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We will be hosting our 1st Annual Foundation Classic Golf Tournament on May 12, 2025, at the Golf Club at Texas A&M in College Station. Registration will be live on our website soon.

The Foundation is pleased to announce that we are offering 3 scholarship opportunities this year starting with the Fall 2025 semester. There are scholarships available for Texas Task Force members, their high school senior children, and for high school seniors pursuing a career in public safety. The scholarship details and forms can be found by using the following link: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1BPYESEkRDt4HCa1jE8ogt5QGOT-nMmnJ?fbclid=IwY2xjawIl9MFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfDYxtZ7o3zR_YuYyIHKn463-k3gqs6Buylm2sSTup1kgbfk1m_Hqdzxyg_aem_umc2Pznp5w7AzcXC47064Q 

On Saturday February 18, 2023 Texas Task Force Foundation presented the Billy Parker Lifetime Achievement Award for Travis L. Maher to his sons Riley and Maddox Maher. We were fortunate to have Billy Parker himself there to present the award. Pictured: Riley Maher, Maddox Maher, Billy Parker, Treasurer Chris Collier, Director Kevin Deramus, Director Keith Brown Photo Credit : TEEX

Earlier today the Texas Task Force Foundation provided a donation of $8,769 to the Texas A&M Task Force 1 Water Team for a purchase of new equipment. The donation will allow the team to purchase 2 new top of the line water rated manikins that will create more realistic real-world simulations during training and a new boat motor diagnostic tool to keep their motors running at top performance. Pictured (L to R): Director of Water Ops Kevin Deramus, President Charlie Abney, TX-TF...

We are proud to announce the creation of the Travis L. Maher Relief & Outreach Fund, established in the honor of our late Founding Member and Director Travis L. Maher. Travis valiantly battled and ultimately passed away on December 28, 2022 from an aggressive form of cancer directly linked to his job as a firefighter and time spent responding to Ground Zero as a member of Texas A&M Task Force 1 after 9/11. During Travis's battle with cancer it became evident to us of the need to help our...