Big Bend Brewery Makes Donation!

For the past two years, the Big Bend Brewery located in Alpine, TX, has hosted "Valentine's Day in Valentine" and that event has led to donations for the school and Travel Class. This year, Brewer, Steve Anderson and Brewery Manager, Richard Fallon drove down to Valentine to present the checks. They donated a total of $5,000 to the school and Travel Class and we are so thankful!

As the days between now and our trip begin to dwindle, we are in the final throws of raising money and we don't have many more activities (we've got a bake sale in Ft. Davis on April 12th). The more money we can raise, the better off we will be in a country where the exchange rate is NOT in our favor, and donations like the one the Big Bend Brewery made go a long way.

Since all the kids were away at track and tennis competitions, I was the lucky one who received the check!

The Big Bend Brewery wasn't the only local business to make a donation last week. We also received a generous donation from the Ft. Davis State Bank located in Ft. Davis, TX. We are so lucky to have so much support from so many local businesses and hope we make them proud as we travel through Italy.

We also received a gift from the bike mechanic on Bubba's Bike Tour when they stopped in Valentine on March 26th! He gifted us with a pirate flag that has been cross country from California to Florida several times with different groups of bicyclists.

It truly is amazing how small the world can be and how many people from so many different states and lifestyles are touched by the story of our small school with big goals.