ROCKWALL (December 25, 2013) Warm up the dice and get ready to give back at the 2nd Annual Bunco Fundraiser! On Thursday, February 6th, 2014, local moms group MOMS Club of Rockwall and San Martino Winery & Vineyards are joining forces and rolling some dice in hopes of raising money for local charity Rainbow Room of Rockwall. Rainbow Room exists […]
ROCKWALL (December 16, 2013) A group of Rockwall women recently came together to create the Ladies of Lakeside 2014 Calendar, benefiting Relay for Life and Hanna4Hope. Each calendar model has been affected in some way by cancer or teen suicide. Calendars are available for $20 from Jenniffer Norman at KE Cellars, 301 N. San Jacinto, […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH (December 16, 2013) Rockwall-Heath High School’s Drama Club is in full swing rehearsing for their upcoming musical, Grease, opening January 9th. With 60 students making up the cast, 20 operating as technical staff, three faculty members overseeing the production, a different local celebrity performing the role of DJ Vince Fontaine each night of the […]
(December 20, 2013) Tomorrow’s Hunter, a local nonprofit organization serving wounded veterans and their children, hosted an outreach event on Veterans Day on a private Ranch in Terrell. Two Marine Corps families, a wounded Army veteran and his family, and an Army SOS family were treated to a day of archery, fishing and meaningful bonding time. […]
WYLIE (December 20, 2013) In-Sync Exotics announced that several recent donations will allow the wildlife rescue and education center to move forward with a long-held dream for the sanctuary. The cats will be getting a onsite veterinary clinic. “As you may remember, this summer we battled an outbreak of canine distemper and ultimately lost seven […]
ROCKWALL COUNTY (December 20, 2013) It may have been cold outside, but for those who braved the winter ice storm on December 6th, it was warm and cozy inside the Hilton Dallas Rockwall Lakefront for the Boys and Girls Club’s annual “Angels Among Us” Breakfast. “While only a little more than 100 people of the […]
ROCKWALL (December 19, 2013) Senior residents of The Mansions of Rockwall Active Adult Community, along with staff members and their families, have been very busy gathering gifts for local children in need this holiday season. They collected more than 210 toys, which will be handed out at the Rockwall County Boys and Girls Club Christmas […]
ROCKWALL (December 19, 2013) Many families bring pets into the family during the Christmas season, but have little understanding about proper care or training. Rockwall County 4-H will host a short term project for families with kids 8 years old and in the third grade to 18 who are getting a pet for Christmas. The […]
ROCKWALL (December 19, 2013) Boy Scout Troop 83’s recent geocaching campout was a blast! We learned how to use a GPS (global positioning system). Each group of Scouts went through the same course. Each patrol also made one pot meals, and my group won the contest with a dish of macaroni calzones. My group’s iron […]
Volunteer tutors can help change the world…one word at at time ROCKWALL (December 19, 2013) The Rockwall County Library Reading for Adults (RFA) Literacy Program offers FREE educational classes including: English as a Second Language (ESL) GED Studies and Preparation U.S. Citizenship Preparation Adult Literacy Studies With an enrollment of 300 students, RFA has convenient […]