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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
Quad City Forum, Pat Luke and Denny Linhowe.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
We have Lola Vandwally being able to talk to us
here this morning being able to find some time in
their busy day. And Lolo of course with the Quad
City Veteran Outreach that you can find out more QCVET
outreach dot com and they're a big event that's going
to be coming in in April that we're going to
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have Lola talk about. But Lola, for the people that
see the Quad City Veteran Outreach Center and they think,
first off, they think, oh it must it's connected to
the VA. It's not connected to the VA. So there's
I mean, even though you maybe work with them, you're
constantly also trying to raise money in other sources and
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it seems like you've you've got a lot of people
helping you out.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
We share we are not connected at all. We receive
no state or federal funding. We work very hard each
hear all our volunteers, our board and everybody including our
veterans to raise funds to cover our costs and everything
far overhead, and that way we raise funds for that
and all the donations one hundred percent go towards the
center or directly to take care of all of our
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veterans needs.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Now, when we last talked to you, and I think
it was you had the run walk last year, and
right around that time, you were moving into a school
that probably an old school that probably now you can
look in the outline of it and go, yeah, it's
a school, but inside it has completely been transformed since just.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
May it has been. It is a whole different a
whole different atmosphere, and a whole different center. Now it
is all about our veterans from one end to the next.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Now. One of the things, and I talked to one
of the people that work here at the Billilding in
our building here, an Mangrenade, said, you can walk around
and you can see like there's a theater for the veterans.
You've also even have something as simple as a haircut
for the vets. They could just maybe come in there
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and boom, get whatever they want and be able to
go about their day.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
That is correct. We have a hair salon, we have
a movie room. We have the gym where they can
work out, they can walk, or they can be a
part of our adaptive sports which is our wheelchair program.
We have a weekly grocery mart in there where they
can come in and pick up stuff. But then we
also have a full grocery store on the other side
of the building, which is our monthly grocery and they
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come in and get their full groceries each month. We
have all kinds of programs they go on. We have
our library where we have our computer corner, we have
our DVD exchange. There's resource programs offered throughout the building,
so yes, we have stuff going on all the time.
We have a big new gift shop in the building,
so it's all about meeting the needs of our veterans
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and camaraderie. We have a coffee bar where a lot
of them come in and sit and just talk. And yes,
it's all about our veterans at the center.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
It is amazing, just in a few seconds there, how
much you're talking about, how this school you can't even
tell it's a school, it was a school at one time,
and how great it is now for those of you
just tuning in, we're talking to Lola Vandwali and she
is with the Quad City Veteran Outreach Center. And if
you need to find out more, you know somebody that
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would love to be able to stop by there. It's
at forty five point fifteen North Fairmont Street in Davenport.
You can find out more too at QC vet Outreach
dot Com where you can call them five six three,
five two nine four seven eight two. Now, even though
we talked about how you're not connected with the VA directly,
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you still have a connection where you're helping or get
to I guess referrals sometimes. But if people want to
help out in some way, shape or form, how can
they donate or volunteer? How can they find out?
Speaker 3 (04:08):
They can go to Qcvetsoutreach dot com. They can also
call us. They can also participate in our events coming
up the Big Race coming up in April. We have
all kinds of programs going on. They can come in
and sign up to volunteer, and our newest program is
our Battle Buddy program which started last year. They become
a Battle Buddy of the Center, which includes a monthly
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donation and to take care of our veterans' needs for
the month.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
And you also have something. I think this is such
a great thing. It can work on raising a little
bit of money, but also honoring anybody that's serving currently
or has served. Is your honor Wall tell us a
little bit more about that.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Yes, our honor Wall is where people have purchased cracks
in memory of or in honor of, and they come
in and they get to choose the name, the symbol,
everything they want. And it is now filling our halls
on our bricks with a plaque about a veteran. And
we invite everybody to come and visit the wall in
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our Honor Room of all the things that veterans have
brought to us, to see their pictures, their uniforms, everything,
and just come and visit and look at the possibility
of putting up a plaque on the wall. We want
the school full of all the plaques to remember all
of our veterans.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Oh, such a great way to put the spotlight on
deserving people. One other a big funder is that's happening
in March is the first time for but the Veteran
Outreached Craft and Vendor show tell us about that.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
It is, Yes, that is a big day for us
it's going to be a big weekend for us. I
should stay two days of all kinds of vendors coming
in to sell their products and their crafts on the
twenty second and twenty third, and it's free to the public,
and we tell everybody to come in, maybe grab a
little lunch and enjoy the day shopping.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
It's going to be fantastic. And of course this probably
is a what do you want to call it? It's
kind of a signal, is how you want the rest
of the year do unfold. Every month there's something going
on to put the spotlight and help out the veterans
and the people in the military off. And the big
one is going to be happening in April. You already
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alluded to it, but it's the five k and one
mile run and walk, that's correct.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
It's the big run for veterans. On Saturday, April twelfth,
we have the five k in the one mile. It
is a timed race, but people are invited to either
run or walk and participate. This year we have added
a wheelchair division and a canine division. So if you
have a dog or support dog or anybody you want
to walk or run with you please sign them up,
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they get medals, dislike the rest of everybody does. It'll
start at the American Legion in Walcott. The American Legion
there has been a great supporter of the center in
our veterans. They will be cooking for all partsnticipation, all
participants after the race, so everybody will get a meal
that's participating, and you can also come and make a
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donation if you're not even signed up to eat with
our veterans. So we ask everybody to turn out, sign up,
be a part of it, volunteer to help, or just
show up to support. Everybody as a run to support
our veterans.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
It is amazing. Now, hopefully you're not going to be
too busy where you can grab some of that food too.
