Foundation’s Designer Handbag Bingo Nets Record Income for Free Mammograms
August 14, 2025 – Sulphur Springs, Texas – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s 6th AnnualDesigner Handbag Bingo netted $69,177.34 at the sold-out event August 7. Proceeds fund a free mammography clinic for uninsured Hopkins County women 40 and older. Direct donations of $2,868 were collected for mammograms. Scheduling for free mammograms will begin in September with appointments in October at CHRISTUS Mother Frances...
May Meeting Set for the Hopkins County Breast Cancer Support Group
May 5, 2025 – Sulphur Springs, Texas – The next monthly meeting of the Hopkins County Health CareFoundation’s Breast Cancer Support Group is set for May 12. Meetings are held at 5:30 p.m. the second Monday of the month in the Medical Plaza Conference Room, 113 Airport Road. The conference room is the first door on the left in the freestanding building on the southeast corner of CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs....
Hopkins County Breast Cancer Support Group Meeting Moved for Spring Break
Sulphur Springs, Texas — The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Breast Cancer Support Group has been moved to Monday, March 17 in consideration of Spring Break. Routinely, it is held the second Monday of every month. Meetings will return to the second Monday of the month starting April 7. All meetings are held at 5:30 p.m. in the Medical Plaza Conference Room, 113 Airport Rd, on the campus of CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital –...
Breast Cancer Support Group Gathers for February Meeting
February 13, 2025 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The February meeting of the Hopkins County Breast Cancer Support Group was held on Monday, February 10. The gathering featured guest speaker and breast cancer survivor, Jalayne Minter, sharing her story of faith, courage, and humility. All breast cancer patients and survivors are welcome to participate. Meetings are held on the second Monday of each month at 5:30 pm in...
Foundation Announces New Breast Cancer Support Group
November 3, 2024 – Sulphur Springs, TX – October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but for many, breast cancer isn’t a topic relegated to a month. It is a fight, a reality, or a new diagnosis. For those women, a local breast cancer support group has been formed. With the help of friends and breast cancer survivors, the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation has established a local breast cancer support group. An...
Hopkins County Health Care Foundation Elects New Officers
October 1, 2024 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation has elected new officers for the 2024-2026 term. Outgoing members are Chair Maleta Reynolds, Vice Chair Pam Black, Treasurer Jessica Kultgen, and Secretary Sally Toliver. Black and Toliver will remain on the Executive Committee while Reynolds and Kultgen have maxed out their years of consecutive service to the Board and rolled off at the end...
Fifth Annual Designer Handbag Bingo Deemed a Success
August 11, 2024 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation Board of Directors is proud of the funds they funnel back into Hopkins County’s healthcare. They are also proud of the events they sponsor to ensure the means to fund those healthcare initiatives. This year’s Designer Handbag Bingo, held on August 8, had approximately 583 bingo players in attendance. Given away that night were 33...
Gala Silent Auction Item Honors Breast Cancer PatientsGala Silent Auction Item Honors Breast Cancer Patients
Sulphur Springs, TX – There is a special silent auction item at this year’s Gala, the proceeds of which will be used to help fund In My Closet. In My Closet provides items to local women undergoing breast cancer treatment. Several months ago, Linda Taylor contacted the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation about the possibility of donating a quilt to benefit breast cancer patients. She had made a lovely pink creation that, as a...
Sulphur Springs ISD calls Jan. 4 Board of Trustees Work Session
Sulphur Springs ISD has called a special Board of Trustees work session, which will begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, in the board room of SSISD Administration Building, 631 Connally St. Dec. 12, 2022, Updates Administrative Reports At the regular December 2022 meeting, Sulphur Springs ISD Trustees approved five personnel changes, made 2 appointments. The board also heard at least five administrative reports and updates,...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Free Mammograms For Uninsured Women Offered Oct. 9 At Gillis Women’s Center
In support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Hopkins County Health Care Foundation and In My Closet encourage women to make time in 2021 for a mammogram. As part of that effort free mammograms for uninsured women over 40 will be offered by appointment from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 9, in the Ruth and Jack Gillis Women’s Center, located just past lobby entrance inside CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs....
