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| MEMBERSHIP UPDATE Brush Country | Circle C | Colorado River | Crossroads | East Texas Piney Woods | Guadalupe Valley | Hereford | Hill Country | Navidad Valley | Panhandle Working Cattlewomen | Santa Rosa | South Texas | Texas Aggie | Texas Coastal | Texican | Texoma | Top O' Texas | Washington County | West Of The Pecos | Wichita Falls President - Earlyn Tomkins 325-382-4646 || abhemphill@yahoo.com Chapter Information- Serves primarily Coleman County, with around 50 current members. We meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month. We have just voted to alternate noon and early evening between the months to accommodate working members who cannot attend noon meetings. Activities include the Cattlewomen's Ball which will be held on New Year's this year. We sell 200 tickets for a steak dinner and auction. Profits go to scholarships given each year, $1,000 and $500 to students who are majoring in agriculture or plan to go into agricultural related fields. We participate in many local events, donate to our local Beef cook-off at Fiesta de la Paloma in October, and donate to Santa Anna Funtier Days for their brisket cook-off. We help with Ag Day in conjunction with the Farm Bureau in May, usually after TAKS tests. Our group enters a float in the local rodeo parade & raffle half a beef as a fundraiser during the rodeo. We have a great mix of younger and older members who work well together. There is much ranching history in our area, most of our members are rural with ranching backgrounds and agriculture as a primary concern. President - Tina Loeffler - Lampasas, Texas Chapter Information- Members come from Victoria, DeWitt, Refugio and Goliad counties. Monthly meeting – 4th Tuesday at 6:00 PM except January and July. Locations vary; we are reaching out to neighboring counties with plans to meet in different communities. Each year our main fundraiser is towards our Scholarship, awarded each May to a graduating senior, from Victoria, DeWitt, Refugio or Goliad counties, that plans to pursue an education in an agriculture field. President -Marilynn Wilson - Arp, Texas President - Suzanne Sexton - Cost, Texas President - Ceciley Sehi- Hereford, Texas || feedfat@nts-online.net Chapter Information- Members live in Deaf Smith, Randall, Potter, Parmer and Castro Counties. Monthly meetings held 3rd Thursday each hosted by a couple of members in different locations. HCW enjoy grilling at community events & has become well known for our steak-on-a-stick. A few years ago a generous sponsor outfitted HCW with a grill trailer, so now we promote beef & grill at everything from golf tournaments to brisket cook-offs! HCW also donates time, resources and BEEF through many activities throughout the year to the following local charities and civic organizations: Area Food Bank, Hereford Special Olympics, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Lion’s Club, Christmas Stocking Fund, and Ronald McDonald House. HCW awards $1500 annually in scholarships to high school seniors. HILL COUNTRY President - Beverly Baker - Fredonia, Texas 325-429-6222 || heartofheart@hctc.net Click here of Chapter Information (PDF). NAVIDAD VALLEY President - Susie Shank - Schulenburg, Texas 979-561-8594 || weshank@cvtv.net Chapter Information- Members come from Fayette, Colorado & Lavaca Counties. Monthly meeting - 4th Wednesday of the month at the Schulenburg Expo Center, 5:30 social and business at 6:00 Main activities/events: Best Little Style Show in Texas & Cow Pattie Bingo primary scholarship fundraisers, annual brisket sale as organizational fundraiser, participate in state activities like Ag Day and Beef For Father's Day We award 2x$500 scholarships annually to graduating high school seniors in our communities. We award $100 in Beef Gift Certificates to our Beef For Father's Day Essay Competition winners. We donate annually to area food banks & donate beef annually to area home economic departments. PANHANDLE WORKING CATTLEWOMEN President - Liz Austin- Wheeler, Texas 806-826-3689 || austin4@centramedia.net Chapter Information- Membership covers the Eastern Texas Panhandle in Wheeler, Collingsworth, Roberts, Gray, Hemphill and Lipscomb counties. Our meetings are held the Last Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. in Wheeler or surrounding area. Our activities and events thus far: MS Beefathon -- Amarillo, TX Friends of Multiple Sclerosis Panhandle Chapter Beef Recipe Contest to promote Ag Day, March 20, 2008. Info sent into 7 area schools for participation from elementary thru sixth grade. Beef for Father's Day --upcoming in June 2008. Our local is a brand new chapter serving the Eastern Texas Panhandle. As of March 2008, we currently have 37 members. We are still growing and seeking more new members. We are currently organizing and structuring our new chapter. We always welcome new ideas and opportunities to promote and educate about beef. Our organization is a "Sisterhood" consisting of ladies seeking a fun, exciting "night out with the girls" to further benefit the beef industry and develop "Sister"-type relationships that will last for a lifetime. SANTA ROSA President - Buffy Boger - Vernon, Texas 940-553-3784 || buffyrb@yahoo.com SOUTH TEXAS President - Jan