Empower House in the Media
Spooktacular 5K & Fall Fest to help those living with traumatic brain injuries is Oct. 23
KWQC-TV6, October 2021
QC Live - Claire Motto Steil and Missey Heinrichs Empower House, are the QCL guests to inform viewers about Empower House, the non-profit’s upcoming annual fundraiser, and the unfortunate frequency that individuals sustain brain injury. Empower House is the first and only brain injury clubhouse in Iowa.
Spooktacular 5K helping those with traumatic brain injuries
KWQC-TV6, October 2021
There is a Halloween-themed 5K and fall festival happening next weekend as a fundraiser for an important resource that helps those living and recovering from traumatic brain injuries.
Davenport’s RME to Hold June 4 Open House, Welcomes Zeke’s Island Café as New Tenant
www.quadcities.com, May 2021
River Music Experience — with other local businesses and nonprofits that make their home in the historic Redstone building in downtown
Yoli life podcast - missey and mickey of empower house
Yoli Life, June 2020
On today’s episode, you’ll learn how starting the Empower House has not only transformed their lives, but the lives of many patients and the people who love them.
Local brain injury clubhouse creates community for members
WQAD-TV 8, Feb 2020
After months of fundraising, one local organization is bringing brain injury resources to The Quad Cities.
Meet the 2019 Nation of Neighbors Recipients
Royal Neighbors of America, December 2019
Although Nation of Neighbors has evolved and grown through the years, the premise of the program has stayed the same; it’s about empowering women. Each year, we accept nominations from beneficial members who have been inspired by extraordinary women doing extra-ordinary things in their communities.
Royal Neighbors of America Awards $10,000 to Empower Women
Business Insider – November 2019
Royal Neighbors of America, one of the nation’s largest women-led life insurance organizations, is empowering women and supporting communities through its signature Nation of Neighbors(sm) program.
Royal Neighbors of America awards $30,000 to Q-C non-profits
Living Proof Exhibit – October 2019
Three non-profits each received $10,000. Living Proof Exhibit, founded by Pamela Crouch, of Moline; Foster Hope, founded by Lola Rahn, of Atkinson, Ill.; and Empower House, from Missey Heinrichs, of Davenport, received the grants. The organizations support individuals affected by cancer, help foster families and those who have suffered brain injuries.
Brain injury survivors connect through clubhouse community
Royal Neighbors of America, October 2019
What started as a dream is now becoming a reality for speech therapist, Missey Heinrichs. She saw the long-term impact brain injuries could have on her patients and their families and wanted to make a difference.
Royal Neighbors awards $30,000 to local non-profits
WQAD-TV 8, October 2019
Royal Neighbors of America continues its tradition of helping in the community. On Tuesday, it presented three separate $10,000 Nation of Neighbors grants to area non profit organizations.
BIZ BYTES: Royal Neighbors of America awards $30,000 to Q-C non-profits
Quad-City Times, October 2019
Royal Neighbors of America has awarded $30,000 to area non-profits. The three non-profits each received $10,000. Living Proof Exhibit, founded by Pamela Crouch, of Moline; Foster Hope, founded by Lola Rahn, of Atkinson, Ill.; and Empower House, from Missey Heinrichs, of Davenport, received the grants.
Empower House Receives $10,000 Grant
NPR, WVIK, October 2019
An organization that helps people with brain injuries has received a grant to help buy a "forever home." Royal Neighbors of America gave $10,000 to Empower House, which wants to open a "brain injury clubhouse."
Meyer Landscaping gives back to Empower House and former employee
WQAD-TV 8, September 2019
Meyer Landscaping and Design is making a difference in the life of a former employee and an organization to serve other brain injury survivors. They hosted a benefit Saturday to support Empower House.
John Deere CHARITY SPOTLIGHT: EMPOWER HOUSE
John Deere, July 2019
Empower House is building a community and purpose for brain injury survivors
WHBF-TV 4, July 2019
A new kind of workplace is coming to the Quad Cities, and it will be about more than just punching the clock. It will be an office for healing.
One Quad City grassroots organization is raising awareness for brain trauma
WQAD-TV 8, July 2019
1.7 million people are diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury each year in The United States. More than 33,000 of those people live in Iowa.
Part One: Local couple shares how a brain injury impacted their family and how a new resource in the QCA is offering hope
KWQC-TV6, June 2019
Part one of two in a series about brain injury and Empower House.
Part Two: Empower House is fundraising to become first Brain Injury Clubhouse in Iowa
KWQC-TV6, June 2019
Part two of two in a series about brain injury and Empower House.
Paula Sands Live: Empower House
KWQC-TV6, June 2019
Clubhouse is a place where people belong-a place where people with brain injuries come to be productive and enjoy contributing to a common cause. If people want to learn work skills and get a job in the community as well as feel a sense of belonging, Empower House can help.
The clubhouse that God built
The Catholic Messenger, June 2019
Empower House looks to help survivors of brain injury. The Hopeful Household: a series about “the real issues that families are facing and where to find hope in the messiness of life.”
‘Empower’ persons with brain injury
The Catholic Messenger, June 2019
Doctors diagnose 1.7 million people with traumatic brain injury each year in the U.S.; 33,430 of them are Iowans, and their survival rate is increasing. More than 100,000 Iowans currently live with disabilities related to brain injuries: the man who sits in the pew behind you; the woman who distributes small slips of paper to people that she meets to help them understand her struggle with aphasia.
Empower House barn dance June 29 to help brain injured
The North Scott Press, June 2019
Empower House, an organization that empowers people with brain injuries, will host a barn dance and family fun night 5-11 p.m., June 29, at Blisswood Barn 24880 145th Ave, Eldridge.
HEALTH BYTES: Empower House board member receives statewide award
Quad-City Times, May 2019
In an emotional ceremony, Quad-Cities speech therapist Missy Heinrichs was awarded the Iowa Clinical Achievement Award for SLPs or Audiologists.
Beyond Therapy: SAU Alumnae Work Overtime to Empower
St. Ambrose University, May 2019
Claire Motto '14, '16 MSLP never was happy with the answer she had to give patients who had worked so hard to complete traditional therapy for a brain injury.
Support community helps those with brain injuries
The Clinton Herald, April 2019
Last Tuesday, I had the opportunity to introduce a group of Empower House members on the House floor. The group visited the Capitol in connection with Brain Injury Advocacy Day on the Hill.
What will the Empower House provide for the Quad Cities?
WHBF-TV 4, Living Local, January 2019
Kami Holst and Missey Heinrichs, with Empower House drop in to talk to us more about what this organization plans to do here in the Quad Cities.
Empower House Open House Tomorrow Night
WOC 1420 Talk Radio, January 2019
Empower House is a place where people with a brain injury will be able to go to learn work skills and get a job in the Quad Cities. Empower House will have an Open House tomorrow night from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Davenport, where brain injury survivors and families are welcome to stop by for refreshments and a chance to find out more. Empower House's Missey and Kami joined AM Quad Cities.
Listen to Empower House’s Missey & Kami Join AMQC
New clubhouse to serve brain injury survivors in the Quad-Cities
Quad-City Times, January 2019
The Quad-Cities soon will have a new place for people with brain injuries to gather, receive services and become part of a community.