Thank you to the couple who dropped off a HUGE load of food for our pantry while I was out of the office at a meeting.
Thank you to the pantry client and her children who volunteer with us every week.
Thank you to the couple who keep Sunset Lake beach clean for everyone to use.
Thank you to the board members who commit their free time to helping their neighbors.
Thank you to the woman who secretly installed new plants at the Post Office.
Thank you to Generous Hands, for more things than I can list here.
Thank you to our volunteer drivers for taking seniors to important medical appointments and delivering food to homebound seniors.
Thank you to our pantry volunteers.
Thank you to people helping each other in the local Facebook groups.
Thank you to all the volunteers coming next weekend to help give out school supplies to families in need.
Thank you to ALL of the amazing people who have stepped up to meet a need in our community – from the Vicksburg Meal Train to Schoolcraft United Methodist Church’s Free Friday Lunches for seniors to the magical Blessing Box in Climax that restocks itself.
Thank YOU for doing the best you can.
We are so grateful to be in this community where people care about each other and want to make a difference. We feel blessed to be a part of the world around us that is continually reinventing itself in new and surprising ways. Thank you all for your part in the drama of life.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting –
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.
– Mary Oliver, “Wild Geese”
Drew Johnson lives in Kalamazoo and is the Director at South County Community Services. He has a small quarter acre homestead with chickens, bees, and hops (and more!), a wonderful wife, and three energetic children. He can be reached at 649-2901 or ajohnson@southcountycs.com
For more information on South County Community Services, please check out our Facebook at facebook.com/southcountycs or visit our website.
