Mrs. Mary Cathcart

Position: Heifer Project Spokesperson
Organization: Heifer Project

Biography

Mary Cathcart has served the Dallas/Fort Worth area as a Heifer Spokesperson for three years.  She was trained at the Heifer Ranch in Perryville, AR where she learned about the unequal distribution of wealth around the world which contributes to poverty and hunger.  She learned how Heifer provides plants and animals, with training, so that families can become self-sustaining, in an environmentally friendly growing environment.

She is a retired educator with 34 years as an elementary teacher, specializing in math and gifted and talented instruction.  She has her B.S.Ed. and M.S.Ed. from the Unitersity of Arkansas with additional hours from TCU, Baylor, and North Texas. 

She served as associate pastor for Northwest Christian Church in Arlington for 5 1/2 years and now worships at First Congregational Church in Fort Worth where she leads the contemporary service.  She has presented at state gifted, science and math conferences and has taught countless staff development courses for HEB ISD. 

She has volunteered as a teacher of English as a Second Language to Spanish speakers for the past five years at Northwest Christian Church.

Speech Titles

Heifer Project and its Work to Help End World Hunger and Poverty

Speech Description

Heifer Project is a NGO that has been providing livestock and plants to people in poverty, both in the United States and around the world for over 60 years, helping over seven million families.  Heifer provides education to the recipients of plants and animals so that they will use sustainable agricultural practices, and must pass on the gift to someone else in need.  Besides improving the diets of adults and children, which makes them healthier, the sale of products, such as goat's milk, creates income to pay for the children to get an education.

References

9 June 2006 North Star Kiwanis Club, "An Overview of the Heifer Project"

2 December 2007, University Christian Church, Fort Worth, Alternative Gift Market, display and information to help people find suitable Heifer gifts in honor of loved ones and friends.

13 September 2008 to the women of Trinity Presbyterian Church in McKinney, luncheon keynote speaker "An Overview of the Heifer Project".

Minimum Speaking Time: 20 minutes
Maximum Speaking Time: 1 hour