Golden Rodeos

Become A Golden Rodeo

Santa Maria Elks Rodeo - Santa Maria, CA

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Each year, 25 children and their families are invited to the first performance of the Santa Maria Elks Rodeo. Each child receives a buckle and hat, as well as special seating in the Golden Section. The Santa Maria Elks Rodeo has donated more than $125,000 to local families that have been affected by childhood cancer while their Elks Rodeo Queen Contest has raised over $15 million to benefit other youth recreation programs.

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Red Bluff Round-Up - Red Bluff, CA

"Each year at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, the Red Bluff Round-Up is teamed up with Las Vegas Events, Santa Maria Elks Rodeo, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), and Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation to honor children and their families fighting life-threatening cancer through the Golden Circle of Champions. Founded in 2016, a total of 20 families are chosen each year. This year the RBRU Directors chose 14-year-old Madi Swann as our Golden Circle Champion."

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California Rodeo Salinas - Salinas, CA

The California Rodeo Salinas went GOLDEN during the Sunday performance and raised over $6,000 for Golden Circle of Champions -the non-profit founded in Santa Maria that supports pediatric cancer patients and their families and also sends them on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. The kids get to meet rodeo stars during a banquet where they are honored and then cheer for the contestants at a rodeo performance.

Learn more about what the California Rodeo Salinas has done and read about our past champions here: https://www.carodeo.com/.../golden-circle-of-champions

Sheriff's Rodeo - San Bernardino, CA

Meet one of San Bernardino's Champions: "Tristen Crouser is an 18-year-old cancer-survivor, who aspires to compete as a professional roper on the rodeo circuit. With the help of Deputies Amy Kennedy and Carlos Ortiz and the Sheriff's Rodeo, he is getting closer to his goal and learning how to teach young children the art of roping."

Watch Tristen's Story