It seems like you'll be so busy you probably won't
eat at all on April twelve, probably won't.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
It's going to be a great.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Day, okay. So for people that want to be a
part or find out more. Again, we said the website
a few times and said the numbers, but as we're
going out here this morning for people or is it
possible to do tours, But for people that want to
find out more on the Great work that you're doing,
not only for the big run in April or the
craft and vendor show that's going to be coming up
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in March. How can people find out more on the
great world that you do over at the Quad City
Veteran Outreach Center.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
They can call, but you can come in. You come in,
stop in and visit the center. We would love to
give you a tour of the center. We have people
there all the time, So stop in and see us
Monday through Thursday till three o'clock daily and we'll give
you a tour or call. Look on the website and
we would be we'd love to have all the community
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come and visit.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
We're getting a chance again to talk to Sue Halfkemeyer,
President and CEO of Quad City Community Foundation, and I
say again it's been a while since we talked to her,
But Sue, when we talk about the Quad City Community Foundation,
I brought this up in the past. The name really
doesn't explain totally the great work you guys do.
Speaker 4 (08:49):
You know, we really transform the community through generosity of
our donors. And that was never more true than it
was in twenty twenty four when our donors stepped up
and donated over fifteen million dollars what they care about.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Once you get the money, where do you end up
taking it?
Speaker 4 (09:05):
So really the way that we grant out dollars happens
in a variety of ways that our donors really guide
those decisions. One of the really cool things about a
community foundation is that the donor can decide what they
are passionate about, what charities they care about, and they
can direct those dollars through us to those particular nonprofits.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Fifty million dollars seems like an awful lot, but even
though there could be corporations and big businesses are part
of it, a lot of individual people are calling you
and helping that way too.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
Yes, you know, one of the things we do is
set up donor funds. We have over eleven hundred donor
funds currently at the Community Foundation. So it is really
a broad based giving that we see in the community,
and that's really important as we support a variety of
different causes and needs in our community.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
How would people find out if they get or access
or apply for scholarship through the Quad City Community Foundation.
Speaker 4 (10:02):
It's probably easiest to either give us a call or
go online at Qccommunityfoundation dot org. To learn more about
our scholarships. But we give out over six hundred and
fifty thousand dollars worth of scholarships that will happen this year,
and not just to traditional students. Anybody who's going back
to school who has a need can reach out and
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fill out an application.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
What other ways can people maybe donate through the Quad
City Community Foundation?
Speaker 4 (10:29):
You know, another unique way that folks can donate to
the Community Foundation is through legacy planning through their estate plans.
We see a large number of people working on their
estate plans and including charitable causes in those plans, and
we last year we saw about nineteen point two million
dollars in new estate commitments to the Community Foundation. So
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that is a very popular way people like to give
for the charities of their choice.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
Do you find some people they want to help but
as he well, real they don't have You know, when
you hear millions of dollars, that can intimidate people, But
there are times too they could be donating maybe a
smaller amount.
Speaker 4 (11:07):
Absolutely, we have what we call our gift catalog online
on our website and we have nonprofits who have need
of maybe five hundred dollars for something or one thousand
dollars for something, and you can give toward the thing
you want to support, and others do the same, and
then that nonprofit receives the funding they need for that
maybe smaller item that they really use some help with.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Yeah, it's kind of like a level. Yeah, it's like
a snowball kind of a thing where it just keeps
going together and pretty soon you're up in the millions.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
Correct.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Okay, So if people want to find out more or
access things for scholarships or all the other great things
that you do, how soon can they find out more?
Speaker 4 (11:50):
By looking at our website Qccommunity Foundation dot org. This
way to access information about us, or by calling five
sixty three three two eight four zero.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
If you or your organization would like to be featured
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our station website. Now back to Pat Luke and Danny Linnhowe.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Lexibowl, Communications and Events manager at Cancer Support Community of
Iowa and Northwestern Illinois. You can find out more csc
Iowa Illinois dot org. How am I doing on that website? There?
Lexi Csciowa Illinois dot org. Of course, Cancer Support Community
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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
out more Csciowa Illinois dot org. First thing that I
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know is starting to get big in the windshield here
lexi ive from QC. It's Saturday night.
Speaker 5 (13:02):
Yeah, we're really excited and looking forward to the Senate.
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 program.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
So tell us a little bit more of what people
are going to be able to see when they head
out there.
Speaker 5 (13:25):
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 Gordon, He's
been on Conan Live at Gosam City the half hour
on Comedy Central. He's also been on this night show
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with Jimmy Fallon. But then we also have Fantastic Five
coming to perform and they're a local favorite, so they'll
play before the comedian goes on. They will also play
after a program. During the program. We do all of
our fundraising initials, so we have everything from a fund
of need, we have a silent auction, a live auction,
and we just have so many different ways that the
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community can get involved and give back but also while
enjoying a great night out.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Ticket prices individual.
Speaker 5 (14:13):
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 those.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Really, so we got to go. Okay, so and that's
for it. So I'm gathering then that's a nine hundred
dollars for ten.
Speaker 5 (14:32):
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 a table
of ten or six hundred and fifty for a table
of eight.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
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 cost.
And of course all of that is a big text
deduction too far.
