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BBYF 2010 Gala Kickoff Luncheon

Members of the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation Gala Committee met recently for the 2010 Gala Kickoff Luncheon. The Lifetime Achievement Award Gala this year will take place on Nov. 18 at the Ridglea Country Club in Fort Worth and will honor Philanthropist T. Boone Pickens as well as the life and legacy of Bobby Bragan.

Pictured left to right: Greg Kalina, Gala Chairman Jamie Cashion, Martha Fry, Tracy Taylor, Board President Doug Jennings, Executive Director Janet Cooper, and Chris Lewis.

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BBYF Board Members visit awards assemblies

L-R: North Richland Middle School principal Ernie Valamides, finalist Daniel Liu, scholarship winner Sasha Flowers, and BBYF board member Michael Davidson. The Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation carries through on its mission of providing peer recognition for its winners and finalists by having board members available to attend 8th grade awards assemblies. At these assemblies board members have the opportunity to further honor these outstanding students in front of their friends and family, and bring more exposure to this worthy program.

This spring board members were asked to attend assemblies at 17 north Texas middle and junior high schools. These included Brooks Wester (Mansfield ISD), Summer Creek (Crowley ISD), Fossil Hill (Keller ISD), Central (HEB ISD), Gunn (Arlington ISD), Kennedale, Keller, North Richland, Dawson (Carroll ISD), Carroll, Bailey (Arlington ISD), Shackelford (Arlington ISD), Walker (Dallas ISD), Chisholm Trail (Northwest ISD), Hillwood (Keller ISD), McLean (Fort Worth ISD), and Daggett Montessori (Fort Worth ISD). Many thanks to BBYF board members Jim Beckman, Frank Carroll, Michael Davidson, Bobbie Edmonds, Michael Goodrich, Bob Hamilton, Doug Jennings, Greg Kalina, Julie Ladner, Chris Lewis, Paul Rogers, Tracy Taylor, and Doug White who attended one or more of these assemblies.

Pictured: North Richland Middle School principal Ernie Valamides, finalist Daniel Liu, scholarship winner Sasha Flowers, and BBYF board member Michael Davidson.

Boone Pickens to be honored Nov. 18

Businessman and philanthropist T. Boone Pickens will be the honoree at the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation's Gala on Nov. 18, 2010 at the Ridglea Country Club in Fort Worth.

Throughout his professional life Mr. Pickens has been a generous philanthropist, donating nearly $1 billion. His generosity has earned him regular spots on the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s list of top U. S. philanthropists. Mr. Pickens’s $165 million gift in 2005 to his alma mater, Oklahoma State University, is the single largest gift for athletics in NCAA history, and his $7 million donation to the American Red Cross that same year is the largest individual contribution in the 150-year history of that organization.

In July 2008, Pickens launched a grassroots campaign aimed at reducing this country’s crippling dependence on imported oil. Pickens is aggressively pursuing the implementation of alternative wind power as well as the use of natural gas as a cleaner-burning and more cost-effective transportation fuel alternative to gasoline and diesel fuel.

The gala will also honor the life and legacy of Bobby Bragan. It will be the foundation's first Gala since the passing of its namesake in January of this year. Click here for Gala sponsorship information.