Though it took a while, Karin and I, along with daughter Megan and her friend Wayne, had a wonderful week at Blue Marlin Guest House in Great Bay. Sally and staff were wonderful to us and though we'r not really used to such gracious living, we enjoyed being so welcomed and coddled. Sandy was gracious throughout and the other contributors to the Scholarship Raffle were generous to a fault. Bernard took us out on the calm ocean and the three of us who had not seen the Pelican were appropriately awed. Kenny drove and got us where we needed to be. We missed Dennis this trip, but will catch up with him when we come back in February. Josh left us relaxed and loose.

Support the scholarship fund! Buy raffle tickets! Everyone's a winner! But if you're as lucky as we were, you'll get a prize worth winning. What a great week in Treasure Beach!

Van and your family,

Thank you for your kind words. And thanks to all those who supplied goods and services to make your stay so wonderful:

* Sandy Tatham, the owner of Blue Marlin, who donated the use of her property.

* Nicole Salotti of Jamaica Escapes, Blue Marlin's rental agent, who worked out numerous trip details.

* Kenny James for providing airport transportation. (Kenny is the uncle of one of our scholarship students, Bridget James.)

* Joshua Stein for donating an on-site massage.

* Bernard (BeBe) Sutherland for providing a Black River trip with a stop at Floyd's Pelican Bar.

* Dennis Abrahams for offering his services.

Sincerely,
Karen

P.S. The next (and last) Villa Raffle is coming soon. Please keep watching TreasureBeach.net for our announcement.

It can't be easy to organize but I love how so many people come together to offer wonderful things to make the villa raffle such a success.

Glad Van won because I see his name here often and know how much he loves Treasure Beach.

Looking forward to the next raffle. Hard to believe it will be the last one. Will definitely enter again this year and hope to finally win.

will anyone say when the next villa raffle is please. waiting is making me kind of tense. i don't want to miss it.

All I am willing to say is the villa raffle is coming soon. Really and truly. We urge you to check back on TB.net so you won't miss the notification.

Also, if you are on Facebook, please "like" us--and that will insure you'll be sent a notice. https://www.facebook.com/TreasureBeachFoundation

When you see what's being offered, you'll be very disappointed if you missed you chance to purchase a ticket.