Connie wanted me to show you a sweater she just crocheted for a child, it’s going to the Albany Medical Center to keep a baby warm. Thanks to you – the needles, patterns, yarn and encouragement – she is churning out beautiful things every day. She has made mittens for the entire staff and many of the residents and is working on sweaters, blankets and  caps for newborns.

Maria was bowled over by the quality of the work Connie is doing, and her room is crammed with buckets and baskets of yarn. She wants to use it all, and I believe she will. Connie’s evolution has been just wonderful to see, and your generosity is so much a part of it. She is busy morning to night, and her work is beautiful and coming in a steady stream.

It is hard for her to leave her chair and oxygen, so this work has given her a great focus and activity, she has found so much meaning and purpose in it, she is so animated and excited. Hard to capture what you all have done. You can write Connie and the other residents of the Mansion at: c/o The Mansion, 11 S. Union Avenue, Cambridge, N.Y., 12816. I’m thinking Easter also.

The other residents who wish to receive your messages are Bruce, Allan, Sylvie, Jean G., John Z., Cari (Bob), John R., Alanna, Peggie, Ellen, Joan, Brenda, Christie, Connie, Alice, Madeline, Mary, Barbara, Bill H., Brother Peter, Diane, Helen, Jean.A., Gerry.

New arrivals coming soon. Please check out the gofundme page set up to help the Mansion get a desperately needed van to transport the residents.