Caring is contagious. It's much like the principle of reaping and sowing: sowing kindness reaps more kindness. John Clifton from Somebody Cares St. Augustine recently shared an example.   

"Late in 2007, we were made aware of a need: a 68-year-old polio victim and now a cancer patient had to shower outside using the garden hose because he could no longer get into the tubs in his mobile home. When we met with Mr. Lewis we knew that we had to help, what we didn't know was how. "

The estimate for gutting his bathroom and building a handicap accessible bathroom for him was in the thousands of dollars. A local plumber agreed to do the plumbing work and Somebody Cares volunteers agreed to provide the manual labor, but this still left the financial need for the cost of materials. "Somebody Cares St. Augustine had some funds but not nearly enough," John says, "and our partners at the Council on Aging were willing to also help with some of the cost of materials. We stepped out in faith and started this project."