Simone Talma . Marketing Director . Community Advocates for Teens and Parents . February 25 2004 All the toys you donated were distributed to all the kids in our different programs during the Holiday season. This year we were able to give gifts to kids, whereas in past years that was not possible due to funding constraints. You saved us money and were able to help us reach out more to the community. Again thank you for all your support. Richard Logan . Club Manager at Tangerines Nightclub . November 7 2003 I am so pleased with the results of Hallowgroove 2 this year. As you might imagine, my bosses were very pleased with sales for that night. It was one of our most successful nights in recent memory. Thanks so much to you and Donell for your professionalism. You both proved to be very trustworthy promoters...not something you see often. I am available anytime after 5pm on most of my work days. If you would like to meet again, just give me a call and we'll see what we can arrange. I look forward to working with you again in the future. I certainly had a blast! Jennifer Marshall . Randomhouse Publicist for E. Lynn Harris . July 9 2003 I've conducted public relations campaigns on behalf of bookstores, authors, and publishers for ten years. Through my work, I've met a great many community and book-minded professionals from all over the United States (and, indeed, the world). Most of these people have been wonderful to work with, but very few have had the organizational skills, creativity, commitment to their community, and ability to deliver as Mr. Donell Creech of Austin's soulciti.com. I had the pleasure of working with Mr. Creech when I scheduled a booksigining for best-selling novelist E. Lynn Harris at the Barnes & Noble in Austin, Texas. Mr. Creech contacted me and told me about soulciti, the website he founded and runs for Austin's African American community. The site is full of local and national news and has a wonderful events calendar and lots of smart original content. Mr. Creech suggested that soulciti.com co-promote E. Lynn Harris's event by creating a contest in which visitors to soulciti could win a limo ride and lunch with the author. Impressed by soulciti's look and content, I decided to give Mr. Creech a chance. But I was nervous. Not many people have experience in planning events for celebrity authors, and the task can be a very difficult one to execute well. But something about Mr. Creech's professional and enthusiastic manner made me trust him. And I'm glad I did! Not only did Mr. Creech organize a smoothly-run contest tailor-made for soulciti's viewers and Barnes & Noble's shoppers who love E. Lynn Harris, but he made it into something that would benefit the larger community as a whole. In order to enter the contest, a donation of a gently used or new children's book was necessary. Mr. Creech donated those books on behalf of soulciti to a local literacy program. On top of all that, he anticipated and took care of all of the logistics: which restaurant lunch should be held at, which limo company was best to drive the winners, and which friend of E. Lynn's happened to live in Austin and would make a great "escort" for the lunch. To say I was impressed by Mr. Creech is putting it mildly. And E. Lynn Harris was absolutely thrilled and touched by the luncheon and everything Mr. Creech did to make it great. Austin is lucky indeed to have such a talented, committed, and visionary person such as Donell Creech as part of its community. Jethon Sharrieff . soulciti Subscriber . August 25 2003 Congratulations on your new endeavor and all the things you have planned. I have found soulciti to be an invaluable asset in staying up with what's going on in Austin's Bilalian Community. I'm in the Hi-tech industry and work, along with extracurricular activities ( mainly church) keeps me out of synch and soulciti keeps me up to date. Valerie Francois . soulciti Subscriber . May 15 2003 Thanks for having this valuable resource for our businesses. Andrea Pair Bryant . soulciti Subscriber . January 31 2003 Thanks you for your prompt reply....Thanks for providing an invaluable service to Austin. I have been most pleased with the landscape work I had done by a guy whose company I found on your site. K. Hillis . soulciti Subscriber . January 10 2003 Thanks for your quick response!!! soulciti.com is wonderful. Angela Brice . soulciti Subscriber . December 14 2003 I've been planning to do this for a while, but just a quick note to let you know that you and your staff are doing a great job. It's been great to see your vision come into fruition and grow. Bill Bishop . Austin American Statesman Reporter . November 20 2002 The e-mails and phone calls are pouring in. If you need testimony for a potential advertiser, have em give me a call!! Read the story Mr. Bishop wrote about soulciti. Jennifer Alack . soulciti Subscriber . September 4 2002 Thank you so much. I just wanted to acknowledge you all at Soul City for supporting this community business. Our postings have made a real difference in reaching more families, especially those in our community. Thank you. Davetta Wilson-Wells . soulciti Subscriber . July 31 2002 Thank you for such an incredible site. My family is from the Austin Area and this site just reminds me that it's been too long since I've been down there. Sheryl McGlory . soulciti Subscriber . May 1 2002 I certainly appreciate your speedy response and such a thorough list!   This is an exceptional website with excellent information! Karen Weaver . soulciti Subscriber . April 25 2002 Just a note to say your web site is looking fabulous! I am so pleased to see that you now have advertisers. I'm passing the word to African American's who are new to the community. Derrick Brown . soulciti Subscriber & soulcti's official photographer. April 25 2002 My name is Derrick. First I would like to say that I really love SoulCiti. I've gotten alot of needed info over the past couple years. I was trying to get some information on the cost of having an advertising banner for my website. Thank you so much for your time and keep up the good work. Margaret Wright . soulciti Subscriber . April 20 2002 Our family thoroughly enjoys this very informative web. It give us information that we do not see covered in "The Daily News". Congratulations to all of the dedicated people who work tirelessly to keep us abreast of what is happening in Our Austin. A daily reminder is appreciated along with the weekly news in our area newspapers. You all are True Professionals. Sometimes we just forget to say Thank You! Please know that you are appreciated and admired! Charles Bowie . soulciti Subscriber . April 20 2002 Thanks for the information, Johnnie Cochran gave a absolutely wonderful speech last night at the University of Texas. I would not have known he was in town if it had not been for soulciti....thanks a million for sending out information about events, I really enjoyed the event. Brenda Malik . soulciti Subscriber . April 4 2002 Thank you, guys! You are truly the soul of our community's informational and motivational network. The most appealing thing is that you reach all ages and all backgrounds with the kind of information that you share. The site just keeps getting better and better! Keep up the good work!!! Jaunita Woods . soulciti Subscriber . February 25 2002 I went to the show last night and all I can say is WOW! I imagine you're e being inundated with e-mails this morning. I want to add mine to the list and thank soulciti for getting the word out. You guys do a tremendous public service and a great job keeping us informed. You're right too, when you say, that the people who complain that there's nothing to do in Austin don't want to do anything. Thanks for keeping me and my friends informed. Heather Grant . soulciti Subscriber . July 14 2000 I would like to first extend a heartfelt thanks, and give an abundance of praise to the founders of soul city for not being like the rest of us and actually doing something to connect and advertise Black events in Austin. With that having been said please add me to your subscriber list. Thank you and keep up the good work. Evelyn Malone . Owner of Marketing Business Associates, LLC . June 22 2000 MBA will be doing more business and activities in Austin and look forward to meeting you soon. Keep up the good work! Austin definitely needs your services. Thank you also for adding the MBA event to your distribution. We had patronage as a direct result!!