Help from the Quad Cities will soon be on the way to Texas, and victims of Hurricane Harvey. Thursday the Rock Island police and fire departments donated cleaning supplies to Valley Construction which is planning to send two semi-trailers filled with relief supplies to the Houston area.
Police Chief, Jeff VenHuizen says he was contacted by the company last week.
"Asking if the police and fire departments would participate and help them out to fill the trailers. And true to fashion, our employees rose to the challenge and came up with all these supplies."
Rock Island police and fire employees, and their unions, donated more than 1,800 dollars for cleaning supplies, that were loaded into one of the company's trucks Thursday afternoon.
Valley Construction will be collecting supplies at several sites through Friday, and then send them to Houston on Saturday.
The collection sites include (8:30 am - 3:30 pm):
* Valley Construction, 3610 78th Avenue West, Rock Island, IL
* Duck Creek Tire, 4000 Middle Road, Bettendorf, IA
* Two Rivers YMCA, 2040 53rd Street, Moline, IL
* Heritage Church, 4801 44th Street, Rock Island, IL
* Quad City Botanical Center, 2525 4th Avenue, Rock Island, IL
* Quad City Times, 500 E 3rd Street, Davenport, IA
* Rep. Halpin’s Legislative Office, 1504 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
* Rep. Swanson’s Legislative Office (Until Thursday), 536 Oxford Ave. Suite D, Woodhull, IL
* Rep. McCombie’s Legislative Office (Until Thursday), 9317 State Route 84, Savanna, IL
