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Maverick Fitness, Orange Theory, to host Special Olympic Athletes

By Editor on July 12, 2022 5:54 PM Dallas, Good Business, Recent Stories, Rockwall

90-Minute Fundraiser Class to Benefit Special Olympics Texas Dallas, Texas – July 12, 2022 – Maverick Fitness Holdings, owner of 34 Orangetheory® Fitness studios in North Texas, along with Orangetheory Fitness studios across the state of Texas, will host Special Olympics Texas athletes during an exclusive 90-minute class at their studios on July 23 & 24, 2022. Orangetheory […]

Rockwall County Special Olympics Athlete, Trainer Receive Top Honors

By Editor on February 11, 2019 1:13 PM Good Sports, Good Times, Heath, Rockwall, Royse City

(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 11, 2019) In a ceremony held Feb. 1 in Austin, Cole Randolph of Rockwall was presented with the Texas Special Olympics Male Athlete of the Year Award for Area 10 – an honor he earned earlier this fall while participating on the Rockwall County Special Olympics Team. Cole plays sports […]

Rep. Ratcliffe meets with Rockwall Special Olympics athletes in Washington, D.C.

By Austin on February 16, 2018 2:49 PM Fate, Good Business, Good Sports, Heath, McLendon-Chisholm, Rockwall, Rowlett, Royse City

(ROCKWALL, TX — February 16, 2018) Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) met this week with two Special Olympics athletes from Rockwall during their Capitol Hill 2018 visit to Washington: Nicholas Johnson and Scott Wendt. “It was great meeting our very own Special Olympics athletes from Texas’ 4th District during their visit to Washington, D.C. Nicholas and […]

Rockwall-Heath High School Cheerleader of the Week: Jacey May Grand-Lienard

By Austin on October 17, 2017 9:58 AM Good Thinking, Heath, Rockwall

(HEATH, TX — October 17, 2017) Jacey May Grand-Lienard is the daughter of Ed and Joey Grand-Lienard and sister of Ashley, Jason, Jacob, and Jaden Grand-Lienard. She is a senior this year at Rockwall-Heath High School and is a member of the Varsity Cheer Team. She is a 2017 NCA All-American Cheerleader and was awarded […]

Rockwall County Special Olympics basketball team wins gold medal

By Editor on May 30, 2016 8:57 PM Good Sports, Good Times, Heath, Rockwall

(ROCKWALL, TX – May 30, 2016) Over the Memorial Day weekend the Rockwall County Special Olympic Shooting Stars basketball team participated in the State summer games in Arlington and came home with the gold medal. The members of the team include (standing L to R): Cole Randolph, Scott Wendt, Tim Fields, Daniel Moriarty, Daniel Hettinger, […]

Children, families with special needs get exclusive access to Hawaiian Falls

By Blue Ribbon News on July 28, 2014 11:12 AM Addison, Allen, Carrollton, Dallas, Denton, Farmers Branch, Fate, Flower Mound, Forney, Fort Worth, Frisco, Garland, Good Business, Good Cause, Good Times, Grapevine, Graveyard, Heath, Irving, Lewisville, McKinney, McLendon-Chisholm, Mesquite, Murphy, Plano, Quinlan, Richardson, Rockwall, Rowlett, Royse City, Sachse, The Colony, Wylie

Champions Day benefits Special Olympics, MDA, and Easter Seals (July 28, 2014) Hawaiian Falls and Tom Thumb have joined forces for Champions Day on Saturday, August 9 at all five North Texas Hawaiian Falls waterparks, benefiting Easter Seals, MDA, and Special Olympics. Children with special needs and their families will have exclusive use of the […]