June 3, 2021 - June is Hunger Awareness Month in Shelby County. Statistics show that 1 out of 3 children in our county battle with food insecurity, which means that they do not know where their next meal will come from.
Shelby County Outreach Ministries strives to feed the hungry and assist the needy. We have 4 programs that serve our community.
June 2, 2021 - On May 28, several members of Center Garden Club met with Mayor David Chadwick as he signed a proclamation designating June the 5th-12th, 2021, as National Garden Week. Both Center Garden Club (in affiliation with the National Garden Club) and the City of Center salute all gardeners for it is “gardeners “(in the broadest sense of the word)) who provide our world with food, medicines, building materials, habitats for wildlife, shade, oxygen, clean air and water, recreation, and, of course, beauty and joy.
June 1, 2021 - Shelby County Outreach Ministries is excited to announce that on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, all programs will be opened to the public! The Senior Nutrition Site will be open Monday – Friday from 9-2. The Unique Boutique is open Monday – Friday from 9-4 and the Helping Hands Outreach Center will be open Monday – Friday from 9-2. The Outreach Center distributes emergency food boxes to those who qualify and assists with various needs such as prescriptions, doctor visits, Ensure, and more. For more information, please call us at 936-598-4990.
May 24, 2021 - As COVID 19 is still a threat and to protect the health of all, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8904 and the Auxiliary will not hold their normal large Memorial Day program inside the 1885 Historic Courthouse.
May 28, 2021 - Jared Tovar, Tenaha's Salutatorian from the Class of 2020, achieved the honor of being listed on the Dean's List of scholars at the University of North Texas for the 2021 Spring Semester.
Tovar is attending the G. Brint Ryan College of Business at the University of North Texas and only 20% of undergraduate students earn this honor for exemplary academic preformance with a grade point average of 3.5 or better. Jared is majoring in accounting and is intended to graduate in the Spring of 2023 with his Bachelor's of Science in Accounting.
May 28, 2021 - Shelby County Outreach Ministries, Inc. and all its programs will be closed on Monday, May 31, 2021 in observance of Memorial Day. Let us remember those soldiers that never made it home. Have a safe and blessed holiday.
May 27, 2021 - The Center Woman’s Reading Club met on Thursday, April 1st at the First United Methodist Church fellowship hall.
The club voted to the program topic for next year will be the Book with the Greatest Impact.
Janene Walker read the resolution in memory of Polly Barron Smith who joined our Woman’s Reading Club in 1996. It is a beautifully written tribute by Janene to a faithful, loving member of our club. This resolution will be sent to Polly’s daughter Anne.
May 27, 2021 - The Center Woman’s Reading Club met on Thursday, April 15th at the FUMC fellowship hall.
The club was pleased to present a book in memory of Dr. Bill Ginn to the Fannie Brown Booth Memorial library. President West gave the librarian, Sandra Davis, the book entitled “Carving Caricature Figures” that is about wood carving which was a hobby of Dr. Ginn. The doctor’s wife, Eleanor Ginn, was in attendance for the presentation.