Speaker 5 (14:52):
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 (15:04):
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? I don't know.
Speaker 5 (15:16):
I've had a little bit more time to think about it.
I think i'd need better at I.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
Don't know that anybody. Hey, and that night, give it
a shot there, Lexi and hopefully it all works out. Okay,
So along 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 they get their tickets, now what do they do?
Speaker 5 (15:41):
They can go to CSC Idowa 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 (15:54):
Okay, sounds good? All right, next up, Even though it
depends on when this interview airs, but this seems it's
like a weird time to be asking kids to register
for camp.
Speaker 5 (16:03):
It does, but you know what, everybody's dreaming of summer
right now for sure.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
So first things first, to find out more on camp.
What did they do?
Speaker 3 (16:13):
So?
Speaker 5 (16:13):
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
they're impacted by a cancer diagnosis, they're forced to grow
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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,
you know, making floors, and all of that fun stuff.
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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 diagnose this within their family. There's a
lot of different things that happen at camp, and actually
one of them in the middle of the week is
where they come into the our Davenport Clubhouse and they
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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 (17:31):
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? LuxI, I just want.
Speaker 5 (17:38):
To you can keep you can keep it to yourself.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
Oh, thank you so much. It's so nice of you.
But yeah, she is just the best. She is the beasns.
I tell you what. Now, when we talk about the
camp thing, when you talk about forty spots, that may
not take long, and those spots are going to be
going to be gobbled up here fairly quick. So it's
probably not one of those things where you wait until
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late April. Now's the time to start booking those spots.
Speaker 5 (18:06):
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 the families of campers get notified early May,
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and then from there they get to go on and
enjoy the summer camp when the time comes.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Okay, so give that website again so people can find
out more.
Speaker 5 (18:39):
It's a long moment. It's CSSE Iowa Illinois dot org.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
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 5 (18:51):
Okay, it's actually CSD Iowa Illinois dot org slash camp.
I wanted to make sure it.
Speaker 2 (18:57):
Hass okay, do it. Do it one more time because
somebody maybe somewhere else. Give it one more time.
Speaker 5 (19:02):
C Sciowa Illinois dot org slash camp.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Okay, because I was throwing people off by saying I
wanted to keep all this some moors to myself. So
I am so sorry distracting people. 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 5 (19:22):
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 gown the office.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
Sure, yeah, go ahead and start working on your reason
why you're leaving work already. Yeah, okay, got it.
Speaker 5 (19:41):
Hey, you know some people use it to close deals
clients out.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
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 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 to be a part of it, like like
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I said, volunteers, also for sponsors and participants, all three
can find out a little bit more, right.
Speaker 5 (20:16):
They can find all that information online at Csciowa 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 2 (20:30):
We have Laura co President and CEO of the Center
for Active Seniors, Incorporated, ten thirty five West Kimberley Road
in Davenport. Want to find out more. Sometimes this number
works for me. I think they have me blocked whenever
they see me come up and they don't ever help
me when I call, But they'll help you. Five six
three three eight six seven four seven seven. Now I
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am not going to go long here before I start
bringing up your own beer for the month the Month
of Cards. But I want to just make sure for
the people that have maybe just don't know, because even
though I can talk about Center for Active Seniors or
caseize a lot of people know you buy, sometimes they
don't really know what's going on. And I always love
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it the first thing you say, this is not your
grandma and Grandpa's Active Center to go over anywhere. This
is a completely different ballgame what you've got going on
off of Kimberly Road and Davenport.
Speaker 6 (21:28):
It really is. You know, we're kind of a unique
service model. We're one of a kind where the largest
senior center in the state of Iowa. We've been opened
a little over fifty years and we really are a
place where adults can go to stay active, stay connected,
and you know, age as successfully as they can through
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our multiple and hundreds of activities, our supportive services, and
just having a place to go with like minded people.
So it's really you have to see it to believe it.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
We all say that, Yeah, ten thirty five West Kumberly Road.
To see it for yourself. And if people want to
find out more, website.
Speaker 6 (22:08):
Ww dot CASEI seniors dot org and learn all about
the organization and what we have to offer and kind
of what's on our schedule.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
By the time this interview airs will be fairly close
to it. But it is a tradition, I think I've
said it's a tradition like none other, And people think
of the Master's golf term. No, this is a different
way to kind of celebrate Saint Patty's Day with the
forty third annual Saint Patti's Day Race that you guys
are a part of again this year.
Speaker 6 (22:37):
Yes, we're super excited. Forty three years for any fundraising event.
I think is a testament to a community who loves
it and the people that participate every year. But this
is the largest fundraiser for case I. One hundred percent
of those proceeds are going back into servicing older adults
right here in our own Quad Cities community, helping to
support our services and our activities and all all of
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the great stuff that we have going on over at
case I. So I hope everyone will join us this year,
despite what weather we might get.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
And it's especially foreboding when I can see it's the
IDEs of March that we're going to have for Saint
Patti's Day. It's like, don't be scared. It's going to
be fun because this course and I'm not a big runner.
I walk, but they don't run. But this is an
ideal course to be able to get out there and
have fun.
Speaker 6 (23:28):
You know, some people challenge themselves with a tough mutter.
Other people do the iron Man. Here in the Quad
Cities we have the case I Saint Patrick's Day.
Speaker 4 (23:37):
Ray.
Speaker 6 (23:37):
It is not for the week, you.
Speaker 4 (23:41):
Know, you never know.
