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From prison cells, helping the cause
By lowellsun.com- Andy Mai
Published: 08/06/2014

LOWELL -- In her 14 years at The Wish Project, Donna Hunnewell has never received mail from a prisoner.

Last week, Hunnewell, the executive director of the charity, was handed 23 envelopes stamped: "This correspondence is forwarded from a Massachusetts Correctional Institution."

"I was intrigued before I even opened the envelope," Hunnewell said. "Even the mail lady said, 'I've never seen you get this much.' "

The stack of envelopes was from the Bridgewater Correctional Complex, a state prison, and contained $188 in 23 separate donations for the victims of last month's Branch Street fire.

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