Saturday, October 23 ~ Entry Fee $50 ~
Cooking starts: 7:30am ~ Judging starts: 12:00pm
Location ~ 950 Williams Street (Helping Hands Parking Lot)
Contact ~ Stewart Storms, 214-863-6973 or stewartstorms@anbtx.com
Sponsored by American National Bank
Best Chili ~ Best Overall Chili ~ Hottest Chili ~ Most Original Chili
Saturday, October 23rdShop Early and Shop Savvy. We invite you to start your holiday traditions with us. 950 Williams Street, Rockwall, TX 75087 .
Call 972-771-4357 x 222 for additional information.
This is a Tax Free Day.
Saturday, September 25 ~ Corporate Challenge Race ~ 5pm; Sponsor’s party ~ 7pm.
Rush Creek Yacht Club, 320 Rush Creek Dr., Heath, TX 75032. Contact Kay Dutta at 972-771-4357 x 222 or kaydutta@rockwallhelpinghands.com 
Friday, November 5th ~ 9am until 5pm and Saturday, November 6th ~ 9am until 5pm
Tour the “Home for the Holidays” Victorian Village of Vendors throughout the Harbor District and the Festival of Decorated Trees in the Hilton Bella Harbor.
Admission is free, but patrons are welcome to bring donated canned goods for the Helping Hands Food Pantry. Get your shopping done for the holidays and also vote for your favorite tree. Vendor Booth is outdoor space and rental is $250 for Friday and Saturday or $125 for Saturday only.
Saturday, November 6th ~ 6pm until Midnight
“Home for the Holidays” Gala benefiting Helping Hands. Bid on beautifully decorated Christmas trees and enjoy dinner and dancing for a worthy cause! Tickets are $65 per person and VIP table for 10 including wine is $1,000.
Back-to school and sports physicals and immunizations are available now at the Health Center of Helping Hands.
Costs are:
• $25 for school and sport physicals
• Fees range from $14 for one shot to $35 for five shots and are only available for uninsured and underinsured children.
Also available is Gardasil for boys and girls. It is recommended for ages 12 to 18 because prevention is always best before disease exposure.
Meningitis is required for all children in 7th and 8th grades. A second dose of Varicella (chickenpox) is also required for those grades if the child has not had the disease.
For children in 7th to 12th grade TDAP (the newer version Tetanus that includes protection against Pertussis) is required for those that have not had a Tetanus shot in five years.
There will be no leniency by the schools this year regarding required vaccines, so come in now while they are in abundant supply.
Appointments are preferred. Please call 972-772-8194 to schedule your appointment.
The Health Center is located at 102 S. First St., Suite B.
Tatom Scholfield enjoys sailing on Lake Ray Hubbard. She is one of 15 children of Helping Hands clients that received sailing school scholarships from the North Texas Sailing School at Rush Creek Yacht Club. Since 2006, the sailing school and yacht club have generously provided tuition-free sailing lessons for children that normally would not have the opportunity to participate in sailing. This year, two members of the Boys and Girls Club of Rockwall were included in the program. Helping Hands also worked with KART to help with transportation so parents did not have to miss work. “We appreciate and thank everyone that contributed to helping these children have such a wonderful opportunity,” said Sue Welch of Helping Hands.
Margo Nielsen, Helping Hands Executive Director, welcomes Royse City council member Janet Nichol to Centsible, the new Helping Hands Thrift Store located at 117 Main St. Centsible offers select merchandise at bargain prices including antiques, home décor, furniture and clothing. Thrift Store revenue helps fund operations of Helping Hands, a non-profit critical assistance agency. “We are so excited about our new Royse City store,” said Mrs. Nielsen, “and we appreciate the overwhelming welcome we’ve received
from Royse City.”
Attention Shopping Divas: Bargains galore on quality pre-loved merchandise are now available at Centsible at 117 Main Street in downtown Royse City!
