Am I A Good Neighbor?

  So thankful for Missouri Extension embracing the Engaged Neighbor Program.  My elderly parents have been the recipients of  several unanticipated but delightful messages on their front doorstep punctuated by the recent “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” day message this week. My parents are thrilled, and my sister and I am thrilled.  To receive unexpected grace from essentially a stranger is a beautiful gesture. And to have them receive such generosity from neighbors when they themselves cannot easily reach out is a blessing.  If the goal of this project is to enhance the lives and communities of the citizens of Missouri, then I would say unequivocally “yes” that this project is doing that for my family and can only imagine that it’s  doing the same for others. – Susan D., resident of St. Charles, MO.

NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS Submitted by Deana Tucker Dothage, March 26, 2024 The beautiful woman in this photograph is my mother, Alice. The picture was taken in 2019 during a trip to Oklahoma. In 2024 she turned 94 years old. From mid 30's to retirement , she was a career woman, and before that a mother of four. After she retired, she worked in my insurance agency taking on the bookkeeping and payroll.  During her late 80's to now, she has had some health setbacks, and recently, a terrible fall resulting in multiple broken bones. After a brief hospital stay to treat wounds, she is home with me and my brother, where she has lived for the past 13 years.  As neighbors learned that she left and returned by ambulance, they started reaching out to find out what was wrong and if we needed anything. Soon after, pizza was delivered. Next, a plate of dessert arrives. Many texts, private messages and phone calls as well as a shout out from a neigbhor's driveway have been received, i