SLO CattleWomen Win Walt Rodman Award for Beef Promotion for 3rd Straight Year
SLOCCW was honored to win the 2025 Walt Rodman Award for their "Giving Back with Beef" promotion efforts. President, Nicole Nicholson (left) pictured with Bill Dale, the Executive Director of the CA Beef Council and Annette Cassis (right) Director of Consumer & Brand Marketing.
CattleWomen for a Cause at the 2025 Fashion Show
SLO CattleWomen and guests spearheaded an effort at the fashion show that collected THREE (yes 3) car loads of brand new items for the ECHO shelter in Atascadero and the Prado Warming Center in San Luis Obispo. Wendy Lewis, President/CEO of ECHO (left) met (from left to right) 2nd VPs Lesa John, Vicki Janssen & Nicole Nicholson to deliver half of the items. The other half of the donations Prado the day after the fashion show. We truly appreciate the generosity of this year’s fashion show guests. Their contributions made this effort a HUGE success!
2025 SLOCCW Top Hand Award Winners
At this year’s fashion show our unit gave out its first “Top Hand” Awards. The Top Hand Award is given to those who have made significant contributions to the unit, it’s fundraisers, programs, and to the overall benefit of the industry. Tanna (left) and Reese (right) Tartaglia took home this year’s awards. Among some of our first young CattleWomen, Reese and Tanna have been extensively involved in helping the unit raise money for scholarships and beef promotion for years. Congrats ladies!
CattleWomen Make an Appearance on What’s Up North County!
In February, Nicole and Vicki had a wonderful time talking to Randy and Eric on the talkshow and podcast, ‘What’s Up North County,’ about SLOCCW, the beef industry, and the unit’s upcoming events. View the entire episode by visiting @whatsupnorthcounty on Instagram and clicking on their YouTube channel. Thanks for having us Randy and Eric! credit: @whatsupnorthcounty
San Luis Obispo County Ranching Month
SLOCCW accepts the resolution from the SLO Board of Supervisors officially recognizes February 2025 as “SLO County Ranching Month in conjunction with National Meat Month.”
Vicki Janssen’s 2024 CattleWoman of the Year photo is officially hung in the Board of Supervisors’ Chambers.
CattleWomen Promote Beef on K-JUG!
A tremendous thank you to KJUG for giving us a radio spot on the "Tom and Becky Show!" Thank you Corryn La Rue for arranging this terrific opportunity to reach over 4,000 listeners during our 5 minute talk about ranchers and the benefits of beef. Corryn LaRue had done an internship with KJUG and we are thankful that she was able to schedule this special day. This year we focused on talking to the listeners about the many byproducts that beef provides. Tom and Becky are amazing and made the visit fun and enjoyable. We could not be more appreciative and humbled by this opportunity.
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