Quota International of

Waterloo, Inc.

Waterloo, IA
ph: 319-266-9013
alt: 319-277-8277

What We Do

HEARING & SPEECH

We provide scholarships to deaf or hearing-impaired students or to students who are pursuing a degree in Speech Pathology. (For more information about scholarships, contact Liz Poole at 319-268-1231.)
Provide product aids for deaf or hearing-impaired such as alert systems or bed shaker alarms
Promote healthy hearing by distributing disposable ear plugs
Provide assistance, such as computer software, to speech rehab units

CHILDREN'S EYEGLASSES

Work with school nurses in area schools to provide eye exams and glasses to needy children and youth.
Investigate other needs in the area of vision.

SERVICE TO DISADVANTAGED WOMEN & CHILDREN

Investigate needs in the community, particularly women's shelters and other organizations or agencies that assist women, children and families in need.
Make recommendations to membership for allocating budgeted funds.
Examples of agencies recently assisted include: Northeast Iowa Food Bank, Bremwood, Family & Children's Council, Devonshire, Exceptional Persons, Aspire, Quakerdale and others.
Additional projects may involve helping families at Christmas, fund raisers for flood victims, Care Bears provided through hospital emergency rooms and more.

WORLD SERVICE

From preschools to high schools, medical clinics to resource centers, vocational training to therapy sessions, Quota-run projects in the We Share Foundation's Club-to-Club World Service Program vary according to the needs of the community they serve.
While the 15 current projects differ in many ways, they share one common goal - helping people pave a route out of poverty.
This committee reviews programs approved through Quota International's World Service and makes recommendations for donations of budgeted funds.
Examples of Club-to-Club projects we have supported include a vocational training program for women in Ba, Fiji; a neonatal hearing screening center in Davao City, Philippines; and a day care center in Cebu, Philippines.

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World Service Projects

COPS-N-KIDS

First started by a Racine, WI police officer, Cops-n-Kids is a program to promote reading in children by providing books to police officers who distribute them to area children while on routine patrol.
There are over 70 Cops-N-Kids programs in cities across the country.
Book give-aways are also held in schools, parks and at neighborhood events.
In addition, because of our communities' needs, we provide Hispanic and Bosnian language books in Waterloo.
Since our Waterloo Cops-N-Kids program was kicked off in 2002, over 12,000 books have been distributed.
Our dream for every child is a future full of reading, writing, successes in school, confidence, self-respect, creativity, potential, and the ability to make their own dreams come true.

"Joy to the World Through Reading"

Ranasia Clark and Aallyah Franklin at the Boys and Girls Club. Photo by Tiffany Rushing with permission by the Waterloo Courier.

GRANT AWARDED

Quota's Cops-N-Kids program was awarded a $5,000 grant by the Guernsey Foundation!!

BOOK GIVE-AWAYS

BOY RECEIVES HEARING AIDS ON HIS 10th BIRTHDAY!!

Our club participated in the Sound Beginnings Program - a partnership with Quota International's We Share Foundation and Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. - to provide free hearing aids. The local club will meet all related expenses for a one year period. A qualified candidate must be between the ages of birth and 23 years of age and meet other criteria.

Victor Mateo-Navarro, a Waterloo student with a severe hearing loss, was selected to receive free hearing aids through the program. In December 2010 - on his birthday - Victor was fitted with his new hearing aids. What a birthday gift!!