We all love Sara. She is hard-working, conscientious, diligent, and one of the pillars of The Jazz Gallery!

Sara and her partner have been invited to a wedding of their close friends which will be happening in Italy next year. Sara really wants to go but she's not sure if they can afford it.

I want her and her partner to go and really enjoy themselves. We have all been young and have taken trips where we count every penny (or euro in this case) and it's actually a bit stressful than fun and relaxing.

It's an unfortunate reality of being young and working at a non-profit arts organization in the most expensive city in the world. Again, I think we all can relate and I, for one, relate hard. Sara currently works two jobs to make ends meet and I don't feel good about her working at The Jazz Gallery is creating that situation for her but circumstances like that is not uncommon and again, we have all been there.

I'm not quite there yet (although I'm gonna get there!) to cut a check to help her out on my own but I know that jazz community is very good at coming together to help each other out.

We all need Sara to feel appreciated and rejuvenated and be ready to tackle the daily grind of The Jazz Gallery and I thought we can all make that happen together.

No amount is too little. I want to surprise her when the goal is reached so mums the word. Thank you for reading this.

Love,

Rio