Guest Post: Night of Hope Gives My Students More Than Christmas
Text by Anmarie Garcia, Principal, Oakwood Terrace Elementary My first Night of Hope was pleasant, if somewhat uneventful. In 2010, I was an assistant principal
Read More West Hurst Elementary Benefits from Faith Community Partnership
Text by Emily Mercer, Trinity High School & Jacob Boelkens, Trinity High School Picture a little boy walking up to the school nurse, his face
Read More Michelle: The Gift of Hope
BEDFORD — Michelle sits with practiced poise in front of a pile of Christmas decorations pulled from storage. It’s not quite time for holiday cheer
Read More Team Depot: Family Service
RICHLAND HILLS — Even as the sky threatens to open above them and pour down sheets of rain, volunteers from Home Depot are grinning as
Read More Despite Food Drive Loss, Students Winning Through Community
Text by Valkyrie Reed, Senior, Trinity High School As of September 19, Trinity High School was on a mission to provide much-needed food to families
Read More Community Powered Revitalization: Fall 2016
It was never about the houses. Community Powered Revitalization (CPR) is much bigger than a fresh coat of paint or prepping an old house for
Read More Two Dynasties Fall in 2016 Black and Blue Food Drive
BEDFORD — As the scoreboard at Pennington Field ticked down to zero and the home side of the stadium roared its approval, everything seemed commonplace.
Read More #10for90: An Open Letter from Your Storyteller
Dear friends, At this same time last year, I was balancing a part-time job with 6 Stones against a host of duties at a major
Read More Lee: Healing Hands
People cry a lot when I’m around. It comes with the job. I have the distinct pleasure of stepping into their lives in the intimate
Read More The New Hope Center: A History
The New Hope Center is older than 6 Stones. Much older. The emergency food and clothing center on North Industrial Boulevard began as a simple
Read More Black vs. Blue: Everyone Wins in Unique Rivalry
The Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District’s tagline is “Different By Design;” a fitting label for a group of schools sprawled across five cities and interacting with
Read More Guest Post: Does Community Powered Revitalization Work?
Text by Harry Zimmer, Euless City Council, Place 5 I’ve been a Community Powered Revitalization volunteer for several years. Though I’ve come away immensely proud
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