Red River Wine & Beer Festival

The Red River Wine and Beer Festival is an event hosted by the Senior- Junior Forum, which is a charitable, non-profit organization, and was established to assist with the Senior-Junior Forum’s fundraising efforts to provide assistance to charities within our community.

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Senior-Junior Forum members volunteer their time as well as provide financial assistance to local non-profit agencies. The primary beneficiaries of the efforts of the Senior-Junior Forum are:

  • Beacon Lighthouse for the Blind
  • The Arc of Wichita County
  • The Arts Council
  • Midwestern State University & Vernon College Scholarships
  • Wichita Falls Area Food Bank
  • The Kitchen (formerly Senior Citizens of North Texas Meals on Wheels)
  • Patsy's House
  • Wichita County Heritage Society - Kell House Museum
  • Whispers of Hope
According to the Independent Sector*, the estimated dollar value of volunteer time in Texas is $24.14 per hour.  From 2009 to 2017, the combined total of financial assistance and volunteer hours amassed by Senior-Junior Forum members totaled over $425,000.
* Independent Sector is a leadership forum for charities, foundations, and corporate giving programs committed to advancing the common good in America and around the world.

Wichita Falls Area Food Bank

Since 1982 the Wichita Falls Area Food Bank has been serving the community as a 501(c)(3) organization focused on feeding hungry people. We procure food that is distributed free of charge to the clients of charitable partner agencies and programs operating in 12 North Texas counties.

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The Arc of Wichita County

The Arc of Wichita County's hope is that our community would accept people with disabilities. We genuinely believe that if people with disabilities were seen as valued and important that Wichita County would be a much brighter and loving place.

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Whispers of Hope Horse Farm

Enriching the lives of mentally and physically challenged individuals through equine therapy.

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The Kitchen Meals on Wheels

In 1965, The Church of The Good Shepherd at 10th and Burnett streets provided a building behind its place of worship for seniors of the Wichita Falls community to gather. Due to the difficulty of locating the facility, organizers painted the entry door to the building red and gave easily identifiable directions, “go down the alley and look for the red door.” 

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Beacon Lighthouse

Beacon Lighthouse Inc. produces a wide array of pads for all of your cleaning requirements, from the largest to the smallest jobs. We have pads for any size floor polishing machines. We have quality 3M pads that can be rinsed and reused to help you cut costs while getting the highest quality pad on the market.

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Patsy's House

Bearing in mind the best interest of each individual child, the mission of Patsy’s House Children’s Advocacy Center, Inc. (Patsy’s House) is to reduce trauma to child abuse victims and their non-offending family members, and to work toward improving the justice system’s response to child abuse by uniting the efforts of public agencies and enlisting community support.

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Kell House Museum

The Kell House is one of the most historically and architecturally significant buildings in Wichita Falls. The Museum features distinctive architecture designed by the local firm of Jones and Orlopp, original family furnishings, textiles, decorative arts, and historic costumes. Guided tours of this local, state, and national landmark provide a fascinating history of this area’s early settlement and of the Kell family.

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