Drop donations through Dec 1o at local businesses with collection bins (ROCKWALL – December 9, 2012) Santa’s helpers are at work on the annual Helping Hands Toy Drive, and your help is needed! Collection of unwrapped new toys started Dec. 1 for distribution on Saturday, Dec. 15, to less fortunate families in Rockwall County. Businesses […]
(November 7, 2012) Lake Pointe Health Network celebrated 163 years of combined volunteer service with a Mexican fiesta-themed Hats Off to Volunteers on October 24. Volunteers and guests included family members and friends along with executive, administrative and hospital staff. Long standing volunteer, Charlene Schwaneke, celebrated 25 years of contribution and service to LakePointe and […]
(Rockwall ISD) September 26, 2012 – Mr. James White is a Watch Dog volunteer at Reinhardt Elementary, pictured here with daughters Maci and Maddie. Reinhardt held a kickoff night on Tuesday with a pizza party for dads and their children. Watch Dogs is an acronym for “Dads of Great Students”. All dads are invited to participate as partners with […]
Regional effort includes Waterway Educational Expo (Lewisville) August 15, 2012 – Hoping to raise awareness and appreciation of the Trinity River, Lewisville Lake, and their respective shorelines, Keep Lewisville Beautiful, the City of Lewisville, Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area, and Kayak Power are teaming up to host KLB’s 21st annual Trinity Trash Bash waterway clean […]
Rockwall Rotary’s Hot Rocks Bike Race draws more than 1,000 participants (Rockwall) August 12, 2012 – Participation in yesterday’s Hot Rocks Bike Race exceeded expectations, with more than 1,050 riders coming out bright and early to Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium in Rockwall for intense competition and family fun. The 26th annual event attracted all levels of riders, […]
Rockwall Rotary’s Hot Rocks Bike Race draws more than 1,000 participants (Rockwall) August 12, 2012 – Participation in yesterday’s Hot Rocks Bike Race exceeded expectations, with more than 1,050 riders coming out bright and early to Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium in Rockwall for intense competition and family fun. The 26th annual event attracted all levels of riders, […]
(Rockwall) May 15, 2012 – At the final meeting of the year, volunteers Mary Hanrahan and Joan Parish were honored by the Friends of the Rockwall County Library. Hanrahan received the Hartman Award, given annually to a to a Friends member who has performed over and above the requirements of their position and has promoted […]
Applications for student volunteers being accepted Thursday, April 19 was a day of celebration for the many volunteers who give of their time to the various units and departments of the Lake Pointe Health Network. The volunteers were honored by the staff at a delicious breakfast catered by hospital chef, Nathan Long, and each received […]
(Rockwall) April 10, 2012 – In a proclamation read by Judge Jerry Hogan, the Rockwall County Commissioners Court designated April 8-14 as National Library Week in Rockwall County. Kathleen Broze, president of Friends of the Library, and 2011 Hartman Award recipient Carolyn Duckworth presented Judge Hogan a facsimile check for $255,679.20 representing the value of volunteer […]
Join Keep Lewisville Beautiful from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 21 at Lewisville Residential Convenience Center, 330 W. Jones Street, for a Spring Clean Up event featuring free lunch, T-shirts, goody bags and the chance to win door prizes for all KLB volunteers. Register at keeplewisvillebeautiful.org/spring_clean_up. KLB is also looking for event sponsors, door prize […]