Proceeds from Kiwanis Bids for Kids Auction to be distributed Monday

QUINCY — The Quincy Noon Kiwanis Club will have its Allocation Day at noon Monday, June 6 in the Holiday Inn Banquet Room, 4821 Oak. Grants totaling more than $35,000 will be presented to youth-centered organizations for their next project or ongoing program needs.

The following recipients will be accepting their grant on Allocation Day:

• St. Peter School
• Quincy Police Department
• Adams County CEO
• Blessed Sacrament
• Covered Bottoms Diaper Bank, Inc.
• Transitions of Western Illinois
• Quincy Children’s Museum
• Junior Achievement
• Quincy Family YMCA
• Cornerstone
• Community for Christ Assistance Center
• Jensen Camp Foundation
• Sew Essentials
• Quincy Art Center
• The Salvation Army
• West Central Child Care Connection
• Safe Kids Adams County
• Quincy Park District
• Friends of the Log Cabin
• Mississippi Valley Council
• Boy Scouts of America
• John Wood Community College Foundation
• Liberty Elementary
• Birthright of Quincy
• Young Life Quincy
• Bella Ease
• Muddy River Opera Company
• Friends of the Castle
• Fostering Hope
• The Quincy Museum
• Chaddock Children’s Foundation
• Girl Scouts of Central Illinois
• Quincy Public Library Foundation
• QPS Speech Language Therapy
• Quincy Symphony Orchestra Association
• YWCA
• My Brothas My Sistas Keepers
• Bay City Performing Arts Foundation
• Reading Recovery (QCES).

Funding for the recipients stems from the success of the 2022 Bids for Kids Online Auction.

Quincy Noon Kiwanis is a service organization comprised of young professionals, retirees, CEOs, managers, stay-at-home-moms and business owners with the sole purpose of serving and affecting the lives of children in our community and around the world. It is an international organization with more than 200,000 members worldwide and 90 members in Quincy Noon Kiwanis.

For further information and to attend Allocation Day, contact LeeAnn Beard Homberger at 217-222-0263 or email lhomberger@chsinsurance.com.