TEXAS WOMEN ANGLERS TOURNAMENT

Port Aransas, Texas US

361.779.8025

The Texas Women Anglers Tournament, also known as TWAT, is a women only, family-run fishing tournament held every summer in Port Aransas, Texas. It was founded in the 1980's with the mission to raise funds for the Women's Shelter of South Texas; now named The Purple Door.

In 1989 eighteen boats registered for the tournament with over fifty women anglers. Today an average of seventy boats and over four-hundered women anglers gather in Port Aransas to fish the tournament and raise money for the The Purple Door.

 

The Purple Door is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Corpus Christi, Texas. Their agency provides FREE services to victims and survivors of family violence and sexual assault throughout a 12-county region of South Texas. They offer support and empowerment to individuals through a safe shelter, non-residential services/programs, and outreach.

All services are confidential and available free of charge to victims and survivors staying at the shelter and those residing elsewhere in the communities they service.

Their agency is comprised of one (1) administration building, one (1) emergency shelter and four (4) outreach offices. They service the following counties: Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, McMullen, Nueces, Refugio, and San Patricio. As a reminder, no appointment is needed for face-to-face Crisis Intervention and Advocacy services.

Please call the 24-hour crisis hotline at 1-800-580-4878 or 361-881-8888.

Visit purpledoortx.com for more information.