“Thank you to everyone who helped me find Lucy’s owner in Plainfield. This older, female Golden Retriever was wearing an orange safety vest and a collar, but no tags, when I found her Sunday night on the Lower Road. Through the power of 
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“Looking for a TV to be used at the church for Sunday school. A flat screen would be great to show videos!… but we could use a TV that has a combo DVD player. Please let us know soon as it is needed on Sunday, Nov. 6! Thanks a bunch.”
“I want to send out a heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped my son after his house fire in August. I especially want to thank Vicki, Angela, and the anonymous donor who put together large donations of money and household goods he needed to get back on his feet. Without everyone’s help, he would have to live in a camper.
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.