I think it is interesting that on page 3 of the Register Star today is an article about "It's A Wonderful Life" and on page 5 a headline: "Edith Casey fund out of toys." For the first time since Edith Casey, a "children's agent" with the County Charities office (now Social Services), began her fund in 1920, the organization does not have enough toys to give to the families who have requested them. Perhaps Jimmy Stewart can inspire us to do our part. There are drop-off points next to Peebles and at the DMV both in Hudson. Money is accepted at Key Bank, 160 Fairview Avenue, Hudson NY 12534.
Frank Capra once said he strove "to champion man, plead his causes and protest any degradation of his dignity, spirit and divinity." The article on "Wonderful Life" suggests that Seneca Falls, NY may have been the inspiration for Capra's Bedford Falls, a working, everyday small town that is not perfect but in a crunch pulls together and helps each other out.
I think Chatham also embodies this spirit-especially the Christ our Emmanuel congregation.
