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The Grand Baby Project, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting people with dementia and their families, has moved to Rock Island in a “full circle” moment for its founder.
Tonja Moon worked in geriatric healthcare for decades before founding The Grand Baby Project five years ago. The nonprofit launched and previously operated out of Houston, but Moon moved the nonprofit to Rock Island to support her elderly parents. She said the move feels like a “full circle moment” because of her grandmother who inspired her work.
“It’s just crazy to think that right down the road in Eagle Lake, my grandmother went to work every day as a telephone operator at the phone company, and that is where she raised her kids,” Moon said. “Now, I’ve come full circle, and now the nonprofit created in her honor is being operated out of Colorado County where she was born and raised.”
