R.O.C.K. - Reaching Our Community's Kids

05/23/2017

We are excited to announce the 2017 ROCK scholarship recipients:

Carlee Todd
Roxanne Springman
Allison Climer

Each one of these young women are graduating seniors at Rowlett High School and have been a part of ROCK in one way or another. We are happy to be able to provide a $500 scholarship to each of them thanks to your generous support. Thank you for allowing ROCK to continue a dream and to make an impact in this community. We are so proud of these three students, they have such bright futures ahead!

09/11/2015

So glad we have been to be able to keep this program going for the past 5 years and hopefully have made a difference in the lives of many. Belinda would be proud. Bigger and better ROCK 2.0 coming soon! Stay tuned!!

In 2004, Judge Belinda Loveland, of Rowlett, started an organization that would help local kids for the next decade. She ran Reaching Our Communities Kids (ROCK), a nonprofit mentoring program, for six of those years, before dying in June 2010.

04/03/2015

Our 2015 spring program has been going strong the past three weeks! The theme is communication. Thank you to all of the volunteers who make this program possible!

03/09/2014

Our spring program has been in full force the past two weeks! Our theme was Personality!

09/10/2013

R.O.C.K. - Reaching Our Community's Kids is pleased to announce Celeste Rowe as our 2013 scholarship recipient. Celeste is a 2013 graduate of Rowlett High School. She has been active in ROCK throughout the years. Starting as a participant in middle school and most recently serving as a high school mentor. Celeste is a fine example of the impact ROCK can make on young lives. We are proud of her accomplishments and can't wait to see her future successes. Congrats Celeste!

We would like to thank all of those who have donated time and money to make this scholarship fund available to such amazing students! Belinda would be so proud of what a difference your donations have made in a program she so loved. Thank you!

04/08/2013

Officers Perry and Betz of the Garland K9 Unit with Scout doing an awesome demo for our week on Goals!

04/08/2013

09/26/2012

R.O.C.K. - Reaching Our Community's Kids is pleased to announce Audrey Heckman as the 2012 scholarship winner! Audrey is a 2012 graduate of Rowlett High School. Audrey was an amazing assistant and leader of our spring 2012 R.O.C.K program. Here are her thoughts on the impact of R.O.C.K:

"For seven weeks in the spring of 2012, substantial change was made in the lives of 40 middle school children. Through the motto "choice not chance determines one's destiny," high school students drove the program to inspire the middle schoolers to make the right decisions in life. We accomplished teaching the kids traits of good character, self-perception, personal "swag," and the importance of saying no to potentially life-changing situations. We developed strong mentor-mentee relationships with each other, but more importantly, we became friends with them. The junior and senior mentors were truly role models in every way possible, and I hope that next year we would be able to create a new section to the program called Rockstars. This would consist of eighth grade students who had been in the program for the prior two years, and would help the older students in preparation for the meetings. Honestly, R.O.C.K. was one of the most fun experiences I encountered in high school because I knew that making a difference wasn't really that difficult, it just required a positive attitude and a heart for positive change."

Congrats Audrey!

09/26/2012

Swag Bags for the participants!

02/22/2012

In spirit of the spring ROCK program starting on February 29th, please read an amazing reflection written by Marisa McFadin. It is now up on the Loveland ROCK, Inc. website. Very inspiring!

By: Marisa McFadin I met Belinda several years ago working as a caseworker at Child Protective Services. We worked with several families together and in one particular case she helped facilitate the adoption of 3 siblings and in no doubt saved them from a life of poverty, drug exposure and homeles...

02/22/2012

New R.O.C.K. Program starts February 29th!

02/22/2012

Message from Tiffany Karns: "Gearing up for another year of ROCK at Coyle, starting Feb. 29! Lots of awesome high school and adult volunteers are chomping at the bit to make a big difference with the kids. A few of our high school mentors were some of our first sixth grade ROCK mentored. I know you are so proud of them."

We are so excited to have Belinda's program continue this year. Thank you for your continued support.