Lisa Stilson and Inna Shames Yes, there might still be tickets available for the Javelina Hoedown, but you’d better hurry! This fabulous event is just around the corner, so if you want to attend, don’t wait. Send an email now to jhoedown2025@yahoo.com or call/text Linda Hauschild at 785-640-1320. Tickets for the Javelina Hoedown are $60…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…