JANUARY 2025
TABLE OF CONTENTS
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
THANK YOU
Thank you to speaker Michelle Hughes and facilitator Jeff McNeill of US Forensic for an excellent ethics CE program at the December luncheon. HCA appreciates your sharing your time and knowledge with us.
Thank you, Akansha, for organizing HCA’s first volunteer event at the Houston Food Bank. Final report for the day was that all the volunteers there cleared 23 pallets, 21,600 pounds of food that will provide 18,025 meals. It takes many helping hands to accomplish those figures. From HCA, a special thanks the 11 who joined us to help. Check out the pictures posted on HCA’s Linked In page.
2025 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
As you know HCA membership follows the calendar year and it is that time. Everyone needs to be on the lookout for an invite to GlueUp in the near future, as HCA’s membership renewal will be facilitated by this new platform. Final tests are being run and the program will be live in a few weeks.
JANUARY CE LUNCHEON MEETING
NEW LOCATION – SPRING CREEK BBQ KATY
21000 KATY FRWY., KATY, TX 77449
Kevin Kianka, Haag’s Director of Operations, will present a one-hour program, “Techniques in Evidence Collection, Handling, Preservation and Visualization in Forensic Engineering Applications,” at Houston Claims Association’s CE luncheon meeting on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 11:15 am, at Spring Creek BBQ Katy, 21000 Katy Frwy., Katy, TX 77449. On-line cost is $37.50 for members; $42.50 for non-members. Please RSVP and prepay BY CLICKING HERE or to the Association office by 5:00 pm, Friday, January 3, bbuckley@houstonclaimsassoc.com or 281.933.4028.
Highlights of the program will be an overview of federal evidentiary admissibility standards, voluntary evidence preservation standard and procedures, case studies demonstrating accuracy and precision of various technologies, and using models, animations, and visualizations to help win your case.
DECEMBER TOY/FOOD DRIVE
Thank you!! Thank you!! What a wonderfully generous response for our annual toy/food drive!! Recipients of the toys were Periwinkle Foundation and Texas Children’s Hospital for parties for the patients and clients and the food recipient was Christian Community Service Center (CCSC) and the families they serve. Your donations were truly appreciated by all three organizations. Check out the Linked In page for some pictures.
2025 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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| January 8
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CE Luncheon |
| January 29
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Happy Hour in Tomball – Cornhole Game |
| February 12
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CE Luncheon |
| February 19 |
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Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament
Date was changed due to conflict |
| March 12
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CE Luncheon |
| March 15
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Scholarship Interviews |
| TBA
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Spring Golf Tournament |
| April 9
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Annual Meeting/CE Luncheon |
| April 24
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Tentative date for Skeet Shoot |
| May 14
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CE Luncheon |
| May 29
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Happy Hour |
| June 11
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CE Luncheon |
| NO MEETINGS IN JULY/AUGUST
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| September 10
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CE Luncheon |
| TBA
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Fall Golf Tournament |
| October 8
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CE Luncheon |
| November 12
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CE Luncheon |
| December 10
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CE Luncheon/Toy/Food Drive |
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JANUARY 29 HAPPY HOUR
Mark your calendars now and watch for a flyer with all the details. The Happy Hour will be held Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at Little Woodrow’s, 11241 Timber Tech Ave., Tomball, TX 77375 and will feature a cornhole competition.
2025 - 2026 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS
Scholarship application forms for the 2025 -2026 scholastic year are now available on the website, through the Association office, and at the luncheon meetings through February. As education costs continue to increase, supplemental funding is even more important to help students reach their goal.
If you have been a member of the Association for one year, have attended at least four events sponsored by HCA within this past year, and your student meets the following requirements, she/he is encouraged to apply: graduating high school senior applying to a university or vocational tech school or is currently enrolled in a university or vocational tech school; financially dependent on parent/guardian who is an HCA member; and under 25 years of age at the beginning of the scholastic year (September 1, 2025.) Current and past recipients are eligible and are encouraged to apply. Please remember that incomplete forms and forms received after the March 1, deadline, will NOT be considered. Interviews will be held March 15 and the scholarships will be awarded at the April 9 Annual Meeting. Each applicate will be contacted with an interview time.
CLICK HERE to download the 2024 HCA Scholarship Letter & Application Package
WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!