QC Pride gives back to the community | Community Spirit

DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Just as they did during the 2011 festival, Pridefest guests had the opportunity to donate one dollar of every $5.00 entry to the festival to one of the participating nonprofit organizations in attendance. Canisters representing each organization were available at the gates and guests were given one ticket for each admission which they deposited into the canister of their choice.

Checks have been issued to the following nonprofit organizations:

• Davenport Chapter NAACP

$  25.00

• DeLaCerda House

  135.00

• Equality IL Education Project

197.00

• Lambda Legal

129.00

• LGBT Metro

150.00

• Metropolitan Community Church

267.00

• One Iowa

163.00

• Planned Parenthood of the Heartland

327.00

• Quad City Botanical Center

176.00

• Quad Citians Affirming Diversity

260.00

• QC Pride, Inc.

449.00

• The Project Quad Cities

276.00

• Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the QC

116.00