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History of the HCCBA
The first
meeting of the Hill Country Charity Ball Association, Inc. ("HCCBA") was
held at Rachels Table on November 14, 1984, at 11:30am. The following
ladies were invited by Mary Helen Schreiner to become the first members
of the association; Tweety Eastland, Debra Henderson, Monica Starky,
Cynthia Real, Margaret Phillips, Rhonda Hardin, Cathy Hawkins, Toni
Morris, Cathy Oehler, Melissa Schneider, Betty Mosty, Cindy Hunt, Becky
Jons, Barbara Parker, Diane Oehler, Priscilla Crozier, Suzanne Story,
Cathy Ashton, Trish Sebek, Fluffy Cash, Macky Pitts.
During the first meeting, members considered the types of organizations
which would qualify for funding from the HCCBA. The members considered
the Hill Country Youth Ranch, Kerr County Animal Welfare Society, Hill
Country Museum, Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital, Schreiner College, The
Lions Camp, Beautification of Kerrville, and local diseased
organizations. They also decided the membership should be limited to 25
or less members. The members felt it was important to the Ball to have
at least two types of music, to have interesting things to do and see at
different locations and for the event to be held in Kerrville. They also
wanted the event to be void of Country Western music, the evening to be
formal and a theme to govern the decorations and the activities of the
evening. Most importantly, they wanted the Charity Ball to be different
from any other function in the Hill Country. The first Charity Ball was
held on Saturday, May 3, 1986, and the YO Ranch Hilton Hotel, proceeds
from the first ball were given to Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital for use
in purchasing a Central Information Monitoring station for patients in
the hospitals new Intensive Coronary Care Unit. Since that first ball,
approximately $1 million dollars in funds has been raised by the HCCBA
for local charities.
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