Anita Saybe Ehlers
and Herbie Way
Kudos to our CPAs and their extraordinary work on the Live
and Silent Auctions! That's the part
the most of you saw... the two of them
pouring over forms and adding money during the last minutes of our Saturday
event. All so we could enjoy seeing Sr
Ann receiving the giant check representing your generous donations!
What you didn't see was the preparatory work Anita did for
the auctions, making sure those that donated, and those that won items complied
with IRS rules, and giving the Congregation of Divine Providence the
information they need to issue confirmation of charitable donations. And you probably didn't know that Herbie
provided "independent"
approval of expenditures....
anytime money was spent and someone reimbursed, Herbie reviewed the
documentation before Ted wrote the checks.
An extra thanks to Anita for serving as my sounding board on
so many aspects of the Reunion. She is
one of the most thoughtful, sensitive people I have ever known. But we've all loved that about her for a long
time.
Frances Ward Johanson
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| Rick's Necklace looked something like this! |
My sweet, sweet cousin!
Frannie contributed to the reunion in so many ways, from dropping
everything to meet Vickie V and I at the Bistro to select menu items, to
singing Saturday night, to designing the beautiful commemorative poster we used
at Mass Sunday. She had that poster
donated to us by Phillips Signs, had Tommy Faulk's beautiful watercolor print donated for the Silent Auction
and made the arrangements for HB Smith to play.
(Wasn't he great!) And like so
many others, did all of this while shouldering other major
responsibilities... tending to her Mom, my aunt, through illnesses
and her move from one living arrangement to another, and participating in an Arts
Market during the Reunion Weekend.
And you saw that gorgeous jewelry she hand-crafted and donated
to the Silent Auction! Rick Mansour had
the winning bid... and I'm jealous! You can shop here! Frances Johanson Jewelry
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