This is an email sent out earlier today. I am posting it in hopes that others will read it and want to sign the petition as well.
Hello to all of you.
The
Prouty Garden at Boston Children's Hospital is at great risk of being
bulldozed down for more hospital space. The Prouty Garden is truly an
oasis in the middle of the hospital's grounds. Peter and I went there
countless times during his many hospitalizations and medical visits. It
never failed to cheer us up, rain, snow, sun, heat, or cold. It was a
break from being confined indoors, from being a patient. Peter found
snails, rabbits, squirrels, smelled the flowers, tasted the rain, felt
the warm sun on his face. Having experienced a lengthy hospital stay at
another hospital without any place for patients to go outdoors, I can
emphatically state how much that garden is helpful to the patients and
families at BCH.
Two
years ago, a petition was started in effort to save the garden. There
have also been several news articles about the probable loss of the
garden At this point it looks like there aren't that many more
signatures needed to hit the petition goal of 10,000 signatures, and I
imagine the goal would be surpassed if more people who have visited BCH
knew about the petition. Would you consider reading the petition and
signing? Would you also consider asking others you know to sign? The
site is change.org, and to keep them from sending you more petitions,
just hit the Unsubscribe link in the email that they send you. This is
the link for the Prouty Garden petition. Boston Children's Hospital: Preserve Prouty Garden
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Boston Children's Hospital: Preserve Prouty Garden
The
Prouty Garden is a priceless treasure. Designed by the Olmsted
Brothers, it opened in 1956 as an endowed gift from Mrs. Prouty, who was
a devoted friend and ben...
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Thank you,
Kathryn
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