Northwest Harris County Aggie Moms’ Club

Thirty five wonderful years and still counting…. In the fall of 1987, Robbie Parman put an ad in a local newspaper in the northwest side of Houston and Harris County, Texas, stating that she was trying to start a local “Aggie Mom’s Club”. She was amazed when 23 ladies promptly responded by attending a meeting at her home. Several ladies from the Houston Club also attended to help them organize including Shirley Neal who was the Federation President that year. The moms were so excited about the new club that a constitution was adopted and a slate of officers elected at that first meeting!

The official charter was granted in March 1988. By then there were 48 “charter” members of our club. The growth of the Northwest Harris County Texas A&M University Mothers’ Club has continued steadily since then. The club has had to move its meeting locations for different times to accommodate the growth. Although the membership reached a high mark in 2002 with 401 members, the average membership is about 350 members. The majority of our enthusiastic, dedicated and hard working Aggie Moms live in the Aldine, Cypress-Fairbanks, Klein, Spring, Tomball and Waller Independent School Districts. We meet on the second Tuesday of each month from August through May each year. We are currently meeting at Houston Distributing Company, located at 7100 High Life Drive at 7:00 pm.

Northwest Harris County Aggie Moms participate in a wide variety of activities. The club’s “Tradition Line” of trees and picture frames, are sold to club members at meetings and others through our virtual boutique and Family Weekend Boutique in the spring. We assemble and deliver care packages in an Aggie container full of snacks and study aids to College Station and Galveston students prior to finals in the fall and spring. We participate in several federation sponsored events. Last, we hold several fundraising events during the year our Hullabaloo Huddle (football watch party and auction) and Aggie Trivia night (trivia contest and auction). There is something for everyone!

Our club is very proud of the establishment of the NWHC TAMU Endowed Scholarship Fund created with the Texas A&M Foundation in 2002. It was fully funded within one year and continues to grow each year to assist the club with the scholarship program. In April 2021, the NWHC Aggie Moms’ Club gave twelve $1,250 scholarships to students attending Texas A&M University from the northwest Harris County area. Also, twelve $100 book awards were given to Aggie students for the year.

Our club also gives funds to numerous organizations recognized by the university each year.

Most moms of this vibrant club will attest to the fact that some of the best friends they have are the Aggie Moms that they met and worked with through their club, the Northwest Harris County Texas A&M University Mothers’ Club. Whoop!

NW Harris County Texas A&M University Mothers’ Club Presidents

Robbie Parman	1987 – 1989	Patsy Phelps	1989 – 1990
Mary Hammer	1990 – 1991	Winnie Evans	1991 – 1992
Diane Gray	1992 – 1993	Ann Anderson	1993 – 1994
Ann Koval	1994 – 1995	Brenda Cejka	1995 – 1996
Diane Paradise	1996 – 1997	Susan Loflin	1997 – 1998
Theresa Witt	1998 – 1999	Jan Drawe	1999 – 2000
Linda Maginness	2000 – 2001	Mary Vargo	2001 – 2002
Sue Dehnert	2002 – 2003	Sylvia Wisialowski	2003 – 2004
Carolyn Gilmartin	2004 – 2005	Diana Waguespack	2005 – 2006
Robin Galvin ’79	2006 – 2008	Susan Canon	2008 – 2009
Cathy Sliva	2009 – 2010	Vickie Hamley	2010 – 2011
Judy Thompson	2011 – 2012	Tish Otten	2011 – 2012
Tish Otten	2012 – 2013	Shannon Eberle	2013 – 2014
Connie Pritchard	2014 – 2015	Patti Rabel	2015 – 2016
Summer Perkins	2016 – 2017	Stephanie Collums	2017 – 2018
Kiersten O’Malley	2018 – 2019	Kim Zapalac	2019 – 2020
Karyn Friesn	2020 – 2021	Tammy Woodeshick	2021 – 2022
Martha Vehlewald	2022 – 2023	Jen Clark ’94	2023 – 2024

Federation of Texas A&M University Mothers’ Club Presidents from NWHC Mothers’ Club

Dianne Gray	2001 – 2002