Husband attends a weekly men’s bible study at our church, and a man more elderly than Husband welcomed him and told him he had moved to a good county, as people here take care of each other.
I always knew that people here were good to one another, but this was really brought home to me by an article in the local paper last week that a private and county funded program was paying for outpatient mental health treatment for county residents with unaffordable deductibles or no insurance. There has been a 200% increase in residents using the program over the past year. Eligible residents only need to pay $25 per session for up to 10 sessions. As a mental health professional and county resident I am elated to hear this. I believe we will contribute to this fund.
Yesterday we attended the grand opening of the new butcher shop in town started with funds from a community group and owned and owned and operated by the granddaughter of our former milk man. It is a wonderful place, and hundreds of people visited it and loved it.
Husband has signed up for a canoe/kayak day trip on the Rock River on June 13th sponsored by the Chamber of Comnerce. He is renting a canoe from the Chamber for the trip. The woman at the Chamber was so concerned that a canoe might be too much for him that she told him they will bring an extra kayak just in case he needs it. I am really happy we moved here!
What has your city or county done lately that makes you proud? What are your favorite charities and local help organizations?
Trail Baboon 
Living in Minneapolis proper, I don’t have many occasions to think any warm thoughts about the city itself. And not to make this political, but I will say that in the last year, our mayors spicy reactions to both the Annunciation shootings and the ICE situation struck a cord with me. I know he came under fire for not being “nice” but I think both of those situations deserved non-calmness.
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On the flipside, I live in a great neighborhood. Even being on a busy street, on our side we are close. We know each other, we socialize, and we take care of each other if needed.
We’re all in atwitter this week because there’s been a lot of movement at the house that sold a couple of lots down. It looks like mostly they’re removing all the things from the house that were there for the staging before the sale, but we’re looking forward to a new neighbor to draw into our little community.
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