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January 2018 Newsletter

Jan 17, 2018 | Uncategorized

Dear Friends of The Sunny Center,

It’s 2018. A new year full of promise and hope. And among our promises and hopes is a commitment to help more exonerees achieve happy and productive lives. 
 
Of course, we need your help to reach this goal. In honor of 2018, please consider a donation of $18, $118, $218 or $2018. We have dipped heavily into our resources helping exonerees who need our help and we hope you can help us with a donation, especially now. 
 
We appreciate your support and look forward to sharing 2018 with you!

OUR GUESTS AND VISITORS

Our guest Bill and Milly discuss food preferences.

We had Bill Richards, an Exoneree guest, who spent a lovely visit with us just before Christmas. He seemed to find peace and insight into his healing process here and was able to join friends in the UK with whom he spent the actual holiday.
 
We continue to keep in touch with our network of former guests, checking in on them and their progress. Jim is in the process of getting some dental work done; Joseph is starting a new business; and another of our former guests is headed to Cuba to reunite with his family. All this is happening thanks to your generous help and support!

A special Christmas card arrived from Uriah, our first official guest of the Sunny Center, who is thriving with his growing family.

OUR VOLUNTEERS ​

Katie, Bill and a guest from Malawi having a chat.

Our most recent volunteer, Katie, found many new ways to be helpful to the work of The Sunny Center. We now await the arrival of a return volunteer, Tress, who will be donating a month of her time so that we can travel to educate the public about the overwhelming after-effects of wrongful convictions, and to connect with more Exonerees to begin their healing process. 

OUR FURRY FRIENDS ​

Peter getting some love from Rosie.

Rosie’s twins are growing up. Jill always stays close to her mama. Jack is now a big boy who is sleeping on his own, away from his mama and twin sister Jill. He seems to love his independence!

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Jack and Jill going for a romp.

OUR ACTIVISM ​

Sunny and Peter with two exonerees.

We are busy making plans for 2018 and have been exploring different ways in which we can further our reach, either through the play The Exonerated, the film Fallout, or appearances before government agencies and public programs. We will keep you posted! If you are connected with any organization that can facilitate our activism/travel, please use the link to get in touch with us.

STAY CONNECTED ​

So dear friends, we thank you for being in our lives; we thank you for your support; we thank you for working together with us to make the Dream of a better life happen for so many! We are expanding our reach in 2018 and adding more much needed services. You can be very proud of what you have helped us to achieve! Let’s keep it going together because together we ARE making a difference in an area that has, thus far, been neglected. More to be revealed next month!
 
And, for more frequent updates, don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
We hope for Peace and Love and Justice for the New Year!

Peace and Love,
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Sunny and Peter 

Remembering Peter

My dear Peter is gone.
We sang him home on the last day of the year, gathered around his bedside as we had done for so many days before.

‘Send them green.’ A special message from a Sunny Center supporter!

“I had the wonderful opportunity to be a guest at the Sunny Center this past July. My first trip to Ireland, it always is a magical moment to visit friends who live overseas…”

Exonerees are succeeding, thanks to you!

Helping people exonerated of crimes they did not commit, setting them back on the path to a fulfilling life, is a monumental task that we depend on the dedication of volunteers, both near and far, to achieve.

Even in summer, the work doesn’t stop

We’re in midsummer now, with its long days that stretch until 11 in the evening here in Ireland. It’s a busy time for everyone and everything.

The power of art to heal and renew

Did you know that Peter was a woodworker and an artist? He created so many things. But more importantly, he taught those skills to other Exonerees when they visited the Center.

Looking for green shoots

Photo by Samantha Bookman. Peter and I chose to situate the Sunny Healing Center here in this beautiful location in the west of Ireland. A newcomer may at first see only a barren, rocky, windswept landscape. But, put your hand on the earth here, and you can feel the...

A message from Sunny about Peter

The time has come to say farewell to our dear Peter, who is in the process of transitioning from this body and this plane.

Finding Peace, Joy and Hope

The events in Ukraine over the past several days have been ever-present in all of our lives through the daily news and constant social media. These times can be especially difficult for Exonerees because of the traumas they are working to overcome.

Love Is Always the Answer

Winter is always a little bit quieter than the rest of the year. After a long day spent maintaining the Sunny Healing Center and getting it ready for visitors, it’s time for us to cuddle up with the kittens and, of course, Barney, on chilly winter evenings with a warm fire in the hearth.

A Happy, Healthy and Healing New Year to All

Love has no barriers and no limits. And neither does our gratitude for your continuing support and friendship. Know that you are never alone, because you are part of our family.

Happy Holidays to Our Friends Near and Far!

These are extraordinary times. And you’ve all been extraordinary supporters. Thanks to you, we’ve been able to keep helping Exonerees in the midst of a global emergency.