[Dialogue] Surgeon Generals Parting remarks

[Ken Fisher]




Dear Karen,

Thanks for sharing this article.

Volunteers and volunteering are still essential to the life of rural villages, where I have lived over the past 32 years.

And now, at 82 and moving back to the city, I continue to find voluntary engagement - the board of Theatre Kingston, the promotion of weekly rock & roll music for seniors, to name two.

At the beginning of COVID, in Sharbot Lake I initiated a village campaign to welcome newcomers fleeing the cities.

By and large, volunteering wasn’t their default setting.

Yet for the rural service clubs, churches, and community associations - with their aging membership, that was the moment to be open and supportive of strangers joining.

Those groups that were ‘open minded’ and acted open, grew.

How to make that national policy?

Love, 

Ken

> On Jan 8, 2025, at 9:55 PM, Karen Snyder Troxel via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
> 
> Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy’s tenure as US Surgeon General (since 2021, although he was also Surgeon General from 2013-2017) on January 7, 2025, wrote: “My Parting Prescription for America” which is “Community as the Formula for Fulfillment”. 
> 
> His description of the importance of community speaks to my heart. I wonder how his message can make an impact on the problems he identifies. 
> 
> The link is: https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/my-parting-prescription-for-america.pdf. 
> 
> I would love to hear your responses.
> 
> Peace and love,
> 
> Karen Snyder Troxel
> 
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