BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Dallas - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://afadallaschapter.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Dallas REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20241231T183000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260725T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260725T140000 DTSTAMP:20260930T090023Z CREATED:20260914T015418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260930T090023Z UID:202-1784977200-1784988000@afadallaschapter.org SUMMARY:3rd Qt Luncheon – AFA Sam Johnson Chapter: Scholarship Luncheon DESCRIPTION:2026 Annual Scholarship Luncheon                                                            \nThe Honorable Congressman Keith Self\nTexas 3rd Congressional District \nMs Beverly Briney\nDaughter\, Congressman Sam Johnson \nCadet Chris Troncoso\nUniversity of Oklahoma Army ROTC\n2024 Sam Johnson Top Award Winner \nHonoring \nOur 2026 Scholarship Recipients\nOnce a year we recognize and honor the outstanding young people in our community who have excelled academically and demonstrated outstanding leadership skills. This year we will recognize recipients of honors in two of our scholarship programs: \nCongressman Sam Johnson AFJROTC Scholarship Program \nThe Congressman Sam Johnson AFJROTC Scholarship Program was initiated in 2020 to recognize the outstanding AFJROTC graduates from our area high schools\, assist them in their college careers and encourage them to consider military service. In 2025 it was selected as the Best Single Program in AFA and today includes 15 AFJROTC detachments in the Dallas area\, covering 24 high schools.  By this summer we’ll have awarded approximately $125\,000 in scholarships since the program started. This year we were joined by the AFA Fort Worth Chapter\, led by Chapter President Dave Dietsch.  The program is supported by the family of Congressman Johnson and Congressman Keith Self\, his successor as Texas representative from the 3rd Congressional District. \nThis year eight cadets were selected to receive a $3000 scholarship and one of them was selected by our Scholarship Committee to receive an additional $10\,000.\n$13\,000 Scholarship Winner\nToluwabori Owosho – Ryan HS \n$3\,000 Scholarship WInners\nCornelious Carey – Cedar Hill HS\nAlexander Gunnels – Forney HS\nZechariah Harris – Arlington ISD\nChase Molina – Marcus HS\nRodney Patterson – Wylie HS\nLandry Rambo – Arlington ISD\nDerek Rubio – Guyer HS \n  \nYouth Leadership Conference \nFor the past 11 years the Sam Johnson Chapter has co-sponsored with the Military Order of the World Wars\, the Youth Leadership Conference Program.  The chapter provides $300 scholarships to high school students to attend five-day\, four-night resident summer conferences at four locations across the State\, focusing on free enterprise\, patriotism\, and leadership fundamentals.  In 2026 we provided five scholarships to this outstanding course and we’ll recognize these students \nTexas A&M University\nBryan Li – St Marks\nGrace Grant – Marcus HS\nLucas Herrera – St Marks\nTexas Wesleyan University \nBrayden McMillian – Lamar HS\nMounish Mavuduru – Frisco Emerson HS \nStudent Speaker: Cadet Chris Troncoso \nCadet Troncoso was the outstanding cadet in our 2024 Sam Johnson Scholarship program\, and today is a rising junior enrolled in the Army ROTC program at the University of Oklahoma.  He recently completed the prestigious and difficult Army Air Assault School and earned the coveted Air Assault Badge. We’ve invited him to speak on the value of the scholarship to him and his educational goals.\n \nScholarship Program Committee Recognition and “Change of Command”  \nOur flagship Sam Johnson Scholarship program is run by a dedicated team of volunteers who manage this complex program across 15 AFJROTC detachments and 24 regional high schools. \nChapter member Bill Harding has chaired the Committee since 2020\, and his leadership resulted in it being selected as AFA’s Best Single Program in 2025.  With no hills left to climb\, Bill will turn over the program to Pete Hunt and we’ll have an appropriate :”Change of Command” ceremony. \nLooking for Volunteers \nAs the Committee heads into the next school year\, we are looking for volunteers to help us continue to be the best scholarship program in AFA. Activities include serving as liaisons with our AFJROTC and AFROTC units\, representing the chapter at the school awards ceremonies\, and serving on the Evaluation Subcommittee to score the scholarship packages.  Most of these activities will occur in the Spring of 2027; some of them take only a few hours of your time but mean a lot to our future Airmen and Guardians while supporting our Educate\, Advocate\, Support mission pillars.  If you are interested in helping out\, please contact Pete Hunt at peterhunt2012@gmail.com\, 210-867-0418. \nCheck-in opens 11:00 | Buffet opens 11:30 | Meeting Begins 12:00 \nBusiness casual | Uniform of the day \nMilitary/CAP cadets/Scouts in uniform are free.  For free cadet/military registration\, click the link below or email Mike Bofferding . \n  \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1\n2\n► URL:https://afadallaschapter.org/events/3rd-qt-luncheon-afa-sam-johnson-chapter-scholarship-luncheon/ LOCATION:TX ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://afadallaschapter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Keith-Self.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR