Ready, set, mark your calendar for Race to Empower, June 25

Ready, set, mark your calendar for Race to Empower, June 25

ROCKWALL, TX (May 25, 2022) Empower7, a local nonprofit helping vulnerable youth transform themselves into purposeful adults, is preparing for its 2nd Annual 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run which will be held Saturday, June 25 at Wilkerson-Sanders Memorial Stadium. Proceeds from the run will benefit the Empower7 Ranch building campaign and programs for at-risk […]

Rockwall teens volunteer with Samaritan’s Purse: Operation Christmas Child

Rockwall teens volunteer with Samaritan’s Purse: Operation Christmas Child

ROCKWALL, TX (Nov. 28, 2021) Teens from First Baptist Church of Rockwall got in the Christmas Spirit early by volunteering with Operation Christmas Child at the Coppell processing center the day before Thanksgiving. (From left) Travis, Luke, Riley, Campbell, and their chaperone Christian worked to provide gifts and a Gospel presentation to children in Belize […]

Rockwall City Council recognizes lifesaving teens

Rockwall City Council recognizes lifesaving teens

ROCKWALL, TX – July 9, 2021 – The Rockwall City Council honored three local teens for saving the life of a drowning child. Thanks to the teens’ swift action, the child is alive and well today. Mayor Kevin Fowler, Assistant Fire Chief Brett Merritt, and Parks and Recreation Director Travis Sales presented the awards at […]

Rockwall YMCA ‘girlSTRONG’ program empowers girls to be strong in body, mind and spirit

Rockwall YMCA ‘girlSTRONG’ program empowers girls to be strong in body, mind and spirit

This spring, the J.E.R. Chilton YMCA at Rockwall will seek to help girls become strong in both mind, body and spirit with its girlSTRONG program. The brainchild of Rockwall YMCA Health and Wellness Director Diana Fulton, this empowering program invites girls ages 10-16 to eight weeks of fitness and healthy group discussions designed to build […]

Empower 7: Rockwall’s Newest Non Profit Organization

(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 28, 2019) Embrace. Mitigate. Practice. Own. Witness. Encourage. Reach. These are the words that make up the name of the newest non-profit to the Rockwall area. “Empower 7” just obtained their 501(c)3 tax-exempt nonprofit status this week and President Melanie Cobb is beyond thrilled.  “In North Texas, there is an overwhelming shortage […]

iGo Global: Helping students learn to make God famous

WYLIE/ROCKWALL, TX (June 25, 2014) Lance Shumake wants to see students involved in missions, and more specifically, to see this generation of students living “on mission.” As President of iGo Global for 14 years, Shumake has overseen high school and college student teams travel to 21 countries to help fulfill Christ’s Great Commission to make […]

Rockwall swimmers host free learn-to-swim clinic

Teens from Rockwall Aquatics Center reach out to kids to teach water safety (Rockwall) June 19, 2013 – Every day  in our country, approximately 10 people drown in our lakes, beaches, and swimming pools. More than one in five fatal drowning victims are children younger than 14. However, by participating in swim lessons, the risk […]

Ladies Retreat at Sabine Creek Ranch with author Vicki Courtney

(ROYSE CITY-December 28, 2012) Sabine Creek Ranch, a 300+ acre working cattle and equestrian ranch in Royse City, will host a Ladies Retreat featuring speaker/author Vicki Courtney on January 11-12, 2013. Vicki’s ministry reaches more than 150,000 people a year through events, books and online resources. The mother of three seeks to provide parents with […]

Lewisville Library hosts Summer Reading Kickoff Celebration

(Lewisville) May 21, 2012 – Lewisville Library’s Summer Reading Kickoff Celebration will be from 2 to 4 p.m.  Saturday, June 2, at the library, 1197 W. Main Street. The event, sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, will feature a performance by the Sugar Free Allstars Live in Concert in the Bennett Children’s Wing, along with face […]

Hilton Bella Harbor teams with Boys & Girls Club to create Hilton Leadership Program

(Rockwall) May 17, 2012 – Sara Whittle, owner, Hilton Bella Harbor Dallas/Rockwall Lakefront, announced today that Hilton Senior Managers from the hotel will instruct 25 teenagers from the Boys & Girls Club of Rockwall in hospitality programs this summer. This newly formed Hilton Leadership Program will further the reach and scope of the Boys & […]