Hope for Texarkana, a new non-profit, is installing a Blessing Box, a miniature food pantry open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at Life House Church at the corner of East and Cherry streets. Info: 903-472-0425 or hopefortexarkana.org.
Mount Zion First Missionary Baptist Church Sisterhood sponsors a Christmas toy drive for children ages 13 and under between the hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays at the church. Toys will be distributed Dec. 18.