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It’s the intention of the Pleasant Valley School District that students leave with two important takeaways following graduation. “Our deeply-held values in this district are the importance of students continuing on to purse post-secondary education opportunities and teaching them the value of citizenship to our communities,” noted Superintendent Jim Spelhaug.
Read MoreA new scholarship at the Quad Cities Community Foundation will celebrate the life of a man whose life was tragically lost too early and serve as an inspiration for area students who wish to continue their education after high school.
Read MoreThe Robert J. and Lois M. Hughes Scholarship was established at the Community Foundation to assist individuals with the backgrounds, values, and love of the professions in which Bob and Lois lived and worked.
Read MoreStudents can now apply for scholarships to community colleges, trade schools, and four-year institutions thanks to the generosity of donors. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships are awarded each year from the Quad Cities Community Foundation.
Read MoreMore than $250,000 in scholarships will be available to new students
Read MoreIt is good to be home.
That’s a sentiment Hannah Thomsen feels strongly now that she has returned to her old stomping grounds to live and work. “I feel like I’ve found myself in my home community,” said Thomsen, who serves as the communications director for the Pleasant Valley Community School District in Riverdale, Iowa.
Read MoreMikhayla Hughes-Shaw and Elise Edens struggled with deep depression and social anxiety in high school, but they have emerged in a better place, each working to help other young people triumph over their demons.
Read MoreValerie Davis loves the feedback she gets from the students who complete Great Sounds Promotions’ annual Youth Education Music Workshops. “The students just love it,” she said. “The feedback is extremely positive.”
Read MoreIt was during a balloon and laser demonstration while a high school student that Caleb Hoffman first realized he was interested in engineering.
Read MoreA group of local teenagers have spent the past year identifying promising opportunities and pressing needs in the Quad Cities area as part of the Quad City Community Foundation’s Teens for Tomorrow program.
Read MoreMy dad’s service club lived by a saying that continues to stick with me: “By changing the lives of others, our life is inevitably changed.”
Read MoreA generous donation should let many families indebted to the Davenport Public Library begin new chapters this summer.
Read MoreIt was during a balloon and laser demonstration while a high school student that Caleb Hoffman first realized he was interested in engineering.
Read MoreWhen Jessica Elliott and her fellow Quad Cities Community Foundation Teens for Tomorrow members were narrowing down their list of community issues that could be awarded grants this year, she picked the human trafficking research group for one reason.
Read MoreIdeas. The good ones are like snowballs. It just takes one, a little push of inspiration and off it goes, growing greater with every roll.
Read MoreThe Quad Cities Community Foundation is proud to announce that applications for 2018 scholarships are now available. Thirty-eight different scholarships will be awarded this spring, with some offering more than one award.
Read MoreIt looks and sounds a bit like school, but Two Rivers YMCA staff are confident the students taking part in this year’s Summer Enrichment Camp will want to return every year. “They’ll go to the zoo, art museum, library and the Y for swimming,” said Jeff Cornelius…
Read MoreIt was a proud moment for Laurie Elliott when she picked her daughter up from a Teens for Tomorrow meeting and the high school student couldn’t wait to share with her mom what she had learned about local nonprofits.
Read MoreMary Marker credits a renewable scholarship through the Quad Cities Community Foundation with helping her do more than pay for college.
Read MoreThe following essay was written by student Ike Sears, a participant in the Quad Cities Community Foundation's Teens for Tomorrow Program. In his own words, Ike shares with us a glimpse into the program.
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