The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train rolls into Davenport's Florian Keen Parking Lot (W River Dr @ Western St) on Thursday, December 6th.

Join the community - all in the name of HUNGER. This special decorated Holiday Train will light up the tracks. Once it stops, the door will swing open on the stage car for the Canadian artists to perform.

This is a great way to kick off the holiday season AND help feed the area's hungry. All donations benefit the 24 local food pantries of Churches United.

Admission is a non-perishable food item or cash.

Could your group, business or organization - faith based or not - hold a food drive and bring it to the Holiday Train on the 6th? Be part of the whole community to HELP FEED THE NEED.

For more information, please contact Churches United at 563-332-5002.

The 41st annual Quad Cities CROP Hunger Walk to be held this Sunday, October 7, 2012 beginning at Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport and crossing the Centennial Bridge into Rock Island.

Looking to make a difference in these trying times, the Quad Cities CROP Hunger Walk has set a goal of 1,000 Walkers and hopes to raise $60,000 to help stop hunger and poverty here in our community and around the world, through self-help initiatives. A portion of the funds raised here in the Quad Cities will go to the hunger-fighting work at local food pantries and other agencies.

Last year, 800 Walkers raised more than $58,000 in their locally organized CROP Hunger Walk.

This year the Quad Cities and some 2,000 cities and towns nationwide are joining together in interfaith community CROP Hunger Walks around the theme "Ending hunger one step at a time." Many of the CROP Walkers will be wearing T-shirts, proclaiming their solidarity with the millions of neighbors around the world who have to walk to live -- as well as with the millions served by local food pantries, food banks, and meal sites here in the U.S. These local ministries share in the funds raised by CROP Hunger Walks.

Haiti is one part of the world where CROP Hunger Walks are making a big difference. In the aftermath of the killer earthquake, Church World Service was there with much-needed emergency assistance. With the recovery effort in full swing, CWS is helping families and communities to rebuild homes, food supplies and livelihoods.

CROP Hunger Walks also play a role in the U.S., helping communities ravaged by floods and tornadoes to recover.

For more information about the Quad Cities CROP Hunger Walk, contact Anne Wachal of Churches United of the Quad City Area at 563-332-5002 or awachal@cuqca.org.

Churches United would like to ask the community to please recognize our long history in operating  food pantries and meal sites by supporting our hunger programs beginning March 1 through April 30^th.

We have an opportunity to receive other funding from  the Alan Feinstein Foundation if we can garner a significant contribution during these 60 days.

Should you feel so moved please designate in the memo line or send us a note you are in your envelope that you are responding to the Feinstein Foundation Challenge and mail it to Churches United of the Quad City Area, 2535 Tech Drive - Suite 205, Bettendorf, IA  52722.

Churches United will then receive a proportional amount of the $1,000,000 (million) the foundation  will be dispersing to hunger agencies all across the country.

Remember, your donation must simply require two things: that it be dated between March 1 and April 30^th, 2012 and the Feinstein Foundation must be mentioned somewhere in your mailing.

It has been a tough year and we continue to feed people in need all over the greater Quad City area.

In 2011, our food pantries served over 29,000 families equaling over 102,000 individuals. We do make an impact .

So please help us during this time.  Thank you!!

For questions or more information contact Churches United at 332-5002 or email us at: awachal@cuqca.org

For information on Alan Feinstein Foundation  go to: www.feinsteinfoundation.org

?December 21, 2010

Churches United of the Quad City Area is proud to announce that the ecumenical organization will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2011. Throughout the year, Churches United will be hosting an array of events and celebrations to recognize its accomplishments and its contributions to the community through its emergency assistance, hunger and shelter programs, special community worship events, interfaith dialogue on community and national issues and much more.

On January 22, 1961 both the Rock Island County and the Scott County Council of Churches merged to become one regional ecumenical organization thus named the Council of Churches of Scott and Rock Island Counties. It was one of the earliest bi - state organizations and still today is one of the few bi -state church councils in the country. Today, we represent over 136 faith groups and 24 religious denominations and work beyond the Christian community in a variety of interfaith special events.

Churches United will be hosting or participating in four major events that will be taking place throughout 2011 although many other activities will be taking place as well. Join us on April 28, 2011 when Kathleen Kennedy Townsend author of will speak on Failing the Faithful and her perspective on faith and the ecumenical movement as it relates to her book. Along with Ms. Townsend will be an original composition that was composed and will be performed by Mr. William Campbell and the Maia String Quartet. In July, Churches United will be participating in the July 4th parade as we focus on hunger as well as the special anniversary in October commemorating 40 years of hosting the Quad City CROP WALK. Lastly, Churches United will again bring the community together as we sponsor an interfaith prayer service representing 10 years since the horrible tragedy of September 11, 2001.

These and other events will be found on our website beginning January 1st.

For more information, please contact Anne Wachal at 563-332-5002 or contact Churches United at awachal@cuqca.org