[Vision2020] A day of both bad and good

[lfalen]

Amen to that.
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: "Tom Hansen" thansen at moscow.com
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:57:14 -0800
To: "Darrell Keim" keim153 at gmail.com,  "Bev Bafus" bevbafus at frontier.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A day of both bad and good

> Thank you, Mr. Crabtree, for restoring my faith in what I feel has always
> been the common bond in all of us . . . the helping hand.
> 
> Gary Crabtree has illustrated, by selfless example, the sense of community
> conscience, one hand washing the other.
> 
> Thanks, Gary.  Your act, coupled with contributions by the Boy Scouts and
> a Troy High School teacher, is not only appreciated by those served by the
> Sojourners' Alliance Troy Food Bank and Thrift Store, but further instills
> pride in our community.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> 
> On Sun, November 14, 2010 1:24 pm, Darrell Keim wrote:
> > Kudos for Gary Crabtree and the rest.  Including the fine Troy store
> > volunteers.
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Bev Bafus <bevbafus at frontier.com> wrote:
> >
> >>  Yesterday, I went out to Sojourners' Alliance Troy Food Bank and Thrift
> >> Store to meet the Boy Scouts, and receive the food they had gathered.
> >>
> >> On arriving at the Food Bank, I discovered that the building had been
> >> broken into, and the money was stolen from the Thift Store.  In
> >> addition,
> >> (and this makes me the maddest) several of the coats that had been
> >> donated
> >> to "Coats for Kids" had been stolen.
> >>
> >> Instead of spending a couple of hours sorting food, I spent time with
> >> the
> >> Latah Sheriff's Department, and spent time figuring out what else had
> >> been
> >> stolen.
> >>
> >> The staff and I felt very violated when we realized that a set of keys
> >> to
> >> the store had also been stolen.
> >>
> >> Luckily, the good far outweighed the bad yesterday.  One phone call to
> >> Gary
> >> Crabtree of the Lock Shop, and he was out, re-keyed our locks, and
> >> didn't
> >> charge a dime.
> >>
> >> The Boy Scouts brought in 1,000 pounds of food.
> >>
> >> One of the teachers at Troy High School brought nearly 100 pounds of
> >> food
> >> the school had gathered.
> >>
> >> Customers of the store that day, when told what had happened, and why we
> >> didn't have change, almost unanimously said to keep the change.
> >>
> >> And people have already offered to replace the coats.
> >>
> >> So whoever the moron is who decided that they needed to steal from the
> >> hungry and homeless - you are far outnumbered by good people in Latah
> >> County.
> >>
> >> Bev Bafus
> >>
> >>
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> 
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
> 
> - Unknown
> 
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