The Aaron McNeil House will host its commodity distribution for May on Saturday morning.
It will be from 8 until 10 a.m. at the Western Kentucky State Fairgrounds and items will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis.
Officials say have the trunk of your vehicle open and cleared and they will place the food items inside.
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This week, Historic Downtown Hopkinsville announced many spring activities happening in the Downtown Renaissance District through the rest of April and into the beginning of May, in a recent publication.
In the publication, Historic Downtown shared that it had been a year since its last publication and commended the communityâs initiative to support local businesses.
âItâs been a long year since our last publication, and a LONG year, we might add,â the publication said.
âWe are so happy to see additional activity in the Downtown Renaissance District â and our entire community â for that matter.
âWe salute you for your continued support of our small businesses, and we salute them for their resilience, determination, creativity and positive attitudes.â
The Perfect Closet and the Pennyroyal Arts Council are coming together every Saturday in April to present an upscale consignment shopping experience at the former Millerâs Son Store to benefit Grace and Mercy, The Boys and Girls Club of Hopkinsville-Christian County and the Aaron McNeil House Inc.
Benefitting the three charities, the owner of The Perfect Closet and Executive Director of PAC Margaret Prim chose to celebrate her businessâ 18th year operating by paying it forward.
The Perfect Closet will be donating 50% of sales to the shopperâs choice of the three nonprofits.
This event will take place at 110 East Sixth Street from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and benefit the three local nonprofits that have faced financial hardships last year throughout the pandemic.
Four local organizations recently received an early Christmas present of $1,000 each from Christian County Farm Bureau Association to help feed people in need during the coronavirus pandemic.
Representatives from the Salvation Army, Aaron McNeil House, Impact Ministry and Micah Mission collected their organizationâs checks recently at Farm Bureauâs Burley Avenue location.
âEspecially this time of the year and with the pandemic, it is very important to help out the local community,â said J.E. Pryor, farm bureau president. âI know there are many people out there who are suffering because of the pandemic. We want to try to help as many as we can.â
Before we slide past the zero of a new decade and put 2021 on the map, we must of necessity look at the most unique Christmas in any of our lifetimes â one landing in the middle of an unprecedented pandemic, as we simultaneously turn over the reigns of government to a new president. It is a moment to reflect on our past, as we make a template for the future.
And the ABCs of Christmas should always start with that engaging and magical word altruism â the selfless concern for the wellbeing of others.
Nowhere can this be seen more clearly than by turning back the clock and looking again (as we did in 2012) at 604 E. Second St. in the year 1896. It was then that Nat Gaither (president of the Bank of Hopkinsville) and Hunter Wood Sr. (attorney and publisher of the Kentucky New Era) raised funds for the construction of The Church of The Good Shepherd. Both of these men were vestrymen of Grace Episcopal Church. This project that they envisioned and brought to fruition was years