Happy Holidays and Rock on!

I want to thank everyone who made it out to the holiday party and benefit concert Friday, December 12. While we did not have
the affirmative RSVP turn out we were expecting, I was really excited about the event and those faithful supporters who came out had a great time. Between this event and the December 5 event at Krem, you can expect more of what you ask for. More fun events that still reflect the mission of what it is we are trying to do here.

These events create the awareness necessary to get our stories told because the awareness is more widely spread than the event itself. If we can get five people who commit to attending every event to care about the mission of our organizations to tell someone they know and make a donation to the cause imagine the impact we could have!

These events also give us the necessary press and public mention to bring more people together twice a year for our Leadership & Networking conferences. Face-to-face networking pushes us leaps and bounds over direct mail, marketing collateral, blogging and any other non-direct method. So we are happy to invite you out to our events, to a tutoring session on a Wednesday or Thursday night so you can meet the people who support us, the students who love us, and the staff and volunteers who are beyond dedicated.

With our holiday mailer out in the atmosphere, we are hoping the two events mentioned above get us off to a good start as 2009 rolls in. If you were at one of the events and want more information, please don't hesitate to contact me for more information.

This on-going process needs you.

Thank you to the Schuba's staff who offered their venue, their staff and their drink tickets to make sure each of you had a great time. Thank you to the bands who volunteered their musical talents. You were all so great! Eastside Ramblers brought the jazz that made us boogie into comfortable. Black Collar brought the conscious beats and words that made us think. Trakan made us understand why we're here doing this reminding us audience members why Cabrini Connections is such an important cause for our youth and thanking us for coming out to support something so meaningful. Howling Poppies closed the show magnificently with tunes so smooth, I had to double check that my coworker was on drums and not some super rock star... soon come Chris, soon come. :-)

To all who had the mind to attend, but life got in the way, we missed you! Please take the time to make your presence and care known and felt by still contributing at least the cover price: $30 to helping at-risk youth. We were missing 25 people who RSVP'd that they were coming. If all of you gave $30, that's $750 more dollars to ensure we keep this program goings strong.

Thank you for everything... see you in 2009 with more events, more outreach, MORE CHANGE.