Speaker 6 (23:41):
It could be sixty degrees, it could be negative eight
like it was two years ago. You never know, but
it's not you know, it's only for the strong of heart.
So yeah, it's it's just a really good time, folks,
really love the event because it's one of the first
events of the spring where you're coming back out getting
your running journey started again. And it's flat, it's fast,
and it's fun. It is a five k, it's downtown Davenport,
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it's an out and back and it's just a lot
of fun.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
So they could get registered right now.
Speaker 6 (24:11):
Where they can go to Qcsaintpatrick's Day race dot com
and we have a link to the registration page as
well as an FAQ page to give you all the
information you need about race day, packet, pickup, late registration,
all of that great stuff.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
We are talking to Laura cop president and CEO of
Ksehi and Laura I mentioned it at the very beginning,
but now tying it in this makes perfect sense. Talk
about the synergy with Saint Patty's Day. You have your
own beer, tell us more.
Speaker 6 (24:43):
I cannot talk about this enough. We're trying to get
the word out all over the place.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
This year.
Speaker 6 (24:48):
We're partnering with my favorite brewery, which is Front Street Brewery,
the makers of Cherrybomb Blonde, and they are creating a
specialty brew just for case I to be sold during
the month of March, with proceeds coming to support the
organization and the services that were providing. You know, at CASE,
we really love this idea and embrace this idea of
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redefining aging or reimagining aging, and we love things that
kind of flip the aging journey on its head and
doing things that people would never expect to see from
a senior center. And what we met with Front Street Brewery,
we knew without a doubt this is what we wanted
to do. We wanted to embrace their pin up girl
theme that they have on all of their beers. I
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know that's become for me, especially a beloved kind of
icon here in the Quad Cities community.
Speaker 4 (25:36):
And so we came up.
Speaker 6 (25:37):
With bad Betty Blonde, which is based on the original
pin up girl Betty Grable. You know what she would
be like today if she were still around. And our
tadline is because you're never too old to be bad.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
Well, I'll tell you what. I love the picture. I'm
looking at the website now and I'm going, Betty, You're
able all right, way to go nice one.
Speaker 6 (26:02):
I created that too. I will let you know with
my you know, uh not very good AI skills. She
probably has ten fingers on one hand.
Speaker 4 (26:11):
If you look really well.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
I quite quite frankly there, Laura, when I'm looking at
the website, I did not make it down to her fingers.
I'm sorry if I'm coming off that way, but I'm
I'm checking out the upper part and Betty, Betty looks good.
Nice job you drew her a nice way to go.
Speaker 4 (26:27):
Well, thank you.
Speaker 6 (26:29):
You know sees the inner part in all of us
as we age, that still wants to have fun, wants
to be adventurous, maybe be a little mischievous. Just because
we're aging doesn't mean that we, you know, somehow surrender
that inner child or inner bad girl or bad boy
inside of us.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
So and by the way, nice job on the AI
skills that's you've got just in case you want to
multitask even more. Nice nice job on that. In case
people can't make it for the initial tapping throughout March,
they can stop in and grab Batty, can't they, Yes,
they can.
Speaker 6 (27:05):
It'll be served down at Front Street Brewery as well
as it's going to be the exclusive beer of the
Saint Patrick's Day Race after Party. We have Fantastic five
coming out on Saturday Race Day. The host are after
party and we'll be having the beer there, but we've
also talked with a couple of really special bars around
the community that are offering the beer throughout the month
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of March and support of case I. So we're super
excited to get the name out there and really grow
this every year to be you know, a really fun
partnership with Front Street Brewery. They're great guys over there,
and we've loved working with well.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
You can tell just shut the energy and how you're
just talking about them so many times when we talk
about funding sometimes and certainly case I can be victim
of not you know, you never know sometimes if certain
avenues get shut off almost by the second. You certainly
have a lot of great sponsors that have come to
the forefront of shed some light on some good people
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if you want.
Speaker 6 (28:02):
To, I absolutely do.
Speaker 4 (28:04):
You know.
Speaker 6 (28:05):
Modern Woodmen of America stepped up this year to be
our presenting sponsor. We've had a long time relationship with them.
Their former CEO, Kenny Matthew, used to be our board chair.
We have representation from the organization now that still sits
on the case I board and they just really have
a huge heart for the Quad Cities community and the
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service organizations that they partner with every year in case
I is just glad to be one of those. We
also have many other sponsors including Eton and Sear Seeding,
Davenport Electric, the labor unions, in the Trades Union, and
you know, we would not be able to provide or
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offer these kind of fundraising events and these really fun
events for our community if it wasn't for our sponsors.
Because of our sponsors, one hundred percent of what we
raise is able to go back into, you know, our
organization and our mission. And like you said, in an
environment where you know, public funding continues to shrink and
governmental funding is going to be a thing of the past,
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it really is important that we have the buy in
of the entire community. So we are so grateful for
everyone who supports us every year, and we hope you'll
continue to do so.
Speaker 2 (29:15):
For people just tuning in, so you're talking to Laura
cop from KSHI want to be part of the run.
It's March fifteenth this year Saint Patty's Days on Monday,
but the big celebrating will happen Saturday. On the fifteenth
is people get to jump on things. So if they
want to register, where do they go?
Speaker 6 (29:33):
They can go to QC spatricks Day race dot com.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
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Welcome to Quad City Forum, a weekly community service program
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that exist in our community. Now here's your hosts for
Quad City Forum, Pat Luke and Denny Linhowe.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
We have Lola Vandwally being able to talk to us
here this morning being able to find some time in
their busy day. And Lolo of course with the Quad
City Veteran Outreach that you can find out more QCVET
outreach dot com and they're a big event that's going
to be coming in in April that we're going to
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have Lola talk about. But Lola, for the people that
see the Quad City Veteran Outreach Center and they think,
first off, they think, oh it must it's connected to
the VA. It's not connected to the VA. So there's
I mean, even though you maybe work with them, you're
constantly also trying to raise money in other sources and
(00:55):
it seems like you've you've got a lot of people
helping you out.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
We share we are not connected at all. We receive
no state or federal funding. We work very hard each
hear all our volunteers, our board and everybody including our
veterans to raise funds to cover our costs and everything
far overhead, and that way we raise funds for that
and all the donations one hundred percent go towards the
center or directly to take care of all of our
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veterans needs.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Now, when we last talked to you, and I think
it was you had the run walk last year, and
right around that time, you were moving into a school
that probably an old school that probably now you can
look in the outline of it and go, yeah, it's
a school, but inside it has completely been transformed since just.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
May it has been. It is a whole different a
whole different atmosphere, and a whole different center. Now it
is all about our veterans from one end to the next.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Now. One of the things, and I talked to one
of the people that work here at the Billilding in
our building here, an Mangrenade, said, you can walk around
and you can see like there's a theater for the veterans.
You've also even have something as simple as a haircut
for the vets. They could just maybe come in there
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and boom, get whatever they want and be able to
go about their day.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
That is correct. We have a hair salon, we have
a movie room. We have the gym where they can
work out, they can walk, or they can be a
part of our adaptive sports which is our wheelchair program.
We have a weekly grocery mart in there where they
can come in and pick up stuff. But then we
also have a full grocery store on the other side
of the building, which is our monthly grocery and they
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come in and get their full groceries each month. We
have all kinds of programs they go on. We have
our library where we have our computer corner, we have
our DVD exchange. There's resource programs offered throughout the building,
so yes, we have stuff going on all the time.
We have a big new gift shop in the building,
so it's all about meeting the needs of our veterans
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and camaraderie. We have a coffee bar where a lot
of them come in and sit and just talk. And yes,
it's all about our veterans at the center.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
It is amazing, just in a few seconds there, how
much you're talking about, how this school you can't even
tell it's a school, it was a school at one time,
and how great it is now for those of you
just tuning in, we're talking to Lola Vandwali and she
is with the Quad City Veteran Outreach Center. And if
you need to find out more, you know somebody that
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would love to be able to stop by there. It's
at forty five point fifteen North Fairmont Street in Davenport.
You can find out more too at QC vet Outreach
dot Com where you can call them five six three,
five two nine four seven eight two. Now, even though
we talked about how you're not connected with the VA directly,
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you still have a connection where you're helping or get
to I guess referrals sometimes. But if people want to
help out in some way, shape or form, how can
they donate or volunteer? How can they find out?
Speaker 3 (04:08):
They can go to Qcvetsoutreach dot com. They can also
call us. They can also participate in our events coming
up the Big Race coming up in April. We have
all kinds of programs going on. They can come in
and sign up to volunteer, and our newest program is
our Battle Buddy program which started last year. They become
a Battle Buddy of the Center, which includes a monthly
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donation and to take care of our veterans' needs for
the month.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
And you also have something. I think this is such
a great thing. It can work on raising a little
bit of money, but also honoring anybody that's serving currently
or has served. Is your honor Wall tell us a
little bit more about that.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Yes, our honor Wall is where people have purchased cracks
in memory of or in honor of, and they come
in and they get to choose the name, the symbol,
everything they want. And it is now filling our halls
on our bricks with a plaque about a veteran. And
we invite everybody to come and visit the wall in
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our Honor Room of all the things that veterans have
brought to us, to see their pictures, their uniforms, everything,
and just come and visit and look at the possibility
of putting up a plaque on the wall. We want
the school full of all the plaques to remember all
of our veterans.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Oh, such a great way to put the spotlight on
deserving people. One other a big funder is that's happening
in March is the first time for but the Veteran
Outreached Craft and Vendor show tell us about that.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
It is, Yes, that is a big day for us
it's going to be a big weekend for us. I
should stay two days of all kinds of vendors coming
in to sell their products and their crafts on the
twenty second and twenty third, and it's free to the public,
and we tell everybody to come in, maybe grab a
little lunch and enjoy the day shopping.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
It's going to be fantastic. And of course this probably
is a what do you want to call it? It's
kind of a signal, is how you want the rest
of the year do unfold. Every month there's something going
on to put the spotlight and help out the veterans
and the people in the military off. And the big
one is going to be happening in April. You already
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alluded to it, but it's the five k and one
mile run and walk, that's correct.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
It's the big run for veterans. On Saturday, April twelfth,
we have the five k in the one mile. It
is a timed race, but people are invited to either
run or walk and participate. This year we have added
a wheelchair division and a canine division. So if you
have a dog or support dog or anybody you want
to walk or run with you please sign them up,
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they get medals, dislike the rest of everybody does. It'll
start at the American Legion in Walcott. The American Legion
there has been a great supporter of the center in
our veterans. They will be cooking for all partsnticipation, all
participants after the race, so everybody will get a meal
that's participating, and you can also come and make a
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donation if you're not even signed up to eat with
our veterans. So we ask everybody to turn out, sign up,
be a part of it, volunteer to help, or just
show up to support. Everybody as a run to support
our veterans.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
It is amazing. Now, hopefully you're not going to be
too busy where you can grab some of that food too.
