BBQ Lunch on Friday Supports Blue Santa
December 5, 2024 – You can call ahead to make sure you get your delicious BBQ dinner provided each year by CJ Duffy. He will be with the Blue Santa crew at the Walmart in Sulphur Springs on Friday December 6, 2024. Call 903 438 4044 for your order. Be a hero and buy you college a BBQ lunch and help kids in Hopkins County.
Blue Santa 2024
December 3, 2024 – Friday kicks off the annual Blue Santa Toy Drive in Hopkins County. Here’s your chance to help provide Christmas Cheer to children in Hopkins County that might not otherwise receive any Christmas gifts. Don’t forget the BBQ provided by CJ Duffey. Unlike past years, the weather will be fair and cool. Please bring a new, unwrapped toy or some folding money to Walmart in Sulphur Springs. All donations...
Learn What’s Going on With CANHelp and Blue Santa on this Episode of A Second Cup Of Coffee
On this episode of KSST’s A Second Cup Of Coffee With John Mark Dempsey, John Mark sat down with the Executive Director of Hopkins County CANHelp, Brian Crump. The two chatted about the coat drive currently under way, Blue Santa, and a little bit about the history of CANHelp. Brian Crump also talks about how CANHelp will extend their hours November 14th and November 21st so families may have more of an opportunity to sign up for...
Sulphur Springs Car Club Donates to Blue Santa
Dennis Gilbertson, Lewis Tatum, Tim Gee, James Courson (L-R) November 30, 2023 – Members of the local Corvette Club braved the rain to donate $1000 to this year’s Blue Santa program. The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Posse along with members of the Sheriff’s office and other local law enforcement are on hand this Thursday and Friday from 7am-7pm in the Walmart parking lot to accept toys for boys and girls ages 1-14....
Blue Santa Toy Drive Up And Running
November 30, 2023 – The Blue Santa Toy Drive is up and running on the south side of Sulphur Springs this morning. Even a few rain drops did not keep local law enforcement and Pastor CJ Duffey from setting up. Chief of Police Ricketson and Hopkins County Sheriff Tatum at Blue Santa 2023 Blue Santa will be accepting new, unwrapped toys for boys and girls across Hopkins County Thursday and Friday this week. They will also accept...
Blue Santa and Chopped Beef Lunch at Walmart Thursday and Friday
November 29, 2023 – Bring an new, unwrapped toy to donate to the children of Hopkins County to the Walmart parking lot this Thursday and Friday. Please call or text us today to pre-order your chopped brisket sandwich lunch by CJ Duffey for tomorrow and Friday. You can reach us at 430-252-9096. Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum and other members of local law enforcement will be on hand to accept your donations. “Because of...
Blue Santa Toy Drive 2023
October 30, 2023 – Help give others a Merry Christmas this year, and donate to the Blue Santa Toy Drive. Sheriff Lewis Tatum and staff will be accepting unwrapped, new toys at the Wal-Mart parking lot. You can also grab a delicious Chopped Brisket sandwich made by CJ Duffy.
Blue Santa Donations Start November 1, 2023
October 30, 2023 – It’s that time of the year! Sheriff Lewis Tatum and staff are getting those Blue Santa Barrels ready. With your help we can make this year’s Christmas a little brighter for children in Hopkins County. Barrels will be put out by November 1st and picked up by December 1st. To see if your family qualifies, contact CANHelp in Sulphur Springs. Applications can only be made in person this...
Corvette Club Donates Several Bikes To Blue Santa; Annual Campaign Still Far Behind Usual Pace
The Blue Santa Toy Drive has received several generous donations this year from businesses, individuals and groups, including several bicycles donated by Sulphur Springs Corvette Club. The drive continues until 7 p.m. Dec. 2, 2022, and as of Friday morning was still far behind the usual pace. According to Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum, so far, they’ve only had about one-third of the donations the program usually receives....
2022 Blue Santa Toy Drive Under Way Dec. 1-2 At Walmart
Priority Deadline to Register for Toy Assistance Continues Through Dec. 2 Hopkins County, Texas — The 2022 Blue Santa Toy Drive kicked offed of this morning at 7 a.m. in Walmart parking lot and will continue through Dec. 2, 2022 Working together with CANHelp, the Sulphur Springs Police Department, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office, the Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County Fire Departments, CJ Duffey, Choice Hospice, and members of...
