Today, we ordered a three-game folding billiard table for the Mansion’s Great Room, an essential recreational addition that will give the residents a chance to play pool as well as table tennis. The table can also be used for a third game that permits sliding a marker across a table, a kind of table soccer.

The billiard table costs $329. The 32 piece accessory kit with pool sticks, billiard balls, and brushes cost $159. With shipping, the total will be just over $500.

Activities are crucial to the Mansion residents, especially those with some physical component. This table can also be folded up and moved when the Great Room is used for sing-a-longs or other activities. It can also be used any time, not just during scheduled hours.

Games like this also help socialize; people can do something together any time they wish.

Thanks for your support, which makes purchases like this possible.

You can donate to the Mansion Fund, which depends on your support,  via Paypal, [email protected]. or by Venmo, jonkatz@jon-katz-13. Or by check, Jon Katz,  Mansion Fund, P.O. Box 205, Cambridge, N.Y., 12816.