What do you do to be involved in the community?
A few years ago my husband and I moved to South Florida. I’m originally from New York and he’s from Maine. We met and married in Connecticut and spent over 25 years in South Carolina.
We lived on 2-1/2 acres and had a big house and he had a workshop. Now we have a bunker in a 55 community. We love to travel so that’s why the downsize.
So what does that have to do with community involvement? Well less than a year in our new home I signed up to run on the board of directors and won.
Now I do have a community I am involved in. I work on making sure neighbors know who their neighbors are. I check on people if I don’t see them. Since Florida is God’s waiting room you never know.
I answer complaints and help those who need help. I organize hurricane help for those who need it. So basically I try to do my best in my neighborhood. Oh yes and I make their voices heard at board meetings.
And in general I tend to give up my seat if someone is frail and obviously needs to sit, or do any countless things to help out when I can.
I also lend an ear when someone is facing a problem or is just having a difficult day.
Stopping to chat with people and asking about their day may not sound like much but it connects people to people and sometimes that’s enough to put a smile on someones’s face.
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