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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Quad City Forum, a weekly community service program
produced by iHeartMedia to look at the issues and opportunities
that exist in our community. Now here's your hosts for
a Quad City Forum, Pot Luke and Denny Linnhowe.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Rebecca Canto from Habitat. Wait a minute, let me get
the whole thing here. It's not just from Habitat. Rebecca Canto,
chief development Officer, Habitat for Humanity, Quad Cities right off
of Mississippi Avenue and Davenport, And for me, the landmarks
are Dolford and they got Davenport Guns and sometimes both
those spots are so crowded along with Habitat, I have
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to park over on the other side of Kimberly Road
just to get over to your place. So you guys
are doing great things there. It's a good problem to have, Rebecca.
But I was over there just the other day and
I saw that you've got a big event that's coming up,
and maybe we can talk about that a little bit
later on. But there are other things things that Habitat's
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all about, and you've got some program applications that you
want to maybe talk about now.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Yes, well, thank you for having me on today. We're
taking applications right now for our home ownership program. So
we have five home builds in progress right now, and
one of those homes we are searching for our family,
so it'll be kind of a fast track through the
Habitat home ownership program. We're taking applications now and those
are due March fourth, So anyone who's interested in our
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Habitat homeownership program should go to our website and find
more details there. We are also taking applications for our
Central City repair program.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
You had to and before we talk about go any
farther into that. That has really had an impact already
and it's still there's still time to get some more
help there. But what's entailed in that? What do you
get with the money or how much? I think we
had talked to maybe a year and a half ago.
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There was some money that was given to Habitat and
then it has to be used specifically. But how can
people take part in that? Do they have to just
be Davenport or can they be in other parts of
the area.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Yeah, so our repair program is currently focused in the
central city area of Davenport.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Got it.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
So those boundaries are on our website. Applications available on
our website as well in more details on how to
qualify and what types of projects we do. But some
examples would be a front porch that needs repairing, doors
or windows that might need to be replaced, anything to
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do with health or safety or accessibility concerns would be
our top priority.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
When we see we hear about this program. Does is
it similar to when the house is being built sweat equity?
Will there be some people from habitat that will help
some of the people or is this primarily take care
of it themselves.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Now we'll be there, so we have some great construction
staff and volunteers who will come and help do the
repair work. We might hire some subcontractors to do some
specialized things that we're not able to do, but the
homeowner is expected to help contribute some sweat Equity hours
and there may be a fighting scale fee depending on
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the total cost of the project. So that's all based
on income. But yet we do hope that our homeowners
will help get their hands dirty and help with the project.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
They will get their hands dirty and the project, once
it's done, will be just incredible. When we talk about
the house and the next house that you're taking applications for.
Is there normally a waiting list for some of these
or is this kind of a surprise that somebody could
fast track it this quickly.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Yes, this is unusual. We typically would Once somebody comes
into the program, you take classes, you earn sweat equity hours,
and it could take one year to three years from
start to finish before you move into your home. Wow,
that's an unusual opportunity where we have a home already
in progress. Now those classes and sweat equity requirements will
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still be required, but that movement they will be much
quicker than normal.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
That's just incredible that this can work out. But good
news for somebody if they can time it out right
where they could be able to be a part of
this whole thing. And when we talk about Habitat in general,
if people maybe they aren't in the running for the
house situation right now or that application, if they want
to volunteer or just learn a little bit that you
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guys have classes all the time, Yes, we do.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
We have volunteer orientations month or twice a month. Those
can be found on our website as well. So that's
one great way to support Habitat and to just learn
how to build and give back to your community.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
For those of you just tuning in right now, Rebecca
Kanto from Habitat is on the phone with us, and
in case they missed it, a couple of important things there.
Why don't you repeat the two main things you want
to get across here in this interview this morning.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
So, we are taking applications for our home ownership program
right now for a home that's already being built in Davenport.
More information can be found on our website. We are
also taking applications for our Central City Repair program in
the central area of Davenport. Third, we are going to
be taking applications starting March first for our Accessibility ramp program.
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So all three of our programs application time now.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
So this is this is amazing. You better get going
on this because this is impressive. To watch these ramps.
It's similar to whenever you see a pit crew in Nascar,
the pits once they start the ramps, these ramps are done,
and they're done right in a matter of seconds.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Really yeah, I don't know about seconds, but ours for sure.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Very I didn't mean to be that makes it sound
like they're rushing things and they're they're not rushing things
at all.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
No, they do a great job. Well.
Speaker 4 (06:02):
I love the fact that you've given people a lot
of ways that they can benefit from habitat. But let's
just say I'm that person who's like, hey, I can
swing a hammer.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
I'm lucked out.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Yeah, So we're always looking for more volunteers. So if
we take volunteers for our construction activities or our home builds, repairs, ramps,
whatever you want to learn how to do, or whatever
your specialty may be. But we also need volunteers what
we call behind the hammer, so that would be volunteering
at our restore on a committee or here in the office.
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Even so, lots of volunteer opportunities, we also need donations
at restore. Right now, the wintertime kind of slows down
a little bit, so if you're cleaning up the house
and you have things to get rid of, think of Restore.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
And I just want to apologize because I was the
one that cleaned out all that stuff. I was there
for a few weeks to to row and I noticed
that the shelves are bare, and I am sorry. Now
I'll try to try to make sure I start well
donating some more stuff.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
I was gonna say, if you get an application from
a pat loop, you should not hire him for the
restore because you'll never sell anything.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
No, you'll sell it. You'll sell it, but it won't
it won't ever make it to the shelf because I'll
keep I'll take that home and my wife will go
up to wait a minute, honey, where are we putting
all of these things? But for thanks Dandy, I appreciate that.
