Muchisimas Gracias!

[Brandy Gregory]

On behalf of the Boquete Knitters and Quilters, I want to thank the community for once again joining us to sample and enjoy the 21 soups at the Great Boquete Soup Fest. Even though I have a deep-seated fear of inadvertently omitting someone, this is my best list of the truly amazing and generous donors to our event: Susie and Tom Brymer Susan and Kerry Frank Julieann and Arlo Kehren Lin Hall Domitila Rodriguez Deborah Green Luciana Angel Cathy Schulte Karl and Sheila Strunk Jason Stone Nan Landsman Elaine Lewis Joanne Hatch Carlos and Tina Ledezma Beverly Enns Brian and Linda Comstock Teel In addition to these amazing individuals, the following commercial establishmets donated to our event: Two Guys and a Cooler Mike's Global Grill Gluten Free Gold Milan Italia Big Daddy's Sr. Gyros Tre Scalini Restaurant Sugar & Spice Bakery Congratulations to David Wulf, who won the beautiful, hand-woven table runner in the Raffle! Thank you to all of "my" knitters and crocheters and quilters who baked cookies, served soups, accepted your cash and gave you soup bowls, and generally tried to keep me calm all afternoon. My thanks could not possibly be complete without mentioning Ruby McKenzie, Jakki Champ, and everyone at Amigos de Animales de Boquete!  Your venue is almost (but not quite) as big as your hospitality and your heart.  Lastly, to the community of Boquete, thank you.  Thank you for caring, thank you for coming, thank you for contributing to our cause: providing soft, warm beauty to our neighbors' babies and children.  I'm so tempted to say "you're keeping us in stitches", but I think I'll just tell you that you are, by your generosity, knitted together with us in love.   With all my heart,   Brandy Gregory, Founder Boquete Knitters and Quilters