Helping Hands to Celebrate 40th Anniversary at Culpeppers

(ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX – April 18, 2016) Rockwall County Helping Hands is excited to celebrate their ruby red milestone of service and community support with its 40^th Anniversary Dinner Party on Thursday, May 19, 2016. This event will be held at Culpepper Cattle Company in Rockwall and tickets are available online: http://rockwallhelpinghands.com/join-us-for-our-funraising-events/

Since 1976, Helping Hands has offered emergency assistance to Rockwall County residents in crisis by striving to ensure that no one goes to bed hungry, without a roof overhead or deprived of needed medical care. Helping Hands is the community’s first line of defense in bad times, making the agency a vital part of Rockwall County.

Supporters of Helping Hands are invited to this premier 40th Anniversary Celebration that will including food stations, live entertainment, a wine pull and silent auction. Purchase your tickets early because they are going fast and seating is limited. Come out to support this wonderful organization celebrate doing what they do best for 40 years.

Helping Hands Fun Facts:

In 2015, more than 23,000 bags of food were provided to clients from our food pantry, and provided emergency assistance to more than 3,400 unduplicated clients.

Helping Hands provides new toys for needy children at Christmas, food baskets at Thanksgiving and school supplies at the beginning of each school year.

In 2015, over 10,000 patients were served at the Health Center of Helping Hands. Our low cost clinic is available to everyone and patients are treated with respect by qualified nurse practitioners and volunteer doctors.

The reach of Helping Hands extends further with the Helping Hands Thrift Store and Boutique, upscale resale shop selling quality merchandise at bargain prices. It is not unusual for shoppers to find designer-brand goods, some with the original price tag. Your donations of clothing, furniture and household items are also provided by the stores to clients as needed.

While the Thrift Store and Boutique sales account for more than 40% of the agency’s annual income, this doesn’t cover all that’s needed to assist clients. Helping Hands depends on the extra funding from our natural base of support – local residents and businesses.

Please help us continue to be the community’s safety net and lend a hand up for our neighbors.

Be a volunteer or attend this special fundraising event – Helping Hands needs YOU, Rockwall needs YOU!

To make a donation, please go to rockwallhelpinghands.com or call 972-771-1655.

Helping Hands is committed to ensuring that no one in Rockwall County goes to bed hungry, without a roof overhead, or deprived of needed medical care – for every person in the community.

Please consider making a financial gift. Your one-time or monthly gift of $25, $50, $100, $500, $1,000 or $5,000 can make all the difference… to our Food Pantry, to our Emergency Assistance program, to our Health Center – and to struggling families.

Submitted by Melody Hail, Director of Development.

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