Thanks for the story about Barbara Seymour ’63 and her work creating a garden for a homeless shelter in Chester, Pa. I especially enjoyed the fact that newly released prisoners helped her, working with nature and beauty and doing good for others. I know the power that such work can generate in rehabilitation. For some time, corrections authorities have been allowing prisoners to work with service dogs and rescued horses. I think it would be wonderful to give prisoners—and released prisoners—the opportunity to work in parks and gardens, especially vegetable gardens that could help feed the hungry.

Ruth Merson Neleski ’50
Sierra Vista, Ariz.