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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

They're stepping up purely for the good of it

Just came back from a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) outing up in the Oak Knoll subdivision on Ashland's southeast edge, 18 hours after fire destroyed eleven homes. We canvassed the neighborhood, making sure everyone was ok and looking for smoldering patches that the wind could possibly whip back up into flames.

Turned out to be a pretty uneventful canvass. And hot (104). But seeing a squad of volunteers show up to minimize chances of a second-round catastrophe, people moved purely by an urge to help and comfort -- that feels so good. Our Strength is Our Community.
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