Society Of Martha Washington

TO FOSTER, IN THE PEOPLE OF LAREDO AND WEBB COUNTY, TEXAS AN APPRECIATION FOR THE AMERICANISM OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AND FOR THE STERLING QUALITIES HE EXEMPLIFIED WHICH EARNED HIM THE APPELLATION "FATHER OF OUR COUNTRYX AND A TRUE APPRECIATION OF THE QUALITIES OF MARTHA WASHINGTON WHICH EARNED HER THE TITLE OF "FIRST LADY OF THE LAND." TO FURTHER THE PROPER OBSERVANCE AND CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTHDAY OF "THE FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY." TO RAISE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS TO ASSIST LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ATTENDING A PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH TANGIBLE EXPERIENCES OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, FOSTER PATRIOTISM AND ENCOURAGE AN INTEREST IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND HISTORY. TO OBSERVE THE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND RAISE FUNDS FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED SCHOLARSHIPS BY SPONSORING AN ANNUAL COLONIAL PAGEANT AND BALL AT WHICH THE SOCIETY'S DEBUTANTES AND CITIZENS PORTRAYING GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHINGTON SHALL BE PRESENTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SOCIETY'S CONSTITUTION, BYLAWS, AND STANDING R

COLONIAL PAGEANT AND BALL - TO COMMEMORATE AN EVENT IN THE LIVES OF GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHINGTON AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO THE EARLY PERIOD OF THE UNITED STATES.COMMEMORATION EVENTS - ANOTHER COMMEMORATION OF AN EVENT IN THE LIVES OF GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHINGTON (FOLLOWS THE COLONIAL PAGEANT AND BALL); THE LUNCHEONS ARE HELD DURING THE YEAR TO PLAN FOR THE PAGEANT AND BALL.NOVEMBER PRESENTATION - A CELEBRATION OF THE PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR ROLES IN THE COLONIAL PAGEANT AND BALL COMMEMORATING AN EVENT IN THE LIVES OF GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHINGTON AND THEIR RELEVANCE IN THE EARLY PERIOD OF THE UNITED STATES.

OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES - THE ORGANIZATION HELPS OUT SEVERAL STUDENTS BY PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THEM TO ATTEND A PRESIDENTIAL CLASSROOM EVENT. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PAYS OTHER MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES RELATED TO THE EVENT.