We need to look at what we are going to do, for the next 21 days. We need to look beyond today, tomorrow and even this week.

She's just one of those individuals who can give of her time who never thought about how late or early it was ... she was just always willing to help.

One of the groups recognized was not a person or a team but a congregation ... for their work helping take care of the new neighbors. Here we are hundreds of hours later and they are still working. This church is faithful, prayerful and always hopeful in the goodness of our community.

Many people will choose Texarkana as their new home because of its hospitality.

What this fund does is meet the needs of the victims. One-hundred percent goes to the victims. Nothing is taken for administrative costs.

It was recognition for our volunteers. There are so many (volunteer) hours that go into an organization like this and ... this year was even tougher and more challenging than other years because we had so many additional people in the community.