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Congratulations on your creating and founding Portable
Practical Educational Preparation, Inc.,(PPEP) 30 years
ago. The work you began and have so carefully shepherded
through 30 years of outstanding contribution to the
residents of rural Arizona, is a remarkable tribute
to your vision and dedication. Although tonight marks
the 30th anniversary of PPEP, the Arizona community
recognizes that you are the driving spirit in PPEP.
It is your vision and energy that transformed "La
Tortuga" into a major force for "Improving
the Quality of Rural Life" in Arizona and in the
world.
I know, too, that throughout these years you have surrounded
yourself with an exceptionally wise, resourceful, and
committed staff. Together, you and your staff, have
created opportunities for many who had been excluded
from the American dream. Through opportunities for education,
economic and business development, child care, health
care, housing, and job training, you have given hope
to the hopeless; for them, you have made a rewarding
future possible.
I also commend the many community volunteers who have
served on PPEP's Board of Directors and in its programs
over these 30 years. They, too, have served a greater
vision and have provided a collective consciousness
for PPEP's continuing to be a relevant, positive force
in rural lives.
I applaud PPEP for so effectively focusing human energy
on helping others to help themselves. PPEP's 30 years
of history are about people and the resilience of the
human spirit. May its future continue to be the same.
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