Tag: Project NOW
QC leaders share challenges, strategies to root out poverty
With poverty, homelessness and eviction on the rise in the Quad Cities, regional leaders joined together on Thursday, April 3, to share challenges and...
Applications being taken for energy assistance program
Funds are available to assist income-eligible households with their natural gas, propane and/or electric bills and furnace assistance for inoperable heating systems through Project...
Evicted exhibit sheds light on growing crisis, encourages action
We often view life through two metaphoric lenses: mirrors of conscience and windows of opportunity. Mirrors reveal our true selves, stripped of all pretenses....
Project NOW to host Aug. 1 housing crisis discussion
Project NOW will hold a community meeting on Thursday, Aug. 1, to continue its efforts to raise awareness of the housing affordability crisis in...
Project NOW hosts exhibit Evicted
“One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight.”
In the time it took a crowd of Quad Citians to count those numbers aloud, someone in...
Signup now for April 18 Rooting Out Poverty Conference
Registration is now open for Project NOW and Community Action’s second annual Rooting Out Poverty conference on Thursday, April 18 at Rhythm City Casino...
Head Start alumni sought to celebrate Esperanza Center
Project NOW’s Esperanza Center is calling all Quad Citians who have graduated from area Head Start programs to help celebrate the center’s reopening and...
Project NOW hosts Drive-Thru Food Pantry Thursday, Aug. 31
Project NOW will help disperse food boxes through a Drive-Thru Food Pantry in front of its Rock Island office at 418 19th St. with...