[karinka13]

Well, thanks to some truly wonderful people, we now have $5500. (Well, $5520 if we count Barry's college budget donation)

A special thank you to Cybersonics, we hope we can return the favor anytime you need something.

With regards to the idea of a spaghetti supper and raising more money (so we can go to nationals, heck yes barry), we are having a fundraiser this Thursday: The Firebirds Film Festival. It's like a movie night, with two showing times, 5 and 7. There's lots of choices of movies that can be seen, and it's being held at the school (in case anyone wants to come out). We hope to raise $1000 from the $7 admission and selling refreshments (most of which we got donated...don't you just love people?).

Also, some people have been asking about the fate of the Ghanaian team. We fundraise for them separately, and we were actually able to raise enough for their registration fee this year. Unfortunately, we couldn't raise enough for their shipping costs. But hey, we improved over last year, and if we continue in this trend, they'll be able to compete on their own soon enough. This year, they wil be combined with our team (so technically we aren't all girls anymore?), and they'll be coming over for a week during build season and then again for Drexel.

Gotta love GP.

Karen <3