February 24, 2025 • 10 mins
Find out more about CASI's St. Patty's Day Race and their new BEER! Laura Kopp lays it all out for us!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We have Laura Ka, President and CEO of the Center
for Active Seniors, Incorporated ten thirty five West Kimberly Road
in Davenport. I 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
(00:22):
I am not going to go long here before I
start bringing up your own beer for the month the
month of March. 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 by sometimes
they don't really know what's going on. And I always
(00:43):
love it the first thing you say, this is not
your grandma and Grandpa's Active Center to go over anyway.
This is a completely different ballgame what you've got going
on off of Kimberly Road and Davenport.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
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
(01:18):
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 1 (01:28):
We always say that, yeah, ten thirty five West Kumberly Road,
to see it for yourself. And if people want to
find out more website what can they do, they probably
can access that.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Too cool ww dot Ksiseeniors dot org and learn all
about the organization and what we have to offer and
kind of what's on our schedule.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
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 turn know 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 2 (02:11):
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 city community, helping to
support our services and our activities and all of the
(02:34):
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 1 (02:42):
You never you never know. I mean it's this year
and it's especially foreboting. 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
(03:02):
ideal course to be able to get out there and
have fun.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
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 that I Saint Patrick's Day Race.
It is not for the week, you know, you never know.
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.
(03:26):
So yeah, 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,
it's an out and back and it's just a lot
of fun.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Now to get registered, it's fairly easy. But why don't
you give them the website if they want when this
airs now it will air this weekend, but then a
couple more times before the actual race, so they could
get registered right.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Now where they can go to QC Saint Patrick'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,
pick up, late registration, all of that great stuff.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
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 synergy with Saint Patty's Day. You have your own beer,
tell us more.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
I cannot talk about this enough. We're trying to get
the word out all over the place this year 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 we're providing. You know, at
(04:54):
case I, we really love this idea and embrace this
idea of 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
(05:15):
pin up girl theme that they have on all of
their beers. I know that's become for me, especially a
beloved kind of icon here in the Quad Cities community.
And so we came up with Bad Betty Blonde, which
is based on the original pin up girl, Betty Grabel.
You know what she would be like today if if
(05:36):
she were still around. And our tagline is because You're
never too old to be bad.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Well, I'll tell you what. I love the picture. I'm
looking at the website now, and I'm going, Betty Grabel,
all right, way to go, nice one.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
I created that too. I will let you know with
my you know, not very good AI skills, she probably
has ten fingers on one hand. And if you look really.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Cool, well, 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 Bette,
Betty looks good. Nice job you drew her a nice
way to go.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Well, thank you. She's you know, she's 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. So we're gonna
(06:37):
be having a launch of the beer, a tapping if
you will. We're calling it Blarney Bass, and it's going
to be next Thursday, February twenty seventh, at five point
thirty pm down at the Front Street Brewery tap room
in the Freight House. So I hope everyone will come
join us. We get a dollar per pore of every
drink cord that night of the beer, and we will
(06:58):
also be having some guest bartenders, So I hope everyone
will come out and join us this.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
It sounds fantastic 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.
But in case people can't make it for the initial
tapping throughout March, they can stop in and grab batty,
can't they, Yes.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
They can. 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 to host
our 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
(07:44):
the month 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.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Working with well that it can you can tell just
to the energy and how you're exploiting you're just talking
about them. But 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
(08:17):
a lot of great sponsors that have come to the forefront,
not only for the Blarney Bash, but for the run too.
Do you want to kind of shed some lightem some
good people if you want to.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
I absolutely do. You know, Modern Woodmen of America stepped
up this year to be our presenting sponsor. We've had
a longtime 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
(08:49):
the Quad Cities community and the 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
Union in the Trades Union, and you know, we would
not be able to provide or offer these kind of
(09:13):
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, it really is
(09:34):
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 1 (09:40):
Got it. Blarney Bash, I've already been drinking some of
the Betty Blonde there. Sorry about that. The Blarney Bash
Front Street Brewery tap Room for twenty nine West River
Drive in Davenport. That's February twenty seventh, but the whole
month of March, you can probably stop into a lot
of spots and they'll be able to get that and
you'll get a portion of all the sales on that one.
(10:03):
We'll go to KSEI. But again for people just tuning in,
so you're talking to Laura cop from KSEI, want to
be a 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 2 (10:22):
They can go to Qcspatrick's Day race dot com. Early
bird registration ends on Thursday February or Friday February twenty eighth,
and that is how you guarantee a commemorative T shirt.
