Congratulations to all! What a wonderful turnout for such a worthy cause. Hopefully we will be able to help again next time, but Jim’s heart trouble prevented us from doing so this time. It is always such a fun event, and sounds like you had enough volunteers so that all got a break without being in the cave or at a specific post all day.
We will look forward to next time. Mimi and Jim Jasek Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 12, 2017, at 9:20 PM, Joe & Evelynn Mitchell via Texascavers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com [email protected] | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