But for a lot of people that need to find
out more when we talk about the donations, yes, and
we talk about financial donations, or if you just want
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to donate something that you maybe aren't using anymore. This
all takes money to have happen. And you've got a
big event for people that love the golf just want
to socialize, big event coming up that you need sponsors for.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
We do. We have our golf four homes tournaments coming
up on May ninth at Highland Springs Golf Course, and
we aren't signing up individual golfers yet, but we are
taking sponsorship. So if you're a company or even an
individual person who wants to sponsor a team, or sponsor
a whole or even more, that information can be found
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on our website as well.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Sounds good and another great way, another great fundraiser that's
coming up here fairly quick is next week or by
the time this interview airs, it will be this week,
but it's over it. Poor Brothers.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
Yeah, we're excited to partner with Poor Brothers tap Room
in downtown Moleen on Wednesday, February nineteenth, all day. They
are open from three to eleven. They're donating ten percent
of their sales that day to Habitat for Humanity Quad City.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
So yeah, we're very excited to partner with them on
this little fundraiser, and we will actually be there from
five pm to seven pm to meet people and to
just you know, anyone who wants to get to know
Habitat or what we do. We will be there, So
come down and talk to us and help support Habitat.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Okay, so a few days and I kind of heard
the date and then yet I didn't it didn't register
what day and what's the time again to stop by?
Speaker 3 (09:00):
Yep, Wednesday, February nineteenth. We will be there from five
to seven, but they'll be open from three to eleven,
so we're not going to stay that way, but we
will be there from.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Which a word, it's a school night for everybody. They
got to get up early, but it should be a
great way for people. And poor brothers have always done
such a great job the moment they moved into the community.
So again, if people want to find out all of
these different things, website I'm sure will have a lot
of it or a little snippets of it. What's that
website again.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
Rebecca www dot HABITATQC dot org.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
If you or your organization would like to be featured
on Quad City Forum, please visit the contact page on
our station website. Now back to bat Luke and Danny Linnhowe.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Tracy Joe Mullikin from the University of Illinois Extension Offices.
By Tracy, we talked to you a few weeks ago,
and we're kind of worried about this because it's getting
the dates getting big in the windshield here. But you've
got the nursery program. Please tell us for the people
that waited, procrastinators waited, tell us there's still room to
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be a part of the big thing, cause that's coming
up here in just a few days at fiber An Arena.
Speaker 6 (10:14):
Yes, we are ready. I have some more spots available
for those people who have waited to see if they
were going to have something else or if the weather
was going to cooperate. But we have some spots left.
For Saturday, the twenty second, we are going to be
at the Vibrant Arena in Moline. We are going to
have an entire day of gardening symposiums. So we're going
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to start the morning with Emily Swihart, who is our
horticulture educator here in the Quad City. She's going to
talk about plants and pollinators in you. We're going to
then let you choose from different workshops for the next
two We're going to have an ornamental track, a nature track,
and then an edible track. So then you can hear
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from Kate Terrell from Wallace's. You can hear from Kristin
bogdonas our nutrition educator on how to use honey, or
you can hear from Chris Evans, who is the forester
in southern Illinois. He's going to come up and talk
about jumping worms and their effects in your garden area.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Well, jumping worms, Why now I just had something to eat?
Why you want to bring up jumping worms? Girl?
Speaker 6 (11:22):
Well, we need to talk about them. They are an
invasive species that is sweeping through the Midwest, and Chris
is going to talk to you about what they are,
how to recognize them, identify them, and what you can
do about them. So, yeah, it's not a pretty topic,
but it's one that definitely needs to be discussed. But
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if you don't want to hear about worms, you can
go hear about honey or plants, which I would prefer.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Well, this is the and this is the nice thing
about what's going to be happening at Vibrant Arena next
weekend is that you can kind of pick and choose.
It's not like you start here and you go through everything.
You can kind of decide where you want to go.
You've got plenty of choices you do.
Speaker 6 (12:07):
We're trying a new way this. We're going to all
start together in the morning. We're going to learn from Emily.
Then you're going to break out into your own chapter.
So that's when you can choose from the Ornamental, Edible
or nature track for two different sessions. Then we're going
to have a lunch on the vestibule. We have a
taco salad or taco lunch where you can choose your
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own lunch, and then we'll come back together for an
ending keynote, which is Nancy Crete, who's coming in from
Cook County Extension Office and she's going to talk about
landscape design. So we've got a great day planned. We've
got vendors. I'm so happy. We've got a bunch of
new vendors coming that you can purchase gardening trinkets and
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things from. Just come join us. It's going to be
a fun day and you're going to learn lots, and
it's in a great venue with great people that I
work with. My volunteers are phenomenal and and we're even
doing a little inspiration for the iHeart listeners.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
So normally, what do you got going on here? What's
going on here?
Speaker 6 (13:13):
Well, you know, you guys are so wonderful to us,
and I just want to thank your listeners for putting
up with me. So we're going to do a special
discount code I Heart Radio all capital letters, and that's
going to give you five dollars off registration. So our
registration is opened up through Monday. After Monday, I have
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to get the numbers down to the vibrant people so
that we can have the right number of tacos. But
if you go to our website, which is go dot Illinois,
dot edu backslash Nursery School twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
Could you do that again?
Speaker 6 (13:59):
I can go dot Illinois yep, dot edu yep, backslash
Nursery School twenty twenty five. Or call our office.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Well, yeah, there we go.
Speaker 6 (14:16):
Seven eight. I know our our ladies who entered the
phone love it when I just hand up the phone.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
We'll just call the office.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Okay. Now, again, this is already a great deal because
it's it was seventy dollars to be able to be
a part of this whole thing, and that is fantastic.
But if they type in when they go to this
website again, they type in iHeartRadio, they'll be able to
get five dollars off of that.
Speaker 6 (14:46):
Yes, yes, because they listen to the best radio station
in town.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
Well there's there's more than a few of them there.
But yeah, thank you so much. That's so great to
Tracy Joe. And again, if you're just tuning in, we're
talking to Tracy Joe Mullikin from the University of Illinois
Extension Offices. Their big nursery program is next weekend at
vibrant arena. And again just to repeat it, five dollars
off when they do what Tracy Joe and where do
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they go radio?
Speaker 6 (15:14):
I heard, oh the big one. Okay, ready for this
one again. We can do this.
