Texas Bear Round Up 2003
Sunday, February 16, 2003 (16:01:37)

Posted by davekras

tbru 2003 : Simply the Best March 27-30, 2003 www.tbru.org

Texas Bear Round Up is an annual event held in Dallas, Texas for bears and bear admirers. It is open to all who consider themselves bears or bear admirers regardless of body shape, size, and type and/or amount of body hair. The idea is for bears and bear admirers of all types to get together in a safe and fun atmosphere to have a good time, develop continuing friendships, make new friends and to "have a good time" (you figure it out...)

The purpose of the event is twofold. It is first and foremost a weekend of fun and frolic intended to provide you with as many opportunities to meet and mingle with other bears and bear admirers as possible. It is secondarily a fundraising event. But what a fundraising event it has been! Over the last 7 years of TBRU's, over $65,000 has been donated to various local charities including: Walt Whitman Community School (the country's only private high school for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning (GLBTQ) youth located right here in Dallas, Resource Center Dallas and Youth First Texas (a support services group for GLBTQ youth in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex).

This year the beneficiary is another worthy cause: AIDS Services of Dallas.

It is amazing that such a fun-filled weekend benefits the GLBTQ community as much as it does. It is only through the generous donations of sponsors, the tireless (and totally volunteer) effort put forth by the TBRU committee, the volunteer efforts of active and committed Dallas Bears members, and of course, your attendance and participation in the weekend's festivities that we are able to help Our Community. For more information, visit www.tbru.org or email us at tbru@dallasbears.org

We hope to see you there!

-TBRU 2003 Committee