Houston’s Massive Country Western Hoedown Brings Boot Scootin’ Fun to New Levels
All To Help Deck Out the Rooms Of Kids Stuck In the Hospital
BY Shelby Hodge // 11.05.24
Wade Bown, Mike & Susan Plank, Randy Rogers at the Dec My Room fundraiser
What: Dec My Room’s “Kick Up Your Boots for Kids”
Where: House of Blues
PC Moment: Dec My Room’s eighth annual country Western hoedown rocked to the tunes of country artists Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen — with more than 250 people turning out in their best Western threads. It played out as boot scootin’ fun on the highest level with the Luccheses, Miron Crosbys and Tecovas getting a serious workout on the dance floor.
Applause, applause for Dec My Room Kick Up Your Boots chairs Laurel Bashaw and Dodi Willingham, who led the evening to $350,000 in funds raised.
The money will be used to decorate the hospital rooms of youngsters who are longterm patients. Since its founding by the mother-daughter team of Susan Plank and Kendal Plank in 2007, Dec My Room volunteers have personalized and decorated nearly 18,000 hospital rooms around the country for pediatric and young adult patients. To date, the program has provided these emotionally healing designs in 178 hospitals with more hospitals in the works.
The decorative touches are selected to reflect the special likes and interests of each kid — be it Barbie, the Houston Astros, or unicorns. The decorations then can be taken home when the patient is ready to leave the hospital.
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The live auction closed with a private three-day management hunt at Sycamore Springs Ranch in Kerrville, Texas with Kendall Plank up for grabs, donated by Susan and Mike Plank.
PC Seen: Laurie and Tracy Krohn, Stacey and Al Lindseth, Mike Plank, Rachel and Tom Regan, Ericka Bagwell, Aimee and Wynne Snoots, Carley and Mike Stasney, Grace and Steven Ward, Monica and Jed Skeet, Marie and Joseph Flanigan, Jessica and Ryan Getz, Denise and Brett Mears, Kiki Wilson, and Peggie and Kyle Pentecost.
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