Speaker 7 (15:19):
Yes, go dot Illinois dot edu backslash Nursery School twenty
twenty five.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
Now let me just see if I've got this right.
Go dot illinoi dot edu backslash Nursery School twenty twenty five.
Speaker 6 (15:41):
Yes, or call the office three nine seven nine eight.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
All right, and again when you go to that website,
go dot illinoi dot edu backslash Nursery School twenty twenty five.
That's where you're going to type in iHeartRadio.
Speaker 6 (15:59):
Correct and I'll get your five dollars off.
Speaker 7 (16:01):
That is fantastime Monday, though, because I've got to get
I've got going to have to close it Monday, got it?
Speaker 2 (16:06):
So they can just make sure how many people to
provide food, because that's that feed not only gets you
into all of these fantastic classes, gets a dinner provided
to you, a nice little something to eat, and again learning.
As we look outside and by the time this interview
airs on Sunday, we're going to have even more snow
on the ground. It's going to get colder, and it's
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going to be the perfect time to venture out and
start thinking about planting for twenty twenty five.
Speaker 6 (16:34):
Yeah, I get that. Mind going on spring planting. What
your plans are going to be for the spring, for summer.
It's spend a good day. We start at eight forty five,
we go to two thirty, so you can get there,
learn some fun things, have a fantastic lunch, enjoy the day,
and get your brain going out of the snow and
into the sun. Because the days are getting longer. It
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will be here eventually.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
You got it. So for people that want to be
a part of it, I hate to have you do
it again, but let's leave the phone number out for
the people that want to get five bucks off, so
we don't want the people at the front office to
be cursing your name there, Tracy Joe. But for the
people that want to find out more, you're going to
be typing in iHeartRadio to get five dollars off of
that seventy dollars fee, which is still even at seventy dollars.
(17:22):
I think it's great, but saving five bucks is great.
Type in iHeartRadio when you go to the website, which is.
Speaker 6 (17:29):
Go dot Illinois dot edu backslash Nursery School twenty to
twenty five.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
Tracy Joe, thank you so much. Good luck with everything
next weekend. I hope you just see you. I hope
you give away a lot of five dollars off here
in these next couple of days. But have a great
weekend and good luck next weekend.
Speaker 6 (17:51):
Same. Thank you appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
If you or your organization would like to be featured
on Quad City Forum, please visit the contact page on
our station website. Now back to bat Luke and Danny.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Linnhewe Lexibol, communications and Events manager at Cancer Support Community
of Iowa and Northwestern Illinois, on the phone here this morning.
You can find out more CSC Iowa Illinois dot org.
How am I doing on that website there, Lexi.
Speaker 8 (18:21):
You're doing great.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
CSC Iowa Illinois dot org. Of course, Cancer Support Community
of Iowa Northwestern Illinois at one time was Gilda's Club,
but now with the more accurately adjusted name, you can
see the footprint how many people are helped along with this,
and some people there this is maybe the first time
they've heard of it, so if you need to find
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out more Csciowa Illinois dot org. First thing that I
know is starting to get big in the windshield here
Lexi is live from QC. It's Saturday night.
Speaker 8 (18:57):
Yeah, we're really excited and looking forward to this event.
It's an annual fund raising gala that we host to
help us offer the free services that we do to
those in our community being impacted by cancer. And it's
actually one of the biggest fundraisers that we do all year.
This year, our goal story is over one hundred and
five thousand dollars to support our programs.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
Wow, Now the comedian, because every year there's a comedian.
You've got some great live music too from a local
stud group. I mean, this is fantastic. So tell us
a little bit more of what people are going to
be able to see when they head out there.
Speaker 7 (19:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (19:35):
So we're going to be at the Waterfront Convention Center
on April fifth. Doors open at six pm. So we
will have our comedian joining us, Andy Woodhull. He's been
seen on the Late Night Show with James Cordon. He's
been on Conan Live at Gosden City, the Half Hour
on Comedy Central. He's also been on this night show
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with Jimmy Fallon, so you know, oh, he's gonna be
pretty funny and he's gonna put on a great show.
But then we also have Funtastic Five coming to perform.
They're a local favorite, so they'll play before the comedian
goes on, and then they will also play after a program.
During the program, we do all of our fundraising initiative,
so we have everything from a fund of need, we
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have a silent auction, a live auction, and we just
have so many different ways that the community can get
involved and give back but also while enjoying a great
night out.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Ticket prices, Yeah.
Speaker 8 (20:32):
So individual tickets are ninety dollars, a table of eight
is going to be six hundred and fifty dollars, and
then we have a few tables of ten. I think
we have three tables left for.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Those, really, so we gotta go. Okay, So and that's
for it. So I'm gathering then that's a nine hundred
dollars for ten.
Speaker 8 (20:52):
No, if you actually save a little bit of money
if you get a table of ten or a table
of eight, So it's eight hundred dollars for table at
ten or six hundred and fifty for a table of eight.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
Well, if I want to, I'm just going to go
ahead and give you the full price on the thing
because we know it's going to go to a great cause.
But that's fantastic that people can be a part of
this and save a little bit of money. And of
course all of that is a big tax deduction two
for next year's taxes.
Speaker 8 (21:20):
That that is correct. And then plus you know, you
get to enjoy a great night out while feeling good
about what you're supporting, and all the funds raised stay
here to support local families and individuals navigating a cancer diagnosis.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Well, and I asked you this the last time. I
don't think Danny was in on this interview, but will
you be doing any stand up or will you step
in and do a little help with the fantastic five?
What are you doing?
Speaker 7 (21:47):
I don't know.
Speaker 8 (21:48):
I've had a little bit more time to think about it.
I think i'd be better at I.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
Don't know that anybody. Hey, and that night, give it
a shot there, Lexi and hopefully it all works out. Okay,
So with that, and again that date is April fifth
at the Waterfront. But again, if they want to get
the tickets and that's ninety bucks and then tables of
eight and you still have room on tables of ten.
But to get their tickets, now, what do they do?
