
There’s a lot going on at Mission Amarillo! First, we would like to announce that our annual spring fundraiser, FamFest will be Saturday, May 18 at Sam Houston Park. There will be around 30 vendors, food trucks, carnival games, and silent auction. It’s always a great time for the entire family and a great way to help us do what we do. Please mark your calendars for Saturday, May 18! We will be taking sponsorships for our Event Sponsors starting March 4.
Also, we are continuing to raise funds for our Be-Loved House project. We are making progress towards our goal and hope to begin renovations in the coming months. Residents at Be-Loved House will receive training in various life skills like using a bank, avoiding payday loans and rent to own, learning how to live on a budget, and how to build a credit rating. Ladies can stay in Be-Loved House for up to 2 years. Only 3 months of that will be training and the rest of their time there will be spent putting these lessons into practice. Once their 2 years are over, we will match any money they’ve saved in a savings account up to $2,000. Our goal for all our moms in Be-Loved House is that they will be able to live without the limitations of government assistance when they leave. If you’d like to donate towards renovations, follow this link. https://www.missionamarillo.org/be-loved-house
Last of all, our shoe deliveries are continuing to grow at an unprecedented rate. In past years, we typically deliver around 40-50 shoes a month in January and February. This year has been very different. In January, we gave away 120 pairs of shoes and so far in February we have given away 119 pairs! This unexpected demand has lowered our shoe inventory to far lower levels than we have ever experienced this time of year. As of this writing, we currently have 20 sizes with 10 or less in stock, several with fewer than 7. It doesn’t take long for these inventory numbers to drop to zero. If you would like to collect shoes for us, please follow this link and we will contact you with all the details! https://www.missionamarillo.org/forms/shoe-request
Thank you for supporting Mission Amarillo and for helping us love our neighbor and equip them for life!

The Amarillo Hispanic Chamber of Commerce invites you to participate as a sponsor for our 2024 Cinco de Mayo Fajita Festival.
Our Fajita Festival is a fajita cooking competition that allows you and your co-workers to partner up and create the best-tasting fajitas. Each team is provided fajita meat, vegetables, and tortillas for the competition and for our community to taste and enjoy the scent of sizzling fajitas.
By sponsoring this event, you have the opportunity to partner with us in our mission to serve the Amarillo area and raise funds for our Scholarship and Internship Program and operations. In turn, we will promote your business, services, and products to thousands of attendees. Join us for our biggest Fajita Festival yet!
We welcome the whole family to join us for fun, music, and all-you-can-eat fajitas (while supplies last) at Hodgetown Stadium on Friday, May 10th. You may contact our office for additional information at the number or email address listed below.
We look forward to your participation!
Amarillo Hispanic Chamber of Commerce:
600 S. Tyler St. Ste. 1402
Amarillo, TX 79101
Office: (806) 379-8800
Email: j.anguiano@amarillohcc.com
chris@boydsequipment.com
SAVE THE DATE
Canyon Chamber Annual Golf Classic
May 31, 2024
Please join the Canyon Chamber of Commerce for the 26th Annual Classic Golf Tournament!
The tournament will take place on
Friday, May 31, 2024, at Palo Duro Creek Golf Course.
Morning Flight:
7am Registration, 8am Shotgun Start
Afternoon Flight:
11am Registration, 1pm Shotgun Start
Lunch will be served at Noon for both flights. Dinner will follow the afternoon flight.
Team registrations fill up quickly! Be sure to send in your sponsorship and team registrations early to guarantee your spot! Sponsorship form and team registrations available for download by clicking the following links. Call or email to sponsor.
SPONSORSHIP FORM
TEAM REGISTRATION FORM
Please call the Canyon Chamber office with any questions
(806)655-7815.
Date/Time
Friday, May 31st
Flights at 8:00am & 1:00pm
Fees/Admission
$1000/Team of 4
SPONSORSHIP FORM
TEAM REGISTRATION FORM
Location
Palo Duro Creek Golf Course
50 Country Club Drive
Canyon, Texas
Hope you’ll join us!
Canyon Chamber of Commerce – TX
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WALMART AND SAM’S CLUB FIGHT HUNGER. SPARK CHANGE. CAMPAIGN RETURNS TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TO HELP PEOPLE FACING HUNGER
Taking place in stores and online, the 11th annual campaign supports local hunger relief efforts
AMARILLO, Texas, April 1, 2024 — Everyone needs nutritious food to thrive, and in every community in America, people are working hard to provide for themselves and their families. Yet in 2022, 44 million people— 1 in 7 individuals —faced food insecurity in the U.S.
