| Kelly Cook - TAFR V.P./ Secretary Joe Matthews - TAFR President Bill Booth - TAFR Member- Sargeant HPD Joe Pyland - HPD Senior Police Officer Mary Pyland - wife of HPD Officer Joe Pyland John Yencha - HPD Sargeant Mike Hamby - HPD Senior Police Officer George Craig - HPD Senior Police Officer Tammy Craig - TAFR V.P./ Treasurer |

| Texas Association of First Responders "First to show....last to go" |
Our 1st Annual Wild Game Cook-off was a huge success. With the proceeds that were raised TAFR made their first charitable donation to The 100 Club of Houston in the amount of $6,500.00. |

| Dennis Williams - TAFR Director - Retired FBI Steve Turner - TAFR Director - HPD Rick Hartley - 100 Club - Executive Director Tony Nelson - TAFR Director - HCSD Chen"Buddy" Yen - TAFR Director - Ponderosa Volunteer Fire Dept |
| Texas Association of First Responders hosted a fund raiser on August 29, 2008 for Houston Police Officer Joe Pyland, who was injured in the line of duty on the Katy Freeway service road at Hwy 6 on Sunday, June 29, 2008. This was a very successful event; thus resulting in being able to present Officer Joe Pyland with a check in the amount of $16,002.11. |

| Specials thanks go out to the to the companies (listed below) who donated funds and products to assist in the expense of putting on this benefit. |




| There were many men and women who donated their time and hard work to make this all possible who also deserve thanks. |














