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January 31, 2012

Countdown to the stock show!

McDonald’s, Wulf Outdoor Sports, team up with 4-H, FFA

Special to the Review The Athens Review

ATHENS — The Henderson County Stock Show Supporters are excited to announce their 2012 four-wheeler raffle is underway. 

This year, the raffle is being sponsored by Kevin Lilly’s McDonalds and Wulf Outdoor Sports of Athens.  The 4-wheeler being raffled is a 2012 Kawasaki Prairie 360.      

This will be the fourth year for Wulf Outdoor Sports to be involved in the raffle.  During the 2008 livestock show, Wulf management approached the Stock Show Supporters about donating a 4-wheeler to be raffled, with all proceeds to be used at the Premium Auction. 

The Stock Show Supporters is a group of individuals and businesses who pool their resources to help purchase champion projects, add money to projects that need help and, thanks to Wulf’s participation, to give added money to every student who qualifies for the Premium Auction. 

The raffle has been a tremendous success.  Each student involved in the livestock show is asked to sell five tickets for $10 each.  This allows each student and their parents to participate in raising funds for the Premium Auction, and will benefit students in every 4H club and FFA chapter in Henderson County. 

In three years, the kids, their parents and other volunteers have raised over $67,000, and all these funds have gone to the 4H and FFA students. The 2011 Premium Auction totaled over $400,000.

We expect the 2012 raffle to be another success.  Virginia Solgot, Marketing Director for Wulf Outdoor Sports, stated, “We are so excited to continue our partnership with the Henderson County 4H and FFA students.  We think the lessons learned in this type of activity will make an impact on these kids, as they continue their education and move on into the workplace.”

The 2012 cosponsor for the raffle is Kevin Lilly’s McDonald’s.  This is their second year to take part in this raffle, and have become a major contributor to the success of this raffle.  The Lilly’s own 12 McDonald’s in the East Texas area, including the stores in Athens, Malakoff and Gun Barrel. 

Jeaneane Lilly said, “We were very excited when we learned of the opportunity to increase our involvement with the Henderson County Livestock Show.  Kevin and I believe in hard work, and we see these 4H and FFA students working hard with their livestock show projects, and we want to support them.  This is a wonderful way for us to help as many of the students as possible.”    

There are a lot of 4H and FFA students throughout Henderson County involved.  Last year there were over 900 exhibitors showing over 1,400 projects, and it appears that those numbers will increase in 2012. 

The 52nd Annual Henderson County Livestock Show is planned for April 9-14.  Each day will be filled with activities, including the different market and breeding animal shows for cattle, swine, goats, lambs, poultry and rabbits. 

The 2012 HCLS Queen and Princess will be crowned prior to the Horse Show on Monday.  Commercial heifers will be judged on Thursday, and sold at the Athens Commission Company sale on Friday. 

Shop projects will be judged on Wednesday and the Youth Project Show will be on Thursday.  The final event each year is the Premium Auction, where the students who qualify sell their market projects. 

In 2011, the Premium Auction, commercial heifer sale and Project Show Sale totaled over $450,000 to set another record. 

The Stock Show Supporters, 4H and FFA students, their parents and all the volunteers at the Henderson County Livestock Show, would like to express our sincere appreciation to Kevin Lilly’s McDonald’s and Wulf Outdoor Sports in Athens for their support of the Henderson County Livestock Show.

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