Yesterday was the 7th Robber Baron Cave Open House held since we started doing them in 2008. Even though there were a few brief showers, it was a record setting event, shattering previous attendance and fundraising records! We had 569 visitors get a chance to explore the cave either through the regular self-guided tour of several passages close to the entrance or on guided off-trail trips to other parts of the cave. The event was very busy all day long and there were other activities for visitors while waiting for their time to go underground including a TCMA sales table with t-shirt, booklets and guano along with photos taken of the visitors while exploring the cave. There were multiple exhibitors/vendors including NSS, BCI, TSS, San Antonio Master Naturalists, and Sticks & Stones Bat Rescue. We even had a food truck on site. More than $5300 were raised for TCMA through donations and sales.
The huge thank you goes to the 67 caver volunteers (listed below) who put in nearly 600 hrs yesterday, coming from all over the state including San Antonio, Austin, Houston, the DFW area, to make the event such a success. And also to those who put in uncounted extra hours preparing for it. Thanks so much to everyone who has helped make the Open House such a popular event for the public and fundraiser for TCMA these past 9 years. Joe Mitchell 2017 Open House Volunteers Mike Harris Lori Harris Evelynn Mitchell Kayla Mitchell Ann Scott Garry White Fran Hutchins Emily McGowan Kevin McGowan Don Arburn Christin Miller Allan Cobb Leah Miller Marvin Miller Leia Hill Cyndi McFalls Derek Weicht Kendi Weicht Q. Rodriguez Steve Gutting Jason Rodriguez Roy Wessel Matt Zappitello Jess Kelley Linda Palit Tom Florer Mike Nunley Noble Fisk Matthew Jaurez M. Juarez Jay Jorden Geary Schindel Sue Schindel Jim Kennedy Ray Hertel Amy Morton Tao Fells Greg Mosier Joe Schaertl Gregg Williams David Adamoski Lindsey Adamoski Ross Webb Ross Webb Jr Lex Hatzenbuehler Lyndon Tiu Barbara Tiu Emma Tiu Bennett Lee Ethen Lee Pam Campbell Arron Wertheim Victoria Sommers Alex Aceves Araceli Moreno Rob Bissett M.J. Gibbons Kalina Tostado Joe Ranzau Jake Ranzau Josh Ranzau Catherine Berkley-Jones Michael Cicherski Melissa Cicherski Sonya Mullerin Denise Predergast _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com [email protected] | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
