Hawkins is the author of five books about the film It's a Wonderful Life, served on The Jimmy Stewart Museum Advisory Board, and for 20 years served on the board of directors of the Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts.[1]
In celebration of the
Frank Capra film, Hawkins and other cast members appear annually at the "It's A Wonderful Life Festival" in
Seneca Falls, New York, the town thought to be the inspiration for the movie's setting of Bedford Falls.[2]