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> Want your benefit listed? Submit it here! < The Arc's Charity Texas Hold'Em Tournament February 4, 2012 11 AM - 11:30 PM Jumer's Casino & Hotel 777 Jumer Drive Rock Island, IL 61201 $60 The Arc of the Quad Cities Area invites you to participate in our charity Texas Hold'Em Tournament & Sponsors' Gala on Saturday, February 4th at Jumer's Casino & Hotel in Rock Island. Buy-in $60 Re-buy $30 (limited to 1 in the first hour of play) Sessions at 12 pm and 5 pm. Each session plays to 10 winners, with the Final Round at 9 pm. Grand Prize is a seat at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas! Second Place prize is a Bag-o-Gold and Third Place prize is a Las Vegas Getaway. Total prize purse is a function of paid registrants. Seating is limited and the first session is filling up quickly. Reserve your place at the table by going to The Arc of the Quad Cities Area Facebook page, online to www.arcqca.org/store, or by phone at 309-786-6474 x171. All proceeds benefit 325 individuals with developmental and other disabilities through a variety of support services. Scott Community College Interior Design Trivia Night Fundraiser February 10, 2012 6:30 PM - 10 PM Johnnys Italian Steakhouse Metro Center (Across from I-Wireless) 1515 River Drive, Moline IL $10/person ($80 for table of 8) Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Heather L. Sherman Vice-President of the Interior Design Program at Scott Community College. We are holding a fundraiser to help raise money to send the students of the program to the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. Its a great opportunity to meet the city designers as well as go to a variety of the showcases. The fundraiser is going to be a trivia night with raffle prizes, silent auction, and 50/50. It's $10 per person (tables of 8) or $80 for a table. There will be a cash bar and bring your own snacks! Its going to be located at Johnnys Italian Steakhouse Metro Center across from the I-Wireless on Friday February 10th. Doors open at 630pm and trivia starts at 7pm. Thanks in advance. Midwest Sluggers 16U Trivia Night February 10, 2012 7 PM The Rock 302 First Street Coal Valley, Illinois $10 per person Fundraiser for Midwest Sluggers 16U Girls ASA Fastpitch Softball team. Door prizes, 50/50, raffles. Hosted by Mister Trivia. Kenny Valentine Benefit February 11, 2012 Starts at 3 PM - Live music at 6 PM Valley Inn Bar & Grill On November 15th, 2011 Kenny Valentine, Jr. was diagnosed with a rare gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). These types of tumors can be malignant or benign. Unfortunately, in Kenny's case the tumor is cancerous and too large to operate on at this time. Kenny is currently taking a chemotherapy drug called Gleevec, which will hopefully shrink the tumor so it can be removed. In the meantime, Kenny is unable to work, waiting for disability and his medical bills are unmanageable. In order to help ease the cost and stress associated with medical and other expenses, there will be a benefit held for Kenny at Valley Inn Bar & Grill on February 11, 2012 starting at 3 PM. The benefit will include a silent auction, dinner, and live music. Dinner will be served and silent auction held throughout the benefit with raffle drawing and live music starting at 6 PM. Tickets will be sold for the benefit prior to February 11th, 2011 and will include silent auction entry, dinner and live music. There will also be a raffle drawing with several items including a new 32" Flat Screen TV. Donations for silent auctions and raffle items will be appreciated, as well as monetary donations. Tips earned by servers, volunteers and bartenders during this event will be donated to Kenny's benefit fund. Please contact the Valley Inn Bar & Grill @ (563) 514-1695 between the hours of 11 AM and 6 PM for donation information. 3rd Annual Terry Lunardi Memorial "Play HEARTS for Hearts" Tournament February 18, 2012 5:30 - 9:30 PM Putnam Musem 1717 West 12th Street Davenport, Iowa $30, $25 with college student ID Play hearts to save hearts! Join us for this third annual evening of great food, fun and prizes to benefit CPR training programs at your Eastern Iowa Community Colleges. We'll start at 5:30 p.m. with check in and a great lasagna dinner from Lunardi's Italian Restaurant. Play starts at 6:30 p.m., and the top three finishers will have their choice of great prize packages. Cash bar, raffle prizes. Don't know how to play hearts? We'll teach you, or just come and enjoy the company. Come early for FREE CPR training at CPR Saturday; sessions at 2:30, 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. For more information or to register, call 1-888-336-3907 or visit www.eicc.edu/hearts. CPR saves lives. Help us reach more people with these critical lifesaving skills and build our communities' chain of survival! Ryan Simpson Benefit February 25, 2012 11 AM to 11 PM Oquawka Eagles Club On August 21, 2011, Ryan Simpson was injured in a swimming accident at his home. Ryan is the son of Bill and Becky Simpson of Oquawka. This accident has left Ryan paralyzed from the chest-line down. He has received treatment at the University of Iowa, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, and is currently in Davenport, Iowa at Genesis. This has been a LIFE CHANGING EVENT for Ryan and his family. We are anticipating that Ryan will be released sometime after the new year. For more info call Stacy at 309-221-0696 Brian Keppy Memorial