From the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much to everyone who helped out and supported our first ever Mardi Gras Masquerade Dinner Dance!
We are especially grateful to Janice Varlow, for a seemingly endless supply of tablecloths, lights, and energy, Sally & Joey Cervetto for stepping up to help with serving logistics and deep-fryer challenges, Vanesa Kaselionis for helping to organize a silent auction and showing up despite illness to help coordinate flow, Marcello Todaro and Carolyn Moren for beginning to plan improvements for next year, and all the friend & siblings (Timmy, Luis, Gabriel, Griffin, Eduardo, Ian, Austin) who jumped in to slice bread, take down decorations, move furniture, and load cars because you were there and it needed to be done. Thank you to the parents, colleagues, and families who came out to celebrate, and we hope you all had as much fun as those 6th and 7th grade girls were having on the dance floor! Of course, thank you to our amazing team leaders and our fabulous NOLA 2012 team, many of whom showed up early, stayed late, remained on task, and showed exactly why this will be the best Mission Trip yet!
And finally, we were told earlier in the week that, considering our very short planning time, a successful event would be one where we would break even. Although final counts will take place in the office on Tuesday, we can safely say that we have done MORE than break even, we have indeed made money -- around $800, almost the entire cost for one participant!!
Thank you again to one and all!
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