Margie Barber Helping others while helping yourself? Now that’s a win-win! Here’s one way to do it: Do you need to take a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) before the 2025 tax year ends? If so, the amount you receive will be taxable income and may even put you in a higher tax bracket. Fortunately, Congress…
Tag: Scholarships
June 2025, Clubs & Classes
MOAA Awards Scholarships and Grants
Peggy McGee The Green Valley Chapter, Military Officers Association (MOAA), recently awarded three $2,500 scholarships to graduating JROTC Cadets from local high schools. Cadet Ismael Cheang, Jr., will use the scholarship when he enters the University of Arizona (UA) in the fall to study mechanical engineering. Cheang, a Colonel in the Air Force JROTC at…
May 2025, Clubs & Classes
Dana Arce: A TWOQC Scholarship Success Story
Inna Shames Dana Arce always knew she wanted to help people. She just wasn’t sure how. Dana was a 2024 recipient of The Women of Quail Creek’s (TWOQC) AWE (Advancing Women Through Education) Scholarship, a program specifically designed for women over the age of 21 who had previously interrupted their education and were now looking…
November 2024, Clubs & Classes
Javelina Hoedown Was a Huge Success!
All you cowgirls and cowboys sure outdid yourselves this year! The Women of Quail Creek’s (TWOQC) October 2024 Javelina Hoedown sold out at 324 tickets and set a record of money raised for scholarships. If you were there and bought one of the fabulous items in the silent auction or bought 50/50 raffle tickets, we…
Generals, October 2024
Javelina Hoedown Happening this Month!
Lisa Stilson The much-anticipated annual Javelina Hoedown, sponsored by The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC), is on Tuesday, Oct. 22, from 4:30 to 8 p.m. It’s guaranteed to be an exciting evening with a delicious chuckwagon dinner, cash bar, and dancing to our very own Hardscrabble Road band. The ever-popular silent auction will offer a…
Clubs & Classes, September 2024
TWOQC’s Scholarship’s Second Annual Matching Funds Program Is Off and Running!
Inna Shames and Margie Barber If you’re not familiar with The Women of Quail Creek’s (TWOQC) Scholarship Matching Funds Program, you are not alone, because it’s only two years young. What Is the Scholarship Matching Funds Program? In late 2023, a small group of donors had a large vision. Wanting to help grow the TWOQC…
Generals, December 2023
$20,000 TWOQC Scholarship Matching Funds Campaign Is Halfway There!
Judy White The Matching Funds Campaign launched by The Women of Quail Creek’s (TWOQC) Scholarship Program at Javelina Hoedown this fall is growing. While the campaign will run through February, the hope is to complete the match by early January. A group of donors has offered $40,100 in funding to match 2-for-1 additional contributions to…