Hi, I would like to introduce ourselves to you.  I am Sharon Kirkman (the tall one in the pictures) and Amy Kulp.  We both work in the Tuberculosis Control Program at Skagit County Public Health Department in Mount Vernon, Washington (located about 60 miles North of Seattle, Washington).

Each year we do a different theme for our World TB Day display (March 24 is always World TB Day).  We were so impressed with your story and your website that this year we decided this would be our display for 2011.  We displayed it for a little over one month starting on March 24.  The comments from individuals were just as we thought they would be – “What a wonderful, interesting story and history of a TB Sanitarium.”  I have been working in the Skagit County TB Program since 1981 (30 years) and without someone like you recalling and documenting life, as it was in the TB Sanitariums, this part of history will eventually be lost to all.  As it is with our local TB sanitarium – all we have is just a picture on our wall in our office as it is no more (dismantled in 1966) and all the TB residents have since passed on so no history, no anything and oh how sad. 

We do want to thank you so much for creating your website and sharing your wonderful story with everyone.  Keep up the good work, it is so appreciated by more than just the people who were there at Cresson Sanitarium.