BI mailbox project of ‘love, connection, environment’

A Kindred Spirit Mailbox was installed at Fort Ward Park May 16 in a collaborative effort between resident Denise Stoughton and the Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District.

Stoughton, who is working on a book titled “Meet Me at the Mailbox: The Fabulous Mailboxes of Bainbridge Island,” has brought the heartwarming legacy of the original Bird Island Kindred Spirit Mailbox of North Carolina to BI.

The mailbox at Fort Ward is stocked with blank journals and pens to encourage visitors to write what’s in their hearts and minds to release burdens, dreams, gratitude and joy into the realm of kindred spirits. “Writing is an act of hope,” said Stoughton, who was moved to tears when she visited the original Kindred Spirit on the East Coast earlier this year. 

Stoughton presented the idea at a park district meeting last fall, and it was quickly approved . . .

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