Why go to Wine Festival? Annual Texarkana event funds ‘happy place’ for Alzheimer’s patients

April 17, 2024 at 3:56 p.m. | Updated April 25, 2024 at 1:38 p.m.

by Karl Richter

Guests at Our Place Day Respite Center talk to one another as they wait for breakfast Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Texarkana, Texas. Alzheimer's Alliance Tri-State Area operates Our Place, where on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, staff and volunteers care for people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. The ninth annual Twice As Fine Texarkana Wine Festival, scheduled for Saturday, May 4, 2024, will benefit Alzheimer's Alliance. (Staff photo by Karl Richter)
Guests at Our Place Day Respite Center talk to one another as they wait for breakfast Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Texarkana, Texas. Alzheimer's Alliance Tri-State Area operates Our Place, where on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, staff and volunteers care for people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. The ninth annual Twice As Fine Texarkana Wine Festival, scheduled for Saturday, May 4, 2024, will benefit Alzheimer's Alliance. (Staff photo by Karl Richter)


TEXARKANA, Texas -- One festive day a year means one happy day after another for local people with dementia and their loved ones.

The yearly Twice As Fine Texarkana Wine Festival provides 75% of Alzheimer's Alliance Tri-State Area's annual funding.

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