A huge, warm and heartfelt THANK YOU to all our volunteers, SCCA directors, staff, musicians, cooks, vendors and attendees for making Cortes Day 2024 such a great success.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the parade, to our African drummers, and to Ken Hanuse and Sharon Francis for the beautiful welcome and event opening.

A special note of thanks to hardworking volunteers directing parking, running the raffles, the chicken poop game, the Nail Sail Bail, making and serving food, setting up and cleaning up, and much more:

Dave, Penny, Claude, Manda, Sadhu, Joe, Tristan, Aya, Ravine, Tyler, Sandy, Sheldon, Eli, Matt, Toni, Anna, Rebeka, Carole, Harriet, and anyone we have missed.

Ongoing thanks to our directors Mike Taylor, Susanna Bonner, Chris Good, Gypsy Mama, Jeremy Parnell and Ruth Barrett; and staff: Jennifer Pickford and Seamus Summers.

And a huge thank you to our sponsors: Marnie’s Books, Sunny Brae Farm, The Burger Barn, The Cortes Natural Food Co-op, The Cortes Motel, and Quadra Island Builders.

Sincerely,
Rebecca Thacker, SCCA Board Chair
and Cora Moret, Executive Director