President Cheryl Thompson-Draper 2018 Year End Report
JANUARY
January 5 RWoYA Executive Board meeting-1st Quarter
January 10 RWoYA monthly meeting (Business only no speaker)
January 11 RWoYA CANDIDATE FORUM- Yoakum Community Center
40+ candidates in attendance (local/statewide/National) It was a HUGE success
January 20 Shiner Chamber of Commerce Banquet set up booth at the Shiner Chamber of Commerce Banquet
to advertise our club and promote Republican philosophy.
January 24 Hallettsville Chamber of Commerce Banquet -KC Hall set up booth at the Hallettsville Chamber of Commerce Banquet
to advertise our club and promote Republican philosophy.
January 26-27TFRW-Leadership Day & Officer Training Georgetown Tx
FEBRUARY
February 6 Greater Houston Federated RW Clubs Officer Training- attended
February 13 Lavaca County RP CEC meeting- made report at CEC meeting on RWOYA activities
February 14 RWoYA monthly meeting- State of the Counties-Lavaca and DeWitt County Judges
February 15 DeWitt County GOP – Local Candidate Forum – Attended and assisted DeWitt GOP Chairman in this event
February 20- March 2 PRIMARY Early Voting
February 23 Gonzales Chamber of Commerce Banquet - set up a booth at the Gonzales County Chamber of Commerce Banquet
to advertise our club and promote Republican philosophy.
February 27 Washington County GOP Regan Dinner- Allen West speaker- Attended
MARCH
March 5 Moulton Chamber Business Expo and Dinner set up a booth at the Moulton Chamber of Commerce Banquet
to advertise our club and promote Republican philosophy.
March 6 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
March 6 DeWitt County Pct. Conventions- our members participated
March 13Lavaca County RP CEC meeting made report at CEC meeting on RWOYA activities
March 14 RWoYA monthly meeting
March 24 Lavaca County Pct. and County Conventions- our members participated
March 24 DeWitt County Convention- our members participated
APRIL
April 8 Veterans Appreciation Day, Hallettsville K.C. Hall- Our members participated
April 10 LCRP CEC meeting made report at CEC meeting on RWOYA activities
April 11 RWoYA monthly meeting
April 20 RUN OFF DEBATE- Yoakum Community Center
April 23- May 1 Early Voting for Dist 13 SPECIAL ELECTION
MAY
May 3 Sally Good and Cheryl Thompson-Draper attended event for Governor Abbot in Victoria
May 5 SPECIAL ELECTION for Dist 13 (til term over) Ben Leman- our members worked to get Ben elected
May 8 LCRP CEC meeting made report at CEC meeting on RWOYA activities
May 9 RWoYA monthly meeting
May 14-18 PRIMARY RUN OFF EARLY VOTING
May 16 RWoYA Executive Board meeting 2nd Quarter
May 22 PRIMARY RUN OFF ELECTION
May Warriors Weekend Luncheon, Shiner Sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans of America - our members participated
May 28 Memorial Day Presentation of Wreaths, Yoakum, Shiner, Hallettsville, Cuero, Yorktown –
our members laid wreaths at each of these cemeteries
JUNE
June 7 Cheryl Thompson-Draper meets with Kelly Aimone and Cindy Kruppa to plan Jackson County Republican Party club
June 11-16 Texas GOP Convention San Antonio -we had 24 members and associate members as Delegates/Alternates
in the 3 county parties we represent- Lavaca, DeWitt and Gonzales
June 15 at Convention- TFRW Tribute to Women- honorees- Brenda Cash and Cheryl Thompson-Draper from our club- many members attended
June 18-26 Early Voting for Special Election CD 27
June 19 Lavaca County RP meeting ORGANIZATIONAL – Our RWOYA President- took office as Chairman of LCRP.