Speaker 8 (22:14):
They can go to csc Iowa, Illinois dot org, slash
live and makes it easy. And even if they go
to our regular website, it actually will just pop up
and prompt them about our tickets right now.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
Okay, sounds good? All right? Next up, even though it
depends on when this interview airs, but at least in
the next few weeks, there's going to be snow on
the ground. This seems like a weird time to be
asking kids to register for camp.
Speaker 8 (22:40):
It does, but you know what, everybody who's dreaming us
summer right now for sure.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
So if they want to find out, tell us a
little bit more about the camp and what it's going
to take to register. Is there what kind of money
do we have to deal with? So let's just start
with first things first to find out more on camp.
What did they do? So?
Speaker 8 (23:02):
Camp Hope is one hundred percent free. It's funded by
Mercy One Genesis Foundation, so every kid can attend camp
at no cost. We can host up to forty campers.
It's really just a great camp. Where kids can really experience,
you know, the magic of being kids because oftentimes when
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they're impacted by a cancer diagnosis, they're forced to grow
up really quickly. So any kids between fourth and ninth
grade are able to attend camp at no cost. It's
out at Camp Shalom in the Cocada and it's a
week long sleep away camp. The kids get a participate
in all the regular camp activities like ziplining, art activities,
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you know, making floors and all that fun stuff. But
then they also get to experience sitting down with one
of our social workers and they can talk about their
feelings and you know, really how how life is having
a cancer diagnosis within their family. So there's there's a
lot of different things that happen at camp, and actually
one of them in the middle of the week is
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where they come into the our Davenport Clubhouse and they
get to play and have fun. But then they get
to go downstairs in the cancer center and chat with
oncologists and the nurse navigators and it kind of just
helps make cancer a little less scary for kids.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
Now, when we talk about making this, Somores do I
have to share with the s'morest when I make Can
I keep them to myself? Lexi, I just want.
Speaker 8 (24:36):
To you can keep you can keep it to yourself.
Speaker 2 (24:38):
Oh, thank you so much. It's so nice of you.
But yeah, she is just the best. She is the
BEA's needs. I tell you what, now, when we talk
about the camp thing, when you talk about forty spots
that may need that may not take long, and those
spots are going to be going to be gobbled up
here fairly quick. So people, it's probably not one of
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those things where you wait until late April. Now's the
time to start booking those spots.
Speaker 8 (25:05):
Yeah, I mean, it's actually an application process. So the
families can just go online to our website at Csciowa
Illinois dot org and they can find more information about
the camp. There's an application online, it's fairly simple, and
once they submit that, then I believe campers, the families
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of campers get notified early May, and then from there
they get to go on and enjoy the summer camp
when when the time comes.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
This sounds fantastic, Okay, So give that website again so
people can find out more. Even during the interview.
Speaker 8 (25:46):
It's a long moment. It's CSSE Iowa, Illinois dot org.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
Okay, all right, sounds good. Do you need to take
care of somebody right now? We're fine, We're good for
sure about that.
Speaker 8 (26:00):
Okay, it's actually Csciowa Illinois dot org slash camp. I
wanted to make sure.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
It has Okay, do it, do it one more time
because somebody maybe went somewhere else. Give it one more time.
Speaker 8 (26:10):
C Sciowa Illinois dot org slash camp.
Speaker 2 (26:15):
Okay, because I was throwing people off by saying I
wanted to keep all this some worts to myself, So
I am so sorry distracting people. Okay. Now another thing too,
with the snow that will be on the ground. Let's
talk golf, and it sounds like your big golf event
is building a lot of momentum but still looking for
sponsors and volunteers and participants.
Speaker 8 (26:36):
Yes, so our golf outing is actually a lot of fun.
Last year we almost sold out. So our golf outing
is going to be at Palmer Hill Hills on May second,
at the Friday, So it's perfect chance to get the office.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
Sure, yeah, go ahead and start working on your reason
why you're leaving work already. Yeah, okay, got it.
Speaker 8 (26:55):
Hey, you know some people use it to close deals.
Speaker 6 (27:00):
Clients out.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
I love that. Yeah, I love that up selling their
young lady. That's a good way to do it. So
not only people that want to close sales or sometimes
they say they tell their boss, yeah I'm going out
to close the sale, and the boss follows them out
there and there's no closing going on there. There's just
a good time. That's all right. So if people want
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to be a part of it, like like I said, volunteers,
also for sponsors and participants, all three can find out
a little bit more right.
Speaker 8 (27:31):
Yes, So they can find all that information online at
CSSE Iowa Illinois dot org slash golf, and we do
still have plenty of teams available. We do expect to
sell out quickly though. Registration actually just open today and
we still have some whole sponsorships available. This gives businesses
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a chance to get out on the course and interact
with all the golfers. So they can bring a fun game,
they can bring, you know, whatever they like, and we
can let them interact with the golfers and have a
good time.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
And similar to the live from QC, that's tax deductible.
Speaker 8 (28:10):
Yeah, and all funds raised here stay here to support
our no cost services that we offer exactly.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
That is such good stuff. Okay, well, now listen one
more even though for those of you just tuning in,
you're near the end of the interview. But that's okay.
We're going to run this a few more times. But
we are talking to Lexi Bowl, communications and Events manager
at Cancer Support Community of Iowa and Northwestern Illinois. A
lot of big events that are going to be happening
in these next two months. One more time to take
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us out there, Lexi, why don't you give that website
a couple of times because that website is full of
all sorts of information.
Speaker 8 (28:47):
It sure is. So. Our main website's going to be
CSC Iowa Illinois dot org and you can find all
the information about our upcoming fundraising events as well as
information about our upcoming summer camp.
