{"id":10049,"date":"2017-11-11T11:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T16:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/daily-planet-arthur\/?p=10049"},"modified":"2017-11-11T11:02:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T16:02:25","slug":"saluting-strongest-links-chain-giving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/daily-planet-arthur\/2017\/11\/saluting-strongest-links-chain-giving\/","title":{"rendered":"Saluting the Strongest Links in the Chain of Giving"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Giving Circle’s 2017 Compassion Awards<\/em><\/strong>
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\nSARATOGA SPRINGS – The need never stops, though it does shift. And, these days – the need grows. Cropping up all over the globe….
\nIn the aftermath of both natural and man-made catastrophes, one thing you can bank on is the need. <\/p>\n

Which is why a moment was taken, on Thursday evening, November 9, to salute the resolute ones: The individuals and organizations who never stop giving. <\/p>\n

The Canfield Casino had a sense of pride and purpose on this night. At the beginning, where Kim Klopstock had everyone held hands as she imparted eccumenical blessings of goodness – all the way through to the close, where Giving Circle Courage Award recipient Don Petersimes led all attendees in a warm rendition of This Land is Your Land<\/em>.
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\nAnd yet, the cold weather outside the Casino shocked you back to the reality that need never<\/strong> takes a night off. Not for Code Blue clients or victims of domestic violence in our hometown. Not for our friends in the Caribbean who struggle to survive without electricity. Not for those in Africa who live their lives without clean water and\/or under the thumb of oppression. <\/p>\n

Which is why these people give. Give and give some more. And even more.
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