My heart lifted when I saw what you did this afternoon at the RISSE after school in Albany. Everything in this photograph except for the books were things you brought from the RISSE Amazon Wish List – the table, the chairs, the light, and soon, the rugs.

A dead space has come to life, a place to read, think, study, sit with friends, be quiet, think. What an incredible gift. “Something we have wanted for so long,” said one of the teachers, who came up to thank me. A miracle. Indeed. Think of it, a safe place to be for children who have never had a safe place to be.