OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s Healthcare Workers will be honored at 36th Anniversary Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) Ranch Rodeo. The event takes place August 21 and 22 at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Okla. and consists of twelve ranch teams of ‘real ranch’ cowboys that compete in five different events mirroring many of the activities of daily ranch life.
“We feel like this is very fitting to follow the COVID-19 pandemic and recognize the essential work that our state’s healthcare workers do to care for fellow Oklahomans,” said Weston Givens, Chairman of the OCA Ranch Rodeo Committee. “We’ve reached out to as many Oklahoma based medical associations as we could find offering ticket vouchers as our way of saying thank you.”
If your organization were not contacted and would like to be included, please email chanson@okcattlemen.org or call the OCA office at 405-235-4391 by July 15.
Doors open at 5 p.m. for shopping in the trade show and the performance begins nightly at 7 p.m.
“Bring the family and cheer on your favorite ranch team,” Givens said.
The 2020 participating ranches include: Alfalfa County Land & Cattle, Cherokee, Okla.; Gray G Bar, Shidler, Okla.; Buford Ranches, LLC, Hominy, Okla.; Stuart Ranch, Waurika, Okla.; Drummond Land & Cattle Co., Pawhuska, Okla.; Hall Ranch & Daube Cattle Co., Comanche and Ardmore, Okla.; Treadwell Land & Cattle, Frederick, Okla.; Chain Ranch, Canton, Okla.; Lazy Rafter Slash Ranch, Lenapah, Okla.; Trentman Ranch, Pawhuska, Okla. and Steirwalt Ranch & Cattle, Co., Shidler, Okla.; Whitmire Ranch, Delaware, Okla.; and McPhail Land & Cattle, Mountain Park, Okla.
The competition is fierce, but the cowboys do not take home much more than bumps and bragging rights. They participate with one goal: to support the Children’s Hospital Foundation (CHF).
“CHF has been the benefitting charity of the event since 1997 and in that time the OCA Ranch Rodeo has raised more than $531,000.00 for the Children’s Hospital Foundation,” said Givens. “When you purchase a ticket to the OCA Ranch Rodeo, you are supporting Oklahoma children and their families.”
CHF funds children’s medical research and treatment for children right here in Oklahoma. The funds raised for CHF in Oklahoma, stay in Oklahoma.
According to Givens, the Oklahoma Ford Dealers have supported the OCA Ranch Rodeo since the beginning as the presenting sponsor.
Learn more about the OCA Ranch Rodeo at okcattlemen.org/oca-annual-
The Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association is the trusted voice of the Oklahoma Cattle Industry. OCA is the only voice that speaks solely for the cattlemen of Oklahoma and represents beef producers in all 77 counties across the state. The OCA officers, board of directors and membership encourages you to join us in our advocacy efforts to ensure less government intervention, lower taxes and a better bottom line. For more information about OCA membership, the theft reward program or activities call 405-235-4391 or visit www.okcattlemen.org.
–Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association
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