At the Mansion, Connie has had to stop her knitting work – she is making caps and sweaters for newborn babies and kidney patients – because the temperatures are rising and there is no air conditioning in her room. This means she can’t work. It’s an old building, and when the sun is strong, it warms up quickly.
I don’t want to go into too many medical details, but Connie has heart and breathing issues, and needs a continuous oxygen supply to breath. When it is hot, she must use more oxygen and conserve her energy, and she can’t do that and also knit at the same time. Whenever she gets up or leaves her room, she has to bring one or two oxygen tanks.
Spring is here, and her room is warm. When Red and I visit her, the baskets of yarn sit untouched, she is reading her Kindle or sitting quietly.Connie is a relentless workers and and she needs to work for many reasons. I’d like to remedy this situation, but I will need help to do it.
Connie is a tireless worker. The yarn and materials you have sent her have been a great motivation and inspiration for her, and she has cranked out boxes of caps and scarves and mittens and sweaters.
The Mansion architecture – it is an early Greek Revival building – doesn’t allow for window air conditioners, so I’d like to buy her a portable floor air conditioner something like this one, they cost between $350 and $400. I’ll do some more research.
Connie’s birthday is this coming Friday, May 5, and this would be a wonderful present for us to give her.
The Mansion staff can do the installation and put in the exhaust tube that has to run out of one of the windows. So I’d like to raise money for Connie’s floor air conditioner. She has a lot of admirers out there. And inside as well.
If you wish to contribute, the easiest way is to send a check to my Post Office Box, Jon Katz or Bedlam Farm, P.O. Box 205, Cambridge, N.Y., 12816. Please mark it Connie’s AC for bookkeeping purposes. If you prefer, you can also send money through Paypal, Friends And Family program, my ID is [email protected]. Please note that it is for Connie’s AC.
Another way is simply to send a one-time donation through the donate button on the bottom of every blog post. Please mark it Connie’s AC, so I can keep track of it and account for it. This is, to me, a very worthy cause. Connie works hard to do good, and life is not simple for her, but she never complains or quits trying to work. I’d like to help her.
The benefit of this approach is that a lot of people can contribute small amounts and know precisely where it is going. Please don’t extend or over-extend yourselves financially. This work is best when good people send small donations. I am confident we will get there, even it it takes a few days.
Julie Smiths’ printer is coming today and tomorrow and thanks for that.