Giving back to the community

It started during COVID:

I was at the dentist in Leesburg  the end of  March 2020 just as COVID hit.   I was leaving, a woman with two young children approached me saying she had been thrown out of her hotel room because of non-payment and was left with no possessions, just a small trash bag of cloths for her and her two children.  The restaurant she worked for closed due to the virus and she was out of work.  I took the family over to McDonalds and paid for their breakfast and then proceeded to take them to two homeless shelters in Leesburg, neither of which had any room for her and her two young children.  They told me there were no homeless shelters in Leesburg that have any room, they were all full.    I did pay for 1 night at the hotel and got her in touch with a local church that agreed to help.  I finally got some help from “Come as you are” ministry which gives out free breakfast, lunch and where they could  take free showers. A pastor from a local church and I paid for two nights hotel.  I have no idea what happened to her but worried about it for weeks. 

I got diagnosed with Cancer in July, 2020.   Since then I’ve reevaluated my life and realized I’ve been having lots of fun here in the villages and have given little thought to giving back to the community who has blessed me so much.  It’s time I give back in some way.