The fancy name for them is non-reciprocal transactions: gifts given to a nonprofit where the giver receives nothing in return. It is astounding to me how many generous ones bless us with non-reciprocal transactions: time, finances, supplies. On behalf of our children, our families, our staff, our future participants, thank you. Thank you to the organizations who supported our organization when it was so small that if you blinked, you'd miss it. Thank you to the givers who increase their generosity when the economy turns sour. Thank you to everyone who provides Spanish tutoring for kids' bilingual homework. Thank you to the youth groups that give us one week to change their outlook on life forever. Thank you to the schools that bring us into their classrooms to help our kids. Thank you to every college student who recruits his friends to come help. Thank you to the partners who load their dogs into their cars every week to come read to our kids. Thank you to the grantors who maximize their allowable amounts to bless us as generously as possible. Thank you to the staff who forego benefits and higher salaries to become "family" to our kids. Thank you to the church that lifts us to a higher level. To all those dear ones who make it possible for a child to call her after-school teacher "mama," thank you.