Right now, my new deck is being built by a person I met through FPF when he volunteered to help me cook at the Friday Food Affair. I don’t know how I would have met this wonderful craftsman otherwise.
“I’ll be honest — I hadn’t thought of contributing to FPF until yesterday, when 2 of my dogs went missing. How would I get the word out and get others looking for them, if there was no FPF? Keep it going–
“I bought things, shared things for free (pottery clay, perennials), and received free items (the cosmos were glorious!) through Front Porch Forum. They are such a valuable tool to facilitate community caring and sharing. I am grateful! Please become an 
Today, thanks to Front Porch Forum, I traded four aloe plants and six pint mason jars for a bag of kale and four jars of homemade pickles and salsas. Awesome.
In the last year, I’ve gotten free fencing for my pea plants, free plastic containers for freezing veggies, two free garden hoses, a free cat scratching post, and a bunch of recommendations for plumbing and heating contractors; I’ve given away lettuce and paint and ski tickets, moving boxes and lumber scraps and pallets, sold a fridge and a washer and dryer, and reunited someone with a large amount of cash found on the sidewalk.
Dang. Front Porch Forum is totally worth the $30 I contributed on Monday. I hope other folks enjoy this service as much as I do, and consider donating to keep it going.
• Dana, Montpelier FPF
“A huge thank you to everyone who emailed me about spots to view Montpelier foliage! We checked out several of the most common spots recommended already and got absolutely gorgeous pictures. I have several more on the list to check out this weekend. 
“Car sold. This was the only place I advertised! Whew, that was easy. Thanks 
“Not sure who, but some little fairy left me some chimney brushes on my deck. You’re so sweet! Thank you!”
“I would like to add my support to FPF’s outreach for membership donations. Who doesn’t read it avidly every single time? Who has not felt an expanded and enriched sense of community through its pages? Front Porch Forum makes us into a family, one who gives and shares, asks and finds, communicates and discusses issues that concern us. How many of us have been given just what we needed for free, many times over? Whose desire for recommendations has not been fulfilled by some caring neighbor? Who has not experienced the gratification that comes of giving something no longer wanted to someone who desperately needs it? This rich experiment in active, compassionate community has changed us for the better. And 
What a fine neighborhood we live in, and what a fine, smart service is this new way of combining and circulating information that