July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
A community comes together
Editorial
Doug Horn looked out over the flurry of activity Saturday as the community came together to help his daughter Jenae in her hour of need.
Clearly overwhelmed by the outpouring of generosity and good spirit, his only wish was that everyone facing a medical and financial crisis could feel the same level of support from their friends and neighbors.
But too often, that doesn’t happen.
Then again, most folks don’t have a champion like Bob Lyons.
It was Bob — teacher of vocational agriculture to a few generations of Jay County students — who signaled the call to action.
And when Bob calls, people respond.
Bill Davis was enlisted immediately and was soon lining up donors and events.
And dozens of volunteers swiftly followed suit.
By the time, Jenea Day had rolled around on Saturday, items being donated for a benefit auction were coming in so rapidly that the folks from Loy Auctioneering could barely keep up.
Churches, farm families, Jenea’s friends, and people who have never met her or her family came together to express their love and support at this challenging time.
Anyone who has grown cynical about the human spirit would have had his faith restored on Saturday.
In a perfect world, every patient and every family in similar straits would be bathed in such a flood of generosity.
The world, alas, is not perfect.
But on Saturday, one little corner of it at the Jay County Fairgrounds was just about as good as it gets. — J.R.[[In-content Ad]]
Clearly overwhelmed by the outpouring of generosity and good spirit, his only wish was that everyone facing a medical and financial crisis could feel the same level of support from their friends and neighbors.
But too often, that doesn’t happen.
Then again, most folks don’t have a champion like Bob Lyons.
It was Bob — teacher of vocational agriculture to a few generations of Jay County students — who signaled the call to action.
And when Bob calls, people respond.
Bill Davis was enlisted immediately and was soon lining up donors and events.
And dozens of volunteers swiftly followed suit.
By the time, Jenea Day had rolled around on Saturday, items being donated for a benefit auction were coming in so rapidly that the folks from Loy Auctioneering could barely keep up.
Churches, farm families, Jenea’s friends, and people who have never met her or her family came together to express their love and support at this challenging time.
Anyone who has grown cynical about the human spirit would have had his faith restored on Saturday.
In a perfect world, every patient and every family in similar straits would be bathed in such a flood of generosity.
The world, alas, is not perfect.
But on Saturday, one little corner of it at the Jay County Fairgrounds was just about as good as it gets. — J.R.[[In-content Ad]]
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