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March 2025 Meeting – Recap

At our March meeting we were privileged to host Mike Noriega and his team from Glenn Beck’s American Journey Experience. It was a fun presentation featuring stories of American exceptionalism from our founding up to the present day. A special treat was to learn about and touch some of the amazing artifacts Mike brought with him, including George Washington’s personal compass, a wooden cup used by the Pilgrims, Adolf Hitler’s keys, a Bible from the late 1400s, and many more.

February 2025 General Meeting and Program Recap

We had a fantastic time at our February meeting and want to extend a huge thank you to all the members and guests who joined us! The energy in the room was incredible, and it was wonderful to see so many engaged faces eager to learn and connect.

December 2024 Christmas Party – Recap

November 2024 Baby Shower for Real Options’ clients Program – Recap

Real Options is a pro-life pregnancy resource center located in Allen, Texas. GCRW is partnering with Real Options to host a baby shower for clients in need. We are excited to be able to love on these moms-to-be! Sam Abiog, Joanie Pikl and Diane Tingle attended the shower for a baby boy.

GCRW was pleased to support the Real Options Take Heart fundraising gala in October 2024 and joining RNC for Life Chair Donna Cekonvich.

We were pleased to nominate GCRW VP Campaign & Political Activities Lene’ Alley DeRudder and VP Public Relations Tracie Frazier for the TFRW 2024 Women of Distinction award. They were honored during the Tribute To Women luncheon in Georgetown, TX.

Some of GCRW members were able to stay for a picture after Diamond Patron Bryan Gantt’s investiture as Judge of the 471st Judicial District Court on Friday, October 25, 2024, at the McKinney Collin County Courthouse Central Jury Room. Bryan was appointed by Governor Abbott to the position after previous judge of the court, GCRW Ruby Patron Andrea Bouressa was appointed by the Governor to the First Business Court Division in Dallas.

Thanks to our speakers and all who attended our October 2024 General meeting. We appreciated the food pantry donations and enjoyed seeing everyone!

September, 2024. We had a great time celebrating the American worker at the Collin County GOP Labor Day picnic.

Thanks to our speakers and all who attended our September 2024 General meeting. We appreciated the food pantry donations and enjoyed seeing everyone!

August 1, 2024 Program – Recap

At our August meeting we presented a panel featuring our county, state and national GOP leaders. We are lucky to have such great people working hard for Texas and conservative values. A packed house of over 150 attendees were engaged, inspired, and motivated to get Republicans elected this fall.

April 4, 2024 Program – Recap

Special thanks to our guest speaker Jonathan Covey, Texas Values.

March 7, 2024 Program – Recap

Special thanks to Senator Bob Hall for his informative presentation on election integrity. We greatly appreciate the time he spent with us.

Saturday, February 17, 2024

The Collin County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner is at the historic Southfork Ranch. The featured guest is U.S. Senator Ted Cruz.

February 1, 2024 Program – Recap

Our first event of 2024 was a sold out success! On February 1, GCRW sponsored a “Candidate Speed Dating” event for candidates running in the March primary election. We had 108 guest participants interacting with 16 candidates from 4 Collin County State Representative races, the 401^st District Court and Tax Assessor/Collector.