By Leon Lagerstam, http://qconline.com/archives/qco/3D"mailto:llagerstam@qconline.com"
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Greenwood Rosewood Care Center administrator Kathy
Seeforth won the free use of a 52-inch HD RCA television from
www.DeliveringQC.com, but decided to let residents enjoy it,
instead of setting it up at home for her husband to enjoy the
NCAA tournament. It was part of a March Madness promotion. Ms.
Seeforth and staff members said the residents love the new TV.
The center is located at 7300 34th Ave., Moline.
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MOLINE -- Give Rosewood Care Center administrator Kathy Seeforth
credit for a "big" assist in this year's NCAA tournament.
Ms. Seeforth won a free month's use of a 52-inch RCA HD
television, but gave it instead to residents of the Moline center.
"I thought they'd benefit more from it than just my husband," she
said. "And trust me, I wouldn't have been watching basketball on
it."
Her Netflix movies might have looked better on the bigger screen,
but the residents' happiness meant more to her.
And her husband, Michael Seeforth, didn't suffer a bit. He's been
watching the games on their 27-inch flat-panel TV.
Winning the free month's rental of the larger television
surprised Ms. Seeforth.
"When they told me I had won, I asked `Is this for real?' "
The prize from Aaron's Sales and Lease, of Moline, valued at
about $100, was a promotion from www.DeliveringQC.com, a subscriber
loyalty site of The Moline Dispatch Publishing Co., publishers of
The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus.
"We use the site as a way to give something back to our
subscribers," site administrator and manager Zack Wenthe said. "We
like to give them something extra as a thank you."
Ms. Seeforth felt the same way toward Rosewood residents.
"When she told me she wanted it to go to Rosewood, I thought that
was great," Mr. Wenthe said.
Jim Petersen at Aaron's agreed.
"It meant that more people would get to see and enjoy it, and it
meant more exposure for Aaron's," he said.
"I just want to thank The Dispatch for the opportunity to make
our residents happy," Ms. Seeforth said. "Now, if only we could keep
it."