Those are the highest numbers in a decade, underscoring the need for more charitable food assistance in the Texas Panhandle and beyond.
Now, for the 11th straight year, all U.S. Walmart stores and Sam’s Clubs are launching the Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign, with the goal of providing people facing hunger with access to the food and resources they say they need to thrive. Since its inception in 2014, the campaign has generated over $186 million and helped secure nearly 1.9 billion meals* for the Feeding America® network of local food banks.
“The Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign comes at a crucial time, when 1 in 8 of our neighbors are struggling across the Panhandle,” said Zack Wilson, executive director for High Plains Food Bank. “This, coupled with the many natural disasters we have experienced over the past eight months, has led to a tremendous need.”
The campaign will run in stores and online from April 1-April 29, with three ways for shoppers to participate:
– By donating at check-out registers in stores or clubs or rounding up purchases made at Walmart.com and within the Walmart app.
– By purchasing participating products in-store or online at Walmart.com or SamsClub.com. For every purchase of a participating product, the supplier will donate the monetary equivalent of at least one meal ($0.10) on behalf of a Feeding America partner food bank at Walmart and five meals ($0.50) at Sam’s Club, up to applicable limits. See specially marked packages for full details.
– By donating at Feeding America’s Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign donation site at either www.FeedingAmerica.org/Walmart or www.FeedingAmerica.org/SamsClub.
“Serving communities and expanding access to affordable, healthy food lies at the heart of Walmart and Sam’s Club’s purpose to help people live better,” said Kathleen McLaughlin, executive vice president and chief sustainability officer at Walmart and president of the Walmart Foundation. “Our annual Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign is a way to invite our customers, members, and suppliers to fight hunger alongside us. The funds raised through this campaign go toward local Feeding America food banks, meaning we can all make a difference in our own neighborhoods.”
The 20 participating suppliers for Walmart include: Bush Brothers & Company; CELSIUS® Essential Energy Drink; The Coca-Cola Company; Conagra Brands; Dole Packaged Foods; Ferrara; Ferrero; General Mills; Hain Celestial; Hershey Salty Snacks; Hidden Valley Ranch; Kellanova; W.K. Kellogg Company; Keurig Dr Pepper; Kodiak; Kraft Heinz; Monster Energy; Pepsi-Cola Advertising & Marketing, Inc.; Red Bull North America; Unilever
The eight participating suppliers for Sam’s Club include: General Mills; W.K. Kellogg Company; Kraft Heinz; Nestlé; Nissin; Nongshim; Palmetto Gourmet Foods, A Borealis Foods Company; and Unilever.
For more information or to donate, visit www.FeedingAmerica.org/Walmart or www.FeedingAmerica.org/SamsClub.
*Currently, $1 helps provide at least ten meals secured by Feeding America® on behalf of local partner food banks. Locally High Plains Food Bank can provide 9 meals with every $1 donated.
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About High Plains Food Bank
Since 1982, High Plains Food Bank has strived to alleviate hunger in the Texas Panhandle. Currently, 1 in 8 neighbors, including 1 in 6 kids, experiences food insecurity. HPFB and more than 140 partner food pantries and meal programs provide access to healthy food, education, and other resources across 29 counties to help neighbors establish food security, improve their health, and thrive. In 2023, HPFB distributed 7.8 million pounds of food through the network. In addition to providing increased vitality, food banking decreases waste by distributing food that would otherwise go uneaten to people who need it.
*High Plains Food Bank is an equal opportunity provider.
About Feeding America
Feeding America is committed to an America where no one is hungry. We support tens of millions of
people who experience food insecurity to get the food and resources they say they need to thrive as part of a nationwide network of food banks, statewide food bank associations, food pantries, and meal programs. We also invest in innovative solutions to increase equitable access to nutritious food, advocate for legislation that improves food security, and work to address factors that impact food security, such as health, cost of living, and employment. We partner with people experiencing food insecurity, policymakers, organizations, and supporters, united with them in a movement to end hunger. Visit FeedingAmerica.org to learn more.
Walmart
Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) helps people around the world save money and live better – anytime and anywhere – in retail stores, online, and through their mobile devices. Approximately 230 million customers and members visit more than 10,500 stores and clubs each week under 46 banners in 24 countries and eCommerce websites. With fiscal year 2022 revenue of $573 billion, Walmart employs approximately 2.3 million associates worldwide. Walmart continues to be a leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy, and employment opportunities. Additional information about Walmart can be found by visiting https://corporate.walmart.com, Facebook at https://facebook.com/walmart, and Twitter at https://twitter.com/walmart.
