The Polar Bear Challenge, hosted by the Mo-Ranch Conference Center, benefits a different local charity every year. On January 1, 2008, participants will be raising money for Schreiner University’s Hill Country College Fund, which provides need-based tuition grants to Schreiner students from Kerr, Gillespie, Bandera, Kendall, Kimble, Edwards and Real counties.

At the University’s kickoff for the event, 19 people signed up for the official Schreiner team—Arthur Bell, Mike Lowe, Paul Camfield, Ron Macosko, Sarah Dixon, Andrew Miller, Paco Espinoza, Kiley Miller, Kamron Farhoudi, Pat Murray, Jose Flores, Rick Phipps, Fred Gamble, Greg Shrader, Charles Gray, Bob Waller, Matt Goodwyn, Mindy Wendele and Peter Lewis—all of whom will be braving the Guadalupe River in January to benefit HCCF and Schreiner students.

First row (left to right): Kamron Farhoudi, realtor with Abel Hill Country Properties; Kiley Miller, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, Schreiner University; Paco Espinoza, owner of Francisco’s; and Jose Flores, owner of Results Don’t Lie Training. Second row (left to right): Charles Gray, D.D.S.; Rick Phipps, executive director of Rose Radio; Mindy Wendele, director of business programs for the City of Kerrville; Matt Goodwyn, director of campus recreation, Schreiner University; Peter Lewis, of Peter W. Lewis Architect and Associates; Pat Murray, CEO for Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital; and Paul Camfield, director of alumni relations, Schreiner University.

Registration for the Polar Bear Challenge is open until the day of the event. For more information, call Mo-Ranch at 830-238-4455, or get in touch with Jennifer Farhoudi at 830-7927205 or jfarhoudi@schreiner.edu.