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Muchas Gracias Amigos! Ya’ll Rock!!
By Zack and Via’s Dad
My family’s foundation to help the needy of Rocky Point, with clothing and food, was a huge success this year. Each year, it gets bigger and better and this year was no exception. It could not have been remotely successful without the myriads of people who helped out with donations, food, money, shoes, personal items, beds, household items and even a sit and spin…it was truly amazing! One awesome thing I learned along the way
in this year’s drive for donations was that the collection, shopping, organization, storage and transportation of the items actually brought my family closer together. Thank you Jessica, Zack, Olivia and Paulie for your efforts! We had a common goal and shared in the duties which brought joy to the families living along the railroad tracks. Another great lesson that I learned was that my family extends beyond
my immediate family and does indeed include many families including my work family. So many offices at Amerifirst Financial, Inc. chipped in and organized collections of clothing, food and cash. Many of the employees took it upon themselves to feel empowered to make a difference in our world and really reached out and helped to promote the cause to ease the desperate living conditions of the needy of Rocky Point. Hats off to AMERIFIRST FINANCIAL! My BELLA SIRENA
family was just as fabulous as ever with their support. The homeowners of Bella Sirena brought many clothing items to SWIM, the restaurant at Bella Sirena, and dropped them off to the staff. Gracias Eddie, for helping to organize the donations and gracias to the whole staff, you all are the best! Unbeknownst to me, Cathy and Scott Poturalski organized a benefit at SWIM to raise money for our foundation and it turned out to be a huge success. The most amazing part of this was that Cathy delivered the $400 in donations in person to me by coming all the way to Scottsdale to deliver it herself. WOW, Cath, WOW! Muchas gracias to all of my Bella Sirena family. Other incredible families are my SWIM NEPTUNE family of Arizona and my ARIZONA SWIMMING family. They allowed us to advertise at no expense and place boxes by the concessions at a large swim tournament in Chandler to collect warm clothing to bring to Mexico. The outpouring of support and love was superb. You all are so blessed to be a part of such amazing organizations and you should be so proud of yourselves. THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! Over the years, my close friends have become family to me. CONTINUED ON PAGE 38
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