KRISTINA SANDIFER OF THE WIMBERLEY CAJUN CULTURAL ALLIANCE, CENTER, DONATES $7,000 TO MY NEIGHBORS KEEPER, RAISED FROM THIS YEAR’S GUMBOFEST. ACCEPTING THE CHECK ARE MNK BOARD MEMBER, BETH MITCHELL, CENTER RIGHT, AND MNK VICE PRESIDENT, JIM JONES, RIGHT. LYNNSEY HASTIE, LEFT, GENERAL MANAGER OF CYPRESS FALLS, WHERE THE EVENT IS HELD, LOOKS ON. THE 2026 GUMBOFEST IS SLATED FOR APRIL 16, AND WILL RETURN TO CYPRESS FALLS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE WIMBERLEY CAJUN CULTURAL ALLIANCE. PHOTO BY TERESA KENDRICK
