President’s Message for August 2008

Having awakened Saturday, July 26, shortly after 6AM to the steady beat of raindrops, I had dampened hopes for a successful July Fiesta. But I got myself ready anyway, since the show had to go on regardless of weather. By about 8:30 the rain had subsided and the crew of volunteers proceeded to wipe water off the tables and chairs, put up decorations and signs, plus a myriad of other things that had to be done before the gates opened at 10. But, all this was done happily and with light hearts because the sun was now shining in our corner of Mexico! Life is GOOD!

To all of you who were among the 704 paid guests at the fiesta, thank you so much!  The financial results exceeded last year’s by a little bit. Actually this  is quite a feat considering that 107 fewer people were there this year than last!

Were there richer people there this year?  Were there more and better things to spend money on this year? Were people happier to be there this year, spread out as they were around the beautiful property listening to entertainers on two separate stages, visiting with friends old and new in a relaxed atmosphere?  It’s difficult to know, but the results speak for themselves and the LCS programs for kids (art, English, computers, biblioteca, remedials and Student Aid Program) are the better for it! Thank you so much!

To all of you who donated items to an extensive Silent Auction, volunteered to do a thousand and one tasks on the day of the event and in the weeks before, who came and had fun, THANK YOU! The event grossed over 130,000 pesos and netted over 110,000 pesos. This is a new record for the event, both gross and net. For those of you who missed it, I hope you will be inspired to come to next year’s July Fiesta!

~ Nancy Creevan ~