Speaker 5 (29:01):
And as we wrap up things here on the forum,
just want to remind you nice way to celebrate by
helping a great cause. Today a pancake breakfast for the
Reynolds Fire Department is going on until noon. That'll be
at the Reynolds, Illinois American Legion. Can't miss it should
be a great time and delicious food while helping a
great cause. Thanks for helping them, and thanks for listening
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to the Forum.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
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Welcome to Quad City Forum, a weekly community service program
produced by iHeartMedia to look at the issues and opportunities
that exist in our community. Now here's your hosts for
a Quad City Forum, Pot Luke and Denny Linnhowe.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Rebecca Canto from Habitat. Wait a minute, let me get
the whole thing here. It's not just from Habitat. Rebecca Canto,
chief development Officer, Habitat for Humanity, Quad Cities right off
of Mississippi Avenue and Davenport, And for me, the landmarks
are Dolford and they got Davenport Guns and sometimes both
those spots are so crowded along with Habitat, I have
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to park over on the other side of Kimberly Road
just to get over to your place. So you guys
are doing great things there. It's a good problem to have, Rebecca.
But I was over there just the other day and
I saw that you've got a big event that's coming up,
and maybe we can talk about that a little bit
later on. But there are other things things that Habitat's
(01:01):
all about, and you've got some program applications that you
want to maybe talk about now.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Yes, well, thank you for having me on today. We're
taking applications right now for our home ownership program. So
we have five home builds in progress right now, and
one of those homes we are searching for our family,
so it'll be kind of a fast track through the
Habitat home ownership program. We're taking applications now and those
are due March fourth, So anyone who's interested in our
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Habitat homeownership program should go to our website and find
more details there. We are also taking applications for our
Central City repair program.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
You had to and before we talk about go any
farther into that. That has really had an impact already
and it's still there's still time to get some more
help there. But what's entailed in that? What do you
get with the money or how much? I think we
had talked to maybe a year and a half ago.
(01:59):
There was some money that was given to Habitat and
then it has to be used specifically. But how can
people take part in that? Do they have to just
be Davenport or can they be in other parts of
the area.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Yeah, so our repair program is currently focused in the
central city area of Davenport.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Got it.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
So those boundaries are on our website. Applications available on
our website as well in more details on how to
qualify and what types of projects we do. But some
examples would be a front porch that needs repairing, doors
or windows that might need to be replaced, anything to
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do with health or safety or accessibility concerns would be
our top priority.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
When we see we hear about this program. Does is
it similar to when the house is being built sweat equity?
Will there be some people from habitat that will help
some of the people or is this primarily take care
of it themselves.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Now we'll be there, so we have some great construction
staff and volunteers who will come and help do the
repair work. We might hire some subcontractors to do some
specialized things that we're not able to do, but the
homeowner is expected to help contribute some sweat Equity hours
and there may be a fighting scale fee depending on
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the total cost of the project. So that's all based
on income. But yet we do hope that our homeowners
will help get their hands dirty and help with the project.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
They will get their hands dirty and the project, once
it's done, will be just incredible. When we talk about
the house and the next house that you're taking applications for.
Is there normally a waiting list for some of these
or is this kind of a surprise that somebody could
fast track it this quickly.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Yes, this is unusual. We typically would Once somebody comes
into the program, you take classes, you earn sweat equity hours,
and it could take one year to three years from
start to finish before you move into your home. Wow,
that's an unusual opportunity where we have a home already
in progress. Now those classes and sweat equity requirements will
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still be required, but that movement they will be much
quicker than normal.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
That's just incredible that this can work out. But good
news for somebody if they can time it out right
where they could be able to be a part of
this whole thing. And when we talk about Habitat in general,
if people maybe they aren't in the running for the
house situation right now or that application, if they want
to volunteer or just learn a little bit that you
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guys have classes all the time, Yes, we do.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
We have volunteer orientations month or twice a month. Those
can be found on our website as well. So that's
one great way to support Habitat and to just learn
how to build and give back to your community.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
For those of you just tuning in right now, Rebecca
Kanto from Habitat is on the phone with us, and
in case they missed it, a couple of important things there.
Why don't you repeat the two main things you want
to get across here in this interview this morning.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
So, we are taking applications for our home ownership program
right now for a home that's already being built in Davenport.
More information can be found on our website. We are
also taking applications for our Central City Repair program in
the central area of Davenport. Third, we are going to
be taking applications starting March first for our Accessibility ramp program.
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So all three of our programs application time now.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
So this is this is amazing. You better get going
on this because this is impressive. To watch these ramps.
It's similar to whenever you see a pit crew in Nascar,
the pits once they start the ramps, these ramps are done,
and they're done right in a matter of seconds.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Really yeah, I don't know about seconds, but ours for sure.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Very I didn't mean to be that makes it sound
like they're rushing things and they're they're not rushing things
at all.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
No, they do a great job. Well.
Speaker 4 (06:02):
I love the fact that you've given people a lot
of ways that they can benefit from habitat. But let's
just say I'm that person who's like, hey, I can
swing a hammer.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
I'm lucked out.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Yeah, So we're always looking for more volunteers. So if
we take volunteers for our construction activities or our home builds, repairs, ramps,
whatever you want to learn how to do, or whatever
your specialty may be. But we also need volunteers what
we call behind the hammer, so that would be volunteering
at our restore on a committee or here in the office.
(06:34):
Even so, lots of volunteer opportunities, we also need donations
at restore. Right now, the wintertime kind of slows down
a little bit, so if you're cleaning up the house
and you have things to get rid of, think of Restore.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
And I just want to apologize because I was the
one that cleaned out all that stuff. I was there
for a few weeks to to row and I noticed
that the shelves are bare, and I am sorry. Now
I'll try to try to make sure I start well
donating some more stuff.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
I was gonna say, if you get an application from
a pat loop, you should not hire him for the
restore because you'll never sell anything.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
No, you'll sell it. You'll sell it, but it won't
it won't ever make it to the shelf because I'll
keep I'll take that home and my wife will go
up to wait a minute, honey, where are we putting
all of these things? But for thanks Dandy, I appreciate that.
