I te rongonga o Jeannie Dussault o Westminster Abbey mō tētahi putea tautoko mai i te Tari Ārai Mate a ngā Teina, ka whakaaro tonu ia ki te tokotoko a te Hepara, he mea e hiahiatia ana e te hapori mō te hunga e matea ana. I muri i tana kōrero ki te whakahaere kore-moni a Cindy Potee, ka tono tonu ia mō tētahi putea tautoko $3,500.
I kī a Dussault nā āna kōrero ki a Potee i whakaatu te hekenga o ngā koha nā te mate urutā, e ai ki tā Brenda Meadows, te kaiwhakahaere matua o te whakahaere kore-moni.
I mea atu a Meadows: "I whakakorehia e mātou te kēmu peihana kau i tērā tau, i tēnei tau i huri mātou ki te kōwhiringa tereina, ā, i te tau 2020 me te 2021 i whakakorehia e mātou ā mātou putea hoahoa me ngā kēmu pingo me ngā hokohoko waehere." "Me kimi huarahi auaha mātou ki te whakarite anō i ētahi mahi me te waihanga i ngā mea hou kia mōhio ai kei a mātou te pūtea e tika ana hei mahi mā te hapori."
I whakamārama a Dussault, te kaiwhakahaere wairua hapori o te hāhi, i tā rātou whakahaere. Tokowaru ngā tāngata e noho ana i te Carol Lutheran Church Village i kohi i te 500 putea kirihou, koia ngā kai i tukuna e rātou i te wā o te mate urutā. I hoko mai tētahi atu rōpū o ngā rōpū e rima i ngā taonga i runga i ngā rārangi tono ā-rohe me te ipurangi. Kātahi ka makahia ēnei taonga e ētahi kaimahi tokotoru ki roto i ngā putea, ā, ka tukuna atu e tētahi atu rōpū ki te tokotoko a te hepara.
I mea atu a Dusseau: “Kei te whakatakotoria ngā taonga i roto i ngā putea i ngā pakitara e toru o te whare karakia.” “E 65 ngā ota kai a te rōpū iti o te whānau o te hāhi, e toru ngā putea i tonoa e ia tangata, me te 40 anō hoki.
I mea ia: "E tino mihi ana ahau ki tō tātou tangata whānui me te tīmatanga o te oranga o ētahi o tātou me ētahi atu kāri." "I te wā o te COVID, ko taku pepeha ko te. "Kawea mai tāu e hiahia ana, ka tohaina āu mea." "Tū atu ki reira, ka huihuia ngā putea - mōku, ko ia putea kei te inoi. Ko te inoi anake e pā ana ki te ora, e hanga rerekētanga ana, ā, e whakaatu ana i te aroha iti, me te kore here."
I mea ia: "He tauira ko te Eck Lawn Service Company." "I ngā marama o te kōanga, te raumati me te ngahuru, ka tiakina e rātou ā mātou tarutaru mō te kore utu kia taea ai e ngā moni i whakamahia tuatahitia mō ēnei ratonga te rere tika ki te hapori. Ngā kaipupuri. Kāore tētahi mema o te whānau o, i whiwhi ratonga mā te kaupapa "Hoki ki te Kura" i ngā tau maha ki muri, i wareware ki te tikanga o tēnei atawhai ki a rātou i a rātou e tamariki ana. I āwhina a Shiloh Pottery o Hampstead i a mātou ki te kohi moni mō te "peihana kau". Nā te kohi moni i whakaara te peihana, ā, i āhei mātou ki te manaaki i te huihuinga o tēnei tau. Nā te peka "New Horizons Pioneer-Maryland" i āwhina ki te rahui i tā mātou pātaka kai ohorere. I taraiwa ngā ākonga o te Kura Lutheran o Carroll mō te taraiwa, ā, i tata nei i tukuna mai ngā hua tiaki whaiaro i roto i ngā kaipuke e rua.
I te rā i whānau ai te taonga, ka toro atu a Dussault ki te mema o te hāhi, ki a Ray Mariner, me tana taraka. I kī te heramana i haere mai tana tama 18-tau te pakeke, a Justin, ki te āwhina.
"E noho ana ahau i te rohe o Randallstown," te kī a Mariner. "I tō mātou rohe katoa, i kitea e mātou he kai mā te hunga e matea ana i ngā wā katoa, ā, he maha ngā tāngata kei te rārangi. I ētahi wā ka puta he rarangi waka e tatari ana kia taka mai he kai i te hikoi i tētahi wāhi. Ki taku whakaaro i whakaoho ake tēnei mate urutā i te hiahia."
I mea ia: "I taku nekenga tuatahi ki tēnei hapori, ā, i taku whakamahinga i tētahi kaupapa e wātea ana, i kite ahau i te whakama o te tukanga, ā, ka whakaititia tonutia e ētahi te hunga e matea ana nā te pai o roto." Me kī atu. "He pono tā mātou hoatu, engari me haere tonu mātou mai i tētahi tirohanga haumaru me te whai rawa. He mea tino nui kia ōrite te papa tākaro me te hiahia ki te whakaatu i tō mātou tuakiri tangata me te kite i te tuakiri tangata i roto i ētahi atu."
I mea ia: "He tino whai hua tēnei momo koha." "Ehara i te mea ko ngā koha ā-tinana anake ka tukuna ngā moni mō ngā kaupapa āwhina ohorere, engari ka tukuna anō hoki ngā moni mō ā mātou ratonga. Hei tauira, mēnā he whānau koe me ā kōrua tamariki, ā, ka taea e koe te whakamahi i ngā kaupapa pēnei i te rūma pupuri taonga manaaki (te tohatoha i ngā mea tiaki whaiaro), te kaupapa Call for Coats (te tohatoha i ngā koti mahana i ngā marama makariri), te kaupapa kura (te whakarato i ngā taputapu kura e tika ana mō ngā tamariki ki te tīmata anō i te tau), ka taea e koe te tuku ngāwari i te neke atu i te kotahi mano tāra i roto i te tau, ā, ka taea te whakamahi i te moni mō te kawe waka, te kai, te reti me ētahi atu whakapaunga.
"(Nā wai i tuhi: "Kāore e taea e au te kōrero pai atu i ō mātou manuhiri, "Ahakoa i taku kitenga i tētahi mahi, i āwhina mai rātou i ahau. E manaaki ana te tokotoko a te hepara nā te mea he mahi tāku. Ehara i te mea kāore au e pā ki ngā wā uaua. Kia manaakitia rātou e te Atua. Kāore au i te mōhio me aha ahau. Ngā mihi nui ki a koe."
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I mea ia: "He tino whakarihariha, he tino whakahihiri hoki te mahi i roto i tētahi hapori atawhai, manaaki hoki." "Kāore e taea te whakaahua i te tikanga o te tūtaki me te taunekeneke ki te tini o ngā kaituku atawhai ataahua mā roto i tā mātou mahi i Shepherd's Rod. E mihi ana mātou i ia rā mō te wheako me ngā kaituku me te whai wāhi ki te noho tahi me ō mātou manuhiri."
Te wā tuku: Mei-15-2021