RangerPooh
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 6, 2005
While the shut down is not directly impacting my family I'm beginning to see signs of how it's impacting others.
I was on Facebook last night and a friend posted that one of her students who's on the high school swim team has both parents that are government workers. They're coming onto final competition and the swimmers family is unable to pay for their daughter to attend the championships. The coach was reaching out to others to see if they knew of any groups that might help support their teammate.
This lead me to think about the sheer number of military families in our town who might be impacted. Our Cub Scout pack and Girl Scout Service Unit have many families who might be feeling the pinch but not speaking up. Likewise our local school system. I do think that as a whole our community is probably feeling it more than anyone wants to admit.
I was on Facebook last night and a friend posted that one of her students who's on the high school swim team has both parents that are government workers. They're coming onto final competition and the swimmers family is unable to pay for their daughter to attend the championships. The coach was reaching out to others to see if they knew of any groups that might help support their teammate.
This lead me to think about the sheer number of military families in our town who might be impacted. Our Cub Scout pack and Girl Scout Service Unit have many families who might be feeling the pinch but not speaking up. Likewise our local school system. I do think that as a whole our community is probably feeling it more than anyone wants to admit.