Region 7
Welcome to Region 7 of HEAT!
Region 7 serves a seventeen-county (Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Nacogdoches, Rains, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Panola, Upshur, Van Zandt & Wood) area serving 106 school districts, the largest amount of school districts of any region.
We are home to the largest area of school districts region of Texas and all that it has to offer in the field of Hospitality. We have 19 HEAT members and are looking to grow and connect to our community!
If you are looking to connect an educator to your business or indusrty to work with students--please feel free to browse our members section below, find the educator in your area, and give them a call or email them-they would love to incorporate your business into the training the students recieve. If there is not an educator in your area to connect with please email bunny.heat @ gmail.com so we can see about getting you connected.
If you are a member of a local lodging association, restaurant association, or CVB and would like to know how to make a connection to start a Hospitality Club in your area please call Sherry Rooks of Ball High School at 409 766 5818 or email her at sherryrooks@gisd.org.