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Educational Commitment tops the news!
This year the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo has committed over $9 million to educate Texas youth. This amount represents scholarships, grants, endowments, junior livestock auctions, Calf Scramble program, and show premiums paid to the youth of Texas. This amount represents a record commitment, topping 2010's $8.5 million by an additional $500,000. This brings the total that the organization has committed since inception to $113 million. Keith Martin, Executive Director and CEO, made the announcement during the organization's annual membership meeting May 17th at the Expo Hall of the Freeman Coliseum/AT&T Center grounds. These astounding numbers included 245 individual scholarships awarded to Horse Show and Livestock participants during the 2011 San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo!
Mr. Martin commented "This record year of giving shows our continuing support of education in our community and the state of Texas. S.A.L.E. is proud to provide higher education for those who will stand as leaders in agriculture and life sciences in the future."
Read the entire press release here:
http://www.sarodeo.com/who/news_room/press_releases.html
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Community of Churches for Social Action Scholarship Banquet
The San Antonio Livestock Exposition, Inc. has a long standing history of awarding scholarships to students who choose to pursue jobs in the fields of agriculture and other related medical and scientific fields. The Community of Churches for Social Action (CCSA) is an organization made up of a coalition of interdenominational churches who have come together to enhance and enrich the condition of our city by being a prophetic voice, and providing services such as economic development, housing, education, and supportive services to those traditionally under-served and or live in disadvantaged communities. As part of its mission to support and enrich the community that helps it thrive each year, the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo has contributed to this organization's educational giving by providing scholarships to be given out to individuals selected by CCSA. Their annual banquet was held at the Omni Hotel Colonnade this year on Friday, May 20th. Mayor Julian Castro was present to thank the organization and its donors for what they are doing for underpriveleged youth in the community. S.A.L.E. was represented by President Fred Petmecky and various other Volunteers and Staff members.
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4-H Roundup in College Station
Volunteers from S.A.L.E. traveled to College Station to attend the 4-H Roundup to present 32 awards to 4-H students who were School Tour Guides or Rural Youth participants during the 2011 San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. In addition, thirteen college scholarships were presented to 4-H participants through the Texas 4-H and Youth Development Foundation. As a special thank you for over 15 years or service to the 4-H Youth of Texas, former S.A.L.E. Scholarship Coordinator Scereta Rodriguez was honored with an engraved vase by the 4-H Foundation, and later by S.A.L.E. who dedicated a scholarship in her honor. The day was filled with joyful giving and abundant appreciation from scholarship recipients.
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2011 Director Emeritus' Named at Annual Meeting
Name Committee Years as Director
1. Vic Estrada, Jr. Auction 22
2. Tom Frost Executive 53
3. Lyles Houston Hospitality 11
4. Peggy Michna Murphy Souvenir 15
5. Paul Ploch Operations 14
6. Billy Warren Schieberle Livestock 14
7. Scott Sorrell School Tours 15
8. Joe Lee Valadez Medical 11
9. Dick Vetters Go Rodeo Roundup 15
10. Sharon Vetters Go Rodeo Roundup 15
11. John White, Jr. Hospitality 19
12. Jo Ann Zimmermann Livestock 16
13. Doris Dent Western Art 17
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If you haven't had a chance to view our latest production, don't miss the chance to see all that makes the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo "more than an 8 second ride" with this new documentary video filmed for World Progress Report during the 2011 Show. The educational video will be shown on various national stations such as Discovery, CBS, and others and also on the websites of these popular syndicates!
Check out the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcpMWzoBC8g
*The video is also available on our YouTube site- San Antonio Rodeo and also viewable through the "videos" tab at www.sarodeo.com
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Sincerely,
San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo
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Volunteer Spotlight
Sharon Shuler
Local employer AT&T has developed a program called "Cares in the Community" which highlights employees in their volunteer roles in the community outside of work. Sharon Shuler, AT&T's Assistant to Director-Small Business Solutions Centers AT&T Southeast was selected in May and her volunteer work her at S.A.L.E was highlighted as shown below NATIONALLY to all AT&T Employees!! Congratulations Sharon!
AT&T Posts: "This year was Sharon Shuler's 29th year as a volunteer of the San Antonio Livestock Exposition, a "volunteer organization that emphasizes agriculture and education to develop the youth of Texas." Money raised during the annual
Livestock Show, the PRCA rodeo and other events during the year finances scholarships for students pursuing agricultural-related degrees from colleges and universities in Texas. Sharon currently serves on the Horse Show Committee, Livestock Committee and she is proud to be a Director Emeritus."
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UPCOMING EVENTS
August 19, 2011
Boots 'N Shoot
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September 10, 2011
S.A.L.E. Invitational Golf Tournament
September 24, 2011
Fall Fest
October 13, 2011
S.A.L.E. for Kids
October 24, 2011
S.A.L.E. Wine Competition
October 29, 2011
Go Rodeo Roundup
January 19, 2012
Cowgirls Live Forever Style Show & Luncheon
January 28, 2012
Barbeque Cookoff
February 4, 2012
Cattle Drive
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June 2011 Newsletter
