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Letter Recognizing James Ragan's Dedication to the Community

April 3, 2020 - Along with Shelby County and myself, Tanya Belin, I would like to recognize James Ragan for his dedication to our community. Ragan goes above and beyond for our county with passing out cases of bottled water to people in need and visiting the parks sanitizing everything for the children. I am Shelby County proud and cannot thank this young man enough for all he's doing for our community.

Outreach Ministries Food Boxes; Asking for Contributions

April 3, 2020 - Shelby County Outreach Ministries is striving to serve our community during this difficult time. We have had to make some changes to our programs due to the safety of our employees and clients. We are still distributing emergency food boxes to our clients by drive-thru only from 10-2 each Friday.

Please stay in your vehicle and have your trunk open to place the food box inside. We will no longer be placing food boxes in the cab of your vehicle to ensure safety.

Outreach Ministries Coronavirus Hours

April 3, 2020 - Shelby County Outreach Ministries will be closing ALL programs for the week of April 6th – April 10th with the exception of the Helping Hands Outreach Center. Helping Hands will be open only on Friday, April 10th from 10-2 in order to provide assistance. The senior citizens that are currently being served through our senior programs have received extra meals that will cover them through the next 2 weeks. They will also receive calls to confirm that they are safe, and all is going well. 

Steps for Cleaning Coronavirus from a Computer, No Software Required

April 1, 2020 - With the spread of coronavirus, one of the key things to do is to stay clean and disinfect objects you use on a daily basis.

Jason Fulbright with Intelligent Concepts shares two things that typically get overlooked - your computer's keyboard and mouse or your laptop's keyboard and touch pad. In the past cleaning a virus from a computer required software and some computer knowledge. However, today's threat isn't to your computer's operating system but to your computer's operator - you.

CRT JJE Gibson Chapter Postpones Flag Retirement Ceremony

March 27, 2020 - The Children of the Republic of Texas, J J E Gibson Chapter's flag retirement ceremony originally planned for March History Month has been postponed due to caution observed with the Covid-19 Virus. Members will be contacted as soon as it is approved to hold the ceremony. If you have a flag you would like the J J E Gibson Chapter to retire, we will be glad to do so when we are approved to schedule the event. Thank you for your understanding at this time.

Chapter Co Sponsor, Carey Agnew           
Chapter Co Sponsor, Heather Walker

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