Benefit 2010: Thanks for your support!

Thanks to everyone who supported us at our benefit! We had a great time, and despite the heavy downpour at 6pm (just as the evening began), many people fought the rain and stopped by.

¡Gracias a todos los patrocinadores de nuestro evento.  Pasamos un buen rato, y a pesar de la lluvia fuerte, muchas personas asistieron.

Thanks to EVERYONE who helped!  We would like to send special thanks to Lauren G and Nikkels, the Spoilers DJ duo, who provided music, to Lindsay Merrill, who organized a great group of Americorps volunteers, and to our fantastic and recurring volunteers Paul Pedersen, Michelle Aippersbach and Joseph Edgar.

¡Gracias a TODOS los ayudantes. Quisiéramos agradecer a Lauren G y Nikkels el par de DJs por dar música al ambiente. También queremos dar muchas gracias a Lindsday Merrill, por organizar un grupo maravilloso de voluntarios de Americorps, y a los voluntarios fantásticos y leales, Paul Pedersen, Michelle Aippesbach y Joseph Edgar.

And of course very special thanks to the artists who contributed work for sale:
Y claro que damos gracias a los artistas que contribuyeron sus obras de vento: 
Mary Coleman, Terry Rorison, Leonardo Reyes-Gonzalez, Stephanie Giuffre, Crystala Armagost, Michael Antkowski, Marygrace Antkowski, Ryan Yee, Sara Cuadra-Berg, Hannah Reiff, Alexander Ganote.

The following artists have donated work for our exhibition, which is up through July 19 at:
Los artistas abajo donaron obras para la exposición, que tiene lugar hoy mismo hasta el 19 de julio en:
AVA Bar & Lounge (126 S. Highland Ave. Pittsburgh PA 15206)

Dennis Childers
Audra Wist
Felicia Ganote
Alexander Ganote
Paul Pedersen
Matt Heller (2 pieces sold)
Sharon Westplat
Therese Tardio (sold)
Nicole Reading (sold)
Joseph Mannino
Joseph Edgar (1 piece sold)
Mauren Antkowski
Jason LaCroix
Madeleine Barnes

And thank you to all who helped us out with a donation and with their encoragement!
¡Y gracias a todos que nos ayudaron con una donación y su ánimo!