by Heid Huiskamp Collins | Jun 5, 2020 | Community Involvement, Education Planning, Financial Planning, For Women, Legacy Planning, News, Uncategorized
I can’t NOT speak, but I hesitate to find the right words as anything I say threatens to highlight my white privilege. I feel such deep pain for my black and brown sisters and brothers, our community, and our country, and I feel some very real shame at how relatively...
by Heid Huiskamp Collins | Dec 6, 2019 | Community Involvement, News
It was a cold, clear day in early December. I was bundled up against the chilly air with full-on long winter coat and toasty lined gloves. In front of the WQAD building in Moline, I stood with their news anchor, Katherine Bauer, and a uniformed marine to speak on...
by Heid Huiskamp Collins | Nov 25, 2019 | Community Involvement, News
I am a long-time, proud member of the Rock Island Kiwanis Club and my favorite service project of the year is one held every November that we fondly call “Coats for Kids”. For the past 12 years, I have spearheaded this special day in which our club reaches out...
by Heid Huiskamp Collins | Sep 20, 2019 | Community Involvement, For Women
We never accomplish great things all on our own. There is so much power in the contributions of others to each of our stories. Since I began my journey as a freshly-minted entrepreneur over two and a half years ago, I’ve been the grateful recipient of advice,...
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...
