A Look At the Bereavement Suite at Genesis East
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President Lisa Levy and Social Media Coordinator, Kimberly Souba, met with Jess Buntmeyer and toured the Bereavement Suite at Genesis East in Davenport, IA. Jess, a registered nurse on the Labor and Delivery floor and a volunteer bereavement doula, shared with Lisa and Kimberly that the Bereavement Suite was born out of her desire and that of Dr. Lindsey Day to help women and families who are in the midst of experiencing a miscarriage or stillbirth. Members and friends of the Christ Child Society of the Quad Cities help supply items such as books, prayer shawls, toiletry items and robes for mothers, infant blankets for babies, as well as other memento items for mothers and families to remember and honor their child who has died to the Bereavement Suite as part of their outreach. To watch the interview between Lisa and Jess click here.
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Love In Action Fundraising Dinner Benefits WCC
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Members of the CCS Board attended the Women's Choice Center Love in Action Fundraising Dinner on Sept. 28 at the Waterfront Convention Center in Bettendorf. Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith was the keynote speaker, speaking about how Center staff members are like first-responders as they help in all aspects of pregnancy, parenthood, and spiritual and emotional wounds due to abortion. In addition to being a physican, reasearch, author, and motivational speaker, Dr. Dalton-Smith serves on her local pregnancy center as a board member.
The Women’s Choice Center seeks to provide a community in the QCA where every life, including the unborn, is valued and respected. |
St. Malachy's 7th & 8th Grade Service Project
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On Sept. 23, 2021 Mary Anne Dockery-Jackson, Layette Coordinator, taught the 7th and 8th graders of the St. Malachy's Youth Ministry group, led by Social Media Coordinator, Kimberly Souba, about how to make mini layettes. The group collected nearly $900 worth of diapers, baby wipes, bottles, formula, clothing, and 69 books to be given to CCS for the Women's Choice Center. The youth also created 130 literacy packets that CCS will hand out at the October Pumpkin Festival for the Head Start Program they support.
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Women's Choice Center Open House
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On Sept. 1, 2021 board members attended an open house at the Women's Choice Center in Bettendorf, an organization that the CCS supports. They also toured the Life and Family Medical Center which offers Direct Primary Care (DPC). The practice provides personalized primary care in areas of physical spiritual wellness for families and individuals while maintaining the dignity of each individual and their relationship with God, family, and doctor, according to their website.
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Donation to Genesis East
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Chapter President, Lisa Levy, delivered eight layette sets to Kim Nimrick, Manager of the Birth Center at Genesis East Hospital in Davenport in June. Christ Child Society of the Quad Cities will be partnering with Genesis to provide layettes as well as help with the new Bereavement Center.
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Red Wagon Drive-by Baby Shower
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A Drive-by Baby Shower was held May 15, 2021 at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Rock Island, IL and at Our Lady of the River Catholic Church in LeClaire, IA. Members and friends of the Quad Cities Christ Child Society were present to collect baby items that will be used to benefit the Women's Choice Center in Bettendorf, IA and other local agencies that serve mothers and children in need. Thank you to all those who came by and donated items.
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Unity Point Birthplace Receives Layettes
Unity Point Birthplace in Moline recently received a gift of layettes assembled by our Layette Coordinator, Mary Ann Dockery-Jackson. Labor and Delivery nurses at Unity Point will give these layettes to mothers and babies in need.
The Christ Child Society of the Quad Cities Chapter would not be able to provide these necessary items without the generous donations of our benefactors.
The Christ Child Society of the Quad Cities Chapter would not be able to provide these necessary items without the generous donations of our benefactors.
Tampico Elementary School Receives Donation
In true fashion and in the spirit of Mary Virginia Merrick finding a need and filling it, Tampico Elementary School, where our Social Media Coordinator, Kimberly Souba teaches fifth grade, was the recipient of a donation of $250. The donation was used to purchase of 21 pairs of schools, 19 pairs of pants, 3 packages of underwear, and 12 boxes of Kleenex. These items will be used by students who are in need while at school. Pictured you will see Kimberly's students unloading and delivering the items to the school nurse.
