Waco: Injured firefighter named beneficiary of firefighter’s ball
(WACO, TX — Jun 26, 2017)

WACO, Texas (KWTX) A local firefighter paralyzed in a freak off-duty accident is being honored in a big way by fellow firefighters statewide.

Garth Goodwin has been chosen as the guest of honor and beneficiary of The Colbert Project Firefighter’s Ball, a ball put on in North Texas by a nonprofit named in honor of a Garland firefighter paralyzed in a car accident in 2012…

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Firefighters Ball draws record attendance, honors boy injured on Lake Ray Hubbard.
(ROCKWALL, TX — Sept. 1, 2016)

No words ever rang so true for Lewisville Firefighter Austin McKitrick, wife Kelly McKitrick and their three-year-old son Aiden, grantee of the 4th Annual Firefighters Ball held on Saturday, Aug. 27, at the Hilton Dallas/Rockwall Lakefront….

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Firefighters Ball to benefit boy injured in boating accident
(ROCKWALL, TX — June 21, 2016)

A night of fundraising, dinner and dancing awaits North Texas firefighters and their families during the 3rd Annual Firefighters Ball on Aug. 27 at the Hilton Dallas/Rockwall Lakefront…

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Firefighters Ball at Rockwall Hilton
(ROCKWALL, TX — July 21, 2014)

Enjoy casino gambling, dinner, dancing and a live and silent auction during the 2nd Annual Firefighters’ Ball on Saturday, August 16 at the Hilton Dallas/Rockwall Lakefront at The Harbor…

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Family adapts with spirit of gratitude
(ROCKWALL, TX — June 25, 2014)

When doctors told Emily Colbert her husband Devon would be paralyzed from the neck down she emphatically told them: “No, God hasn’t put His hands on us yet!” And she was right…

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Save the date: Firefighters’ Ball benefiting Devon Colbert
(ROCKWALL, TX — April 6, 2014)

Save the date – August 16, 2014 – for the Second Annual Firefighters’ Ball from 6 p.m. to midnight at the Hilton Dallas/Rockwall Lakefront, 2055 Summer Lee Drive at The Harbor…

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Soroptimists, Fire Department ready for Firefighter’s Ball benefiting Colbert family
(ROCKWALL, TX — January 29, 2013)

Members of the Rockwall Soroptimists joined members of the Rockwall Fire Department to assist in planning the live and silent auctions for their upcoming Firefighter’s Ball on March 2, from 6 p.m. to midnight at the Hilton Dallas Rockwall Lakefront at The Harbor…

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