Post by dave on Feb 20, 2017 11:09:21 GMT -5
Kit, there are a few churches down here who put on daily meals for seniors, homeless, etc. I volunteered for a "Meals On Wheels" type of outfit up until last year when I could no longer get out and about to visit folks in their homes and help them apply for food subsidies.
Much of the "do-gooding" here in the south is done by the churches rather than by government agencies. Few people think of it, but Volunteerism allows for innovative ways in which to serve the needy. If you want to try a new idea, you band together a few volunteers for the task. If the idea doesn't pan out, you re-assign the vols to other tasks. It's the way we tried out new ideas at Family of Woodstock in the Catskills. Much easier than getting the Common Council to approve a new department at a social service agency, staff it with union help and then try to shut it down when it is no longer needed or effective.
Much of the "do-gooding" here in the south is done by the churches rather than by government agencies. Few people think of it, but Volunteerism allows for innovative ways in which to serve the needy. If you want to try a new idea, you band together a few volunteers for the task. If the idea doesn't pan out, you re-assign the vols to other tasks. It's the way we tried out new ideas at Family of Woodstock in the Catskills. Much easier than getting the Common Council to approve a new department at a social service agency, staff it with union help and then try to shut it down when it is no longer needed or effective.
