Royal Neighbors of America leads renovation efforts on Broadway District home to help women and children

10/2/2007

Contact: Rita Toalson, FLMI, ACS, (309) 732-8376

Royal Neighbors of America and its area chapters are leading renovation efforts on a house in Rock Island’s Broadway District to help create a comfortable environment for women and children in transition.

On Make A Difference Day, October 27, the group will be refurbishing the exterior of St. Joseph the Worker House located at 901 20th Street, Rock Island, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The home offers services and transitional housing for homeless women and children in a home-like, healthy, loving, and supportive environment and provides connections to local services that assist families.

Last year, Royal Neighbors held a fund-raiser for Travis Hearn as its Make A Difference Day project. More than $20,000 was donated to Travis, who was seriously injured in a high school football game last fall.

Make A Difference Day is a national day of volunteerism sponsored annually by USA Weekend Magazine on the last Saturday of October.

Those interested in making a difference in the community by donating materials may contact Sarah Reemtsma at (309) 732-8348, or reemtssm@royalneighbors.org.

Royal Neighbors of America is a non-profit fraternal membership organization that insures lives, supports women, and serves communities. In addition to being able to purchase insurance products, its members also participate in a variety of locally based volunteer opportunities, and are eligible to receive benefits such as scholarships and disaster aid.
 
Headquartered in Rock Island, IL, Royal Neighbors serves more than 240,000 certificateholders, has $2.1 billion of insurance in force, and is licensed to do business in 41 states and the District of Columbia.

For more information about Royal Neighbors of America, call (800) 627-4762, or visit the Web site at www.royalneighbors.org.