Foundation Sets 2025 Funding Priorities
November 3, 2024 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation has set their 2025 funding priorities. Both projects will have a positive impact on the health of Hopkins County citizens. To address a concern for outdoor activities during the summer months, the Foundation will donate funding for two cooling tents equipped with misting sprays. These tents are estimated to cost $16,000 for the...
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...
Learn a Little About Medicare and Enrollment in 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 had a Skype chat with Sulphur Springs Independent Insurance Advisor Gillan Boyer. In this conversation, John Mark and Gillan cover such topics as what you should do when preparing to change your Medicare plan, how much your Social Security is going to go up next year, what you should do with commercials advertising renewing or changing Medicare...
Medicare AEP: What You Need to Know About This Year’s Major Changes
October 7, 2024 – The Medicare Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) is the time each year when Medicare beneficiaries can make changes to their Medicare coverage. AEP runs from October 15th to December 7th, during which beneficiaries can: Switch from Original Medicare to a Medicare Advantage Plan or vice versa. Switch from one Medicare Advantage Plan to another. Enroll in, switch, or drop a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan. Changes...
Health Care Foundation Appoints New Board Members
October 4, 2024 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation Board of Directors recently selected new members for a three-year term of service. The Foundation’s Bylaws call for between 9 and 15 members to serve staggered 3-year terms. Board members are allowed to serve 2 consecutive terms. All seats are filled by Hopkins County residents. New board members are Brad Johnson, Heather Johnson, and...
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...
Free Mammography Clinic is Full, But Waiting List Available
September 30, 2024 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The free mammography clinic offered to uninsured Hopkins County women over 40 is full. All sixty appointments have been claimed and, a waiting list has been created. If you missed securing an appointment, please call the Ruth & Jack Gillis Women’s Center at 903-438-4325 to get on the waiting list. The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation sponsors the clinic which is...
Free Mammogram Appointments Are Going Fast
September 26, 2024 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The free mammography clinic sponsored by the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation only has 6 appointments left. Uninsured Hopkins County women over 40 are eligible to take advantage of this program. The free mammograms will be conducted at the Jack & Ruth Gillis Women’s Center at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs. The Gillis Women’s Center staff can be...
Christus Health Will Offer Flu Shots September 24th at the Senior Citizens Activity Center
September 19, 2024 – Christus Health will provide free flu shots Tuesday, September 24, 2024. The flu shots will be available beginning at 11:00am. There will be a limited amount. First come first serve. Christus Health will be providing these flu shots at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Activity Center in Sulphur Springs, Texas. flu shots at Senor Citizens Activity Center September 24 2024
What to Expect During a Mammogram
September 19, 2024 – Sulphur Springs, TX – Have you had a bad mammogram experience? Or maybe you have never had a mammogram. To encourage all women to get an annual mammogram, the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation wants to dispel the fear of mammograms. “We all know how important early detection of breast cancer is. We thought we should do all we can to get rid of any barriers preventing women from getting their annual...
