A BIG Day!

It was a very big day, indeed! This is part of the food set up by the local Community Recovery Team at the house by the road at the front of the property where our MDS Camp is located.

These are some of the crowd that gathered for the opening speechs by the dignitaries from the San Diego Foundation that were present. All of the various funding agencies were represented, as well as neighbors, current and prospective homeowners, vendors and the banks. It was gratifying for all involved to see so many different people here. Groups of people then toured the camp facilities, looking through the dorms, the showers, the kitchen, the dining hall and the office trailers. The representative from the San Diego Chargers groups was quite pleased with the camp and the camp layout as they had donated much of the money for it.

Some of the short-termers stayed at camp to help set-up and to park cars. They think they parked over fifty vehicles, most of them with 2-4 people in them. After touring the camp, most of the folks drove on up to House #1 for a tour of the almost finished home.

This afternoon, the short-terms quit work about three PM and returned to camp to wash vehicles. Usually, we have them clean the dorms and showers, but that had already been done in preparation for the Open House. The two shuttle buses are coming to get them at 5:30 AM tomorrow to get them to the airport for their flight back to Poole, Ontario, Canada.