Salamone, Linda <<email>> (50% of the US Women’s Hang Gliding Team) and Lisa Verzella (the other 50%) writes:

Thanks to the Wing of Rogallo group, who recently had a fundraiser for the US Women's Team. Carmela Moreno was the likely organizer of this event and it really moved me to know that this woman and her friends, whom I have never met, took the time and spent the energy working on a solution to our financial plight. So thank you so very much, Wings of Rogallo, and Carmela, for your support.

Thus far we have had our entry fees covered by the Foundation for Free Flight, the design for the T-shirts provided by Roger Baker with Paul Voight's nudge, the website for ordering pulled together by Sean McDaniel and his wife Maureen, the quality T-shirts made by Yesterday's, the accounting done by Brooks Lyon, advertising by the OzReport, Hanggliding.org, and USHPA-AERO, lodging in Italy arranged by Mario Luppa, financial support from Utah Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association, 360 Wireless, and T-shirt purchasers all over the world, and last- but certainly not least- moral support from Raean Permenter, Connie Locke, Lisa Tate, and my sweetie- Lauren Tjaden.

By no means is this a complete list of everyone who has helped out, and we still have 2 months to go before Lisa and I head to Italy, so my apologies if I overlooked someone. I will blame it on my ADHD and hopefully catch them in the next round of thanks.

We are running low on T-shirts, and considering another printing, so if anyone has let it slip their mind to get one, visit http://www.rochesterareaflyers.com/GOTTAFLY.html and send me an e-mail stating what you want so I can be sure to have the right size and color.