It is not every day that someone receives a call from the Smithsonian Institute…but that is exactly what happened on Tuesday, October 1^st at 3:00 pm Arizona time. 

We had been given the “heads up” by Petra Beoncheff.    It was Petra who wrote the article “Bonnie Prudden: The First Lady of Fitness Fashion” (see our website home page, www.bonnieprudden.com if you haven’t already read it) which appeared in the April issue of the local Tucson Desert Leaf.   Somehow, Ellen from the Smithsonian, saw the article, called Petra and then called Bonnie to ask if she would donate some of her artifacts. 

Congratulations Bonnie!