Unity In The Community
Submitted by Amanda Odom on October 11, 2008 - 5:08pm.
News | Community | Hamilton County News
In Neighborhood News, Volunteers hit the streets Saturday morning in Eastlake for Unity in the Community.
The idea started last year after the collective Thanksgiving meal.
Now the Salvation Army, Community Kitchen, and several local churches come together to help the community.
They started in Eastlake several months ago.
Volunteers talk to neighbors about activities coming up like the health fair, and ask if they need any minor repairs or yard work done.
The idea is to work in one community, and then move on to another one.
Charlie Hughes says "The Eastlake community will then be taking care of itself and working on these projects helping each other and we're utilizing local churches to help do that. So, the idea isn't for us to come in do work and then leave, it's to come in and help unify the community around common goals."
Volunteers meet the 2nd Saturday of every month at the Salvation Army on East 28th Street if you would like to help.
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Hopefully more communities take a cue from East Lake with this grand idea. And insteand of trying to run people out of the community, work with them and reach out to them. We never know what a family whose yard hasn't been cut maybe going through. Or whose house may need a paint job is going through. So instead of always establishing laws and using law enforcement that usually only divides people and bring about more distrust between neighbors, isn't this a more humane solution. Weed and seeding everyone who doesn't not fit our idea of the perfect or acceptable neighbor is not the answer. When we uproot one person, we uproot their entire family, including children. Then they have to start over and sprout somewhere else. And each time they're weeded and tossed it gets harder and harder to root and flourish.