Good Shepherd opens life-changing office in Rock Island

By: Dave Thompson|December 6, 2023

|4 min read

A ribbon-cutting ceremony is held Wednesday, Dec, 6, for the new Good Shepherd Foundation of Henry County office at 4711 44th St., Rock Island. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

Jerry Jett knows tough times.

When he was a boy, he said his father “would beat me within an inch of my life on a daily basis.”

That abusive upbringing would lead him to foster homes, living on the streets and alcohol abuse.

“I would eat out of dumpsters. … I learned to survive on the streets. I was the best panhandler…

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Good Shepherd opens life-changing office in Rock Island

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