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 | Jul 22, 2019 | News
Myiah, my 10-year-old mentee, comes from a family of 11 children. She lives with three adults, but none of them work outside the home. In her world, women don’t have careers. I’m trying to change that worldview. I talk frequently to Myiah about not if she’ll go to...
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...
