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This new van will be shared by four local groups dedicated to improving the lives of young people and used to shuttle kids to activities throughout the area. Representatives of the collaborating groups are shown with the van on Wednesday, July 3. From left are Jerry Jones, executive director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center; Sara McLaughlin-Cross, executive director of The First Tee Quad Cities; Rachel Price, director of clubs and programming for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Mississippi Valley; and John Gripp, Rock Island's parks and recreation director.