Anne Glancey, an elderly woman from New Jersey, received three violations from the municipality because of the state of her house which was deteriorating.
Among the rest, there was an old car on her driveway which she needed to get rid of, or at least park it somewhere else. Further, she allowed her lawn and house to become overgrown and covered in peeling, chipping paint.
Sadly, due to her age and lack of finances, there wasn’t much this woman could do to renovate her place.
Luckily, Anne’s neighbors have been people with a heart of gold, especially a couple living near by who heard of this lady’s struggles from a real estate agent who was selling their home.
In an attempt to help Anne keep up with the repairs to her home, they gathered around 20 volunteers from the neighborhood and did the job themselves, and oh boy, what a difference they made.
“Anne was, and is, extremely grateful for our dedication to her property and her soul,” neighbour Kristin Polhemus, the initiator behind the project, said. “The project has inspired her to continue improving her home, inside and out, and it established new relationships between Anne and our neighbors.”
Source: Krisitin Polhemus
“These violations imposed a fine of no more than $1,000 per day, per violation. We knew we needed to help, as these fines would quickly surmount for anyone in Anne’s situation,” Polhemus said. “In life, we are called to love our neighbors as ourselves. We wanted to help her out of an act of love.”
My wife and I had been called by his teacher for an urgent meeting.
Our six-year-old daughter gave her parents and me a note that she had written. My wife and I cooperated with his teacher’s request to enter the classroom for an impromptu discussion, and she asked us to do so.
When we asked our child if he knew why, he replied, “She didn’t like a drawing I did.” When we asked him whether he knew why, this was his response.
We then continued interrogating him to see if he had any more ideas.
We reported for duty the next morning and began working right away.
His teacher handed him the painting beneath it and explained that she had asked him to depict his family and that he had fulfilled her request in the presented painting. Would you kindly provide me with more details about that?
My wife’s response, which I was expecting, was “Not at all.” A departure from the typical activities with the family. Just a short distance off the Bahamas coast is where visitors can go snorkeling.
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