Women’s League presents donation to Helping Hands Health Center

(Rockwall) June 4, 2012 – Dawn Nelson, Cathy Bedsole and Diedra Roe present a $10,000 check on behalf of Rockwall Women’s League to Melody Hail, Director of Development for Rockwall County Helping Hands.

The money is designated for uninsured children that are patients of the Health Center at Helping Hands. Nelson is president of RWL and Bedsole and Roe chaired the Women’s League Ball.

Rockwall Women’s League established the Children’s Medical Fund in 1986 with a check for $1,000.  Helping Hands administers the fund, arranging to pay for medical costs for uninsured children in Rockwall County.

In 2004, the Health Center employed its first Family Nurse Practitioner and began seeing children on site.  Almost 2,500 children received services at or through the Health Center in 2011.

For more information about The Health Center of Helping Hands, visit rockwallhelpinghands.com/health-services.

Thanks to Melody Hail, Director of Development, Rockwall County Helping Hands, for sharing this news.

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