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On behalf of the St. George Greek Orthodox Festival
Committee, we would like to thank all of the people who contributed
their time and financial support to the 31th Annual Festival.
The success of this church event is a reflection
of the dedication and team work this community strives for to support
the church and to share the Greek culture, traditions, hospitality
and religion, which we are so proud of, with our neighbors. This
year's Festival provided us our highest cash sales during our 31-year
history. A final financial report will be provided during our semi-annual
general assembly meeting.
This year we saw a number of significant changes
which helped our cause. The inside and outside bar was re-designed
to help increase the service and sales. We also re-vitalized the
Cultural Exhibit, which many people took the time to visit. We introduced
frozen loaf trays of certain foods for our guests to take home and
enjoy. We saw a positive response with this new approach. Finally,
we made changes to our Gyro stand outside by adding more concrete
space. A special thank you to Themi Fiotakis, for his time and effort,
in completing this project.
I would like to thank everyone who provided a strong
effort and volunteered their time and services during the festival.
This is an opportunity for our members to show their stewardship
towards the church. I can not thank everyone individually in this
letter, but I would like to take the time to acknowledge all the
different departments that worked hard for three days: Admissions,
Bar, Dining Room, Decorations, Kitchen/Salad Prep/Tiropetes, Gyros,
Souvlakia, Gift Shop, Raffle, Bakery/Loukoumades, Church Tours,
Cashiers/Take-Out, Treasury, T-Shirts, Treasury, Youth Activities
and the Cultural Center.
As we move forward with each festival, we tend to
have fewer people helping. This issue will continue to be addressed.
We only ask for a few hours from each of you. This will make a significant
difference in the future. We have seen the continued support of
our older parishioners and most recently our G.OY.A. members. I
again will continue to challenge the 20 and 30 year olds of our
parish to become more active with our festival and other church
related activities. You are the future of our church. There is significant
work to be done prior to and after the festival. NO HELP WILL EVER
BE TURNED AWAY!
A post-festival meeting will be held soon at a date
to be announced shortly. The meeting will consist of reports from
the various departments and a “think tank” discussion seeking improvements
for future festivals. Every year we learn from our experiences in
an effort to improve our festival.
Once again, on behalf of the Festival Committee,
we would like to thank everyone for their support during this year's
festival and making this a successful event.
God Bless,
John Lyssikatos, 2004 Festival Chairman
Photographs of the
2004 Festival
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Click here
to see previous years Festival Archives
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Photos courtesy of Bill
Fottis
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