Many of our RWOYA members and associate members are LCRP CEC members. And made report at CEC meeting on RWOYA activities
June 19 Jackson County Republican Women- first called meeting to organize-
June 20 RWoYA monthly meeting
June 28 TFRW/GHFRW Treasurer’s training- Jackie McNearney and Cheryl Thompson-Draper attended
June 30 SPECIAL ELECTION for US Congressman CD 27 Michael Cloud- our members worked to get him elected
JULY
July no RWOYA meeting
July 6-7Half Moon Holidays Parade, Shiner, Tx. – Our club had a float in the parade
July 17 Jackson County Republican Women- FIRST meeting- Cheryl Thompson-Draper and Becky Berger helped
to support the start of this new club- FIRST MEETING
July 20-21 TFRW Quarterly board meeting- Cheryl Thompson-Draper attended
July 29 Moulton Annual Town & Country Jamboree parade- Our club had a booth at the event to promote our club & parties we represent
AUGUST
August 8 RWoYA monthly meeting
August 11 SREC SD 18 meeting – 3rd quarter
August 11 Greater Houston Federated RW hosted Diamond and Silk- many of our members attended
August 14 LCRP CEC meeting- Pct. Chairman Training and made report at CEC meeting on RWOYA activities
August 15 RWoYA Executive Board - 3rd Quarter
August 18 Ted Cruz Rally in Victoria- many RWOYA members attended
August 19 Crossoads HSRTx 1:30 Shiner Bapt Church- Our club President
and Past President sponsored the creation of this new High School Club FIRST MEETING
August 23 Jackson County Republican Women meeting- several attended
August 25 REPUBLICAN RALLY (Rafael Cruz keynote) 6-9 pm – over 300 attended-
Fundraiser for club and in association with LCRP and DeWitt GOP
SEPTEMBER
September 11 Lavaca County RP CEC Meeting-made report at CEC meeting on RWOYA activities
September 12 Yearly Constitutional Essay Contest – take info to schools and judge essays
September 12 RWoYA monthly meeting
September 15 SREC SD 18 meeting in Washington County- many members attended
September 16 Crossroads High School Republicans meeting in Cuero
September 20 Jackson County RW meeting- members of our club attended
September 25 NATIONAL Voter Registration day- Lavaca County - Shiner (Library & Werner’s) & Moulton (Klosel’s)
Several RWOYA members are Deputy Voter Registrars and had tables for people to register .
September 29 Kolache Fest & Parade, Hallettsville. Tx. Participated in the Kolache Fest parade (our group of Republicans (RWOYA LCRP and CHSRT) won 3rd place and a table set up with club materials, membership forms and had our club banner hanging up during the event,
OCTOBER
Oct 5-7 Come and Take It Parade & event, Gonzales, Tx. Our members helped with the event and was on the parade
October 8 Last day to register to vote in Nov 6 Election
October 9 LCRP CEC meeting /made report at CEC meeting on RWOYA activities
October 10 RWoYA meeting- Constitutional Essay Awards & Officer Elections
October 12-13 TFRW 4th Quarter Board meeting- Jackson County RW chartered-
Becky Berger and Cheryl Thompson-Draper attended in support
October 13 Gonzales 2nd Amendment RALLY- many of our club members attended and helped with the event
October 13 Cuero Turkey Fest- club members attended and participated in parade and event
October 18 Jackson County RW meeting- several RWOYA members attended
October 22- Nov 2 MID TERMS EARLY VOTING/GENERAL ELECTION
NOVEMBER
November 6 MID TERMS ELECTION DAY/ GENERAL ELECTION
November 12 Veterans day
November 13 LCRP CEC monthly meeting
November 14 RWoYA monthly meeting/Executive Board 4th Quarter meeting
November 24 Hallettsville Festival of Lights Parade
DECEMBER
December 1-2 Gonzales Winterfest Main Street Lighted Parade
December 7 Shiner Christmas in the Park
December __ Yoakum Lighted Christmas Parade
December 14 RWoYA Christmas Party/Installation of Officers
Republican Women of Yoakum Area 2018 Program Speakers
January Business only no speaker
February 14 State of the Counties- Judges Fowler(DeWitt) and Woytek (Lavaca)
March 14 Rachael Malone- Operations Manager- RPT
April 11 Cindy Asche- Candidate for RPT Chairman
May 9 John Seago- Texas Right to Life
June 20 Patrick Contreras Houston Field Office Director of ICE
July No Meeting
August 8 Rachael Malone- Gun Owners of America
September 12 Marie Miller (member) and Vanessa Calloway (Ted Cruz staff)
October 10 Constitutional Essay Contest Awards Luncheon – Ben Leman Keynote and surprise visitor First Lady Cecille Abbott - Jackie/Brenda/Helen in charge
November 14 Daniel Miller-
December 14 Christmas Party -no meeting just party- Melba/Ashly/Theresa in charge
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2017 President Cheryl Thompson-Draper
First Quarter 2017 Report to TFRW
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January 14th-We sponsored and hosted the SREC 18 meeting,
January 17th -several of our new officers attended the leadership training in Houston (TFRW/GHCFRW),
& Our club joined the Greater Houston Federated Council of Republican Women
January 21 RWOYA members attended and manned membership tables to market our club at the
Shiner Chamber of Commerce Banquet
January 25 RWOYA members attended and manned membership tables to market our club at the
Hallettsville Chamber of Commerce Banquet
February 10 RWOYA members attended and manned membership tables to market our club at the
Gonzales Chamber of Commerce Banquet
March 6 RWOYA members attended and manned membership tables to market our club at the
Moulton Chamber of Commerce Banquet
March 7 Attended and reported at the De Witt County Republican Party quarterly meeting
March 14th - Attended and reported at the Lavaca County Republican Party quarterly meeting
March 18th was our first Czech Polka Fundraiser dance (first of two events celebrating our 50th anniversary)
Everyone in attendance had a lot of fun !.
