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A JOYous thank you from the LPCA

To the editor:

As we turned the corner from summer to fall this year, we had to make the hard decision to postpone Joy to the Children in person once again. Our gracious hosts for 33 years, Ed and Lisa Weibrecht, and our board could not in good faith gather our community at the Mirror Lake Inn, given the public health risks involved in a large indoor gathering.

Through the generosity of Ed and Lisa Weibrecht, Joy to the Children was established to raise funds for the LPCA’s arts education programs that benefit young people across our region. Since our first Joy to the Children 35 years ago, this community has helped us raise more than $3,000,000 to provide needed arts programs for more than 100,000 young people in our region. Students who took part in our programs have gone on to be accepted in some of the country’s top colleges and art schools, and some have become professional dancers, actors, singers, visual artists and more.

Despite this being our second dark year for an in-person Joy event, our community once again came together to generously support our mission to instill a love of creating and experiencing the arts among the children of the Adirondacks. Over 250 businesses and individuals donated to this year’s Joy to the Children virtual auction, which exceeded our goal with just shy of 400 bidders.

This success could not have been achieved without the outstanding and tireless work of the Lake Placid Center for the Arts staff and our generous community of supporters and donors.

The staff and board of the Lake Placid Center for the Arts is grateful for your support of our mission. And, as always, we send a tremendous thank you to Ed and Lisa Weibrecht, Andrew and Denja Weibrecht, and the entire staff of the Mirror Lake Inn for their decades of support. We cherish the memories of past Joy to the Children events at the beautiful Mirror Lake Inn and look forward to hopefully making new memories together next year.

Best wishes for a healthy and happy holiday season,

Adele Connors and Tracy Smith

Co-presidents

Lake Placid Center for the Arts Board of Directors

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