Help With Our Fundraiser!

The other big announcement is that our ROSE DAY fundraiser is upon us! This is our biggest fundraiser for the club, and we need your help to make it a success! Sell to your friends and coworkers, certainly buy for your spouse or partner, or sponsor roses to be given to our local nursing home residents!

CLICK HERE for a flyer you can attach to an email or post on your facebook page.

Announcements

Happy Muddy Friday everyone! We hope you can join us in February for a great variety of programs.

Monday is a riveting program by Dennis Harker, founder of the Quad Cities Missing Persons Network. This program will be a bit longer than normal, so we will forego some of the usual activities to allow ample time and get you back to work. If possible, we'd love for you to arrive by 11:45 so that we can get a little earlier start.

Then make sure to view the list of upcoming programs below and mark your calendars!

The other big announcement is that our ROSE DAY fundraiser is upon us! This is our biggest fundraiser for the club, and we need your help to make it a success! Sell to your friends and coworkers, certainly buy for your spouse or partner, or sponsor roses to be given to our local nursing home residents! CLICK HERE for a flyer you can attach to an email or post on your facebook page.

we are still looking for volunteers for our Terrific Kids program. We sponsor this recognition program at 3 schools - Frances Willard, Longfellow, and the Rock Island Academy. If you want to spread some joy, please consider signing up at the link below. You won't regret it!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/TK24-25#/

Our grants and scholarship applications should be available online and we have a good budget this year for both areas, so encourage non-profit organizations you may support to apply. The awards will be handed out at our April 28th meeting.

March 15th is the District Bowlathon in Geneseo, to raise money for the Kiwanis Neuro-Research Foundation (KNRF). Consider signing up, where we guarantee a great time.

Our guest speaker was Dennis Harker, Founder and Director of the Quad Cities Missing Persons Network. Dennis retired in 2013 from the Genesis Hospital system after 43 years. His son was lost shortly thereafter, and Dennis founded the Network after that horrific experience. For Dennis, this is his life's work now.

The mission is simply "to find the missing". The Network averages about 1 case per week. They have a Board of Directors, including a private investigator. Members of the network are trained on how to search and not contaminate crime scenes. They use social media to reach a wide audience, and in fact, a recent search posting reached 150,000 people. In addition to helping locate missing persons, they provide support for the families also. For those interested in joining the network, you will usually job shadow a team member and, and then the network will pay for your training once you commit to the team.

Their major source of funding is a resale shop on 12th Street, in the former Colman's Florist building, where they sell and take anything but clothing.

Upcoming Programs:

Monday, February 10th Dave Markward, “From Dubuque to Selma: My Journey to Understanding Racism in America”
Monday, February 17th Board Meeting
Monday, February 24th Jerry Jones, Martin Luther King Center
Monday, March 3rd Liz Tallman and Stacey McIntosh, DARI (Development Association of Rock Island)
Monday, March 10th Dr. Andrea Talentino, President of Augustana College
Monday, March 17th Board Meeting
Monday, March 24th Craig Hignight, Spring Gardening Tips and Tricks