> Sorry for delay!  I started a new job and kinda let Fido be on autopilot  
  for  
  > a bit.  
    
  I hear ya -- I'm looking for new work & when I get it, Im sure, I'll be  
  offline for a while, too. . .  
    
    
    
  > not to worry on the area I live in.  Navy, 26 years, lived lots of left  
  > coast  
  >  and Hawaii, then Japan.  Been back in 'Hampton Roads' (Virginia beach,  
  > suffolk, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Hampton, Newport News, Williamburg etc.)  
  since  
  > 2007.  
    
  Did yo knowe that on December 7, 1941 when Japan attacked your Pacific base,  
  they also attacked Vancouver, Canada, trying to pre-emptively prevent us  
  from  
  hearing yhour radio call for help & our cutting them off on their way home  
  (look at a map -- easily done)  
    
  Canada actually declared war on Japan quicker than you guys did!  
    
  > On local stuff I do, well tends to be very direct.  Neighbor, now good  
  > friend has MS and Lupus.  She asked how much a wheelchair ramp costs to  
  > build on a house.  I and some 50 others built it with donated materials  
  and  
  > labor.  
    
  > Then there was a fellow with no electricity for the last 10 years and no  
  > heat headed at his 5th year.  He needed help decluttering, wood burner  
  > chimney repair, funds.  Nothing electric in the house still worked  
  (fridge,  
  > stove, washer, dryer, hot water heater).  Most electric lines had been rat  
  > chewn so wall rip out and replacement then the ceiling collapsed due to  
  old  
  > house and 60 year old drywall nails.  Go-Fund-me set for 2,000$ hit 6,000$  
  > all from locals.  Handyman places donated dumpsters.  People gathered and  
  we  
  > helped clear flotsam that folks had given him in place of money for his  
  > working on their lawnmowers. good stuff but too much.  He'd been disabled  
  in  
  > a car crash for life, but only got enough money for part of the medical  
  > bills and a replacement car.  For some reason, he's not eligible for  
  > medicare, medicare, or Social Security assistance.  He's only 55 or so.  A  
  > local charity provided drywall.  Other locals rewired then redrywalled.  
  We  
  > got him a hot water heater.  His brother provided a stove.  I came up with  
  a  
  > larger dorm fridge that runs at very low cost and an ancillary chest  
  freezer  
  > he can use when he needs to, and unplug when he doesnt.  Others came up  
  with  
  > washer/dryer.  Probably 100 folks donated time or money to make that  
  happen.  
    
  > I 'organize' these sort of things.  
    
  > Right now, it's a lady (disabled) who has to get a fence up due to code  
  > issues, to hide a boat in back yard.  We laid the posts yesterday.  
  Donated  
  > wood panels arrived today.  She had just enough for the galvanized fencing  
  > nails and QuikCrete for the posts.  
    
  That's swonderful stuff! I love hearing good stories like this! Ever watch  
  MrBeast on YouTube? He does a lot of philanthropic work with the millions  
  Youtube pays him. . .  
    
  Can you give me some tips on doing this sort of direct organising of  
  assistances, please?  
    
  Your friend,  
    
  <+]:{)}  
  Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM  
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