Texans face a bigger burden than ever to pay rent, study finds
By Joshua Fechter, The Texas Tribune Jan. 25, 2024 – Texas renters are under more pressure from the state’s high housing costs than ever, according to a Harvard University study released Thursday. More than half of the state’s 4.2 million renter households spend too much of their income on keeping a roof over their heads and the lights on, a report from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies shows. Some 51% of Texas renters...
Dinner Bell Menu For January 24, 2024
Alliance Bank is the Community Partner. Charted almost one hundred years ago, Alliance Bank (formerly Sulphur Springs State Bank) has been a strong banking influence in Northeast Texas. Eight cities from Mt. Vernon to Ft. Worth with 16 locations are privileged to be served by Alliance Bank. Dinner Bell has received support from Alliance Bank by partnering with the feeding ministry four times yearly for over eight years. GRAB and...
Dinner Bell Menu For January 10, 2024
City National Bank is this weeks sponsor. MENU Old Fashioned Hamburger Casserole Bacon Green Beans Garden Salad French Bread Trotter Family Special Cake HAPPY 2024!!! GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church campus starting around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF BY FOLLOWING SAFE HEALTH PRACTICES AS FLU AND COVID ARE STILL...
Dinner Bell Menu For January 3, 2024
A NEW YEAR for Dinner Bell, our 13th! We start 2024 with gratitude to Heilman Properties (John and Mary Heilman) for repeat performances as a Dinner Bell Community Partner. The meal is comprised of “good luck” for 2024 food items. MENU Ham (Progress/Prosperity) pigs root forward when going for food Fried Cabbage (Dollars) the more the merrier Blackeyed Peas (Pennies) to jingle in our pockets Creamy Grape Salad (12 At...
Dinner Bell For December 20 and 27, 2023
There will be no Dinner Bell meals on December 20 and December 27 to allow the staff to celebrate the holidays with family and friends. Please come on January 3, 2024 as we start our 13th year with this feeding ministry. May the community have a MERRY CHRISTMAS and experience a joyful, blessed and HAPPY NEW YEAR. JANUARY 3, 2024 to meet again. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF BY FOLLOWING SAFE HEALTH PRACTICES AS FLU AND COVID ARE...
Gala Made Possible by Volunteers
Sulphur Springs, Texas – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Annual Gala is one of the largest, most successful events held in Hopkins County. With an annual net income in the mid-$200,000 range, it has helped the Foundation become one of the largest non-profit contributors to the public good in the area. With a small army of volunteers, be they Foundation Board members or volunteers at large, this successful fundraising event...
Dinner Bell Menu For December 13, 2023
Today is the Christmas meal with our partner Cross Country Cowboy Church, a giving group that feeds four times a year. Their loyalty and dedication to the Dinner Bell Ministry is greatly appreciated. GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway (porte cochere) on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church campus starting around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday. MENU Tuscan Pork Loin –pork...
Dinner Bell Menu For December 6, 2023
The Money Law Firm and the First American Title Company will be the partner for The Dinner Bell Ministry for the sixth time in 2023 on December 6. For their commitment to this feeding ministry much praise is given. GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway (porte cochere) on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church campus on Wednesday morning starting around 10:30 a.m. MENU Shrimp,...
Texas Commuters Saved $3 Billion in 2022
Road projects, travel options held delays below pre-Covid levels Nov. 28, 2023 AUSTIN – Commuters across Texas reaped time and cost savings valued at more than $3 billion last year, thanks to transportation improvements and pandemic-related trends that made their drives quicker than just a few years ago, according to a new report from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). The report analyzed commuting trends in 2022...
Dinner Bell Menu For November 29, 2023
Christus Mother Frances Hospital is the Community Partner for the sixth time in 2023! Even though the hospital is a healing institution, one of its yearly goals is to alleviate food insufficiency in Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County. Sufficiently fed bodies are usually healthy bodies. The assistance Christus gives to the Dinner Bell Feeding Ministry with money and manpower helps that that goal to be met. GRAB and GO with a meal from...
