BLINN COLLEGE HOMECOMING ROYALTY PROUDLY SUPPORTS THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB

  

Even Homecoming royalty quickly learns that it’s all about serving your community.

Kelsey White, a freshman from Alvin representing the Agricultural Club, was crowned queen and Brenham’s Dallas Gonzales, representing the Future Teachers Organization, was crowned king at Blinn’s recent Homecoming game.

Both White and Gonzales were nominated by their classmates, and raised money for the Washington County Boys & Girls Club as part of the Homecoming court. The king and queen raised more than $2,000 of the $3,665.89 that was donated to the Boys & Girls Club and presented at halftime of the football game.

“The whole experience was positive and I got to meet people who could help me in future studies,” White said.

Gonzales said that homecoming royalty in college is much different than his experience in high school.

“Homecoming in high school is all about the popular vote,” Gonzales said. “Here it is something that I was nominated for by my classmates, and it included responsibilities.”

As a member of Blinn’s Ag Club, White was already very familiar with community service. Last year, Blinn’s Ag Club totaled about 3,700 hours of community service at 127 events. The club partnered with organizations such as 4-H, Future Farmers of America, Coastal Conservation Association of Texas and Texas Parks & Wildlife in organizing and staffing events, and also volunteered at livestock shows, ag mechanics shows and county fairs. Last month, the Ag Club volunteered approximately 11,000 hours at Washington County Fair.

Following her time at Blinn, White plans on attending Texas Tech University studying agricultural business with a minor in finance with a hope of working in agricultural sales.

Gonzales was nominated by the Future Teachers Organization, a student organization that interests young men and women in the teaching profession and offers its members the opportunity to develop the skills necessary to become successful teachers.

“This was a chance to get our club names out there and serve the community,” Gonzales said. “Teachers are a service to the community and so this was great experience for me because this is what I want to do.”