{"id":136374,"date":"2024-03-06T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=136374"},"modified":"2024-03-08T01:31:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T01:31:38","slug":"wild-west-night-benefits-central-texas-community-raises-40k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=136374","title":{"rendered":"Wild West Night benefits Central Texas community, raises $40K"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Wild West Night guests participate in the line dancing portion of the night’s events March 1 at the Lone Star Conference Center. (U.S. Army photo by Blair Dupre, Fort Cavazos Public Affairs)
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FORT CAVAZOS, Texas \u2014 <\/strong>The Fort Cavazos Spouses\u2019 Club hosted their annual Wild West Night March 1 at the Lone Star Conference Center here and treated all of the attendees to a myriad of fun, western-themed activities, all in the name of giving back to the community.<\/p>\n

More than 350 guests attended the 90s country themed event, dressed in their best western-wear, and participated in a variety of activities including riding on a mechanical bull, casino-style games and line dancing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a night of high energy, nostalgic 90s country throwbacks and dazzling cowboy and cowgirl attire,\u201d said Karissa Dolan, Wild West Night co-chair. \u201cThroughout the entire evening, everytime I looked around the room attendees were laughing, enjoying the company of others, and engaged in a variety of activities. We had a steady group enthralled with the variety of casino games, while others enjoyed conversation, the photo booth, the mechanical bull, line dancing and curious check-ins on their silent auction bids.\u201d<\/p>\n

Courtney Ireland, Casino Game Committee chair, said the evening was filled with positive energy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Black Jack Soldiers who volunteered in our casino did a phenomenal job,\u201d she shared. \u201cThey had so much fun being a part of the event and contributing to its success. I loved seeing the Fort Cavazos community come together for a great cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Fort Cavazos Spouses\u2019 Club hosts fundraising events throughout the year to give grants to the local community. During Wild West Night, attendees could bid on items in a silent auction, pay to have a friend locked in a jail cell that was guarded by a sheriff and bid on items in a live auction with actual auctioneers from Priest Auctioneers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was incredible to see the guests trickle in with smiles on their faces oozing with positive energy,\u201d said Marisa Wells, Wild West Night co-chair. \u201cThe dance floor was full, the casino room was bustling and the auctioneers, from Priest Auctioneers, put on an incredible show. I feel so much gratitude for our military support and our civilian contributions. Without the immense support from them, this event wouldn\u2019t have been possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dolan agreed.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing our community and military coming together for an evening of fun and a goal of raising funds for grants that\u2019ll bless Central Texas nonprofits made all the coordination of the night worth it,\u201d she added. \u201cOur goal was to create an event atmosphere that kept attendees engaged \u2014 the energy and excitement in the room was amazing! It was a fantastic way to round out our year of raising funds for community grants. I can\u2019t wait for our club to disperse the funds raised to local nonprofits.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWith additional funding in their hands, our military families and local community will benefit from the impact of the grants awarded,\u201d Dolan added.<\/p>\n

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\n Wild West Night attendees brave the bucking mechanical bull during Wild West Night March 1 at the Lone Star Conference Center. There were also other western-themed activities, including casino games and line dancing. (U.S. Army photo by Blair Dupre, Fort Cavazos Public Affairs)
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Wild West Night was a huge success raising more than $40,000 that will be poured back into the Fort Cavazos community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud to announce that this incredible event raised $43,888,\u201d shared Courtney Flohr, Fort Cavazos Spouses\u2019 Club president. \u201cWe would like to thank everyone who made this successful event possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dolan said the event wouldn\u2019t have been possible without the volunteers, leadership, community members, local businesses and sponsors that came together for a worthy cause.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are grateful for everyone that contributed in their unique way,\u201d she said. \u201cTwenty-two spouses volunteered their time and energy leading various planning aspects of Wild West Night. We had more than 100 items for our live and silent auction generously donated by local businesses and from \u2026 units who organized amazing themed-baskets. As the planning process unfolded, we saw the pride our Central Texas Community has for Fort Cavazos and the military families stationed here. We are extremely grateful for our Sponsors who jumped on board.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wild West Night guests participate in the line dancing portion of the night’s events March 1 at the Lone Star Conference Center. (U.S. Army photo by Blair Dupre, Fort Cavazos Public Affairs) (Photo Credit: Photo by Blair Dupre) VIEW ORIGINAL FORT CAVAZOS, Texas \u2014 The Fort Cavazos Spouses\u2019 Club hosted their annual Wild West Night […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136376,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136374"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136379,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136374\/revisions\/136379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/136376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}