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Day of Caring: 1,600 volunteers tackle host of QC projects

By: Dave Thompson|April 26, 2024
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    • Michelle Ritter carries a container of new plants into the Quad City Botanical Center in Rock Island on Thursday, April 25, during the United Way’s Day of Caring. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

     Michelle Ritter was busy pushing a wheelbarrow filled with mulch to the many places that will have flowers and other plants outside the Quad City Botanical Center in Rock Island on Thursday, April 25.

    It was a tough job, but the Sherrard, Illinois, woman said she loved helping out the botanical center. “I’m here to help the…

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