10PM. Tickets are $10 (ovarian cancer survivors and children under 12 are free).

22 Oct 2019

The Annual “Bikes for Brains” Fundraiser Has Begun

By Mary McNeil

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (October 22, 2019) — The popular, annual fundraiser is underway to help 130 children receive their Christmas wish — a bicycle. According to organizer Sandy Seeley, many local children put a bicycle on their Christmas wish-list, but, sadly, many do not receive one because their families cannot afford it.

21 Oct 2019

Giving Tuesday Announced for Nonprofit Ridgecrest Village Foundation

By Carrie Dreifurst

DAVENPORT, IOWA (October 21, 2019) — The Ridgecrest Foundation proudly announces their first Giving Tuesday participation campaign. Giving Tuesday harnesses the generosity of millions of people around the world to support the causes they believe in and the communities in which they live.

19 Oct 2019

East Moline Community Fund Announces Community Grant Awards

By Joy Boruff

EAST MOLINE, ILLINOIS (October 19, 2019) — With the aid of many generous donors throughout the area, The East Moline Community Fund Advisory Council recently met to review and approve funding for 15 non-profit organizations in the community for 2019. The following grants were approved that feed the hungry, educate teens, help with community projects, improve the homes of seniors and those in need, aid troubled teens, and help educate and increase literacy.

18 Oct 2019

Churches United Pleased to Announce Return of Canadian Pacific Holiday Train

By Betsy Vanausdeln

BETTENDORF, IOWA (October 18, 2019) — Since 2009, the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train has come to Davenport, Iowa with their decorated train spreading holiday cheer while helping many in need of food. Churches United has been the proud recipients of the donations coming from the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train, collecting non-perishable, non-expired food items for their 24 food pantries, 3 hot meal sites, and domestic-violence shelter at this event. The community will have more to see as Church

07 Oct 2019

34th Annual Student Hunger Drive

By Jennifer Schroder

DAVENPORT, IOWA (October 7, 2019) — For the past 34 years, students from area high schools have joined River Bend Foodbank in the fight to end hunger in the Quad Cities. This year, students from 17 area high schools will participate in the Student Hunger Drive, which will engage them in meeting this community need, while introducing them to service and philanthropy.

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