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 ---- Edward Sparks, KVUE-TV Austin, TX (sparks@kvue.uucp) {asci1,ihnp4,seismo,gatech,harvard,ctvax,ucbvax}!ut-sally!kvue!sparks