Completed
My wife passed in March and the house is very quiet
A widower who would welcome a regular visit.
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Finished missions
What got done
Every mission below is finished, and every neighbour on this page gave us permission to tell it. We leave out last names and addresses. What is left is the plain record of somebody who needed a hand and somebody who showed up.
I did not ask for anything to be fixed. A young fella has been coming by on Thursdays since March and we drink coffee and talk about my wife. I did not know that counted as a mission. It has been the best hour of my week.
— Wendell
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Urgent
Water heater sitting in the garage, no one to install it
A neighbour bought the tank but the install quote was more than she could pay.
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Two men turned up on the Saturday morning and had the hot water back on before dinner. They would not take a penny. I had forgotten what it was like to wash up properly.
— Ruth Ann
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Soon
Back door will not close or lock
The frame has shifted and the door cannot be locked at night.
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I had been putting a kitchen chair against that back door for six weeks before I asked. He fixed the frame, planed the door and put a new lock on it, and he rang first so I knew who was coming. I sleep now.
— Georgia
There is always one more
Some of these took an afternoon. Some took a month and half a dozen people. All of them started with somebody willing to say yes.