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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, all of the time. I grew up in a small town and my parents constantly helped out other people. There were involved in the community in multiple ways.

One thing that stands out was that Dad and my uncle were always among the first called when tourists got lost or stranded by snow when hiking in the national forest. They knew those forests well because for years we had a permit to graze cattle there in the summer and my uncle was a logger who had a permit to cut certain trees. I remember times when the phone would ring. Mom brewed this big thermos of coffee, my uncle would pull up in his truck, and he and Dad set off to find them. He's too old for that now and my uncle died a few years ago.

My parents always took food when people were sick or had a birth or death in the family. Mom worked at the bank and helped half of the town balance their checkbooks to the penny. Dad was a carpenter and he helped everyone with repairs on their home. He and our neighbor still tag team everything on their farms. They raise money for Shriner's hospitals, sit on the Farm Bureau board, volunteer to clean up the local parks, volunteer to repair the cabins at the 4-H camp. Mom worked at the polls for every single election.  I could go on and on. They are lovely and generous people. [/quote]

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