Marble Falls Daybreak Rotary

 

 

Thu
27
Apr

Blue Sunday is Child Abuse Prevention Month finale

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The bells sounds for abused children Glynis Crawford Smith/The Highlander

The annual Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Bell Ringing Ceremony Monday, April 24, is a solemn event to honor workers in service to children in Burnet, Llano, Blanco, Lampasas and San Saba Counties sponsored by Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for the Highland Lakes Area and the Marble Falls Daybreak Rotary Club. On the stage of the Marble Falls Johnson Park amphitheater are, from left, Kristen Harris, executive director of CASA; 33rd District Court Judge Allen Garrett, a Rotary member; Leo Boutte, CASA volunteer and Rotary member; Teresa Greenburg of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) and Judge Cheryll Mabray of the Child ProtectionCourt of the Hill Country. This Sunday, April 30, is Blue Sunday, when people wearing the color blue recognize the final event in a month of abuse awareness. More images of the event can be found on The Highlander Facebook page: http://bit.ly/2oBBqKQ

By Glynis Crawford Smith

The Highlander

This Sunday, April 30, is Blue Sunday, the final observance in of Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month.

Supporters of the work to support prevention efforts in Burnet, Llano, Blanco, Lampasas and San Saba counties, as well as across the country will be wearing the bright blue that signifies their awareness.

The Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Bell Ringing Ceremony sponsored by the Marble Falls Daybreak Rotary Club and Court Appointed Advocates (CASA) for the Highland Lakes Area was held Monday, April 24, at the amphitheater of Johnson Park in Marble Falls. It was the third annual event.

Fri
13
Jan

Salvation Army bells ring in $26,000

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Salvation Army volunteers are all smiles Wednesday, Jan. 11, at the presentation of $26,000 raised in the Burnet County Salvation Army 2016 Kettle Campaign. Anthony Torres, service extension representative the Salvation Army, above left, congratulated Brooks Blake, Rotary Club coordinator of the campaign, above right, for checks presented to Sue Kennedy, Marble Falls Unit advisory board chairman, below left, and Vickie Seiley, below right, of the Burnet Unit of the Salvation Army.

By Glynis Crawford Smith

The Highlander

The Salvation Army is alive and well in Burnet County, evidenced Wednesday, Jan. 11, by the delivery of $26,000 collected by bell ringers in Marble Falls and Burnet.

The idea of ringing bells before kettles to collect money for the disadvantaged at Christmastime began in 1891 in England. Today, you may pass by volunteers at Walmart in Marble Falls and Beall's in Burnet without realizing what represent, but Brooks Blake knows.

“Everyone is so good, so generous, teaching their kids to give,” said Blake. “So many people stop and say how they have been helped. It is heartwarming.”

For some time now, volunteers come from the county's three Rotary Clubs—those that meet at noon in Marble Falls and Burnet and Daybreak Rotary in Marble Falls.

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