Blue Santa Kicks Into High Gear for Christmas Giving! Here’s Your Chance to Help Mon. Dec. 3 and Tues. Dec. 4
Although activity has been brisk at the Blue Santa barrels around town, the next phase of the 2018 Blue Santa Toy Campaign is about to start for Hopkins County. And it’s a perfect chance for you and your family to get the personal one-on-one experience of giving to a needy local cause. On the Lowe’s parking lot Monday December 3 and Tuesday December 4 from 7am til 7pm, Blue Santa volunteers and local law enforcement will...
Blue Santa Workers Find Joy in Helping in 2018 Season of Giving for Needy Families
Blue Santa organizers L. to R. Sgt. Josh Shuefeldt of SS Police Dept., Amy Griggs of the Hopkins County Empty Stocking Program and Shanna Martin of CANHelp Individuals and organizations driving the local Blue Santa Campaign have one major attribute in common; their sincere joy in making sure Christmas is bright with toys for the children of local families who are facing hard times financially. In Hopkins County, sign-ups to receive...
Blue Santa Toy Drive Begins Oct. 22 in Hopkins County
According to Amy Griggs, Community Liaison for the Blue Santa Toy Drive, it’s almost time for the Blue Santa campaign to start. You can begin looking for the Blue Santa barrels to appear around Sulphur Springs retail areas in late October. That’s when the annual Toy Drive begins in earnest, and your help is needed. During the past several years, Blue Santa has stepped up to assist with increasing needs in the Hopkins...
Blue Santa Will Assist 300 Local Families through CANHelp Application Process
With the application deadline of Friday, December 1, it appears that the number of families applying for assistance with Blue Santa Christmas toys will exceed 300. Adela Martinez, Client Services and Community Outreach Specialist at CANHelp has been taking applications since November 1. She says that this year, the number of children in the households is greater while the number of families has remained largely the same. To qualify,...
Know Someone Who Needs Blue Santa this Christmas? It’s Time to Pitch In!!
Grownup wishes for their children to have a bright Christmas are as enduring as Santa Claus himself. In Hopkins County, that’s where Blue Santa comes in with the help of law enforcement agencies and other leaders in the community. Now, individuals are being invited to “pitch in” during the 2017 campaign. Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum with staffers Pinky Cooper and Lee Glenn shared more information during a KSST...
Legacy Hospice Set to Boost Blue Santa
Legacy Hospice will once again provide BBQ lunches during the Blue Santa Campaign. During the 2016 event, Legacy sold around 300 lunches. The money raised goes toward the purchase of toys for area children. Each lunch contains: A Duffey chopped brisket sandwich chips desert and water For a donation of $6.00 per lunch, folks can get their own original Duffey Brisket Sandwich. The 2017 Event will be at Lowe’s in Sulphur...
Blue Santa Will Kick Off 2017 Christmas Drive in Sulphur Springs on Oct. 16, 2017
A Blue Santa organizational meeting was held at the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Department, and some important dates were released for the charitable drive to benefit Empty Stocking. You will begin to see Blue Santa barrels at Lowe’s and other Sulphur Springs retailers starting October 16, and eventually three dozen barrels will be placed for collections of toys. You’re invited to drop toys into these barrels when...
Blue Santa/Empty Stocking Toy Program Sign up Underway
Sign-ups for the annual Blue Santa/Empty Stocking Toy Program has begun. Families with children in Hopkins County needing a little extra help this year can register for toys from now until Monday, November 28 at CANHelp, located at 613 Gilmer Street during normal business hours. CANHelp will be staying open until 7 p.m. Monday, Novembrer 28, to ensure everyone that needs assistance gets a chance to sign up. Parents or guardians need...
Blue Santa Collection Continues Tuesday
Locally Blue Santa is having a major cash and toy collection in the Wal-Mart parking lot. The two-day event continues Tuesday from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. They are selling barbeque lunches for $5. Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders says they expect to provide toys for 1400 children this year. Blue Santa is hoping to raise $33,000 and collect lots of toys and 160 bicycles.
