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deployed service members. In just three
years, these efforts have amounted to over
$30,000 in community giving.

PET CLUB

Pet Club members strive to help the
community and fellow residents in a
number of different ways. Each year,
we donate several thousand dollars
to the Georgetown Municipal Shelter,
Williamson County Regional Animal
Shelter, Georgetown Animal Outreach
and Texas Humane Heroes. The Pet Club
is instrumental in reuniting lost animals
with their Sun City owners and even helps
rehabilitate strays, as we did in 2015 when
members came together to provide a stray,
injured pug with desperately needed
medical attention. Each December, we
sponsor the Toys & Treats drive, donating
food, toys, treats, blankets and more to
local animal shelters. Our Pet Partners

A Pet Partners member visits with a Southwestern University student.

SCARS memberCurtis Guyote assists Pet Therapy program sends over 50 or worldwide, SCARS’ hams serve in
with radio communication at the Red specially trained dog and handler teams emergency situations as a reserve pool
Poppy Bike Ride. to visit with patients at St. David’s and of trained radio operators. Members
Rock Springs hospitals; residents of area Craig Boegler and Bob Frost serve as
nursing, assisted living and memory care Assistant Emergency Coordinators for
facilities, and students at local grammar Williamson County and Georgetown’s
schools and libraries. Finally, our dogs and Emergency Operation Centers (EOC),
handlers have been active participants in operating under Amateur Radio
Junior Camp for several years, introducing Emergency Service (ARES) to support
many grandkids and great-grandkids to local agencies. SCARS assists with crisis
the joy of playing with dogs. training events, such as Williamson
County’s Simulated Emergency Tests and
SUN CITY’S AMATEUR RADIO Austin-Bergstrom International Airport’s
SOCIETY – SCARS: On the air and full scale exercise, and maintains radio
standing by! facilities in the Williamson County
and Georgetown emergency operations
When all else fails, the Sun City Amateur centers, Georgetown Fire Station #3
Radio Society (SCARS) is ready to go! and at St. David’s Georgetown Hospital,
With self-maintained stations that can ensuring critical information reaches first
survive disasters, operate on backup
power and communicate locally, regionally

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