It seems like you'll be so busy you probably won't
eat at all on April twelve, probably won't.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
It's going to be a great.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Day, okay. So for people that want to be a
part or find out more. Again, we said the website
a few times and said the numbers, but as we're
going out here this morning for people or is it
possible to do tours, But for people that want to
find out more on the Great work that you're doing,
not only for the big run in April or the
craft and vendor show that's going to be coming up
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in March. How can people find out more on the
great world that you do over at the Quad City
Veteran Outreach Center.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
They can call, but you can come in. You come in,
stop in and visit the center. We would love to
give you a tour of the center. We have people
there all the time, So stop in and see us
Monday through Thursday till three o'clock daily and we'll give
you a tour or call. Look on the website and
we would be we'd love to have all the community
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come and visit.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
We're getting a chance again to talk to Sue Halfkemeyer,
President and CEO of Quad City Community Foundation, and I
say again it's been a while since we talked to her,
But Sue, when we talk about the Quad City Community Foundation,
I brought this up in the past. The name really
doesn't explain totally the great work you guys do.
Speaker 4 (08:49):
You know, we really transform the community through generosity of
our donors. And that was never more true than it
was in twenty twenty four when our donors stepped up
and donated over fifteen million dollars what they care about.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Once you get the money, where do you end up
taking it?
Speaker 4 (09:05):
So really the way that we grant out dollars happens
in a variety of ways that our donors really guide
those decisions. One of the really cool things about a
community foundation is that the donor can decide what they
are passionate about, what charities they care about, and they
can direct those dollars through us to those particular nonprofits.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Fifty million dollars seems like an awful lot, but even
though there could be corporations and big businesses are part
of it, a lot of individual people are calling you
and helping that way too.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
Yes, you know, one of the things we do is
set up donor funds. We have over eleven hundred donor
funds currently at the Community Foundation. So it is really
a broad based giving that we see in the community,
and that's really important as we support a variety of
different causes and needs in our community.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
How would people find out if they get or access
or apply for scholarship through the Quad City Community Foundation.
Speaker 4 (10:02):
It's probably easiest to either give us a call or
go online at Qccommunityfoundation dot org. To learn more about
our scholarships. But we give out over six hundred and
fifty thousand dollars worth of scholarships that will happen this year,
and not just to traditional students. Anybody who's going back
to school who has a need can reach out and
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fill out an application.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
What other ways can people maybe donate through the Quad
City Community Foundation?
Speaker 4 (10:29):
You know, another unique way that folks can donate to
the Community Foundation is through legacy planning through their estate plans.
We see a large number of people working on their
estate plans and including charitable causes in those plans, and
we last year we saw about nineteen point two million
dollars in new estate commitments to the Community Foundation. So
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that is a very popular way people like to give
for the charities of their choice.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
Do you find some people they want to help but
as he well, real they don't have You know, when
you hear millions of dollars, that can intimidate people, But
there are times too they could be donating maybe a
smaller amount.
Speaker 4 (11:07):
Absolutely, we have what we call our gift catalog online
on our website and we have nonprofits who have need
of maybe five hundred dollars for something or one thousand
dollars for something, and you can give toward the thing
you want to support, and others do the same, and
then that nonprofit receives the funding they need for that
maybe smaller item that they really use some help with.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Yeah, it's kind of like a level. Yeah, it's like
a snowball kind of a thing where it just keeps
going together and pretty soon you're up in the millions.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
Correct.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Okay, So if people want to find out more or
access things for scholarships or all the other great things
that you do, how soon can they find out more?
Speaker 4 (11:50):
By looking at our website Qccommunity Foundation dot org. This
way to access information about us, or by calling five
sixty three three two eight four zero.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
If you or your organization would like to be featured
on Quad City Forum, please visit the contact page and
our station website. Now back to Pat Luke and Danny Linnhowe.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Lexibowl, Communications and Events manager at Cancer Support Community of
Iowa and Northwestern Illinois. You can find out more csc
Iowa Illinois dot org. How am I doing on that website? There?
Lexi Csciowa Illinois dot org. Of course, Cancer Support Community
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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
out more Csciowa Illinois dot org. First thing that I
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know is starting to get big in the windshield here
lexi ive from QC. It's Saturday night.
Speaker 5 (13:02):
Yeah, we're really excited and looking forward to the Senate.
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 program.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
So tell us a little bit more of what people
are going to be able to see when they head
out there.
Speaker 5 (13:25):
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 Gordon, He's
been on Conan Live at Gosam City the half hour
on Comedy Central. He's also been on this night show
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with Jimmy Fallon. But then we also have Fantastic Five
coming to perform and they're a local favorite, so they'll
play before the comedian goes on. They will also play
after a program. During the program. We do all of
our fundraising initials, so we have everything from a fund
of need, we have a silent auction, a live auction,
and we just have so many different ways that the
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community can get involved and give back but also while
enjoying a great night out.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Ticket prices individual.
Speaker 5 (14:13):
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 those.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Really, so we got to go. Okay, so and that's
for it. So I'm gathering then that's a nine hundred
dollars for ten.
Speaker 5 (14:32):
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 a table
of ten or six hundred and fifty for a table
of eight.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
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 cost.
And of course all of that is a big text
deduction too far.
