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823 Congress Ave., Ste. 230
Austin, Texas 78701

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Phone: (512) 479-0425, xt. 17
Fax: (512) 495-9031 or
E-mail: tpramail@tpra.com

PR Foundation

 
The Public Relations Foundation of Texas is a nonprofit subsidiary organization of TPRA founded in 1979. Its primary mission is to support public relations education in Texas.

 
2010 PRFT | Joe Riordan Scholarship - apply today
The PRFT | Joe Riordan Scholarship pays $125 for the registration fee (includes lunch and a ticket to the gala) for the 2010 TPRA Leadership Day & Gala scheduled for March 5, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Austin, TX
 
Students must be enrolled in a Texas school of higher education and taking communication courses. As a recipient of the Joe Riordan scholarship, students will also be asked to volunteer their time during the Leadership Day & Gala to assist the TPRA conference committee. 
 
Ten scholarships will be given to the first 10 students to submit an application.
 
Deadline to apply is February 16, 2010.  Apply here.
 
The TPRA Leadership Day (formerly the TPRA Annual Conference) will be held on March 5 from 8am to 5pm and the Gala begins at 7pm that same evening and will end at 10pm.
 
About Joe Riordan | Joe Riordan was a long-time member of TPRA who passed away in 2007, and his family designated PRFT as the beneficiary of memorials in his name.
 
Thank you to those who have recently contributed to the Public Relations Foundation of Texas during our Houston and Dallas holiday dinner gatherings.
 
Houston
Barbara Brescian
Carolyn Mayo
Steven Eames
Keith Schmidt
Larry Springer
 
Dallas
Marilyn Pippin
BizCom Associates
Michael Burns
Beth Ann Black
Reg Rowe
Joe Stroop
Sam Lopez
The Powell Group
Angie Jeffreys
 
Photos below are from the Houston dinner gathering at the Painters home. 
 
 
Larry and a partially obscured Nancy Springer, Barbara Brescian, Steven Eames, Pam Eames, Keith Schmidt, Belinda Schmidt, Graham Painter.  Missing from photo, Phyllis Painter and Carolyn Mayo.
 
 
Senior TPRA Professionals dining with the Painters Dec.10 in recognition of their PRFT contributions: Keith Schmidt, Graham Painter, Larry Springer, Steven Eames, and Barbara Brescian.  (Spouses are averting their eyes.)  Not pictured, Carolyn Mayo.
 

2009 Public Relations Foundation of Texas Joe Riordan Scholars

Two Texas college students have been named Joe Riordan Scholars by the Public Relations Foundation of Texas (PRFT) and received full or partial registration for the 2009Texas Public Relations Association (TPRA) annual conference in Frisco Feb. 27 - March 1. Joe Riordan was a long-time member of TPRA who died in 2007, and his family designated PRFT as the beneficiary of memorials in his name. The memorials have made the Joe Riordan Scholars project possible.

The 2009 Joe Riordan Scholars are
Monica Perkins, Texas Weslayan University
 
Ania Czarnecka, University of Houston

Contributions

Donate using our Online Form
 
Three types of contributions can be made online using a credit card:

Celebrations

PRFT is pleased to introduce a new way to honor people on special occasions including awards such as Public Relations Accreditation. Celebration gifts also recognize birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Grandparents Day and other events.

Celebration donations are intended to honor friends, relatives and others, whether or not they're members of TPRA. It's a great idea for a gift to those who "have everything." Each person honored will receive a Celebration card notifying them of the gift in their honor, and the contributor will receive a similar card recognizing the donation.

Regular Donations

Regular donations can be one-time gifts or recurring monthly, quarterly or annual contributions.

Memorials

Memorial gifts honor deceased persons and are especially appropriate for honoring public relations practitioners and educators. Designated loved ones will receive appropriate cards making them aware of the gift, and the contributor will receive a similar card.

What Happens to My Donations?

All contributions to PRFT-and that means 100%-go into the Permanent Endowment Fund. Earnings from the fund will be used for scholarships, so your contributions will continue indefinitely to provide benefits to the Public Relations profession. And because PRFT is a 501(c)(3) organization, all contributions are tax-exempt under IRS regulations.

Board of Trustees

Chairman Graham Painter, APR
Vice Chairman / Treasurer
Delton McGuire
Secretary George Arnold
Trustees George Arnold
  Bob McCullough, APR
  Larry Springer, APR, TPRA Liaison
  Elizabeth Clark
Ex-Officio Members
Jennifer George

Charter Life Members
(original contributors, in certificate-number order, to the Foundation's first fund-raising effort)

Dr. Alan Scott, APR, Fellow PRSA Wayne Matthews James R. Young Michael L. Cooper
Jim Haynes, APR Beal Box Derrill deS. Trenholm W. Dale Yarbrough
Robert T. Binder, APR Philip Barker Cherri Oakley Alta Carroll
Douglas Ann Newsom, Ph.D., APR Curtis Doolan James Blackmore, APR Esther Curnutt
(Mrs.) Pat Harris Hubbard C. Miller Ruth Ann Kearley Ginger Freeman
George L. Arnold Larry Wheeler Joe A. Gaston Marvin Hodges
Mel Prather G. Irvin Lipp Larry Todd Clint Dare
John Henry Lorraine Hughes Donald V. Williams Harry (Jerry) Dalton, APR, Fellow PRSA
Clark Councill John McCarty Clinton P. White Warren Quinlan
Paul W. Justice Kenneth D. Key Jimmie S. Payne Edwin S. Hughes, APR
James H. Case Douglass Y. Nichols Rhoda Spuhler Walter L. Ferguson, Jr.
Judith A. Newby, APR Dona J.M. Newman Jean G. Ryon Ralph L. Sellmeyer
Thomas (Beau) Miller Helen Varner, Ed. D. Kenn Kopp Robert G. McCullough, APR
Wellington F. Osterloh, APR, Fellow PRSA Ron Gossen,  APR  Don Newquist Steve Lee, APR
Beckie Ray Jon R. Hornaday Herb Reed James W. Goodwin
Blanche Steinberg Howard Chalmers Philip W. Bode, III V. Glenn Cootes
 

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