Holiday Gathering

CATTLEMEN’S CLASSIC

In order to show our appreciation to the faculty, staff, and graduate students in the Animal Science Department, Block and Bridle held a Holiday Gathering in the Hub on December 11th. Members got together the night before Holiday Gathering in order to prepare a variety of breakfast and desserts including poppyseed bread, banana bread, cookies, pudding dessert, scotcheroos, and festive almond bark dipped oreos. The homemade items, fresh fruit, and meat and cheese trays were a welcome break from the business of dead week. The event was a great way for members to interact with faculty and staff and to say thank you for everything they do for us throughout the year.

On February 22nd, a selfless group of Block and Bridle Members got up in the wee hours of the morning around 4 a.m. and took a day road trip to Kearney, Nebraska. They did this in order to dedicate their Saturday volunteering at the Kearney Classic Livestock Judging Contest. We get the contest organized in the morning, led the cattle over from the barns to the contest area, and then showed the cattle for the contestants to judge. For a few members leading and setting up bulls was a new learning experience - which is just what we hope to accomplish here in the Block and Bridle Club. This event gave members yet another opportunity to get involved and allowed us to do some volunteer work in the community.