Press release
The East Texas Bikers Toy Run will be held Saturday, November 19. Registration starts at 11 a.m. at Ramsey’s Roadhouse in Wills Point.
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ETMC Olympic Center begins canned food drive
Press release
To help fight hunger in East Texas this holiday season, the East Texas Medical Center Olympic Center is partnering with the East Texas Food Bank for a canned food drive Nov. 1-30.
“Roughly 473,000 adults, children and seniors are at risk for hunger in East Texas, “said Jeramie Hinojosa, director of the ETMC Olympic Center. “Keeping East Texans healthy and fit is part of our mission, so we are excited to partner with the food bank for this important drive.”
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Labor of Love teams up with Sundown Ranch and First State Bank to build wheelchair ramp
Labor of Love press release
How does a really good project effort truly become impressive? Answer: When three great organizations team up with a wonderful Chandler family to provide them with a much needed wheelchair ramp. They wouldn’t have to worry about the wheelchairs though, because that was taken care of right in the beginning when they made a purchase from https://www.scootersnchairs.com/blogs/blog/best-electric-wheelchairs. Nine members from the staff of the Sundown Ranch, Van Zandt County, teamed up with Labor of Love to construct a wheelchair ramp.
The third organization was First State Bank Athens which provided a very generous grant that covered the cost of all materials needed for this effort.
“They have been a very faithful and generous supporter of the Labor of Love over many years,” Labor of Love President Roy Talbot said.
On Saturday morning, October 15, a team of nine staff members from the Sundown Ranch guided by several volunteers from the Labor of Love built an extended wheelchair ramp under the watchful eyes of Mr. William Davis, home owner and Mr. Jerry Henry, Labor of Love project manager. The ramp consisted of a new porch, two 20-foot long sections with a turnaround landing in between. Handrails were installed on both sides throughout the ramp and porch. The five women and four men from the Sundown Ranch can take great pride in a very impressive accomplishment with this first time very substantial building effort.
Pinnacle Women’s garage sale adds Saturday, changes time
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PWC press release
The Pinnacle Women’s Club annual sale is adding a Saturday to their Two-Day event running Friday October 14 and Saturday October 15. The time of opening has changed to 8 a.m. on both days. If you show up at last year’s opening time, you may be in the dark as PWC members wanted the public and its workers to begin shopping with a little daylight as last year’s event many people were waiting in line before the sun came up. “Our Sale is starting an hour later this year at 8 a.m. from previous years so we want to let folks know the time change and not show up too early as we know they like to start lining up to get first chance at some great sale items,” said Patty Evans committee chair of the PWC Garage Sale.
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TVEC Charitable Foundation grant to Keep Athens Beautiful
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The TVEC Charitable Foundation has awarded a grant in the amount $3,500 to Keep Athens Beautiful. The grant was awarded on September 20 and presented on September 27.
The TVEC Charitable Foundation is funded by donations from Operation Round Up. Operation Round Up is a voluntary program that allows TVEC members to round up their monthly electric bills to the next whole dollar amount. The portion that is rounded up goes to the TVEC Charitable Foundation and may be used to award grant request to local charitable organizations
Pictured are, from left, Kari Wilmeth, TVEC Public Relations, Peggy Rhodes, President Keep Athens Beautiful and Carol Morton, Executive Director Keep Athens Beautiful. (Courtesy photo)