Is to be an early bird registerrant. We can only
guarantee T shirts Race T shirts for those folks that
participate in the early bird registration, so make sure you
(10:45):
register by February twenty eighth,
We have Laura Ka, President and CEO of the Center
for Active Seniors, Incorporated ten thirty five West Kimberly Road
in Davenport. I 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
(00:22):
I am not going to go long here before I
start bringing up your own beer for the month the
month of March. 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 by sometimes
they don't really know what's going on. And I always
(00:43):
love it the first thing you say, this is not
your grandma and Grandpa's Active Center to go over anyway.
This is a completely different ballgame what you've got going
on off of Kimberly Road and Davenport.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
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
(01:18):
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 1 (01:28):
We always say that, yeah, ten thirty five West Kumberly Road,
to see it for yourself. And if people want to
find out more website what can they do, they probably
can access that.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Too cool ww dot Ksiseeniors dot org and learn all
about the organization and what we have to offer and
kind of what's on our schedule.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
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 turn know 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 2 (02:11):
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 city community, helping to
support our services and our activities and all of the
(02:34):
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 1 (02:42):
You never you never know. I mean it's this year
and it's especially foreboting. 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
(03:02):
ideal course to be able to get out there and
have fun.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
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 that I Saint Patrick's Day Race.
It is not for the week, you know, you never know.
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.
(03:26):
So yeah, 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,
it's an out and back and it's just a lot
of fun.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Now to get registered, it's fairly easy. But why don't
you give them the website if they want when this
airs now it will air this weekend, but then a
couple more times before the actual race, so they could
get registered right.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Now where they can go to QC Saint Patrick'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,
pick up, late registration, all of that great stuff.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
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 synergy with Saint Patty's Day. You have your own beer,
tell us more.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
I cannot talk about this enough. We're trying to get
the word out all over the place this year 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 we're providing. You know, at
(04:54):
case I, we really love this idea and embrace this
idea of 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
(05:15):
pin up girl theme that they have on all of
their beers. I know that's become for me, especially a
beloved kind of icon here in the Quad Cities community.
And so we came up with Bad Betty Blonde, which
is based on the original pin up girl, Betty Grabel.
You know what she would be like today if if
(05:36):
she were still around. And our tagline is because You're
never too old to be bad.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Well, I'll tell you what. I love the picture. I'm
looking at the website now, and I'm going, Betty Grabel,
all right, way to go, nice one.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
I created that too. I will let you know with
my you know, not very good AI skills, she probably
has ten fingers on one hand. And if you look really.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Cool, well, 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 Bette,
Betty looks good. Nice job you drew her a nice
way to go.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Well, thank you. She's you know, she's 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. So we're gonna
(06:37):
be having a launch of the beer, a tapping if
you will. We're calling it Blarney Bass, and it's going
to be next Thursday, February twenty seventh, at five point
thirty pm down at the Front Street Brewery tap room
in the Freight House. So I hope everyone will come
join us. We get a dollar per pore of every
drink cord that night of the beer, and we will
(06:58):
also be having some guest bartenders, So I hope everyone
will come out and join us this.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
It sounds fantastic 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.
But in case people can't make it for the initial
tapping throughout March, they can stop in and grab batty,
can't they, Yes.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
They can. 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 to host
our 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
(07:44):
the month 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.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Working with well that it can you can tell just
to the energy and how you're exploiting you're just talking
about them. But 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
(08:17):
a lot of great sponsors that have come to the forefront,
not only for the Blarney Bash, but for the run too.
Do you want to kind of shed some lightem some
good people if you want to.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
I absolutely do. You know, Modern Woodmen of America stepped
up this year to be our presenting sponsor. We've had
a longtime 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
(08:49):
the Quad Cities community and the 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
Union in the Trades Union, and you know, we would
not be able to provide or offer these kind of
(09:13):
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, it really is
(09:34):
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 1 (09:40):
Got it. Blarney Bash, I've already been drinking some of
the Betty Blonde there. Sorry about that. The Blarney Bash
Front Street Brewery tap Room for twenty nine West River
Drive in Davenport. That's February twenty seventh, but the whole
month of March, you can probably stop into a lot
of spots and they'll be able to get that and
you'll get a portion of all the sales on that one.
(10:03):
We'll go to KSEI. But again for people just tuning in,
so you're talking to Laura cop from KSEI, want to
be a 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 2 (10:22):
They can go to Qcspatrick's Day race dot com. Early
bird registration ends on Thursday February or Friday February twenty eighth,
and that is how you guarantee a commemorative T shirt.
Is to be an early bird registerrant. We can only
guarantee T shirts Race T shirts for those folks that
participate in the early bird registration, so make sure you
(10:45):
register by February twenty eighth,
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