The Woodward Elks Rodeo Committee was honored at the March of Dimes Gala in Oklahoma City for their generous fundraising efforts. 

Northwest Oklahoma can be proud of the generous businesses and patrons who donated items, time, and of course, their hard-earned money to benefit the following local charities:

• WOODWARD COUNTY CHILD WELFARE
• WOODWARD UNITED FUND
• MOORELAND MOMS FOR THE MILITARY
• VFW POST 1335
• WOODWARD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY 
        SEE YOU NEXT YEAR AT OUR BENEFIT!

   In addition to putting on an excellent PRCA rodeo, the Woodward Elks Rodeo Committee is involved in many community activities throughout the year. Committee members are proud to be able to give back to their community.

 

Elks Benefit Auction and Dance:   Each year the Rodeo Committee hosts a benefit auction and dance with proceeds going to local charities or a specified family with medical needs.  We provide a delicious meal, auction, and dance for very worthy causes. Over $300,000 in charitable donations has been raised through our fundraising efforts for our yearly benefit.
 

Food Pantry Donation:  During rodeo week, all children ages 12 and under, who bring a canned item are admitted to the rodeo free of charge. The food items are then donated to our local food pantry. We also make a cash donation to the Food Pantry which is matched by the local United Southgate Grocery.

 

Red Cross Blood Drive:  In addition to donating blood throughout the year, the week before the rodeo our committee members go as a group to donate blood at our local blood bank. We present free rodeo tickets to anyone who donates blood during that week, as well.

 

Ministerial Alliance:  Each year we donate $1,000 to the Woodward Ministerial Alliance to further their work in our community.

 

Law Enforcement Donations:  We donate $750 annually to each of the following law enforcement agencies: Woodward County Sheriff’s Department, Woodward City Police Department, the Woodward Fire Department, and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

 

Public Schools:  We partner with the rodeo concessions to the Woodward High School Band Boosters for their fundraiser.  We make a monetary donation to the Woodward High School Girls Basketball Team and the Cheerleaders for their help in selling rodeo programs at the rodeo. We make a monetary donation to all local Jr. Livestock Shows in Woodward, Harper, and Ellis counties, as well as the Woodward County and the Northwest District Livestock Shows.

 

Cancer Awareness:  Saturday night at the rodeo is “Tough Enough to Wear Pink” Breast Cancer Awareness night and you will see the committee men dressed in their pink shirts. We are proud of the fact we raise over $5,000 for Breast Cancer Research annually.

 

Furnish Meals for Local Events:  Annually our committee furnishes and cooks the food for the local Special Olympics, Woodward High School FFA Banquet, Fargo FFA Banquet, the citywide Kiwanis Track Meet, and the Western Plains Youth Center.

 

Volunteer Cooks for Area Events:  We also volunteer to cook for a variety of area events annually.  They are: A.P.I. Fish Fry Scholarship Fundraiser, Relay for Life, Northwest District Jr. Livestock Stock Show Premium sale, Cystic Fibrosis Ranch Rodeo, Fort Supply Community Fish Fry, Northwest Oklahoma Cattleman’s Banquet and Ball; Fort Supply’s “Back-to-School” kick off and community school events and family nights. We were honored to cook for the Grand Re-Opening of  Crystal Beach Park at the "Freedom Fest 2009".

 

 

     The Woodward Elks Rodeo Committee is a community volunteer organization. Committee members do not receive compensation for their time or labor while serving on the rodeo committee.

 EVENTS ~ ORGANIZATIONS & CITIZENS
THE WOODWARD ELKS RODEO COMMITTEE HAS ASSISTED THROUGH DONATIONS OF TIME, LABOR, SUPPLIES, AND MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS

• HIGH PLAINS OUTREACH CENTER
• FEED THE CHILDREN
• RED CROSS BLOOD DONATION
• HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF
• WOODWARD COMMUNITY    
         CHRISTMAS DINNER
• CHRISTMAS TREE ANGELS
• MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE
• WOODWARD FOOD PANTRY
• CHRISTMAS BASKETS FOR FAMILIES   
• VETERAN’S CENTER IN CLINTON, OK
• SCHOLARSHIP – RODEO COMMITTEE
• ALAN BRALY MEMORIAL ROPING
• ALAN BRALY SCHOLARSHIPS
• NWOJR RODEOS
• OKLAHOMA HIGH SCHOOL RODEOS AND FINALS
• OKLAHOMA JUNIOR HIGH RODEOS AND FINALS
• API FISH FRY
• GRANDSTAND ROOF AT CRYSTAL BEACH
• WOODWARD COUNTY FAIRBARN BATHROOMS RENOVATION
• NORTHWEST CATTLEMAN’S BALL
• KIDS’ NIGHT AT THE RODEO
• BREAST CANCER AWARENESS PINK NIGHT AT RODEO
• WOODWARD HIGH SCHOOL BAND
• FARGO FFA
• FT. SUPPLY COMMUNITY FISH FEED
• LIVESTOCK SHOWS – SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES
• WOODWARD POLICE DEPARTMENT
• WOODWARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• WOODWARD FIRE DEPARTMENT
• OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL
• OILMAN’S GOLF TOURNAMENT
• BOYD CAGLE SCHOLARSHIP
• TICKETS TO NATIONAL FINALS FOR NWOJR STUDENTS
• LADY ELKS COMMITTEE
• RED CARPET COUNTRY
• WOODWARD FFA BANQUET
• SPECIAL OLYMPICS
• WOODWARD FLAG CORPS
• AMERICAN LEGION BANQUET
• WOODWARD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCHEON
• RODEO QUEEN COMMITTEE-REPRESENTATIVE TO STATE/NATIONAL CONTEST
• OARC: SPECIAL NEEDS CITIZENS
• Q102:  POWER UP PARTY
• MONSTER TRUCK EVENT
• CITY OF WOODWARD EMPLOYEE PICNIC
• MILITARY FUND AT HARTZELL’S ARENA
• JACKETS TO NWOJR KIDS -  2009
• GIFTS FOR CHILDREN:  HOPKINS CHRISTMAS DINNER
• CRYSTAL CHRISTMAS BUILDING REPAIR
• VO-TECH OILMAN TECH DAY
• WHITEHORSE THERAPEUTIC RANCH
• BULLRIDING FOR TRAIL DRIVE COMING THROUGH WOODWARD
• WOODWARD TROPHY AUCTIONS
• WOODWARD TRAVELERS BASEBALL
• AFTER-PROM PARTY DONATION
• BUSTER STONER – HOSPITAL
• R.J. HOLLON – MEDICAL EXPENSES 
• BEN KING BENEFIT
• MEADE TWINS’ BENEFIT
• ELKS HOOP SHOOT
• KINGFISHER BOY-LEUKEMIA BENEFIT 
• ELKS LODGE EASTER EGG HUNT
• ELKS LODGE FISHING DERBY
• CYSTIC FIBROSIS FUNDRAISER
• WOODWARD FAIRBARN SIGN IN
      SUPPORT OF AG SHOWS  
• ELKS GUN CLUB FOR YOUTH
• STATE SHOOT FOR OKLAHOMA
     JR.HIGH RODEO FINALS –        QUALIFIER
• SHARON-MUTUAL FISH FRY SCHOOL BENEFIT  

 

 

 AWARDS AND NOTORIETY RECEIVED 
 BY THE RODEO COMMITTEE~

·        3 TIMES RECEIVED THE PRCA’S MOST-IMPROVED GROUND OR BEST FOOTING AWARD FOR OUR ARENA DURING THE RODEO

·        SPOTLIGHTED ON TULSA TV CHANNELS 6 & 9 PROMOTING OUR RODEO

·        2 TIMES FEATURED ON CHANNEL 4 NEWS “GREAT STATE” STORIES WITH GALEN CULVER

• 1 PRCA  “MOST IMPROVED RODEO” AWARD
• STATE MARCH OF DIMES RECOGNITION GALA IN OKLAHOMA CITY - 2010

 TRIPS TO  PROMOTE WOODWARD AND THE WOODWARD ELKS RODEO

·        OMAHA, NEBRASKA NATIONAL PRCA CONFERENCE

·        LAS VEGAS V.I.P. ROOM AT NATIONAL FINALS

·        SAN ANTONIO RODEO

·        PAMPA RODEO

   

PARADE PARTICIPATION ON HORSEBACK TO PROMOTE RODEO

 

·        WOODWARD ELKS RODEO PARADE

·        101 CLASSIC BOWL PARADE, WOODWARD, OK

·        PARADE OF LIGHTS CHRISTMAS PARADE, WOODWARD, OK

·        SEILING, OKLAHOMA

·        WAYNOKA, OKLAHOMA

·        WATONGA, OKLAHOMA,

·        FREEDOM, OKLAHOMA

·        FARGO, OKLAHOMA

·        FAIRVIEW, OKLAHOMA

·        PAMPA, TEXAS

·        CANADIAN, TEXAS

 

  ELKS LODGE BENEFITS HOSTED BY THE WOODWARD
ELKS RODEO COMMITTEE    \
 

2012:  PLAINS INDIANS & PIONEER MUSEUM
             GRACE OUTREACH MEALS

2011:  WOODWARD COUNTY CHILD WELFARE
              WOODWARD UNITED FUND
              MOORELAND MOMS FOR THE MILITARY
              WOODWARD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY
               VFW POST 1335

2010:  PREGNANCY CENTER    
             HIGH PLAINS OUTREACH        
             C.A.S.A  FOR CHILDREN

2009: NORTHWEST DOMESTIC CRISIS CENTER

2008: CORA BETH TAYLOR   
                    SURGERY-CEREBRAL PALSY

2007: LODGE RENOVATION 

2006: LODGE RENOVATION

2005: LODGE RENOVATION

2004: LODGE RENOVATION

2002: RED WASHMON FAMILY