Category: Events

Natalia HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) along with the San Antonio food bank will be having a Food Drive on Friday, November 14 from 8am to 12pm at La Pasadita in Natalia.
Please drop off non-perishable items. Most needed items are rice, peanut butter, cereal, tuna, beans, mac and cheese, chili and soups, canned lunch meats, pet food, Pop Top food items, full meals can/box, baby food and diapers.
Contact Catherine Feltner at Catherine.feltner@nataliaisd.net with any questions.

WHAT: Lytle Community Cemetery and Lytle Masonic Cemetery, an official Wreaths Across America (WAA) location, will host a 1st Annual wreath-laying ceremony, joining more than 4,900 other locations across the country for National Wreaths Across America Day. Coordinated and led by local volunteers, sponsorship groups have raised funds throughout the year to sponsor the placement of 210 veterans’ wreaths on the headstones of our fallen service members laid to rest there. This annual event seeks to further the yearlong mission to Remember, Honor, Teach, ensuring that the memory of those who served our country endures.
WHEN: Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 11:00 am.
WHERE: The ceremony will be held at all 3 of the Lytle Cemeteries: Lytle Community Cemetery at 15309 Laredo St., also at the Masonic Cemetery and the Concepcion Cemetery.
Veterans, active service members and families For more information or to sponsor a wreath, please visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org Please use our Location ID: TXLTCC.
Franklin Wanjura, Jr. and Pam Wanjura accepted a donation check from Randy Garcia, President of Lytle State Bank for the 1st Annual Wreaths Across America ceremony for the Lytle Community in August.
“Franklin and I have helped with the Devine Wreaths Across America program for the last few years, and wanted to do this for our community. So together with other volunteers, we are working to cover the 210 wreaths that are needed for the 3 cemeteries,” stated Pam Wanjura. “We started back in January of this year going through records and talking to family members to find out if anyone had served that is buried in the three local cemeteries. It has taken a lot of time and patience.”
Local Contacts: Efrain Vasquez, (479) 925-0998, email: sergeantmajorpain88 @gmail.com; and Pam Wanjura, (210) 422-1875, email: pamwan @sbcglobal.net
The wreaths are $17.00 each and the Ceremony is slated for December 13, 2025 at 11:00 am.
About Wreaths Across America
Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, which was begun by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester in 1992. The organization’s yearlong mission – Remember, Honor, Teach – is carried out in part each year by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies in December at thousands of veterans’ cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond.

Lytle VFW invites you to “Honor a hero, preserve a legacy” and Support our Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post by purchasing a custom laser-engraved brick to be placed on the Memorial Wall near the flag poles at Lytle VFW.
Price: Introductory offer: $50.00 (4”x8”) or $65.00 (8”x8”) per brick if ordered by December 1st.
To place your order on-line please visit: donate.brickmarkers.com/lmvfw

The Yancey Seventh Day Adventist Church will be hosting a Praise and Paint Party Outreach Event for the community on Thursday, November 20th from 6 pm to 8 pm. The Paint Party will be held in the Fellowship Hall behind the sanctuary building. This is the first time we have hosted a community event like this. We hope to see you all there! The last event we hosted for the community was a Centennial Celebration of our church’s local history and founding in 1923 marking 100 years in 2023. Since then, we have been in the process of planning events to share God’s love and give back to our local and surrounding communities.
The night will be filled with good company, prayer, worship, a Bible message, sharing testimonies and art. The painting will be taught by one of the Outreach directors, Hannah Quintero. It is step by step, open to all skill levels and beginner friendly. Refreshments and dessert will be served for guests to enjoy. All supplies will be provided for the event.
The donation amount to reserve your spots will be a $15 donation per person made out to the Outreach Ministry Art Class by November 6th. We have 12 more spots left! You can find more information about the event on the Yancey Seventh Day Adventist Church Facebook page and contact Hannah Quintero.
The church if located at 9580 FM 462 in Hondo.

Mark your calendars for St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Turkey Bingo on Sunday, November 16th from 2 to 5 pm at the St. Joseph’s Hall located at 108 S Washington Drive in Devine.
There will be several bingo packages available and special bingo games. The Guadalupañas will be selling various concession items to keep you energized and focused on the games.

A FREE trip-of-a-lifetime for high school sophomores and juniors

(Hondo, Texas) – 11/10/2025 – Medina Electric Cooperative is accepting applications for the 2026 Youth Tour trip. Three winners will each receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C and a $2,000 scholarship! The trip will take place June 14 – 21, 2026.
Youth Tour is an action-packed trip to the U.S. capitol with more than 150 students and chaperones from across Texas. Once in Washington, D.C., students will visit Arlington National Cemetery, Mount Vernon, the Smithsonian Institution, memorials and more. Activities include learning about rural electrification, seeing a performance at the Kennedy Center, going on a boat cruise with dinner and dancing, and meeting elected officials.
High school sophomores and juniors whose parents or legal guardians have an active membership with Medina EC are eligible for the program. Get more details and access the online application at MedinaEC.org/YouthTour or contact us at YouthTour@MedinaEC.org for more information.
Deadline to apply for Youth Tour is January 9, 2026.

Beginning on October 3, we will once again hold Friday evening food distribution sessions. Volunteers have stepped up in order for us to provide this valuable service.
Hours of Operation: 4:30pm – 7:00pm Process: At 4:30pm, all families in the parking lot will be asked to come in and will be given a number sheet to complete. Announcements and new applications, if needed, will be taken care of. Actual food distribution will begin when we have registered clients into the computer and volunteers are ready to go. We anticipate this will be around 5:00 pm. With the limited time and number of volunteers, we will only be able to serve 17 households on any given Friday.

The fourth graders at Devine Intermediate have been hard at work planning a concert to honor our veterans.  The fourth grade Veterans Day concert will be held Monday, November 10th at the Devine Intermediate gym at 6:00 pm.  The fourth graders would like to invite all veterans in our community to attend. 

The annual Veterans Day Ceremony in Natalia will be held on Tuesday, November 11th, 2025, at 11:00 am in front of the Veterans Memorial Monument.
The ceremony will give tribute to ALL Veterans of the United States of America services. Five (5) new names have been added to the monument and will be recognized. Keynote Speaker for this year’s event, will be Lt Col (Retired) Lenore Hackenyos, (USAF).
Additionally, a representative from the Devine Current Events Club will be available to provide information on “Wreaths across of America” and the dates for the US Flags and Wreaths to be placed on the graves at Evergreen and St Josephs Cemetery.