Special thanks to the following people who have helped make many of our wishes come true:

• Stephen and Joan McConnel and Walter and Elaine Meyer have donated funds for an EMT Training Center at Grace Cottage (further details of this exciting new development will be in the next issue of Cottage Door).
• Dick Kearley, Jr. donated plants for the garden, sent to Vermont from his nursery in Hawthorne, Florida.
• The Newfane Garden Club donated a lovely crabapple tree for the Grace Cottage garden.
• Kenneth Dowley, whose wife Bonnie is an LNA at Stratton House, built a picnic table for use by employees, patients and visitors to the Grace Cottage garden. The table was donated by the Kenolie Campground family.
• Ken Hoffman donated his time to build a presentation board for use at professional meetings and shows. He's also in the process of building a tool shed for use by the garden volunteers.
• Walter & Elaine Meyer and Saul, Linda and Jennifer Feinman purchased a wheelchair-accessible shower for Heins Home.
• Mark Onyon donated his airplane and piloting time and expertise to fly professional photographer Tom Raffelt over the Otis Health Care Center "campus" for an aerial shot.

MORE WISHES MADE We're desperately seeking:

• Gardeners! The weeds are thriving at the Grace Cottage garden, and we need volunteers to help us get them out. Any time would be appreciated; call Bob Schreiner at 874-7139.
• A gently used fax machine (a new one would be even better, but beggars can't be choosers!) for our purchasing department.
• An overhead projector. For presentations to staff, visiting groups, and patient education.
• Volunteers. Joan Martin is looking for volunteer couriers, to work just one or two days per month. The couriers drive from Grace Cottage to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, to the Brattleboro bus station and back to Grace Cottage. The round-trip takes less than two hours, but it needs to be done between 1 and 5 p.m. Call 365-7579 for more information.
• Chair beds. These are specially-made hospital chairs that look like easy chairs until the cushions are removed and they can be folded out to create single beds. Family members often wish to stay beside patients in their hospital rooms overnight, and these chairs would allow this to happen. The chairs cost $1850 each, and Grace Cottage could use at least two.