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... 
by Heid Huiskamp Collins | Nov 23, 2018 | News
I am proud to count myself as a Rock Island Kiwanian. For the past 15 years, I have spearheaded a project in the club which we have dubbed “Coats for Kids”. It has grown and morphed over time, but what we currently do is pick up 50 “at-risk” Rock... 
by Heid Huiskamp Collins | Oct 16, 2018 | Education Planning, News
Myiah is my nine-year-old mentee who lives in the West End of Rock Island with her family which includes 11 brothers and sisters. No one in Myiah’s family has ever graduated from high school, let alone post-secondary school. She is smart as a whip! ... 
by Heid Huiskamp Collins | Sep 17, 2018 | Community Involvement, Education Planning, News
I am flexible about working nights and weekends both to accommodate busy clients’ schedules and so I can carve out time during the week to do the community outreach that feeds my soul. Every Monday morning, I start my day at Lourdes Catholic School in... 