This past year our true and faithful members have again supported our work most generously, and we thank them. We believe our work honors God, a well as our ancestors who served His community most faithfully. Therefore your gifts will be doubly rewarded.

Although most of the work for the Society and at the Archives is done by our loyal crew of volunteers, there are inevitable cash costs that must be paid. Our annual cost for premises, supplies, part time staff, and other operating costs are approximately $50,000. About one third of this is covered by Investment Income and Revenue from Book/CD Sales. For the balance, we have only one source of funds, namely, the generosity of you, our loyal members and friends.

This year we must acknowledge a substantial, and very timely, gift from the estate of the late Henry and Margaret (Enns) Neufeldt. The Neufeldt family generously allocated a gift from this estate to defray the cost of a vital piece of equipment much used at the Archives. On behalf of the Society we thank the Neufeldt family.

We do appreciate the support we have received in the past from all our members and friends and hope this will continue in future.

Edward Hildebrand