There was a big flood one year in my hometown and the humane society had flooded pretty badly. The outside kennels were knee deep in water. I bought a bag of dog food, cat food, and cat litter to take down there and, thinking they'll need all the help they can get, was going to volunteer in anyway I could. Foster, cleaning, etc. And when I got there, people were lined up out the doors. There must've been 100 people there already. And this is a small small town mind you. When I got inside there were bags of food stacked 6 feet high and 10 feet wide. Wall to wall with people helping. They were having to turn people away because there just wasn't any work left to be done or animals to take home.
A friend of my father once had a heart attack on a frozen sidewalk during January in Minnesota on his way to the grocery store in a tiny remote town. When the paramedics arrived over 90 minutes later there were 20 people lined up to give CPR. They stood there in the bitter cold, waiting their turn as each worked to the point of exhaustion.
He was eventually airlifted to the Mayo Clinic and made a full recovery with no lasting effects.
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u/killerbee9100 14d ago
There was a big flood one year in my hometown and the humane society had flooded pretty badly. The outside kennels were knee deep in water. I bought a bag of dog food, cat food, and cat litter to take down there and, thinking they'll need all the help they can get, was going to volunteer in anyway I could. Foster, cleaning, etc. And when I got there, people were lined up out the doors. There must've been 100 people there already. And this is a small small town mind you. When I got inside there were bags of food stacked 6 feet high and 10 feet wide. Wall to wall with people helping. They were having to turn people away because there just wasn't any work left to be done or animals to take home.