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THANK YOU FOR HELPING CELEBRATION...WE ARE PAYING IT FORWARD!
hat a whirlwind the past couple of months have been! by Debra Saxon - Owner, Celebration Magazine
We certainly felt the heat as we were getting ready to
Wprint the April/May issue of Celebration. No one knew need...just as we were a few months ago.
what the effects of the pandemic would be on our little company. So, with all of this said, I would like to let you know that
So, we asked for your help, and many of you responded. Celebration Magazine is PAYING YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS
Over the past eight weeks, Greg and I would venture out of FORWARD. By the time you read this magazine, Collin County
our house, facemasked and gloved up to go to our PO Box in Meals on Wheels will have received a check from Celebration
McKinney. There we would find little notes of encouragement, Marketing Group, LLC., in the names of every person who
cards, and articles with inspirational stories to keep us motivated contributed to Celebration in our time of need.
and, of course, contributions, which in total was enough for us to On behalf of all of us at Celebration Magazine, THANK YOU!
pay The SPOT rent for April, this meant a lot to us. Your kind words, love and support mean the world to us.
After getting the mail each time, we would sit in our car reading A BIG SHOUT OUT and THANK YOU GOES TO:
each note and letter, and of course, they all brought me to tears.
Barbara G. Joyce A. Renee and Bob
All the while, I was working on obtaining the Payroll Protection Kay J. Rosemary
Program so that I could keep our Celebration Team paid, There Betty S.
were a couple of weeks that I wasn't able to pay the team as we Cathy F. Kay S. Sharon and Sam
didn't have enough money coming in. But the Celebration team Cheryl M. Lee F. Shirley WS
didn't let anything discourage them. They continued to work full Cissy K. Lee L. Terry H.
schedules, creating new online Zoom programming and worked Corrine F. Leisha R. Tonie and Melvin
harder than ever to make sure that Celebration was still delivering Darrell and Carole Q. Lillie W.
our promises to you, and our Advertising Partners. David and Jackie S. Linda J.
Now, if you read my article about North Dallas Bank on the David F. Linda T.
previous page (page 5), you know that after a long emotional Dottie T. Lynda G.
battle we were able to obtain the Payroll Protection Program Elaine S. Martha S
to keep our team paid and just last week,(May 15th) we also Enid D. Martha W.
received the EIDL Loan from the SBA. This loan has allowed Gail D. Matt and Donna H.
Celebration to pay off all of our obligations, take care of our bills,
and continue to print Celebration Magazine, without missing any Genevieve R. Mimi and John
steps. Gerald B. Monica E.
Now that Celebration can operate without worry, we wanted Holles Moreen and Judge
to make sure that the money that sent in as contributions to Jill and Ken B. Opal A.
Celebration continued to do good and help others who are in Jerry and Orene B. Paul and Susan.
Joy L.
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