The Guadapalooza 6

Subject: Guadaplooza2008
April 22, 2008

Calling all Friends and Artists!

The Guadapalooza 6 is scheduled for June 8, 2008, at the beautiful
Rolling Oaks Sports Bar and Grill in San Antonio, Texas. We have
traded the River for the Driving Range and an outstanding location.
We will have two stages, possibly three. So come and knock some balls
around, sing some tunes, join your friends and have a good time.

TXFFCMH supports Texas families who have children with mental health
needs through chapter and individual family support. We are expanding
our efforts by providing technical assistance to the Family Partner
Program at the Center for Health Care Services in San Antonio as
their work is a model for all of Texas' mental health centers. The
families they assist often have unique needs that are not funded
under typical social programs. Some of these needs that the
Federation has been asked to provide over the past few months are;
bus tokens for a parents who are ill, a child needing camp
registration allowing him to attend camp while his mother has
surgery, a student needing supplies for a school project, a family
that is short three meals before payday, a mattress or bed, a stove,
or a student needing a band uniform in order to be a member of the
local high school band. The national term for this is, flexible
funding, which allows for a child to have their needs met when there
is no resource for that item or activity.

As always, the event is a fabulous experience because of the purpose
and because of the wonderful artists that perform. This is our sixth
year to be honored by many new upstarts who are now hotshots in the
business and I thank you all with the deepest sincerity. We can never
determine the impact you have made in the lives of Texas' children
through the funds generated at the Guadapalooza events. Caring is a
gift that keeps paying forward.

This letter serves is both an invitation to play as well as an
invitation to attend. We are trying to reach all previous performers
and allow first opportunity to be a part of Guadapalooza 6. After
April 30, I will be sending out additional invitations to those who
are new to the event.

As always, Thank you all for your support

Patti Derr

Executive Director
from:robin [texasmuisc@yahoo.com]