What your $45 per year in dues provides...

• Thousands of dollars in DISCOUNTS to over 17 companies (Dodge trucks, satellite internet, Case tractor, Grainger Supply, Sherwin-Williams paints, tires, batteries, welding products, Brillen eyewear, Victor Welding, prescription drugs, long distance telephone service, etc.)

• Free gate signs, $1,000 theft rewards program and group accidental death insurance

• Favored member loan rates and financial services with Farm Bureau Bank

• $100 discount on rental of the Gillespie CFB Event Center

• Favored member insurance rates

• Free online classified advertising with the Texas Salebarn website. The site has a variety of items listed for sale and photos can be included with each ad. Members can place as many ads as they wish. Visit http://www.TexasSalebarn.com or call 254.751.2558.

• Preferred access and discounts to many of our educational seminars

• 50% off retail cost on child safety car seats

For a complete list of benefits offered by Texas Farm Bureau, click here.

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To support Farm Bureau Community Involvement

• Ag Fair Day at the Fairgrounds (all schools, grades 4-6)

• Ag in the Classroom (lesson plans and demos for teachers in ag science)

•Gillespie County FB Queen and Court (with $500 scholarship)

• Gillespie CFB Parade Float (attending over 15 events every year)

• Gillespie CFB education scholarships ($3,000 in 2008)

• Gillespie CFB 4-H/FFA Youth Livestock Show ($1,000)

• Farming and Ranching Issues Seminars (with professional speakers)

• Firemen's Training School (pay tuition for volunteer firemen)

• National Fire Safety Council (provide safety materials for children)

• Gillespie County Fair Association Scholarship Fest

•Awards sponsor at Gillespie County Fair

• Youth Range Camp (sponsor tuition and travel expense)

• Youth Little League team sponsors

• Ag Institute for Teachers (tuition for week-long class)

• Poster Contest sponsor (grades 4-6, Ag and Rural Living posters)

• Free Enterprise Speech Contest (sponsor student to compete in TFB contest)

• Talent Find Contest (sponsor student to compete in TFB state contest)

• Ag and Farm Leadership Conferences (TFB leadership training schools)

• Policy Development meetings (citizens develop policy recommendations for the State Legislature)

• Legislative Conferences (send delegates to the state capitol for input)

• Send delegates to Commodity Conferences (spring and fall)

• Send delegates to State and National Farm Bureau conventions (to vote and influence legislation/policies that concern Gillespie County)

• Participate in any issue that affects Gillespie County (e.g. water rights, property rights, eminent domain, wind turbines, taxation, etc.)