Community: A Little Help Goes a Long Way
Food, water, shelter. These are the essentials for survival. However, access to these necessities is tenuous for many people in the world. Governments, while essential for large public work projects, often fall short when it comes to helping individual people and families. For millennia these gaps have been addressed through community. Whether it’s a church handing out food, a co-op managing a rural water source, or an impromptu team clearing up debris from a tornado, neighbors have always been an essential source of support. Why then, in this age of smart phones and spaceflight, does it feel like communities have dried up? First, what am I talking about? Volunteering, community service, mutual aid, these words all mean slightly different things but they really boil down to one common theme: helping those around you without any expectation of financial or social gain. Most people watch TV or get on social media and they see the rat race of the world, the
