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A Personal Update on Sugary

Dear Sugary Community,

I wanted to reach out personally with an update on Sugary's health. Some of you have already heard the news, but I know many haven't, and I wanted to make sure everyone in our community was informed.

Earlier last week, Sugary was admitted to the hospital after experiencing significant abdominal pain. He's been diagnosed with acute pancreatitis, but I'm relieved to share that he's stable, responding well to treatment, and on a steady path to recovery.

For those who know Sugary, you understand how much this newsletter means to him as he's never missed a single post. The fact that he's not writing to you himself today speaks to how seriously we're all taking his recovery. Right now, we're encouraging him to focus entirely on rest and healing, which means staying offline for the time being.

What this means for our community: While Sugary recovers, I'll be handling communications and ensuring our upcoming experiences continue as planned.

We'll share more updates as we learn about his recovery timeline and when he can be released from the hospital. In the meantime, if you'd like to send well wishes, feel free to reply to this email and I'll make sure Sugary sees them when he's ready.

Your care and kindness during this time mean the world to him and to all of us. This community has always been about more than events, it's about genuinely caring for one another, and that's exactly what I'm seeing right now.

Thank you for keeping him in your thoughts and prayers.

With gratitude,

DK

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NOTABLE NYC EVENTS, HAND-PICKED BY SUGARY

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Support for the Unsent Letter Project!

The Unsent Letter Mailbox is a grassroots storytelling movement creating anonymous spaces for vulnerability and radical honesty in New York City.

Over the past year, we’ve hosted 19 park installations, 9 salons, we've seen countless people in public, and received over 1000 unsent letters capturing the full spectrum of human emotion and has captured the attention of press outlets such as Secret NYC, NBC Nightly News and the Kelly Clarkson Show.

Apply for the Unsent Letter Curator Program 

If you've been waiting to bring something beautiful to your corner of the world and spread genuine human connection, apply here. 

unsentlettermailbox.com/curator-program

Join The Unsent Letter Mailbox as a Social Media Intern!

The Unsent Letter Mailbox — an NYC-born art project that lives at the intersection of anonymous writing, emotional healing, and urban play — is growing FAST. We’re looking for a volunteer content collaborator who wants to grow with us.

You:

• Are emotionally fluent and creatively intuitive

• Know how to make something stop the scroll without screaming

• Love language, letters, and soft power

• Want to build something you can be proud of

We:

• Have been featured on NBC + The Kelly Clarkson Show + Secret NYC

• Are planning scavenger hunts, secret salons, and continued urban pop-ups

• Are small, self-funded, and full of momentum

• Will give you full credit, mentorship, and future paid work if things align

This is 3-5 hours a week. Remote is cool. And vibes are everything.

If you're curious, email [email protected] or DM @unsentlettermailbox on IG! 

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Expect towel-waving performances, aromatherapy, guided breathwork, visualizations, and somatic release to help you shift your state and regulate your emotions, in a world that can’t be regulated.

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