MEMBERSHIP UPDATE
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BRUSH COUNTRY President - Sandra Jones
361-362-0430 ║sjones@hrbizmall.com
Chapter Information- Brush Country CattleWomen was organized in 1975 as a local chapter of Texas CattleWomen and American National CattleWomen. Members are located in Bee, Goliad, Karnes, Live Oak, McMullen, Nueces and San Patricio Counties. Membership is open to all women concerned with the industry and beef nutrition. You do not need to be a cattle rasier to be a CattleWomen. Meetings are held the first Thursday of each month, except July and August. Volunteer hostesses arrange venues and speaker throughout our seven county area. For more information and to receive our newsletter, please contact the president.
CIRCLE C President - Alice Hemphill - Coleman, Texas
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.
COLORADO RIVER President - Molly Lesley- Lampasas, Texas
512-525-5201 || mollylesley@hotmail.com
Chapter Information- Covers Mills, San Saba, Lampasas and Burnet counties. Monthly meeting - 1st Monday of each month at a different location each time. Annual "Mooo"-onlight Madness Golf Tournament, a scholarship fundraiser, is a night tournament which benefits our scholarship fund. We also team with a local drive in each Father's Day and give $100 worth of Beef gift certificates and a grilling basket away. We are very excited about being able to give $1000 scholarship away each year. Each year we also give a 1st Time Beef Exhibitor Award to each new beef project participant at the Lampasas County Livestock Show. In 2009, we sponsored the "Best of Beef" dish at the Lampasas County Livestock Show Food Show.
EAST TEXAS PINEY WOODS President - Holly Rand - Tyler, Texas
903-882-9317 || hdcbrand@aol.com Web Site: www.etpwcw.org
GUADALUPE VALLEY President – Ethel Rochester - Gonzales, Texas
830-437-2609 || ckrochester@hotmail.com
HEREFORD President – Shelley Fischbacher- Canyon, Texas
806-488-2189 || shelley_79015@yahoo.com
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 - Cleo Marquart - Comfort, Texas
830-995-3821║cmarquart@hctc.net
Members come from 14 counties, Bandera, Blanco, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Northern Bexar, Real and San Saba. Monthly meetings, Sept, Oct, Jan thru June are held on the third Tuesday of each month. We are active in promoting and educating our youth and the public of our industry. The nutritional value of beef, beef byproducts in their daily life, safety practices near animals and machinery and environmental practices we implement as good stewards of the land. We participate in 4-H Best Dish Awards, Farm Bureau, LBJ and County Ag Days, Food and Wine Fest in Fredericksburg, Texas. Our annual fund raiser, Hill Country CattleWomen Luncheon and Style Show, with champagne serving cowboys, is in April each year. We award annual scholarships to many youths of our counties, finishing their second year of college and beginning their third year of education, from this very successful benefit. Additional information may be received from the president.
New Local Affiliate MATAGORDA COUNTY President - Michelle Weathers - Bay City, Texas
979-843-5333║shell04@yahoo.com
A new affiliate of Texas CattleWomen, “CattleWomen of Matagorda County” met for the first time in Bay City, Texas on Sept 15, 2009. Anne Wirtz and Rosemary Gambino met with the new members and showed a Power Point presentation about Texas CattleWomen activites and sponsors. The new affiliate is led by President Michelle Weathers (right of Anne Wirtz). Jan Lopez (left of Rosemary Gambino) was instrumental in forming the organization and sits on their new Board of Directors. The CattleWomen of Matagorda County spent much time drafting their new Consitution and Bylaws and have already collected sign up sheets for projects such as Beef for Fathers Day. Texas CattleWomen extends a big welcome to this new enthusiastic group.
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 – Beth Cocker - Vernon, Texas
940-552-6893
SOUTH TEXAS President - Helen Peters - Quemado, Texas
830-513-9345 ||hthetailor@the-i.net
Chapter Information- Members live in Uvalde, Dimmitt, Zavala, Frio, LaSalle, Wilson, Bexar, McMullen, Atascosa, Medina, Edwards and Webb counties. Our monthly meetings are held throughout South Texas at noon the third Tuesday of each month, September through May. We do not meet in the summer except to promote Beef for Father's Day and attend our annual fundraiser in August "An Evening at the Races" held at Retama in San Antonio. STCW are the official hostesses for the annual Briscoe Ranch Beef BBQ Cook-Off Challenge during the Texas Labor Day Weekend Celebration, "Miss Rodeo Texas" sponsors, beef certificate providers to four South Texas Children's Homes, supporter of youth in 4-H and other agriculture related organizations and active supporters of the All-American Beef Battalion's "Steaks for Troops."
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TEXAS AGGIE (Collegiate) President – Kelly Tucker - Houston, Texas
713-932-0941 || phoenix511@tamu.edu
TACW's fundraiser is selling pink t-shirts promoting BEEF.
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TEXAS COASTAL President - Lin Adams Johnson
281-394-2748 ║lajohnson35@yahoo.com
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 November 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 $2,000 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.
TEXOMA President - Trudy Lucas - Howe, Texas
903-476-5565 || jtklucasranch@aol.com
TOP O' TEXAS President – Sena Brainard - Pampa, Texas
806-665-4572|| spotgirldot@hotmail.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 - Doris Koehne - Chappell Hill, Texas
979-830-8218 || dok@industryinet.com
WEST OF THE PECOS President - Laurie Gates - Marfa, Texas
432-358-4617 || lhgates@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. Scholarship activities: We have a West of the Pecos CattleWomen Scholarship Fund set up at Sul Ross State University. Contact information: Office of the President, Ricardo Maestas, 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.
WICHITA FALLS President – Jane Ridenour - Holliday, Texas
940-586-0251 or 940-733-3579 || jane6852@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. The April meeting is at our booth at the Baylor County Ag Fair. About 200 to 300 local people attend for the complimentary lunch and excellent speakers. 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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