Centsible, the newest addition to the Thrift Stores of Helping Hands, offers shoppers the thrill of the hunt – it takes three trips around the store to notice all the great items – then the joy of the find, followed by the excitement of really low prices on the select merchandise.
Centsible is unique because:
• It’s the first Thrift Store of Helping Hands to have its own name: and
• It represents a new blueprint for what a thrift store should be – a chic, trendy shop offering a variety of select, pre-loved merchandise that includes home décor, antiques, clothing and kitchen items priced to sell.
Thrift Stores Manager Melody East believes that Centsible will set a new trend in the thrift/resale market.
“Customers will love the atmosphere and quality merchandise,” she explained. “It will not be uncommon to find high end jeans, purses and unique jewelry in the shop.”
Many items in the store are here today and often gone today – so be sure to visit often
because shelves are constantly restocked.
It doesn’t matter if you’re rich, living on a budget or on a fixed income – Centsible has treasures for you. It’s surprising how many people wear clothes just one season then give them away, and you will be amazed at the terrific home décor items that only need a touch-up or a coat of paint to become prized possessions.
“We are so grateful for the overwhelming response of the community to our new store,” said Mrs. East. “We hope everyone will stop by and give us a look!”
Margo Nielsen, Helping Hands’ Executive Director, said the agency is pleased to be a partner in the Royse City Main Street effort.
“We are looking forward to working with the City and other Main Street merchants to bring new shoppers to this historic area,” she noted.
Rockwall County Helping Hands is a non-profit critical assistance agency that has served residents in critical need since 1976. The agency offers the Food Pantry and the Assistance and Referral Program. The agency’s Health Center provides quality, affordable health care for all and a sliding scale fee for those that qualify.
There are several ways you can help the agency:
• Shopping – Thrift Store revenues directly fund agency operations;
• Donating – Salable merchandise and monetary donations are always needed; and
• Volunteering – We pair volunteers (the heart of our agency) with rewarding jobs that match their time and talents.
To make a donation, schedule pick-up of large items or to volunteer, please call 972-771-HELP.
And when you’re in Rockwall, please stop by the Rockwall Thrift Store at 950 Williams St. (SH-66).
Irma Reid, her sisters Margot Montemayor and Dr. Adela Alfaro and Adela’s husband Jose T. Alfaro display jewelry the sisters design and make for the Helping Hands Rockwall Thrift Store.
Good friends, good food and opportunities to shop the Rockwall Thrift Store at Helping Hands and sign up for the new health card program for small businesses with the Health Center at Helping Hands topped the May Business after Hours event at the agency. Thanks go to the Rockwall County Chamber of Commerce for their support of the non-profit critical assistance agency. For more information about Helping Hands, please call 972-771-HELP.
Diane Jones(right), manager of Bel Fiore Salon and Spa in Rockwall, learns about the new health maintenance card for individuals and small businesses from Crystal Rooney of the Health Center at Helping Hands during the Rockwall chamber’s recent Business Expo.
Many people today forego routine healthcare because they can’t afford insurance premiums or because their deductibles are too high to allow routine tests and doctor visits. To make it more affordable for them to access preventative care, the Health Center at Helping Hands is offering the Health Maintenance Card Program that is available to individuals, groups and small business owners.
It is not insurance. The Health Maintenance Card costs $300, which will provide about $700 in care. It includes:
We all know that preventative care is necessary for good health and contributes to less time away from work. The Health Maintenance Card Program offers business owners a low cost way to keep their employees healthy at a convenient location in Downtown Rockwall. Designed by Health Center manager Crystal Rooney, a health maintenance card also provides peace of mind to people unable to afford necessary routine healthcare.
“Too many people are skipping preventative care, and we know that regular checkups and tests help keep a person healthy and often avoid major problems later in life,” Mrs. Rooney noted. “We want to be your healthcare home with our plan for affordable healthcare to keep you well and to keep our community healthy.
The Health Center at Helping Hands offers excellent customer service in pleasant surroundings at 102 S. First St. Suite B.
For more information about the program, please call Maggie Fuller at 972-772-8194.
