Nancy Frakes of Manlius, New York (New York is a huge state, I have no idea where Manlius is) was kind and thoughtful enough to print out individual photos of her three border collies and send one to each resident at the locked-down Mansion.

She also sent a generous check for Price Chopper Gift Cards for the refugee families in need of food support.

I’m bringing them over to the Mansion this morning, then going to Battenkill Books to sign and personalize each of the 37 Jesmyn Ward book Navigate Your Stars.

I want to say something to each student, I have a list of all their names, and we’ll ship the books to Sue Silverstein.

Nancy is one of those amazing people I may never meet or even speak to who thanks me for permitting her to help people in need. Such generosity and empathy is what will get all of us through this time.

Thank you Nancy and bless you a million times.

The residents will so love these individual photographs, by tonight, they’ll be hanging in every room.

If you wish to support the Mansion work, you can contribute via Paypal, [email protected], or by check, Jon Katz, Mansion Fund, P.O. Box 205, Cambridge, N.Y., 12816.

You can also participate in the Mansion Pen Pal program we set up when the Mansion was locked down. It still is. Cards and messages really help them understand the outside world knows they are alive.

So far, not a single resident has taken sick, a tribute in part to the $3,000 disinfectant fogger system that has made the Mansion so safe in such an efficient way.

The residents in the Pen Pal program (you can send messages via e-mail: ([email protected]) or by mail, The Mansion, 11 S. Union Avenue, Cambridge, N.Y., 12816 are:

Dale, Gary, Edith, Ellen, Matt, Gerry, Sylvie, Joanne, Madeline, Brother Peter, Helen, Georgianna, Georgiann, Barbara, Alanna, Linda, Nancy, Annette, Peggie, Becky, Jean, Roberta (Bert), Ben, John, Jim, Claudia, Ruth.

One of the Mansion aides is struggling to buy food for herself and her two children. She is an especially loving and extraordinarily hard-working aide who got sick recently (not the virus) and was not able to work.

I’d like to get her some gift cards, I’m going to buy about $300 for her. If anyone wishes to help, you can purchase some Price Chopper Gift Cards and send them to me at Jon Katz, 2502 State Route 22, Cambridge, N.Y.,12816, or you can send money to me via Paypal, [email protected], or at my post office box, Jon Katz, P.O. Box 205, Cambridge, N.Y., 12816.

Any purchase over $300 will need to be activated via e-mail a couple of days after purchase.

Please mark those “for aides” in the message box on the Price Chopper Gift Card Order Page.

I am bringing her $75 worth of cards today to ger her through the weekend. Thanks as always for your support. The two refugee families we are focusing on right now are still sick and at home. I believe I have some gift cards coming in for them, and thanks, thanks, thanks.