in 2015, and opened my own law
firm in January of 2016.”
With her primary focus on crimi-
nal defense and family law, she is
able to be a court-appointed attorney
for both criminal and Child Protective
Services (CPS) cases. It’s through her
court cases that she is familiar with
her charity, the Children’s Advocacy
Center of Parker County [CACPC].
“My connection to CPS cases is
how I was able to get involved with
the Children’s Advocacy Center
of Parker County. I am excited to
see just how much the CACPC has
grown in the short time I have been
involved. I started on a task force of
community members that had a
passion to get this started, and now
it is open with a fabulous executive
director, wonderful board members,
and a building full of hard-work-
ing staff and volunteers.”
Lindquist is very excited to be
able to help out the CACPC as they
are represented for the first time in
the bachelorette competition.
“I am excited to be a part of the
2018 Parker County Sweet Charity
& Bachelorettes because it will give
me a great platform to raise more
money for CACPC. Parker County
Today has been such a wonderful
part of the community, and I am very
thankful I get this opportunity to pair
with Drake’s Yoke and CACPC to
help end the cycle of abuse in Parker
County.”
Bachelorette —
Ericha Schmidt
Charity —
Stars and Strides
Therapeutic Riding
Stables
Restaurant —
Whistle Hill’s
Downtown Cafe
Ericha Schmidt is the executive direc-
tor of Chick-fil-A in Weatherford
and partners with Whistle Hill’s
Downtown Cafe to raise funds for
Stars and Strides.
The foster mom of three is both
hands-on and hardworking, with a
deep passion for serving her commu-
nity that inspired her to participate in
our Bachelorette event. Being a foster
mom had always been a dream of
Schmidt’s.
“I kept telling myself, ‘Someday,
when I get older,’ But, then I was
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