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May 27, 2026 - Pine Grove Nursing Center is excited to announce our 2026 Summer Blood Drive! We invite you to join us in making a life-saving difference in our community on June 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM – 4:30 PM located at Pine Grove Nursing Center 246 Haley Dr., Center, TX 75935.
We are proud to partner with Gulf Coast Blood, who will be on-site and responsible for collecting all blood donations.
Donating blood is a simple yet powerful way to help others, and your contribution could save lives. To reserve your spot, please see the attached flyer and scan the QR code to sign up.
Helpful reminders for the day of donation:
Eat a healthy meal before you arrive
Drink plenty of fluids
Bring a valid photo ID
If you have any questions or need assistance, please feel free to reach out to a Pine Grove team member—we’re happy to help!
Thank you for your support, and we look forward to seeing you there!
May 27, 2026 - Following the meeting of the Shelby County Commissioners’ Court held May 27, 2026, representatives with the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Chapter #83 out of Nacogdoches presented a bullet proof vest to Chris Davis, Courthouse Security Officer.
Representatives with the DAV were Commander Christopher P. Borel, and Richard Lundie.
May 26, 2026 - Please join Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors and Mind Your Biscuits owner, Katelyn Wilburn, at a New Business Ribbon Cutting on Wednesday, June 3rd at 11:00am at the Chamber office on the downtown square.
Katelyn Wilburn, owner of Mind Your Biscuits makes delicious cookies, specialty breads, rolls and biscuits, all home baked and made from scratch. She also offers sugar free, gluten free and keto options.
Everyone is encouraged to attend and show their support for local business. Guests can enjoy fresh baked treats, meet Katelyn and help celebrate this new business.
For more information follow mindyourbiscuitsbakingco on social media or call 936-652-4039.
We are so excited to welcome Katelyn and Mind Your Biscuits as a Chamber member. We look forward to seeing everyone at the Ribbon Cutting.
May 26, 2026 - The 2026 Summer Reading/Discovery Program at the Fannie Brown Booth Library will kick off on Thursday, May 28th. We have some really great programs planned for the summer. So come by the Library anytime between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Thursday to pick up summer packs and schedules.
May 25, 2026 - (Photo Album) - VFW Post 8904 and community members participated in a Memorial Day activity honoring those that served by placing flags on the graves of service members on May 25, 2026.
The group gathered at Oaklawn Memorial Park and began moving row by row to locate graves and place flags appropriately.
The effort took approximately 30 minutes, and as all who participated departed, the recognition of the patriotism of those that served was evident by the display of flags on the cemetery grounds.
May 21, 2026 - Happy Tails Adoption Center was overjoyed when two of our long-term dogs got adopted during this year's Empty the Shelter campaign.
Daryl came to us 6 months ago from our local police department. The ACO saw Daryl roaming the streets of Center, TX. Daryl made us smile and laugh countless times as he demonstrated his goofiness on a daily basis. And he's a huge love bug. We're so happy to see him with his furever family!
Kai had been with us 600+ days when his new family found him at our shelter. He had originally come to us during our first onsite event in 2024. His mom had to move away and couldn't take him with her.
Kai became one of our mascot dogs. We all love him so much! The poor fella got adopted out twice only to boomerang back to the shelter. But he found his match last week. He and his new dad wrestled, ran and played while his new mom completed the paperwork. We are ecstatic for him and his family!
We will be forever grateful to the Bissell Pet Foundation for including us in this year's Empty the Shelter campaign.
May 20, 2026 - The 50 Women Impact Group awarded the 2026 second quarter grant in the amount of $10,900 to the Shelby County Christmas Committee. Accepting the check on behalf of the Christmas Committee was Doug Gay, Committee Chairman.
In 2024, a small group of community volunteers with a passion for Christmas and community, come together with a vision and plan to purchase a community Christmas tree and decorations for everyone to enjoy. The first annual Christmas Tree Lighting was held that same year and was a huge success thanks to the many generous businesses and individuals through their one-time contributions.
The next year the City of Center helped to expand the decorations by offering the many decorations purchased in the past by Frances Oates. These ‘retro’ decorations, the carousel and Santa with reindeer, were revitalized and put back into service by the committee. Also, Hallmark Center Fixture Operations and Windham Family Dental made a donation which purchased the “Hallmark Card” frame and the Merry Band of Reindeer giving family picture opportunities to the decorations. The 2025 Christmas Tree Lighting was once again a success!
