What an AMAZING year! I am so honored to know all of the women that make up this organization. What a FANTASTIC group of ladies!  Thank you for all that you do for others.

I can't wait to see all of our members at the end-of-the-year Ornament Exchange!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Nina

17th Annual Hairy Man Festival a HUGE SUCCESS!!!!

Thanks to all of our generos sponsors and dedicated volunteers, we were able to make some amazing contributions this year with more than $35,000 raised for non-profit organizations and charities.

* More than 5,500 people attended the event

* 5,530 canned good collected for area food banks

A few words from our beneficiaries:

“Thank you all for being such a blessing and making it possible for us to give children entering into foster care something to call their own.” Connie Bellows, Founder, Project Care Case

“I am speechless. We feel very blessed to be in a community that is so supportive of the thing we hold most dear - our military kids, vets and their families. I want to thank the Brushy Creek Women's Association, personally and on behalf of MMOT, for allowing us to volunteer at Hairy Man! We have truly enjoyed attending/volunteering at Hairy Man each year and will look forward to 2012's event!” Angela Roberts, President, Military Moms of Texas.

Mark your calendars for the 18th Annual Hairy Man Festival on September 29, 2012.

HAIRY MAN FESTIVAL - THIS WEEEKND!!!!! Sept. 24, 11am - 6pm @ Cat Hollow Park

Cooler weather is here just in time for our festival benefiting the Round Rock Area Serving Center, St. Vincent De Paul Food Bank, Project Care Case and MANY MORE local charities and non-profits.

Bring your family, friends and neighbors out to Cat Hollow Park in Round Rock anytime from 11am - 6pm to enjoy food, games and attractions, more than 30 arts and crafts vendors and live entertainment for the whole family. Admission is $2 or 2 non-perishable food items.

VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED! Please check out the volunteer sign up link or contact Nina Steinle at ninasteinle@gmail.com if you are interested in helping make the event a great success.

VOLUNTEER SIGN UP LINK:
http://hairymanfestival.pleasebringit.com/public/cpswrTDL9Mc

17th Annual Hairy Man Festival

Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 24th from 11am - 6pm at Cat Hollow Park. The event offers live music and entertainment, shopping, children activities and games, food and more!

$2 or 2 canned goods to enter and all proceeds benefit local organization, food banks and charities. STILL LOOKING FOR ARTS & CRAFTS VENDORS AND VOLUNTEERS!!!!

Check out the website for more information and vendor registration forms. All BCWA members must volunteer for the event. Please contact Nina Steinle.

Next Meeting - DATE CHANGE

Tuesday, August 30th at 7:45pm at the Brushy Creek Community Center

Join us for an informative evening with Brushy Creek MUD General Manager Mike Petter and MUD Board President Bob Grahl. They will give us an overview of the MUD and discuss how they depend on organizations like the BCWA to help achieve thier mission. They will also answer questions regarding the Brushy Creek Utility Assistance program and the importance of our partnership on events such as Hairy Man Festival.

We strongly encourage all members to attend! And as always, all guests intersted in giving back to the community are welcome as well.

Next BCWA Meeting - July 26th

It's time to get creative! And don't worry, we'll have some help!

Join us Tuesday evening at the Brushy Creek Community Center where we will have two of our own talented members help everyone create a quick and beautiful craft project that can be used as a nice embellishment on cards, scrapbook pages, gifts, decor, hair bows, flip flops and more!

The room opens at 7:45pm for a little social time then the presentation will begin at 8:00pm. Following the activity we will discuss important news for upcoming events including Hairy Man Festival on September 24th and forming our Race for the Cure 2011 team.

HMF 2011 Benefiting...

Project Care Case - provides new and age appropriate suitcases, on wheels, to each child in foster care. The "Care Case" has their names permanently embedded on it and contains a child friendly Bible, socks, underclothing, two changes of clothing, teddy bear, and a pillow/blanket of their own.

www.ProjectCareCase.org

image via www.ProjectCareCase.org

July 4th Parade

Monday, July 4, 2011 at Cat Hollow Park

Our next opportunity to Get Involved is the parade. Line-up begins at 9 am at Northfield and Liberty Walk. The FREE festival follows from 10 am to noon with activities including games, bounce houses, petting zoo, train rides, and a cool soaking from the Sam Bass Volunteer Fire Department. There will also be food and beverages for sale.

Plans are underway, but we still need someone to head up the last minute details for the day of the event. Volunteers are also needed to help at the various activities.

 

Save the date for HMF 2011

17th Annual Hairy Man Festival will be on Saturday, September 24, 2011.
11 am to 6 pm at Cat Hollow Park

Big Round of Applause!

What another GREAT community event - thanks to our volunteers and fabulous Spring Egg Hunt coordinators, Krista Moore and Sandy Spahrmann. Great job coordinating the chaos, and thanks to those who came Thursday to stuff 600 bags with piles that we thought would never end. The turnout was fantastic, and hundreds of kids and families enjoyed the free morning festivities. As difficult as it was to turn away kids when we ran out of goody bags, it's amazing that we can host a free community event, with the support of the BCMUD, that has more than 600 kids in the community involved. WOW!

Next Meeting

Next BCWA Monthly Meeting will be held on June 28th at 7:30 pm. Connie Bellows from Project Care Case will be talking with us about this non-profit organization that provides children in foster care a suitcase of personal things.