Quad Cities Chapter Celebrates 15 years as Charter


​The Christ Child Society of the Quad Cities celebrated 15 years as a charter with an open house at the Butterworth Center in Moline on Nov. 8, 2023 with refreshments and sharing of stories. Bishop Daniel Jenky was instrumental in bringing the Christ Child Society into the Diocese of Peoria. The Quad Cities chapter was actually operational for three years, starting in 2005, before it could be an official chapter and now extends across the river into the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa. 

Christ Child Society of the Quad Cities Turns 15

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Angela Schnieder (far left), National Christ Child Society Board President, presents a certificate to Deacon Joe and Mary Anne Dockery-Jackson at the NCCS Conference in Potomac, MD on September 29-30 recognizing the 15th anniversary of the Christ Child Society of the Quad Cities as a chartered chapter of the National Christ Child Society.

There will be an Open House on Nov. 8 from 6:30-8:30 PM at the Butterworth Center in Moline, IL. 

Rock Island Headstart Fall Festival

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The Christ Child Society of the Quad Cities members (left to right) Sylvia Mihm, Nan Bruckman, and Karen Gibbs volunteered at the Rock Island Headstart Fall Festival. Students and their families were provided with goodie bags filled with information on dental health, a toothbrush, and toothpaste as well as a book to take home. Special thanks to Dr. Chris Cannon from Dentistry Unlimited for his donation of the toothbrushes and toothpaste! ​

PlayCrafters Barn Theater Performs Little Women

The PlayCrafters Barn Theater performers put on a special performance of Little Women as a fundraiser for the Christ Child Society. Fundraisers such as this allows the CCS to continue providing layettes to the four local hospitals, partnerships with Women's Choice Center and Head Start with our Literacy Program.

Baby Shower Benefits WCC and Bereavement Suite
Eighteen women recently gathered at the home of board members Deacon Joe and Mary Anne Dockery-Jackson for a baby shower and luncheon to benefit the Women's Choice Center in Bettendorf and the Bereavement Suite at Genesis East in Davenport. 

A Look At the Bereavement Suite at Genesis East

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.

Love In Action Fundraising Dinner Benefits WCC
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.