The Kiwanis Club of Texarkana held its 63rd annual Pancake Day on May 15 in the Truman Arnold Center on the Texarkana College campus. The event featured an all-you-can-eat breakfast which included pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, coffee, juice, and milk. Proceeds from the event support local projects of the Kiwanis Club of Texarkana.

Temple Memorial Pediatric Center’s annual TEE Up For Temple Golf Tournament was held May 3 at Texarkana Country Club.

Women for the Arts held its Party with Picassos Reception and Art Exhibit on April 17 in the Regional Arts Center.

On April 10, Texas A&M University-Texarkana faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends of the university scattered across Texarkana to perform acts of community service for local nonprofit organizations with 164 volunteers completing 650 hours of service at 22 locations around the city.

A Ribbon Cutting Ceremony was held April 14 at Arkansas Middle School.

On April 19, the Caddo Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, held its 18th annual Golf Tournament at Texarkana Country Club.

Leadership Texarkana celebrated local excellence in community leadership during its annual Lunch with Leaders on April 20 at the Texarkana Convention Center.

After 31 years of service, Tanya Clifford is retiring from teaching kindergarten at Redwater Elementary School.

The Texarkana USA Chamber of Commerce held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Pleasant Grove ISD’s Margaret Fischer Davis Elementary School on March 1

On March 19, Tyson Foods, Inc. presented Harvest Regional Food Bank with a check for $40,000 in support of its Mobile Pantry programs in Howard, Pike, and Hempstead Counties in Southwest Arkansas, and to expand on-site facility pantries for Tyson employees.

The ArkLaTex 100 Club held its Pull for Heroes Sporting Clay Tournament on March 13 at Rocky Creek Outdoors.

United Way of Greater Texarkana Annual Campaign Recognition Breakfast

Liliana Luna Selected as TEPSA Region VIII Assistant Principal of the Year

Four States Living Magazine recently presented plaques to the winners in the Best of Texarkana™ Readers’ Choice Awards to congratulate them for being selected for this honor.

Erica Zofcin receives President’s Volunteer Service Gold Award

The Texarkana Alumni Association of Jarvis Christian College recognizes local visionaries in the community who have given generously of their time and talent to help improve the community and the lives of others. The Association is in its third year of recognizing six community leaders with the 2021 Living Legend Awards. This honor showcases the outstanding commitment, dedication, and service they have given to the entire Texarkana community. Each year, they have been honored during a Living Legends brunch annual fundraiser. As a result of COVID-19, the brunch was canceled this year; however, they are still being recognized and congratulated for their extraordinary work.

The Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) at Texarkana College held an award ceremony on February 11 to present $500 scholarships to five students pursuing higher education credentials.

On February 12, just in time for Valentine’s Day, Hilton Garden Inn Director of Sales Barbara Walker and her team distributed goodie bags to nurses deployed to Texarkana to assist during the pandemic.

Texarkana College’s professor of music, Marc-André Bougie, has been selected as a semi-finalist in the Choral Music Division of The American Prize National Nonprofit Competition in the Performing Arts for a requiem he composed during the pandemic.

Lone Star Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution recently presented the Thatcher Award to member, Marjorie Mathis Fuerst. She received a Thatcher pin and an embossed citation signed by the NSDAR president general and the JAC national chair.