Charles Runner, President Support Our Troops The 2015 Support Our Troops Silent Auction solicitation drive is now underway. The Veterans Day auction is our major annual fundraising event. One hundred percent of all funds raised by SOT go directly to our mission of providing for the “material, physical and emotional needs of our military men…
Charles Runner SOT Parade Support: The July 4 Robson Ranch parade was a great success due to the hard work of the parade committee chaired by Ralph Jankowski. At 7:00 a.m. SOT flag team volunteers placed 180 flags on the medians from the main gate to the Veterans Park and hundreds of smaller flags to…
Charles Runner The second EXIT 79 concert to benefit Support Our Troops was held at the Robson Ranch Veterans Park on July 3. The rain threat disappeared, and guests were treated to a nice sunset. Another large crowd of about 300 Robson Ranch residents and guests gathered on the park lawn to listen to some…
Charles Runner, President, Support Our Troops On June 20, SOT was honored to have Eric Maddox as a guest at our meeting. Eric, who is a relative of Robson Ranch residents Bill and Avanell Patton, served in the U.S. Army from 1994 to 2004 as an infantryman in the 82nd Airborne and as a linguist.…
Sam Goodrich Ever wonder how 180 U.S. flags magically appear in the median at Robson Ranch on designated national flag flying holidays? Here is the story. A few days before each display event a small group of dedicated Support Our Troops volunteers called the set-up crew begins the process by carefully inspecting the status of…
Sam Goodrich Last month’s Fidelity Support Our Troops charity golf tournament shattered all kinds of records. The tournament had its largest field ever (140); the most active duty or reserve military participants ever (41) and raised a record $18,000 for the SOT charity. As an added bonus, the local CBS TV news affiliate, Channel 11,…
Charles Runner The unrelenting rain finally stopped and permitted the Support Our Troops flag team to install 185 median flags from the main gate to the Veterans Park. At 10:00 a.m. over 140 residents and guests gathered at the Robson Ranch Veterans Park to honor our veterans, including the 1,344,000 that made the ultimate sacrifice,…
Sam Goodrich The Featherheads, an informal but generous group of Robson Ranch golfers, gave a $1,300 charitable donation to the Support Our Troops organization at last month’s SOT charity golf tournament. The donation was presented by Featherheads’ spokesman Doyle Hicks who was accompanied by a dozen fellow Featherheads. The Featherheads group collects the money that…
Charles Runner, President Support Our Troops The popular Exit 79 Band, a group formed at Robson Ranch, is taking music to the streets of Robson Ranch with four free concerts for friends, neighbors and a very worthy cause. The “Tour” will bring 60s-70s rock ‘n roll music to the neighborhoods of our community! Besides wonderful…
Sam Goodrich The eighth annual Support Our Troops charity golf tournament will take place on Friday, May 1. The SOT golf committee is proud to announce that Fidelity Investments will once again be the tournament’s title sponsor. Thirty-plus active duty military members from the Fort Hood military base will also be joining us again this…