Lone Star Ag Credit Participates in Race for the Cure

Fort Worth, Texas - Lone Star, ACA (Lone Star Ag Credit), the premier ag-lender in Texas, participated in the 2008 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on April 26. The association had a team consisting of employees, friends and family members from their Denton and Fort Worth offices. Lone Star Ag Credit was also a $5,000 sponsor of the event.

The 15th Annual Race hosted more than 18,000 participants which makes this race the single largest charitable 5K in Tarrant County. Up to 75% of the net proceeds are used for local programs with the remaining 25% going to fund breast cancer research.

“The Tarrant County Affiliate does a tremendous job supporting the city of Fort Worth. Our involvement is a simple way of saying thank you to a great organization and the people who are involved with it,” said Daron Gates, CEO of Lone Star Ag Credit. “We are very proud to be a part of Race for the Cure.”

For more than 90 years, Lone Star Ag Credit has been a reliable source of financing for Rural America.  Lone Star Ag Credit is a $1 billion customer-owned cooperative that provides courteous, accurate service through a well-trained, highly motivated staff.  Lone Star Ag Credit offers a wide variety of loan programs at competitive rates including agricultural and recreational real estate, rural homes, operating, equipment, livestock, and agribusiness loans.   Lone Star Ag Credit’s administrative office is located in Fort Worth with credit offices located in Sweetwater, Abilene, Stephenville, Weatherford, Cleburne, Denton, Sherman, Bonham, Paris and New Boston.