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Welcome Home WINTER TEXAN • • • December 4, 2019
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We’re just connecting the dots.
VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 8 • December 4, 2019 • • • your official connection to the rio grande valley • • •
hello FROM KRISTI
Welcome Home Winter Texans!
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this issue, I know we have so many new friends who have just arrived for the winter, and we want to welcome you home with open arms! This is our 12th year of serving the needs of our Winter Texans, and whether you’ve been with us since the beginning or are new to the party, we welcome you to South Texas. The party has started, and we can’t wait for our first official event... our Winter Texan Homecoming December 12! We hope you’ll join us! This is our third annual event, and each year we get bigger and better. This year, we’ve moved the event to the new Mission Event Center, and we have a great deal of surprises in store for you. We’ll have live music by our very own Jeff Gordon, lunch served by Ranch House Burgers, and plenty of door prizes and fun for all. Tickets are just $10 per person, and we want YOU to be there! Tickets must be reserved by December 6 and can be purchased online or by calling our office at 956-687-5115. We’ll see you at the party! • We’re just connecting the dots,
Kristi
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Activity Director Boot Camp story photo credit : Eryn Reddell Wingert & Anne Marie Martin
ACTIVITY DIRECTOR Boot Camp Connecting Resorts and Local Activities Story by Eryn Reddell Wingert
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n the Rio Grande Valley, the Winter-Texan season officially begins November 1. During the early weeks of the season, resort activity and tour directors are hard at work preparing for residents to arrive. Welcome Home RGV connects these directors with local cities, sites of interest, and businesses through an annual Boot Camp. Boot Camp provides opportunities to see, firsthand, what Valley cities and organizations have to offer our Winter Texans during the season. Directors from 43 resorts signed up for activities and tours that would appeal to winter residents in their respective parks.
This year, Welcome Home RGV provided tours of sites on South Padre Island November 14 through 17. Those who signed up experienced a true South-Texas winter over the course of a weekend. Directors bundled up for sightseeing tours Friday during the tail end of a cold front but shed jackets and hats Saturday and Sunday under clear blue skies and with warmer temperatures. Other tour opportunities included the McAllen International Airport, the historic William Jennings Bryan House in Mission, the Valley Nature Center in Weslaco, and the City of Pharr.
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