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“Bachelorette Of The Year” Carol Cain
nder a beautiful Texas autumn
sky, Parker County gath-
ered to celebrate Parker County
Today’s 2018 Bachelorette of the
Year. The event, Sweet Charity &
Bachelorettes was held at the end of
October at the stunning Diamond H3
Ranch, located just outside Brock.
Careity Foundation was named
Charity of the Year (Bachelorette).
The goal for each bachelorette
was a simple one, they had eight
weeks to raise the most money possi-
ble for her charity.
Each of our bachelorettes worked
tirelessly with her charity to raise
money, but only one was able to
be our winner. Bachelorette Carol
Cain working along side Careity
Foundation Co-Founders, Beverly
Branch and Lyn Walsh raised a
record-breaking $156,000 for
her charity, Careity. Shocked that
she won, she thanked the Careity
Foundation for including her in this
event.
“I want to thank Beverly Branch
and Lyn Walsh for the opportunity.
This has been awesome. I had a
great time doing it. Careity is a great
foundation, they are awesome,”
Cain said. “We worked really hard
with the golf tournaments and other
events. I have to admit, and I really
didn’t say thanks to my friends, but
they really helped me out. It wasn’t
just me.”
Ericha Schmidt earned the title of
Benevolent Bachelorette who came
in second place, raising a whop-
ping $73,991.56 for Stars and Strides
Therapeutic Stables. When all the
numbers were calculated and totaled,
bachelorettes for all five charities
raised $408,325.96, a record amount
of money raised since the event’s
inception six years ago.
Cain was excited to be asked to
be part of the competition, and was
even more excited when she found
out that she would be raising money
for Careity.
“It’s a wonderful fun event to
raise money for our charities and
make others aware of what they [do
to] actually help others. We don’t
always see the pain people are going
through, physically and financially,”
Cain said.
A longtime hairdresser, Cain
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