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Commentary: The generosity of a small town Special thanks to all those working TODAY to make our community a better place: Volunteers from 3Trees Church, young people cleaning my road by Bull Run Creek, Larry Bryant preparing for Bull Run Music Festival, Day and Day's truck ready to deliver relief to tornado victims, people stopping to help Academic Team get to Wisconsin, a bake sale for Relay for Life - and dozens more working hard and giving of themselves. Writer says, "You are what makes living in Adair County great." -Barbara Armitage By Barbara Armitage Too often the phrase "Somebody needs to do something..." comes from the person least likely to actually do anything. For myself I've always believed in Karma, give and you shall receive, what goes around comes around - no matter what you call it serving my community has always been a big part of who I am. There are a lot of people out there working to make our little community a great place to live and I'd like to say thanks to just a few of them. This morning right about day light my friend Maury Lewis left with a group of volunteers from Three Trees Church. They will spend the next four days working to help clean up the mess the tornados left in Alabama. Shortly after that as I was leaving the house to run my errands I saw several young people participating in the PRIDE clean-up. They were walking down Bull Run Road picking up litter left by thoughtless people. My first stop was my next door neighbor Larry Bryant's where he along with friends and family are preparing for next weekend's Bull Run Music Festival. A record crowd is expected this year and that means that the money raised will make the donations to several charities exceptionally generous too. Next stop Day and Day Feed to drop off a bag of items for the semi truck they are sending to help the tornado victims. By the time the truck leaves tomorrow they expect it to be filled with clothing, food and other items so desperately needed. By the time I could make it to town the road blocks collecting for the Academic Team were in full swing. I'm proud to say that nearly every car stopped to drop something in their buckets. My last stop was at the Columbia Bank where a bake sale in support of Relay for Life was in being held. With my arms loaded with cookies and cheese cake I thought about all the great things that were happening today and it wasn't even noon yet. If we all did just one thing for someone every Saturday can you imagine what we could accomplish? My thanks to all these people for everything they do - you are what makes living in Adair County great. For every person I came in contact with this morning I know that there are dozens more working hard and giving of themselves. I wish I could thank each and every one of you personally. The saying is "give and take" - the give always comes first What are you doing next Saturday? This story was posted on 2011-05-07 11:44:02
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