Rock Island Girls Softball awarded TEGNA foundation grant
The league is using the money to install lights on a second field. They say this will help with safety, allow more games to be played, and get more girls involved. Author: Shelby Kluver (WQAD) Updated: 6:17 PM CST January 26, 2021
ROCK ISLAND, Ill WQAD News 8 and our parent company, TEGNA, annually award local nonprofits for the work they re doing in our community. This year, $10,000 was given to three area organizations: Glida s Club of the Quad Cities, Schuetzenpark Gilde, and the Rock Island Girls Softball League.
The slow-pitch softball league has been a staple in Rock Island - and the greater Quad Cities - since 1971, and hundreds of girls have passed through the program. Their goal is to provide an inexpensive, low pressure, fun-filled environment for girls of all ages (and abilities) to participate in.