FW: [nysbirds-l] Holly Wilson, 1986-2017

2017-11-09 Thread Patricia Lindsay 
Sorry for the reposting, I just found this out. Holly's husband and 
family ask that in lieu of flowers, please consider a gift to one of the 
organizations below.

Donors Choose -  https://www.donorschoose.org/  This is a crowd funding 
site for educators, and connects teacher in high-needs communities with 
donors.

Holly was an ESL teacher in the School of Discovery and Exploration in 
Sunset Park, Brooklyn, PS503. She taught mainly kindergarten and first 
graders who spoke Chinese, Spanish, Urdu, and many other languages, and 
was often their first contact in the English-speaking community. Helping 
out in the classrooms with the literacy side of their education, she 
brought them from having no English at all to being able to speak and 
read it. She loved her 'babies' and stood up for them at every 
opportunity. 


New York State Ornithological Association - 
http://www.nybirds.org/FedDonations.htm  We all know how important this 
organization is to the birding community and to conservation and 
education in general.

Thank you all again for your comforting words and thoughts.

Pat and Shai
 
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 Subject: [nysbirds-l] Holly Wilson, 1986-2017
 Date: 11/09/17 09:43:43 AM
 From: "Patricia Lindsay" 
 To: "NYS Birds" 

 A great many of our friends in the New York birding community knew 
Holly Wilson, our beloved niece, frequent birding companion, and vibrant 
young woman. We lost our Holly on Tuesday, to suicide.

We so appreciate the kind thoughts and feelings many of you have shared 
with us, helping us through our fog of grief. It means more than you 
could ever know.

Some have asked for details about the wake. We will be celebrating 
Holly's life this coming Sunday, 12 November, at 2:00-6:00 pm, at the 
Overton Funeral Home (172 Main Street Islip, NY 11751; 631-581-5085). 
According to her wishes, she will be cremated, and her ashes will be 
spread at a favorite birding location in East Hampton at a later date.

Patricia Lindsay & Shai Mitra
Bay Shore, NY










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FW: [nysbirds-l] Holly Wilson, 1986-2017

2017-11-09 Thread Patricia Lindsay 
Sorry for the reposting, I just found this out. Holly's husband and 
family ask that in lieu of flowers, please consider a gift to one of the 
organizations below.

Donors Choose -  https://www.donorschoose.org/  This is a crowd funding 
site for educators, and connects teacher in high-needs communities with 
donors.

Holly was an ESL teacher in the School of Discovery and Exploration in 
Sunset Park, Brooklyn, PS503. She taught mainly kindergarten and first 
graders who spoke Chinese, Spanish, Urdu, and many other languages, and 
was often their first contact in the English-speaking community. Helping 
out in the classrooms with the literacy side of their education, she 
brought them from having no English at all to being able to speak and 
read it. She loved her 'babies' and stood up for them at every 
opportunity. 


New York State Ornithological Association - 
http://www.nybirds.org/FedDonations.htm  We all know how important this 
organization is to the birding community and to conservation and 
education in general.

Thank you all again for your comforting words and thoughts.

Pat and Shai
 
  Begin forwarded message 
 Subject: [nysbirds-l] Holly Wilson, 1986-2017
 Date: 11/09/17 09:43:43 AM
 From: "Patricia Lindsay" 
 To: "NYS Birds" 

 A great many of our friends in the New York birding community knew 
Holly Wilson, our beloved niece, frequent birding companion, and vibrant 
young woman. We lost our Holly on Tuesday, to suicide.

We so appreciate the kind thoughts and feelings many of you have shared 
with us, helping us through our fog of grief. It means more than you 
could ever know.

Some have asked for details about the wake. We will be celebrating 
Holly's life this coming Sunday, 12 November, at 2:00-6:00 pm, at the 
Overton Funeral Home (172 Main Street Islip, NY 11751; 631-581-5085). 
According to her wishes, she will be cremated, and her ashes will be 
spread at a favorite birding location in East Hampton at a later date.

Patricia Lindsay & Shai Mitra
Bay Shore, NY










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ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/

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http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/

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