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The Propeller Club - Port of Galveston awarded $12,000 in scholarships in October 2022 to a selected group of maritime students at Texas A&M Maritime Academy Galveston.
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The Propeller Club, Port of Galveston, awarded a check for $10,000 to the Galveston Seafarers Center at its 2nd annual Seafarers Center Holiday Dinner Meeting sponsored by Texas International Terminals. This award was made possible due to the generosity of our monthly sponsors and the dedicated members of our club. The event was a sell out, with an attendance of over 200!
Dinner was prepared by Marios on the Seawall Catering. We want to thank the Seafarers Center Board for preparing the desserts for the dinner, Five and Two Marketing and everyone else who participated to make this a huge success. We also were able to donate a sizeable number of toys from our members to the Blue Santa Christmas Toy Drive. We look forward to seeing everyone at the 3rd annual Holiday Dinner in December 2024.
We thank our members and sponsors for a very successful 2023 and look forward to doing better in 2024.
Our next meeting will be a Rib-Eye Steak Dinner prepared by the Propeller Club Board and sponsored by HomeTown Bank on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, and always at the KC Hall, 1912 Winnie Street in Galveston, unless otherwise notified.
2023 Scholarship Recipients
The Propeller Club, Port of Galveston, recently presented $12,000 in scholarships to students at Texas A&M Maritime Academy Galveston for 2023.
Pictured with Propeller Club Board Members are recipients Quinn Alksne-Liles ($2,000 Capt. Fanning Scholarship), Don Wetherington ($2,000 Leo Mencacci Scholarship), Brady Smith, Jocelyn Lopreore, Tara Donnelly, Jackson Ballay, Ali DeYoung, Nikolas Sotirelis, Connor Raynor and Gaven Mayfield all received $1,000 scholarships.
We thank our monthly sponsors and members for their support to make this possible. This month's dinner was sponsored by Sen Mayes Middleton.
WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO OUR SPONSORS AND MEMBERSHIP
We could not have accomplished it without our dedicated membership, sponsors, and guidance from all of our past and present officers and board members. We wish to thank all of our sponsors over the past 20 years, most of whom have supported us over that time at many of our functions over this period.
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AMERITECH ENVIRONMENTAL
ANSELL & ANSELL CPA
ATTORNEY JONATHAN C. KIESCHNICK
BROOME WELDING & MACHINE SHOP
CALLAN MARINE, LTD.
CHS LAUNCH SERVICE
COASTAL HYDRO SERVICES
COMMISIONER JOE GIUSTI
CONSTABLE JIMMY FULLEN
DANA INDUSTRIAL
DEL PAPA DISTRIBUTING
DELASCO INC.
DIENST DISTRIBUTING
DSW HOMES
DUNN EQUIPMENT
DUNN HEAT EXCHANGERS
EDWARD JONES
FARMERS COPPER & INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY
FRED MOORE SUPPLY
FRIENDS OF THE PROPELLER CLUB
FROST BANK GALVESTON
GALVESTON LABORATORIES
GALVESTON RAILROAD L.P.
GALVESTON TEXAS CITY PILOTS
GEOTEST ENGINEERING
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL
GULF COPPER DRY-DOCK & RIG REPAIR
H.L. & P.
HOMETOWN BANK OF GALVESTON
HOTEL GALVEZ
HYDRA U.S.
IMPERIAL SUGAR
ITS CALEB BRET
J & J TELECOMMUNICATIONS
J.W. KELSO CO.
JACK BROWN INSURANCE
JUDGE ANNE B. DARRING
KENMORE ELECTRIC
MALIN INTL SHIP REPAIR
MARINE WASTE SERVICE
MAXIM CRANE WORKS
MOODY NATIONAL BANK
PALMS LIQUOR
PIER 77 YACHT SERVICE
PORT OF GALVESTON (GALVESTON WHARVES)
PROSPERITY BANK
RANDALLS MARKET
RELIANT ENERGY
REPRESENTATIVE MAYES MIDDLETON
ROLLS ROYCE MARINE
SHELMARK ENGINEERING LLC
SHERIFF HENRY TROCHESSET
SMITH HAMM, INC.
SMITTY’S BAIT & TACKLE
SOUTH ATLANTIC & GULF COAST DISTRICT ILA
SOUTHEAST TEXAS ENGINEERING & INSPECTION
SUDERMAN STEVEDORES
TEXAS FIRST BANK
TEXAS INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS
THE SPOT ‘ISLAND FAMOUS”
THE WATERS GROUP (ALAN & YOLANDA WATERS)
THINOPS MARTIME & AVIATION SERVICES
UNITED STATES MARTIME SERVICES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WHEAT OPPERMAN PLLC
A History of Service - Since 1922
The Propeller Club, Port of Galveston presented a donation of $5,000 to the Galveston Seafarers Center at its October 20, 2021 dinner meeting.
Pictured at the presentation are Albert Choate, Galveston Seafarers Center Board & Propeller Club Officer, H.L. "Bubba" Smith, Past President, Propeller Club, Jim Lewis, Galveston Seafarers Center Manager and Eddie Janek, President, Propeller Club, Port of Galveston.
The Propeller Club was conceived in 1922 as an ever-growing group of maritime professionals who met informally each day over lunch to discuss issues of the industry. As the group became too large for casual conversation, speakers began to be invited to address the group. Growth continued, and in January of 1923 the “Propeller Club of the Port of New York” was formed, with thirty-three in attendance choosing the name and scheduling regular meetings.
The membership comprises a cross-section of the maritime industry throughout the United States and in many cities overseas. The Propeller Club is particularly well equipped to promote, further, and support the merchant marine. “Propeller” in the name refers to the propulsion of ships and is symbolic of the driving force required to communicate the need for an adequate, privately-owned merchant marine for both overseas and domestic commerce.
Today, the International Propeller Club of the United States is an international business network dedicated to the promotion of the maritime industry, commerce, and global trade. There are more than 80 ports in maritime cities around the world, including almost 30 in foreign cities.