A lot of students showed up, ... People milled around from shop to shop. The vendors were happy and the shops were satisfied.

It adds so much beauty to downtown, ... Fresh flowers in hanging baskets is a welcoming sign of a community who cares.

They are here in our city, they are visitors, they are welcome. We want to help them in any way we can, and we just want to let them know that there are people who care and that there are people out there who want to help.

Everything we have today is donated. We have men with charcoal grills, we have tables and chairs donated. We have foods, drinks.

Monies raised from the cruises will go to support the non-profit organization's efforts for traveling the country to provide floating classrooms to students,

There are ways we can help renters who are paying more in rent than they would pay in a mortgage payment today, ... We have to find those ways to help people accomplish that dream.