(ROCKWALL, TX – June 12, 2015) CoBank conducts an annual grant matching program they call “Sharing Success.” CoBank matches donations by their coop customers to local charitable organizations, up to $5,000. Farmers Electric Cooperative submitted Helping Hands as its beneficiary organization this year, and CoBank accepted the application. Rockwall County Helping Hands gives special thanks […]
ROCKWALL, TX. (June 12, 2015) The board of directors of Rockwall Community Playhouse was proud to award its annual scholarship to Kenzie Osborn who is a recent Rockwall-Heath High School graduate and who has performed on the RCP stage since she was nine years old. Her most recent roles were Juliet in Romeo & Juliet and […]
ROCKWALL,TX. (June 11, 2015) The TVEC Charitable Foundation has awarded a grant in the amount of $3,000 to Lone Star CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). This grant was awarded on June 4, 2015. Joy Long of TVEC presented the check to Executive Director, Lucille Bell, and Development Director, Roland Ruble, and thanked Lone Star CASA […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – June 4, 2015) Local fundraising efforts are underway to assist victims of flooding associated with the filling of Wallace Lake by recent rainfall events. Local community leaders who have agreed to coordinate local private fundraising efforts include: Bennie Daniels John White David Smith Sandy Doyle Larry Parks Dennis Bailey The group has […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – June 4, 2015) Rockwall mom Kristi Bryant knows all too well the importance of being able to celebrate a child’s birthday. But perhaps more importantly, she also recognizes that some of those parents within the community who struggle financially may not be able to afford a birthday gift or throw a birthday […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – June 4, 2015) The End Child Abuse Walk has been rescheduled June 6, 9 am, at the Harry Myers Park Pickens Lake pavilion, due to last Saturday’s thunderstorms. The event will kick off a countywide child abuse prevention campaign, led by Rockwall-based Americans Ending Abuse, which initiated the 2011 Texas law making it […]
Essay winner from Pullen Elementary reads winning entry at Rest Haven Memorial Ceremony (ROCKWALL, TX – May 30, 2015) Last weekend students took the opportunity to honor troops and first responders at the Carry the Load Memorial Day March. Fourth graders from Pullen Elementary and their teacher Julie Woodard form a group called Writers for […]
(ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX – May 27, 2015) Several of Rockwall County’s seniors, programs and volunteers received some well-deserved recognition for their involvement in helping others and bringing positive change to the community during the Older Americans Day Celebration on May 22 at the Rockwall County Library. The theme for this year’s event – “Get into […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – May 27, 2015) This Memorial Day, Rock Ridge Assisted Living and Memory Care chose to honor their veteran residents with the unveiling of a Veteran’s Wall. Life Enrichment and Volunteer Coordinator Elizabeth Crider collected old photos of the residents in uniform and assembled them on the wall. She and the rest of […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – May 27, 2015) Local non-profit organization Lakeside AMBUCS presented its biggest Amtryke giveaway yet on Thursday, May 21 at Honda Cars of Rockwall. The event saw five local-area children with disabilities fitted to their very own Amtryke, and smiles and cheers abounded as Bryleigh Phillips (2), Luca Luevano (4), Jamarcus Hamilton (7), […]