Foundation Receives Free Hot Dogs for One Year and $1,000 Hy-Vee Gift Card

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nathan’s Famous®, the Official Hot Dog of Major League Baseball (MLB), donated free hot dogs for a year and a $1,000 Hy-Vee supermarket gift card to the Pinky Swear Foundation this past weekend.

DAVENPORT, Iowa, Aug. 03, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Smithfield Foods’ Helping Hungry Homes® initiative, a program focused on alleviating hunger and helping Americans become more food secure, joined forces with Fareway Food Stores to donate nearly 40,000 pounds of protein to River Bend Foodbank. The donation, equivalent to nearly 16,000 servings, will help families fight hunger across Quad Cities, a region where one in eight individuals are food insecure.

WHAT: Smithfield Foods and Fareway Food Stores will donate nearly 40,000 pounds of protein to River Bend Foodbank in Davenport as part of Smithfield’s Helping Hungry Homes® initiative. This considerable donation provides nearly 160,000 servings of protein, a staple of a well-balanced meal, to people in the Quad Cities region where one in eight people faces hunger every day.

Ministries Supported by Easter Family Fund

Churches United of the Quad City Area ministries has received a most generous $5,000 grant from the Easter Family Fund at the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines. Funds will be used to support our hunger, shelter and community outreach ministries that include offering financial assistance to people in need.

STUFF THE BUS 2017 Quad Cities, USA:  The Salvation Army of the Quad Cities Stuff the Bus 2017. Collection events are as follows:  
PLACE AND TIMES: Collection of Items: Saturday, July 29th:  10:00am – 4:00pm Quad Cities’ Wal-Marts Moline, Silvis, Davenport (Elmore & Kimberly)
 
Signup and Distribution of Items: Wednesday, August 2nd, 9am-3pm Thursday, August 3rd 4pm-7pm.

TPQC Requests School Supply Donations for the Less Fortunate

 

LeClaire, LeClaire, Iowa (July 2017) - Gilda’s Club is excited to announce it will be moving the 5th Annual Bags & Brews event to LeClaire, Iowa.  This years’ event will be held on Saturday, September 23rd from 2:30 - 7 p.m. at the Riverfront Levee/Pavilion in LeClaire, Iowa (117 South Front Street).

Winnie’s Place, the only emergency shelter for women and children in the Illinois Quad Cities, gratefully accepts a generous $2,500 grant award from Modern Woodmen of America.

IOWA FALLS, Iowa (June 30, 2017) - Iowa Select Farms and the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation announce the kickoff of their "Haul Out Hunger" program which will conclude with the donation and delivery of 56,220 pounds of fresh pork loins to food pantries throughout Iowa. 

Churches United of the Quad City Area is pleased to accept a generous $2,000 grant award from Iowa 80 Group, Inc.

Funds will be used to assist in covering general operating costs that help Churches United keep food on the table at our 3 hot meal sites and on the shelves at 26 food pantries in the Iowa and Illinois Quad Cities.

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