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TEXAS FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN
time that they volunteer to help with Comal County dates, Pastor Stan Roberts and his staff at Victory Life
Elections; serving as Precinct Chairs, Election Judges, Church for helping us attain our goal to inform Brown
Alternate Judges and Election Clerks. County voters with our “Meet the Candidate†forum.
Thank you to our club and our members for their hard
Kendall County Republican Women held their work and dedication. I would also like to extend a
Lincoln Day Luncheon with speaker Christi Craddick, sincere thanks to the ladies of the Pecan Valley
Republican Women for their huge efforts as well. I
Railroad Commissioner , a believe that we proved together our two groups can do
live auction and collected anything! The key word is TOGETHER! T – together
cookies or cupcakes for E – everyone A – achieves M – more We can make a
distribution to First difference for our country and our county and it starts
Responders, EMT, Police with us! Encourage everyone you know to get out to
Department, Sheriff ’s vote and make a difference in our community, state
Department and Fire and country! ~ Cheryl Jones, President BCRW
Departments in Kendall
County as the first KCRW Burnet County Republican Women donated over 70
Caring for America Project Easter Baskets to Mission Marble Falls. 475 copies of
this year. It was a fantastic the Constitution were handed out at the Main Street
luncheon with a great Market Day booth last month. BCRW Board voted
turnout. KCRW, KCRC and to purchase “Now You are 18†handbooks for all the
the Boerne Tea Party are graduating seniors in Burnet County. Our Literacy
sponsoring a debate between the Run-off Committee has distributed these to the seniors. Mary
Candidates for HD 73 seat. This will be an actual de- Jane Avery planned the pancake breakfast for the
bate. KCRW has a booth at Boerne Market Days and Burnet County convention and BCRW volunteers
volunteers are needed to work the booth. Remember flipped pancakes and served all the attendees such a
the TFRW challenge to sign up one new member per fabulous breakfast. Wow! Burnet County Republicans
person. New members are just waiting for an invitation are always working to either support a worthy cause in
to join. the community or our candidates who have put their
lives on hold to seek office in our great county and
New state. Republicans in Burnet County are making a
Braunfels difference. The Bluebonnet Festival is in April and vol-
Repub- unteers will be needed. The Chili Cook-Off was a great
lican success. BCRW received $4,125 towards our
Women scholarship fund.
are no
longer Central Texas Re-
publican Women
participating in Wurstfest so the board has developed (PAC) hosted
a new way of raising funds for the club. The NBRW a VIP Event ad
Patron Program provides a unique opportunity to take Screening of 13
your membership to the next level. This special Hours: The Secret
sponsorship program helps NBRW complete its Soldiers of Beng-
mission by giving direct financial support to the hazi on Febru-
organization. Thank you to the 30 Patron members for ary 3, 2016. Kris
supporting the new program. “Tanto†Paronto
shared the true story of Bengahzi. A VIP Showing and
REGION XI Brown County Republican Women a free showing for Active Military and Retired V
had a crowd of close to 500 attend our forum. Thank eterans were held at the Grand Avenue Theater, Belton,
you to Robert Porter, Brown County Republican Party Texas. The CTRW 13Hours Project was a huge
Chair, Rick Phelps, our moderator, Ray Tipton, who success, with over 250 people in attendance. Kris
coordinated our forum and the questions for candi- “Tanto†Paranto was amazing. He arrived at 4pm for
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