In early May, the green space in downtown Dothan was transformed into a large farmhouse dining room that served a family style dinner for hundreds. Community members came together to honor many of the local farmers that provide fresh vegetables, meats, and dairy to the Wiregrass area. Five Star was the title sponsor for the [...]
Join Five Star on Saturday Feb. 4 for Empty Bowls Dothan. From 11am to 2pm, stop in to the Cultural Arts Center on St. Andrews Street. For $10, you get a unique handmade bowl and some soup. For each bowl purchased, a family of four can eat for a month through the Wiregrass United Way [...]
For the first time, Downtown Dothan will hold a “peanut drop” at the stroke of midnight. Five Star Credit Union is helping to sponsor the event. This family event has activities for the kids earlier in the evening that culminates with a “balloon drop” at 9pm. There are more adult activities that will run right [...]
Smiles and the sound of whistles filled the air recently in Downtown Dothan. The Five Star Santa Express Train ran from 9 to 2 on Dec. 3. More than 600 kids got a wooden Five Star train whistle and happily blew it as they rode the express. The kids walked away with a lasting memory [...]
The Boys and Girls Club of the Wiregrass holds a major fundraiser every year with the grand prize being a golf cart decked out in University of Alabama and Auburn University colors. It’s a fun night that includes a silent auction and a way to buy back into the golf cart giveaway as the number [...]
The need for help for families in the Wiregrass area is great. The Wiregrass Area United Way Food Bank works every year to help bridge the food gap with families across six counties. One of the food bank’s largest fundraisers is Empty Bowls Dothan. Volunteers create bowls from clay. They are glazed and fired then [...]
