PhonePros presented a community-wide Easter event on April 20 at their Gibson Lane location.

Wadley Regional Medical Center presented the fourth annual Texarkana Dragon Boat Festival at Bringle Lake Park.

A day of exploring and learning took place at the Discovery Place Interactive Museum and the Museum of Regional History on May 11 during the Texarkana Museums System’s DownTown TinkerTown.

Rotary Club International and Oaklawn Rotary Club hosted an annual picnic for Opportunities, Inc. on May 14 at Bobby Ferguson Park.

The Pleasant Grove Independent School District Education Foundation hosted its annual Culinary Uncorked event on April 26 at the home of Danielle and Dr. Chad Patterson.

A Twisted & Uncorked VIP Party & Buffet Dinner was held on May 3 at the home of Cathy and Mark Van Herpen.

Charities in Texarkana benefited from the generosity of area donors on April 20 during East Texas Giving Day, the region’s recognized day of giving to support local nonprofits.

In celebration of National Telecommunications Week, the Ark-Tex Council of Governments 9-1-1 Program honored the dedicated dispatchers of the nine-county ATCOG region. ATCOG 9-1-1 Program Manager Rea Washington, ATCOG 9-1-1 PSAP Operations Coordinator Merle Luster, and ATCOG GS Technician Ben Duncan presented them with gifts and certificates of appreciation.

District III Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. held its Spring Convention March 14-15 at First Baptist Church Texarkana.

The fifth annual “Jive for Five” Twice as Fine Texarkana Wine Festival was held May 4 at Spring Lake Park.

The Boy Scouts of America, Caddo Area Council, held its annual Scout-O-Rama on April 26-28 at Spring Lake Park. BSA units from all over the Four States Area were camped out for the weekend, and the event was open to the public on April 27.

Sixth grade students at Ashdown Jr. High School attended the annual Learning for Life Career Day on May 2.

On April 25, members of the Texarkana Home Builders Association presented a check to Mary Wormington, of Habitat for Humanity.

Thirty-three Texarkana area residents recently completed the year-long Leadership Texarkana community leadership program and were honored by the Leadership Texarkana (LT) organization at the End of Year Celebration on April 23 at Northridge Country Club.

The Clay Eichler Memorial Fund hosted its fifth annual Clay’s Golf and Guitars on May 18 with a golf scramble taking place at Northridge Country Club.

Arkansas Women for Education celebrated its 10th Anniversary with a Membership Social, sponsored by Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield and Georgia Hubnik, at the 1894 Gallery in downtown Texarkana.

A Sponsorship Banquet, hosted by Know Your Worth Ministries, was held May 7 at Silvermoon on Broad.

Texas A&M University-Texarkana’s Eagle Impact presented the eighth annual “Hats and Horses: A Day at the Derby” on May 4 at Texarkana Country Club.

The Randy Sams’ Outreach Shelter hosted its annual Cigars, ‘Tinis & Tunes on April 11 at Silver Star Smokehouse.

The United Way of Greater Texarkana held its Annual Recognition Breakfast on March 22 in the Youth Recreation Center at Williams Memorial United Methodist Church.