PRCA & Resistol Hats team up with Patriot Feathers Program at the WNFR 2016

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PRCA and Resistol Hats have teamed up with the patriot feathers program launched at the WNFR 2016.

PRCA Commissioner Karl Stressman was at a charity auction earlier this year and purchased two feathers painted like the American Flag.

The Wright Brothers Feathers

Stressman spoke about his ambitions of being an art major in college during his speech at the PRCA Convention. He asked his wife to pick up art supplies and he began painting a few feathers in his spare time. Notable PRCA personnel were gifted the feathers painted by Stressman.

Joe E. Hutchison of San Antonio Stock-Show & Rodeo

The outreach with Resistol provided each WNFR contestant a feather to wear. Several cowboy hats are sporting the American Flag Feather and the patriotism within rodeo is spreading.

The program will launch for rodeo committees this year as a fundraiser in their local communities.

Feathers can be purchased in quantities for 50 through Resistol’s program with donations benefiting military outreach locally.

Gretchen Kirchmann

Gretchen Kirchmann is a veteran journalist covering a variety of events across the country each year. She founded Kirchmann Media Group in 2009 and works as a marketing consultant with a forte for the western lifestyle industry, festivals, fairs and rodeo world. Her work includes 15 national communication awards plus coverage of Nashville's CMT Awards and CMA Fanfest. A favorite assignment was attending the all cast reunion of the Dukes of Hazard in 2006 and 2007 at Dukesfest. In December you will find her covering the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and Miss Rodeo America pageant live from Las Vegas. Her favorite color is orange, favorite song "Rocky Top" and she loves to dance especially clogging.