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    > 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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