But for a lot of people that need to find
out more when we talk about the donations, yes, and
we talk about financial donations, or if you just want
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to donate something that you maybe aren't using anymore. This
all takes money to have happen. And you've got a
big event for people that love the golf just want
to socialize, big event coming up that you need sponsors for.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
We do. We have our golf four homes tournaments coming
up on May ninth at Highland Springs Golf Course, and
we aren't signing up individual golfers yet, but we are
taking sponsorship. So if you're a company or even an
individual person who wants to sponsor a team, or sponsor
a whole or even more, that information can be found
(08:05):
on our website as well.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Sounds good and another great way, another great fundraiser that's
coming up here fairly quick is next week or by
the time this interview airs, it will be this week,
but it's over it. Poor Brothers.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
Yeah, we're excited to partner with Poor Brothers tap Room
in downtown Moleen on Wednesday, February nineteenth, all day. They
are open from three to eleven. They're donating ten percent
of their sales that day to Habitat for Humanity Quad City.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
So yeah, we're very excited to partner with them on
this little fundraiser, and we will actually be there from
five pm to seven pm to meet people and to
just you know, anyone who wants to get to know
Habitat or what we do. We will be there, So
come down and talk to us and help support Habitat.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Okay, so a few days and I kind of heard
the date and then yet I didn't it didn't register
what day and what's the time again to stop by?
Speaker 3 (09:00):
Yep, Wednesday, February nineteenth. We will be there from five
to seven, but they'll be open from three to eleven,
so we're not going to stay that way, but we
will be there from.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Which a word, it's a school night for everybody. They
got to get up early, but it should be a
great way for people. And poor brothers have always done
such a great job the moment they moved into the community.
So again, if people want to find out all of
these different things, website I'm sure will have a lot
of it or a little snippets of it. What's that
website again.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
Rebecca www dot HABITATQC dot org.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
If you or your organization would like to be featured
on Quad City Forum, please visit the contact page on
our station website. Now back to bat Luke and Danny Linnhowe.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Tracy Joe Mullikin from the University of Illinois Extension Offices.
By Tracy, we talked to you a few weeks ago,
and we're kind of worried about this because it's getting
the dates getting big in the windshield here. But you've
got the nursery program. Please tell us for the people
that waited, procrastinators waited, tell us there's still room to
(10:10):
be a part of the big thing, cause that's coming
up here in just a few days at fiber An Arena.
Speaker 6 (10:14):
Yes, we are ready. I have some more spots available
for those people who have waited to see if they
were going to have something else or if the weather
was going to cooperate. But we have some spots left.
For Saturday, the twenty second, we are going to be
at the Vibrant Arena in Moline. We are going to
have an entire day of gardening symposiums. So we're going
(10:38):
to start the morning with Emily Swihart, who is our
horticulture educator here in the Quad City. She's going to
talk about plants and pollinators in you. We're going to
then let you choose from different workshops for the next
two We're going to have an ornamental track, a nature track,
and then an edible track. So then you can hear
(10:59):
from Kate Terrell from Wallace's. You can hear from Kristin
bogdonas our nutrition educator on how to use honey, or
you can hear from Chris Evans, who is the forester
in southern Illinois. He's going to come up and talk
about jumping worms and their effects in your garden area.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Well, jumping worms, Why now I just had something to eat?
Why you want to bring up jumping worms? Girl?
Speaker 6 (11:22):
Well, we need to talk about them. They are an
invasive species that is sweeping through the Midwest, and Chris
is going to talk to you about what they are,
how to recognize them, identify them, and what you can
do about them. So, yeah, it's not a pretty topic,
but it's one that definitely needs to be discussed. But
(11:43):
if you don't want to hear about worms, you can
go hear about honey or plants, which I would prefer.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Well, this is the and this is the nice thing
about what's going to be happening at Vibrant Arena next
weekend is that you can kind of pick and choose.
It's not like you start here and you go through everything.
You can kind of decide where you want to go.
You've got plenty of choices you do.
Speaker 6 (12:07):
We're trying a new way this. We're going to all
start together in the morning. We're going to learn from Emily.
Then you're going to break out into your own chapter.
So that's when you can choose from the Ornamental, Edible
or nature track for two different sessions. Then we're going
to have a lunch on the vestibule. We have a
taco salad or taco lunch where you can choose your
(12:30):
own lunch, and then we'll come back together for an
ending keynote, which is Nancy Crete, who's coming in from
Cook County Extension Office and she's going to talk about
landscape design. So we've got a great day planned. We've
got vendors. I'm so happy. We've got a bunch of
new vendors coming that you can purchase gardening trinkets and
(12:53):
things from. Just come join us. It's going to be
a fun day and you're going to learn lots, and
it's in a great venue with great people that I
work with. My volunteers are phenomenal and and we're even
doing a little inspiration for the iHeart listeners.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
So normally, what do you got going on here? What's
going on here?
Speaker 6 (13:13):
Well, you know, you guys are so wonderful to us,
and I just want to thank your listeners for putting
up with me. So we're going to do a special
discount code I Heart Radio all capital letters, and that's
going to give you five dollars off registration. So our
registration is opened up through Monday. After Monday, I have
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to get the numbers down to the vibrant people so
that we can have the right number of tacos. But
if you go to our website, which is go dot Illinois,
dot edu backslash Nursery School twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
Could you do that again?
Speaker 6 (13:59):
I can go dot Illinois yep, dot edu yep, backslash
Nursery School twenty twenty five. Or call our office.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Well, yeah, there we go.
Speaker 6 (14:16):
Seven eight. I know our our ladies who entered the
phone love it when I just hand up the phone.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
We'll just call the office.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Okay. Now, again, this is already a great deal because
it's it was seventy dollars to be able to be
a part of this whole thing, and that is fantastic.
But if they type in when they go to this
website again, they type in iHeartRadio, they'll be able to
get five dollars off of that.
Speaker 6 (14:46):
Yes, yes, because they listen to the best radio station
in town.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
Well there's there's more than a few of them there.
But yeah, thank you so much. That's so great to
Tracy Joe. And again, if you're just tuning in, we're
talking to Tracy Joe Mullikin from the University of Illinois
Extension Offices. Their big nursery program is next weekend at
vibrant arena. And again just to repeat it, five dollars
off when they do what Tracy Joe and where do
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they go radio?
Speaker 6 (15:14):
I heard, oh the big one. Okay, ready for this
one again. We can do this.
