Thanks so much for your kind and polite response Jez! (a theme that should be in all versions of Moodle and developers alike )
That helps a great deal!!! I guess my concern remains the front page of the theme which used a slide feature to showcase all the visuals that the donor wanted profiled. So I'll lose that but that's fine.
Again I really appreciate your feedback! I'm going to try to install the Spoodle solution with the Essential theme on our new Moodle 3.8 I think and see.
Have a great weekend and be safe!!