Second Quarter 2017 Report to TFRW
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April 2-Veterans Appreciation Day, Hallettsville K.C. Hall
April 4 Attended and reported at the DeWitt County Republican Party quarterly meeting
April 5- RWOYA monthly meeting – our speaker was: Mark S Hall
April 5th & 6th- Several members attended: TFRW Belles and Boots Gala & Legislative Day in Austin
April 29- Many members attended the SREC meeting
May 2-Attended and reported at the DeWitt County Republican Party quarterly meeting
May 10-RWoYA monthly meeting -our speaker was Pastor Dave Welch
May 19- Warriors Weekend Luncheon, Vietnam Veterans of America 8 Lone Star Chapter 854
Monica Foyt attended and represented for us.
May 24-RWoYA Executive Board meeting/ 2nd Quarter & our 50th Anniversary Fundraising Committee meeting
May 29- We had several women representing RWOYA at Memorial Day Presentations of Wreaths in Yoakum, Shiner, Hallettsville, Cuero & Yorktown
May 10 meeting we voted to move our monthly meetings to the SECOND WEDNESDAY of EVERY MONTH...beginning in June 2017.
June 13 Attended and reported at the Lavaca County Republican Party quarterly meeting..
June 14-RWoYA monthly meeting/Fundraising Committee afterwards
Third Quarter 2017 Report to TFRW
JULY 23 2-4 ICE CREAM SOCIAL at the Yoakum City Park
August 25-28 - Survived Hurricane Harvey & began relief efforts
September- twice we received 18 wheeler truck loads of supplies from California RW -
we helped to unload and distribute through Moulton High School Disaster Distribution center
September 14- Many members attended the 1st Annual De Witt County Republican Party Fundraiser
September- Distributed Pocket Constitutions and Now you are 18 booklets to Seniors at all high schools in our 3 counties
and held our constitutional essay contest
September 30- Hallettsville Kolache Fest Parade and meet and greet membership table at the event
Fourth Quarter 2017 Report to TFRW
October 6- Gonzales Come and Take It Parade and meet and greet membership table on the square
October 11 - RWOYA's 9th Annual Constitutional Essay Contest Award Ceremony with Senator Lois Kolkhorst
October 18-21- TFRW Biennial Convention in Dallas - 7 Delegates attended where we elected our member: Becky Berger as VP Finance of TFRW
October 27 Hiway Dedication for late Lavaca County Sheriff Dodds
Nov 1 Hiway Dedication for late Sgt. David M. Furrh
November 7 Amendments Elections- our members are Pct. election judges and workers in all 3 counties
Nov 11 50th Anniversary Celebration our 50th Anniversary- we are one of the oldest clubs in Texas…founded in 1966.
Our plans include local wine, beer & cheese tastings ,meal by Werner's, a live Auction (no more than 10 items), local and state wide elected officials, Keynote Speaker is Ryan Sitton Rail Road Commissioner
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2017 Speakers:
January was business only meeting-no speakers,
February -Andrew Abrameit of Cuero speaking on Eminent Domain and Appraisal districts,
March - Peggy Venable speaking on Texans for Education/school choice
April - Mark Hall-attorney & documentary filmmaker “Killing Ed”. -growing global Islamic group known as Gulen Movement/Harmony Schools
May-Pastor Dave Welch President of the US Pastors Council speaking on legislation pertinent to his council
June-Michael Cloud SREC SD18 Rep and Leighton Schubert- Tx House of Representatives.
