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Fundraiser is going well at MCSA

Submitted by mcsahome
on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 3:11pm

When it comes to raising money for MCSA, I’m reminded of the saying: How do you eat an elephant?

As nearly everyone knows, the answer is: One mouthful at a time.

That seems like the perfect description for MCSA’s annual Letter-A-Thon, which was kicked off last month by the members of our board and is underway. When it comes to Letter-A-Thon, donations of $25, $50 or $100 add up in a big way for MCSA. And they are coming in every day.

To those who have already made a donation, we say: Thank you.

And to everyone else, we ask that you consider making a donation to MCSA.

In 2011, its inaugural

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Community Foundation gives $4,300 to MCSA

Submitted by mcsahome
on Wed, 11/28/2012 - 3:13pm

MCSA today received a $4,300 grant from the Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine. It was one of the grants awarded by the foundation during a noontime ceremony at Trinity Muscatine hospital.

The money will be used to help pay for replacing two exterior doors at the shelter at 312 Iowa Ave. One of the doors -- at the basement entrance to the kitchen at MCSA -- was replaced last week by workers from Oak Tree Homes in Wilton. And the glass door at the main entrance to the building will be replaced soon.
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MCSA resident works hard to change life

Submitted by mcsahome
on Tue, 11/27/2012 - 3:51pm

Benjamin Franklin supposedly said: "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”

Derrick Zornes is working to see if Franklin was correct.

Zornes, 20, has been pulling himself out of his bed in the gym at Muscatine Center for Social Action at 3:30 a.m.. By 4:45, he is at work up to six days a week on the first shift at the HON Oak Steel plant in Muscatine. He works until 3:15 p.m. -- a total of 60 hours per week.

“My step-dad (is) very wise. He told me I could only hurt for so long before I decided to change,” Zornes said.

That change comes with each morning that Zornes

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A new door installed in time for Thanksgiving

Submitted by mcsahome
on Wed, 11/21/2012 - 11:20am

Jake Hoekstra of Oak Tree Homes in Wilton worked Wednesday to install a neew door to the kitchen at MCSA.
Installation of a new door began today at the basement entrance to the kitchen at Muscatine Center for Social Action.

In no time, Jake Hoekstra of Oak Tree Homes in Wilton had the old door and frame out. As I type, he his banging and grinding away to install the new door and frame. The work will cost about $7,000 and mostly will be paid for with grants.

A new door was needed. As the pictures show, the old door had rusted away to the point that daylight could be seen through the growing crack at street level.
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Soup's on; MCSA staff fix hearty meals for residents

Submitted by mcsahome
on Tue, 11/06/2012 - 2:46pm

My 69-year-old widowed mother doesn’t spend much time in the kitchen these days.

This was something my dad liked to joke about before he died in 2008. “You should come to visit more often,” he used to say. “It’s the only way I ever get a home-cooked meal anymore.”

After working at Muscatine Center for Social Action for a week, I can say Dad took it for granted how good he had it. He exaggerated because it made a good story he could use to tease Mom.

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Community helps in many ways at MCSA

Submitted by mcsahome
on Mon, 11/05/2012 - 10:27am

Executive Director Maggie Curry gave a tour Thursday at MCSA to students from Muscatine Community College.

For a dozen years as a newspaper editor, readers often told me: You never publish any good news.

I always said: Well, yes, we do. In fact, there may be more good news than bad. But, as Johnny Cash, said: Bad news travels like wildfire; good news travels slow.

And I always believed that. I guess I still do.

But one week at Muscatine Center for Social Action opened my eyes to how much good happens that goes unreported. There wasn’t a day last week when someone didn’t donate:

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