[Homestead] "... they also serve, ..."
Tvoivozhd
tvoivozd at infionline.net
Sun Oct 10 19:55:48 EDT 2004
DSanner106 at aol.com wrote:
>
>In a message dated 10/10/2004 1:07:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>lurine at softcom.net writes:
>
>Well, I gotta disagree with lots of this. Some of us can't afford to hop in
>the car and drive 9 hours or even pay postage. However, we can take scraps
>of material and make quilts or crochet/knit afghans and blankets or make
>slippers or lap robes or even bake cookies, etc.
>
>The kidlets and I do all of the above every year and find out who is house
>bound or stuck in a VA hospital or out on the rez and doesn't have family.
>We gather donations of postage from local stores or find truckers heading in
>the right direction that will take a small box along and then we send off
>packages so these folks will know that someone cares.
>
>
>
>I have to agree with Lynda, we all need to do what we CAN and it is not
>possible for
>us all to make that trip. For those who can make that drive, their trip is
>far more effective if they take the clothes they donate, and those of six
>neighbors too. As an individual, and a
>boy scout leader, I have been in the position to do both at different times.
>Both methods of helping have been appreciated by the recipients of my time and
>goods.
>
>Drew
>
>
tvoivozhd---yup, do what you can do. Some of the old ducks in the VA or
on the Rez have no family, no surviving friends---visiting them with a
few useful or interesting gifts lights a candle in their personal
darkness. If you can drag along a few others, so much the better, and
some of them will follow your suit on their own.
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