Texas Parks & Recreation Foundation’s mission is to support local parks and recreation departments and professionals through scholarships, funding TRAPS education initiatives and land trust assistance. This work continues only because of the generous support of individuals, businesses and organizations like your own, and we are so grateful to see that continue year after year with the foundation’s annual fundraising auction, renamed in 2020 in honor of longtime Dallas Parks and Recreation employee Gene Spearman.
The auction is held each year in February, leading up to the TRAPS State Conference, with a live auction immediately following the award ceremony. For more information or to participate in the 2026 auction, contact auction chair Tim Hogsett, thogsett@gmail.com or (512) 934-2436.