Elliott- Uvalde, Texas 830-278-2161 Chapter Information- Members live in Uvalde, Dimmitt, Zavala, Frio, LaSalle, Wilson, Bexar, McMullen, Atascosa, Medina, Edwards and Webb counties. Our monthly meeting is the third Tuesday of each month September through May. We do not meet in the summer except for our annual fundraiser in June at Retama. We are going to be hostesses for a BBQ Cook-Off at the annual "Cactus Jack Days - A Texas Labor Day Celebration" this August. This promises to be an annual event where we can promote beef and sell items for fundraising also. TEXAS AGGIE (Collegiate) President - Ashton Teal - Tilden, Texas 361-274-3824 || ashjanell@neo.tamu.edu TEXAS COASTAL President - Mary Bain - Houston, Texas mtbain@sbcglobal.net Chapter Information- Austin, Brazoria, Ft. Bend, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Waller, Wharton. Meeting dates: Third Wednesday of the month; No meetings in March, June and July. We meet at different areas as we are covered by a large area. We have Beef for Father's Day promotion; TCCW serve steak and hamburgers with all trimmings in October to all guests at Ronald McDonald House with activities for the children; Our main fundraiser is in January with a Style Show and Luncheon. We have collected funds from our membership to purchase beef to be sent to our troops overseas. We collect toys at Christmas for the Toys for Tots program. Scholarships: We give two $1,000 scholarships a year, the student must have completed 30 hours and have a major in agriculture. One member gives a $500 scholarship to a high school graduate with an undeclared major. We give two $2,000 scholarships a year for students majoring in Agriculture, Consumer Science or Restaurant Management. The student must have completed 30 college credits. They must have graduated from a Texas High School in one of our eight counties. Student must show financial need. Must have a GPA of 2.5 or better on a 4.0 grade scale. TEXICAN President - Claudia Williams - Laredo, Texas 956-753-0322 or 956-237-5858 || laredofair@sbcglobal.net TEXOMA President - Trudy Lucas - Howe, Texas 903-476-5565 || jtklucas@aol.com TOP O' TEXAS President - Sally Wicker - Canadian, Texas 806-323-6962 || sfwicker@yahoo.com Chapter Information- Meeting are the 2nd Monday of each month in different towns or homes. Counties that Top O Texas Covers: Collingsworth, Wheeler, Hemphill, Gray, Roberts, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree and Carson. Activities: First Saturday after labor day Style Show Spring Scholarships to high school seniors in counties that we have members. Ag Day Family of year Burnings of Bricks, Mudd Bog, Fall foliage in Canadian, Tri State Fair, WRCA Rodeo in Amarillo (Over 10,000 people coverage), Chautaqua, Beef For Fathers Day, Relay for life, Meals on Wheels in our 9 counties. Top O Texas has 7 area banks that handle Beef Gift Certificates: Shamrock, Canadian, Groom, Panhandle, Miami, Wheeler, White Deer. WASHINGTON COUNTY President - Nelda Schroeder - Brenham, Texas 979-836-6512 || neldaschroeder@sbcglobal.net WEST OF THE PECOS President - L Chachi Hawkins - Alpine, Texas 432-364-2525 || chachi@bigbend.net Chapter Information- Counties Served: Brewster, Presidio, Jeff Davis, Terrell, Hudspeth, Pecos, Reeves, Culberson, and El Paso. Meeting dates are the 1st Thursday of each month, except January and July. Fund Raising Activities: We sell dinner napkins and cocktail napkins with the brands from the CattleWomen member's and other area ranches printed on them. Both napkin sizes come with 50 in a package and each size is $5.00. Annual Barbecue: Second Saturday in July---held at the Gearhart Ranch---Jeff Davis County Fund Raising activities: We have a West of the Pecos CattleWomen Scholarship Fund set up at Sul Ross State University. Contact information: Office of the President, Vic Morgan, 432-837-8032 - Marilyn McGhee, Secretary. Memorials and Honorariums can be sent to the scholarship fund by contacting Anne Powell, WOPC Treasurer, Box 968, Marfa, Texas, 79843. Sponsorship Activity: Currently we sponsor Range Magazine, an educational newsletter about the agricultural and livestock industries which is distributed semi-annually to about 20,000 Texas school kids. We sponsor the Reserve Champion Steer Buckle award at the Big Bend Livestock Show and the Presidio County Livestock Show. Click here for the West of the Pecos CattleWomen's Butcher Block Newsletter. WICHITA FALLS President - Bebe Hoye - Electra, Texas 940-438-2250 or 940-636-3911 || Stanhoye@aol.com Chapter Information- Counties Served: Wichita, Baylor, Clay, Archer, Montague and Young. Monthly Meeting: the third Tuesday each month at the Wichita Club in Wichita Falls at 11:30 AM except for special occasions. February was Valentine Luncheon in home of Melinda Stewart of Seymour and in April we have a meeting at our booth at the Baylor County Ag Fair. About 200 to 300 local people attend for the complimentary lunch and excellent speaker (last year Texas Commissioner of Agriculture - Combs spoke. This year will be from the Texas Wildlife Department relating to our farms & ranches.) We do not meet July and August. Fundraising - We sell 2 sizes of napkins with local brands & the E-Z Hooks. |
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