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Dear Editor:
On behalf of everyone at the Aspen Writers' Foundation, I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to all of the authors, participants, volunteers and sponsors who made our 2004 Aspen Summer Words a fantastic success. It was, once again, a tremendous event: We expanded our workshops by 15 percent, increased our student body by 36 percent and sold more passes to students than ever before. Thank you!

For gifts large and small I applaud: our dedicated board of trustees and staff; the Robert Gould Foundation; Helen J. and Thomas N. Urban Charitable Foundation II; Colorado Council on the Arts; the City of Aspen; The Aspen Times; Aspen Sojourner; Aspen Public Radio; Molly Gibson Lodge; Preferred Lodging; Hotel Lenado; Boomerang Lodge; words pictures colours graphic design; Aspen Alps; Aspen Square Hotel; Fiji Water; North of Nell; Paradise Bakery; Aspen Mountain Lodge; Chalet Lisl; Clark's Market; Limelite Lodge; Mountain Chalet Aspen; Mountain House Lodge; Alpine Mountain Market; Aspen Branch; Aspen Club & Spa; Aspen Ski Tours; Boogie's; Ink! Coffee Co.; Grana Bread; L'Occitane; Mail Boxes Etc.; Main Street Bakery and Cafe; Motherlode; Mountain Naturals; Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory; The Grog Shop and Toppers.

Thanks also to Dexter and Dennis Cirillo; Judith Barnard and Michael Fain; Lotta and Stuart Brafman;

Carol Dopkin Real Estate; Elaine and Harris Cahn; Holly and David Dreman; Nancy Dunlap; Marcy and Leo Edelstein; Edward Jones; Nanette and Jerry Finger; Kenny Gutner; Susan H. Horsey; Jeanne Jaffee; Jane and John Jellinek; Barbara and Jerry Portnoy; Marcia and Philip Rothblum; Vivian and Tom Waldeck; Bonnie Wilke; Lorrie and Larry Winnerman; Liz Bokram; Sharon Briggs; Rett Harper; Cindy Hirschfeld; Sarah Pletts; Linda Sawyer; and Barbara Stanford and Luann Weigand.

We couldn't have done it without you!

Lisa Consiglio

Executive Director

Aspen Writers' Foundation

This article was posted in the Aspen Times on Thursday, August 5, 2004
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