Aggie Longhorn Rotary Tradition

Aggie Longhorn Rotary Tradition

Each year, Rotarians of the Rotary Club of Humble Intercontinental, voluntarily raise funds for three charities by picking the winner of the traditional Thanksgiving battle between the Longhorns and Aggie football game. The charities are , The Rotary Foundation, Jack Fields Scholarship and The Al Moore Liberal Arts Foundation. A lot of fun is had as the winners are served a meal by those that picked the losing team.

Bruce Ward, an avid Longhorn fan, and Dr Al Moore, a Veterinary graduate of A& M initiated this fun and rewarding event some ten years ago. The Al Moore Foundation matches donations dollar for dollar up to $1500. these funds are given to the Humble ISD for use to enhance Liberal Arts Education. Donations to the Jack Fields Foundation provide funds for scholarships. Funds are also provided to The Rotary Foundation. There are no losers in this event, just a good time to celebrate a Traditional football rivalry.

Bruce reported the recent UT vs. A&M fund raiser. A total of $3,000 was pledged. Of that amount $1,700 is for Al Moore’s HISD Foundation for the Arts, $625 for the Jack Fields, Sr. HISD scholarship, $625 for the Rotary Foundation and $50 for the Humble Rotary Foundation. we had 45 members participate and for the first time we had four guests contribute $150. Of the 45 club participants 24 picked A&M and 21 picked UT so luckily we have plenty of servers.

We have raised a total of $38,173 since 1997. This does not include Al's Matching funds for his foundation to the arts. This total has been distributed as follows: Jack Fields Scholarship--$10,319: $9547 to Rotary Foundation: $15,962 to Al Moore Foundation and the remainder to HRE, HAAM. These amounts do not include Al's contribution to his foundation.

Al and Bruce will have to work up a new way to continue this tradition since A&M and Texas no longer play each other.