Fellows of Cardington :
As a Fellow of Cardington, you understand the long-term value of investing in your community as John did. Your gift of $2000 - $9999 will have an important impact for many families and individuals alike. Helping those around you to improve themselves, as John Howard did in Cardington, is a life-legacy that your community will benefit from for years to come.
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Benefits
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Tax receipt (1st year)
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Letter of Acknowledgement
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Name published in annual report (1st year)
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Pin, case and card
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Receives Donor Newsletter (2 years)
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Named in Donor Newsletter, with photo op*
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Invitation to special JHS events
- Personal call from the E.D. or Board Chair
* publication can be excluded if donor wishes to be anonymous
John's return to Cardington
Having returned from his incarceration experience in the dungeons of France, John settled again at Cardington, Bedfordshire to live on a 200-acre estate. It was formerly two farms, the larger of which he had inherited from his grandparents. His grandmother, Martha Howard, was a relation of the Whitbread family, and he became a neighbour and close friend of his cousin, Samuel Whitbread.
John spent the next two years building properties and trying to improve the lives of the tenants living on his land. Later, a survey of Cardington in 1782 found that he was paying for the teaching of 23 children. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 1756.
Upon hearing of the incident, John Howard immediately travelled to the facility to address the inmates. Unarmed and dismissing the warnings of the authorities on the danger of the situation, John entered the prison by himself. He not only quelled the angry mass, but even got the prisoners to return to their cells quietly. John promised to take their grievances forward, to be their voice of reason, and to bring about change for a just and humane facility.
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John Howard is often referred to as the father of modern prison reform as his principals and research lead to many of the core methods encouraged and practiced today.