(no meeting in July)
August -Lori Berger -Board member of the LCRA Lower Colorado River Authority
September- Janet Jackson- President Tx Republican County Chair Association TRCCA
October-Lois Kolkhorst- Texas Senator - Constitutional Essay Contest Awards
November- working meeting for 50th Anniversary event
December- no meeting
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2016 Donna Nevlud President
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January 12th, set up a booth at the Gonzales County Youth Engagement Day to register voters and give out voter education material.
January 28th, set up booth at the Hallettsville Chamber of Commerce Banquet to advertise our club and promote Republican philosophy.
January 29th, set up booth at the Gonzales Chamber of Commerce Banquet,
January 30th, set up booth at the Shiner Chamber of Commerce,
January 31st- Candidate Forum with 40+ candidates in attendance (local/statewide/National)
It was a HUGE success
February 6th, five members attended the TFRW Leadership Training Day in Houston,
March- Primary Election- members were involved as Pct. chairmen, judges and volunteers in all three counties
March- Prescient and County Conventions- members involved on all levels in all 3 counties
March- Patriotic History books given to all Junior High School Libraries
April 10th with an Annual Veteran's Appreciation Day
May 12th-14, 14 RWOYA members served as Delegates/Alternates to the State Republican Convention Cheryl Thompson-Draper (Organization Committee) & Becky Berger (Platform Committee)
Becky Berger was elected as a National Republican Convention delegate from our club
RWOYA was recognized with a Grass Roots award at the State Convention
May 20th helped with the Warrior's Weekend Luncheon
May-Memorial Day Presentation of Wreaths in Yoakum, Shiner, Hallettsville, Cuero and Yorktown
July- Moulton Jamboree Parade
July- Half Moon Holidays parade & Bake Sale in Shiner
September 7th Grand Opening at Campaign Headquarters
Sept- Nov 8 Headquarters open through election in Shiner . Candidate signs and Phone Banking
September-We trained to use the Governor Abbotts Advantage 16 app
September-Kolache Fest parade and a table set up with club materials, membership forms Donated $100 to the Kolache Fest and had our club banner hanging up during the event, set up a table at the Kolache Fest and had Trump signs available and people donated to the cause
September and October Sponsored a Seniors Scholarship Essay contest, gave each a Pocket Constitution & Now That You're 18 book and awarded 4 scholarships to the top winners of the essay contest
November elections- RWOYA members served as Pct. chairs, Pct. judges, election volunteers in all three counties
December- Our Annual Christmas Party – thank you Patty Mabry for the use of your lovely home
During the year we have hosted and served the SREC/SD 18 meetings
We Created new brochures about the club
We Created a new RWOYA website, Facebook & Twitter presence
Our 2016 Speakers:
JANUARY - Business Meeting Only – Installation of 2016 officers and budget approval
FEBRUARY 3- Leigh Kohler- Founder/Executive Director-Freedom Church Alliance – human trafficking
(Confirmed)
713 9066161 (cell) 713 4685228 (home) leighkohler68@gmail.com
1110 Loeser Dr Houston Texas 77055
http://www.freedomchurchalliance.org
MARCH 2- Drew McCall dmccall@gregabbott.com - Gov Abbott’s Advantage app
Richard Costello- 512 4772002 office Richard@gregabbott.com
Steffan Carrillo SE Texas Regional Director
APRIL 6- no regular meeting-due to CANCELLED 14- Membership Drive- Thursday night –
Yoakum Community Center - June Pence & Beverly Svetlik-Co-Chairs
MAY 4 Mark Pulliam markspulliam@gmail.com Texans for Lawsuit Reform Tort Reform (confirmed)
Kristie Vazquez kristie@tortreform.com Speakers Bureau 713 9369363
JUNE 1 Andrew Abrameit- Eminent Domain and Appraisal districts
from Cuero 361.894.3777 abrameit@mckaycoffey.com
JULY 6- no meeting
AUGUST 3 US Cong Blake Farenthold and Justice Greg Perks both spoke. & immediately after our
meeting- DeWitt County had a fund raiser for Dr Rey Gonzales (candidate for US Congress 34)
and State Leg. Geanie Morrison
September 7 Nicole Hudgens – State Political Analyst and Outreach Coordinator of
Texas Values Becky Conley Administrative Assistant phone: 512.478.2220 bconley@txvalues.org
txvalues.org facebook.com/texasvalues @txvalues
October 5 Lois Kolhorst- Texas Senator- Education Committee- Constitutional Essay Awards Day
November 2 -State of the COUNTIES- DeWitt County Judge- Daryl Fowler and Lavaca County Judge Tramer Woytek
DECEMBER – Christmas party