Letter to the Editor: Thanks for a Wonderful Raspberry Festival

To the Editor:

I have never been so proud of my lifelong community as I was during the 77th Hopkins Raspberry Festival! Many, many thanks to this year’s Executive Directors Jeff Dulac and LouJean Gleason, to Raspberry Festival President Charlie Yunker and board members, and to the event chairs and volunteers for your work year round to make these 9 days of July so much fun for all ages. Thank you to the City of Hopkins, Hopkins Public Schools, Hopkins Patch, and Hopkins businesses, civic groups & congregations for being sponsors and hosting Raspberry events. And to our newly “crowned” Raspberry Royal Family, thank you for volunteering to represent Hopkins over the next year at festivals and events all over Minnesota. It’s this spirit of generosity & volunteerism that makes our Hopkins community a great place for all! For information about how you can be involved in our 2012 Hopkins Raspberry Festival, go to www.RaspberryCapital.com.

Grand Marshal of the 2011 Hopkins Raspberry Grande Day Parade