Sam’s Club
Sam’s Club®, a division of Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT), is a leading membership warehouse club offering superior products, savings, and services to millions of members in nearly 600 U.S. clubs, including Puerto Rico. Now in its 39th year, Sam’s Club continues to redefine warehouse shopping with its highly curated assortment of high-quality fresh food and Member’s Mark items and market-leading technologies and services like Scan & Go™, Curbside Pickup and home delivery service in select markets. To learn more about Sam’s Club, visit the Sam’s Club Newsroom, shop at samsclub.com, and interact with Sam’s Club on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
Please let me know if you have any questions and thank you so much for your continued support.
Z
Zivorad Filipovic | Director of Marketing and Communications
806.374.8562 main
806.350.1427 direct
806.477.0168 mobile
1910 SE 8th Ave., Amarillo, TX 79102
“Someone Like You”: The romance drama comes to the screen in special engagements. (various times April 2 to 11; Cinergy, 9201 Cinergy Square)
Panhandle Eye Group is bringing Mission Cataract back this year!
The goal of Mission Cataract is to eradicate blindness due to cataracts in our community and bring as many people as possible from blindness to useful productive lives. We want to make sure every vision impaired person in Amarillo and the surrounding areas without insurance or financial resources learns about this remarkable program.
To qualify for this free community service, applicants must have: poor vision, due to cataracts uncorrectable with glasses, which interferes with activities of daily living, no Medicare, Medicaid, or third-party insurance coverage, and no other means to pay for cataract surgery. Free cataract screening will take place on Saturday, June 15th.
To receive an application package, email Janet Tarr, Executive Assistant, at janet.tarr@paneye.com or call 806-331-4444.
Janet Tarr, CAP
Executive Assistant
Panhandle Eye Group, LLP
7400 Fleming Ave.
Amarillo, TX 79106
806-331-4444 Business
806-356-0014 Fax

Totality Over Texas can be seen in English at DHDC’s Space Theater at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 3:00 pm. The Spanish version of the theater show can be seen at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm. Space theater shows are included in DHDC admission or membership.
Amarillo, TX – The Don Harrington Discovery Center has begun showing a planetarium show titled Totality Over Texas about the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse in their Space Theater leading up to the celestial event.
Available in Spanish in addition to English, this planetarium show covers the history of eclipses, the science behind them, scientific discoveries made in relation to eclipses, and future eclipse events predicted to happen. The planetarium show was created by the Houston Museum of Natural Science with support from Buc-ee’s.
Totality Over Texas can be seen in English at DHDC’s Space Theater at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 3:00 pm. The Spanish version of the theater show can be seen at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm. Space theater shows are included in DHDC admission or membership.
DHDC is also hosting a viewing party for the Total Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024. Reaching totality at 1:40 pm, Amarillo will see close to 87% of the sun covered by the moon. This is a celestial event that won’t happen again until 2045.
DHDC will be open to the public from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm on Monday, April 8th, and have educational programming happening throughout the day related to the eclipse. The public is invited to join their viewing party, which starts at 1:00 pm and features food trucks, the chance to explore DHDC’s exhibits, and the opportunity to see a rare celestial event while learning about the science behind it from their enthusiastic staff.
The viewing party will be included in regular DHDC admission or membership, and no special tickets or reservations are required.
Eclipse-viewing glasses are required to view the eclipse, as it is a safety hazard to stare at the sun without any protective equipment. Eclipse-viewing glasses have a special solar filter on them that allows viewers to see the moon as it passes over the sun without being blinded by sunlight. Available for purchase in the DHDC gift shop prior to the Total Solar Eclipse, DHDC was one of the last businesses in Amarillo that was selling eclipse-viewing glasses during the 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse.
Follow DHDC on Facebook and Instagram for more information on their community programs. Information can be found on their website as well.

MONDAY, APRIL 8
Ribbon Cutting: HOTWORX (Hillside West)
2:00 p.m.
9402 Hillside, Suite 204
New Business Grand Opening
More Information: Melanie, (806) 503-8777

Blueprint is a free program for future entrepreneurs to bring their ideas to light and improve their chances of success. Led by the WT Enterprise Center coaches and America’s SBDC at WTAMU consultants, this program aims to help upcoming business owners understand their idea before beginning the business plan stages. The next meeting for Blueprint is on Mon., Apr. 8 at 4pm. RSVP now at WTEnterpriseCenter.com/Blueprint.
