If she were alive today, my mother, Barbara Carlson, would be 85 years old on August 16th. Social Security also turns 85 this summer, as it was established August 14, 1935. My mother loved that she nearly shared a birthday with Social Security and she would be so pleased that I am now on the Board of the Frances Perkins Center in mid-coast Maine. I hope you will join the Frances Perkins Virtual Garden Party on August 16, 2020 and that you will consider supporting The Frances Perkins Center today. This year's event will be a truly special one and is freely available for everyone! Please help me support the efforts of the Frances Perkins Center to preserve the legacy of the woman behind the New Deal, restore her landmark Homestead in Maine, and make her home and educational programs about her life available to as many people as possible.