The Marriage of the Corn and the Butter In Beautiful Downtown Oneida, Illinois
July 19, 20, and 21

Friday, July 19, 2013
5:00 pm?Corn Roast / Grilling at the Fire Station with the Oneida-Wataga Firemen
6:30 pm?Bob and the Believers
7:00 pm?Ice Cream Social

Saturday, July 20, 2013
7:00 am?Breakfast in the Park
8:00 am?Flea Market begins / Arts and crafts / 5K Race (3.1 miles) @ Greig Memorial Library / Farmer's Market
9:00 am?Car show registration/Car Show (9am -3pm)
10:00 am?Parade with Grand Marshall Illinois State Representative Don Moffitt And The Black Hawk Pipes and Drum Corp.
11:00 am- Corn Roast / Music Group SideTracked Playing a Smooth Mix of Jazz, Pop & Soul (11am?2 pm)
Children's Carnival and inflatable's / Dunk the Deputy / Blessing of the corn and butter / Photo Contest
Display (Lawson Community Building)
1:00 pm? Sweet Corn Eating Contest
2:00 pm? Justin Morrissey and Reverbnation Featuring Americana / Alternative Country (2pm?5 pm)
5:00 pm?Dave Wheeler's Karaoke (5pm?7pm)
6:00 pm?Corn Roast / Tractor Pulls (Galva Tri County Garden Tractors Pullers Assoc.) / Grilling at the Fire Station
8:00 pm?Street dance with Dave Wheeler

Sunday, July 21, 2013
11:30am? Corn Roast / Community Picnic (Bring a dish to pass?pulled pork provided by Terry England)

In case of rain or weather above 82 degrees picnic will be held in the fire station

All events held in gorgeous downtown Oneida, IL. For information contact Mike Kalb (309-483-6584)
mkalb@kalbcorp.com

Visit Oneida's website at http://www.oneidaillinois.com

The Arc of the Quad Cities Area announces the Quad Cities Chamber will conduct a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Friday, September 21, 2012 at 1 pm at The Arc's Opportunity Center located at 5101 52nd Avenue in Moline. The Ribbon Cutting celebrates a $275,000 property reinvestment in the Opportunity Center facility. Senator Mike Jacobs of the 36 th Senate District in Illinois was instrumental in facilitating the funds on behalf of The Arc through an energy efficiency grant offered by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. The $275,000 investment converted the 40 year old HVAC system at the Opportunity Center into a geo-thermal system. The Opportunity Center houses day programs, community supports, and community employment services for 144 individuals
with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The Ribbon Cutting is open to the public. Ambassadors from the Quad Cities Chamber, Senator Mike Jacobs, Board members of The Arc of the Quad Cities Area, The Arc's executive management team, staff, and individuals served through The Arc will be present.

The Arc of the Quad Cities Area serves more than 300 individuals with intellectual and other disabilities. Programs foster the highest degree of independence possible, offering residential services, developmental and vocational skills training, supported employment, and respite care. From its humble beginnings in the living room of a privately-hired teacher in 1952, The Arc has evolved to a $13.5 million non-profit which employs a staff of more than 250.

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The board of the Mississippi Valley DOVIA chapter announces its upcoming workshop on Thursday, March 3, from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm in Meeting Room B at the Eastern Avenue Branch of the Davenport Public Library. The program "Social Media - How Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Other Sites Can

Help You Recruit and Connect with Volunteers" will be presented by Alan Campbell, Associate Director for Communications for Eastern Iowa Community College District. This event is free and open to the public. The Eastern Avenue Branch facility is wireless; participants are welcome to bring in their own laptops.

This workshop may be of interest for any professionals supporting their business communications through social media, and particularly for non-profit organizations engaging volunteers through their missions. Register for the March 3 workshop by contacting MVDOVIA Facilitator Sherry Gogulich at 309-786-1466 x110 or  sherryg@childabuseqc.org.

The mission of MVDOVIA is to enhance the development and growth of volunteer program administrators through communication, education, and networking, and to promote volunteerism in the Quad Cities. For membership information contact info@mvdovia.org.

THURSDAY, March 3, 2011

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Davenport Public Library - Eastern Avenue Branch

Meeting Room B

6000 Eastern Avenue, Davenport, IA

(Rock Island, Ill.)  The Arc of Rock Island County held its Annual Meeting and Volunteer Recognition Event on April 27, 2010.  The annual gathering recognized the volunteers for their support for The Arc.  In the past year volunteers provided more than 6,000 hours of service.  Associate Executive Director of Administrative Services/Chief Financial Officer Stacey Carey distributed awards for cumulative hours, including special recognition for Gay Nefzger (Rock Island , IL) who logged more than 1,100 hours of volunteer service.

Additionally, The Arc presented its Elected Official of the Year Award, Community Advocate of the Year Award, the inaugural Business Partner of the Year Award, and the Evelyn Colberg Award.  The recipients for 2010 were as follows:

• Elected Official of the Year Award Presented to Illinois State Representative Pat Verschoore (Rock Island, IL).  Representative Verschoore has during his lengthy legislative service worked vigorously to protect funding and build awareness of the need for supports for individuals with developmental disabilities in our community.  Due to the ongoing session, Char Verschoore accepted this recognition on his behalf.

• Community Advocate of the Year Presented to Trinity College of Nursing and Health Sciences (Rock Island, IL).  Last fall The Arc and Trinity initiated a partnership with win-win results.  As part of their curriculum, students in the Trinity nursing program are required to do 12 hours of field service at The Arc's Opportunity Center in Moline.  This partnership has an amazing impact on the individuals at the Opportunity Center as well as the students.  Students get hands on experience, offering sometimes their first personal or professional interaction with individuals with developmental disabilities.  Through their experiences in this partnership, Trinity's students learn the importance of responding with sensitivity, understanding, and patience, when treating individuals with developmental disabilities.

• Business Partner of the Year Presented to Nestle Purina Pet Care (Davenport, IA).  This year The Arc initiated this new award, developed as a way of thanking business partnerships established through Work Services for companies which invest in The Arc's committed and dedicated workforce.  This year's recipient has provided meaningful work opportunities for most workers at Arc Industries.  The company, however, does not treat Arc workers as distant subcontractors.  Rather, when they visit Arc Industries, Purina staff goes out of the way to make our workers feel a valuable part of their "team."  Chad Rostenbach of the Davenport Facility of Nestle Purina Pet Care graciously accepted this recognition from Arc Industries.

• Evelyn Colberg Award Presented to Kathy Conrad (Silvis, IL)  [Photo submitted] The Arc gives this award honoring a volunteer, an organization, or a business that has served people with developmental disabilities with a sustaining commitment, dedication, and humility.  The Evelyn Colberg Award was first presented in 1987, named for one of a group of Arc Charter Members who began the organization now known as The Arc of Rock Island County.  This year Kathy has provided countless hours of dedicated service to The Arc and the individuals we serve, supporting the Human Resources Department, the Training Department, the library in the Training Center, and the Development & Communications Department.

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