Letter to the Editor: Mansfield Leaf Raking Program
The following was submitted to Mansfield Patch by Mansfield resident Donna Harrington.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank many people from the Mansfield community for helping out with the Leaf Raking Project on November 12, 2012. It is without hesitation that I say I am so proud to be part of this community and the wonderful people who live and thrive in this town. This yearly collaboration between the schools, DPW, Police Department and landscapers in town runs so smoothly now because of the dedicated volunteers who each year come out and support this program. It not only helped out the seniors in Mansfield but gave the students a chance to recognize the value of community service and see first hand what their contribution can do in someone’s life. Each year I am dumb founded by the selfless act of our police …
Marie Eckler
12:00 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
I think it is a wonderful community service provided to elders. I also would like to know, however, why the gatekeepers of the service insist that one must be on an aid program like SSI, Disability, Food Stamps in order to have the service provided....I had requested several times over since I am 65 with a bad fused spine living with an 86 year old bed/wheelchair bound elderly mother and was told… more ›