Delts say thanks for show

To the editor:

Xi Chapter, Delta Theta Tau, Portland, would like to take this opportunity to thank the many individuals that made it possible for Xi Chapter to celebrate the tremendous success of our 25th annual Delts' Holiday Arts and Crafts Show.

We are so fortunate to have the support, patience, cooperation, and tolerance of the faculty and staff at Jay County High School. Thank you to each of you.

A very special thank you to: Vickie Reitz, Tom Ferguson, the students that helped mark booths, move tables and chairs, and put up the stakes; Karmella VanSkyock, Shannon Kaufman, Rodney Bye, Julie Morgan, Steve Shawver, David Philebaum, and Teffeny Lowe; the swim team and coaches Barry Weaver; the wresting team and coach James Myers and all other coaches, the Foods Classes and Kay LeMaster; students from the band that helped on Saturday; the Key Club and Rene Haines; the students from Jay County High School that worked beyond their obligations to fulfill their senior performance program requirements. The hard work of all these individuals and groups is greatly appreciated and enables the success of the craft show.

Thank you to the Jay County Sheriff's Department and the Jay County Sheriff's reserves for their help Friday evening and all day Saturday.

Thank you to Santa for sharing his time with us. There were many smiles (and a few tears) from the children that shared their "wish list" with Santa!

We sincerely value all our participating dealers. Thanks to our dealers for their generosity for the donations for the drawings throughout the day.

Our show would not be the success that it is without the patronage and enthusiasm of our community and surrounding communities. We thank each of you for your continued support. You not only support our craft show, you visit many businesses in the Jay County Area. Thank you.

We would like to take this time to acknowledge and praise each of our Delta Sisters.

Without each of you and your commitment to Delta Theta Tau, the Holiday Arts and Crafts Show would not exist. The rewards that we receive are many. Each time we are able to extend a helping hand to someone by using the earnings that we acquire from our show we realize how significant and satisfying all the hard work, tired muscles, and hours of planning are to our community.

It is our time to give back, and this event helps make that possible. The realization that the success of this event has enabled Xi Chapter to give back close to $500,000 in the last 25 years is humbling and fills our hearts with pride.

We extend a very sincere thank you to each of our sisters that are associate members or members-at-large that are always willing to help in many ways - volunteering their time working at the craft show, providing baked goods, or a donation.

This event would not be possible without many helping hands. Thank you to our dear friends at the Youth Service Bureau staff and the residents for generously donating their valuable time helping us at the craft show.

And to our families. We could not survive without your understanding, encouragement and assistance. You are always there to do anything that we ask of you. And we do ask so much of you, over and over again. The show would not be possible or be as successful without you.

If you helped in anyway and we forgot to mention you, we sincerely apologize. But please know that it takes many "helping hands" to achieve the success of this event and, in turn, allows Xi Chapter, Delta Theta Tau, to give back so much to our community.

Sincerely,

Linda Ashman, for the

Members of Xi Chapter

Delta Theta Tau,

Portland

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