Speaker 5 (14:52):
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 (15:04):
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? I don't know.
Speaker 5 (15:16):
I've had a little bit more time to think about it.
I think i'd need better at I.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
Don't know that anybody. Hey, and that night, give it
a shot there, Lexi and hopefully it all works out. Okay,
So along 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 they get their tickets, now what do they do?
Speaker 5 (15:41):
They can go to CSC Idowa 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 (15:54):
Okay, sounds good? All right, next up, Even though it
depends on when this interview airs, but this seems it's
like a weird time to be asking kids to register
for camp.
Speaker 5 (16:03):
It does, but you know what, everybody's dreaming of summer
right now for sure.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
So first things first, to find out more on camp.
What did they do?
Speaker 3 (16:13):
So?
Speaker 5 (16:13):
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
they're impacted by a cancer diagnosis, they're forced to grow
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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,
you know, making floors, and all of that fun stuff.
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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 diagnose this within their family. There's a
lot of different things that happen at camp, and actually
one of them in the middle of the week is
where they come into the our Davenport Clubhouse and they
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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 (17:31):
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? LuxI, I just want.
Speaker 5 (17:38):
To you can keep you can keep it to yourself.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
Oh, thank you so much. It's so nice of you.
But yeah, she is just the best. She is the beasns.
I tell you what. Now, when we talk about the
camp thing, when you talk about forty spots, that may
not take long, and those spots are going to be
going to be gobbled up here fairly quick. So it's
probably not one of those things where you wait until
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late April. Now's the time to start booking those spots.
Speaker 5 (18:06):
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 the families of campers get notified early May,
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and then from there they get to go on and
enjoy the summer camp when the time comes.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Okay, so give that website again so people can find
out more.
Speaker 5 (18:39):
It's a long moment. It's CSSE Iowa Illinois dot org.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
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 5 (18:51):
Okay, it's actually CSD Iowa Illinois dot org slash camp.
I wanted to make sure it.
Speaker 2 (18:57):
Hass okay, do it. Do it one more time because
somebody maybe somewhere else. Give it one more time.
Speaker 5 (19:02):
C Sciowa Illinois dot org slash camp.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Okay, because I was throwing people off by saying I
wanted to keep all this some moors to myself. So
I am so sorry distracting people. 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 5 (19:22):
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 gown the office.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
Sure, yeah, go ahead and start working on your reason
why you're leaving work already. Yeah, okay, got it.
Speaker 5 (19:41):
Hey, you know some people use it to close deals
clients out.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
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 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 to be a part of it, like like
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I said, volunteers, also for sponsors and participants, all three
can find out a little bit more, right.
Speaker 5 (20:16):
They can find all that information online at Csciowa 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 2 (20:30):
We have Laura co President and CEO of the Center
for Active Seniors, Incorporated, ten thirty five West Kimberley Road
in Davenport. Want to find out more. Sometimes this number
works for me. I think they have me blocked whenever
they see me come up and they don't ever help
me when I call, But they'll help you. Five six
three three eight six seven four seven seven. Now I
(20:53):
am not going to go long here before I start
bringing up your own beer for the month the Month
of Cards. But I want to just make sure for
the people that have maybe just don't know, because even
though I can talk about Center for Active Seniors or
caseize a lot of people know you buy, sometimes they
don't really know what's going on. And I always love
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it the first thing you say, this is not your
grandma and Grandpa's Active Center to go over anywhere. This
is a completely different ballgame what you've got going on
off of Kimberly Road and Davenport.
Speaker 6 (21:28):
It really is. You know, we're kind of a unique
service model. We're one of a kind where the largest
senior center in the state of Iowa. We've been opened
a little over fifty years and we really are a
place where adults can go to stay active, stay connected,
and you know, age as successfully as they can through
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our multiple and hundreds of activities, our supportive services, and
just having a place to go with like minded people.
So it's really you have to see it to believe it.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
We all say that, Yeah, ten thirty five West Kumberly Road.
To see it for yourself. And if people want to
find out more, website.
Speaker 6 (22:08):
Ww dot CASEI seniors dot org and learn all about
the organization and what we have to offer and kind
of what's on our schedule.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
By the time this interview airs will be fairly close
to it. But it is a tradition, I think I've
said it's a tradition like none other, And people think
of the Master's golf term. No, this is a different
way to kind of celebrate Saint Patty's Day with the
forty third annual Saint Patti's Day Race that you guys
are a part of again this year.
Speaker 6 (22:37):
Yes, we're super excited. Forty three years for any fundraising event.
I think is a testament to a community who loves
it and the people that participate every year. But this
is the largest fundraiser for case I. One hundred percent
of those proceeds are going back into servicing older adults
right here in our own Quad Cities community, helping to
support our services and our activities and all all of
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the great stuff that we have going on over at
case I. So I hope everyone will join us this year,
despite what weather we might get.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
And it's especially foreboding when I can see it's the
IDEs of March that we're going to have for Saint
Patti's Day. It's like, don't be scared. It's going to
be fun because this course and I'm not a big runner.
I walk, but they don't run. But this is an
ideal course to be able to get out there and
have fun.
Speaker 6 (23:28):
You know, some people challenge themselves with a tough mutter.
Other people do the iron Man. Here in the Quad
Cities we have the case I Saint Patrick's Day.
Speaker 4 (23:37):
Ray.
Speaker 6 (23:37):
It is not for the week, you.
Speaker 4 (23:41):
Know, you never know.
