Sure, we have programs like our CARE packages, gifting, events, etc., but one of the other things we do (that is hard to quantify) is connect our Dragonflies with our supportive community. In the last month, we have helped connect a Dragonfly with a job, found crutches for a family with no health insurance, helped someone get a mortgage on their home, provided cemetery plots, planned funerals, and more…
These were all “took one phone call” kinds of things. Yes, we may have connected to these wonderful people and companies through friends, Facebook, even Twitter, but it only took one phone call to solve a problem. We know we can’t do/won’t be able to do this all the time…
Why?
1) We don’t have the staff or the time, 2) Not every request is a one call kind of request (mucking through red tape, insurance, etc. is not our thing), 3) not every community connection has the ability to say “I’ll do/get/give that!” 4) there will be too many registered Dragonflies who need help (the economy isn’t getting easier, the medical costs are killer and support services are getting slashed everywhere.)
So when we can something, we do it — and we try not to think about the times ahead when we will have to say “sorry, we aren’t able to help you with that…”
We know those times are coming…
Right now though, at this moment, we are grateful to those in our community who stepped forward to help us make our Dragonflies smile.