Beauty springs from tragedy

I was reading the paper today and saw an article about the death a 10-year-old in Crothersville, Indiana, who was killed by a meth-addict. This is the thing that really strikes me....

"As dime and dollar donations poured in from around the corner and around the country for the little girl's burial, Neace (the girls father), whose $14.75-an-hour factory job barely covers the monthly rent on his trailer, had a thought: What if he could buy the hated buildings, bulldoze them and build a playground on their place.

Katie may be gone, but she's going to live forever in this town," Neace, 35 said of his daughter Katklyn Collman. "We're taking down one meth house - you probably can't take them all down, but it's sending a message. We're taking our town back."" (Feb. 10, 2005, Oregonian, p. A10)

This is a great example of how individuals working together can get something done more effectively than any government!

They've already got pledges of $100,000 of the $400,000 needed to buy the Penn Villa apartments and build the park.

If you're interested in donating. Here's the link with information: http://crothersville.net/Katie/