Originally Posted by Peckish

I fully believe that kind, generous people outweigh the trolls, and they're not just quilters and they're not just on this board! My husband and I both regularly get into "pay it forward" lines at our local coffee shop drive-thru, where the person at the head of the line pays for the coffee of the guy behind him, who then pays for the coffee of the guy behind him, and on it goes. There was the story last Christmas of a humorist blogger who bought an albatross-like item at an estate sale, then blogged of its hysterical adventures. She printed up picture postcards for sale to recoup the ridiculous cost of the albatross, and ended up making $600, 6 times the cost of the item, so she gave out gift certificates out to the first 20 people who needed help getting Christmas for their children. When the 21st person asked for help, a reader volunteered, then another, and another, and on it went. $42,000 later every single person who had asked for help had been matched with someone who wanted to help. There was no government, organization, or corporate involvement, the blogger had not asked anyone to contribute, it was the spontaneous kindness and generosity of ordinary people that spurred it on, and THAT'S what makes this country great.