Speaker 6 (23:41):
It could be sixty degrees, it could be negative eight
like it was two years ago. You never know, but
it's not you know, it's only for the strong of heart.
So yeah, it's it's just a really good time, folks,
really love the event because it's one of the first
events of the spring where you're coming back out getting
your running journey started again. And it's flat, it's fast,
and it's fun. It is a five k, it's downtown Davenport,
(24:06):
it's an out and back and it's just a lot
of fun.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
So they could get registered right now.
Speaker 6 (24:11):
Where they can go to Qcsaintpatrick's Day race dot com
and we have a link to the registration page as
well as an FAQ page to give you all the
information you need about race day, packet, pickup, late registration,
all of that great stuff.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
We are talking to Laura cop president and CEO of
Ksehi and Laura I mentioned it at the very beginning,
but now tying it in this makes perfect sense. Talk
about the synergy with Saint Patty's Day. You have your
own beer, tell us more.
Speaker 6 (24:43):
I cannot talk about this enough. We're trying to get
the word out all over the place.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
This year.
Speaker 6 (24:48):
We're partnering with my favorite brewery, which is Front Street Brewery,
the makers of Cherrybomb Blonde, and they are creating a
specialty brew just for case I to be sold during
the month of March, with proceeds coming to support the
organization and the services that were providing. You know, at CASE,
we really love this idea and embrace this idea of
(25:08):
redefining aging or reimagining aging, and we love things that
kind of flip the aging journey on its head and
doing things that people would never expect to see from
a senior center. And what we met with Front Street Brewery,
we knew without a doubt this is what we wanted
to do. We wanted to embrace their pin up girl
theme that they have on all of their beers. I
(25:30):
know that's become for me, especially a beloved kind of
icon here in the Quad Cities community.
Speaker 4 (25:36):
And so we came up.
Speaker 6 (25:37):
With bad Betty Blonde, which is based on the original
pin up girl Betty Grable. You know what she would
be like today if she were still around. And our
tadline is because you're never too old to be bad.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
Well, I'll tell you what. I love the picture. I'm
looking at the website now and I'm going, Betty, You're
able all right, way to go nice one.
Speaker 6 (26:02):
I created that too. I will let you know with
my you know, uh not very good AI skills. She
probably has ten fingers on one hand.
Speaker 4 (26:11):
If you look really well.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
I quite quite frankly there, Laura, when I'm looking at
the website, I did not make it down to her fingers.
I'm sorry if I'm coming off that way, but I'm
I'm checking out the upper part and Betty, Betty looks good.
Nice job you drew her a nice way to go.
Speaker 4 (26:27):
Well, thank you.
Speaker 6 (26:29):
You know sees the inner part in all of us
as we age, that still wants to have fun, wants
to be adventurous, maybe be a little mischievous. Just because
we're aging doesn't mean that we, you know, somehow surrender
that inner child or inner bad girl or bad boy
inside of us.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
So and by the way, nice job on the AI
skills that's you've got just in case you want to
multitask even more. Nice nice job on that. In case
people can't make it for the initial tapping throughout March,
they can stop in and grab Batty, can't they, Yes,
they can.
Speaker 6 (27:05):
It'll be served down at Front Street Brewery as well
as it's going to be the exclusive beer of the
Saint Patrick's Day Race after Party. We have Fantastic five
coming out on Saturday Race Day. The host are after
party and we'll be having the beer there, but we've
also talked with a couple of really special bars around
the community that are offering the beer throughout the month
(27:27):
of March and support of case I. So we're super
excited to get the name out there and really grow
this every year to be you know, a really fun
partnership with Front Street Brewery. They're great guys over there,
and we've loved working with well.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
You can tell just shut the energy and how you're
just talking about them so many times when we talk
about funding sometimes and certainly case I can be victim
of not you know, you never know sometimes if certain
avenues get shut off almost by the second. You certainly
have a lot of great sponsors that have come to
the forefront of shed some light on some good people
(28:01):
if you want.
Speaker 6 (28:02):
To, I absolutely do.
Speaker 4 (28:04):
You know.
Speaker 6 (28:05):
Modern Woodmen of America stepped up this year to be
our presenting sponsor. We've had a long time relationship with them.
Their former CEO, Kenny Matthew, used to be our board chair.
We have representation from the organization now that still sits
on the case I board and they just really have
a huge heart for the Quad Cities community and the
(28:27):
service organizations that they partner with every year in case
I is just glad to be one of those. We
also have many other sponsors including Eton and Sear Seeding,
Davenport Electric, the labor unions, in the Trades Union, and
you know, we would not be able to provide or
(28:47):
offer these kind of fundraising events and these really fun
events for our community if it wasn't for our sponsors.
Because of our sponsors, one hundred percent of what we
raise is able to go back into, you know, our
organization and our mission. And like you said, in an
environment where you know, public funding continues to shrink and
governmental funding is going to be a thing of the past,
(29:08):
it really is important that we have the buy in
of the entire community. So we are so grateful for
everyone who supports us every year, and we hope you'll
continue to do so.
Speaker 2 (29:15):
For people just tuning in, so you're talking to Laura
cop from KSHI want to be part of the run.
It's March fifteenth this year Saint Patty's Days on Monday,
but the big celebrating will happen Saturday. On the fifteenth
is people get to jump on things. So if they
want to register, where do they go?
Speaker 6 (29:33):
They can go to QC spatricks Day race dot com.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
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