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Camp Cooley Ranch to host kick-off party for $1/2 million fundraiser, The Texas Challenge

published: March 16th 2007

With a $250,000 pledge to the Angus Foundation, Klaus and Bonnie Birkel, owners of Camp Cooley Ranch, Franklin, Texas, have challenged Texas Angus breeders and the Texas Angus Association to raise $50,000 annually in matching funds to support Angus education, youth and research efforts through the Angus Foundation.

To launch the five-year Texas Challenge, Camp Cooley Ranch will host a kick-off celebration at the ranch on Saturday evening, April 21, featuring a Certified Angus Beef® dinner and live entertainment.  All Texas Angus breeders and supporters are invited to attend.  Stay tuned for more details.

With the ultimate fundraising goal of $500,000 by 2011, The Texas Challenge allows donors the freedom to designate how their gift will be used by the Angus Foundation, with choices including educational programs, youth activities and/or bovine related research.  As a part of this new fundraising initiative, a Texas Angus Association Endowment Fund will be created to allow donors to support the next generation of Texas Angus breeders with educational scholarships awarded through the Angus Foundation.

All funds raised through The Texas Challenge will count toward achievement of the nationwide fundraising initiative Vision of Value: Campaign for Angus, which aims to raise $11 million by Dec. 31, 2011, to further support the Angus Foundation’s education, youth and research efforts.  To date, more than $3.1 million has been dedicated to the campaign through cash gifts and planned giving commitments.

The Angus Foundation is the not-for-profit affiliate of the American Angus AssociationSM that funds and supports programs involving education, youth and research.