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Special Holiday Edition 2016

BlueRibbonNews.com

Health Center

Provided 10,000 office visits
for people without a medical
home or health insurance.

Food Pantry

Provided 23,000 bags of food
for the hungry.

Assistance & Referral

Your Helping Hand

Give immediate, life-changing help

to those in our community

by contributing your year-end,

tax deductible, recurring monthly

or one-time donation of

$25, $40

(for our 40th Anniversary)

$100 or more.

Donate online today at

RockwallHelpingHands.com

972-771-1655

Make A

Difference

This Holiday Season

Provided emergency assistance
to more than 3,400 residents.

In 2015, we provided 563
children with Christmas toys,
206 families with Thanksgiving
dinner and 537 children with
back-to-school supplies.

Rockwall Women’s

League President-

Elect Lisa Ward

(left) and member

Rhonda Holloway

next to the RWL

Christmas tree,

which won People’s

Choice at the 2016

Festival of Trees.

elping Hands of Rockwall County’s 7th Annual Festival of Trees

filled the Hilton Dallas/Rockwall Lakefront with holiday cheer and the spirit of giving. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Friday, Nov. 18, and Saturday, Nov. 19, the Boutique of Helping Hands Huge Tax-Free Holiday Sale saw a wide
selection of holiday items, home decor, furniture, jewelry, clothing, wreaths, and Christmas trees on display for those
looking to get a head start on their Christmas shopping, with all proceeds benefiting Helping Hands. Dinner, dancing
and a live auction capped off the festivities in Saturday night’s Festival of Trees Gala celebrating the agency’s
40 years of service to the community.

Congrats to the winners of this year’s Festival of Trees:
Repurpose Challenge – Teri Bedford
Best Small Tree – Farmers Electric Cooperative
Most Unique Tree – Texas Health Presbyterian
Hospital Rockwall
Most Traditional Tree – Bella’s House
Judge’s Choice – Expressions Home Décor
People’s Choice – Rockwall Women’s League

Story and photos by Austin Wells, Blue Ribbon News.