Speaker 7 (15:19):
Yes, go dot Illinois dot edu backslash Nursery School twenty
twenty five.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
Now let me just see if I've got this right.
Go dot illinoi dot edu backslash Nursery School twenty twenty five.
Speaker 6 (15:41):
Yes, or call the office three nine seven nine eight.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
All right, and again when you go to that website,
go dot illinoi dot edu backslash Nursery School twenty twenty five.
That's where you're going to type in iHeartRadio.
Speaker 6 (15:59):
Correct and I'll get your five dollars off.
Speaker 7 (16:01):
That is fantastime Monday, though, because I've got to get
I've got going to have to close it Monday, got it?
Speaker 2 (16:06):
So they can just make sure how many people to
provide food, because that's that feed not only gets you
into all of these fantastic classes, gets a dinner provided
to you, a nice little something to eat, and again learning.
As we look outside and by the time this interview
airs on Sunday, we're going to have even more snow
on the ground. It's going to get colder, and it's
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going to be the perfect time to venture out and
start thinking about planting for twenty twenty five.
Speaker 6 (16:34):
Yeah, I get that. Mind going on spring planting. What
your plans are going to be for the spring, for summer.
It's spend a good day. We start at eight forty five,
we go to two thirty, so you can get there,
learn some fun things, have a fantastic lunch, enjoy the day,
and get your brain going out of the snow and
into the sun. Because the days are getting longer. It
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will be here eventually.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
You got it. So for people that want to be
a part of it, I hate to have you do
it again, but let's leave the phone number out for
the people that want to get five bucks off, so
we don't want the people at the front office to
be cursing your name there, Tracy Joe. But for the
people that want to find out more, you're going to
be typing in iHeartRadio to get five dollars off of
that seventy dollars fee, which is still even at seventy dollars.
(17:22):
I think it's great, but saving five bucks is great.
Type in iHeartRadio when you go to the website, which is.
Speaker 6 (17:29):
Go dot Illinois dot edu backslash Nursery School twenty to
twenty five.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
Tracy Joe, thank you so much. Good luck with everything
next weekend. I hope you just see you. I hope
you give away a lot of five dollars off here
in these next couple of days. But have a great
weekend and good luck next weekend.
Speaker 6 (17:51):
Same. Thank you appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
If you or your organization would like to be featured
on Quad City Forum, please visit the contact page on
our station website. Now back to bat Luke and Danny.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Linnhewe Lexibol, communications and Events manager at Cancer Support Community
of Iowa and Northwestern Illinois, on the phone here this morning.
You can find out more CSC Iowa Illinois dot org.
How am I doing on that website there, Lexi.
Speaker 8 (18:21):
You're doing great.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
CSC Iowa Illinois dot org. Of course, Cancer Support Community
of Iowa Northwestern Illinois at one time was Gilda's Club,
but now with the more accurately adjusted name, you can
see the footprint how many people are helped along with this,
and some people there this is maybe the first time
they've heard of it, so if you need to find
(18:43):
out more Csciowa Illinois dot org. First thing that I
know is starting to get big in the windshield here
Lexi is live from QC. It's Saturday night.
Speaker 8 (18:57):
Yeah, we're really excited and looking forward to this event.
It's an annual fund raising gala that we host to
help us offer the free services that we do to
those in our community being impacted by cancer. And it's
actually one of the biggest fundraisers that we do all year.
This year, our goal story is over one hundred and
five thousand dollars to support our programs.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
Wow, Now the comedian, because every year there's a comedian.
You've got some great live music too from a local
stud group. I mean, this is fantastic. So tell us
a little bit more of what people are going to
be able to see when they head out there.
Speaker 7 (19:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (19:35):
So we're going to be at the Waterfront Convention Center
on April fifth. Doors open at six pm. So we
will have our comedian joining us, Andy Woodhull. He's been
seen on the Late Night Show with James Cordon. He's
been on Conan Live at Gosden City, the Half Hour
on Comedy Central. He's also been on this night show
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with Jimmy Fallon, so you know, oh, he's gonna be
pretty funny and he's gonna put on a great show.
But then we also have Funtastic Five coming to perform.
They're a local favorite, so they'll play before the comedian
goes on, and then they will also play after a program.
During the program, we do all of our fundraising initiative,
so we have everything from a fund of need, we
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have a silent auction, a live auction, and we just
have so many different ways that the community can get
involved and give back but also while enjoying a great
night out.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Ticket prices, Yeah.
Speaker 8 (20:32):
So individual tickets are ninety dollars, a table of eight
is going to be six hundred and fifty dollars, and
then we have a few tables of ten. I think
we have three tables left for.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Those, really, so we gotta go. Okay, So and that's
for it. So I'm gathering then that's a nine hundred
dollars for ten.
Speaker 8 (20:52):
No, if you actually save a little bit of money
if you get a table of ten or a table
of eight, So it's eight hundred dollars for table at
ten or six hundred and fifty for a table of eight.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
Well, if I want to, I'm just going to go
ahead and give you the full price on the thing
because we know it's going to go to a great cause.
But that's fantastic that people can be a part of
this and save a little bit of money. And of
course all of that is a big tax deduction two
for next year's taxes.
Speaker 8 (21:20):
That that is correct. And then plus you know, you
get to enjoy a great night out while feeling good
about what you're supporting, and all the funds raised stay
here to support local families and individuals navigating a cancer diagnosis.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Well, and I asked you this the last time. I
don't think Danny was in on this interview, but will
you be doing any stand up or will you step
in and do a little help with the fantastic five?
What are you doing?
Speaker 7 (21:47):
I don't know.
Speaker 8 (21:48):
I've had a little bit more time to think about it.
I think i'd be better at I.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
Don't know that anybody. Hey, and that night, give it
a shot there, Lexi and hopefully it all works out. Okay,
So with that, and again that date is April fifth
at the Waterfront. But again, if they want to get
the tickets and that's ninety bucks and then tables of
eight and you still have room on tables of ten.
But to get their tickets, now, what do they do?
