I think that it said that $21,000 was raised and that was a cermonial check - the first actual payment was made on Thursday - for the remaining actual amount ask "Friends of Holy Cross" -tacogirl. I do not know.

The amount shown in the picture of the cheque in the San Pedro sun news paper was for 20,016.56.

PLEASE NOTE... to date 20,016.56 is the total that has been raised.

To my knowledge I never saw anything in print that said 2100.

A big fake cheque was all that was turned over to the school that day. They were never given any money at that time from the event.

Since that photograph was taken, 10 thousand has been turned over to fill and the rest of the money still has to be collected from people who bought stuff at auction and the totals need to come in from the 2 bars who made donations of their sales that night.

I hope this clears things up for everyone.

Thanks so much. It does clear it up. I think that for me the discussion of the money being used for a medical and dental infirmary building just confused me. It sounds like that is a totally separate issue. Is that correct? I think the "Friends" of the school concept makes a lot of sense. Thanks

You are welcome Pam.

I can honestly say I found that confusing myself as the infirmary/office was all ready well underway being buillt.

So why they would need to use the money for that I do not know.

You are correct Pam it is a totally seperate issue and was well underway the day that cheque picture was taken, the roof was going on at that time.

Adam the musician is the one who made the offer put on the benefit for the school, and there needed to be somewhere to put the money that his event raised. The "Friends of Holy Cross" made an official bank account as a way to handle the donations from Cinco De Mayo.

Did someone say the money was raised to build an infirmary and dental clinic?

We do now seem to be getting somewhere. Openness and thorough accounting are what is required, not reassuring words. I'm not saying that anyone has their hand in the till, but I was getting concerned at the proportion of bland assurances and frankly misinformation to hard facts. Pedro1 has an ascerbic way of expressing himself, but fundamentally he has expressed my concerns. Amanda (as always) has been a voice of calm reason. What I want to see is a straightforward list of donations coming to a total, a list of expenditures coming to a total, and a reliable statement as to where the difference is located and under whose control. As I said, basic accounting (is my accountancy training showing?).

I'm not fundamentally concerned and will probably reinstate my gift. But I do want a lot more clarity introduced as a matter of standard practice first.

It seems that the original thread's been unlocked. Good move that, though now we'll have to scan two threads. Any chance of this one being merged into the other one, Marty? I don't think this matter is ready to lie down and go to sleep just yet.

Thanks TG!

In the previous thread, the statement was made that a dental and medical infirmary was being built over the new fill. It certainly gave me the impression that they were the same project. I have another question. Will the fill be used to provide the new access road from the San Mateo Rd so that there will continue to be access after Jeff begins his new bulding? Thanks

I think the fill that was bought has already been used to go under the existing classrooms and the cafeteria. There is area that was water that is now sand. When I was at the school on Thursday some of the area between the classrooms and under the classrooms were still water, so I think fill is still needed to go under the existing classrooms, cafeteria and office. Not sure about the new access road - reading the previous posts it sounds like a major job that needs an engineer and that fill will not fix that problem. JMHO

I'll probably regret this, but I think we have too many cooks in the kitchen. Various, well meaning opinoins are good, however, they are still opinions. If the "Friends of Holy Cross" could appointment a spokes person to lay out FACTS, most of this conversation will go away. JMO.