Central Texas 9-12 Project

We received some great coverage from Glenn and The Blaze on Monday the 13th. If you have any questions about what happened in 2009 and 2010 please email us at admin@centex912project.com. See the entire article here.

Members from the Williamson County Tea Party and the Georgetown 9/12 Project are furiously planning for their second summer of Patriot Camps – A Vacation Liberty School!

Last year this group of volunteers developed two sessions of camps that taught 40 children about our founding principles!  This year, with your help, we would like to provide this wonderful opportunity to 60+ children.  The first camp will be in Killeen in June, so we are happy to be touching folks in Bell county this year as well!

The Williamson county volunteers have been raising funds since last summer, through Christmas Card sales and an evening at the local IHOP, so they are well on their way to having great camps this summer.  We have also already received a donation that will cover the cost of the Constitutional Champions curriculum for the group.  Constitutional Champions is an offshoot of The 9-12 Project, which as you know was established by many folks who found that they needed to educate themselves about our founding principles and the history of our country.  Now these good folks are spreading the word to their younger family members, homeschooling friends, and neighbors!

Today we are launching a fundraiser to help the Vacation Liberty School meet some of their outstanding needs.  Would you take a moment to look at the list below and help where you can?  We still need a few things:

1.  We are looking for George Washington and Benjamin Franklin costumes, tricorn hats and wigs

2.  Laminated posters of our Founding Fathers

3.  Rubber stacking bins

4.  Donations to provide copies of activities, puzzles, and coloring sheets

5.  Donations for snacks and beverages

6.  Staff T-Shirts

Our goal is to raise $900 or to receive direct donations of the items listed above during the next four weeks.  We haven’t had many fundraisers, but we feel this one is very important for our community!  Our children in the public schools are not learning about why “America is Great!” and these wonderful camps certainly inspire our children to learn more about our history.

The Central Texas 9-12 Project is not a 501(c)(3) so your donation is not tax deductible, but EVERY penny of your donation will go to providing materials for the summer school.  100% of donations that are received through the Central Texas 9-12 website from now until April 30th will go to this GREAT cause!  Click here to donate online, or mail your donation to: CenTex 9-12 Project, 1525 Cypress Creek Rd. Suite H #129, Cedar Park, Texas, 78613.

In addition to welcoming your donations we will welcome your volunteer time if you would actually like to participate in one of these camps.  If you would like to offer your time please write Ronda McCauley at rondamc@billstrees.com!

Often we have found ourselves asking, “WHAT CAN WE DO?”  We hope you will consider donating or volunteering your time!

Thank You!

Maria Acosta

Founder, Central Texas 9-12 Project

– On March 13th, 2009 we gathered for the first time at the Hayashi Grill in Cedar Park. On that afternoon, 130 strangers gathered together to say, “We Surround Them” and we learned in fact, that we were not alone!  After our first gathering we continued to meet on a regular basis; we established small group meetings in Williamson, Hays, and Travis counties. Since that day we have held over 2,000 meetings and events and our distribution lists now reach well over 1,000 people!

To celebrate this important milestone, we have reserved the private dining room at Hemingway Restaurant & Bar in Cedar Park. We wanted to have an opportunity break bread again together, to celebrate all that we have accomplished, and to renew friendships and create new ones.

We have set aside 50 seats for dinner. The restaurant is not charging us a fee to utilize their room and they are allowing us to have individual tabs. We ask you to provide an accurate RSVP by Monday, March 11th so that Hemingway can plan for the right number of waitstaff to take care of us. Please take the time to reserve a “free” seat.

We will select a limited menu for the event – a beef, chicken, salad, and burger choice. You will also be able to order from the restaurant’s full bar.

Please visit Hemingway Restaurant & Bar here to learn more about them.

We look forward to meeting you if you have never been to a meeting before. If you are a long-time member we look forward to seeing you again and renewing old friendships!