Community Helping Others

Tuesday and Thursday a group of seniors meets at a local church in Mountain City, TN to stretch under the direction of Phil.

While we were warming up this morning, some of the church members brought in boxes and boxes of donated food from the local markets.  This is distributed into boxes on a long table awaiting the arrival of those who need help feeding their families.

During the hour we were stretching, at least 10 families were able to receive boxes containing bread, canned goods, packaged items and bottles of juices.  Although it might not be considered the most healthy diet since there were no fresh vegetables or fruits, it will help the families until their gardens begin to produce later in the spring and summer.

And this is another of the wonderful things about this small rural mountain community...almost everyone has a garden and when they begin to produce those who have too much share with those who live in town, or rent and so do not have access to their own gardens.

Neighbors helping neighbors, the American way.  Why can't politicians think like small town neighbors?  But I guess politicians have to think about how to keep getting reelected and what they can get for their constituents.  Of course, some of the boondoggles Congress sets for themselves make me think we should "throw the bums out" as Yogi Berra might have said.  But we don't, we complain and keep electing the same people over and over so the citizens have no one to blame but themselves.