Who hasn’t been touched by the outpouring of aid going to Haiti? We help because it’s the right thing to do–and because we hope that others would come to our help, if we ever needed it. And that’s a good thing, not just for those in need, but for us. Volunteer activity allows us to connect with where we live, to forge the bonds of friendship and mutual respect that transform a collection of houses into a neighborhood, and a collection of people into a community.

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