To the transamerica building for the holiday meal also sponsored by aging services for various reasons. But more needed the meals delivered. Sot nat so a couple of years ago, sponsors made the switch to an alldelivery holiday service. Some volunteers have a different job now. But all still get the thrill of helping out. You feel this aura coming over the group of people when everybodys pulling on the rope at the same time. Its just a fantastic feeling and theres no shortage of volunteers. One hundred 30 people signed up to help and there was still a waiting list of others willing. One family took the participation prize. Nine members ranging in age of 65 to 8 manned the serving line. Everybody came last night for thanksgiving so we said how about if we do this and everybody was like i think its a great idea whats fun about this job. Helping the needy and i like scooping stuff so things have changed with this holiday meal since it all started in the late 1970s. But its still needed. Sti
On this thanksgiving day, while many people will enjoy a large, warm meal with family and friends, thats not an option for everyone. But thats why people are serving meals to the elderly and those in need. Kcrg tv nines Dave Franzman is live in iowa city at one of those meals. Tell us about it dave. Animationlive nicole, this melas program at the Johnson County Senior Center began back in the 1970s. The serving starts at 11am, but it usually takes a while longer for the diners to start rolling in. Last year they served 125 meals. The biggest meals progrma in linn county both started and actually wrapped up early this morning. Transamerica sponsored a dinner for seniors for the 36th year in cooperation with aging services, but all of the 900 meals there are packaged up and delivered to homes early in the morning. Thats a change from years ago, when the transamerica dinner was a mixture of delivered meals and also a noon hour gathering at the companys cedar rapids headquarters. 137 volun
Drops. The best chance of see rain will arrive Late Afternoon and evening, mainly down to the south east. Sunday will be our last q qet day for some time, with mostly cloudy skies and temperatures in the low 30s. The start of your next work week brings our next big weather maker this system carries a lot of moisture and with the right temperatures, we could be ealing with accumumating snow. Make sure to stay with your First Alert Storm Team for the latest details. Thanks britley. New this morning, Christmas Day ended with gun shots in a waterloo neighborhood. Authorities say it happened near midnight in the 100 block of lafayette street. Thats just east of waterloos downtown. This is video of the Police Response overnight. Authorities say no one was hurt, and that they dont have any suspects in custody. We are still trying to get information on any evidence or dadage that may have been found at the scene. Police say an iowa city man broke into a home and five 20 yearold jerome brooks,
So amber stepped up. I got the ideof first doing a donation box first for money because, when you go through Something Like that, you need resources, you need something to turn onto. I didnt know the community would help as much as they did. What flowed in . Money. About 1,000 in the first week. Clothing, toys and essentials filled this large red box, so much as that rachel could make multiple trips from her temporary living space in ccalville. Chris standndp 37 46. We didd talk brieiely on the phone to rachel beerwart, that mother of 3 with those kids age 7 and under. She told me on the phone that, to this point, she had lost her faith in other people and their selflessness and their kindness. Yet she also told me the people of riverside far exceeded her expectation for when this was all set up to help her. She still has a long way to go. She needs to find a place to live. She needs to find a job but, fofonow, the generosity of the people around riverside has warmed her heart. In the
And with the right temperatures, we could be dealing with accumulating snow. Make sure to stay with your First Alert Storm Team for the latest details. Thanks britley. New this morning, Christmas Day ended with gun shots in a waterloo neighborhood. Authorities say it happened near midnight in the 100 block of lafayette street. Thats just east of waterloos downtown. This is video of the Police Response overnight. Authorities sas no one was hurt, and that they dont haveveny suspects in custody. We are still trying to get information on any evidence or at the scene. Police say an iowa city man broke into a home anfive 20 yearold jerome brooks, junior faces multiple burglary charges. Officers say they were street around 4 am thursday. A person living there told officers someone took a tv, a laptop computer, and other items. Officers later found brooks with those items, and belongings repord stolen from area vehicles. Authorities are searching for an inmate who failed to return to the linn