The front desk was inundated with phone calls from people asking where to send checks to.

It was the first time she ever saw mountains.

I'm hoping we can keep the excitement going, because along with that, the students will want to continue fundraising. If we lose interest and don't raise the money, we don't go.

I totally understand where they were coming from. The kids were disappointed, but they understand, too.

The kids are all wound up this morning as they come in.

That was incredible when I got my mail. There were tons of envelopes.

As Americans, we are a culturally diverse group of people coming together from every part of the world. Through music, we always explore wonderful sounds from diverse groups of people. Thus we not only gain knowledge and tolerance for one another, but help one another survive.

We're a little bit over halfway there. But that's awesome. That's one week and we were on Spring break during that week.

It's awesome to have that community support. However, we still have a long way to go.