sparks@kvue.UUCP (Ed Sparks) (11/26/85)
Dear Friends,
I am writing this at the request of Mr. Jimmy Clark, a
prisoner at the Lima Correctional Institute in Lima, Ohio.
During the holiday season, we sometimes take for granted the
love and warmth that friends and family give us. The prospect of
being alone during Christmas is a frightening one, and yet for people
like Mr. Clark, it is one that must be faced year after year.
Mr. Clark has been in prison for over half of his 35 years. In
recent years, most of his friends and relatives have stopped writing. He
corresponds with several people throughout the country, but their
letter are few and far between.
If you wish to correspond with Mr. Clark, you will find that it is an
experience that will make a lasting mark on your life. Mr. Clark neither
wants nor expects sympathy, but rather desires simple friendships that
can be continued in the form of letters and cards.
Please consider this: this Christmas season you may well spend
hundreds of dollars on gifts for friends and loved ones... yet for the price
of a stamp you can send a gift of friendship to Mr. Clark that will be
remembered long after the holiday season.
The thought of writing to a stranger, and in particular an
inmate, may be uncomfortable to most people. Mr. Clark understands this and
wants you to know that *any* correspondence, be it a Christmas card or
a letter, provides him with the warmth and friendship that sustains him
in prison.
Write Mr. Clark at this address:
Mr. Jimmy Clark
Lima Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 4571 #145-264
Lima, Ohio 45802
Mr. Clark will answer your letter or card, but if you don't desire that,
you can leave off your return address.
I will also relay your electronic mail to Mr. Clark; all
correspondence between you and he will be kept in strict confidence.
Reply to me at sparks@kvue.UUCP or at USPS address:
Ed Sparks
% KVUE-TV
3201 Steck Ave.
Austin, TX 78758
Regards,
Ed Sparks
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Edward Sparks, KVUE-TV Austin, TX (sparks@kvue.uucp)
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