Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation

04/07/2026

DID YOU KNOW? Nonprofit Organizations contribute roughly $1.4 TRILLION to the U.S. economy annually, accounting for over 5% of the national GD.

The nonprofit sector employs 12.8 million people, making it the THIRD-LARGEST employment category in the US, ahead of the entire manufacturing industry.

The nonprofit sector provides essential services to our City of Stars. A few examples in the City of Kilgore, Texas include...

▼ food bank services – thank you, Helping Hands of Kilgore, Executive Director Ursula Plaisance
▼ housing services – thank you, Kilgore Fuller Center , Executive Director David Hampton
▼ outpatient rehabilitation services – thank you, East Texas Treatment Center, Executive Director Terri Hardan
▼ small business support – thank you, Kilgore Area Chamber of Commerce, executive director Lisa Morgan and business development manager Charlene Hampton

At Selleck Accounting & Finance, we are happy to champion our Kilgore-area nonprofits.

A few nonprofits we support are Kilgore Lions Club, Kilgore ISD Education Foundation, Coalition of Hispanic-Owned Businesses - CHOB, Texas Shakespeare Festival, Friends of the Kilgore Public Library, Reel East Texas Film Festival, ETTC, Kilgore Area Chamber of Commerce, and many, many more.

This April 25, 2026, is East Texas Giving Day. Support your local nonprofit.

Learn more:
https://www.easttexastreatmentcenter.org/
https://helpinghandskilgore.com/
https://www.kilgorechamber.com/
https://kilgorefullercenter.com/
https://khpf.org/
https://kisdedu-foundation.org/
https://www.reeleasttexas.com/
https://www.texasshakespeare.com/

03/24/2026

It definitely takes a professional to do the job! 😵‍💫

See? This is why you ! The pros from Longview Lights are working on the derrick near our office today.

They handle the heights.
We handle the taxes.

02/24/2026

12/25/2025

from downtown and the

12/21/2025

Kilgore is a GREAT place to be at CHRISTmas!

“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”

11/14/2025

3… 2… 1… with the lighting of the Derrick stars, the holidays have arrived in !

We’re celebrating 33 years since the first ‘Christmas in the Patch’ in 1992. Thank you, Kilgore Main Street, and congratulations to our 2025 Derrick Award winners — our Dean Keener Crim home leaders, David Reeves & Ginger Cannon, and our downtown friend and partner, Vivian Gebhardt of Kilgore Mercantile & Music! 🌟

Video by KHPF Board Member Robbin Hedrick

11/14/2025

We wish you a Merry Christmas from the !

11/13/2025

There are some awesome young musicians performing this evening at Kilgore Main Street's 'A Very Derrick Christmas' celebration downtown in .

Don't miss it!

10/11/2025

We are at Oktoberfest!! Check out our booth, we have Christmas ornaments, t shirts and cookbooks!

10/06/2025

Congratulations to Carlos, Xavier, and Kaylina for their first ($100), second ($50), and third place ($25) wins playing Kilgore Saturday during 2025!

Thanks, also, to Gabriel/Jordan Buick GMC for sponsoring this year's event and to Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation Board Member Rick Custer and his team of volunteers for organizing the Oct. 4 activities!