Disaster Ready Quad Cities (DRQC) is hosting a Volunteer Reception Center Training Workshop for individuals in the Quad Cities and Surrounding Region November 14, 2025, 9 am to 4 pm, at the American Red Cross, 1100 River Drive, Moline IL. Jamie Lane, Disaster Services Officer with Volunteer Iowa, will serve as instructor/trainer.  This will provide participants with the necessary tools and skills to manage spontaneous volunteers and set up a Volunteer Reception Center during a disaster. Participants will also have the opportunity to work together as a unified team in establishing, managing, and mobilizing a Volunteer Reception Center through a simulated exercise. Please RSVP to Russell Medley at [email protected] or (309) 756-9978 no later than November 10, 2025.

In response to the severe weather events and the resulting emergency declaration in Scott County, the Quad Cities Community Foundation has activated its Quad Cities Disaster Recovery Fund to support response and recovery needs in the region.

Donations to the fund are now being accepted here.

Damage from flooding, high winds, and possible tornado activity is still being assessed by the Scott County Emergency Management Agency. Early reports point to significant unmet needs, especially for vulnerable populations.

The Community Foundation is working in coordination with local partners—including the Scott County Emergency Management Commission, Disaster Ready Quad Cities, the Salvation Army, and the American Red Cross—to ensure a collaborative, long-term recovery strategy.
“The Disaster Recovery Fund exists for moments like this,” said Sue Hafkemeyer, the Community Foundation’s president and CEO. “We know the needs won’t end when the waters recede. This fund allows us to move quickly and thoughtfully to support the organizations that will be walking alongside our community in the weeks and months ahead.”

The Community Foundation will begin awarding grants from the Disaster Recovery Fund to nonprofit partners addressing long-term recovery. Additional grants may be made as needs and opportunities are identified.

Prior to this event, the Community Foundation worked alongside community leaders, donors, and nonprofits in the community to identify where resources would be needed most, should a disaster strike. Contributions to the fund will be used in keeping with the needs identified through Disaster Ready QC.

Thanks to the generosity of donors across the region, the Quad Cities Disaster Recovery Fund is a vital resource that ensures nonprofits have the financial support they need to help residents rebuild their lives.

For updates on disaster response and recovery, visit the Scott County Emergency Management Agency Facebook page at facebook.com/ScottCoIAEMA or website at scottcountyiowa.gov/ema.

Beginning Monday May 8th, those in Flood affected areas can receive a Free Clean-up Kit.
Clean up kits are available at the following locations:
In Illinois:  2200 5th Ave Moline from 9AM to 2PM  M-Th
Call 309-764-2811 for details
In Iowa: 100 Kirkwood Ave, Davenport from 9AM to 2PM  M-F
Call  563-324-4808 for details
YOU WILL NEED TO BRING YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE

Disaster Recovery Quad Cities was invited to participate in Black Hawk College's First Responders Appreciation Day and Career Day.  
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There are still people who need help recovering from the historic flooding of the Mississippi River in the Quad Cities region this spring. “Recovery doesn’t happen overnight, in a week, or even months, after a disaster like the one we had,” Kelly Thompson, vice president of grantmaking and community initiatives at the Quad Cities Community Foundation said.
Kristi Crafton, executive director at Habitat for Humanity Quad Cities, understands that well. “As we’ve worked with homeowners impacted by the flood, we’re uncovering flood-related issues from years—even decades ago,” she said. “Some people do not have the means to have their homes repaired. They just don’t. We are here now to help address their home repair issues and mitigate future issues as well.”

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FUND TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES AT GROW QUAD CITIES WILL DISTRIBUTE NEARLY $400,000 IN FLOOD RECOVERY ASSISTANCERepresentatives from the Quad Cities Chamber announced on Monday, June 24, 2019 that $397,875 is available to help regional businesses in their flood recovery efforts, and applications for fund disbursement are now available.
A total of $50,000 of the nearly $400,000 was granted from the Quad Cities Community Foundation for any businesses directly impacted by floodwater throughout Scott and Rock Island Counties. $25,000 is coming from the Quad Cities Disaster Recovery Fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation, and an additional $25,000 is being matched by the Quad Cities Community Foundation board of directors through a Transformation Grant.
The board of directors of the Quad Cities Community Foundation, in partnership with the Quad Cities Community Organizations Active in Disasters (QC-COAD) Long Term Recovery Committee, made the grants to Grow Quad Cities to support businesses impacted by floodwaters on both sides of the river. Read More...

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People have not only donated their time to help those impacted by the months of flooding, with sandbagging and clean up, but with money as well. Starting June 6, 2019, the Quad Cities Community Foundation is passing out some of the money collected.
More than $120,000 has been raised so far, but for this first grant, they will only be passing out $25,000. All the money will be distributed overtime.
"It's going to help families work with a disaster case manager to access other resources that are available to them first, like FEMA, insurance, or other state and federal dollars.,” said Kelly Thompson, vice president of grantmaking and community initiatives at the Community Foundation. "There will certainty be gaps where money will not come in from those other resources and that's where the money from this will come in." Read more...

In the past two weeks, $80,000 has been raised for the Quad Cities Disaster Recovery Fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation. Gifts have come from hundreds of individuals and businesses in the area, and all over the country.
The fund includes $10,000 lead gifts from the foundation's Board of Directors, the Quad Cities Osteopathic Foundation, Ascentra Credit Union Foundation, and Gray Television (the parent company of KWQC-TV6).
In coordination with needs identified by the Long Term Recovery Committee of the Quad Cities COAD (Community Organizations Active in Disasters), the Community Foundation will make grants from the fund to organizations to meet long-term needs of communities impacted on both sides of the river in the months ahead. Read More...