Brian Crump ED of CANHelp On Second Cup of Coffee With John Mark Discuss Give Back Day and Back to School Fair
June 18, 2025 – Brian Crump, the Executive Director of CANHelp, sat down and had a Second Cup Of Coffee chat with KSST’s John Mark Dempsey. The two talked about CANHelp’s fundraiser Giveback Day with Dutch Bros in Sulphur Springs, Texas, taking place June 20th, 2025. The two also discussed CANHelp’s Back to School Fair coming up August 7th, 2025, at the ROC downtown Sulphur Springs. They talked about how...
CANHelp Puts on Quite the Back to School Fair Again
August 4, 2024 – The Hopkins County Community Action Network, or CANHelp, with help from many local organizations, churches, Universities, and others, put on a very successful back to School Fair this month. 400 backpacks were handed out to needy kids. There were vendors, games, prizes, a water slide, a bouncy house, popcorn, snow cones, community involvement, fellowship, and so much more. Check out the video below for some of...
2023 CANHelp Hopkins County Back To School Fair
CANHelp is very excited to announce that registration is now open for the 2023 Hopkins County Back to School Fair. For six years, our annual back to school fair has been a one-stop destination to prepare students and entire families for the start of school. The number of people we serve each year continues to grow and we anticipate providing for even more in 2022. This year’s event will again be an indoor/outdoor event that will...
CANHelp Plans Back to School Fair on July 30 at Civic Center; Families Can Sign Up Now
Shanna Martin, Executive Director of Hopkins County Community Action Network, encourages families to sign up if they want to receive back-to-school help for their students. If you are a low to moderate income family with children enrolled in a Hopkins County or Yantis school system, go ahead to the website canhelponline.org and fill out the forms to qualify to receive the backpack/school supply package per student. Shanna estimates...
CANHelp Back to School Fair Traffic Map
Parents/Guardians should have received emails on Tuesday evening if they registered their child/children for backpacks and school supplies from CANHelp’s 2020 Hopkins County Back to School Fair. Just a reminder that the pickup date is Friday, August 7th, 2020 from 3pm-6pm at the Sulphur Springs Middle School located at 835 Wildcat Way. Below are a few details that everyone will need to know: You will enter the event from CR 1103...
August 2 Deadline to Register Students for CANHelp Back to School Fair
CANHelp is planning a drive-by Back to School Fair on Friday August 7, 2020 at Sulphur Springs Middle School from 3-6pm. However, the deadline for families to register for the backpacks with school supplies is nearing. With 775 students already on the list to receive the free assistance, sign-ups must be completed by August 2 so that everyone can be served. Donations from the public will also make this massive project a reality. This...
CANHelp ‘Back To School Fair’ August 9 at Civic Center, a Community Bash
CANHelp Back to School Bash planners on KSST Good Morning Show shown L. to R. Kerry Wright, Jennifer Hancock and Director Shanna Martin with son Gabe This year CANHelp is partnering with CPI imaging to host the BTS Fair which is going to be bigger and better that last year! It is a FREE event, open to the public indoors and outdoors at the Hopkins County Civic Center. We’re calling it a “one stop shop” for families to attend together...
CANHelp Plans Back to School Fair for All Hopkins County Students, Families
The 2nd annual Back to School Fair for all Hopkins County students and families is set for Friday August 10, 2018 inside the Hopkins County Civic Center. Between 3 pm and 6 pm, in addition to distribution of backpacks and school supplies, there will be free food and drinks, entertainment, school physicals and vision checkups and haircuts. There will be play activities outside for kids too. There will also be free health screenings for...
2nd Annual CANHelp’s Back to School Fair for Hopkins County, August 10th, 2018
CANHelp is sponsoring a Back to School Fair. The 2018 Back to School Fair is scheduled for Friday, August 10th from 3:00p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Hopkins County Civic Center. In addition,we are seeking community service agencies, schools, churches, and other local organizations to participate in the 2018 Back to School Fair to offer information about activities for children/youth and family services that are offered in our area. For...
CANHelp’s Back to School Fair-OPEN TO EVERYONE
By Savannah Owens CANHelp’s Shanna Martin sat down with KSST to talk about how school supplies registration is going and what people can expect from their Back to School Fair. One week into registration, CANHelp has about 50 kids registered for school supplies, but the organization expects somewhere between 300 and 1,000 kids to register for school supplies by August 4th. They have received $3,000 in donations, and that money...
