Letters to Freddie

<p>Midge Thomas i<span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>s a creative visionary with a passion for bettering the Rochester New York community. She and her husband Dr. Freddie Thomas were highly involved with tutoring and inspiring Rochester's struggling youth in the late 1960s and early 1970s. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Since Freddie's untimely death in 1974 Midge has dedicated her life to city improvement projects in his honor and memory. In the years since Freddie's passing Midge has established a not-for-profit foundation in his name established two city community centers erected a public drinking fountain so that everyone has access to clean water and started numerous social clubs for aging seniors. She is the recipient of many awards including a national Jefferson Award (1982) an ATHENA Award Nominee (1994) and is an inductee into the National Women's Hall of Fame (2003). </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Throughout this time Midge chronicled her thoughts and feelings in heartfelt letters to her late husband. Each chapter of </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Letters to Freddie </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>opens with one of these letters which sets the tone of Midge's mindset during that exact period of her life. </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Letters to Freddie </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>is not only the biography of an important community philanthropist it is an inspiring story of how one's love and devotion can last a lifetime and inspire positive change. </span></p><p><br></p>