{"id":1665,"date":"2011-05-20T18:39:06","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T18:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/2011\/05\/20\/brighter-futures-at-arrowhead\/"},"modified":"2011-05-20T18:39:06","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T18:39:06","slug":"brighter-futures-at-arrowhead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/brighter-futures-at-arrowhead\/","title":{"rendered":"Brighter Futures at Arrowhead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\" \/><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: \"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">As the Quad Cities goes through daily changes, one place that has b<span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: \"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span>een a staple in the community is Arrowhead Ranch.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>The I Wireless Center was host to the Brighter Futures Breakfast Fundraiser where many community leaders and suppo   <!--more-->  rters of Arrowhead came out to hear testimonials of current and past residents while also learning about the program.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: \"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Arrowhead CEO, Angela Moody welcomed everyone to the event and played a video that let the viewers into the day and life of an Arrowhead resident.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: \"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Most of the residents are court ordered into the program and have criminal or misdemeanor charges, so it was nice to see a video of them enjoying their time at the facility.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>One particular resident John was asked to speak and reflect back on his time at Arrowhead.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>In a few weeks, John will graduate from the program and be added to the long list of successful discharges.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>John came to Arrowhead with strong gang values and admits to not doing much in his first months.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cAt first I really didn\u2019t want to talk about my problems because I didn\u2019t want to admit that I had them.\u201d explained John.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cArrowhead showed me that there are many kids like me and I can do better.\u201d<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>John has become quite the leader to his peers and feels comfortable transitioning back home and hopes other at-risk teens will work just as hard as he has if they have to come to Arrowhead.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cIf you have a chance to come here, do it.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Don\u2019t take the easy way out and chose prison,\u201d said John.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cCome and try it and you will get something out of it.\u201d<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: \"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Development Director, Brandon Terronez was very pleased with the turnout and hopes the community will continue to show support for Arrowhead.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWe wanted to let the community know what we really do at Arrowhead and how many kids we help,\u201d said Terronez.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cThe generosity of the community was great today.\u201d<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>For more information on Arrowhead or if you would like to help the organization in any way, contact Brandon Terronez at 309-799-7044 or visit their website at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrowheadranchinc.com\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: #0000ff;\">www.arrowheadranchinc.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">. <\/span><\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-3523232037\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles-2\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/series\/summerarts\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" aria-label=\"HI-SummerSeries-300&#215;250-SP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-300x250-SP.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; 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