The Amazon Mansion Wish List requests are up and running, the RISSE Wish List, the first one, is a runaway success. The Mansion Wish List is only two days old and is off to a fine start, we went from 43 items to 6 overnight. mostly board games and trays and puzzles for the Activity Room, where the residents spend much of their day. I brought three sombreros today for the  upcoming Cinqo de Mayo celebration.

Activities are the structure and foundations of life at the Mansion, there is always something to do and try, thanks to the Army Of Good.

A new RISSE Amazon Wish List went up yesterday, there are 16 items on it,  it is focused on learning tools for the refugee children, and some practical things for adults. I have been pushing the idea of wish lists for some time, it’s an effective and innovative way to do good. I start every morning that way, it is a powerful antidote to the news and life’s frustrations.

You can see the new Mansion Wish List here.

You can see the RISSE Wish List here.

It is fascinating for me to see how these two lists converge and also diverge. Both needs stimulating or educational activities, both need practical things like working gloves trays. Both have been neglected or pushed out of sight by our culture. Both are in great need. Thanks for supporting them.

To me, both groups are symbols of the people and country we wish to be, I think, statements of our values and empathy. I am startled at how much the same they are.