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
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 |
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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 |
