>> helen henderson is a member of our board of the kennedy center, one of our great donors who've been incredibly supportive of the organization. she's been incredibly helpful to me in pursuing some of my biggest projects here like our sondheim festival and all of our international festivals. adrienne arsht is the treasurer of our board, has been involved with the kennedy center for many, many decades, but has recently come back to town and was again extremely gracious and helpful and said if i want to do it, she was in. >> what's their motivation and what do they tell you the reason is that they want to write you a check for a hundred thousand so you can travel around the united states? >> different donors of all projects, and again, a lot of what i do is fundraising, donors have different motives. they have different reasons for giving and in this case, both of these people were truly excited about the nature of the project. they really believe this was important for the nation. they're both very large arts supporters not just the kennedy center, but to other organizations and i thin