100 Years of History
Travis County Medical Alliance
Established 1924

2018/2019 The TCMA held a legistlative reception at the home of Rush and Pradeep Kumar's for the 86th legistlative session.  TCMA members also attended first Tuesdays at the capitol to help support the Travis County Medical Society.  We were awarded the Mary Ann Homer Legistlative and Political Action Award for our efforts! We collected 136 books in addition to monetary donations at our annual holiday luncheon. We partnered with Steel Magnolias, a southern boutique in Lakeway, to raise funds for the TCMA. They chose us to be their charity of the month and we received 10% of all proceeds.  We decided to have a more intimate party to honor our sponsors that year verse the traditional gala event.  The party took place at Christi and Kevin Bozics house.  All sponsors and TCMA members were invited.  TCMA raised over $53,000 to give away to our grant recipients that year.  Grant recipients attended our last meeting of the year at the historic Caswell house.  At this meeting we recognized all of our honorary members and named Patty Loose an honorary member for all of her dedication to the Travis County Medical Alliance and the Texas Medical Association Alliance. 

2019/2020 We held a lucrative fund drive, we donated helmets to support Hard Hats for Little Heads, we gave out scholarships to two deserving Hispanic UT Nursing School students, we collaborated with the TCMS to hold a fun membership building event at the Trail of Lights, and we planned what would have been a fun and philanthropic Party with a Purpose, however, in March 2020, less than a month away from our PWAP, the Covid 19 pandemic shut the world down and we had to cancel our party and the rest of the events we had planned for the year.  It will forever stand out as the beginning of the Covid era.

2020-21 - Volunteer efforts of the Alliance during the COVID-19 pandemic year began by assisting the Medical Society with delivering PPE to medical offices throughout the central Texas area. Later, members provided countless volunteer hours as greeters and scribes during COVID-19 vaccination clinics for healthcare workers and teachers. Community grant fundraising exceeded expectations, and TCMAF was awarded the 'Dedicated to the Mission Award' by the State Alliance.

2022-2023 was a year of welcoming back our membership to regular in-person meetings and events. We had a record-breaking Annual Fund Drive as well as a fun Iconic-Austin-themed Party with a Purpose downtown at the Austin Central Library which allowed us to award grants totaling $46,000 to eight local organizations. We continued our hands on support of St. Louise house with meal preparation and Volunteer Healthcare Clinic with Backpacks, holiday family sponsors and envelope stuffing..

2023/2024 was the Travis County Medical Alliance Centennial Celebration year! We spent the year reflecting upon the legacy of the TCMA. Through our newsletters, social media and on our website we shared stories and photos from the last 100 years. Throughout the year the TCMA gave special recognition to the Past Presidents, members who were awarded Volunteer of the Year, and inducted two new Honorary Members. Additionally, Austin was the host city for the American Medical Association Alliance's regional Texas Two-Step Conference, so the TCMA jumped in to help the Texas Medical Association Alliance coordinate the event. The Travis County Medical Society was a Presenting Sponsor at the Centennial Celebration Party With A Purpose, and with the support of the Fund Drive Donors and Party Sponsors, the TCMA raised over $100,000, making it possible to fully fund the grant requests for the three Heritage Grant Recipients (TCMS Physician Wellness Program, Volunteer Healthcare Clinic, St. Louise House), eight Community Grant Recipients, as well as supporting a large variety of community partnerships. To close out the year, at the ALLMED conference in May, the TCMA was awarded a blue ribbon for membership retention and recruitment, and the greatest honor was receiving the highest recognition from the TMAA, the President's Award for dedicating 2024/25 to 100 years of the TCMA and for the supporting role at the Texas Two-Step Conference.

2024-2025 – This year’s theme was Framing the Future, where we looked back with pride on our Centennial Celebration year and cast our eyes to the future on where we headed for the next century. We had a record-breaking Annual Fund Drive with TCMS co-signing our donor letter and sharing it with their 4500+ members. Our “Bridging the Gap to a Healthier Austin” AFD campaign generated a 50% increase in donations. General Meetings shifted back to members’ homes and we offered lunch and after work meeting times to try and boost member participation. The 2025 legislative session proved to be another busy and successful year for the Party of Medicine with Alliance members organizing the popular Legislative Reception kick-off event and then participating in TMA First Tuesdays at the Capitol. We also held multiple Hard Hats for Little Heads distribution events and gave out over 300 FREE kids bike helmets to some awesome local kids. We ended the year with a successful Party with a Purpose event in east Austin and were thrilled to award over $54,000 in grant funding to nine healthcare-related Community Service partners at our April luncheon.