We'll be happy if we get $10,000 to 12,000 (at the fund-raiser). Then, we'll be all right throughout our fiscal year, which is April 1.
We normally have a gala in October, but we had to cancel it for the first time ever since 1995 because we were so busy assisting the hurricane evacuees.
I had no idea until I came home that night. I was just floored -- just about in tears.
The highlights for me were so many people in masks and everyone took beads, and it was such a festive atmosphere.