{"id":43777,"date":"2013-09-22T00:09:32","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T07:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=43777"},"modified":"2013-09-22T00:09:32","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T07:09:32","slug":"chicks-n-chaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/43777","title":{"rendered":"Chicks n’ Chaps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tChicks n’ Chaps, a rodeo event to fundraise for the fight against\u00a0breast cancer,\u00a0was held a week ago in Lewiston, Idaho, and oh boy (like oh\u00a0<\/em>BOYS in pink<\/span> shirts!) was it a fabulous<\/em> event.<\/p>\n

I had a previous engagement, so I sent my food photographer, Ace, and graphic designer, Saralou, and they came back with lots to show and tell …<\/p>\n

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There was posing with the cowboy voluntees. Many of whom were riding, roping, and bulldogging in the night’s events.<\/p>\n

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Lots of great swag was given out. I sent along my MaryJanesFarm water bottles<\/a> (with pink writing!) to be added to the list of great goodies.<\/p>\n

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Don’t forget about the git-yer-boots-muddy events in the arena. There was roping from the “high chair”\u00a0(a barrel set up at about horse height on a couple of hay bales).<\/p>\n

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And a “buckin’ bronc,” manned by that fella with the smile.<\/p>\n

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Each station had an experienced cowpoke to show ’em the ropes.<\/p>\n

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I think they’ve got the idea!<\/p>\n

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Once the dust had settled, the ladies made their way back for snacks and\u00a0beverages, and to prepare themselves for the silent auction winners and live auction bidding.<\/p>\n

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There was also a raffle table set up with donated items. From chaps to a turquoise headstall, a cat-themed basket, a pink bridle, a painting, jewelery, purses, belts, gift certificates, handmade throws … the list went on and on.<\/p>\n

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To purchase\u00a0raffle tickets, you needed to find a cowboy in a pink shirt … it went like this:<\/p>\n

$5 got you a hug<\/em> and 6 tickets
\n$20 got you a hug’s worth<\/em> of raffle tickets (arms open a country-mile wide)<\/p>\n

Lots of money was raised to support women in the fight against breast cancer.<\/p>\n

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The live auction was also extremely successful; one cowboy’s shirt was auctioned (literally off his back) for $280! Among the many other items of interest was this one-of-a-kind Lewiston, Idaho, Roundup Chicks n’ Chaps belt buckle.<\/p>\n

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And here’s Gail Anderson helping choose the raffle winners. Gail was the one who let me know about the event so we could get involved. Thanks, Gail!! It was an honor to participate as a sponsor.<\/p>\n

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Chicks n’ Chaps have events all over the USA. Click here<\/a> to go to their website and see how you can participate or start one up in one in your area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chicks n’ Chaps, a rodeo event to fundraise for the fight against\u00a0breast cancer,\u00a0was held a week ago in Lewiston, Idaho, and oh boy (like oh\u00a0BOYS in pink shirts!) was it a fabulous event. I had a previous engagement, so I … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-giving_back"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}