Category Archives: Community Building
Hardwick Taco Tuesday a hit
“The Hardwick American Legion Auxiliary would like to say a huge thank you to all who attended our Taco Tuesday! It was a great success and we look forward to seeing all of you on Sept. 22 for our Shepard’s Pie Supper! Same place, same price!
“I hope this reaches those who told me they learned about this on Front Porch Forum. Tonight’s dinner clearly proved that FPF gets the word out… THANK YOU FPF too, I recommend you!”
• Corrinna, Hardwick Walden FPF
Waterbury neighbors provide tires
“Our Front Porch Forum is the greatest! Had several immediate responses to my request for tires. Thanks everybody who responded. We got the tires we needed.”
• Cheryl, Waterbury FPF
Menagerie of stray animals marches across Vermont
A sample from the past 24 hours on Front Porch Forum…
“Hi, just saw 5 HORSES meandering up Ripton Rd near Mill Road (by the river) headed toward Grimes rd. Probably past Grimes road by now. This was just a moment ago about 5pm on Tue.”
• Eli, Lincoln FPF
“6:50am Wednesday. Loose DOG on Cochran Road heading toward town. Looked like maybe a German Shepard mix, red collar. Tried to call her/him over to check for a phone number on the tags, but the dog kept trotting.”
• Brie, Richmond FPF
“Hi. One of my Shetland Ram LAMBS has gone a ram-bling. I thought he was in my lower pasture, but alas, no. He is most definitely NOT dangerous… he’s shy and small (about the size of a dalmatian but puffy) and sort of Champagne colored. He’s a sucker for grain, though. His name is Dodger (how ESPish). Thanks.”
• Libby, Charlotte FPF
“Seeking missing girl BUNNY. We put our boy bunny in the cage because it looked like Daisy was pregnant. (boy bunnies kill the babies) But she has been missing for 3 or 4 days. Please let me know if you see a spotted white and gray bunny. Thanks.”
• Cassy, FPF in Burlington’s South End
“Our gray and white 2yo male KITTY has been missing for a week. He is a smaller cat – about 8 pounds. He has white fur all around his nose except for one dark circle of gray freckled fur. He is mostly gray with a white belly and paws. Please call if you have seen him.”
• Sarah, Rural Essex FPF
“Thank you to our Front Porch Forum, Felicia, and Katlynn. Our sweet DUCK was well taken care of and is home safe!! Thanks to all who showed support and help looking.”
• Nicole, Saint Johnsbury Area FPF
Thankfully, neighbors tend to be very responsive and helpful in these cases.
How to gather a crowd in Vermont… even in Sodom
“We had a fun, and interesting, meeting and program at the Adamant Church last night, although it was a very warm evening. As a result of my post on the Calais Front Porch Forum, we had five new guests that were especially interested in hearing about the history of Adamant. Many thanks to Elliott and Lester for sharing facts and stories about the quarries dating back to the 1880s and 1890s. It was then called South Calais, and later Sodom. The rest is history. Thanks again to FPF for all you do for us.”
• Gail, Calais FPF
Neighbors warming hearts in Underhill
“Hello fellow Underhillians, (flat, centered, northern and other). What a beautiful summer we have had… the sun, the rain, the rain, the sun. I am looking for a wheelchair for my Mom. Does anyone have one to borrow or buy? Thanks so much.”
• Mary, Underhill FPF, two days ago
“Thanks to everyone who wrote with ideas and offers for wheelchairs. Thank you Elke, for delivering a really nice wheelchair to me. It warms my heart that we can use Front Porch Forum to offer and get help. And we all need help at different times in our lives. This FPF exchange expresses the words ‘a world that works for everyone.’ I’m sure I will ask for more help as I make this journey of helping my aging parents. Thank you, kindhearted souls.”
• Mary, Underhill FPF, yesterday
Frozen edamame and wheel barrow wheels in Underhill
“Where else can you trade bags of frozen edamame for a used wheel barrow wheel. Thanks to Roger, and to Bernice for helping me “bend” my imagination.”
• Barry, Underhill Front Porch Forum
Don’t leave camera case on pickup bed rail
“Thanks to my posting on Front Porch Forum I got my camera case back and more importantly the SD card that was inside. As it turned out the person who called turned out to be one of my friends. He picked it up from the middle of the road and then saw my posting on FPF and here we are. So, the lesson learned here—besides not leaving your camera case on the bed rail of your pickup—is use Front Porch Forum to help out in different situations.”
• Tom, Johnson FPF
Cow wars, confederate flags, and new businesses in Jericho
“I just have to comment about our FPF. Civil, helpful, educational, interesting, fun, and useful. Cow wars, confederate flags, and new businesses. Town problems and lost cats. The other day, I needed a log splitter. Immediately I got an offer, and when the splitter had a problem, the owner actually spent her own time to split my wood AND deliver it!!! Who thought up the Front Porch Forum? Who actually believed it could work? What a place to live.”
• Jack, Jericho Front Porch Forum
Grateful daughter lands biker dad mobility scooter from generous Charlotte neighbors
“Hello Friends – We on the hunt for a used scooter for my 86 year old dad, who still fancies himself a biker. His current used one just bit the dust. I’m also searching Craig’s List, but please let me know if you have one you’d like to part with and for how much. Thanks!”
• Melanie, Charlotte FPF
“Front Porch Forum comes through! I received several generous offers in response to my query for a mobility scooter for my biker Dad. He’s now all set and couldn’t be happier. Thank you Sue!”
• Melanie, Charlotte FPF
Jaw-dropping neighborliness in Vermont
“Thank you ever so much for creating Front Porch Forum. It is an awesome link within our community. We are fortunate that you have made this available to us all here in Vermont. I often tell others from different States about FPF, and the usual reaction is that their jaw drops, their eyes begin to sparkle and their mouths open to utter ‘wish we had that in our area… what a fabulous idea.’ So again THANK YOU.”
• Carole Castleton FPF
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Ghost of Midnight is an online journal about fostering community within neighborhoods, with a special focus on Front Porch Forum (FPF). My wife, Valerie, and I founded FPF in 2006... read more
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