Nina Jackson (vp) and I (president) took a night off to enjoy some Miami Tennis last month and to take note of the last two years we have spent leading programs, events and volunteers at Oleta.  We have attended nearly every event and spent thousands of unpaid/volunteer hours working to reach goals, which often have not been easy in the nonprofit world - striving to give a voice and value to our natural resources, while also better connecting our local neighbors and families to Oleta.  I feel lucky to have Nina as our VP and, while we look forward to pass some torches on to others sooner than later - our commitment to complete Friends' projects and to sustain all the hard work and accomplishments we collectively (our volunteers) have achieved remains very strong!