The Christmas Committee then set a goal of “growing” the Christmas tree another six feet as well as re-purposing a 13-piece Nativity Set donated by Hallmark Center Fixture Operations with all new lights, add more twinkle trees around the courthouse and four corners of the square, add lights to the shrubs, and purchase luminary lights to outline the property.
The Christmas Committee expresses their appreciation to the 50 Women Impact group! The committee's wish is the 50 Women Impact group knows this next Christmas season when they see the families, couples, and individuals on the downtown square enjoying the decorations that they helped with adding more Christmas magic for all.
The Fifty Women Impact Group is comprised of women across Shelby County who come together four times each year to donate funds to a non-profit organization in Shelby County. An application is completed, members are provided information regarding each applicant and vote on the quarterly recipient. This quarter's giving brings the groups total grant awards to $364,900 since its start in November of 2017.
Membership in the group has grown to 110 members and is open to any woman who wants to help make a positive difference with a quarterly donation of $100. "The power of giving as one" is the motto and the group continues to make a positive difference across the county!
May 18, 2026 - The inside renovation of the Fannie Brown Booth Library is complete and the library is now open for all activities.
The library thanks all of you for your patience and we invite the public to come see what has been done to the library.
Also, a big thank you to the City of Center, Mayor David Chadwick, City Manager Chad Nehring, and the City Council for the library renovation.
Sandra Davis, Library Director
Presented by Badders Law Firm
Hosted by the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce
May 11, 2026 - The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Teacher Appreciation reception, presented by Badders Law Firm and hosted by the Shelby County Chamber, was held on Wednesday, May 6 at the Windham Civic Center in Center at 4:30 p.m. The reception is held annually to salute and recognize the dedicated administrations and teaching staff of all the Shelby County school districts. The Chamber of Commerce Education committee presented each school campus Teacher of the Year with a Certificate of Recognition and announced the Shelby County Teacher of the Year for Elementary and Secondary schools. This is a time when gratitude and appreciation is expressed to the educators throughout the county. Congratulations to all the Campus winners!!
The Elementary Teacher of the Year is Jennifer Leach, a teacher at S.W. Carter Elementary School. The Secondary Teacher of the Year is Haley White, a teacher at Center Middle School. Congratulations to these outstanding Educators!
Thank you to all the table sponsors and businesses who donated gifts for door prizes!
From left: Haley White and Jennifer Leach
May 6, 2026 (Photo Album) - The Shelby County Elementary Teacher of the Year was awarded to Jennifer Leach and the Shelby County Secondary Teacher of the Year was awarded to Haley White during the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Teacher Appreciation reception held Wednesday, May 6th at the Windham Civic Center in Center. The reception recognized the dedication of all the campus teachers of the year with each campus administrator praising their teacher before presenting them with a Certificate of Recognition. Each teacher was then presented a letter by Texas Representative of District 11, Joanne Shofner.
Door prizes donated by area businesses were given out with enough for each teacher to receive one gift and some receiving two gifts.
The Teachers of the Year from the Shelby County School Campuses are:
F.L. Moffett Primary School – Diane Horsley
Center Elementary School – Kenneth Horsley
Center Middle School – Haley White
Center High School – Melissa Munoz
Center Roughrider Academy - Meredith Morris
Excelsior ISD – Caroline Cox
S.W. Carter Elementary – Jennifer Leach
Shelbyville Middle School – Deanna Metcalf
Shelbyville High School – Heather Pinkston
Tenaha Elementary School – Marcia Albert
Tenaha Middle/High School – Nicci Cooper
Timpson Elementary – Kambry Wallace
Timpson Middle School – Donna Sue Youngblood
Timpson High School – Lacey Gandy
Thank you to all our Sponsors and to all the businesses who donated gift items for helping us recognize our wonderful teachers, countywide, for all they do for our community and our students.
Presenting Sponsor is Badders Law Firm. Gold sponsors for the event are Farmers State Bank, HR Group and Shelby Savings Bank. Silver Sponsors are McWilliams Heating Cooling Plumbing and Ray Jones Chevrolet.
Host Table Sponsors are Action Team Realtors of Center, Aurora Concepts, BOM Bank, Doches Credit Union, Mathews Real Estate, Panola College – Shelby County, Raymond Motor Company, Tuxedo Springs and Windham Family Dental. Spotlight tables are Diamond B Coffee and Shelby Insurance Agency.
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