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SpanishEDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON MARBLE FALLS — Sam Pearce, the executive director of The Helping Center of Marble Falls Area, sometimes struggles with a problem that’s a good one to have if you work at a food pantry aimed at helping folks. (more…)
December 12, 2018, 7:33 am
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Marble Falls Community Resource Center expansion good news for The Helping Center and other services
Posted on 04 September 2018.
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Food drive at Marble Falls game Oct. 28 aids Helping Center
Posted on 27 October 2016.
JENNIFER FIERRO • STAFF WRITER MARBLE FALLS — A year ago, the Interact Club at Marble Falls High School organized a canned food drive for The Helping Center of Marble Falls at one of the Mustangs football games. (more…)
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Tea Thyme Cafe food drive to promote locally grown produce
Posted on 18 December 2014.
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — On most days, restaurants rely on trucks to bring in regular supplies of produce and other foods to meet customer demand. But one Marble Falls restaurant is demonstrating how turning to a community garden can enhance the dining experience as well as support the garden. (more…)
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Helping Center needs willing hands for its veggie harvest
Posted on 18 June 2014.
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — Dick Lambert pulls the black hose across a row of spaghetti squash, pushes back some leaves and then flicks on the vacuum. The house-cleaning appliance sucks up a few of the gray bugs that can wreak havoc on squash and other vine-grown vegetables. “There’s really no easy […]
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The Helping Center holding Festival in the Garden on May 3
Posted on 02 May 2014.
LINDA POERNER AND BETH MORTENSON • SPECIAL TO THE PICAYUNE MARBLE FALLS — Come join the community, volunteers and sponsors as they celebrate the start of another successful year at The Helping Center of Marble Falls garden, a project sponsored by the Highland Lakes Master Gardener Association. Festival in the Garden is 10 a.m.-2 p.m. May […]
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Helping Center executive director retires leaving legacy of love at nonprofit
Posted on 24 February 2014.
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — When Sue Kennedy reflects on her 23-year tenure as executive director of The Helping Center of Marble Falls, she sees how her own experiences guided her as she helped area residents through tough times. “If you haven’t walked in these people’s shoes, then you don’t understand what […]
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Haitian nonprofit given seed of knowledge by local Master Gardeners
Posted on 05 February 2014.
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — For Raymond Figaro Excellent, the director of Haitian Operations for Haiti Share, learning about keyhole gardening isn’t just an exercise in his education, but something that could possibly change hundreds, even thousands, of lives in his home of Carrefour, Haiti. (more…)
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The Helping Center in Marble Falls could use a hand itself
Posted on 13 November 2013.
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — As Dorothy “Dot” Winslett packs items into individual bags to hand out to The Helping Center of Marble Falls’ clients, she pauses. “Was I supposed to double-bag these?” she asks fellow volunteer Patsy Gray. Gray, who is working on bagging other items, stops her task and smiles. […]
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Bayside Bazaar in Horseshoe Bay raising money for The Helping Center
Posted on 08 November 2013.
Santa’s elves at the Helping Hands Craft Guild are burning the midnight oil preparing holiday gifts and decorations for the Bayside Bazaar on Nov. 9 that is raising money for The Helping Center in Marble Falls. The event is 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Quail Point Lodge, 107 Twilight in Horseshoe Bay. Guild members Pat Smith […]
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Helping Center workday grows vegetables, relationships in Marble Falls
Posted on 25 October 2013.
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — Gardening grows vegetables, but it also offers a place for nurturing relationships — whether family or community. “Sometimes, we have these generation gaps, but gardening has a way of helping close those gaps,” said Pete Smith, a member of the Highland Lakes Master Gardeners. (more…)
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Program at The Helping Center garden plants seeds for healthier eating
Posted on 20 June 2013.
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — If cost or availability of healthy foods is a barrier to eating better, Highland Lakes Master Gardener Karen Wilkens has an answer. Grow your own. (more…)
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