HEB ISD School & Family Magazine Winter 2015 | Page 22

Community Organizations Partner for a Great Cause
Hope Challenge. HEB ISD along with the other
four teams pulled HEB ISD school buses 50
yards at Pennington Field on December 4, 2015.
The $147,000 raised during the 2015 Pulling
for Hope Challenge will benefit 3,500 school
children in HEB ISD community. Thanks to those
HEB ISD continues to partner with community who participated, children in our community
organizations providing opportunities for our will experience the anticipation of Christmas
students of Hurst, Euless, and Bedford. One of morning.
those organizations is 6 Stones Mission Network,
a non-profit whose mission is to build a coalition Run For Hope Raises Money for Scholarships
that provides solutions to meet the needs of our
community. The impact 6 Stones has brought to In late spring, 6 Stones hosts the Run for
the HEB ISD students and the communities has Hope, a fundraising race that draws more than
been such a positive experience for all of those 2,500 runners. Pennington Field in Bedford
who have been involved. The vision of 6 Stones marks the start and finish line for 10k, 5k, and
is to be a catalyst of hope that transforms lives, 1-mile loops that travel nearby city streets. The
homes and the community.
surrounding parking lots become “Hope Square”
-- a celebration with booths from sponsors and
Black & Blue Food Drive
festivities for runners and non-runners alike.
HEB ISD students, staff, and families jump at the
In the fall of each school year, 6 Stones sponsors chance to get involved and make up the majority
the “Black & Blue Showdown,” which is a friendly of runners. Proceeds from the race benefit 6
competition between the Trinity High School Stones’ initiatives to support HEB ISD students,
(Black) and L.D. Bell High School (Blue) sides including Operation Back 2 School and the Dr.
of the school district. Each school collects food Gene and Mary Kay Buinger Scholarship Fund.
donations and during the L.D. Bell vs. Trinity
football game, the elementary school, junior high
school, and high school who collects the most
food donations receive a monetary donation
from 6 Stones for their school. This year HEB
ISD surpassed its goal of 55,000 items collected
by collecting a total of 72,249 items!!! In this
event, everyone is a winner. What an incredible
gift to our community in need.
Pulling for Hope Challenge 2015
There is nothing like Christmas morning. The
anticipation of opening presents. The excitement
in a child’s eyes. For the last two years, teams
from the three communities, HEB ISD and a
local car dealership participated in the Pulling for
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