For a
moment, listen if you have time to help with two services that are vital to
Fairfield and are having problems with manpower.
The Clothes
Line on West Main is a valuable resource for people in need of used and
inexpensive clothing. It was established
35 years ago and requires workers to sort and sell used clothing. Lots
of people shop the Clothes Line.
Another
service to the area is the First United Methodist Church’s Food Pantry. It
serves a healthy number of meals to people living at Fairway Apartments and the
High Rise.
The two
services have something in common. They
are watching their regular help get overworked. And let’s be delicate about
this…some of them are getting old enough that the rigorous activity is wearing
them down.
Add the fear
of COVID, and these vital elements of the safety net for folks in our town are
getting stretched to their breaking point.
While the
churches in town are responsible for staffing the Clothes Line, there is nothing
excluding everyone who wants to help from taking part. The Clothes Line is not
a money-maker. In fact, it barely gets by financially, even with all the help.
I guarantee
you, there are people within the sound of my voice who are hungry. There are people
who need coats and shirts and pants….all for a meager amount of money.
Dr. Loretta
Scott once said: “We can’t help everyone…but everyone can help someone.”
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