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[quote=Anonymous]Yep.  They were really active in their church, so we took meals to sick parishoners and participated in the various activities through the church: building houses with Habitat for Humanity, donating to the angel tree, food drives, coat drives, etc.  My mom was on the board of a home for severely developmentally disabled children, and, in addition to fundraising for them, she also went in to sit with and hold the babies.  Then she worked to help develop a center with a food bank, senior center, and various social services under one roof in our town.  My dad always helped with these things, often contributing his labor (he's a pretty skilled carpenter and handyman).  In retirement, she volunteers weekly at the local food bank, and delivers meals to seniors and drives them to their medical appointments.  And they often helped out neighbors informally -- shoveling snow for an elderly neighbor, taking a meal to someone who had a baby or something, etc.

We were not well off -- solidly middle class, all vacations were in our camper or visiting family, tight budgets, etc. -- but they always took service seriously.    [/quote]

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