Cancer Support Group to Meet Monday, February 9
February 5, 2026 – Sulphur Springs, Texas – The Hopkins County Breast Cancer Support Group will meet on Monday, February 9 at 5:30 p.m. in the Medical Plaza, 113 Airport Rd. The group welcomes ladies who have or have had any type of cancer and is not limited to breast cancer. February’s guest speaker will be Markeda Fisher, retired librarian and avid reader. She will share her top book recommendations across many genres in hopes...
Cancer Support Group to Meet Monday, February 9
February 4, 2026 – Sulphur Springs, Texas – The Hopkins County Breast Cancer Support Group will meeton Monday, February 9 at 5:30 p.m. in the Medical Plaza, 113 Airport Rd. The group welcomes ladies who have or have had any type of cancer and is not limited to breast cancer. February’s guest speaker will be Markeda Fisher, retired librarian and avid reader. She will share her top book recommendations across many genres in hopes...
Dinner Bell Menu for January 21, 2026
January 15, 2026 – WEEK OF: January 21, 2026 COMMUNITY PARTNER: Christus Health The doors to Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church will open at 11:00 a.m. Meal service begins at 11:30 a.m. and doors will close at 12:45 p.m. Please come join us to share fellowship and a meal. A big shout out and thank you to Christus Health for their continued support of this food ministry into the New Year!...
Local Healthcare Visionaries: The Story of One Couple
January 5, 2026 – Sulphur Springs, TX – Last year the community celebrated a magnificent milestone which was the 75th anniversary of the local hospital. Before 1949 there were several small hospitals owned by various doctors in the community. At some point, the need for one hospital to serve the community was realized with the establishment of the hospital on Davis Street. There are many great stories...
Dinner Bell Menu for December 17, 2025
December 11, 2025 – WEEK OF: Dec. 17, 2025 COMMUNITY PARTNER: Christus Health Systems Christus Health was founded on January 28, 1999, with the merger of Houston’s Sisters of Charity Health Care System and San Antonio’s Incarnate Word Health System; however, its story extends back to 1866, with the founding of St. Mary’s Hospital in Galveston, Texas by the Sisters of Charity. In 2016 Christus merged with...
How the Health Care Foundation’s Snowflake Campaign Works
December 4, 2025 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Snowflake Campaign is a longstanding tradition in our community. It is the original crowd funding idea for Hopkins County healthcare. For a recommended donation of at least $25, the Foundation will place a snowflake bearing the honoree or tributee’s name. These are then affixed to the glass walls and windows in the...
Dinner Bell Menu for December 3, 2025
December 1, 2025 – COMMUNITY PARTNER: Christus Health The doors to Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church will open at 11:00 a.m. Meal service begins at 11:30 a.m. and doors will close at 12:45 p.m. Please come join us to share fellowship and a meal. In July 2016 the Hopkins County Hospital District and Christus Health formed an alliance in which Christus became the leasing entity of the hospital...
Dinner Bell Menu for November 5, 2025
October 30, 2025 – COMMUNITY PARTNER: Christus Health & Junior Waverly Club The doors to Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church will open at 11:00 a.m. Meal service begins at 11:30 a.m. and doors will close at 12:45 p.m. Please come join us to share fellowship and a meal. In July 2016 the Hopkins County Hospital District and Christus Health formed an alliance in which Christus became the leasing...
Looking Back at the Early Years of the Foundation Gala in Advance of its 20th Anniversary
October 15, 2025 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The year was 2006, and the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation was relatively new, having begun in 1997. Jackie Voss Thornton had returned to her hometown to care for her mother a few years earlier and had been selected to serve the Foundation as its second director. If you know Jackie, you know that she came back to town with tons of energy and a friendly personality, but she...
The Ultimate Girls Night Out… And It’s Free!
October 7, 2025 – Sulphur Springs, Texas – Celebrate breast health with the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation Monday, October 13! Johanna Hicks will lead a self-exam demonstration using a silicone prosthetic breast model in a hands-on learning experience, teaching ladies how to detect breast lumps. Celebrate “the girls” is perfect for moms and daughters, friend groups, women’s clubs, and any other woman who...
