To the editor:
The volunteer members of the Me and My Prince Ball Committee would like to take this opportunity to express our deep gratitude for the unprecedented support we received from our community this year. We had the most sponsors we have ever had for the ball — 21 in all — and more than half of them were for the top two levels of sponsorship! It is because of all of our sponsors that we are able to keep the tickets prices the same in our 11th year of the ball as it was at the first one. Some of the sponsors even donated their complementary tickets to our family assistance fund, so that those who are experiencing financial difficulty could go to the dance.
We would also like to thank the businesses and individuals who donated items that were given as door prizes. Moreover, we would like to extend a huge thank you to 60 Minute Photo for taking hundreds of portraits of our guests, Serenity Sisters for working diligently to provide refreshments for everyone, and 60 Minute Photo and the Hermiston Chamber of Commerce for selling the tickets. We are grateful for the Girl Scouts, Girl Scout volunteers, friends of Girl Scouts, the Umatilla High School Key Club and Umatilla Robotics Team for helping us set up before, host during and clean up after the dance, as well. All of their support helped to provide an elegant evening for girls of all ages in our community and their fathers or father figures.
Finally, we would like to show our appreciation to the men who brought their girls to the Me and My Prince Ball this year. We were amazed when our tickets sold out nine days before the big event! It is very touching to see the beaming faces of both the young ladies and their “dates” as they walk in the door, and watch as the men give their undivided attention to their special “little girls” for an entire evening. We hope you took away many wonderful memories of the evening that you will forever hold dear.
On behalf of the Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington, Service Unit 22, thank you for making the 11th year of the ball so special.
Sincerely,
Michelle Kane
Me and My Prince Ball Committee member
