by Heid Huiskamp Collins | Jun 11, 2019 | Community Involvement
As raising up “at-risk” children is one of my driving passions, the related issue of hunger is also near to my heart. The Riverbend Food Bank, serving Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois, is attempting to feed the over 120,000 people in our service area who are... 
by Heid Huiskamp Collins | May 21, 2019 | Community Involvement
The YWCA of the Quad-Cities recently held its inaugural “Race Against Racism” in Rock Island. I’m a white woman of privilege. I grew up and then later raised my two children in a lovely neighborhood in Rock Island where there were always kids out riding their bikes... 
by Heid Huiskamp Collins | Mar 31, 2019 | For Women, News
Lead(h)er, a women’s mentoring organization of which I am on the Board of Directors, is over 600 members strong in our Quad-Cities community and it is making a huge impact on lifting up women. I was privileged to sponsor and speak at our last quarterly membership... 
by Heid Huiskamp Collins | Jan 31, 2019 | News
When I was a young girl growing up in the ‘60s and ‘70s, the “popular” girls were cute and poised, fun and flirty. I was none of those things. I was the “nerd” with her head in a book, sitting in the front row of every classroom and always raising her... 
by Heid Huiskamp Collins | Jan 3, 2019 | News
As my alarm went off this morning, I laid in bed thinking, “I still don’t have a New Year’s Resolution for 2019.” As I went about my morning, I turned on the radio and listened to people call radio stations to share with the world what big changes they see for... 