A community is defined by acts of kindness, or not (Column)

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January 12, 2018 - 12:00 AM

About a year ago I asked our community to think outside of their own experience, to think about others that they saw, and to give me their thoughts.

Here is what I have found, in a nutshell.

We all feel and see the need here for people to feel cared about. And we all see the loneliness, drug and alcohol abuse, homelessness, disabilities and hunger that exist in our community. We see people who are trying and failing to make ends meet, people who don’t feel safe, and people who need to ask for help without feeling judged.

We want good things for our young people. We want them to go out into the world knowing how to take care of themselves, but we realize that a lot of them have never really been taken care of their whole lives. We want them to be able to see past the next meal or the next week — something that’s hard for them to do right now.

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