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From the Compassion Story of the Month in the Brattleboro Reformer: "Many years ago, I asked a senior county official to explain to me the rationale behind continuing to provide services for disadvantaged persons despite the chaos which so often characterized them. Her response – I’ll never forget it – was that, for generations, the culture here in Vermont has been that "if you have something to share, you do so; that this is what makes you a Vermonter whether you were born here or not;” and “that it is this very volunteer culture of compassion that makes Vermonters different.” Read the rest of the Compassion Story of the Month Comments are closed.
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