Celebrate the 4th and help feed the hungry by bringing donations of nonperishable food items to the annual Bettendorf parade and festival. Volunteers and staff at Churches United of the Quad City Area will be accepting donations along the parade route and during the festival under our tent located at Spruce Hills Drive and Middle Road. All food collected will go directly to the 26 food pantries and 3 hot meal sites operated by Churches United in the Quad Cities.

Davenport, IA CASI would like to thank the Victor and Doris Day Foundation for their recent grant of $15,000 supporting Senior Advocacy services in our community. In light of the recent United Way decisions, which defunded both the Senior Advocacy and Jane’s Place Adult Day Services programs, the Day Foundation was one of our first partners to offer CASI the opportunity to amend our FY18 grant application to support senior services cut by the United Way. Th

Churches United of the Quad City Area gratefully accepts a $15,000 grant award from the Doris & Victor Day Foundation.

This grant award will be used specifically to purchase supplies for 26 food pantries and three meal sites and fund direct services at Winnie’s Place, our emergency shelter for women, without or without children, who are homeless and/or survivors of domestic violence.

DAVENPORT, Iowa  – Staff and volunteers of Family Resources will be collecting brand new basic need items outside of 13 area Hy-Vee stores from 9 a.m.-Noon on Saturday, June 24, 2017. All items collected will benefit Family Resources’ sheltering and housing services.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (June  7th, 2017) – Since 1993, Habitat for Humanity Quad Cities has sheltered over 430 individuals through decent and affordable housing.  On Saturday, June 10th at 10:00 AM, six more people will be moving into their new Habitat Home. Jerry and Michelle Anguiano and their children Elida, Ariana, Gerando, and Michelle’s mother Patricia are excited to be moving into their new home.

Courage Ride has raised over $380,000 since 2005 to help advance sarcoma research

IOWA CITY—Courage Ride, a cycling fundraiser returning for its twelfth year on August 19, has to date raised over $380,000 to advance local research of sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, and to support one of the largest sarcoma tissue banks in the Midwest.

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (May 31, 2017) – Goodwill of the Heartland is joining forces with Medieval Times to declare Monday, June 19, “Chivalry in Action Day.” From 1 to 3 p.m., the first 25 individuals making a purchase or donation at the Rock Island Goodwill store and donation center, 4664 44th St., will receive two complimentary dinner and tournament tickets to Medieval Times in northwest suburban Chicago.

Benefit Ride for Pregnancy Resources

Davenport, IA to Le Claire, IA:

·         Hope Church in Le Claire is hosting a benefit Ride4Life for Pregnancy Resources.

·         Registration begins at Pregnancy Resources, 2706 West Central Park, Davenport, IA 52804, from 8:00 am to 9:00 am.

·         Registration $20 A Bike

The Wells Fargo Foundation has awarded a $2,000.00 grant to Churches United of the Quad City Area, in support of its community service programs in the Quad City Area. This support helps Churches United provide critical services such as Hunger, Shelter, and financial assistance to those in need.

May 21st at 6:00-7:00 pm

MOLINE, Ill. – Wells4Wellness is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing safe, sanitary water wells to the people of Niger, Africa. Ten teams were challenged to cumulatively complete a virtual 6,000 mile walk for 60 days from the Quad Cities to Niger, Africa.

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