Scholarship Fund Trivia Night February 25, 2012 7 PM Knights of Columbus 1111 W 35th St Davenport, IA Tables of eight - $80 / table Trivia night with silent auction, raffles and 50/50. Bring your own snacks. All beverages provided for purchase. Doors open at 6:00, trivia starts at 7:00. To reserve a table email Vicki at kepy5@aol.com by February 11, 2012. Benefit for Chris Barber February 28, 2012 5 PM - 8 PM Mulligans Valley Pub, Coal Valley Chris was born in Moline, IL, and graduated from Moline High School. He has been the CDS lead at Iowa Health Systems since 2005. In December 2011, Chris was diagnosed with Stage IV Renal (kidney) cell carcinoma which has metastasized to the renal vein and has spread to his lungs. Chris is married to Trudy and they have 3 children, Daniel, Mike and Crystal and one Granddaughter, Alyssa. Chris is trying to continue to work so he can keep his insurance; however, the medical costs are/will be tremendous. Please help Chris and his family through this stressful time. There will be a basket raffle and 50/50 cash raffle at this event. Please contact Dawn Gray 309-269-6622 or Sheila Holdren 563-508-1661 Durant Post-Prom Fundraising Trivia Night March 3rd, 2012 7 PM Durant Community Center 608 5th Street Durant, Iowa 8 Person Trivia Table - $80 per table The Durant High School Junior class is holding a Trivia Night to raise money for their post-prom activities. The post-prom party is an initiative to keep our high schoolers safe following the prom event and have a ton of fun! To reserve a table or for more information, please call Kris Knobloch at 563-210-2725. Mohr Family Farm Benefit March, 10, 2012 2:00 PM to 12:00 AM Tiddley Tap 340 16th Street Bettendorf, Iowa 52722 $5.00 This is a benefit to raise money to help the Mohr family. Their house caught fire on Dec. 8th and the damage to the house was a total loss. There were five peope living in the home at the time, including two young boys, ages 5 and 1. The family is spread out living with relatives until they can get their house built and move back in. We will be having a silent auction from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. and All you can eat chili for $2.00, and a bake sale until around 7:00 p.m. Then at 7:00 p.m. The party starts, buy a cup for $5.00 and drink from the keg until it is gone. CEO Karaoke will be on hand to provide music and karoake. So come down have a party for a good cause. Let's help the Mohr family rebuild and get back home. Mini Dance Marathon at Scott Community College March, 27, 2012 12 PM to 10 PM Scott Community College Student Life Center 500 Belmont Road Bettendorf, IA 52722 Registration is $15 before March 2, 2012 What have you done to make a difference today? Every day 46 children are diagnosed with cancer. That's 46 families and lives that will be changed forever. This is our chance to help raise money in the fight against childhood cancer. My goal is to raise over $5,000 for the University of Iowa Dance Marathon. As a childhood cancer survivor, this cause is near and dear to my heart. Help me to help the kids! Feel free to invite friends and family to this 10 hour long dance marathon event. It is open to the community! Anyone 16 years and older can participate. =) For more information, please contact Alyssa Turcsak at (563) 726-3976 or at sccdancemarathon@gmail.com. Check us out on facebook at www.facebook.com/sccdancemarathon. "Paws" for a Cause April 20, 2012 7 - 11PM Milan Community Center 2701 1st St E Milan, IL 61264 Free This is a first annual charity event to benefit the local animal shelters! We are hosting a silent auction, a raffle, and a live auction (local celebrities and professionals auctioning themselves off to the highest bidder for a dinner date!). There will be food, drinks, live music by "just chords", and the only admission is a can of cat or dog food for the shelters. We have a facebook page as well with updated info. We are still looking for help with publicity, silent auction donations and live auction volunteers! Black Horse Cherry Orchard Ongoing until it runs out Currently this is taking place in Kewanee Illinois but this programs basics allow it to be implimented anywhere using slightly different methods. what is piece of mind worth to you I established this non for profit 501c3 program to help save a dying town The details are far to great to list here so I will give the shortest version possible.For 25 dollars I will plant a cherry tree in one of our orchards that once were desolate or overgrown lots.I will then give you Gps coordinates to the tree,soon you will be able to purchase small flat monuments to place at the foot of the tree in remembrance of a loved one(pet or human or both)Then feel free to come and visit every spring during the cherry blossom festival and if not google earth will hold you over until you can visit.If you live in the city of Kewanee I will plant a cherry tree in your yard for the $25 I do ask for donations to help with costs if you can.about $5 to $1,000,000,000.All proceeds are put back into the char! ity to fund micro business .Check out my blog(working on a web http://blackhorsecherryorchard.blogspot.com/ Memorial Fund for Jack Pauly Donations for Jack Pauly’s memorial may be made out to the DeWitt Park and Recreation Department and designated for the Jack Pauly Memorial Fund. They may be taken to North Scott or Pleasant Valley high schools or sent to DeWitt Park and Recreation Department, 900 14th St., DeWitt, IA 52742. Full story here.