TETWP Heidi Sherratt Interview
TETWP Heidi Sherratt Interview – It was my pleasure recently to get a chance to have a chat with the Executive Director of the Cattleman’s Days and Tough Enough To Wear Pink – Heidi Sherratt.
The Cattleman’s Days and Tough Enough To Wear Pink does a great job 
of providing comprehensive support to our community in the fight against cancer. I am excited to be a sponsor for their Songwriter Shuffle Event – and hope to see you there!!
Breast cancer is the #1 focus, but their programs are now open to people who are diagnosed with any type of cancer.
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Transcript – TETWP Heidi Sherratt Interview
Chris Kopf: Hey, it’s Chris Kopf and we’re in downtown Crested Butte. And what a beautiful day. I’m here with Heidi Sherratt and she’s the Executive Director of Cattleman’s Days and Tough Enough To Wear Pink.
Heidi Sherratt: Thank you, Chris. Well, if anybody doesn’t know about Cattleman’s days and tough enough to wear pink, you’re in for a treat. Not only is it one of the most fun times in the valley, but it’s for a great cause and we have a lot of really exciting events coming up to talk about.
But most importantly is what we’re giving back to the community. Tough Enough To Wear Pink has been in this valley for 18 years and it is helping to fund people that are diagnosed with any type of cancer. We started out as a breast cancer specific organization, but we’ve really expanded now to all cancers and we’ve expanded our programs and our support in so many ways. One of the biggest things we’re doing is helping our local hospital with, top of the line, equipment, for mammogram screenings, ultrasounds, MRIs.
Heidi Sherratt: We just purchased a new machine that’s just under $300,000 for the hospital that’s coming actually this month, and it’s called the Abus, and it’s a new screening tool that is being recommended, in addition to your mammogram. So that’s a really exciting news, for our Valley. And we work hard to, do prevention, detection and taking care of people if they are diagnosed, through lots of different programs, transportation, lodging, financial assistance, helping people with, their wellness, their wellbeing, mental and physical while going through cancer.
So it’s a pretty extensive organization. Yeah, we’re doing a lot of things. so everything is on our website and I’m always available to talk to if anybody has any questions about what we’re doing here.
Chris Kopf: Well, I know you have a lot of activities and, and you know, I’m super excited because you do some really cool, fun activities and it raises a lot of money for all the causes that you just mentioned, which is really cool. Tell us about what’s happening this summer that people should know about and how can they, you be aware of what these activities and events are this summer?
Heidi Sherratt: So the summer is our prime time and it’s our biggest fundraising, time of the year, and it’s all sort of around the rodeo, the Tough Enough To Wear Pink Rodeo where this all started.
So we kick off, with the 4th of July down at the I bar Ranch and we call it Pinkappalooza. This is our third year doing that event, and it’s a ton of fun. Not only is it the best place to see live fireworks in the valley, but we have a huge group of musicians coming to entertain you, so you’re in for a treat. The I bar is just a funky, great place to be. They have a big bonfire and it’s just a good time.
So we’ve got Chancey Williams as our headliner. If you haven’t heard Chancey, he’s an incredible upbeat, country band. He has an amazing fiddle player.
“Chancey Williams as our headliner 4th of July. If you haven’t heard Chancey, he’s an incredible upbeat, country band.”
Heidi Sherratt: You cannot help but dance. I mean, his music’s just contagious. We have Ward Davis, who is one of my most favorite songwriters. And we have some people to kick off the night that are gonna be at our songwriters Shuffle, who, are another group of songwriters who are coming for the July 6th event, which is the Songwriters Shuffle. It’s another incredible event that’s our biggest fundraising event. We do it at the Double Top Ranch out Cement Creek. It’s a beautiful venue, and we have a bunch of different amazing chefs from the Valley coming, and so it’s delicious food and then great music. So if anyone’s interested in coming to that event, you can buy individual tickets, but you also can be a sponsor and thank you, Chris, for being a sponsor this year. So there’s a lot of different options there. Again, everything’s on our website or you can always call me.
TETWP Website – Get Tickets to Tough Enough To Wear Pink Rodeo, Pinkapalooza, Songwriter Shuffle and more…!
Chris Kopf: Very good. And was there something also, you have the fourth, fifth, and 6th of July? Right?
Heidi Sherratt: So the July 5th is, is a really special evening for our biggest sponsors, and it’s an acoustic concert with the songwriters and a four course meal, that is being hosted by the Walter Group at the Almont Resort this year, which we’re very grateful for. And then on July 6th is the songwriter Shuffle, and then the following week is the Tough Enough to wear Pink Rodeo, and that’s a PRCA rodeo. There’s actually three nights of rodeo. The Thursday night rodeo is the pink rodeo. And we are the number one tough enough to wear pink fundraiser in the United States. So it’s a really great way to celebrate what this Valley is doing and how supportive people are here. It’s a great rodeo. If you can’t be there Thursday, be there Friday or Saturday. All three nights are phenomenal. Of course, my favorite night’s Thursday, but, you’re in for a treat. It’s a really well done rodeo in a small town. And so come on down and you can get tickets also for that on our website.
Chris Kopf: Well, very good. Well, Heidi, I just wanna say thank you so much for all that you do and Cattleman Days and Tough Enough To Wear Pink does for this, this community and people that are, dealing with some, some challenging times in their life with cancer. And you have, been involved for a very long time and really, want everybody to, to be a supporter and figure out how you can play your part. And, any final words?
Heidi Sherratt: I just, you know, I’m always overwhelmed with gratitude for this valley. Everybody in this valley, the full-time locals, the part-time locals, the visitors here, we just have so much tremendous support and it’s, it’s a really beautiful group of people that come together and we really hope that you’ll join us this year at one of our events or all of our events, hopefully, and just become a part of it.
Chris Kopf: All right, well hopefully we’ll see you this summer. Have an awesome day!
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