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Honor Loved Ones With Quad City Storm’s Paint The Ice

January 27th, 2020
Honor Loved Ones With Quad City Storm's Paint The Ice

Tuesday January 28th the TaxSlayer Center will be open to the public from 10 AM – 7 PM for the Storm’s Hockey Fights Cancer Ice Painting.  Quad Citizens are encouraged to come to the arena to paint the names of loved ones who have fought cancer on the ice in the color that symbolizes the cancer they fought.  Painting is free and the Storm will be providing paint, brushes and everything needed for painting names on the ice. Next Saturday February 1st is the Quad City Storm’s Hockey Fights Cancer Night.  The game is sponsored by UnityPoint Health Trinity and all proceeds raised from... Read More

Get Quad City Storm Tickets, Help The EMSSC Spartans Soccer Team!

December 19th, 2019
Get Quad City Storm Tickets, Help The EMSSC Spartans Soccer Team!

Storm tickets make a great Christmas gift, and so does helping out a group of great kids! And now you can see a great Q-C Storm game and help out the EMSSC U12 SPARTANS, the top-rated local youth soccer team, ranked #8 in Illinois at the U12 level! Yup, if you buy your tickets at the link below, proceeds from ALL ticket sales will go to help the EMSSC U12 Spartans! You have to buy from this link though, because that’s how the Storm keeps track of sales for the team. The two benefit games for the Spartans are the Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game December 27 and the Marvel universe... Read More

Rock Island Public Library Helps Area Homeless

December 10th, 2019
Rock Island Public Library Helps Area Homeless

Two Rock Island homeless shelters enjoyed a donation of a little extra comfort for the men, women, and children in their care, thanks to an outstanding community response to the Rock Island Public Library’s November Community Comforts drive. The month-long drive collected 723 “wish list” gifts of food, paper goods, toiletries, cleaning supplies, gloves, hats, new underwear, socks and more comforts to help shelters care for people experiencing poverty and housing insecurity this holiday season. Donations were divided between Christian Care, which serves homeless men ages 18 and older, and... Read More

What’s The Good News, Quad-Cities?

December 4th, 2019
What’s The Good News, Quad-Cities?

With the doldrums of winter weather upon us, there’s a need now more than ever for some journalistic sunshine in our lives, and you’ve come to the right place! Every month we look at some of the great positive news going on around the Quad-Cities, and, in partnership with KWQC-TV6’s “Paula Sands Live,” we shine the spotlight on the GOOD news in the area! Let’s get started!   Like, OMG Becky, We HAVE To Go To This Fest! Crafted QC will be hosting its sixth indie arts festival, OMG Beckyfest, Friday, December 6, 6-9 PM and Saturday, December 7, 10 AM-4 PM,  in the Great Hall of... Read More

Quad City Storm Shows Thanks to United Way

November 30th, 2019
Quad City Storm Shows Thanks to United Way

The Quad City Storm and John Deere certainly have given United Way of the Quad Cities something to be thankful for this holiday season. The two paired up for John Deere night at a recent Storm game, Nov. 22, during which players wore custom John Deere jerseys that were auctioned off after the game. In total, the Storm and John Deere ended up raising $12,500 for United Way of the Quad Cities, making for a great Thanksgiving for all involved! For more info and tickets and game info on the Storm’s next games this weekend, see QC Storm  Read More

Quad City Storm Getting An Early Jump On Hockey Fighting Cancer

November 17th, 2019
Quad City Storm Getting An Early Jump On Hockey Fighting Cancer

The Quad City Storm is storming ahead with even greater efforts to battle cancer and help those who have battled the disease. The Quad City Storm is getting an early jump on raising money for the Hockey Fights Cancer Game on February 1, 2020. This year, you can honor a loved one who fought cancer by putting their name on a ribbon in the color of the cancer they fought for only $20. If all 1300 ribbons are sold, the Storm will have raised $26,000 before one jersey is sold!   You can also buy a replica jersey with your loved one’s name on it!   All net proceeds from the... Read More

Painting The Ice For Veterans With The Quad City Storm!

November 8th, 2019
Painting The Ice For Veterans With The Quad City Storm!

The Quad City Storm, your local hockey squad, is honoring veterans this weekend with their Salute To Veterans game Saturday night at 7 p.m.! There will be special deals for customers, special honors for veterans, and various benefits for veterans charities, including a jersey auction of special themed jerseys worn by the team that night! In addition, this week, families and friends of local veterans were asked to come on down to the TaxSlayer to paint the ice with the names of their beloved veterans, with all proceeds from the painting going to charity. It’s going to be a great game for a... Read More

Paint The Ice For Veterans With The Storm

November 1st, 2019
Paint The Ice For Veterans With The Storm

Quad City Storm are inviting local folks to honor someone in the military by painting their name on the ice on Tuesday, November 5, from 10am-7pm at the TaxSlayer Center in Moline. The names will remain on the ice through the Storm’s home game on Saturday, November 9. All active or retired military can get $5 tickets for themselves and their family by showing a military ID at the TaxSlayer box office. Box office hours are 10am-5:30pm Monday through Friday, and 10am-2pm Saturday. Special military jerseys will be worn and auctioned off LIVE after the game with all net proceeds going... Read More

“Books For Kids” Trivia!

October 30th, 2019
"Books For Kids" Trivia!

The Rock Island Public Library Foundation and the Lorene Evans Watts Fund for Children’s Materials proudly present the “Books for Kids” Trivia Night this Friday. November 1, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Quad City Botanical Center, 2525 4th Avenue, Rock Island. Donation to play is $10 per person. Participants can increase their chances to win by purchasing mulligan and doubler round stickers or bidding to win answers for a round from the night’s celebrity genius. Snacks are welcome and a cash bar will be available from the Botanical Center. All beverages must be purchased... Read More

Last Day To Bid On Storm Peanuts Jerseys!

October 29th, 2019
Last Day To Bid On Storm Peanuts Jerseys!

Today is the final day for fans to bid on the Storm’s Halloween Peanuts jerseys online at http://www.QuadCityStorm.com!   The auction will close at 7:00 P.M. central time.  All net proceeds will benefit the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Rock Island which serves to provide opportunities for a diverse population through a variety of programs and services. The Storm and Saturday’s Peanuts Game sponsor, Liberty Packaging, will present a check to the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center tomorrow at 3:00 P.M. at the center, located at 630 9th St, Rock Island, IL 61201.  Read More