Speaker 8 (22:14):
They can go to csc Iowa, Illinois dot org, slash
live and makes it easy. And even if they go
to our regular website, it actually will just pop up
and prompt them about our tickets right now.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
Okay, sounds good? All right? Next up, even though it
depends on when this interview airs, but at least in
the next few weeks, there's going to be snow on
the ground. This seems like a weird time to be
asking kids to register for camp.
Speaker 8 (22:40):
It does, but you know what, everybody who's dreaming us
summer right now for sure.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
So if they want to find out, tell us a
little bit more about the camp and what it's going
to take to register. Is there what kind of money
do we have to deal with? So let's just start
with first things first to find out more on camp.
What did they do? So?
Speaker 8 (23:02):
Camp Hope is one hundred percent free. It's funded by
Mercy One Genesis Foundation, so every kid can attend camp
at no cost. We can host up to forty campers.
It's really just a great camp. Where kids can really experience,
you know, the magic of being kids because oftentimes when
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they're impacted by a cancer diagnosis, they're forced to grow
up really quickly. So any kids between fourth and ninth
grade are able to attend camp at no cost. It's
out at Camp Shalom in the Cocada and it's a
week long sleep away camp. The kids get a participate
in all the regular camp activities like ziplining, art activities,
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you know, making floors and all that fun stuff. But
then they also get to experience sitting down with one
of our social workers and they can talk about their
feelings and you know, really how how life is having
a cancer diagnosis within their family. So there's there's a
lot of different things that happen at camp, and actually
one of them in the middle of the week is
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where they come into the our Davenport Clubhouse and they
get to play and have fun. But then they get
to go downstairs in the cancer center and chat with
oncologists and the nurse navigators and it kind of just
helps make cancer a little less scary for kids.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
Now, when we talk about making this, Somores do I
have to share with the s'morest when I make Can
I keep them to myself? Lexi, I just want.
Speaker 8 (24:36):
To you can keep you can keep it to yourself.
Speaker 2 (24:38):
Oh, thank you so much. It's so nice of you.
But yeah, she is just the best. She is the
BEA's needs. I tell you what, now, when we talk
about the camp thing, when you talk about forty spots
that may need that may not take long, and those
spots are going to be going to be gobbled up
here fairly quick. So people, it's probably not one of
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those things where you wait until late April. Now's the
time to start booking those spots.
Speaker 8 (25:05):
Yeah, I mean, it's actually an application process. So the
families can just go online to our website at Csciowa
Illinois dot org and they can find more information about
the camp. There's an application online, it's fairly simple, and
once they submit that, then I believe campers, the families
(25:27):
of campers get notified early May, and then from there
they get to go on and enjoy the summer camp
when when the time comes.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
This sounds fantastic, Okay, So give that website again so
people can find out more. Even during the interview.
Speaker 8 (25:46):
It's a long moment. It's CSSE Iowa, Illinois dot org.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
Okay, all right, sounds good. Do you need to take
care of somebody right now? We're fine, We're good for
sure about that.
Speaker 8 (26:00):
Okay, it's actually Csciowa Illinois dot org slash camp. I
wanted to make sure.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
It has Okay, do it, do it one more time
because somebody maybe went somewhere else. Give it one more time.
Speaker 8 (26:10):
C Sciowa Illinois dot org slash camp.
Speaker 2 (26:15):
Okay, because I was throwing people off by saying I
wanted to keep all this some worts to myself, So
I am so sorry distracting people. Okay. Now another thing too,
with the snow that will be on the ground. Let's
talk golf, and it sounds like your big golf event
is building a lot of momentum but still looking for
sponsors and volunteers and participants.
Speaker 8 (26:36):
Yes, so our golf outing is actually a lot of fun.
Last year we almost sold out. So our golf outing
is going to be at Palmer Hill Hills on May second,
at the Friday, So it's perfect chance to get the office.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
Sure, yeah, go ahead and start working on your reason
why you're leaving work already. Yeah, okay, got it.
Speaker 8 (26:55):
Hey, you know some people use it to close deals.
Speaker 6 (27:00):
Clients out.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
I love that. Yeah, I love that up selling their
young lady. That's a good way to do it. So
not only people that want to close sales or sometimes
they say they tell their boss, yeah I'm going out
to close the sale, and the boss follows them out
there and there's no closing going on there. There's just
a good time. That's all right. So if people want
(27:21):
to be a part of it, like like I said, volunteers,
also for sponsors and participants, all three can find out
a little bit more right.
Speaker 8 (27:31):
Yes, So they can find all that information online at
CSSE Iowa Illinois dot org slash golf, and we do
still have plenty of teams available. We do expect to
sell out quickly though. Registration actually just open today and
we still have some whole sponsorships available. This gives businesses
(27:53):
a chance to get out on the course and interact
with all the golfers. So they can bring a fun game,
they can bring, you know, whatever they like, and we
can let them interact with the golfers and have a
good time.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
And similar to the live from QC, that's tax deductible.
Speaker 8 (28:10):
Yeah, and all funds raised here stay here to support
our no cost services that we offer exactly.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
That is such good stuff. Okay, well, now listen one
more even though for those of you just tuning in,
you're near the end of the interview. But that's okay.
We're going to run this a few more times. But
we are talking to Lexi Bowl, communications and Events manager
at Cancer Support Community of Iowa and Northwestern Illinois. A
lot of big events that are going to be happening
in these next two months. One more time to take
(28:39):
us out there, Lexi, why don't you give that website
a couple of times because that website is full of
all sorts of information.
Speaker 8 (28:47):
It sure is. So. Our main website's going to be
CSC Iowa Illinois dot org and you can find all
the information about our upcoming fundraising events as well as
information about our upcoming summer camp.
Speaker 5 (29:01):
And as we wrap up things here on the forum,
just want to remind you nice way to celebrate by
helping a great cause. Today a pancake breakfast for the
Reynolds Fire Department is going on until noon. That'll be
at the Reynolds, Illinois American Legion. Can't miss it should
be a great time and delicious food while helping a
great cause. Thanks for helping them, and thanks for listening
(29:24):
to the Forum.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
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