On Nov 23, 2007, at 8:23 AM, <ifixmgs@cox.net> wrote:
If you have the opportunity next Thanksgiving (or anytime during the
year)
Mark C
I've told this story before, but among all these notes -- it's worth
repeating, so that maybe one or two of you will give it a try. A few
years ago I went to our local home for veterans -- one of two in
Michigan, run by the Michigan Dept of Military Affairs -- and offered
to volunteer. They need lots of folks -- to do everything from sit
with the oldsters to take 'em (and help 'em) to bingo, and on and
on. I go to the day room Monday and Thursday mornings and read to
whomever is there. Usually there are 5-10 fellows, most in
wheelchairs, most nodding out -- but there's just enough awareness
among the group that I get a smile once in a while in the funny
parts, a question about what book I'm reading (usually old westerns),
and so on. The enjoy it, and I get a few "real" benefits -- free flu
shot every year, and a nice certificate saying I'm a good guy for
volunteering.
I say thanks all year long. Maybe there's a way that you could do
something like this, too.
Jon Wennerberg
Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
Marquette, Michigan
(that's 'way up north)
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