This is my post for What does #ccc Mean to Me? hosted by 
Being from a small fishing community always meant that when someone passed or if they fell ill and could not work, the fishermen would donate fish and the means to cook them. Others in the community would donate things like paper plates, spoons, forks, and napkins. The Church ladies would cook things. Restaurants would donate food, the small business would donate items to be auctioned. Bands would play for free. There was a keg of beer for you to buy a cup of. 100% of the money raised went to the person in need.
As the community grows there are fewer and fewer of these gatherings. I am wondering why this is. Is it because there are fewer and fewer fishermen to pull this together? The fishermen can donate the fish and cook them but it takes the community to pull it all together. Or is it because all these new people could care less about the community? You did not need to be a fisherman for the fishermen to rally around you and raise money for your cause, you just had to be in need.
Caring about one another was always the top priority, but that is gone. These same people now blast websites like FB stating that this is their home and how much they care about it and their neighbors, but when it comes down to helping someone they think a few kind words on social media is enough.