Gala Seeks Items for Live Auction
September 25, 2025 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s 20 th Anniversary Gala planning is well underway. Great moments that will be throwbacks to Galas past will highlight the evening which features a live auction, silent auction, heads and tails game, and a 100 for $100 drawing. The evening will start with a reception featuring a signature drink followed by a fabulous dinner and dancing to a live band.
This event is the main annual fundraiser for the Foundation with a net goal of $275,000 for the night. The Live Auction is a significant portion of the overall proceeds. Last year’s Live Auction brought in $74,000 from ten items auctioned off.
The sale of 100 raffle tickets for $100 each provides additional income from the Live Auction, raising $10,000 each year. The winner of the raffle gets to choose a Live Auction item as their winnings. Last year’s winner chose a fun vacation to Boston for two donated by Galactic Travel at the request of Grocery Supply Corporation.
Each year, eleven unique or high-value items, trips, or collectibles are auctioned off to the Gala crowd by a professional auctioneer. Volunteer callers show off their cattle-calling skills as they point out high bidders. The stakes are high with ten lucky bid winners and a raffle winner taking home amazing, donated prizes.
Foundation Board Secretary and Gala Leadership Committee Member Bob Weaver said about the Live Auction, “the Live Auction is a long-standing component of the Gala which is a lot of fun to watch. There has been some fierce bidding in the past which always ends well for Hopkins County healthcare. We are so thankful for our many donors of the items as well as those who generously bid. And we ask for your support in helping us secure items to include in the Live Auction”
If you have an item or experience that you would like to donate to the Live Auction, please contact the Foundation at 903-348-4799 to find out more information. The eleven Live Auction items and donors are featured in professionally filmed videos that are shared via social media in the lead up to the Gala. The videos are also shown the night of the event as an introduction before bidding begins on the items. Additionally, details about the items are shared through the Gala’s printed program. Since the Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization, a donor receipt will be provided for the item donated.
The Gala will be held on Saturday, January 24, 2026 with the theme, A Celebration of Twenty Years. Proceeds will be used to advance local medical offerings, with $250,000 going to the Spreading Our Wings campaign to help purchase new medical equipment for the surgical wing expansion at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs.
In addition to funding its own free clinics and educational programs, the Foundation also raises funds for special projects at the local non-profit hospital, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, and the State special district, the Hopkins County Hospital District/EMS. All proceeds are used to benefit healthcare in Hopkins County.
For more information on the Gala, visit the website at Gala2026.Givesmart.com.
Foundation Board Secretary and Gala Leadership Committee Member Bob Weaver reviews confirmed and possible items for the Gala 2026 Live Auction. Bob and a volunteer committee are planning the 20 th anniversary celebration Gala for January 24, 2026.
The evening will focus on the people who and projects that have been associated with the Gala over the past nineteen years.
To donate an item to the live or silent auction, please contact the Foundation at 903-438-4799.
