Archive for Community
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RSVP – Lead With Experience
Meet the RSVP Advisory Council An abundance of good things are happening these days at RSVP because of good advice and active support from the RSVP Advisory Council. Examples of RSVP Advisory Council accomplishments are: • Continuing to have two high quality Volunteer Recognition events on...
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A “complaint” I thought I would never hear
By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes ... But fortunately I have the solution Just when you think you heard it all, you realize you didn’t hear it all. Here’s what I mean. At one of my “Meet the Builder” sessions in Davenport recently, I met a recent buyer of a Dan Dolan home. In fact, she an...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Dan Adams Here we go again, another fantastic July in the Quad- Cities. Many things are happening, and for a great local list, check out our calendar page at 50pluslife.com. This July is something special for me, a certain someone I know turns 50 and can finally pick up our magazine as a ...
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Hilltop Campus Village – What’s New in the Neighborhood?
With so many new businesses popping up in the Hilltop Campus Village, we decided to do some introductions to let all of you know what great business have recently joined us. New development such as the Harrison Lofts, as well as preservation of places like The Bishop’s House is the focus of this g...
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In and Out of the Quad-Cities
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall Lunch with an Angel named Jill – Paying it forward After a combined quarter century of life’s adventures in the good old Quad-Cities, something happened that touched our hearts to the very soul. Throughout our interactions with people, places and g...
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Meet Barb Goettig Honorary Survivor Chair for the 2013 Susan G. Komen Quad-Cities Race for the Cure
By Christina McNamara-Schmidt Komen Quad Cities PR/Marketing and Sponsorship Chair At age 43, Davenport’s Barb Goettig went in for her routine mammogram thinking it would be a ‘piece of cake,’ and she’d return to work with no worries. But before she left the doctor’s office, the radio...
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Ella’s Kitchen
Welcome to June! We are almost half way through 2013. Does that seem possible? So gear up for summer cooking: quick and easy, gourmet style, indoor or outdoor… it is all possible in June. Make sure you visit the Farmer’s Markets that we have here in the QCA. There will be fresh, often local prod...
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RSVP – Lead With Experience
By Bill Sedlacek Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illnois Rich Ricketts: Living a Full, Healthy and Meaningful Life Most of us seniors (and geriatric medical specialists, too) believe that staying mentally and physically active plays a very large role in insu...
