Join us for our Friendsgiving potluck dinner and learn some great tips for YOU and YOUR AGGIES to help manage anxiety and stress as finals and the holidays approach from Jill Gilbert '99, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and founder of Memorial Family Connections.

We will provide the main dish, paper products and plasticware. To make the evening complete, please sign up to bring a side dish, dessert or drinks:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084BA8AD22A7FF2-46063913-houston

If you know which dish or type of drink you plan to bring, please indicate it in the comments field. Please bring your food/drinks by 6:15-20PM, if possible, so we can be set up by 6:30PM. For those who don't bring a dish to share, we will welcome donations to help cover the cost of the main dish and paper/plastic products.

Bring a bottle of wine (or other auction donations) and receive an extra ticket for the door prize drawings. If you're donating wine for the auction's wine pull, please bring bottles valued at $25 or more.

Our HAMC Boutique will not be set up at this meeting, but if you purchase items via our website prior to Thursday, we can bring them to you at the meeting.

Please RSVP by MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13th: http://evite.me/SMFc5pKr7j

Bethel Church of Houston: 825 Bering Dr.; 77057

Shop in The Heights with your Aggie Mom friends and return to Ginny Poche's home to enjoy some light bites and beverages and wrap your gifts!

Please RSVP by WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29th: http://evite.me/qpm2VJHass

Ginny Poche's Home: 249 W. 22nd St.; 77008

Don't miss this huge, fun, annual event which raises most of the funds we distribute at the end of the year toward Aggie scholarships, organizations and programs at Texas A&M University!

Enjoy dinner, dancing, live & silent auctions and the opportunity to bid on an adorable Cavapoo puppy (yet to be born, but similar to those in the photo). This sweet baby will come with a lifetime of training and other great benefits.

TITLE SPONSOR: The Ballroom at Tanglewood

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

• Purchase tickets, tables and additional sponsorship opportunities here: Houston Aggie Moms' Club - 2024 Auction (membershiptoolkit.com) Individual ticket purchasers may request seating partners until January 27, 2024. After this date, seating will be assigned.
• Take our donor request letter HAM Auction Letter DRAFT 9.15.23 630PM (membershiptoolkit.com) and donor form 2024-HAM Auction Donor Form (membershiptoolkit.com) to your favorite restaurants and retailers. Aggies support Aggies and Aggie families love to support businesses that support Aggies!
• Contribute your own donations to the auction - new items, gift cards, experiences, services, sign-up parties, monetary contributions, gifts you receive over the holidays that aren't "you," but someone else would love!
• Donate to your Aggie(s)' Class Baskets: Houston Aggie Moms' Club - Class Basket Donations (membershiptoolkit.com) 
  

The Ballroom at Tanglewood: 5430 Westheimer Court; 77056

For more details on the puppy, or anything else regarding the auction, please contact our Fundraising VPs, Ginger Przybyla and Bendi Saindon at 713-254-0116 or auction@houstonaggiemoms.org

Fall semester's care package theme: "Warming Up for Finals!" The fall care package ordering deadline has passed, but spring orders will be accepted after the fall semester ends.

Pick-up Details for College Station Students: TAMU Hotel & Conference Center (177 Joe Routt Blvd.) on Friday, December 1st from 10AM-3PM. Students will receive reminders the week of distribution using the contact information provided on the order forms.

GALVESTON MOMS: Would any of you be willing to deliver care packages to the Galveston campus? Currently, Galveston orders must be picked up from the Care Package VPs in Houston. We would love to have one or more Galveston Mom volunteer! Please contact our Care Package VPs, Nancy Chassman and Katina Hargett if you would be willing to help: ri_baiz@hotmail.com or kat.hargett@gmail.com

The Federation of Aggie Moms' Club's Aggie Mom Camp registration is live through December 15th: Aggie Mom Camp 2024 (auctria.com) 

For more details and offsite hotel booking information go to:

https://aggiemoms.org/aggiemomcamp/

• Subscribe to our calendar to automatically download our events to your phone's calendar: Houston Aggie Moms' Club - Manage Subscriptions (membershiptoolkit.com)
• If you would like more information regarding serving on our board (or volunteering in another capacity) next year, please contact Immediate Past President Rachel Clarke and the Nominating Committee: rachel.clarke@houstonaggiemoms.org
• Ring of Honor Aggie Moms: If you joined Ring of Honor and have not received a "Welcome E-Mail" from Fran Marintsch, please contact her to ensure you will be invited to all of the ROH events: marintschf@peoplepc.com