MAKE RYAN'S SENIOR YEAR MAGICAL!!

Dear Friends & Family,

This year is Ryan's senior year and we want to make it a memorable one. He has worked extremely hard the last three years to overcome many challenges. The reality is that we as a family made many sacrifices for Ryan to attend private school with the hopes of obtaining a higher education. Most importantly we wanted Ryan to be well rounded, but as a middle class family you can only imagine the expenses that came with this decision. We can truly say that Ryan surpassed all expectations and has worked endless hours to show everyone that he is worth every bit of sacrifice.

To highlight just a few of Ryan’s accomplishments take note that the list is as follows:

Honor student since his freshman year

Member of the Honors Law Academy (AP Courses)

Theater Student with leading roles the last three years

Archbishop Stepinac H.S. Three year Chorus Member with advanced music instruction

Starting Varsity Football Offensive Lineman since his sophomore year (Offensive Guard)

School Ambassador (represent and participate in all major school events)

Leadership and Community Outreach (Peer Mentor for Freshmen's, Varsity B Basketball Team Manager, National Anthem singer for major events, & etc).

As you can see Ryan has risen to the occasion but as I said above the expenses have been a lot. For each activity there is a fee and tuition is helped with a scholarship but we are still responsible for his tuition. We are ultimately responsible for all that comes with being in Private school (books, activities, uniforms, lunch, & etc). With all this said we are reaching out to all our family members & close friends because this year’s Senior expenses have come into full effect. We have already been told that Senior Dues, Senior Pictures, Senior Events, Senior Prom, Senior Mom & Son Prom, and Senior Gift will be added to our tuition. The reality is that we most certainly don’t have the funds so we decided to try and raise money for his senior year expenses so we can help him reap the fruits of all his hard work.

They say no man truly makes it on his own. Somewhere along the line one way or another a door was opened. YES, set man had to work hard to be given the opportunity but in the end we all stand on the shoulders of someone. Today we are asking that our village help to make Ryan’s senior year a magical one rather than one he would not be able to be part of. As of right now we are paying off his Senior Trip and then we will have to start a payment plan for a Chorus competition set to take place in Florida. The Senior Trip to Spain is $4000 and the competition will be another $2000 so we are most certainly juggling all these fees. We are doing our best to raise this money before Christmas because we understand that everyone has their own cross to carry. Please consider helping us raise $5000 to make Ryan’s Senior Year happen. Thank you for all your love and support. If you do consider please note that we will most certainly make sure that Ryan knows first hand who took the time to help him. THANK YOU FROM JUAN AND CHRISTINA DIAZ!!!!!!!!